This is it. I’m going into retirement and wanted you to be the first to know. But I worked out a really sweet deal with my employer. I’m going to keep writing columns for five more years so that I can collect my regular pay and my retirement pay simultaneously. It’s a double-dip bonanza. All…
A single-vehicle crash on a freeway transition road in Irvine left one person dead and another in critical condition early Saturday morning, Aug. 18, authorities said. Just after 12:45 a.m., firefighters with the Orange County Fire Authority were called to assist the California Highway Patrol with the crash, which occurred on a transition road connecting…
Kofi Annan, one of the world’s most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80. His foundation announced his death in Switzerland on Saturday in a tweet, saying he died after…
California faces a huge challenge as fires get bigger, faster and increasingly destructive.
Drivers may want to avoid the 5 Freeway late at night next week as a result of ongoing widening construction. Closures are planned Sunday night and later Wednesday and Thursday nights. First, the northbound 5 Freeway lanes will be closed at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, continuing until 5 a.m. Monday from Rosecrans Avenue to the 605 Freeway….
Known as man’s best friend, the dog has a relationship with humans that dates back tens of thousands of years. Today, research has shown us that that bond is more than a pretty picture; science has proved that being around one another is beneficial to humans and dogs. Your brain on dog In 2000, the…
Two people were rescued from a house fire in Santa Ana on Friday night, a fire official said. One person was critically injured; the other had minor injuries, according to Capt. Alan Wilkes of the Orange County Fire Authority. Firefighters were dispatched at 10 p.m. to the 1000 block of North Olive Street. They encountered…
A pedestrian was struck and killed in Huntington Beach Friday night by a man suspected of driving under the influence, police said. The accident occurred at about 8:57 p.m., when the pedestrian entered the westbound lanes of Warner Ave. at Rotterdam Lane, Huntington Beach police said. The 54-year-old driver was in a black 2003 Chevrolet…
The Palomino Rides Again! For one night only, on Oct. 8. But hey, North Hollywood’s – and arguably California’s – most legendary country music club will be back in all of its twangy, cosmic cowboy glory with a number of acts and special guests who called the Lankershim Boulevard venue home for decades of the…
Q. I drove on the I-5 freeway to Oceanside last week and noticed that there was a blue “H” hospital sign along the southbound side of the freeway in San Clemente. Saddleback Memorial Medical Center San Clemente closed two years ago. If that sign is wrong, it should be covered until removed, so people in an emergency…
