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The first job was to contain the state’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire. The second is to deal with what it left behind. With more than 17,000 structures destroyed by the Camp fire, authorities will soon begin a cleanup that will test their ingenuity like never before: removal of an estimated…
The day of the Camp fire, Gina Muse got a voicemail and a few texts from a friend, asking: “Can you take in a family of six?” Muse, who works as a counselor for the California Department of Rehabilitation, is used to helping people. But she wasn’t sure she was up for the task this…
George H.W. Bush, who died late Friday night, was largely known for his work in public office, from his time as a Texas congressman and CIA director to his years in the White House as president and Ronald Reagan’s vice president. But the World War II hero and great-grandfather also was an avid skydiver, played…
George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94. The World War II hero, who also presided during…
George Herbert Walker Bush, the linchpin of an American political dynasty and 41st president of the United States, who rode foreign policy triumphs to high popularity at the end of the Cold War only to suffer a revolt in his own party and a painful defeat for reelection, has died at his Houston…
Santa Claus had his lap full at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa on Friday, Nov. 30, with a visit from a group for parents of twins and triplets. The Saddleback Mothers of Multiple Club, with the kids sporting fur-trimmed jackets and holiday sweaters, hit the mall before it opened to the public to ride…
Fullerton Mayor Doug Chaffee won election to the Orange County Board of Supervisors on Friday, becoming the first Democrat to hold that office in 12 years. The contest for the board’s 4th District had slim margins, and in the end, Chaffee defeated La Habra Mayor Tim Shaw by less than 1 percentage point. Chaffee trailed…
The rain disappeared and the sun shone brightly in Huntington Beach on Friday, Nov. 30. Yet at Oak View Elementary, students spent the morning gazing up at a brilliant night sky. Via the magic of an inflatable planetarium, thousands of twinkling stars came out in broad daylight. Looking somewhat like a huge octopus, the fantastical…
