On the lesson plan for this third-grade class: gender diversity
Administrators in the Oak Park school district are teaching students about the complexities of gender, a topic that sparked an explosion of controversy in suburban Ventura County.
Non-native weeds are engulfing the ancient breeding grounds of Mono Lake’s California gulls
This year, 11,075 nests were counted, the lowest number recorded over the 34-year course of one of the longest studies of birds in North America.
Man pleads guilty, gets year in jail for attacking woman on an Irvine trail
SANTA ANA — A 28-year-old man pleaded guilty and was immediately sentenced to a year in jail for attacking a woman on a trail in Irvine, according to court records obtained Monday. Tyler Glenn Collier pleaded guilty Friday to a felony count of battery with serious bodily injury with a sentencing enhancement for inflicting great…
Earl Paysinger, longtime LAPD leader, dies at 64
Earl Paysinger, a respected leader in South L.A. who was credited with driving down crime by focusing on community partnerships, has died.
Birth tourism conviction means time served, likely deportation for Chinese woman in Irvine
A Chinese woman living in Irvine was sentenced Monday to a 10-month prison term in what is believed to be the first sentence handed to a birth tourism operator helping foreign nationals commit immigration and visa fraud so they can have American babies. Dongyuan Li, 41, was released from jail late Monday, Dec. 16, for…
South Bay serial killer Lawrence Bittaker dies at 79 of natural causes while on death row
Lawrence Bittaker — one of two South Bay men convicted of kidnapping, raping, torturing and killing five teenage girls in 1979 — has died at 79 from natural causes on San Quentin’s death row, officials announced Monday. Bittaker and Roy Norris, 71, of Redondo Beach were partners in the horrific string of murders over a…
FTC wins $6 million judgment from Laguna Niguel operators of online Section 8 rent scam
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Pedestrian dies in hit-and-run crash at Westminster intersection
A woman died Sunday night in Westminster after getting hit by a car with the driver failing to stay at the scene, police said. The woman was found in the street with severe injuries shortly after officers were called at about 6 p.m., Westminster police Sgt. Phuong Pham. She was pronounced dead at the scene…
High winds head to Southern California, but it’s too moist for fire danger
LOS ANGELES — Strong winds are forecast to whip around Southern California over the next couple of days, and a wind advisory will be in effect until Tuesday night in several areas. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory through 10 p.m. Tuesday for the San Fernando Valley, Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area,…
Santa Ana winds and cold temperatures prompt weather alerts
Strong winds are forecast for much of Los Angeles and Ventura counties through Tuesday evening, according to the National Weather Service.