When federal prosecutors finally managed to put mobster Al Capone behind bars, it wasn’t for murder or bootlegging, but tax evasion. Fast forward several decades and government lawyers in Southern California say a similarly novel tactic could be the key to taking down the Mongols, a notorious motorcycle…
The giant image of Ava Gardner on the outer wall of a public school gym in Koreatown speaks to history. On that score, everyone agrees. But what the artist intended as an homage to the Cocoanut Grove, which once stood nearby, Korean groups say is as offensive to them as a swastika would be to…
It takes a particularly privileged, out-of-touch person to tell California college students that it’s no big inconvenience for them to travel up to seven miles to obtain an abortion pill. Good grief, Jerry Brown. What happened to your common sense, your compassion and your desire to help young…
The former entrance to the Selig Zoo sat for years following the zoo’s closing in the 1920s.
COSTA MESA — Four women suspected of stealing several high-end purses are being sought by authorities in Costa Mesa. The four women went into a store in the Mitsuwa Marketplace shopping center in the 600 block of Paularino Avenue about 7:30 p.m. Sunday and stole several expensive purses, then pepper-sprayed an employee who tried to…
SANTA ANA — A man was struck and killed by a vehicle Monday night in Santa Ana. Police responded about 9:30 p.m. to the intersection of First and Baker streets and located an approximately 50-year-old man who had been hit by a vehicle, according to Cmdr. R. Rodriguez of the Santa Ana Police Department. The…
A shallow magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Monday 12 miles from Petrolia, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 10:10 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 11.8 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 28 miles from Fortuna, Calif., 39 miles from Eureka,…
CERRITOS — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Monday sought the public’s help in locating an 11-year-old girl who was last seen Friday at the Cerritos Towne Center. Cristina Perry Ross was last seen about 11:30 a.m. Friday leaving the Ross store in the 12700 block of Towne Center Drive. She called her grandmother…
Over the past 20 years, I have found great satisfaction in volunteerism. I understand that we are all busy with work, families and other responsibilities. However, if you’d like to get more involved in your community, particularly in the civic arena, the city of Fountain Valley is accepting applications from volunteers to sit on city committees,…
