• CanyonFire2: One family stays, another evacuates

    CanyonFire2: One family stays, another evacuates
    He noticed the wind; then the flames.
    “About 10:30 a.m., the wind was whipping viciously,” said Jordan Kubat, 30, who lives on South Sundance Dr. in Anaheim Hills. “About 11, I could see 30-foot flames coming off the top of the ridge.
    “I don’t know what we’re going to come home to.”
    Kubat and his wife, Amy, got their children, Penny, 3, and Jack, 1, out of the neighborhood as fast as they could. Kubat said his son, whose first birthday is today, must hav
  • October wildfires, like the Canyon Fire 2 in Anaheim Hills, tend to burn more acres than any other month

    October wildfires, like the Canyon Fire 2 in Anaheim Hills, tend to burn more acres than any other month
    The Canyon fire 2 burning in Anaheim hills has burned more than 2,000 acres and prompted evacuations of about 1,000 homes, destroying or damaging at least five homes.
    And if history is an indicator, this October wildfire, like those burning near Napa and Sonoma in Northern California, could grow.
    According to analysis of 16 years of Calfire wildfire data, more acres burn per fire in California in October than in any other month.
    While the June through September fire season generates more fires,
  • SpaceX launches 10 more Iridium communications satellites

    SpaceX launches 10 more Iridium communications satellites
    SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:37 a.m. Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, with the third set of 10 new-generation satellites for Iridium’s voice and data relay network. The Falcon 9’s first-stage booster successfully landed on a platform in the Pacific Ocean a few minutes after liftoff. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Special to the Los Angeles Daily News)SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:37 a.m. Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, with the th
  • Family mystified by shooting that wounded Long Beach father, killed his cousin

    Family mystified by shooting that wounded Long Beach father, killed his cousin
    A relative of two men who were shot — one of them fatally — over the weekend in North Long Beach said she’s mystified about what could have motivated the attack.
    “My son-in-law is very peaceful,” said the woman, who asked not to be identified for fear of the shooters returning.
    She said her 36-year-old son-in-law and his cousin were wounded by the gunfire.
    The cousin, who police identified as 47-year-old Leon Davis of Carson, died at the scene, according to authorit
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  • ‘Saturday Night Fever’ brings in $530,000 for Laura’s House

    ‘Saturday Night Fever’ brings in $530,000 for Laura’s House
    Hetty Chang (Emcee/NBC4 reporter), Laura Khouri (LH Board Member and Gala Chair), Margaret Bayston (LH CEO/Executive Director), and Cheryl Osborn (President of Casco Contractors/Corporate Crystal Heart Award honoree/LH Board Member)Cheryl Osborn (President of Casco Contractors/Corporate Crystal Heart Award honoree/LH Board Member) and Hetty Chang (Emcee/NBC4 reporter)Karen and Wayne Pinnell ((LH Board Member)Rick and Pat McAuley (LH Board Member)Mike Hayde, Laura Khouri (LH Board Member and Gala
  • Crime log for Lake Forest, Sept. 20-26

    Crime log for Lake Forest, Sept. 20-26
    SEPTEMBER 26
    Suspicious person in a vehicle: 8:11 a.m. Northcrest Drive and Midcrest Drive
    Citizen assist: 8:04 a.m. 234600 block of El Toro Frontage Road
    Welfare check: 4:06 a.m. Osterman Road and Pittsford
    Disturbance-music or party: 2:59 a.m. 25200 block of Vista Linda
    Suspicious vehicle: 1:54 a.m. 23100 block of Orange Ave.
    SEPTEMBER 25
    Disturbance – family dispute: 7:49 p.m. 25800 block of Trabuco Road
    Drunk in public: 4:34 p.m. 23600 block of El Toro Road
    Disturbance: 10:36 a.m. 2440
  • Jemele Hill suspended by ESPN over postings on Twitter

    Jemele Hill suspended by ESPN over postings on Twitter
    ESPN SportsCenter co-host Jemele Hill has been suspended for two weeks for “a second violation of our social media guidelines,” network officials said Monday.
    Hill created a controversy for ESPN in September when referring to President Trump as a “white supremacist.” On Sunday, she reportedly took to Twitter to suggest that NFL fans boycott advertisers associated with the Dallas Cowboys after team owner Jerry Jones said that any Cowboys player who “disrespects the f
  • Three men suspected of vandalizing stretch of Newport Beach boardwalk with graffiti

    Three men suspected of vandalizing stretch of Newport Beach boardwalk with graffiti
    NEWPORT BEACH Three men were arrested over the weekend in connection with the graffiti vandalism of several buildings along a stretch of the boardwalk lined with small shops and million-dollar homes and on the Balboa Peninsula.
    Police officers investigating another incident near the boardwalk at around 2:10 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 8 were told by a witness that a group of men was spray painting graffiti in the area, Newport Beach police spokeswoman Jennifer Manzella said.
    Police officers arrived at
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  • Photos: Wildfires rage in California Wine Country

    Photos: Wildfires rage in California Wine Country
    Multiple wildfires are raging across the state’s bucolic wine country, resulting in at least one death, destroying more than 1,500 structures, emptying hospitals, dropping ashes over San Francisco and forcing the panicked evacuation of thousands of residents to crowded shelters.
    Fire destroys the Fountain Grove Inn, Monday morning Oct. 9, 2017, in Santa Rosa, California. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)A gas main torches in the destroyed Journey’s End mobile home park in the foregro
  • Grocery Outlet opens at Irvine’s renovated Woodbridge Village Center

    Grocery Outlet opens at Irvine’s renovated Woodbridge Village Center
    Kevin Waters, center, and his wife, Nicole, right, introduce their 11-year-old son, Patrick, to the crowed gathered at the ribbon cutting of the new Grocery Outlet store at the Woodbridge Village Center in Irvine on Oct. 5, 2017. Patrick had been disguising as Grocery Outlet mascot Ben Saven to greet customers. (Tomoya Shimura, Orange County Register/SCNG)Grocery Outlet opened at the Woodbridge Village Center in Irvine on Oct. 5, 2017. (Tomoya Shimura, Orange County Register/SCNG)Grocery Outlet
  • Canyon Fire 2: ‘It’s a mess’ at Canyon High

    Canyon Fire 2: ‘It’s a mess’ at Canyon High
    Canyon High in Anaheim is feeling the effects of the nearby Canyon Fire 2.
    “It’s a mess,” Canyon football coach Mike Ogas said late Monday morning, Oct 9. “It looks like everything (the smoke) is going right over the school.”
    Ogas said hundreds of parents are lining up in their cars in front of the school to pick up students. He added that some nearby elementary schools have been evacuated.
    The coach doubts his football team will practice Monday. Canyon plays El Dor
  • Trump administration to terminate Obama’s climate plan

    Trump administration to terminate Obama’s climate plan
    By ADAM BEAM and MICHAEL BIESECKER
    Associated Press
    HAZARD, Ky. — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that he will sign a new rule overriding the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era effort to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants.
    “The war on coal is over,” EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt declared in the coal mining state of Kentucky. He said no federal agency “should ever use its authority” to “declare war on any sector of our
  • 60 years of practice makes perfect at the Tustin Tiller Days parade

    60 years of practice makes perfect at the Tustin Tiller Days parade
    One-year-old Kayla Burciaga, is swept out of the way of oncoming paraders by her fast-moving mom Katie during Tustin Tiller Days on Saturday, October 7, 2017.The parade featured 150 entries and lasted two hours.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Five-year-old Sophie Newmyer marches along with the Beckman High School Band during the Tiller Days parade in Tustin on Saturday, October 7, 2017.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Ballet Folklorico performers, Raices
  • UCLA football well-rested for matchup against Arizona

    UCLA football well-rested for matchup against Arizona
    LOS ANGELES >> Before the sun rose Monday morning, UCLA players were already deep into their weekly meetings. They filed into the Wasserman Football Center by 6:30 a.m. and spilled onto the field at 8 a.m. for practice.
    Good bye, bye week. Hello, Arizona week.
    Recharged from a week off, the Bruins have a critical divisional game at 6 p.m. Saturday. UCLA and Arizona have identical records (3-2 overall, 1-1 Pac-12) and are two of five teams in a one-loss log-jam in the Pac-12 South.
    The
  • Garden calendar for the week of Oct.15-21

    Garden calendar for the week of Oct.15-21
    Tuesday, Oct. 17
    Fullerton Garden Club: Discuss gardening and work on fundraisers for the Fullerton Arboretum. 9 a.m.-noon second Tuesday of every month. Field trip related to gardening third Tuesday of the month. New members and guests are always welcome. Fullerton Arboretum, 1900 Associated Road, Fullerton. 714-392-3132 or fullertongardenclub.com
    Wednesday, Oct. 18
    Orange County Orchid Society: The society presents plant sales, an opportunity table, auctions, a plant-judging competit
  • Photos: SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg AFB

    Photos: SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg AFB
    SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base with the third set of 10 new-generation satellites for Iridium’s voice and data relay network.
     
    SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:37 a.m. on Monday, October 9, 2017, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, with the third set of 10 new-generation satellites for IridiumÕs voice and data relay network. The Falcon 9Õs first stage booster successfully landed on a platform in the Pacific Ocean a few minutes after l
  • Dan Albano’s top 25 Orange County football rankings

    Dan Albano’s top 25 Orange County football rankings
    It took just one week of league games throughout Orange County to shuffle my top 25 football rankings.
    Unranked Canyon bust through with a 17-14 against El Modena in perhaps the upset of the week.
    JSerra, which I picked to lose against Servite, soars to No. 3 in the county after racking up 460 rushing yards in a victory against the Friars.
    In other highlights, Segerstrom debuts in my top 25 while I stick up St. Margaret’s after it struggled against Grace Brethren
    Albano’s Top 25 rank
  • 7 Friday the 13th superstitions to watch out for at Knott’s Scary Farm

    7 Friday the 13th superstitions to watch out for at Knott’s Scary Farm
    If you’re brave enough to go to Knott’s Scary Farm on Friday the 13th this week – or any day, really – you should be aware of 7 possible superstitions you may encounter.
    But don’t worry, you’re covered. Not only should we say up front that the only “Superstition” you should truly concern yourself with is the one by Stevie Wonder, but we also simply recommend you look out for these to add to the frightening fun, got it?
    Check out the possible t
  • Brush fire burning 25 acres in Anaheim Hills

    ANAHEIM HILLS A wind driven brush fire burned about 25 acres and was rapidly expanding Monday morning, Oct. 9, authorities said. The blaze was reported around 9:40 a.m. off the 91 Freeway near the Gypsum Canyon Road exit, said Orange County Fire Authority Capt.
  • This map shows where the Anaheim Hills brush fire is burning

    This map shows where the Anaheim Hills brush fire is burning
    The fire was reported around 9:40 a.m. off the 91 Freeway near the Gypsum Canyon Road exit, said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Larry Kurtz.
  • How will Trump tweak health care with executive order?

    How will Trump tweak health care with executive order?
    By KEN THOMAS and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
    Associated Press
    WASHINGTON — The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states, a unilateral move that follows failed efforts by Congress to overhaul the health care system.
    President Donald Trump has long asserted that selling insurance across state lines would trigger competition that brings down premiums for people
  • First look: How Mater Dei and St. John Bosco match-up for their Trinity League showdown

    First look: How Mater Dei and St. John Bosco match-up for their Trinity League showdown
    TRINITY LEAGUE SHOWDOWN
    MATER DEI (6-0, 1-0) vs. ST. JOHN BOSCO (5-1, 1-0)
    When: Friday, El Camino College, 7 p.m.
    TV:  Fox Sports West (live)
    What’s at stake: The winner takes the inside track toward the Trinity League title and the No. 1 seed for the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. The loser could fall to the No. 2 or 3 seed in the playoffs, and potentially face Centennial of Corona and rising senior quarterback Tanner McKee in the semifinals. McKee has been offered by Stanford, BY
  • Home, garage sustain significant damage in Placentia fire

    Home, garage sustain significant damage in Placentia fire
    PLACENTIA A garage and a neighboring home sustained significant damage in a fire Sunday, Oct. 8, according to authorities.
    The blaze was reported around 5:10 p.m. at 940 Gonzalez St., Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Larry Kurtz said.
    A tree caught fire, and the blaze extended to a detached garage and then to the back of a neighboring home.
    A car inside the garage was destroyed, and three adults along with four children were displaced from the home, Kurtz said.
    Twenty-eight firefighters from t
  • U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 84, to run for 6th term

    U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 84, to run for 6th term
    LOS ANGELES — California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, at 84 the oldest member of the U.S. Senate, announced today that she’ll run for a sixth term in 2018.
    “I am running for reelection to the Senate. Lots more to do: ending gun violence, combating climate change, access to healthcare, I’m all in!” she tweeted.
    Her announcement comes amid complaints from leftist critics that her moderate nature isn’t the right fit for a state that feels the brunt of Trump administrat
  • Dolphins assistant Chris Foerster resigns in video scandal

    Dolphins assistant Chris Foerster resigns in video scandal
    DAVIE, Fla. — Miami Dolphins offensive line coach Chris Foerster resigned Monday and said he was seeking medical help after a social media video surfaced appearing to show him snorting three lines of a white powdery substance at a desk.
    Hours after the 56-second video was posted on Facebook and Twitter, Foerster announced his resignation in a statement released by the team.
    “I am resigning from my position with the Miami Dolphins and accept full responsibility for my actions,”
  • Northwood swimmer Hunter Hitchens commits to Cornell

    Northwood swimmer Hunter Hitchens commits to Cornell
    Northwood swimmer Hunter Hitchens, who has helped the Timberwolves become an Orange County and CIF-SS Division 1 contender, has committed to Cornell.
    The senior placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:39.72) last season at the CIF-SS Diviison 1 finals and touched seventh in the 100 free (46.15).
    The Irvine Novaquatics club swimmer also anchored Northwood’s 200 (1:25.31) and 400 (3:04.04) freestyle relays, which took seventh and fourth, respectively. The Timberwolves placed third overall
  • In Las Vegas mass shooting chaos, airport became a safe haven

    In Las Vegas mass shooting chaos, airport became a safe haven
    By SALLY HO
    Associated Press
    LAS VEGAS — As bullets began flying into a crowd of country music fans, a pack of 300-plus people ran about a mile to the Las Vegas airport, where they kicked down chain-link fences, hobbled over razor wire and were briefly mistaken by security officials for being attackers instead of shooting victims.
    Once they pushed past the fence at McCarran International Airport, some of them ran onto the tarmac as helicopters beamed searchlights toward people they assumed
  • Northgate sells stake in Arizona markets to Cardenas Market

    Northgate sells stake in Arizona markets to Cardenas Market
    Northgate Gonzalez Market in Anaheim sells stake in Arizona markets. (MARK RIGHTMIRE, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER)Northgate Gonzalez Markets new store will open in La Habra property. Northgate plans to grow more stores in SoCal. (Photo by Sam Gangwer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Northgate Gonzalez Markets new store will open in La Habra on March 29. It is relocating from its old store, the second the family chain ever opened in 1986. The company purchased the entire plaza at 1305 W. Whittier Boul
  • Jerry Jones: Dallas Cowboys ‘will not play’ if they disrespect flag

    Jerry Jones: Dallas Cowboys ‘will not play’ if they disrespect flag
    The Dallas Cowboys and staff stand on the sideline during the playing of the national anthem before the first half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the NFL can’t leave the impression that it tolerates players disrespecting the flag and that any of his Cowboys making such displays won’t play. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)Show Caption of Expand
    By SCHUYLER
  • Video shows North Korean leader’s half-brother motionless on gurney after attack

    Video shows North Korean leader’s half-brother motionless on gurney after attack
    By EILEEN NG and STEPHEN WRIGHT
    Associated Press
    PETALING JAYA, Malaysia — A Malaysian airport security video shows the poisoned half brother of North Korea’s leader apparently unconscious on a gurney and being pumped with oxygen by medical attendants as they wait for an elevator to take him to an ambulance.
    The video reviewed by The Associated Press on Monday shows what may be Kim Jong Nam’s final recorded moments of life after he fell perilously ill at the international airpo
  • Halloween attractions across the U.S.

    A giant pumpkin spider and guests gather near one of Dollywood's Great Pumpkin LumiNights displays in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. The family-friendly nighttime event is new to Dollywood this year.
  • Orange County football schedule for Week 7 (Oct. 12-14)

    Orange County football schedule for Week 7 (Oct. 12-14)
    The Orange County football schedule for Week 7 (Oct. 12-14).
    FOOTBALL
    Thursday, Oct. 12EMPIRE LEAGUE
    Kennedy vs. Tustin at Western High
    SUNSET LEAGUEMarina vs. Los Alamitos at Veterans Stadium
    NONLEAGUEFoothill vs. El Modena at Tustin HighEl Dorado vs. Canyon at El Modena High
    GARDEN GROVELos Amigos at Garden GroveRancho Alamitos at Bolsa Grande
    ORANGE LEAGUEAnaheim vs. Savanna at Glover Stadium
    ORANGE COASTSaddleback vs. Godinez at Santa Ana Valley
    Friday, Oct. 13
    TRINITY LEAGUESt. John Bosco v
  • USC leaning on defense to limit damage after turnovers

    USC leaning on defense to limit damage after turnovers
    It was not in a favorable position.
    In the first quarter of a 38-10 victory over Oregon State on Saturday, USC watched its defense trot out onto the field, deep in its own territory.
    Thank a pair of turnovers.
    A muffed punt by returner Ajene Harris allowed the Beavers to take possession at the Trojans’ 29. Their drive ended when a field goal was blocked.
    Another followed minutes later, a fumble by quarterback Sam Darnold. Oregon State took over at USC’s 23 and moved into the red zone
  • Anaheim man booked for murder following apparent gang-related shooting

    Anaheim police have booked a 31-year-old man for murder after he was identified as a suspect in an apparent gang-related shooting that left one man dead.
    Police said Sunday, Oct. 8, that they had arrested Anaheim resident Harvey Garcia four days prior, on Wednesday evening, following an incident in which 23-year-old Roberto Hernandez, of Anaheim, was shot several times while sitting in the driver’s seat of a vehicle in the 600 block of North Alamo Street.
    Hernandez was transported to a loc
  • Yu Darvish will put his new look to the playoff test with NLDS start against Diamondbacks

    Yu Darvish will put his new look to the playoff test with NLDS start against Diamondbacks
    PHOENIX – When the Dodgers announced their acquisition of Yu Darvish from the Texas Rangers at the July trade deadline, they expressed delight at being able to acquire an elite-level starting pitcher.
    And then they went about trying to change him.
    Darvish spent the final two months of the regular season changing his arm slot, the timing of his delivery and even his pitch repertoire.
    So what didn’t the Dodgers want him to change?
    “Andrew Friedman and Farhan (Zaidi), they told me
  • Lakers earn 75-69 win over Sacramento amid somber scene in Las Vegas

    Lakers earn 75-69 win over Sacramento amid somber scene in Las Vegas
    Los Angeles Lakers players and coaches link arms in support of first responders and families involved in the mass shooting before a preseason NBA basketball game against the Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/L.E. Baskow)Los Angeles Lakers forward Brandon Ingram (14) drives on Sacramento Kings guard Garrett Temple (17) during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/L.E. Baskow)Sacramento Kings center Willie Cauley-Stein (00) bloc
  • Hundreds honor Orange County victims of Las Vegas shooting at local vigils

    Hundreds honor Orange County victims of Las Vegas shooting at local vigils
    Hundreds of mourners gathered at three Orange County vigils on Sunday night, Oct. 8, each organized in the hometown of victims killed last Sunday in the Las Vegas mass shooting.
    Shock and heartache remained raw for many. One week had done little to numb the pain or explain why shooter Stephen Paddock had opened fire on a country music festival, killing 58, including at least seven from Orange County.
    Ryan Poe, second from left, attended the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas. The Lake Forest
  • Dave Roberts doesn’t expect his team to make a splash at Chase Field this week

    Dave Roberts doesn’t expect his team to make a splash at Chase Field this week
    PHOENIX – Everybody out of the pool.
    Four years ago the Dodgers clinched the first of their five consecutive NL West titles at Chase Field. After celebrating in the visitors’ clubhouse for awhile, a group of Dodgers took the party onto the field, over the right-field fence and into the pool there. Photos and video caught several Dodgers frolicking in the pool.
    The pool party did not go over well with the home team. The Diamondbacks found it disrespectful and let their feelings be kno
  • On another final drive, uneven Goff, Rams fall just short of game-winner

    On another final drive, uneven Goff, Rams fall just short of game-winner
    LOS ANGELES — All afternoon, he looked out of sync. Errant throws. Poor decisions. Missed opportunities and miscommunications. It was the kind of uneven showing we might have expected from Jared Goff a year ago, when the Rams quarterback of the future could only flounder around in a collapsing pocket, hoping for the best.
    But everything had been different for Goff over the past month, and on Sunday, as 69 seconds remained and just six points separated the NFC West’s top two teams, th
  • Bonsignore: Miraculous catch or not, Cooper Kupp felt he let the Rams down on Sunday

    Bonsignore: Miraculous catch or not, Cooper Kupp felt he let the Rams down on Sunday
    Seattle Seahawks cornerback Shaquill Griffin (26) and Seattle Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner (54) console Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Robert Woods (17) at the end of the fourth quarter, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Seattle won 16-10 Los Angeles Calif., Sunday, October 08, 2017. ( Photo by Stephen Carr / Daily Breeze / SCNG )Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp (18) miss the catch thrown by Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff (16) during the final second of the fourth quar
  • Rams rookie safety John Johnson shines in (surprising) first NFL start

    Rams rookie safety John Johnson shines in (surprising) first NFL start
    LOS ANGELES — The Rams picked quite a time to show their trust in rookie John Johnson.
    With starting safety Lamarcus Joyner, out of the lineup Sunday with a hamstring injury, the Rams chose to bench their other starter, Maurice Alexander, and replace him with Johnson, a third-round draft pick.
    Like many bold moves, it worked. Alexander had been increasingly unreliable, both on pass defense and in run support. Johnson broke up a pass early in the game and then, five minutes into the second
  • Whittier woman recovering from a gunshot wound to the face in Las Vegas mass shooting

    Jennifer Campas, 40, of Whittier, was among the 527 people injured Oct. 1, 2017 Las Vegas shooting massacre. She is in the ICU of University Medical Center with a gunshot would to the head.
  • This Pasadena company built the arms on the Mars rovers, now it’s making robotic mechanics for satellites

    This Pasadena company built the arms on the Mars rovers, now it’s making robotic mechanics for satellites
    When Rius Billing started at Alliance Spacesystems in 1998, the company had two rooms and less than 20 employees.
    Twenty years later, the company now known as MDA U.S. Systems, employs four times as many people in Pasadena and uses three buildings in a Lincoln Avenue industrial park.
    MDA U.S. Systems is part of a subtle network of companies linked to the NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. They operate throughout the city in quiet, sometimes unmarked business parks, with specialties in tough
  • Trump, GOP Sen. Corker trade barbs on Twitter

    Trump, GOP Sen. Corker trade barbs on Twitter
    By RICHARD LARDNER
    WASHINGTON – An enraged President Donald Trump and a prominent Republican senator who fears the country could be edging toward “chaos” engaged in an intense and vitriolic back-and-forth bashing on social media Sunday, a remarkable airing of their party’s profound rifts.
    In political discourse that might once have seemed inconceivable, the GOP’s foreign policy expert in the Senate felt compelled to answer his president’s barbs by tweeting: &l
  • Play It Forward Oct. 9-15: Can Dodgers pool their resources and move into the NLCS?

    Play It Forward Oct. 9-15: Can Dodgers pool their resources and move into the NLCS?
    Ranking the top 10 sports events Oct. 9-15 you won’t want to miss:
    NO. 1: MLB PLAYOFFSNATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION SERIESDODGERS vs. DIAMONDBACKSDetails/TV: Game 3 at Chase Field in Phoenix, Monday, 7 p.m., TBSNATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIESDetails/TV: Games 1 and 2, Saturday and Sunday, to be determined, TBS
    One of the first things fans encounter as they enter Chase Field before a game are various tables with young ladies in Diamondbacks gear, coaxing them over with marking pens and large
  • We have a right to defend ourselves

    We have a right to defend ourselves
    Regardless of whether anyone else in the world believes guns keep America more or less safe, you are free to decide for yourself whether having a gun will make you, individually, more safe. Pages of international gun-crime statistics offer very little protection if an armed robber breaks into your home in the middle of the night. Bullets go through paper like it’s nothing.
    Pages of new gun-control laws similarly offer only paper protection. By definition, criminals don’t obey laws. I
  • Aren’t American lives worth saving?

    Aren’t American lives worth saving?
    American exceptionalism? Absolutely. We are an exceptionally young and pioneering nation, and became a great power not from an old, homogeneous ethnic base but by welcoming (more or less) all comers.
    Part of that pioneering sweep west across the continent was made at the point of a gun, and our gun culture was enshrined, unlike that of any other of the 195 countries in the world, in our Constitution through its Second Amendment.
    The Second reads: “A well regulated militia being necessary t
  • Red flag warning: Gusty Santa Ana winds raise SoCal fire weather threat to critical

    Red flag warning: Gusty Santa Ana winds raise SoCal fire weather threat to critical
    The National Weather Service has issued red flag warnings for most of Southern California that will go into effect as strong and gusty Santa Ana winds develop late Sunday and early Monday.
    “Very low relative humidity, coupled with the strong and gusty winds will pose a critical fire weather threat,” forecasters said.
    The warnings will be in effect until Tuesday morning. One covers the San Bernardino County mountains, the Inland Empire below the Cajon Pass and the Santa Ana
  • Getzlaf could return Monday as ailing Ducks begin to heal

    Getzlaf could return Monday as ailing Ducks begin to heal
    ANAHEIM – Six players stood dressed in suits as they were introduced to applause from the sellout Honda Center crowd for the Ducks’ season opener Thursday night. It wasn’t by choice.
    “I don’t think anyone wanted to stand there,” Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf said.
    The injury-wracked Ducks managed to pull out a comeback win that night against Arizona and scratched out a point against Philadelphia in Sunday’s follow-up. Most of those dressed to the nines for
  • Film producer Harvey Weinstein ousted from Weinstein Co.

    Film producer Harvey Weinstein ousted from Weinstein Co.
    By JAKE COYLE
    NEW YORK — Film producer Harvey Weinstein has been fired from The Weinstein Co., effective immediately, following new information revealed regarding his conduct, the company’s board of directors announced Sunday.
    Weinstein had previously voluntarily taken a leave of absence following decades of sexual harassment allegations detailed Thursday in a New York Times expose. The board on Friday endorsed that decision. But it went further Sunday, removing Weinstein from the co

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