Police were searching for a driver who fired gunshots at the vehicle of another motorist in an apparent road-rage incident in Cypress. The victim, who was not hit by the bullets, was driving in the area of Lincoln Avenue and Valley View Street shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday, March 14. The victim turned east onto…
There are several large employers within blocks of each other in northwestern Costa Mesa and the developer proposing One Metro West says they could use housing nearby. Rose Equities envisions meeting that need with a mixed-use project at the western end of Sunflower Avenue. It would feature 1,057 apartments in three residential buildings, some shops…
LOS ANGELES — Strong winds will blow across Southern California Friday and Saturday, forecasters said. North-to-northeast winds of 20 to 30 miles per hour with gusts of around 50 mph will blow through the San Gabriel Mountains, the Santa Monica Mountains and the Santa Clarita and San Fernando valleys, said the National Weather Service. Weaker…
USC, reeling from the exposure of a college admissions scheme with deep ties to the university, has announced a variety of measures aimed at addressing the scandal. In a letter to the campus community Thursday, USC interim President Wanda Austin said the university has launched its own investigation…
A key tip that led to what authorities describe as the largest college admissions cheating scandal ever came from a Los Angeles parent who was under investigation in an unrelated securities case, according to a law enforcement source. The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, could not…
Technically, the marijuana shops in Santa Ana and Costa Mesa are on opposite sides of the law. Santa Ana allows cannabis retailing, so the city welcomes and collects tax money from some 18 licensed cannabis stores in the city’s boundaries. Costa Mesa doesn’t, and it would like to shut down the eight rogue shops in…
By NICK PERRY and MARK BAKER CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — At least 49 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshipers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.” One man was arrested and charged with murder in what appeared to be a carefully…
It was morning and the campus was still quiet when Vanessa Miranda began to shout, trying her best to draw customers: “Esquiii-te! Come and get your esquiii-te!” She and some of her East Los Angeles College classmates were selling sliced corn with mayonnaise, butter and cheese at $3 a cup to raise…
Stanford was out of the question for me. My grades were borderline and my parents didn’t make enough money to bribe anyone. But even in my working-class family and at my less-than-stellar public high school, you had basically three choices: Enlist in the military, work at one of the local factories…
The college admissions cheating scandal is roiling some of Southern California’s most elite prep schools, leading to resignations and questions as federal prosecutors seek student records from the institutions. Douglas Hodge and Michelle Janavs, two of the parents charged in the wide-reaching probe…
