Kevin de León’s week before election day has been quiet, largely without public events and instead spent making last-minute fundraising calls. This weekend, he’ll make a handful of appearances, and that will be it. At a Mexican restaurant near Cypress Park where he’s a regular, De León reflected…
Tustin faces a nail-biting deadline: Come up with a 50-bed shelter by mid-February, or allow homeless people to set up camp in public areas, officials said. Responding to a court order, city officials landed on what they admit is an imperfect solution: Make use of a vacant, city-owned building at the Tustin Legacy, near Heritage…
Residents in some Orange County cities have received mailers labeled “Democratic Voter Guide” that party officials say misrepresent the Democratic Party of Orange County’s endorsements. They have taken to social media and email lists to alert voters the mailers are not an official guide from the party. The mailers have a familiar red-and-white donkey logo…
Restaurants and other food businesses closed by health inspectors in Orange County from Oct. 26 to Nov. 2, 2018: Hamle Supermarket, 9895 Warner Ave., Suite A, Fountain Valley Permit downgraded to prepackaged food only: Nov. 1 Reason: Insufficient hot water/plumbing in disrepair 3-Thirty-3 Waterfront, 333 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach Closed: Nov. 1 Reason: Cockroach infestation…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
