MALIBU — Pacific Coast Highway was open to traffic Tuesday morning after a weekend storm caused a mudslide that prompted the closure of a portion of the road between Malibu and Las Posas Road in Ventura County. Crews cleared away the mud and debris and reopened the road about 6:30 p.m. Monday, but lane closures…
A strong earthquake hit near southern Japan on Tuesday, shaking buildings, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. No tsunami was expected. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck in the evening and had a preliminary magnitude of 6.3. It was centered 10 miles off the city of Nishinoomote…
Rep. Adam B. Schiff expressed concern Monday that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III might decline to look into President Trump’s private business dealings as he investigates Russia’s interference in America’s 2016 election. As a result, the Burbank congressman said, it could be up to Democrats…
Statue at Hollywood Bowl titled Muse of Music, Dance, Drama.
SANTA ANA — A 20-year-old Buena Park man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting two girls, ages 6 and 7, at the Anaheim daycare center where he worked. Daniel Antonio Martinez pleaded guilty in August to three counts of lewd acts on a child 14 and younger and…
Outgoing Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, left, swears in Don Barnes, with his wife Marilyn, during a ceremony at the Orange County Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy in Tustin on Monday, January 7, 2019. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) District Attorney-Elect Todd Spitzer, left, is joined by his daughter Lauren, center, as former Associate Justice of…
A man who was shot in Anaheim on Christmas Eve died in a hospital on Monday, Jan. 7. The victim had been hospitalized after he was struck by gunfire in an alleyway near the 500 block of Sabina Street on Monday, Dec. 24. He succumbed to his injuries two weeks later on Monday morning, according…
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department and some local police agencies continue to turn over unauthorized immigrants to federal immigration agents – including some whose crimes are minor — despite state laws aimed at limiting that practice, according to a new report released Monday by the UC Irvine Law School Immigrant Rights Clinic and two immigrant…
A long-empty asphalt lot that last housed a service station will be transformed into Orange County’s largest complex dedicated to providing a home to those who served their country in the military. With 75 permanent supportive housing units exclusively for ex-service members, Santa Ana Veterans Village on west First Street near Harbor Boulevard was hailed…
A last-ditch bargaining effort to avert a Los Angeles teachers’ strike fell short Monday, although the two sides have agreed to meet again on Wednesday morning, the day before a strike is scheduled to begin. Whether the strike begins on schedule on Thursday could depend on legal maneuvers that…
