Who are California’s most notorious killers?
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2 days of rain, 4 days of high surf coming to Southern California
Click for a larger image. LOS ANGELES — High surf will pound the Southland Coast for four days beginning early Tuesday evening on the eve of a bout of rain that could unleash rockslides, mudslides and debris flows down slopes recently denuded by wildfires, National Weather Service forecasters said. A high surf advisory — a…
Irvine, Tustin homebuying cools, sales tumble 14%
Homebuying in Irvine and Tustin fell 14 percent this summer vs. a year ago. It was the slowest-selling third quarter in four years for Orange County’s housing market, as buyers balked at high prices and expensive mortgages while homeowners and builders boosted the supply of residences for sale. Here’s what my trusty spreadsheet told me…
Here’s what it takes to be a voiceover actor in LA, courtesy of working pros
(l-r) Bob Bergen and Scott Parkin rehearse for the Voice Arts Awards at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, CA on November 18, 2018. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer) An actress is photographed arriving for the Voice Arts Awards at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, CA on November 18, 2018. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing…
New 91 Freeway lane will help Corona’s traffic woes, but officials say tweaking Green River Road ramp won’t
A new westbound 91 lane at the Riverside-Orange county line that would help relieve severe congestion has been given the green light, but transportation officials are abandoning the idea of turning off Green River Road ramp meters. After sometimes confusing rush-hour experiments in June, September and October, Caltrans has concluded that switching off the Green River…
Heavy fire hits Santa Ana mobile home
SANTA ANA — Orange County firefighters extinguished a fire in a mobile home in Santa Ana Tuesday morning in just 20 minutes, authorities said. Crews responded at 1:57 a.m. to the Gables Mobile Home Park at 4801 W. First St. and located a single-wide mobile home with heavy fire, according to a statement from the…
605-to-10 freeway transition closed by big rig crash that also blocks some 10 Freeway lanes
BALDWIN PARK — A big rig overturned Tuesday on a freeway transition road in Baldwin Park, snarling traffic for hours. The single-vehicle crash occurred about 1:40 a.m. on the transition from the northbound 605 Freeway to the eastbound 10 Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol. No injuries were reported. The No. 3 through 6…
The search for Paradise fire victims slows. Some may never be found.
As every day goes by, searchers are finding fewer human remains in the rubble of California’s deadliest wildfire. At the same time, they are slowly narrowing the list of the missing, which on Monday stood at 203 yet still down by about 1,000 from last week. But amid this work, authorities are coming…
Whether home is a van, a motel or a garage, L.A.’s suburban poor children learn to survive
Beyond the tree-shaded comforts of suburban living, L.A. residents by the thousands live in motels, vehicles, shelters and 400-square-foot garages. Teachers at Telfair Elementary School say families living in garages is more common now.
Repelled by tear gas and confusion, many migrants leave the caravan to return home
For hopeful migrants who traveled so many miles, the American border was supposed to be the beginning of a new life, not a return to the old one. But the day after American authorities rained down tear gas on men, women and children who had tried to rush the border, the brutal reality hit home:…