The Arctic Sunrise – the Greenpeace ship that has sailed against whalers and polluters, onto newspaper pages and newscasts and into some of the environmental activists’ highest-profile, most embattled protests – was swarmed on Saturday. Not by pirates. By curious tourists. Guests learn about the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise ship, docked at Rainbow Harbor, in Long…

That, folks, is what Cowabunga is all about. The International Surf Festival, which continued Saturday in Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach, is an annual celebration of the coastal folks who love their adjacent deep blue South Bay sea, as well as those who glide on top on top of it. The fest draws…

SAN CLEMENTE – Three Marines were stabbed during a fight with two men early Saturday morning, authorities said. The fight broke out shortly after 1 a.m. in the 200 block of El Camino Real, Orange County Sheriff’s spokewoman Jaimee Blashaw said. The Marines, two 21-year-old men and a 23-year-old man – were taken to a…

The latest from Winnie-the-Pooh, Disney’s new live-action film, “Christopher Robin,” is in theaters, so let’s take a look at the silly old bear. Feel free to enjoy some honey while reading. The author Alan Alexander Milne was a successful playwright and humor writer before he published children’s books, including the Winnie-the-Pooh stories, under the name…

Q. Dear Mr. Honk: I grew up in Orange County and have since retired to the Palm Springs area. Because most of my family lives in OC, my wife and I make frequent trips there. My question has to do with the Highway Patrol. We never see them on the road anymore. People routinely drive 80, 90 miles…

The Los Angeles teachers union announced Friday that it has scheduled a strike-authorization vote for later this month. A strike would not be automatic, even if a majority of members vote yes. But such a result would give union leaders the authority to call a strike without returning to members…

Police on Friday arrested a student at Cal State Northridge, accusing him multiple sexual assaults. Davis Moreno-Jaime, 19, was taken into custody and booked on suspicion of rape, police officials said. Investigators from the Los Angeles Police Department and the school’s police offered few details…

After more than a month of behind-the-scenes talks, L.A. Council President Herb Wesson and Korean community representatives have agreed on a site on the outskirts of Koreatown to temporarily shelter homeless residents, city officials said Friday. The uproar over placing a shelter in Koreatown —…

The Costa Mesa City Council and Orange County Board of Supervisors agreed in separate special meetings Friday to move ahead with a lawsuit to block a mobile needle-exchange service that recently received state approval to operate in Costa Mesa and three other Orange County cities. Costa Mesa council…

Newport Beach’s American Legion post is supporting the national American Legion in a U.S. Supreme Court fight over the constitutionality of a publicly maintained cross-shaped World War I memorial in Maryland. At issue is the Bladensburg World War I Memorial, which a local American Legion post erected…