Meet the paraplegic rock climber keeping Joshua Tree National Park clean during shutdown
In this high desert enclave, Rand Abbott is a well-known man of action. He’s a paraplegic rock climber; a vocal lightning rod at town hall meetings; and a tireless promoter for the desert landscape and its resident creatures. So it came as little surprise to friends two weeks ago when he volunteered…
Judge rules that LAUSD teachers’ strike can begin on Monday
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Thursday cleared the path for a Los Angeles teachers’ strike to start Monday. At issue was whether the union, United Teachers Los Angeles, gave a legally required 10-day notice to the school district that its members would no longer work under terms of…
One year after Blaze Bernstein’s killing, his parents and Orange County community members assess its impact
On Jan. 10, 2018, Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigators found 20-year-old Blaze Bernstein’s body in a shallow grave near Borrego Park in Foothill Ranch. Officials determined he had been stabbed 20 times, killed in an act of rage. Bernstein was gay and Jewish, the grandson of a Holocaust survivor. And for most of 2018, a…
Crash closes southbound 5 Freeway lanes in Mission Viejo area
A four-vehicle crash early Thursday prompted closure of two lanes of the southbound 5 Freeway near Avery Parkway in the Mission Viejo area, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash has since been cleared, according to reports. Related Articles Elderly woman saved after her car crashes into path of oncoming train in Santa Ana…
Rebel drone bombs Yemen military parade, kills at least 6
By AHMED AL-HAJ SANAA, Yemen — A bomb-laden drone launched by Yemen’s Shiite rebels exploded over a military parade for the Saudi-led coalition and its allies on Thursday near the southern port city of Aden, killing at least six people in a brazen attack that threatened U.N.-brokered peace efforts to end the yearslong war tearing…
For parents across a vast district, pending LAUSD teachers’ strike lands differently
In a good month, Jose Velasco, a painter, and his wife Maribel Cruz, a baker, make about $1,000. They have little left after they pay the rent on their El Sereno apartment. The thought of possibly having to hire someone to watch their 9-year-old son during a teachers’ strike upsets and overwhelms…
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Amid closure at Joshua Tree National Park, volunteers struggle to clean up after unruly visitors
In this high desert enclave, Rand Abbott is a well-known man of action. He’s a paraplegic rock climber; a vocal lightning rod at town hall meetings; and a tireless promoter for the desert landscape and its resident creatures. So it came as little surprise to friends two weeks ago when he volunteered…
Students at Yorba Linda school sheltered as 5 suspects in nearby burglary were sought, arrested
Students and staff at a Yorba Linda elementary school were told to shelter in place as sheriff’s deputies searched for suspects in the burglary of a nearby residence on Wednesday, Jan. 9. The precautionary measure was implemented at Fairmont Elementary School at about 8 a.m., according to Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the Orange County…