After one week, early voting numbers in LA County trumping 2012 totals
Early voters in Los Angeles County are casting ballots at a rate four-times higher than they did in 2012 -- perhaps signaling interest is still high in the upcoming presidential primary despite Donald...
View Article96-year-old Hermosa Beach man finally gets his USC degree
Alfonso Gonzales was the first person in his family to go to college, but he missed his graduation ceremony at USC more than six decades ago.The Hermosa Beach resident -- who treated wounded soldiers...
View ArticleLocal school districts far ahead of Obama guidance on transgender bathroom use
PICO RIVERA >> Two years ago, then-16-year-old Staceyy Holidayy was unhappy and defiant.As a transgender student, she felt like an outcast at El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera.In June, she'll...
View ArticlePolice: Woman depicted in viral Alhambra package theft video in custody
ALHAMBRA >> One day after a viral cell phone video taken by an Alhambra man confronting a female package thief in front of his home made the suspect an overnight celebrity, police arrested the...
View ArticlePasadena's finances could run into the red by next year
PASADENA >> Pasadena's interim City Manager Steve Mermell painted a grim picture Monday when he warned the city could run into a deficit within the next two years.The city's estimates Pasadena's...
View ArticleThree men arrested in death of rare fish at Death Valley National Park
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK >> Three men could face fines of up to $50,000 and a year in jail for an alleged drunken spree that resulted in the death of one of the world's rarest fish at Devils...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for May 14, 2016
PASADENAFun health fair focused on children's mental healthA free community health and wellness fair, "Spring Into Wellness," will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Jackie Robinson...
View ArticleMother, daughter to appear in court for fatal Glendale hit-and-run
GLENDALE >> Police have arrested a mother and daughter in connection with a fatal hit-and-run from April in Glendale, according to police.Goar Davtyan, 67, was arrested just before 6 p.m. Friday...
View ArticleSchools offer lessons on accommodating transgender students
SAN FRANCISCO >> From locker rooms and sex education classes to dress codes and overnight field trips, many U.S. public schools already are balancing the civil rights of transgender students with...
View ArticleCalifornia ballot measure blamed for shoplifting jump
ROCKLIN >> Perry Lutz says his struggle to survive as a small businessman became a lot harder after California voters reduced theft penalties 1½ years ago.About a half-dozen times this year,...
View ArticleHow to check your restaurant wines for freshness
I grew up in a "waste not, want not" household. It meant "eat what you have, and you can always have more." Not a bad deal I'd say.Thinking of that phrase, I thought of a story from a few years...
View ArticleAmerica is a nation united over Bacon-Pulled Pork Hot Dogs and Triple-Triple...
When it comes to innovation, there's nothing like food and drink to fire up the American imagination.And we're not talking about dishes like filet of free-range bison in a pinot noir reduction served...
View ArticleRio Hondo students get hands-on emergency training
WHITTIER >> Dozens of Rio Hondo College students in training to become nurses, emergency medical technicians, firefighters and journalists responded to an active-shooter and car crash drill on...
View ArticleShuttle linking Gold Line to San Gabriel Mountains National Monument may end...
The famous inclined railway that once inched up the face of Mount Lowe it is not.Today's modern, electric Gold Line with a stop in Duarte, combined with shuttle service linking passengers to the...
View ArticleEnergy efficiency is a must for California buildings moving forward
Rows of newly minted houses sit at the foot of Blue Mountain in the sprawling Spring Mountain Ranch development near Riverside.Solar panels mark every rooftop of the nearly 785-acre development. On...
View ArticleEnergy scorecards help cut power use in commercial buildings
Barry Hooper's co-workers can be forgiven if they try to avoid him in the office. No one wants to be fingered as an energy hog. Hooper manages San Francisco's five-year-old building-efficiency...
View Article'Zero energy' vision for California homes
Eight years ago, when California regulators decided that by 2020 every newly built home should produce as much power as it used, the idea was novel enough to be nearly unimaginable.Even in a state...
View ArticleMonterey Park marks 100 years with birthday bash
MONTEREY PARK >> City leaders of past and present joined with the community Saturday to throw a 100th birthday bash to commemorate Monterey Park's centennial.The jovial ceremony outside City Hall...
View ArticleDoug McIntyre: Middle Class? Fat Chance!
The bad news is the American middle class is shrinking. The worse news is the average American's middle is growing. At the same time incomes are going down, waistlines are going up.The Pew Research...
View ArticleInitiative reform law faces key test with guns
SACRAMENTO >> A little-known yet revolutionary new state law aimed at modernizing California's initiative system -- which paved the way for a higher minimum wage -- will soon face a second,...
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