Orange County Fire Authority officials have reached an agreement with Irvine to spend about $50 million over the next 11 years to improve public safety services and increase firefighter pension funding, which could keep Irvine from quitting the agency. The proposal comes after several years of frustration for Irvine, which contributes by far the most…
The day after closing its deal to take control of Fox’s filmed entertainment assets, The Walt Disney Company began laying off executives at the Century City studio, according to multiple reports Thursday. Among those receiving as 60-day notice was Fox’s Domestic Distribution president Chris Aronson, who issued the following statement: “I am extremely grateful for…
It was late September, and the Dodgers’ season was slipping away. For Ransom “Randy” Jackson, it had been a disappointing year. He was brought in to take over for the aging Jackie Robinson, but injuries had kept him on the bench for much of the 1957 season. Called to the plate in Philadelphia,…
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (Photo courtesy of Edison International) This Google Earth image shows how close the expanded dry storage area for spent nuclear waste will be to the shoreline at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. (Image courtesy of Google Earth) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Show Caption of Expand The California State…
Can Southern Californians have good things? We might find out this weekend when officials impose new rules meant to control rampant crowds going to see this year’s epic super bloom of wildflowers in Lake Elsinore. Officials said several detours and road closures will be in place this weekend to…
Some of the parents charged in the colleges admissions scandal have a tough choice to make in the coming weeks: Do they fight the charges against them or agree to cooperate with federal authorities? Legal experts say cutting a deal makes sense for some defendants because of the overwhelming evidence…
The Trump administration’s reliance on industry-funded environmental specialists is again coming under fire, this time by researchers who say that Louis Anthony “Tony” Cox Jr., who leads a key Environmental Protection Agency advisory board on air pollution, is a “fringe” scientist and ideologue…
With their parents now facing criminal charges, the children at the center of the college cheating scandal face an uncertain future. It remains unclear how much the children knew about the alleged fraud committed by their parents to get them into college. And that could play a role in what happens…
Grunion greeters came out in large numbers to observe the mating ritual of the small critters at Doheny State Beach. SCNG FILE PHOTO California grunion swim to shore to lay their eggs on Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro. Cabrillo Marine Aquarium offers its last “Meet the Grunion” program each summer. Sound The gallery will resume inseconds…
LOS ANGELES — Scattered showers are expected in Southern California Thursday from a storm that, a day earlier, produced virtually no rain in some communities but heavy downpours in others, along with lightning, thunder and hail. Most of Thursday’s rainfall likely won’t materialize until the afternoon, said National Weather Service meteorologist Dave Bruno. The last…
