Doris Day, a leading box-office star of the mid-20th century who achieved indelible fame in big-screen bedroom farces and put a sunny face on the working woman in postwar America, has died. She was 97. The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday at her Carmel Valley, Calif.,…
Two pivotal, looming elections are a study in contradictions for the Los Angeles Unified School District. In one contest, two powerful unions have become heated rivals; in the other, they’ve remained best of friends. In one election, philanthropist Eli Broad remains the quintessential enemy of…
Felicity Huffman is expected to plead guilty in a Boston courtroom Monday to a fraud conspiracy charge for her role in a brazen test-fixing and bribery scheme that has sent the once-beloved actress’ reputation and career prospects tumbling. Huffman, 56, has admitted to paying $15,000 to William…
If you’ve ever been to Venice Boulevard in June or July, you might notice mangos stacked conspicuously in boxes outside the South Asian grocery stores that line the street. The boxes mark the seasonal start of a fierce, but typically respectful competition in a community where passions for mangos…
Orange County’s Boy Scout troops gathered Saturday, May 11, at Oak Canyon Park in Silverado for their biggest event of the year, Scout-O-Rama. First order of business was to welcome the organization’s newest members: several all-girl troops. In February, the Boy Scouts of America started including girls in its ranks. Following the opening ceremony, the…
MALIBU — The crowd came with Hawaiian shirts, flower leis and surfing jokes, and Tulsi Gabbard came looking to catch an elusive political wave. Campaigning in Malibu on Sunday, the Hawaii congresswoman and presidential candidate drew applause from an audience of supporters and curious Democrats with a campaign message heavy on anti-war themes. “Unfortunately you…
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva runs the nation’s largest jail system and patrols 4,000 square miles of the country’s most populous county. He’s also head of the police force for dozens of individual cities throughout the county that contract with his agency for law enforcement services….
Homicide investigators have identified the man and woman who they say led police on a high-speed chase that ended in a dramatic shootout in Vernon and a tense standoff involving flash-bang grenades on Friday. The male suspect, Dylan Andres Lindsey, 24, of Torrance, had leaned out of the car window…
A 22-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a sedan in Anaheim on Sunday morning, police said. Police at 10:28 a.m. responded to a call of a crash at Western and Orange avenues. Attempts to revive the man failed, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, said Anaheim Officer Ron Light. The rider…
Homebuying in North Orange County — Brea, Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, La Palma, Placentia and Yorba Linda — fell 11.5% in what was Orange County homebuying’s slowest start to a year since 2009. CoreLogic stats show the lowest countywide sales count for any first three months of a year since the Great Recession. It…
