Play Next: 10 things to know about ‘Larger Than Life’
Good morning, I’m Paige Hymson, a podcast producer here at The Times. Our “Larger Than Life” podcast is out now. Listen to the first two episodes now available, and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. This seven-part documentary podcast is about legendary Los Angeles street racer Big Willie…
Every California family has an earthquake story. Mine is embarrassing but true
Every Californian who makes it through an earthquake unscathed has a favorite story. Mine is a family story. It stems from the deadly Sylmar earthquake, which struck Los Angeles on Feb. 9, 1971. I was 15 years old, a sophomore at Cleveland High School, the second of four kids. This was before everybody’s…
A tug-of-war over empty classrooms between a charter school and its host campus
The eighth-grade English class at Magnolia Science Academy 3 met last semester in an unusual setting: a carved-out rectangle in the school’s office, formed by portable dividers. Cramped quarters have forced such coping strategies at the charter school, which would like to rent more space at the…
Relatives identify 17-year-old girl fatally shot by Fullerton officer in Anaheim
ANAHEIM — Relatives identified a 17-year-old girl on Monday, July 8, who was killed in an officer involved shooting on a crowded freeway in Anaheim on Friday. Police have declined to release the teen’s name because she was a minor But, family members said Hannah Linn Williams of Anaheim was the suspect fatally shot by…
Newport Beach man dies in Colorado river rafting accident
DINOSAUR, Colo. — A California man was killed in a weekend rafting accident in northwestern Colorado. Officials with Dinosaur National Monument say 47-year-old Anthony Vasi of Newport Beach, California, died Saturday at Triplet Falls while on a commercial rafting trip with family and friends on the Green River. Related Articles Torrance woman killed in Bahamas…
President Trump issues emergency declaration after quakes and aftershocks rattle Kern, San Bernardino counties
President Donald Trump on Monday declared an emergency exists in Southern California — a move that could free up federal resources where two powerful earthquakes Thursday and Friday damaged buildings and infrastructure and rattled residents in Kern and San Bernardino counties. The announcement came in response to a request from Gov. Gavin Newsom, who during…
Newport Beach man pleads guilty to stealing endangered lemur from Santa Ana Zoo
A Newport Beach man who pleaded guilty on Monday, July 8, to stealing an endangered lemur from the Santa Ana Zoo last year could face as much as a year in prison and a six-figure fine. Aquinas Kasbar, 19, had been charged on suspicion of unlawfully taking an endangered species, officials said in a statement…
Killer of Garden Grove police officer found unresponsive on Death Row, later dies
A condemned inmate who was convicted of killing Garden Grove Police Department Officer Donald F. Reed was found unresponsive and died in his cell at San Quentin State Prison on Sunday evening, officials said Monday. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a press release on Monday that John George Brown, 71, was…
Trona, still without water, struggles to recover after 2 major earthquakes, Ridgecrest has many services restored
Weary, thirsty Trona residents struggled Monday, July 8, to arrange for services to the earthquake-damaged community, where they’ve been without running water since the first of the twin earthquakes rattled through the region last week. In nearby Ridgecrest, services had largely been restored by Monday. “It’s painful where I am. I don’t have any water…