California has a critical teacher shortage, and the cost of living isn’t helping

A deadly earthquake 49 years ago led to the removal of 1,460 veterans from the West L.A. VA campus. That decision continues to shape the homelessness crisis among veterans today.

The shooting came after an 11-hour standoff

SANTA ANA — A former Chapman University media services employee was sentenced Friday to about four years behind bars for placing a concealed camera in his home bathroom to videotape caregivers and classmates of his mentally disabled adult daughter without their knowledge. David Russell Lowe, 57, of Brea was convicted Sept. 24 of one felony…

A 94-year-old woman died Friday after the car she was driving collided with a car driven by an 86-year-old woman in Huntington Beach. The crash occurred about 2 p.m. near the intersection of Warner Avenue and Ash Lane, when the 94-year-old Huntington Beach woman’s 1997 Saturn collided with the 86-year-old woman’s silver 2004 Mercedes-Benz, according…

Temperatures are expected to drop throughout Southern California starting on Saturday, with rain throughout most of the region starting sometime on Sunday. The National Weather Service said rainfall is expected to hit Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and Los Angeles counties Sunday. Although the four counties are projected to get some precipitation, the maximum rainfall being…

A Redondo Beach man has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to extort money from a woman, with whom he was in a relationship, by using explicit photos he took of her without consent, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department officials said. On Wednesday, Feb. 5, a woman came into the Moreno Valley Station to report that…

A repeat DUI offender was sentenced Friday to 22-years-to-life in prison for a wrong-way crash on a freeway in Tustin that killed another driver. An Orange County Superior Court jury late last year found Ivan Gonzalez, 31, guilty of second-degree murder for the death of 33-year-old Michael Johnston Jr. in a crash that also left…

Less than a week after a blaze destroyed its Irvine headquarters, an associate of the Working Wardrobes nonprofit was charged Friday with embezzling more than $48,000. Alapati Mulivanu, 55, was charged with one felony count of grand theft by embezzlement. A restitution claim of $48,167.57 was included. Mulivanu, who was being held without bail, listed…

Despite the alarm that went out about 4 a.m., “there is no current threat to our community,” the Huntington Beach Police Department said on Facebook.