On a sunny, hot Sunday afternoon, Sept. 5, hundreds streamed down Avenida Del Mar through the hub of San Clemente’s downtown toward the city’s Marine Monument at Park Semper Fi. The crowd chanted, “USA! USA!” and carried American and Marine Corps flags in tribute to the 13 service members who on Aug. 26 were killed
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The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan last week came too late for U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Edward Balli and Navy Lt. Francis Toner. Both Balli and Toner were killed in separate combat actions years ago in war-torn Afghanistan, where U.S. forces fought for 20 years before the final withdrawal last week. Their mothers,
As the sun dipped below the horizon behind equestrian arena grandstands, Norco grieved the setting of one of its own sons, Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Mae’Lee Grant Nikoui, who was killed in an attack on Afghanistan’s Kabul airport on Aug. 26. Nikoui, a 2019 Norco High graduate was described as a “strong person,” who “held no
The vast majority of El Segundo residents who applied to Los Angeles city for cash reimbursements meant to help them pay to escape an odor emanating from the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant have yet to receive any money, officials and applicants say. El Segundo residents have dealt with a stench, which they say is often
The union representing Los Angeles Unified teachers continues to insist that its members have the choice of allowing students who are home isolating or quarantining because of the coronavirus pandemic to watch a livestream of their classroom instruction or providing separate live virtual instruction through Zoom. According to the latest counterproposal that United Teachers Los
Scores of pandemic-weary Southern Californians will take to the highways and skies this Labor Day weekend, even as U.S. health officials implore those who haven’t been vaccinated to stay home. Even the vaccinated and those who are still wearing masks in public should consider the risks of coronavirus exposure, Rochelle Walensky, director for the Centers
It was a solemn, tearful evening Thursday as friends, family members and the community gathered in Rancho Cucamonga to honor 20-year-old Marine Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola, one of 13 U.S. service members killed in the Aug. 26 attack at a Kabul, Afghanistan airport. Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga was killed in
Gerald C. Rivers, Mark Lewis, Franc Ross and Christopher W. Jones in a production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga. The play runs on Sept. 5 and other dates through Oct. 30. (Photo by Ian Flanders) Here is a sampling of things to do in-person and online in the San
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 2,277 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,409,545 as of Wednesday, Sept. 1. The total number of cases represents 14% of Los Angeles County’s population. Officials reported 38 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total of 25,322 deaths since tracking
One of the “Industries of California” murals by Ralph Stackpole at Coit Tower in San Francisco. (Photo by Oren Rozen; Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported) Government offices – Los Angeles city and county, national and state – and courts, libraries and schools are normally closed for the Labor Day holiday. Here is a sampling
Some people are losing their minds over the newest offering from Popeyes. A man was killed after cutting the line in Maryland just to get one of the chain’s chicken sandwiches. Another recording shows a man jumping through a drive-thru window. Greg Mills reports on the craze from South L.A.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District is leading a coalition to deploy 100 battery-electric trucks across California, a move aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and cutting fuel and maintenance costs. The agency is touting it as the largest commercial deployment of battery-electric trucks in North America to date. The announcement was made Tuesday
A group of store employees jumped into action when they saw a man trying to steal groceries and when they tried to stop him a good Samaritan stepped in to make sure he didn’t get away. Michele Gile reports.
The union representing Los Angeles Unified teachers has accused the school district of bargaining in bad faith over a learning plan for students quarantining because of the coronavirus pandemic and said it will file an unfair labor practice charge with the Public Employment Relations Board. The two sides had been negotiating over a Continuity of
If the union representing teachers in Los Angeles Unified has its way, all students in the district would be required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus within 12 weeks of becoming age eligible, with exemptions made on medical or religious grounds. And should even one person in an early education or TK-6 classroom test positive
Cell phone video of a Chatsworth woman hitting her neighbor’s car with a hammer and then going on a racist tirade has been shared widely on social media.
A view from the San Fernando Valley: Dignitaries and visitors cut the ribbon on the new play area at Castle Peak Park in West Hills, CA Thursday, August 5, 2021. New improvements, funded by Measure A, include rubber safety surfacing, re-pavement and a drinking fountain. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Community meetings
Underscoring the growing urgency to prepare now for rising seas in the decades ahead, the California Coastal Commission is basing its most recent adaptation plan on more extreme scenarios and making the case for relocating vulnerable coastal roads, railways and sewage plants. Those projections and strategies are drawing a wary eye from some Southern California
An Indio man is among the 13 service members killed in an attack on the Kabul airport Thursday, Aug. 26, as the United States pulls out of Afghanistan after almost 20 years in the country. The death of Marine Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, the son of Riverside County deputy sheriff and Riverside Sheriff’s Association Board
A South Bay World War II veteran spent his 96th trip around the sun surrounded by his family this weekend in Torrance. David Botelho, who lives in Hawthorne, was treated to a surprise by youngest child, Ron, on Saturday, Aug. 28, with all five of his children making the trek to Torrance to celebrate his