Alex Villanueva began his term as Los Angeles County sheriff by immediately removing 18 top executives. Now he has told nearly 500 other supervisors on his staff that their jobs are being reevaluated too. In a massive review, all lieutenants, captains and commanders have been asked to hand in forms…
In his latest attempt to undercut the criminal prosecution against him, Harvey Weinstein through his attorney sent a letter to the judge in the case Friday alleging that a woman he is charged with raping attended a movie screening with him and her friend later that same day in 2013. Weinstein’s…
California prosecutors say Amazon has agreed to stop selling foie gras in the state from birds that have been force fed after state lawmakers banned that form of the fatty duck and goose liver delicacy. Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacy announced Friday that a state judge approved a settlement…
Rain and floodwaters Thursday night prompted the evacuation of more than 300 homeless people from a tented shelter in the Barrio Logan area near Petco Park, a shelter official said. The flooding at the shelter run by the Alpha Project occurred amid heavy rain and a countywide flash flood warning…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday he will nominate William Barr, former President George H.W. Bush’s attorney general, to serve in the same role. Trump made the announcement while departing the White House for a trip to Missouri. He called Barr “a terrific man” and “one of the most respected jurists in the country.”…
By AUDREY McAVOY PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — About 20 survivors are expected to gather at Pearl Harbor on Friday to pay tribute to the thousands of men lost in the Japanese attack 77 years ago. The youngest of the veterans are in their mid-90s. The Navy and National Park Service will jointly host the remembrance…
By CATHERINE LUCEY, MATTHEW LEE and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Friday he’s nominating State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. “Heather Nauert will be nominated,” Trump said Friday before departing the White House on Marine One for an event in Kansas City. “She’s…
As heavy rain pelted Hollywood Burbank Airport on Thursday morning, the pilot of Southwest Flight 278 out of Oakland came over the intercom with a warning: The runway was short and wet. It was going to be a bumpy landing. Paris Organist, a 31-year-old Oakland resident sitting in the front row,…
The big orange “Katie Porter” sign is gone from the frontyard of Honour Del Crognale’s home in Tustin. It’s been replaced by four big vintage light-up Santas, clustered like a choir near the front door. “I think one is tacky, but a bunch of them make a statement,” Del Crognale told me when I visited…
