Southern California has been having some off character humidity this summer, unlike the usually dry heat it gets around this time this year. It got so humid on Thursday evening that water started falling from the sky. Yes, it rained. And yes, of course, people freaked out. Sign up for our breaking news email newsletter:…
Deidre Pujols’ husband has hit 632 home runs, more than all but five players in baseball history, but she is the force of power in their mission to end what they term modern slavery. Their Strike Out Slavery effort debuted in 2017 at an Angels game where education and awareness about human trafficking were combined…
Environmentalists are celebrating a precedent-setting vote Thursday by the California Coastal Commission to tear down a seawall protecting an oceanfront home in Laguna Beach. After the previous owner received retroactive approval for the previously unpermitted seawall, Jeffrey and Tracy Katz bought the home on Victoria Beach. They performed an extensive remodel, which was completed in…
A disheveled Henry T. Nicholas III, an Orange County tech billionaire, crime victims advocate and noted philanthropist, was arrested this week in Las Vegas on suspicion of drug trafficking. Nicholas, co-founder of the chipmaker Broadcom, was arrested Tuesday, Aug.7 at the Encore hotel on the Las Vegas Strip on suspicion of trafficking heroin, cocaine, meth and ecstasy,…
A local rescue group is calling for an investigation into animal cruelty after coming to the aid of a dying female pit bull dumped in a South Los Angeles neighborhood. Members of Ghetto Rescue – a nonprofit animal rescue group based in Anaheim Hills – were alerted Monday evening, Aug. 6, by a resident in…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico is now estimating that Hurricane Maria killed more than 1,400 people, far more than the official death toll of 64, in a report to Congress seeking billions to help the island recover from the devastating storm. The government, relying on updated statistics it first reported in June, said…
With the state legislature back in session, Orange County is poised to see the approval of a bill that could dramatically change the landscape for housing its homeless population. Assembly Bill 448 would create the Orange County Housing Trust, a regional joint powers authority that would allow the county and its 34 cities to collectively…
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO The Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s Senate on Thursday rejected a bill to legalize elective abortion, a defeat for a grassroots movement that came closer than ever to achieving the decriminalization of the procedure in the homeland of Pope Francis. Lawmakers debated for more than 15 hours and…
By TOM MURPHY The Associated Press Rite Aid and the grocer Albertsons called off an agreement to become a single company with the deal facing shaky prospects in a shareholder vote. The owner of Safeway and other grocery brands had announced in February plans to buy Rite Aid’s more than 2,500 stores with the goal…
