Caren Carl Mandoyan played a special role last month at the swearing-in of Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, standing on stage and holding the box of gold pins that would adorn the collars of the top cop and his senior executives. Mandoyan served as a trusted member of Villanueva’s campaign…
Teachers at three charter schools in South Los Angeles walked off the job Tuesday, marking the first time ever that a charter school organization in California went on strike, according to the teachers union. The strikers joined thousands of other L.A. educators who began a strike a day earlier…
Police arrested a motorist suspected of fleeing a crash in Irvine and leading officers in a pursuit that ended in Corona on Tuesday, Jan. 15. The chase began at 2:21 p.m. near the intersection of Culver Drive and Barranca Parkway, said Kim Mohr, a spokeswoman for the Irvine Police Department. She said officers attempted to…
CAMP PENDLETON — Marines and sailors with the 1st Marine Regiment are joining soldiers from the Japanese Defense Force in amphibious reconnaissance and landing operations, live-fire, mortar, artillery and close air support training across bases in Southern California. On Tuesday, Jan. 15, commanding officers from the Marine Corps and Japanese Defense Force opened Exercise Iron…
Fresh on the heels of an election that swept Republicans from federal power in Orange County, local Democrats elected a new leader Monday night. Hotel employee union leader Ada Briceño, 46, a Stanton resident, took the reins as chair of the Democratic Party of Orange County, becoming the first Latinx woman to win the post….
Like Uber and Lyft before them, the latest Silicon Valley startups also showed up uninvited, dropping electric scooters, battery-powered bicycles and other dockless, micro-mobile rentals onto streets and sidewalks of Southern California. The guerrilla marketing strategy aimed at busting the monopoly of the single-passenger car created multiple battlefronts in today’s “Scooter Wars,” sending some cities…
University of California regents this week will take their first collective look at the inaugural budget proposal of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has pledged to boost higher education spending after years of fiscal frugality under his predecessor, Jerry Brown. Regents also will discuss plans to increase…
The night sky will feature a total lunar eclipse on Sunday, Jan. 20. It will be visible to the naked eye from anywhere in southern California if skies are clear. The current forecast calls for partly cloudy skies. You do not need a telescope — it’s safe to view a lunar eclipse without any eye protection….
Chino Hills City Manager Rad Bartlam (Courtesy photo) After a little more than five years with Chino Hills, City Manager Konradt “Rad” Bartlam has announced he will retire March 31. “I’m proud of the work we have accomplished,” Bartlam is quoted as saying in a city press release. “I know I’m leaving the city in…
By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Associated Press NEW YORK — The Trump administration cannot put a question about citizenship status on the 2020 census, a federal judge in New York ruled Friday in a boost to proponents of counting immigrants. In a 277-page decision that won’t be the final word on the issue, U.S. District Judge Jesse…
