The threat of a major earthquake looms over California once again. A series of small quakes under the Salton Sea has increased the chances of seismic activity near the San Andreas fault over the next few days. You probably don’t need to get your post-apocalyptic underground bunker ready just yet,...
Good morning. It is Saturday, Oct. 1. Here’s what you don’t want to miss this weekend: TOP STORIES An ominous warning: An unusual swarm of small earthquakes — more than 200 in all — under the Salton Sea has heightened the risk of a major quake on the San Andreas fault for the next few days, scientists...
Hearing-impaired Burbank High grad's ASL version of Broadway song goes viral.
The salty aroma of fresh pastrami sandwiches piled high and served with homemade pickles for years filled the 3,000-square-foot East Coast-style deli tucked away in a dilapidated shopping center surrounded by Newport Beach office buildings. Now, the scent that had welcomed lunchtime customers to...
Hotel designers say they made efforts to blend 5-story structure with surrounding architecture.
Registered sex offender from Florida is suspected of assault in Vons parking lot.
Football: Still winless, looking for offense, Vaqueros open new conference against West L.A.
"The Sunbathers" are back at Laguna Beach's Nita Carman Park. The man and woman, each made of stainless steel, are new renditions and rest atop one concrete slab, but the sculpture holds true to its essence, according to the artist who designed and built the original and new versions. "It's the...
The 39th annual Montrose Oktoberfest will be held from noon to 11 p.m. Saturday along the 2200, 2300 and 2400 blocks of Honolulu Avenue in Montrose. Several well-known Southern California craft breweries will participate. Hanger 24 will pour its fall seasonal Oktoberfest beer, and Golden Road Brewery,...
If passed by 55% of voters, Measure GC would help pay for improvements at GCC.
Man faces 16 months in prison after pleading guilty to role in 'potpourri' drug distribution.
Intervention specialists work with elementary schoolchildren on their emotional health.
Burbank Public Library is launching a survey and outreach events to learn residents' needs.
Shopping mall opened its first incarnation, with four department stores, in October 1976.
The killing of three people at an Orange County home last weekend has stunned the tight-knit furry community. Both the suspects and the victims in the Fullerton slaying had ties to the subculture, which unites people through an affection for animals with human-like qualities. Some in the furry...
Volleyball: Indians survive early surge from Burbank for 22-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-16 win.
The group, which was based for 23 years at Rea Elementary School, has a ribbon cutting at its new facility.
After a decade of financial trouble, on Nov.8 Fountain Valley voters will decide to support or deny a proposed 1% sales tax increase to boost city coffers. After months of research by city Finance Director David Cain, many city officials have backed the measure, determining that the tax increase...
Overhaul planned for longtime tavern, which will become more of a restaurant than a bar, though music and dancing will continue.
A 22-year-old Stockton man received a three-year sentence in state prison this week for pimping a woman in a Costa Mesa hotel. Raymello Edward Brown pleaded guilty in Orange County Superior Court Tuesday to one felony count of pimping with a sentencing enhancement for being armed with a gun. Three...
It's not often that you go into one of those build-your-own-whatever places and the staff working the assembly line of trays for your bowl/burrito/pizza/whatever calls a part of your order back to the chef, apologizing that it will be a moment while they prepare a fresh portion of something just...
Electronic music producer Skrillex has over the last few months become an expert at dodging Chinatown traffic. The EDM hitmaker, who since his rise in the early '10s is responsible for massive, moment-defining records in collaboration with Justin Bieber, Diplo, Rick Ross and dozens of others, has...
The Virgin of Guadalupe, for centuries one of the world's most iconic religious images, is coming to Orange County in a new exhibition at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana that explores her religious, cultural and political influence during Mexico's colonial period, between the 16th and 19th centuries....
The painting in the chapel at the Orange County Central Men's Jail relays the sentiment in an attempt to further rehabilitation.
A private investigator whom prosecutors allege was trying to dig up dirt on three Costa Mesa councilmen during the city’s contentious 2012 election pleaded guilty Wednesday in Orange County Superior Court to four felony counts related to the case. Christopher Lanzillo, 46, of Lake Arrowhead admitted...
Fast-casual burger spot opening near the Americana at Brand had its origins in New York.
Christina Desiderio gave students a unique reward for reading for more than 100,000 minutes over the span of two weeks.
New principal at Glendale High took reins two days before the school year began.
Burbank Police Department suspends criticized technology, creates 'hybrid' gang unit, expands staffing.
Kiwanis and local business launch inaugural Burbank Singing Star competition.
With screenings, seminars and contests, event celebrates the city this year, as well as women filmmakers.
Daniele Struppa is a mountain climber, a professor who explores Renaissance paintings and a father who talks to his 12-year-old about antibiotics and atoms. And on Friday, Chapman University will officially welcome the mathematician as its 13th president. Struppa said he will challenge himself...
Most people get to the baseball stadium with just enough time to grab a hot dog and drink, and find their seats. Some, like our Curiosity Correspondent, arrive early enough to watch the field getting prepared. Chalk lines are made, the pitcher’s mound is cleaned, the dirt raked beautifully even....
GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALLLouisville 3, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy 2: Flintridge Sacred Heart saw Louisville post a 25-20, 14-25, 25-23, 19-25, 15-3 Mission League win Tuesday. The Tologs (12-4, 2-2 in league) received 25 kills and 13 digs from Kayla Lund and 12 kills and 25 assists from Ellis DeJardin.St....
Golf: Indians win first Pacific League meet thanks to winning effort from Phelps, while Crescenta Valley falls just short.
Nearly 400 local Latina students will attend a conference on Saturday at Glendale Community College, where they will participate in coding and robotics workshops and hear from Latina women who have succeeded in STEM fields, or science, technology, engineering and math. The free conference will...
One hundred surfers participated in the 53rd Brooks Street Surfing Classic Saturday and Sunday in Laguna Beach. The contest, open to Laguna residents, featured competitors in a variety of age groups and included longboard, bodyboard and paddleboard divisions. Contestants encountered swells that...
In the dozen or so years after her younger sister was brutally raped and murdered in Glendale in 1979, Linda Benjamin filled 14 journals with notes to her. Sometimes, thoughts came to her in the middle of the night, after a bad dream. Other times, she’d write to remember a special occasion, like...
A soldier in the U.S. Army and another man were charged with murder Tuesday in connection with the slaying of a Fullerton couple and their friend over the weekend, according to authorities. Pfc. Joshua Acosta, 21, of Ft. Irwin in San Bernardino County, and Frank Sato Felix, 25, of Sun Valley, each...
A man convicted of conspiring to help Islamic State militants after he was caught as he attempted to board a plane to the Middle East was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter said Nader Elhuzayel’s repeated calls for martyrdom in his communications made him...
Police caught a documented gang member selling heroin and methamphetamine last week out of his Glendale home, where he kept two guns, one of which was stolen, authorities said. Undercover detectives set up surveillance at the man’s Glendale home, located on the 500 block of Myrtle Street, after...
More than 15,000 walkers and runners wearing pink took part in the 25th annual Susan G. Komen Orange County Race for the Cure on Sunday in Newport Beach. Participants laced up their shoes for the 5k run and walk around the Fashion Island shopping center. A kids one-mile fun run and a breast cancer...
Fullerton police have arrested three people, including a 17-year-old female, in connection with a triple homicide at a residence from which a teenage girl was also reported missing and considered “at risk,” authorities said Sunday. “The suspects and family are known to each other,” Sgt. Jon Radus...
Bort Escoto doesn't normally get too excited while coaching basketball at Sylmar _ unless he sees an officials' call he doesn't like. But he is excited about 6-foot-5 freshman Aaron Reyes, who's going to become an immediate starter for the Spartans. Playing in fall league basketball, Reyes sure...
Authorities are now calling the deaths of two men and a woman found in a Fullerton home a triple homicide and said they also are trying to locate a 17-year-old girl who lived in the house. Police had been called to the scene, a home in the 400 block of South Gilbert Street, early Saturday morning after...
It's becoming pretty clear that no matter how bleak things look and no matter how much adversity must be overcome, Loyola's football team won't quit until there's no time left on the clock. A week ago, down 18 points to unbeaten Cathedral, Loyola fought and clawed and rallied, only to lose, 21-19,...
Football: Falcons score early, often to dismantle Nitros, 52-0, in Pacific League opener.
Football: Golden Knights win nailbiter, 34-28, to improve to 4-0.
The Canary Island pine has created problems at the Eastside Costa Mesa home, but it will stay put for now, the Park and Recreation Commission rules.
At his murder trial this summer, Beong Kwun Cho claimed he was doing his childhood friend a favor when he shot him in the back of his head on the side of a deserted street in Anaheim. Cho, 57, tearfully testified in his own defense, saying his friend of four decades, Yeon Woo Lee, wanted to commit...
A new team at UC Irvine is suiting up for battle in a recently furnished arena on campus, where members will gear up with headphones, a keyboard and mouse. On Friday the university celebrated the opening of its eSports arena, which is equipped with 80 computers and will be frequented by the school's...