• Actor Jeffrey Tambor honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame star

    Actor Jeffrey Tambor honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame star
    Jeffrey Tambor, the award-winning actor whose career has ranged from “The Larry Sanders Show” to “Transparent,” was honored with the 2,617th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, August 8, 2017. The star was dedicated in the category of Television at 6320 Hollywood Boulevard in front of Iguana Vintage Store near the famous corner of Hollywood and Vine.
    Actor Jeffrey Tambor stands on his star as he is interviewed in his socks following a ceremony awarding him a st
  • Goodbye Netflix: Disney unveils plan for its own streaming service

    Goodbye Netflix: Disney unveils plan for its own streaming service
    Walt Disney Co., once again shaking up the media industry, announced it will stop selling movies to Netflix Inc. and begin offering ESPN sports programming and family films directly to consumers over two new streaming services.
    Starting next year, an ESPN-branded service, which the company had said was in the works, will feature 10,000 live events a year, including Major League Baseball, hockey, soccer and tennis, as well as college sports, Burbank, California-based Disney said Tuesday in a stat
  • Huntington Beach to explore to local control of utilities

    Huntington Beach to explore to local control of utilities
    HUNTINGTON BEACH The City Council has taken a step toward claiming added control of its electric utilities, agreeing to examine data from Southern California Edison on the costs and usage of the utility’s power supply. That data will be used for a $25,000 report on the benefits and risks the city would face if it chose to buy its power on the open market.
    The council voted 5-2 Monday night in favor of exploring a process known as community choice aggregation, or CCA, in which cit
  • Musicians, fans pay tribute to country star Glen Campbell after news of his death

    Musicians, fans pay tribute to country star Glen Campbell after news of his death
    Country star Glen Campbell, best known for his 1975 hit “Rhinestone Cowboy”  has died in Nashville, his publicist announced Tuesday. Campbell also had his own TV show and was a member of studio musician group The Wrecking Crew, which performed tracks for artists including the Beach Boys and the Righteous Brothers.It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of Glen Travis Campbell, at the age of 81 https://t.co/zSv4RqjK4H
    — Glen Campbell (@GlenCampbell) A
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  • Mission Viejo teen spends two weeks in Ghana, delivering medical supplies, assistance

    Mission Viejo teen spends two weeks in Ghana, delivering medical supplies, assistance
    Mai Griffith, center, takes a photo with two children she treated while on her two-week trip to Ghana in July. Griffith assisted in medical procedures and delivered supplies, which were donated by the community in Mission Viejo and Rancho Santa Margarita. (Courtesy of Ann Marie Dryden)Several children at a school in Ghana poke their heads out a window as Mai Griffith heads off to her next location. Griffith delivered medical supplies and assisted in medical procedures during a two-week visit to
  • South County bicyclists, pedestrians will face long detours on trail to the coast

    South County bicyclists, pedestrians will face long detours on trail to the coast
    Bicyclists cross beneath an aging railroad bridge that span San Juan Creek as a Metrolink train glides by on Saturday, Aug. 5. The bridge is to be replaced. (Photo by Fred Swegles; Orange County Register/SCNG)Cyclists and pedestrians approach the San Juan Creek Trail’s undercrossing of PCH in Dana Point. Some may be en route to San Juan Capistrano, to points beyond or points in between. (Photo by Fred Swegles, Orange County Register/SCNG)Pets are allowed on the San Juan Creek Trail linking
  • Huntington Beach takes Night Out to fight crime

    Huntington Beach takes Night Out to fight crime
    Michelle Gregory of Huntington Beach looks at a stuffed Mountain Lion and Coyote on display at the California Deptartment of Fish and Wildlife booth during the annual National Night Out Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017 in support of Neighborhood Watch and crime prevention. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)Choosing some free toys, Zachary Bishop 4 and his sister Aliana 7, look over the Target store booth during the annual National Night Out Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017 in support of Neighborh
  • Man killed in Orange crash identified

    ORANGE A man killed in a two-vehicle crash on Sunday has been identified as 81-year-old Clark Adams of Anaheim, according to the Orange County Coroner's Office. The collision was reported at 8:22 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 6 on Santiago Canyon Road near North Meads Avenue in Orange.
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  • Here’s the latest Irvine news and events

    Here’s the latest Irvine news and events
    Most enterprising cities
    Irvine was ranked the third most enterprising city in the country by e-commerce company Volusion.
    The ranking reveals the top cities where small- and medium-sized businesses flourish, based on data from more than 30,000 merchants across the U.S. who run their online shops using the Volusion platform, according to a news release.
    After adjusting per capita, San Diego, Tampa, Fla., and Irvine took the top three spots for the number of merchants and average revenue during t
  • Grandparents’ Fun Day brings multi-generational clowning around in Laguna Woods Village

    Grandparents’ Fun Day brings multi-generational clowning around in Laguna Woods Village
    Grandparents clowning around, clockwise; Reddi Red, bottom left, Happy Heart, Mr. Pizza, Tiny, Chuckles, Ditszy and Pom-Pom Clown, bottom right, paint childrens’ faces during Laguna Woods Village’s annual Grandparents’ Fun Day Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017 in Laguna Woods. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)Grandfather, Ju Shan Chin, 82, watches his grandson, Edward Leigh, 9, jump around during Laguna Woods Village’s annual Grandparents’ Fun Day Saturda
  • Celebrate International Cat Day with these 25 cute felines

    Celebrate International Cat Day with these 25 cute felines
    It’s International Cat Day! In honor of feline friends everywhere, here are 25 adorable, funny, quirky and sassy cats to get you through the day.
    A cat stretches on a glass door in the animal shelter in Berlin. (AP Photo/Fritz Reiss)A Don Sphinx cat reaches for a judge while being evaluated, in Bucharest, Romania. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)Kittens are pictured in a bucket, before the arrival of Britain’s Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, in London on Oct
  • Aliso Viejo crime call log, July 31 – Aug. 6

    AUG. 6
    Disturbance: 6:40 p.m. 23500 block of Windsong.
    Vandalism report: 6:01 p.m. 0 block of Journey.
    Welfare check: 11:20 a.m. 0 block of Vantis.
    Vandalism in progress: 8:22 a.m. 26900 block of La Paz Road.
    Disturbance: 1:33 a.m. 0 block of Groveside Drive.
    AUG. 5
    Trespassing: 7:56 p.m. 27000 block of La Paz Road.
    Disturbance: 5:52 p.m. 27000 block of La Paz Road.
    Disturbance: 3:29 p.m. 24500 block of Pacific Park Drive.
    Welfare check: 2:42 p.m. 26900 block of La Paz Road.
    Suspicious person in
  • Laguna Niguel crime call log, July 31 – Aug. 6

    AUG. 6
    Suspicious person/circumstance: 10:19 p.m. Stonegate Lane and Niguel Ranch Drive.
    Disturbance: 7:08 p.m. 0 block of Bellagio.
    Burglary in progress: 3:28 p.m. 27300 block of Heather Ridge Road.
    Keeping the peace: 2:48 p.m. 0 block of Salt Spray Drive.
    Welfare check: 12:54 p.m. Pacific Park Drive and La Paz Road.
    Petty theft report: 8:48 a.m. 30600 block of Paseo del Niguel.
    AUG. 5
    Firework violation: 10:25 p.m. Niguel Road and Alicia Parkway.
    Disturbance: 8:24 p.m. 31700 block of Isle Roya
  • No Chick-fil-A for San Juan Capistrano, restaurant abandons bid to remodel Taco Bell site

    No Chick-fil-A for San Juan Capistrano, restaurant abandons bid to remodel Taco Bell site
    Related Articles Plan to replace San Juan Capistrano Taco Bell with Chick-fil-A raises traffic questions SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO After weeks of deliberations by the city over whether Chick-fil-A would be a good fit on Del Obispo Street, the debate is over.
    Chick-fil-A has withdrawn its permit application.
    The fast-food chain asked the city to terminate its application in a letter submitted July 24, a day before the Planning Commission was to hold its second hearing on Chick-fil-A’s plan to rem
  • ‘Tempest’ in Irvine sweeps us to a land where magic is the norm

    ‘Tempest’ in Irvine sweeps us to a land where magic is the norm
    Prospero (Greg Ungar) tells 17-year-old daughter Miranda (Anita Abdinezhad) how they went from Italian royals 12 years earlier to nearly the only mortals on a remote enchanted island in New Swan Theater’s staging of “The Tempest.” (Photo by Paul Kennedy)Chynna Walker, left, as drunken royal butler Stephana and Ryan Imhoff as her slacker pal Trinculo, the royal court jester, inject the show with welcome scenes of burlesque-style humor. (Photo by Paul Kennedy)Thomas Varga’s sli
  • UCI police are investigating attempted kidnapping that occurred today

    IRVINE – UC Irvine police are investigating an attempted kidnapping that occurred on campus early Tuesday, Aug. 9.
    Around 5:40 a.m. a student was walking near 200 Arroyo Drive when she was approached by a male driving an older-blue Toyota Rav 4 with an unknown object hanging from the rearview mirror, police said.
    The male asked the student if she needed a ride, and she told him she did not. Police said he then told the student he had a gun – she refused to get in the vehicl
  • Orange County man sues Heineken, saying he found two geckos in his beer can

    Orange County man sues Heineken, saying he found two geckos in his beer can
    An Orange County man is suing Heineken, saying he found two dead leopard geckos floating in his beer can after he noticed a foul taste.
    In his Orange County Superior Court lawsuit, George Toubbeh says he suffered abdominal pain and vomited in August 2015 after drinking from a 24-ounce Heineken he had purchased from a Ralphs in Fountain Valley. The suit also names The Kroger Co., which owns the Ralphs grocery chain.
    His daughter later examined the beer can and found two juvenile leopard geck
  • New Cervical Biopsy Device Showing Promise in Improving Comfort, Quality of Results

    Following a suspicious-looking pap smear, a colposcopy is often required. In addition to a visual inspection, a sample of cervical cells has to be taken, a painful procedure that involves an imposing looking instrument.
  • Freddy, Jason, Leatherface and Chucky team up for scares at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights

    Freddy, Jason, Leatherface and Chucky team up for scares at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights
    Slasher legends Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees and Leatherface have come together for the ultimate maze attraction, dubbed Titans of Terror, for Universal Studios annual Halloween Horror Nights, which kicks off Friday, Sept. 15, and runs on select nights through Saturday, Nov. 4.
    As Leatherface (“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”) wields his chainsaw, Voorhees (“Friday the 13th”) will be silently stalking guests and swinging his machete and Krueger (“A Nightmare on Elm S
  • The Offspring, 311 and Cypress Hill top Jack’s 12th Show line-up at FivePoint Amphitheatre

    The Offspring, 311 and Cypress Hill top Jack’s 12th Show line-up at FivePoint Amphitheatre
    Orange County’s own punk rockers the Offspring will headline JACK 93.1/FM’s 12th Show, scheduled to take place on Saturday, Oct. 7, at the new FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine.
    Rock band 311, which just dropped its 12th studio album, “Mosaic,” earlier this summer, will also take the stage alongside hip-hop group Cypress Hill, ’90s radio darlings Gin Blossoms, Fullerton-based rock band Lit and Eve 6.
    The JACK FM shindig is officially the third concert to be added to
  • $350 million: Iconic Bel-Air estate becomes priciest home for sale in U.S.

    $350 million: Iconic Bel-Air estate becomes priciest home for sale in U.S.
    A 10.3-acre Bel-Air estate that was owned by A. Jerrold Perenchio, the late chairman of Univision, has hit the market as the most expensive home for sale in the U.S.
    Price tag: $350 million.
    Built in 1933 by architect Sumner Spaulding, the main, 25,000-square-foot main house could be seen decades later as the Clampett family’s new digs on TV’s “The Beverly Hillbillies,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
    Perenchio bought the estate, named “Chartwell,” i
  • Are you ready for the O.J. Simpson memorabilia museum?

    Are you ready for the O.J. Simpson memorabilia museum?
    The kid peeked out from the window of his mother’s car and saw a white sheet with a body beneath it.
    It was Monday, June 13, 1994. The kid was 6, and his mother had picked him up early (he had a stomach ache) from the YMCA on Bundy Drive in Brentwood. He didn’t know the significance at the time, but he had seen one of the most notorious crime scenes in history. Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman had been knifed to death at that location, and O.J. Simpson was the main suspect.
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  • La Palma buys property for $1.5 million, nixing proposal to build 11 apartments on lot

    Community opposition to an 11-unit apartment complex on less than half an acre in La Palma has prompted the city to instead purchase the property for $1.5 million, nixing the project.
    Along with selling 5062 La Palma Ave., SMG Property Management agreed not to sue the city over a denial of the Villa De Le Palma development and to hand over design drawings, engineering plans and related documents.
    The property, which was bought for $800,000 in 2015, records show, and on which a single-story house
  • Aliso Viejo home selling prices up 20% in a year

    Aliso Viejo home selling prices up 20% in a year
    In 2017’s first six months, the Aliso Viejo housing market looked mixed with prices up and sales down.
    CoreLogic statistics for the first half of 2017, compared with the same period a year earlier, show these trends for Aliso Viejo …
    1. 95 homes sold this year vs. 99 a year ago.
    2. That’s a sales decline of 4 percent vs. a gain of 2.2 percent countywide.
    3. Median selling price this year was $585,000 vs. $488,000 in 2016.
    4. That’s a price gain of 20 percent. The countyw
  • Broadway legend Barbara Cook dies at 89

    Broadway legend Barbara Cook dies at 89
    Barbara Cook, whose shimmering soprano made her one of Broadway’s leading ingenues and later a major cabaret and concert interpreter of popular American song, has died. She was 89. Cook died early Tuesday of respiratory failure at her home in Manhattan, surrounded by family and friends, according to publicist Amanda Kaus.
    File – Singer Barbara Cook in “The Gay Life” Jan. 11, 1962. Cook, whose shimmering soprano made her one of Broadway’s leading ingenues and later a
  • That rotten eggs smell last night, it was likely from the release of water from Villa Park Dam

    That rotten eggs smell last night, it was likely from the release of water from Villa Park Dam
    ORANGE —A “rotten eggs” smell during the night was likely from the release of water from the Villa Park Dam.
    Residents on social media reported the sulfur-like smell and the Orange Police Department received a few phone calls during the night.
    County crews who are releasing the water from the dam believe the smell is caused by a build up of leaves and debris, a spokesman said previously. Because of the drought years, water had not been released from the dam in some time.
    O
  • Thinking caps are dusted off as students head back to school

    Charles Lennox, 5, poses for the family scrapbook as dad, also Charles Lennox, captures the moment at Holder Elementary in Buena Park on Monday, August 7, 2017. His mom Teresa says they plan on taking the same shot every year until he graduates.
  • Tustin District getting a food, retail overhaul as it hits 10-year anniversary

    Tustin District getting a food, retail overhaul as it hits 10-year anniversary
    The District at Tustin Legacy is located at Barranca Pkwy and Jamboree Road. It sits right on a major thoroughfare between the 405 and 5 freeways. CINDY YAMANAKA, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTERThe District in Tustin turns 10. (Photo by Sam Gangwer, Orange County Register/SCNG)A waterfall welcomes Orange County residents to at the District at Tustin Legacy on Saturday in Tustin. KEN STEINHARDT, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER —Union Market Tustin at The District was brought in to replace the former Bord
  • Recipe: Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

    Recipe: Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
    Roasted cherry tomatoes are an easy last-minute vegetable option. They are delicious on their own as a side dish, or served atop piping hot store-bought ravioli. Trader Joe’s and many supermarkets carry an interesting array of fresh refrigerated stuffed pastas, pouches filled with everything from cauliflower to goat cheese to pot roast.
    While the tomatoes are roasting, cook the pasta; drain it and toss with extra-version olive oil plus salt and pepper, or a judicious amount of prepared bas
  • Two men stabbed in Rancho Santa Margarita, suspects at large

    Two men were seriously injured after being stabbed in Rancho Santa Margarita Monday night, Aug. 7, authorities said.
    Shortly before midnight, Orange County Sheriff’s deputies found the two victims with multiple stab wounds each at Taos and Milagro after getting called to the scene, Lt. Steve Gil said Tuesday, Aug. 8.
    The men, whose injuries were serious but not considered life-threatening, were taken to hospitals and said there were multiple suspects in hoodies.
    Gil said the injured men we
  • Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: 10 things I swore I’d never do

    Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: 10 things I swore I’d never do
    The only people who are sure how to bring up children are those who have never raised any. I find that the rest of us are fairly clueless, most of the time. Well, I can hear some of you saying, “Speak for yourself, Marla Jo. I know how to raise children just fine.”
    Good for you, Mom. You’ve returned from the grave to remind me, once again, that I don’t know what I’m doing.
    Before I became a parent, I made a long list of all the things I would never do. This list cam
  • These chill beauty fixes beat summer heat

    These chill beauty fixes beat summer heat
    A skin-renewing frozen treatFor the perfect at-home summer weekend, you’ll want to stock your freezer with a bottle or two of distilled-in-California Hangar 1 Vodka, several pints of Hans’ Homemade Ice Cream in Salted Caramel, Banana Cabana and Chewy Chocolate, and Les Sorbet, the pop-up frozen face serum from Votre Vu, the small-batch, botanical Parisian beauty lab. A mix of anti-aging marine ingredients, muscle-relaxing vegetable peptides and hydrolyzed collagen and elastin, the mu
  • Kenyans choose next president in fiercely contested vote

    Kenyans choose next president in fiercely contested vote
    By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA
    NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyans on Tuesday voted in large numbers in an election that pits President Uhuru Kenyatta against challenger Raila Odinga in this East African economic hub known for its relative, long-term stability as well as the ethnic allegiances that shadow its democracy.
    Voters formed long lines at many polling stations before dawn, waiting for the chance to cast ballots in the tightly contested race for the presidency as well as for more than 1,800 elected p
  • EXCLUSIVE: Tony Hale, Billy's Love Life and More Revelations About 'Difficult People' Season 3

    Normally a packed Italian restaurant and bar in the East Village of New York City, San Marzano has been transformed into Lola's D's CafA© , a less busy cafA© run by Denise and Nate , where Billy Epstein works... It's been 20 years since Garth Brooks joined the ranks of Diana Ross, Elton John and James Taylor, performing live in Central Park in New York City. On Aug. 7, 1997, an estimated 980,000 people crowded the iconic park's North Meadow to watch the country superstar perform a set
  • Hands off D.C.’s, states’ laws on aid-in-dying

    Hands off D.C.’s, states’ laws on aid-in-dying
    The federal government should not intrude on Washington, D.C.’s Death with Dignity Act, as some members of Congress would like to do.
    Depriving terminally ill adults in D.C. the option of medical aid-in-dying would not only condemn many to unnecessary suffering, but provide an unwarranted precedent for further intrusions on states with similar laws.
    Last December, the D.C. council voted to allow qualifying, terminally ill district residents, in consultation with physicians, to receive end-
  • Whose UC is it? — still a valid question

    Whose UC is it? — still a valid question
    As a new school year approaches on the nine campuses of the University of California, it’s fair for parents of prospective students to ask once again, as many have for at least the last eight years, whose UC will it be?
    The question first arose during the Great Recession that began about nine years ago, a time when UC began accepting more and more out-of-state and foreign students to help make up for funding cuts inflicted by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state legislators.
    Over 12 y
  • We’re asking readers to share their favorite political joke

    We’re asking readers to share their favorite political joke
    Wednesday, Aug. 16, is the annual National Tell a Joke Day. Americans sure could use more levity right now.
    So we’re taking a break from our weekly tradition of asking readers for their opinions on serious issues. Instead of a normal Question of the Week, we’re asking you to share your favorite political joke.
    By “political,” we really mean anything related to current events. And by “joke,” we mean any funny story, one-liner or quip. It could be your own or a
  • Letters: Suffering under Prop. 47

    Letters: Suffering under Prop. 47
    Re: “Prop. 47 a tough lesson in initiative’s weakness” [Opinion, July 30]: Former Assemblyman Mike Gatto explains some of the myriad problems with Prop. 47, especially how it has virtually eliminated punishment for so many crimes.
    I wish he had referred to this wrong-headed proposition by the deceptive title used when voters were sold this bill of goods: “The Safe Neighborhood and Schools Act.” Except for those Californians who spend too much time in the statehouse
  • Manager’s prediction was right from the start: his 1987 Northwood Little League team was going to Williamsport

    Manager’s prediction was right from the start: his 1987 Northwood Little League team was going to Williamsport
    Some of the players from the 1987 Northwood Little League team got together for a group portrait at the Irvine ball field at Harvard Park where they practiced and played 30 years ago. From left are Steve Habiger, Tommy Louie, Chris Greinke, Erik Sobek, assistant coach Gregg Colbert, Loc Tran, Geoff Ebdon and Ryan Jones. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Chris Greinke was a pitcher for the 1987 Northwood Little League team. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Orange County Register/SCNG)A l
  • Ontario rolls out welcome mat for Clippers

    Ontario rolls out welcome mat for Clippers
    ONTARIO >> The first step for the Clippers’ new G-League team, the Agua Caliente Clippers of Ontario, was to introduce themselves to the community with its Tip-off Party on Monday.
    Mayor Paul S. Leon and the community welcomed team president Heath Bennett and the organization with open arms.
    “On behalf of the City Council, we are excited to welcome the Clippers to their new home at Citizens Business Bank Arena,” Leon said. “Today is a good day for all of us and we a
  • Thirty years later, Northwood all-stars reflect on Little League World Series in Williamsport

    Thirty years later, Northwood all-stars reflect on Little League World Series in Williamsport
    Members of the 1987 Northwood Little League team got together to reminisce at the Irvine ball field at Harvard Park where they used to play 30 years ago. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Gregg Colbert was the assistant coach for Northwood and coached the pitchers. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Ryan Jones was a catcher and also pitched for Northwood. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Chris Grienke was a pitcher and shortstop for Northwood
  • Angels drop 3rd straight, spoiling another milestone night for Mike Trout

    Angels drop 3rd straight, spoiling another milestone night for Mike Trout
    Angels center fielder Mike Trout (27) celebrates his solo homer in the sixth during a game against the Orioles at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Monday, August 7, 2017.(Photo by Kyusung Gong, Orange County Register/SCNG)Angels’ Mike Trout stops at second base after hitting a double, his 1000th hit of the career during a game against the Orioles at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Monday, August 7, 2017.(Photo by Kyusung Gong, Orange County Register/SCNG)Angels’ Mike Trout jogs around before
  • Highlights from Monday’s USC practice

    Highlights from Monday’s USC practice
    A brief look at the Trojans’ training-camp practice on Monday at Howard Jones-Brian Kennedy Field:BIG MOMENT
    There were not exactly many during USC’s light 60-minute session, but Cary Angeline hauled in a tough over-the-shoulder catch on a wheel route over a smaller defensive back late during the practice. With only two healthy scholarship tight ends left to practice because of injuries, Angeline, a 6-foot-7 redshirt freshman tight end, has seen more snaps.
    INJURY REPORT
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  • Fallen firefighter returns home to San Bernardino County

    Fallen firefighter returns home to San Bernardino County
    People pay their respect to fallen firefighter, Brent Witham, 29, of Mentone, as his funeral procession arrives at Montecito Memorial Park & Mortuary in Colton on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Witham, a member of U.S. Forest Service’s Vista Grande Hotshots, was killed Aug. 2 while working on the Lolo Peak Fire in Montana. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)A hearse carrying the casket of U.S. Forest Service’s firefighter Brent Witham, 29, of Mentone arrives at Monte
  • Highlights from Monday’s UCLA football training camp practice

    Highlights from Monday’s UCLA football training camp practice
    A brief look at UCLA’s practice Monday at Spaulding Field:EARLY EXITS
    Wide receiver Jordan Lasley and safety Adarius Pickett were both kicked off the field early. Head coach Jim Mora dismissed Lasley after the receiver was slow to get off the field as the team transitioned between periods and Pickett was kicked out for targeting.
    “One of the things that makes (Lasley) so fun to be around and a guy we love to watch on Saturday is that he plays with great emotion,” Mora said. &ld
  • UCLA running backs shine in short-handed practice

    UCLA running backs shine in short-handed practice
    LOS ANGELES — The UCLA running game seldom paced the Bruins last year. Trudging through one of the worst rushing seasons in school history, it was almost always the running game that held the Bruins back. Not so during Monday’s practice.
    After a sudden rash of injuries knocked out two-thirds of the UCLA running backs, Bolu Olorunfunmi and Josh Kelley, a transfer from UC Davis, carried the entire unit for the three-hour practice at Spaulding Field. Their herculean effort earned each a
  • Santa Margarita Little League wins on walk-off bunt, 3-2, moves two wins from LLWS berth

    Santa Margarita Little League wins on walk-off bunt, 3-2, moves two wins from LLWS berth
    Southern California starting pitcher Drew Rutter (21) fires the ball to the plate against Northern California during the Little League Western Regional Tournament game at Little League Western Region Headquarters in San Bernardino, Calif. on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Southern California defeated Northern California, 3-2. (Photo by Rachel Luna, The Sun/SCNG)Southern California second baseman Tyler Ankrum (3) catches a pop hit to shallow right field during a game against Northern during the Little Lea
  • Woman pleads not guilty in knife fight involving Anaheim officers

    ANAHEIM — A 27-year-old woman accused in a knife-wielding conflict with officers near Disneyland pleaded not guilty Monday, August 7, to attempted murder on a police officer and assault charges.
    Officers instructed Stephanie Monica Sykes to pull over about 10 p.m. Thursday, August 3, for a routine traffic violation at Katella Avenue and Harbor Boulevard. But instead of pulling to the side of the road, she stopped in the middle of the street, said Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt.
    When the o
  • Tour Walt Disney World’s Tomorrowland with a former Disney Imagineer

    Tour Walt Disney World’s Tomorrowland with a former Disney Imagineer
    One of the most iconic buildings of Tomorrowland in Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom is Space Mountain. It opened in 1975, and was the first one Disney built.
    Originally, Tomorrowland was a vision of the future. But as it became obvious that trying to keep the future up to date was an impossible task, Disney took a more science fiction approach to the land.
    Now it is populated by alien creatures such as Stitch from the Disney animated film “Lilo and Stitch,” or Buzz Lightyear
  • Thirty years ago, Northwood Little League’s major all-stars went to Williamsport for World Series

    Thirty years ago, Northwood Little League’s major all-stars went to Williamsport for World Series
    Northwood Little League’s major all-stars celebrate after winning the national championship in 1987. Photo courtesy Northwood Little LeagueThe Northwood Little League team, led by Manager Bob Garcia, comes off the field after one of the team’s victories in Williamsport in 1987. Photo courtesy Northwood Little League.Ryan O’Toole of Northwood Little League throws a pitch as Chris Greinke backs him up during the Little League World Series in 1987. Photo courtesy Northwood Little

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