Agatha Christie was the master of mystery: Books like “Murder on the Orient Express” and “Death on the Nile” made her the world’s best-selling author (two billion copies sold) and have been adapted into scores of films, attracting directors such as Billy Wilder, Sidney Lumet and Kenneth Branagh. And she also wrote the world’s longest-running…
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Two people were killed and another person was critically injured in a six-vehicle crash on the San Diego (405) Freeway Sunday morning in Seal Beach that may have been triggered by a wrong-way driver, authorities said. The crash on the southbound freeway at the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway occurred a little before 1:30 a.m.,…
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It’s been years since people were able to head to L.A.’s Natural History Museum after hours and listen to live music, party with a DJ and attend scientific lectures in person at the venue’s festive First Fridays series. COVID-19 derailed the event in 2020 and 2021, but now nightlife at the museum is back as…
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Q: I am an amateur gardener who is trying to grow grapes. I planted two vines. One was flourishing and the other was not looking as good. Now they both look nearly dead. It doesn’t help that I had to leave their care in someone else’s hands for a week. My main questions are: What are…
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Marine Corps veteran, Elliott McKenzie sings the National Anthem during the new exhibit at the Heroes Hall Museum at the OC Fairgrounds Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022 titled, “Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in World War II,” featuring photographs, artifacts and stories of the challenges and achievements of African Americans during World…
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SANTA ANA — Ten people were forced from their homes after a fire damaged two units at a two-story condominium complex in Santa Ana, authorities said Sunday. Firefighters were dispatched at 10:11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, to the 200 block of North Mountain View Street, according to Capt. Greg Barta of the Orange County Fire…
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Voters elect a fresh face with ideals who promises to root out corruption and get rid of the good old boys’ crony networks — and then turns into a good old boy himself. It can’t happen here, right? Oh, wait, it did happen here, right here, twice, in the important Riverside and Los Angeles sheriff’s…
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Geographically, economically, demographically, culturally and ideologically, San Francisco and Shasta County are polar opposites, but their voters have one thing in common: a willingness to throw out officeholders who displease them. A few weeks ago, voters in Shasta County Supervisor Leonard Moty’s district voted to recall the Republican former police chief, who had been accused of being…
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I was doom-watching cable news last week when a heart-warming story came on about an NFL player who traveled halfway across the country just to ease the suffering of a grieving family. Holly Soape, who had developed a slight Instagram friendship with her family’s favorite player, Anthony Harris of the Philadelphia Eagles, by periodically exchanging…
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When several hundred homeless service workers and volunteers fan out across Orange County next week to count people living on the streets, they’ll collect a wealth of data about the characteristics of the county’s unhoused residents, where they are and what might help get them back on their feet. But the bottom-line question is how…
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