Retired Newport Beach city manager Dave Kiff will give part-time assistance – free of charge – to Costa Mesa while it seeks a new, permanent city manager. Tammy Letourneau, Costa Mesa’s assistant city manager, has been filling in since Tom Hatch left the post abruptly in November after eight years. Kiff left Newport in August and became…
Search and rescue team members pulled a man trapped by rushing water out of a La Habra wash Thursday afternoon, Dec. 6. Officials with the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to the wash canal that runs beneath West Lambert Road, near Monte Vista Street, about 12:40 p.m., said Joey Marron, an inspector with the…
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — Developers behind the Inn at the Mission San Juan Capistrano project are ahead in the city’s contentious hotel race, at least for now. San Juan Capistrano has two proposals for hotels in its downtown historic district – Inn at the Mission San Juan Capistrano (formerly Plaza Banderas) and Hotel Capistrano by…
An intense storm brought record rainfall for downtown Los Angeles, with nearly two inches of rain measured by midafternoon, according to the National Weather Service. Rainfall measured at the University of Southern California station reached 1.90 inches, beating the previous record of 1.01 inches set on Dec. 6, 1997, the NWS said in a tweet….
Shepha Schneirsohn Vainstein didn’t know where her mom was. The smashed red tile roof of her Agoura Hills home had become the floor. The fireplace was now exposed, its stony chimney set hard against a blue morning sky. A brick oven survived in the kitchen. A washer and dryer a few feet away — scorched…
Portrait of comedian Phyllis Diller with fruitcake.
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Wednesday night four miles from Aguanga, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 10:00 p.m. at a depth of 0.6 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 19 miles from Temecula. In the past 10 days, there have…
Up and down the California coast, aging power plants are being replaced by sleeker, more efficient and more environmentally sensitive units — or are being shut down altogether. In Los Angeles and Orange County alone, there are seven natural gas-fired coastal plants, with work underway or completed on six and the seventh scheduled for closure….
Change is afoot for all seven coastal power plants in Orange and Los Angeles counties, thanks to a change in state policy governing the plants and a move by plant operators to more efficient electricity-producing units. Ocean-cooled engines are being phased out, with the new units using air-cooled technology. New, upgraded operations are generally smaller…
Line dancing teachers and choreographers Paul and Karla Dornstedt showed off their footwork at a dance party to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary in Hemet in November. (Photo by Diane A. Rhodes, contributing photographer. The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Paul and Karla Dornstedt, at right, “Keep the Magic” alive during a line dancing party to celebrate their 60th…
