LOS ANGELES — A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted four California men – three of them from the South Bay – on charges connected to violent clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters last year in Charlottesville, Va. The four defendants — Benjamin Drake Daley, 25, of Redondo Beach, Thomas Walter Gillen, 24, of Redondo Beach,…
CALABASAS — An armed suspect was arrested Wednesday as deputies searched the Malibu Creek State Park area for an armed burglar wanted in connection with a series of break-ins in the Malibu and Calabasas areas. .@LACoSheriff announcing the arrest of 42 yr old suspect Anthony Rauda who is possibly linked to several recent burglaries in…
SANTA ANA — A retired Sycamore Junior High School drama teacher who was on trial for allegedly molesting five of his students apparently took his own life as his attorney and a prosecutor were preparing to begin closing arguments Wednesday morning. David Michael Bruce, 68, was found dead in his home in an unincorporated area…
In last week’s column I was telling you about the upcoming induction ceremony for the International Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame and I left off in the middle of the inductees. Before I go any further, though, I just want to remind you that this cool event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 13 at…
Authorities released the identity of a man who was fatally struck by a vehicle on Monday, Oct. 8 in Stanton. Tam Nguyen, 79, of Anaheim was riding an electric bicycle near the intersection of Cerritos and Magnolia avenues when he was hit by an automobile sometime before 1:50 p.m. Paramedics transferred him to UC Irvine…
Rescuers airlifted a bicyclist to a hospital after he went down in a remote section of Newport Beach on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 9. A man in his 20s fell off of his bike and was injured while riding with two other cyclists along a trail near the intersection of Vista Ridge Road and…
Williamson Rock is a sheer granite wall that rises from chaparral in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. Crisscrossed with 300 routes, it has been a proving ground for Southern California rock climbers since the 1960s. But in a move that outraged many in the climbing community, the area…
On July 7, 1946, Howard Hughes took the first XF-11 prototype on its maiden flight and crashed.
LAUSD board President Monica Garcia and Superintendent Austin Beutner are slated to participate in Walk to School Day on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (File photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG) Thousands of Southern California students, along with parents, teachers and staffers, will take to the streets Wednesday to mark Walk to School Day, which not…
By JAY REEVES PANAMA CITY, Fla.— Michael’s leading edge careened onto northwest Florida’s white-sand beaches as a still-growing Category 4 hurricane Wednesday, lashing the coast with tropical storm-force winds and rain and pushing a storm surge that could cause catastrophic damage well inland once it makes landfall. The unexpected brute quickly sprang from a weekend…
