CORONA DEL MAR — Karina Grover wore a lime green T-shirt with the pi symbol, as she sat perched at a table covered in pi swag at the Mathnasium. There was a pi coloring sheet, pi trivia, lime-green pi water bottles and boxes full of mini key lime pies — all meant to lure students…
The University of California backed away Thursday from a tuition increase for students from other states and countries after several regents expressed concern that it could limit diversity and hurt some immigrants. UC President Janet Napolitano had recommended increasing nonresident tuition by…
Authorities have opened an investigation into the death of a man whose body was found in a flood control channel near the Seal Beach and Huntington Beach National Wildlife Refuge on Thursday, March 14. A construction worker made the discovery at the base of a wash near the intersection of Edinger Avenue and Bolsa Chica…
The Angels have brought on a consultant to look at potential options for development of the land around Angel Stadium, as the city and ball club discuss a lease deal to keep the team in Anaheim for years to come. Development rights for the parking areas, which could become a mix of restaurants, entertainment and…
The college admissions cheating scandal is roiling some of Southern California’s most elite prep schools, leading to resignations and questions as federal prosecutors seek student records from the institutions. Douglas Hodge and Michelle Janavs, two of the parents charged in connection with the…
Finding enough food to feed your family can be stressful, but Denise Williams wants to lighten the mood just a little. Williams is the program manager for the Community Action Partnership of Orange County’s new mobile food bank, and when she arrives clanking Clementine the Trolley’s bell, waving her conductor’s hat, she wants folks to…
A Long Beach man is facing additional felony charges after a federal grand jury returned an indictment against him in connection with the bombing of an Orange County day spa that killed his ex-girlfriend last year. Stephen Beal, 59, had been charged with malicious destruction of a building resulting…
The ACLU has issued a scathing report on three Orange County temporary homeless shelters, documenting widespread allegations of sordid conditions and abuse.
Homeless people residing in three county-funded shelter programs are subjected to dangerous squalor, sexual and physical abuse by shelter workers, and fear of retaliation if they complain, the Orange County office of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California contends in a just-released investigative report. The ACLU spent nearly a year compiling a litany…
LOS ANGELES — A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Thursday for the 2.25-mile Automated People Mover at Los Angeles International Airport, which aims to cut down on auto traffic traveling in and out of the facility, officials said. The project has a targeted opening date of 2023. The groundbreaking ceremony will include Mayor Eric Garcetti,…
