The city hopes to have a new eagle statue at Yorba Linda Veterans Memorial Park take flight by Veterans Day. An eucalyptus tree branch fell in the park in December, bending the statue and damaging a granite bench. The Yorba Linda City Council in August approved allocating more than $120,000 to repair the damage. Most…
A bipartisan group of elected officials gathered in Diamond Bar Wednesday to argue for continuation of gas tax and vehicle license fee hikes imposed by state lawmakers last year, saying the monies from SB 1 are earmarked for key freeway and light-rail extension projects that would be left undone without the extra dollars. If voters…
Fullerton police were investigating a shooting that happened early Thursday, Nov. 1 after a man was found wounded on the sidewalk. Officers saw the man with a gunshot wound near Pearl Drive and Cameo Lane shortly after getting a call reporting shots fired, according to the Fullerton Police Department. He was taken to a hospital…
More than 75 percent of registered voters in Southern California already have cast a mail-in ballot or plan to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 6, a level of enthusiasm that could translate into record turnout for the upcoming midterm. What’s more, clear majorities of voters who register as Republicans or Democrats describe themselves as “strongly” connected…
By ZEKE MILLER and ROBERT BURNS WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says the number of military troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexican border could reach 15,000 — roughly double the number the Pentagon said it currently plans for a mission whose dimensions are shifting daily. The Pentagon says “more than 7,000” troops were being sent to…
State officials on Wednesday removed the elected board and general manager of a water district that for years has been accused of serving brown, smelly water to its customers in Compton. With a 22-page decree, the State Water Resources Control Board abolished Sativa Los Angeles County Water District’s…
On the home page of his campaign website, Rep. Steve Knight of Palmdale has posted a television ad showing a veteran praising the Republican congressman for helping him get a lung transplant. It turns out that veteran, David Brayton of Santa Clarita, has posted dozens of racist, anti-Semitic and…
The California bullet train appears to have fended off a civil suit attempting to stop the project, inching the high-speed rail line toward what could be another in a series of legal victories. A case brought by opponents seeking to stanch the flow of bond dollars to the project was dealt a blow…
Police arrested a suspect in a stabbing that prompted lockdowns at a Fullerton elementary school and church on Wednesday, Oct. 31. Fullerton police officers responding to a call for service at the 2800 block of North Brea Boulevard found a 20-year-old woman in a parking lot who was suffering from stab wounds at about 1…
CAMP PENDLETON — Camp Pendleton and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar have been designated as base support installations to house active-duty troops assisting U.S. Customs and Border Protection in enforcing security at the southeastern border, military officials announced Wednesday, Oct. 31. The two Marines Corps bases will serve as landing spots for additional personnel that…
