COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Desperate for relief after years of agony, Jim Taft listened intently as his pain management doctor described a medical device that could change his life. It wouldn’t fix the nerve damage in his mangled right arm, Taft and his wife recalled the doctor saying, but a spinal-cord stimulator would cloak his…
Homebuying in Brea, Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, La Palma, Placentia and Yorba Linda fell 10 percent this summer vs. a year ago. It was the slowest-selling third quarter in four years for Orange County’s housing market, as buyers balked at high prices and expensive mortgages while homeowners and builders boosted the supply of residences…
In a move that stunned three cities working to map a future for one of the largest remaining open spaces in the region, a small southeast Los Angeles County community has launched a $42 million effort to wrestle the ranch land away from the City of Industry. Industry and Chino Hills, one of the cities…
Legendary magician Ricky Jay, who has appeared in films including “Boogie Nights” and “Magnolia,” has died, according to Variety. He was 72. The famed sleight-of-hand artist died of natural causes on Saturday in Los Angeles, the entertainment outlet has reported. Jay’s career in acting spanned…
LOS ANGELES — In the wake of California’s wildfires, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants will be allowed to buy hot foods with their benefits through Dec. 17 in 14 counties, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week. “Thousands of California residents are trying to piece their lives back together even as these wildfires continue blazing,” said…
By Barbara Kingsley-Wilson Contributing Writer Longtime Long Beach resident Vicki Lawrence is best known as an ensemble player in the iconic “Carol Burnett Show” and later as the star of “Mama’s Family,” which ran from 1983 to 1990. Now Lawrence, 69, finds herself starring in a TV show for the first time in 30 years….
Around Telfair Elementary School in Pacoima, many homeless children live indoors rather than outside. And for one family, motel hopping is no temporary setback. It’s life.
When I began trying to learn more about child poverty in Los Angeles earlier this year, I knew that at some point the story would take me to school. If you measure poverty by the number of students whose family income is low enough for them to qualify for meals at school, eight out of…
FULLERTON — A man was killed Saturday when he was struck by two vehicles on a busy Fullerton street he was trying to cross, authorities said. The incident was reported about 5:15 p.m. at Orangethorpe Avenue near Harbor Boulevard, Fullerton police Sgt. Carin Wright said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Wright said….
One of three suspects in an attempted Buena Park heist early Saturday was listed in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle on the 5 Freeway in Norwalk while allegedly running from police. Officers interrupted a burglary in progress at a strip mall on the 7600 block of Knott Avenue at about 4 a.m.,…
