A 71-year-old Santa Ana man with Alzheimer’s went missing on Wednesday and police are asking for the public’s help in finding him. Melvin Davis was last seen at his residence in the area of 3400 S. Ramona Drive, the Santa Ana Police Department said. Melvin Davis, a 71-year-old resident of Santa Ana, went missing on…
At 14, and on a family sailing trip aboard a windjammer in Maine, Emma Hathaway became infatuated with sailing and the people who make up its community. For the next two years, Hathaway went back to Maine from her Lake Tahoe home to work summer sailing jobs. At 15, she was the assistant cook aboard…
The latest owner of Anaheim’s GardenWalk, its third in a decade, is hoping a slew of changes and new additions will lead to a level of success that has so far eluded the open-air mall that sits less than a mile from Disneyland. Whittier-based STC Management has signed leases with restaurants that will serve Indian…
Orange County sheriff’s supervisors linked to the misuse of jailhouse informants during a scandal that rocked the county’s justice system more than four years ago were recently promoted to the upper echelons of the department. Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders, who uncovered the civil rights violations at the jail in 2014, said in court papers…
As wildlife technician Cynthia Peterson, left, holds a Canada Goose, Lisa Peronne, right, wildlife care manager with the Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach, cleans and sutures a wound in the neck after it was shot with an arrow last month in Huntington Beach, on Friday, January 4, 2019. (Photo by Mark…
Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis and nearly 50 other former Olympians are calling on Congress to overhaul the U.S. Olympic Committee, insisting a major reorganization of the USOC is needed to ensure athlete safety. The Committee to Restore Integrity to the USOC on Friday demanded the near-complete resignation of the USOC’s senior administration and board…
Six months after a mail carrier died in her truck on a searing day in the San Fernando Valley, Rep. Tony Cárdenas said he plans to introduce a bill in the coming weeks that if successful would ensure that all U.S. Postal Service delivery vehicles have air-conditioning. Veteran carrier Peggy Frank, 63, was found dead in…
Earthquake early warning systems have been part of life in metropolises like Tokyo, Taipei and Mexico City for years. But bringing the technology to California, where numerous faults crisscross the region, proved to be a complex and time-consuming undertaking. The faults that produce Japan and…
He’s a nice guy, a polished campaigner. He’s the mayor of one of the nation’s biggest cities. He’s also from the nation’s biggest state, a state that’s about to play a larger-than-usual role in his party’s presidential nomination process. If Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti enters the Democratic race for president in 2020 – and…
By JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON — U.S. employers dramatically stepped up their hiring in December, adding 312,000 jobs in an encouraging display of strength for an economy in the midst of a trade war, slowing global growth and a partial shutdown of the federal government. The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate rose slightly to…
