201811.02
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Lease for $330 million Dana Point Harbor renovation is inked

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DANA POINT — After more than 20 years, plans to renovate the 47-year-old Dana Point Harbor are in place. On Friday, Nov. 2, Supervisor Lisa Bartlett joined other county officials and developer Dana Point Harbor Partners at Coffee Importers, in the harbor, to announce that the 66-year lease was signed Oct. 29. “The Dana Point Harbor…

201811.02
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EPA fines 2 trucking companies for air pollution, requires them to pay for indoor air filtration at Southern California schools

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Two interstate trucking companies failed to install filters in hundreds of diesel trucks that spewed tons of lung-damaging pollution into the air near schools, hospitals and daycare centers in Southern California, resulting in penalties of $225,000 assessed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, air pollution agencies announced Thursday. In addition, the trucking companies will spend…

201811.02
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US reimposes all Iran sanctions lifted under nuclear deal

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In this Nov. 17, 2007 file photo, a worker repairs a part of a unit of the Tehran oil refinery, in Tehran, Iran. Iran is preparing for the return of U.S. sanctions Nov. 5 that will hit its multi-billion dollar oil exports. Iran is bracing for the restoration of U.S. sanctions on its vital oil…

201811.02
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Maria Korcsmaros, shark bite survivor, creates race to save sharks

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Maria Korcsmaros has been obsessed with sharks since that fateful day at sea when she was attacked by a great white while swimming the coast of Corona Del Mar in 2016. The Corona resident wants to know what they are doing, and where they are going. She can’t get enough of nature shows explaining how…

201811.02
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Attack on Christians in Egypt kills 7, wounds at least 12

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Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church says gunmen opened fire Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, on a bus carrying Christian pilgrams to Saint Samuel the Confessor monastery in the country’s Minya province. At least seven were killed, the church said. Above, Church of the Saint Misael at the monastery is seen in a 2010 photo. (Photo by Robert…

201811.02
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Funeral to be held for 97-year-old synagogue attack victim

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This undated family photo provided by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) shows Rose Mallinger, 97, who was one of the people killed on Oct. 27, 2018, at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue. Her daughter, Andrea Wedner, was among the wounded, the family said. (Courtesy of the Mallinger family/UPMC via AP) A 97-year-old woman…

201811.02
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Trump pledges asylum crackdown, tent cities; is it legal?

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By JILL COLVIN and COLLEEN LONG | Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he plans to sign an order next week that could lead to the large-scale detention of migrants crossing the southern border and bar anyone caught crossing illegally from claiming asylum — two legally dubious proposals that mark his latest election-season…