At climate summit, one deadline will overshadow all the others
Authorities say gunman kills five people, self in Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD — Authorities say a gunman in California on Wednesday killed five people, including his wife, before turning the gun on himself as a sheriff’s deputy closed in. Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said the shootings began shortly before 5:30 p.m. and occurred at a business and a home in Bakersfield, about 90 miles north…
Orange Coast College President Dennis Harkins announces plan to retire at end of semester
Orange Coast College President Dennis Harkins has announced his retirement effective at the end of the fall semester, ending a nine-year stint leading the campus. Harkins made the announcement in a note to the OCC community: “When I first arrived at Coast, the College was recovering from two significant setbacks — the Great Recession and…
California’s 19% poverty rate, though improved, ties state for first in U.S.
Nearly one in five Californians still lives in poverty despite the state’s vigorous recovery from the Great Recession and its low unemployment rate. The latest numbers, a reflection of the state’s high housing costs and low wages, show 19 percent are poor, some 7.5 million people. The calculation, released Wednesday by the U.S. Census, represents a 1.4 percent…
Here’s how one Riverside County mom is trying to improve safety across the Cal State University system in the wake of her son’s murder
Charmaine Lawson will never forget the late-night phone call that her son was dead. Her son, David Josiah Lawson, 19, was fatally stabbed at a party on April 15, 2017, in Arcata, a rural town near Humboldt State University, as he was wrapping up his sophomore year. Almost a year-and-a-half later, the murder is still…
Parents who lost their son while he was at college encourage families to prepare for emergencies
The new school year at Savannah College of Art and Design just started this week. Monday would have been the first day of Kevin Riley Hogate’s junior year. The Mater Dei High graduate and Eagle Scout from Troop 241 out of Orange had spent two years at the Savannah, Georgia, campus. He was 2,400 miles…
Video: Orcas make rare appearance off Orange County coast
A pod of orcas showed up off San Clemente, heading north through Dana Point and Laguna Beach, on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, giving a rare glimpse as they passed through Orange County. (Photo courtesy of John Weber/Danawharf.com) A pod of orcas showed up off San Clemente, heading north through Dana Point and Laguna Beach, on…
Rover is a cat, really — that picture isn’t lying
Breed: Domestic shorthair Gender: Neutered male Rover’s story: Rover’s foster mom named him Rover because he ran up to her on the street just like a little dog would. Rover’s background is unknown, but when he was found he was hungry and afraid being out on the street. He’s very friendly and loves to be petted. He’s…
Second suspect charged in stabbing death near Orange nightclub
Prosecutors filed charges against a second suspect on Monday, Sept. 10 in a slaying near a nightclub in Orange in July. Antonio Jesus Brito, 19, of Santa Ana is accused of assault and murder for his alleged involvement in the beating and stabbing of Nicholas Glynn near the The District Lounge at 223 W. Chapman Ave….