The Los Angeles school district has selected an FBI veteran stationed in Europe as its next inspector general. William Stern is currently the chief attache to the Netherlands and to Europol, the European Union’s police agency. His contract will pay $179,900 per year and run from Jan. 31 through…
University of California regents will gather this week to discuss faculty diversity, policies on Native American remains and artifacts and the ongoing effort to add more California students without further squeezing those already enrolled. At their two-day meeting, which starts Wednesday at UCLA,…
At 9 a.m. on Sept. 25, 1978, rookie flight attendant Kate Fons was at work aboard San Diego-bound PSA flight 182. Martin Kazy Jr. and David Boswell were practicing landing approaches at Lindberg Field in a Cessna 172. PSA 182’s captain, James McFeron, reassured the Lindbergh control tower that…
Inmates released from the Orange County Jail after dark are greeted by little more than dim street lights and cab drivers looking for fares. Across the empty Santa Ana street, a recreational vehicle and a small floodlight offer a respite from the dark and the coldness of jail. Waiting to offer…
A pedestrian in Lake Forest died after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver on the evening of Monday, Sept. 24, officials said Tuesday. Witnesses reported a man lying in the street and suffering from a head wound near the intersection of Ridge Route Drive and Rockfield Boulevard at about 10:30 p.m., the Orange County…
Orange County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to raise $227 million in bond revenue to finance the second phase of its planned overhaul of the Civic Center complex in downtown Santa Ana. Repaying the bonds will cost taxpayers $13.8 million a year for 30 years, or about $393 million. Last year, the board voted to spend…
Geraldine Aron, president of Paleo Solutions, readies a 2-to 7-million-year-old baleen whale fossil packed in a hard cast for transport from the Prima Deshecha Landfill in San Juan Capistrano, where it was discovered. It was moved to the Cooper Museum in Santa Ana on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, where scientists will piece it together and…
Police in Anaheim searched Tuesday for a 44-year-old man in need of medical treatment who was last seen on Saturday, Sept. 22. Oliver Nananishi failed to appear for a kidney dialysis appointment on Monday, Sept. 24 and was then reported as missing, said Anaheim Police Sgt. Daron Wyatt. He said the last time anyone had…
Over the continued objections of residents, Orange County supervisors signed off for a third time on plans to build 340 homes in the Esperanza Hills north of Yorba Linda. Developer Doug Wymore has been trying since 2012 to win approval to create a neighborhood of single-family homes on large lots that would abut Chino Hills State Park,…
GARDEN GROVE – Jack Wallin left his fingerprints on every park in Garden Grove. So it’s only fitting that his memorial will take place at KiwanisLand. Wallin, 88, died Friday, Sept. 21, after a brief bout of pneumonia. He leaves a legacy grounded in playgrounds – and in fun. As the city’s first superintendent of parks, Wallin…
