Q. I was driving through Anaheim and noticed a street sweeper near the city limits. It was early in the morning with no traffic, so the sweeper went ahead and did a U-turn on a red light and returned to the neighboring city that it apparently works for. Can city sweepers break the law? –…
A shallow magnitude 3.6 earthquake was reported Monday morning two miles from Black Oaks, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:54 a.m. PDT at a depth of 0.6 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 13 miles from Clearlake, 14 miles from Healdsburg and…
Alexander Rossi takes the checkered flag to win the 45th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach Sunday, April 14, 2019. Pole sitter Alexander Rossi defended his 2018 Long Beach win with a flag-to-flag victory with Josef Newgarden finishing second and Scott Dixon coming in third. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Alexander Rossi…
Ed Nixon was proud of his older brother, President Richard Nixon. He worked to help get the 37th president elected and to promote the president’s legacy after his death. But Ed Nixon also etched his own path, leaving his own legacy as a Navy aviator, geologist, global energy expert and as a husband and father….
A Huntington Beach police helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing at John Wayne Airport late Saturday night, officials said Sunday. There were no injuries or property damage when the helicopter landed in an infield after experiencing “mechanical difficulties,” said Officer Angela Bennett, a Hungtington Beach police spokeswoman. Deanne Thompson, a spokeswoman for John…
An entangled juvenile gray whale was spotted off Laguna Beach on Sunday, with whale watching captains keeping a careful eye on the mammal with hopes that a rescue team can help. The 25-30 foot whale, heading northbound, was swimming in about 50 feet of water about ¼ mile from shore off of the Montage hotel…
A 26-year-old pickup truck driver was held today on $2-million bond in connection with the hit-and-run death of a Lime scooter rider in Hollywood. Jared Walter Anderson was booked at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Jail Division in the 3:50 a.m. crash at Vine Street and Sunset Boulevard, according…
LAGUNA BEACH — The young bobcat looked around from inside his kennel and squinted as the sun lit up his amber-yellow eyes. Then, with a sudden leap, he was out. Within seconds, his shiny gray-brown fur blended into the nearby coastal sage scrub as he ran for cover. After one final look at the group…
Southern California Vintage BaseBall League game between the Crestline Highlanders and the Riverside Smudge Pots as they wear uniforms and use replica gear from 1886 at the Riverside School of the Deaf on Saturday, April 13, 2019 in Riverside, California. Darren “Sugar” McCanne, left, goes over the rules with both teams during a Southern California…
An examination of Southern California race tracks going back to the beginning of the 20th century reveals a legacy of international innovation. Top speeds of cars in the 1880s were about 10 mph, but by 1910, they were over 80 mph. The Los Angeles Motordrome in Playa del Rey was an elevated, wooden-board track that…
