The driver of a double-decker tour bus that last year barreled into a busy San Francisco intersection, crashed into 12 vehicles and injured 19 people was speeding, authorities announced Wednesday. After a four-month investigation, San Francisco police and California Highway Patrol investigators...
Good morning. It is Wednesday, March 23. This intimate portrait of the late Elizabeth Taylor takes the audience right inside her longtime home. Here's what else is happening in the Golden State: TOP STORIES Security systems What if the Apple iPhone’s encryption system is more easily hackable than...
Event is organized by H.B. Councilwoman Jill Hardy and Costa Mesa's Youth Employment Services.
Writer of HB Reads book selection encourages volunteerism, even if, as with him, its starts with selfish reasons.
A task force looking into homelessness in Huntington Beach has called for opening up more existing rental units to people in need and constructing more low-income housing in the city. The task force, appointed last year, presented its findings and recommendations during a City County study session...
The city attorney sends a letter to the state objecting to requirements for low-cost units and wants a response by April 8 or further action will be taken.
Burbank resident Janet Diel was among nine women honored by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) last Friday from the communities in the 28th Congressional District. "Today, I met with nine women with varying backgrounds and interests, who have all worked tirelessly to make our communities a better place...
When you're on death row, you can either despair or channel your shackled energy in creative ways. Damien Echols chose the latter, learning the disciplines of magic and meditation — and art. "At one time I tried to make a paint brush out of my own hair" in prison, Echols said. "Did not work at...
The radio call came in a few minutes after 10 a.m. A 65-foot fishing boat had collided with a yacht just north of the Newport Harbor jetty. "We've got blood and people all over the place. You need to send help, lots," a voice said over the radio, kicking off the largest local maritime disaster...
A Glendale Unified piece of property on Magnolia Avenue where school district employees oversee maintenance work for local schools has allegedly diminished the property value of a neighboring residence, whose trustees have sued Glendale Unified for intentionally causing dirt, dust and "vibration...
Newport Beach officials will consider forming a group to determine whether campaign reform is needed to maintain the integrity of local elected leaders. Early this year, Councilman Keith Curry began floating ideas for a series of measures to change the time frame in which City Council members can...
A now-shuttered Costa Mesa-based company that carried out what regulators described as an illegal debt-relief scheme has been ordered to pay nearly $173 million in fines and restitution, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Morgan Drexen Inc. was ordered to pay almost $133 million...
The Newport-Mesa Unified School District will continue to collaborate with the Orange County branch of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence to try to reduce drinking among students, the school board decided Tuesday. The chapter is an affiliate of the New York-based national council,...
Actor, comedian and producer Allen Covert has been in buy-and-sell mode as of late, divesting himself of a home in Tarzana and picking up one nearly twice the size in a guard-gated Calabasas community for $2.17 million. His new home, formerly owned by Filipino entertainer Sharon Cuneta, is a Traditional-style...
Costa Mesa police arrested a Huntington Beach man on suspicion of stealing a trailer Tuesday after the trailer's owner saw it rolling down Harbor Boulevard. Police said the trailer was being stored at a lot at Warner Avenue and Harbor Boulevard in Santa Ana when the lot's owner saw someone drive...
Professional football player Joe Haden has found a tricked-out spot on the West Coast to spend his off-seasons. Haden, a defensive back for the Cleveland Browns, has bought a custom home in Encino for $4.3 million. The newly built Traditional in the Amestoy Estates area contains a world of standout...
A Metro train passenger who used a chokehold to subdue a combative shirtless man aboard an Expo line car is being lauded as a hero for his swift actions. Adrian Kaczmarek was recorded in a cellphone video stopping the unruly and apparently impaired man, who confronted a bicyclist on the train about...
Transgender women fleeing abuse in their home countries who seek asylum in the United States have been sexually assaulted, denied medical care and held in indefinite solitary confinement in prison-like detention facilities, according to a report released Wednesday. “In essence, many transgender...
The man who accused former Los Angeles schools Supt. Ramon C. Cortines of sexually harassing him has resigned from his job at the school district in exchange for $93,000. Scot Graham, 59, had filed four lawsuits against the L.A. Unified School District and against Cortines, a widely respected educator...
Karen Galstian was awaiting sentencing for his role in a bank fraud scheme when he made the deal with Verizon Wireless about a year and a half ago. He claimed — falsely — that his Glendale-based rideshare company Toro Ride was poised to expand nationwide, having just received $20 million from investors,...
A Newport Beach pilot who has performed in air shows throughout the world and broke an aviation speed record in the 1970s is being honored Wednesday with membership in the California Aviation Hall of Fame. Steve Hinton, 63, is one of four inductees this year into the hall, a state-registered subsidiary...
The protesters had gathered near the Santa Clarita home by the hundreds, praying aloud for the little girl and her longtime foster parents inside.They sang “Amazing Grace” and asked God to intervene to keep the 6-year-old girl with her foster family. But on Monday afternoon, Los Angeles County...
Jason Gray-Stanford of “Monk” fame has listed his Studio City house for sale at $1.899 million. The Traditional-style one-story is set on a gated third of an acre in the Fryman Canyon area. Red brick accents and large windows add to the 1950s vibe outside, while vaulted ceilings and open plan space...
Police department staffing needs over weekend prevent team from competing in annual event.
The roads around Fashion Island in Newport Beach were filled with the feet of about 1,800 runners Sunday for the 33rd annual Newport-Mesa Spirit Run. More than 10 races were offered for toddlers, youths, adults, senior citizens and families. Net proceeds from the event go toward education and athletics...
After months of back and forth between city staff and council members, Newport Beach leaders Tuesday again rejected a proposal to increase local wastewater rates. The City Council voted 5-2 to deny staff's proposal to increase rates over a five-year period for removal and treatment of wastewater,...
Standout junior receiver Keyshawn Johnson Jr. of Calabasas has committed to Nebraska. Johnson is the son of the former USC and NFL receiver. He caught 68 passes for 944 yards and six touchdowns as a junior. For the latest on high school sports, follow @LATSondheimer on Twitter
Here's a news flash from the heyday of network television. Maison du Solei, the Paul Williams-designed mansion in Holmby Hills that was once the home of television writer and novelist Sidney Sheldon, is back on the market at $88 million. That’s a $3-million price increase from last year, when fashion...
This elegantly designed home in Calabasas weds classical architectural detail, custom stonework inside and out and spaces filled with light. A dramatic entry features travertine tile and a sweeping wrought-iron staircase. Exterior French doors open to a partially covered loggia with ceiling fans...
Hiroshi Motohashi was angry with the management of the Studio City sushi restaurant, so police said he decided to leave something for other customers to remember him by. Instead of "dropping the mic" after a memorable rant, officials say the 46-year-old man dropped a 13-foot-long snake in the middle...
An 18-year-old man was treated for serious burns after an e-cigarette battery ignited in his pocket at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa on Tuesday afternoon, according to a fire official.The man was skateboarding across campus at 4:14 p.m. with an e-cigarette and a pair of spare batteries for...
Good morning, 818. Today is Wednesday, March 23, 2016. Temperatures for today are forecasted to reach a high of 81 and a low of 49, according to the National Weather Service. Here are your local headlines: Business What’s in a name? A South Pasadena branding firm told Bob Hope Airport officials...
Here’s how Amanda Seyfried’s art world wish — to be transformed by Los Angeles artist Mark Ryden into a caricature-on-canvas “with blood trickling down my throat and me holding a dead cat” — came true. And where you can view the pop surrealist painting this weekend. In a 2011 “W” magazine interview,...
A Southern California Edison contractor was killed Tuesday when he was crushed between a construction crane and a trailer near the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, authorities said. The man was working about 4 p.m. in the 1200 block of La Cienega Boulevard, between Fountain Avenue and Sunset Boulevard,...
BOYS GOLFSt. Francis in Mission League match: The Golden Knights carded a 405 to place third in Tuesday’s match at Griffith Park’s Wilson Course. Loyola took first with a 377, followed by Harvard-Westlake at 394.St. Francis received a five-over-par 77 from Tommy Altmayer and a 78 from Eric Lin.BOYS’...
Three people, including two Los Angeles police officers, were injured Tuesday evening in a traffic collision in downtown L.A., authorities said. The crash occurred shortly before 9 p.m. in the 700 block of East 5th Street, said Margaret Stewart, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. ...
Jon Lewis, a 25-year veteran of the Newport Beach police force, took the reins of the department Tuesday after being sworn in as the city's 10th police chief. City Manager Dave Kiff announced last week that he had chosen Lewis to take over for retired Chief Jay Johnson, and the city officially...
Job creation, water conservation and improving public safety were the key focal points Monday night during a candidate forum for the five hopefuls looking to succeed L.A. County Supervisor Mike Antonovich in the 5th District. In front of a crowd of about two dozen people at Robert Hall & Associates,...
Greg Spiegel, Mayor Eric Garcetti's top homelessness policy advisor, has left his post after 18 months, saying he felt he had accomplished his goal of making "a major impact" on the problem. The city and L.A. County adopted sweeping plans last month to end homelessness. "Eighteen months ago there...
Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to open a “sobering center” on skid row where emergency responders will be able to take dangerously intoxicated people, including those living on the streets of downtown. Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Hilda Solis, who proposed the measure, wrote...
A former assistant boys baseball coach at John Burroughs High School was charged Tuesday with having an ongoing sexual relationship with a student for more than two years, starting when the girl was 15 years old, officials said. Burbank resident Jose Banuelos Jr., 28, who city officials said works...
A South Pasadena branding firm told Bob Hope Airport officials the possible benefits of having Los Angeles in its name. However, some residents do not want any of it. The company Anyone Collective was contracted by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Authority to develop a brand name for the airfield...
Two of Councilwoman Sandy Genis' colleagues on the Costa Mesa City Council have raised questions about her role in developing a proposed local growth-control initiative, though she dismissed the concerns as "political silliness." "Why is it relevant?" she asked in an interview Tuesday. "I mean,...
The biggest maritime disaster drill in Orange County in two decades will be held Wednesday in Newport Beach, testing the land-, sea- and air-based emergency response plans and rescue operations of many federal, state, county and local agencies. The scene will be a simulated boating accident just...
Bob Hope Airport is looking to implement a new parking strategy in an attempt to recoup revenue lost due to the increasing use of transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft. The operations and development committee of the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority board decided during...
"One of the things that impresses me about Burbank and its residents is how fully they embody a sense of community," said Ron Cogan, chairman of the Burbank Temporary Aid Center, as close to 400 of those community-minded supporters convened for the organizations 13th annual gala earlier this month...
The Los Angeles Police Department gave city council members more information Tuesday in an effort to answer lingering questions that have delayed a vote crucial to an ambitious initiative to equip thousands of officers with body cameras. Department officials formally gave City Hall the information...
Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found Tuesday morning in the waters off Venice Beach, officials said. A surfer reported what appeared to a dead body in the water near 18th Avenue in Venice, said Lidia Barillas, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Fire...