A spokesman for Charlotte Rae, who played a wise and caring housemother to a brood of teenage girls on the long-running sitcom “The Facts of Life,” says the actress has died. She was 92. (2014 photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) By LYNN ELBER | AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES — Charlotte Rae, who played a…
By ROS IDIN and ALI KOTARUMALOS | Associated Press MATARAM, Indonesia — A powerful earthquake flattened houses and toppled bridges on the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok, killing at least 98 people and shaking neighboring Bali, as authorities said Monday that rescuers still hadn’t reached some devastated areas and the death toll would climb. It was…
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, unseen, during their meeting at Merdeka palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018. (Beawiharta/Pool Photo via AP) By MATTHEW LEE | AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran will be rigorously enforced…
Southern California is bracing for another heat wave surpassing 100-degree temperatures in some spots, hot winds and low humidity – with Orange County fire officials warning those who live near wild lands to prepare for evacuation if a brush fire breaks out near their homes. Red-flag warnings – cautioning that conditions are ideal for wild fires…
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro dodged an apparent assassination attempt when drones armed with explosives detonated while he was delivering a speech to hundreds of soldiers being broadcast live on television, officials said. Caught by surprise mid-speech, Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, looked up at the sky and winced Saturday after hearing…
Five people were killed when their twin-engine Cessna airplane crashed near South Coast Plaza in Santa Ana on Sunday afternoon, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The plane crashed in the parking lot of a Staples office supply store in the 3800 block of Bristol Street, fire authority…
More than a dozen people were arrested Sunday afternoon amid a tense right-wing rally and counter-protest in Berkeley that officials worried might see the kind of violence that broke out last year during showdowns among demonstrators after President Trump’s election. About 500 people representing…
A brushfire broke out Sunday in the central area of Camp Pendleton and quickly spread, and by Sunday night was at 1,000 acres. Camp Pendleton officials said it was 50 percent contained. Officials at the sprawling U.S. Marine Corps base tweeted around noon that a three-acre fire had broken out on Wilcox Range. An hour…
The Mendocino Complex fire continued to grow at an alarming rate, burning 254,000 acres by Sunday morning and becoming fifth largest in California history. The massive blaze was burning in vast wilderness on both sides of Clear Lake, forcing more evacuations in rural areas of three Northern California…
At Scripps Pier in San Diego, the surface water reached the highest temperature in 102 years of records, 78.8 degrees. Palm Springs had its warmest July on record, with an average of 97.4 degrees. Death Valley experienced its hottest month on record, with the average temperature hitting 108.1….
