The Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative and Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Thursday unveiled an online portal for the general public, first-responders and service providers to provide information on homeless persons on the street and request outreach. The portal, dubbed LA-HOP, is funded by Measure H, the county measure approved by voters last year and…
FORT HUNTER LIGGETT — Authorities say 22 people have been injured in a tent collapse at a Central California military base. Spokeswoman Amy Phillips at Fort Hunter Liggett says the wind from the rotors of a helicopter that was landing blew over the tent about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Phillips says there were 22 injuries, most…
Concerns over the cost and environmental impacts of desalinated water were overridden by the desire to fortify water supplies when the Orange County Water District board voted 6-2 Wednesday to approve non-binding contract terms with Poseidon, which has spent 20 years on the desalination plant proposal for Huntington Beach. The plan for the $1 billion…
FULLERTON — A Laguna Hills-based criminal defense attorney Wednesday was convicted of improperly touching a client in his office, but was acquitted of a more serious sex assault. Adam Rudnick Stull, 56, of Ladera Ranch, was convicted of two misdemeanor counts of sexual battery for touching an intimate part of another person, but acquitted of…
TUSTIN — A teenager suffered a non-life-threatening stab wound to the abdomen while fighting with some gang members Wednesday in Tustin. A family member took the boy to a hospital, where he was treated after being cut with an “unknown solid object,” said Tustin police Lt. Robert Wright. Sign up for our breaking news email…
The statistical geeks at WalletHub, Bankrate and Kiplinger’s recently took their respective shots at measuring how each state compares in terms of livability factors for your retirement years: from costs to culture to that critical aging issue, healthcare. Let’s politely say the conclusions varied. So who’s correct? Who do you trust? Retirement choices are no small matter….
The Studio City home used as the exterior for the home of “The Brady Bunch” is on the market for the first time in nearly 50 years, a real estate agent announced Wednesday. The two-bedroom, three-bathroom house in the 11200 block of Dilling Street, adjacent to the Los Angeles River, is listed for $1.885 million,…
A 15-year old boy was rescued from Emerald Bay and flown to a trauma center by helicopter after he fell down a cliff and became pinned under rocks, Wednesday, July 18, authorities said. The boy lost his right arm and suffered injuries to a leg before he was flown to UC Irvine Medical Center in…
Asked this spring to identify the most important issue facing California lawmakers, the leader of the state Senate didn’t hesitate: wildfires. Two months later—with fires blazing from the Oregon border to San Diego—legislators are poised to wade into a political firestorm sparked by last year’s historic fires and mudslides, which destroyed about 10,000 buildings and…
In some regions of California, former vineyards are being converted to cannabis farms, wine conferences are having sessions about marijuana, and an up-and-coming job is cannabis sommelier. While the wine and marijuana industries are similar in some ways, blending those worlds isn’t always easy. Winegrowers and cannabis cultivators increasingly square off over customers, land and…
