The flames that drove neighbors from their homes also brought them together. On Saturday morning, some of them told stories of rushed attempts to secure property, last-minute escapes from the encroaching inferno and the camaraderie that grew in the midst of the Holy fire. The dominant emotion was relief. James Gassor left his home of…
Wind-swept wildfires raging. Homes incinerated. Families displaced. Lives lost. In the long, hot, smoky California summer of 2018, as we camp under ash-hued sunset skies, the scariest thought is that the future has arrived, and more intense weather extremes will continue to wreak havoc in years…
Tera Swick watched in horror as monster flames raced down a mountain Friday morning and toward her mother’s neighborhood. She and her family had been tracking the Holy fire during the last few days, watching it gain steam then stall as it climbed through the Santa Ana Mountains from Orange County…
For some in the room, the problem was all too familiar. At a church in Compton last week, community members spoke out about allegations of deputy gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department — the topic of similar gatherings several years back. The meeting was in response to news last month…
WESTMINSTER – Two people were killed and four others were injured in a fiery, multi-vehicle crash Saturday on the San Diego (405) Freeway in Westminster that involved a big rig and a pickup truck. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene and four people were rushed to area hospitals, where their conditions were not…
In a sign that firefighters have a firmer handle on the Holy fire near Lake Elsinore, residents of three areas who were forced to flee were allowed to return home Saturday morning, Aug. 11. Evacuations for the neighborhoods of Horsethief Canyon, McVickers and Rice Canyon were lifted, said Thanh Nguyen, a spokesman for the incident…
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Hikers and amateur rock hounds enjoyed a geology walk through Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary and up the Harding Truck Trail on Aug. 4. Bud Benneman, geology instructor at Golden West College, discussed the formation of the Santa Ana Mountains. He told the group about local landforms, erosional patterns on the landscape and current faults. The program included…
Inflation in Los Angeles and Orange counties was rising at a 3.9 percent annual rate in July with gasoline prices up 25 percent in a year, according to a regional Consumer Price Index. The change in the two-county region’s CPI costs and compares with 4 percent a month earlier and 2.5 percent a year earlier. Inflation…
At its next regular meeting, the Los Angeles Board of Education will consider holding an election in March to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Ref Rodriguez. Rodriguez, 47, who represented the school system’s District 5, stepped down July 23 after pleading guilty to one felony and three…
