A man who was shot in Anaheim on Christmas Eve died in a hospital on Monday, Jan. 7. The victim had been hospitalized after he was struck by gunfire in an alleyway near the 500 block of Sabina Street on Monday, Dec. 24. He succumbed to his injuries two weeks later on Monday morning, according…
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department and some local police agencies continue to turn over unauthorized immigrants to federal immigration agents – including some whose crimes are minor — despite state laws aimed at limiting that practice, according to a new report released Monday by the UC Irvine Law School Immigrant Rights Clinic and two immigrant…
A long-empty asphalt lot that last housed a service station will be transformed into Orange County’s largest complex dedicated to providing a home to those who served their country in the military. With 75 permanent supportive housing units exclusively for ex-service members, Santa Ana Veterans Village on west First Street near Harbor Boulevard was hailed…
A last-ditch bargaining effort to avert a Los Angeles teachers’ strike fell short Monday, although the two sides have agreed to meet again on Wednesday morning, the day before a strike is scheduled to begin. Whether the strike begins on schedule on Thursday could depend on legal maneuvers that…
MIRAMAR — All gates at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar will be on temporary lockdown Tuesday, Jan. 8, as part of a base security drill. The drill is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. and includes rehearsal of procedures in the event an actual base closure is needed. “The exercise is an opportunity for Miramar…
A big tent candidate’s withdrawal from the race to be chairman of the California Republican Party is widely seen as a lift for rivals who would try to rebuild the state GOP in the image of President Trump. It might not work out that way, exactly. But David Hadley’s decision to quit his campaign to…
The sky was a gloomy gunmetal gray Monday as dozens of U.S. Marines swarmed the notoriously tricky airstrip high atop Santa Catalina Island. By days end, the Airport in the Sky resembled a war zone full of heavy machinery, trucks, troops in camouflage and green military tents. The squadron was…
Moshe Arens, a former defense minister and Israeli hawk who represented the last vestiges of Israel’s founding generation and became a political mentor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, died Monday. He was 93. Arens recognized the skills and potential of Netanyahu in the early 1980s when he…
Retired lifeguard Mike Brousard recently published a book, “Warm Winds and Following Seas,” about lifesaving, and exploring the lifeguarding culture along Southern California’s coastline. He spent 43 years as an Orange County lifeguard. He’s pictured at San Clemente State Beach, where he worked for 39 years, on Saturday, January 5, 2019. (Photo by Mindy Schauer,…
By CATHERINE LUCEY and LISA MASCARO | Associated Press WASHINGTON — With no weekend breakthrough to end a prolonged partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump is standing firm in his border wall funding demands and newly empowered House Democrats are planning to step up pressure on Trump and Republican lawmakers to reopen the government. Trump showed…
