LOS ANGELES — A heat wave that is expected to last several days will begin washing over Southern California on Thursday. The warmest communities Thursday will be Woodland Hills and Santa Clarita, each expected to have highs of 97 degrees. Meteorologists attribute the heat wave to an upper-level ridge of high pressure anchored this morning…
The FBI is investigating a secret society of tattooed deputies in East Los Angeles as well as similar gang-like groups elsewhere within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, multiple people familiar with the inquiry said. The federal probe follows allegations of beatings and harassment by…
UCLA Medical Center learned in 2014 that a breast cancer patient had made abuse allegations against gynecologist Dr. James Mason Heaps, but officials did not move to fire him until four years later, after more accusations came to light, university records obtained by The Times and interviews show. …
Opal Goode turned 112 in June, about a month before the big earthquakes that still have this town rumbling. The local Bank of America, where she worked for 20 years (more than 50 years ago), threw a party, and everyone was invited. It would have been the event of the summer if it hadn’t been…
The Glendale couple thought that their in vitro fertilization treatment had failed. But Anni and Ashot Manukyan were seized with anguish and horror when they learned that, on the other side of the country, a stranger had been implanted with their embryo then given birth to their baby boy. On Wednesday,…
The California Coastal Commission on Thursday will consider a recommendation to begin phasing out off-road riding at Oceano Dunes, the only seaside state park that allows vehicles on its beaches and dunes. The commission meeting in San Luis Obispo follows decades of controversy over the use of…
Damage to the earth’s crust from the 6.4 and 7.1 magnitude earthquakes that struck Southern California last week is visible in a kaleidoscopic satellite image released by NASA. The Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, used satellite…
Officials in Anaheim, CA are investigating an explosion and fire that occurred at a possible illicit drug lab in a strip mall in the 400 block of S. Euclid Street on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. (OnScene.TV) Officials in Anaheim, CA are investigating an explosion and fire that occurred at a possible illicit drug lab in…
SANTA ANA — A former Ladera Ranch resident has been sentenced to three years and five months in federal prison for operating a real estate investment scheme while living in Orange County, federal officials said Wednesday. Daniel Vazquez, 57, was sentenced Monday to 41 months in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S….
Trona resident Benny Eldridge, 76, who has lived in the small town since 1955, looks into his wife’s destroyed office Wednesday July 10, 2019. The home has numerous cracks and shifted three inches off its foundation. State and county officials attended the meeting giving information and answering questions from concerned residents of the small town,…
