A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Monday afternoon 21 miles from Las Flores, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 3:54 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 5.6 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 22 miles from Oceanside, 23 miles from Camp…
New research unveiled recently links a series of California earthquakes to heavy snowmelt during a wet winter. Scientists involved in the work said they believe that water from the runoff flowed down to the groundwater, causing seismic movement. The research offers new geological insights into…
It certainly is not the first time in America’s long history of political rough-and-tumble that an elected official was labeled a “socialist,” or called “a clown,” or had his or her essential integrity questioned. But it might be the first time a politician had all of that said about him in a single sentence in…
For the last week, I’ve been riding the No. 2 Metro bus back and forth between UCLA and downtown Los Angeles. The route connects some of L.A.’s richest ZIP Codes to some of its poorest, the eastbound route starting in Westwood and taking Sunset Boulevard all the way downtown, where it terminates…
County officials say L.A. County is the nation’s toughest to count because of its high concentrations of renters, homeless people and immigrant communities.
His name once was synonymous with police brutality. Angry mobs shouted it as they torched buildings. And in some circles, the riots that erupted in the streets of Los Angeles in April 1992 bore his name. The social upheaval and chaotic violence inspired by Rodney G. King — a black motorist whom…
See a photo of President Nixon welcoming the 1st Marine Division home to Camp Pendleton from a five-year deployment in Vietnam.
What kid – and really what adult – doesn’t get excited at the sight of a bulldozer at work or a crane lifting a big piece of metal? On Sunday, April 28, the American Cancer Society tapped into that nearly universal love of heavy machinery for a fundraiser that put families – for a donation…
A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Sunday afternoon five miles north-northwest of Borrego Springs, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:13 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 4.3 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 24 miles from La Quinta,…
RIVERSIDE — Four attorneys and another man accused of filing alleged shakedown lawsuits against dozens of Riverside County businesses over Americans with Disabilities Act violation claims — which the defendants’ attorney asserts were legitimate — are being sued by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. “The defendants are accused of filing more than 100 lawsuits…
