David Hertz thinks outside the box. Or should we say, outside the bottle. He eschews the notion of water as a commodity being sold in plastic bottles by for-profit corporations. Instead, Hertz, a Venice-based architect and inventor, says this essential, life-giving element would be better served in a decentralized, democratized, independent manner. “Water is a…
Click for a larger image. Mariners traveling between the Orange County coast and Catalina Island were warned early Wednesday about dense fog that is reducing visibility in the area. The fog warning was in effect through 9 a.m., the National Weather Service reported. Related Articles Red flag warning in effect for LA County areas but…
ANAHEIM – A fire at a former marijuana dispensary was quickly extinguished Tuesday night, Oct. 30, and uncovered a possible butane honey oil extraction lab, fire officials said. Smoke was reported coming from a one-story commercial building at Euclid Street and Cris Avenue at around 9:24 p.m., said Sgt. Daron Wyatt, spokesman for Anaheim’s fire…
By JOCELYN GECKER and PAUL ELIAS SAN FRANCISCO — She was a self-described “adrenaline junkie,” and he took “wow-worthy photos” of the couple posing at the edge of cliffs and jumping from planes that appeared on social media and a travel blog that attracted thousands of followers. In one post at the Grand Canyon this…
Click for a larger image. LOS ANGELES — A red flag warning denoting a high risk of wildfire will be in force for much of the day Wednesday in mountain, forest and valley areas of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties because of gusty Santa Ana winds and little humidity, which will dip to single digits…
There’s a bullet inside Emely Ramirez, but it only hurts when the 6-year-old bends down. On a rainy Friday night this month, she was strapped into her car seat at a South Los Angeles gas station — her mother and 13-year-old sister were trading jokes outside the car. A nearby Pontiac was making…
Staff photographer Marianna Diamos visits the set of “Young Frankenstein.”
SANTA ANA — The daughter of a couple shot and killed in their Fullerton home testified Tuesday that she had been repeatedly sexual assaulted by one of the victims, but acknowledged that she had lied to law enforcement after the slaying about the alleged abuse. The testimony by now-19-year-old Katlynn Goodwill came during the second…
Q: At a deposition my lawyer asked the witness a really important question. The other lawyer objected on the basis of “an incomplete hypothetical.” We never got an answer. What does that objection mean? -G.B., Rancho Palos Verdes Ron Sokol A: There are only certain objections at deposition that are proper, and then only a few…
Orange Unified School District is back to square one on its plan to sell the site of one of the first schools in California to desegregate. While the property’s sale sat in limbo, Western States Housing made several adjustments to its proposal for reusing the former Killefer Elementary School on North Lemon Street in its…
