Some Republican leaders like to say that political trends always shift. One even noted that during his lifetime, Democrats once dominated in Southern states and Republicans controlled much of the Northeast. The reverse is true now. In San Diego County, the once-dominant Republican Party is on the…
Police sought a suspect in a Huntington Beach stabbing that sent one person to the hospital on Monday, Dec. 24. The attack happened at about 9:07 a.m. in the parking lot of the U.S. Postal Service office, 6771 Warner Ave., according to Huntington Beach Police Lt. Kevin Johnson. He said a male victim was stabbed…
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND DON THOMPSON The Associated Press SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday ordered new DNA tests that a condemned inmate says could clear him in a San Bernardino County 35-year-old quadruple murder case, which has drawn national attention. Brown ordered tests of four pieces of evidence that Kevin Cooper and his attorneys…
Laguna Woods City Council on Wednesday, Dec. 19, named Cynthia Conners as the city’s mayor, and Councilman Noel Hatch as mayor pro tem. The mayor and mayor pro tem are elected by the five-member council and serve in their positions for one year. Conners was initially appointed to the council in 2009 and is serving…
If a disaster strikes Newport Beach and emergency workers can’t immediately respond to every neighborhood, it’s good to have a rocket scientist and a nurse nearby. After retiring, James Ward, 86, and Evalie “Evie” DuMars, 73, started volunteering for the Community Emergency Response Team through…
Civil rights leaders are demanding that the city of Inglewood rescind its decision to destroy case files for nearly 150 police shootings and other critical incidents ahead of a new law that would have made those records public for the first time. Until recently, Inglewood retained records related to officer-involved shootings for 25 years. Earlier…
It’ll be a snowy Christmas Day for some, a wet one for others and a cold one for all of Southern California. Snow is coming to the region’s mountains, forecasters say, and the valleys in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties will see showers. There is a 30 percent chance of showers in…
Seeing Santa Claus is exciting. But it doesn’t compare to winning that Disneyland Storytellers Café Chip ‘N Dale Critter Breakfast badge. At least for 9-year-old Leo Barrera, that is. He had won 10 of the badges by bowling over tiny Christmas trees, as he and his family strolled through the 10th annual holiday brunch hosted…
Thoughtfully join together a set of uniquely different notes and you can create a wonderful melody — and so it is with the seven young ladies of the 2019 Royal Court. Each uniquely accomplished in their own lives, together they bring smiles everywhere they go, and their actions and words inspire young and old alike….
The moniker “Orange County power couple” is typically reserved for pairs with a role in politics or big business, with a recognizable family name or billion-dollar fortune. But Michael and Nicole Suydam have earned that title by working behind the scenes to help make life better for the area’s least powerful residents. “It feels strange,…
