Jeff Norton brings out characters for his ‘Griswold Christmas House Display” that is based on the movie, ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” in La Mirada on Friday December 3, 2021. Turner drew the attention and possible fine from the city for his fake second story to match the real Griswold house. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing
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A display of America’s military strength is growing at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum with an M-1 Abrams tank, known as the fiercest of the U.S. ground combat vehicles, joining the collection. “The tank is a powerful symbol of American might,” Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth said Saturday, Dec. 4, during an
A wreath with symbolic colored candles is used for Advent. The second Sunday in Advent is Dec. 5, 2021. Traditionally, one candle is lit for each of the four Sundays in Advent. The first candle, violet colored, is said to represent hope. The rose colored candle is lit on the third Sunday and represents joy.
A sign that read “Stop Asian Hate” was posted on a lectern in the middle of Smith Park on Friday in San Gabriel. It was a frightening reminder that hate crimes against Asians have risen in recent years. Officials from Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles, Asian Youth Center and Chinatown Service Center were on
VALLEY VILLAGE — Two suspects are on the loose Friday morning after committing what police believe is a follow-home robbery in Valley Village. The victims were returning home from a club in Hollywood about 2:45 a.m. Friday and on their way to drop off someone on the 12000 block of Albers Street when a vehicle
Southern California has its first confirmed case of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, Los Angeles County public health officials confirmed Thursday evening, Dec. 2, a day after the country’s first case was confirmed in San Francisco. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a Thursday statement that the individual returned to the
Stained glass houses, created from recycled materials by artist Tom Fruin, are lit up at the “Enchanted Forest of Light” attraction at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, on Monday, November 22, 2021. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Here is a sampling of things to do in-person and online in the
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 1,473 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,528,586, as of Wednesday, Dec. 1. The total number of cases represents 15% of Los Angeles County’s population. Officials reported 18 more deaths linked to the coronavirus since, for a total of 27,184 deaths since
Three students were killed and eight other people wounded when a 15-year-old boy allegedly opened fire Tuesday at Oxford High School. Killed were Tate Myre, age 16; Hana St. Julian, 14; and Madisyn Baldwin, 17. Myre’s gunshot wound was so severe that a deputy put him in a patrol car to transport him to hospital
The Holtec Hi-Storm Umax dry storage system for spent fuel at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. (Courtesy of Southern California Edison) Nuclear energy is “absolutely critical” to addressing climate change, but the United States can no longer ignore the conundrum at the back end of the fuel cycle — how to dispose of highly radioactive
At noon Tuesday, Nov. 30, waters along a 45-mile stretch of coastline that were closed to fishing because of last month’s oil spill off Huntington Beach, will welcome anglers again, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Monday, saying testing showed consuming seafood from the area poses no risk to the public. The closures
High school athletics in Southern California are governed by the book. As in the Blue Book, the CIF Southern Section’s 260-page handbook that details the region’s high school sports’ governing body’s constitution and by-laws. Under “Code of Ethics,” the Blue Book states “IT IS THE DUTY OF ALL CONCERNED WITH HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS” “to emphasize
Students from the California Job Challenge program work on brakes during their auto technician class at LBCC Pacific Coast Campus in Long Beach on Thursday, November 4, 2021. With a labor and supply shortage in the auto industry following the pandemic, vocational schools are getting support from car makers and dealerships. (Photo by Brittany Murray,
Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, begins at sundown on Nov. 28 and ends at sundown on Dec. 6. Three blessings are recited before one candle is lit on the hanukkiah, the special nine-branch menorah, on the first night of the festival (an extra candle is used to light additional candles on each night).
PACIFIC GROVE — Nestled inside the huge $1 trillion infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signed into law last week are two bills co-authored by Rep. Jimmy Panetta aimed at helping monarch butterflies and other insect pollinators threatened by loss of habitat and pesticide use. There are two bills that Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, announced in
Joy Benedict reports from South Los Angeles where the family of James Vargas, shot and killed in front of his wife and children, are speaking out about the latest arrests made in the case.
Roland Hansen knew he wanted to propose to his girlfriend, Lorraine, at a romantic spot somewhere along the Southern California coast. Hansen, who served in the Navy Air Corps from 1943 to 1945, had returned to Compton, where he had grown up. The two met at Compton College after a friend who rode to school
Tickets for the 2022 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach will go on sale next week, just two months after this year’s race — delayed from its usual April running because of the coronavirus pandemic — took over downtown streets following a nearly 2 1/2-year hiatus. The pandemic was also the reason the 2020 race
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 2,000 new cases of the coronavirus since Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases to 1,524,294, as of Friday, Nov. 26. The total number of cases represents 15% of Los Angeles County’s population. Officials reported 29 more deaths linked to the coronavirus since Wednesday, for a total of
Get ready to wade through crowds of shoppers on Black Friday, over Thanksgiving weekend and through the rest of the holiday season. Retailers in Southern California and across the country say people are eager to flock to shopping centers, downtowns and small businesses in the coming six weeks. After spending last year in pandemic lockdown,