A man was arrested on suspicion of robbing a Costa Mesa bank with help from alert witnesses who provided a detailed description of him on Friday afternoon, Feb. 11, authorities said. Just before 1:50 p.m., the suspect walked into a bank in the 2300 block of Harbor Boulevard, handed the teller a note and walked…
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A third candidate for the Miami Dolphins’ offensive coordinator opening surfaced on Saturday. Los Angeles Chargers run-game coordinator and offensive line coach Frank Smith is interviewing for the job under new Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel on Saturday, according to an NFL Network report. Smith, 40, just completed his first season in that role for the…
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Several bus routes throughout Orange County could be disrupted starting Tuesday morning, Feb. 15, if hundreds of Orange County Transportation Authority bus drivers decide to go through with a threatened strike. The drivers, who are members of the Teamsters Local 952, voted last month to allow a walkout, and gave notice last week they would…
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In the beginning, there were the guys with the jetpacks. And the idea that coathangers, properly positioned as an outside antenna, could get around a local TV blackout. And a hero who not only broke curfew the night before the game but blew past it, thinking he wouldn’t even be needed the next day. Yes,…
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By Graham Dunbar | Associated Press BEIJING — One of the lawyers that will judge Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday is an American who was once picked by Maria Sharapova’s legal team for her appeal over a similar performance-enhancing drug. Jeffrey Benz was named Saturday by the…
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O.J. Simpson tossed the pregame coin and Michael Jackson performed the halftime show the most recent time the Super Bowl visited the Los Angeles area in 1993. The region had two NFL teams at the time, though both left within two years for St. Louis and Oakland and the league was something locals only watched…
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The true shame within Anaheim’s baseball stadium giveaway happened a year before what’s now the centerpiece of a legal war — a murky deal to sell the city-owned arena and surrounding land to a group headed by the team’s owner. The city and team owner Arte Moreno are battling state officials and local homeless activists…
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Los Angeles’ notorious traffic — deemed some of the worst in America — will get a whole lot worse this weekend, thanks to the Super Bowl. SoFi Stadium seats a minimum 70,000 people, but that capacity is expandable up to 100,000 for big events like the Super Bowl LVI, set for Sunday, Feb. 13. No…
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The Chicago Bears signed a purchase agreement for Arlington International Racecourse in September 2021, a move that takes the team a step closer toward securing property for a new stadium and leaving their longtime home at Soldier Field. The Bears on June 17 submitted one of multiple bids to purchase the Arlington Heights property, which…
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When it comes to reproduction, citrus species have no limits. All of them are interfertile, meaning they can cross-pollinate freely and produce offspring that are a combination of the two parent species or hybrid species involved. A grapefruit can pollinate a lime. An orange can pollinate a lemon. A pomello can pollinate a tangerine. This…
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