WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump long ago backed away from his campaign pledge to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, his outgoing chief of staff said, as the president’s demand for “border security” funding triggered a partial government shutdown with no end in sight. John Kelly, who will leave his post Wednesday after a…
I grew up in an affectionate, but uncommunicative Chinese household. But food opened the door to my parents’ memories in ways that words never did.
Brooke Weitzman admits to a serious case of nerves back in February 2017 when she stepped into a certain ninth floor courtroom at the U.S. courthouse in Santa Ana. A 2014 graduate of UCI School of Law, she’d been practicing public interest law a little over two years. Barely a few months had passed since…
The last of four parts. Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 Yvette Estrada’s father packed up and left on Christmas Day, when she was 12. That, she said, was the beginning of her pain. There were older cousins, cigarettes, beer. Soon, Estrada was messing with cocaine, speed, PCP. Pregnancy couldn’t stop her: The night…
In 1860, a young botanist raised in New York and schooled in Connecticut found himself on the payroll of the newly formed California Division of Mines and Geology. His job: Roam the vast, new state, taking samples and observations of plants and animals. Over four years journeying across California,…
The fate of Paradise was cast long before a windstorm last month fueled the deadliest fire in California history. The ridge settlement was doomed by its proximity to a crack in the mighty wall of the Sierra Nevada, a deep canyon that bellowed gale-force winds. It was doomed by its maze of haphazard…
The Los Angeles Times and other newspapers were the victims of an apparent cyberattack. A source with knowledge of the situation said a “foreign entity” launched the attack using malware, which prevented The Times and others from publishing the Saturday print edition on time. Here is what we know: …
Suburban Legends perform at the Tournament of Roses Sip & Savor event Saturdayin Pasadena. Photo: Tom Bray, SCNG Entrees from the Greenleaf Gourmet Chopshop on display at the Tournament of Roses Sip & Savor event in Pasadena on Saturday, Dec. 29. Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Stacy Bonnifield of the Eberle Winery of Paso…
Marching bands from all over the world wowed a local audience at day one of the Rose Parade Bandfest on Saturday, December 29, at Pasadena City College’s Robinson Stadium. Each band showcased various award-winning field shows that helped orchestrate the group’s success and helped secure their place during Tuesday’s upcoming Tournament of Roses Parade. Day one…
California authorities on a nearly four-day manhunt for an inmate who walked away from San Quentin State Prison captured him Saturday. Officials from the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said they took 21-year-old Shalom Mendoza into custody at a fast food restaurant without incident….
