There’s a cold blast from the past at Taco Bell restaurants in and around the South Bay. The Irvine-based fast food giant is bringing back the Klondike Choco Taco, an ice cream dessert, for a limited time at 20 locations. Half are in Southern California. The other 10 are in Milwaukee. Choco Tacos are made…
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An operation into human trafficking that included 11 Orange County law enforcement agencies led to 56 arrests and the rescue of 16 victims just before Super Bowl Sunday, authorities announced Friday, Feb. 18. Deemed “Operation Red Zone,” agencies conducted investigative techniques – undercover operations, investigating online-based sex solicitation websites and investigations into known problematic businesses…
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The OC Health Care Agency reported 567 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday, Feb. 18, increasing the cumulative total since tracking began in the county to 535,175. The county will not have another case count until Tuesday, Feb. 22, because of the holiday weekend. The county has reported about 10,949 new cases in the…
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Tickets for Bésame Mucho, a multi-generational, multi-genre Latino music festival coming to Los Angeles in December went on sale Friday morning and sold out within 70 minutes, according to the festival’s Twitter page. The event, which will include performances from Juanes, Caifanes, Los Tigres del Norte, Los Ángeles Azules, Sin Bandera and more, will take…
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Although she barely weighed 100 pounds and stood 5 feet tall, legendary diving pioneer and trailblazer Dottie May Frazier, who died recently at 99, never let anything stand in the way of her long life of adventure and achievement. At an early age, she learned how to fend for herself. When she was a young…
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NEW YORK — Major League Baseball canceled the first week of spring training games through March 4 in the first public acknowledgement of the disruption caused by the lockout. The announcement Friday came with the work stoppage in its 79th day, and a day after economic talks between the management and the Major League Baseball…
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A $35.6 million mixed-use development proposed for downtown San Juan Capistrano would create a 50-unit affordable housing complex next to a new City Hall. The plan – which still needs final approval from the San Juan Capistrano City Council and additional financing – would demolish the current City Hall, and use the lot to build…
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Fans of Disney musicals can enjoy an evening of their favorite songs sung by — who else —former Broadway Disney princesses. “Disney Princess —The Concert,” which features four theater veterans known for their Disney performances, is scheduled to tour more than 80 cities, including two performances in Anaheim on Sunday, Feb. 27. The show includes…
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The world according to Jim, (non) spring training edition: • It is frustrating enough that spring training will not begin on time, with the first week of games now wiped out through March 4, thanks to an owners’ negotiating strategy that seems contingent on players’ surrender. News flash: It’s not happening, and a reported 15-minute…
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By Corey Williams and Sara Burnett | Associated Press Former President Donald Trump, who repeatedly called Black Lives Matter protesters “thugs” and “anarchists,” said there’s “a lot of respect” for the overwhelmingly white truckers who blocked streets in the Canadian capital and shut down border crossings with the U.S. to oppose COVID-19 restrictions. To Republican…
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