On July 8, 1966, the International Assn. of Machinists (IMA) union went on strike against five airlines.

Most California voters were either too young to vote, or not even born, when Proposition 13’s tax limits were put into place in 1978.

LAGUNA BEACH – A 66-year-old woman was found dead in Laguna Beach on Sunday, Aug. 18 and a man described as a family member was later arrested on suspicion of murder. A caller notified police of the discovery in a residence at the Laguna Terrace Mobile Park community, at 30802 Coast Highway, at about 10:45…

ANAHEIM — A woman who was fatally injured in a crash on a freeway in Anaheim on Monday, Aug. 12, was identified by the Orange County coroner’s office Sunday. Rhonda Bird, 59, of Orange was a passenger in an SUV that was involved in a crash with a box truck and a semi at about…

The passenger of a man suspected of driving while intoxicated died following a crash in Long Beach early Sunday, Aug. 18. The collision happened near the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Grand Avenue at about 2:40 a.m., Long Beach Police said in a news release. Osvaldo Ramirez-Vazquez, 21, of Long Beach, is accused of…

A stretch of roadway south of Highway 74 in the Cleveland National Forest near the El Cariso Campground was re-opened to traffic Sunday after authorities investigated the suspected killing of a male whose body was found there. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department had closed South Main Divide three miles south of Highway 74 around 10:30…

The San Bernardino City Unified School District’s assistant superintendent of human resources was arrested Friday, Aug. 16, on suspicion of possession and distribution of child pornography, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said. Perry Philip Wiseman, 42, was arrested at 9:59 p.m. in the 7400 block of Tuolumne Lane in Highland and booked into West…

LOS ANGELES – A Lynwood man and six alleged co-conspirators have been indicted by a federal grand jury in a string of armed robberies of independent and “mom-and-pop” pharmacies in Los Angeles, Riverside and Orange Counties, authorities said. Tyrome Lewis, 24, also known as Boobie, was charged as the organizer and leader of a crew…

In the nearly four years since Alexis arrived alone in the United States as a 17-year-old from El Salvador, he has been granted asylum, learned English, secured a job at a bakery and studied for his upcoming driver’s license exam.

What can be recycled in Los Angeles? Some plastic, all glass, most paper, but not your garden hose.