Recent races for the Los Angeles Board of Education have been the most expensive school board contests in the nation’s history — and charter school supporters spent millions more than anyone else. But a key charter group announced Friday it will sit out a March special election to fill an empty…
After more than 100 years of oil production, the soft, droning swish and rhythmic bobbing of horse heads in eastern Brea could be replaced in coming years by the clatter of earth movers and builders, and then by the sounds of children playing and cars driving to and from new neighborhoods. The change is still…
Remember when you used to have all sorts of free time to cook and prepare healthy food? No? For a lot of people, that “free time” is little more than a fantasy, and preparing healthy meals seems like a far-off dream. Even when your life is hectic, eating healthy does not have to be a…
The Trump administration quietly proposed rolling back emissions standards for coal and oil generated power plants in a move that could alter how and whether the government monitors and controls air and water pollution. The proposed ruling strikes at the economic analysis the agency uses to establish…
Amos Oz, one of Israel’s most celebrated and prolific authors, who came to embody the young state’s literary spirit and preoccupations, died Friday in Tel Aviv. He was 79 and had been fighting cancer. His daughter, Fania Oz-Salzberger, announced his death in a tweet in which, like many Israelis,…
Aiming to reduce wildfire risk and bolster native trees, conservation groups are using helicopters this week to remove 300 invasive palm trees from canyons in Tierrasanta. Crews, with help from the city of San Diego, began cutting down the palm trees on Dec. 10. This week, they will move the trees…
Got plans early Sunday morning, Dec. 30? If they involve the 405 Freeway, be aware that a section is scheduled to be closed for nine hours beginning at 11 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29. Both directions of the freeway between Warner Avenue and Beach Boulevard are expected to shut down until 8 a.m. Sunday for demolition…
NEW YORK — Electric utility Con Edison is working to figure out what caused a high-voltage equipment failure that unleashed an otherworldly flash of bright blue light in the night sky over New York City. The event Thursday night filled social media feeds with eerie photos, questions and jokes, to the point that even the…
Orange County’s population growth has been halved as more folks move elsewhere and foreign immigration grows slowly. In the year ended July 1, Orange County’s population rose 10,962 — 0.34 percent — to 3.22 million, No. 3 among California’s counties. But these fresh state demographic statistics show that yearly growth of residents is down 55 percent…
Police at UCI are looking for the man seen in this image from a surveillance video after on-campus apartments were burglarized in November oand December. (Screenshot courtesy of UCI Police Department) Police at UC Irvine asked for the public’s help in locating a man wanted for questioning in connection with burglaries at an on-campus apartment…
