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Have you ever wondered why a fish has fins and not feet? Or, why does an Elephant seal have such a big nose? A group of Stonegate Elementary School students in Irvine pondered those questions while learning about animal adaptations through an Aquarium on Wheels program. The mobile program is one of several educational offerings…
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Winter rain is good for our gardens and lawns, but it’s also good for those pesky weeds. As soon as the weather warms up and the days get longer, weed seeds germinate with a vengeance. This would not be so bad, but the unwanted plants always outgrow the desirable plants. Pulling weeds is hard work,…
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  In the big downpours that have hit our state in December and January, most of us in Southern California got wet, and maybe had a few leaks in the attic exposed, and had to stomp through puddles in our yards. And while there were the news photos of sinkholes, and of rockslides, and of…
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A Napa man pleaded not guilty to the murder of a California Highway Patrol commander’s estranged husband, and newly released court documents revealed more details of the tangled case. Julie Harding (California Highway Patrol) Thomas O’Donnell, 61, was arraigned Thursday in Kentucky’s Cumberland County on charges related to the fatal shooting last year of Michael…
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By Nicole Gregory, contributing writer This year’s Black History Month theme, “I’m Rooting for Everybody Black—Uplifting and Celebrating our Community,” inspired a full calendar of events at Cal State Fullerton. “We are really excited for Black History Month in February,” said Elaina Sidney, coordinator of the African American Resource Center. There will be a “Beyond…
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Music’s biggest night returns to Los Angeles as the 65th Annual Grammy Awards hits Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, Feb. 5. The ceremony comes home to Los Angeles this year, following 2022’s last-minute move to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas due to a surge of COVID-19 cases in the area. It’s the first…
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MCA Realty in Santa Ana made a tidy profit in barely two years, selling Struck Business Park in Orange for $13.5 million. The firm bought the two-building industrial park for $9.45 million in August 2021. The property at 1523 and 1547 West Struck Ave. was fully leased at the time of the sale, according to…
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LOS ANGELES — Two months after undergoing surgery for serious burns, Jay Leno is now contending with a number of broken bones after being knocked off a motorcycle. The comedian and former “Tonight Show” host told a Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Thursday that he broke his collarbone and two ribs and cracked his kneecaps on…
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Years from now, at a reunion of Cal State Fullerton women’s water polo players, someone will bring up the inevitable trivia question: “Who scored the first goal in program history?” And all eyes will lock in on Kieran Scout Bates, who will inevitably smile back, lift a drink with a knowing glance, and savor the…
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By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Billy Packer, an Emmy award-winning college basketball broadcaster who covered 34 Final Fours for NBC and CBS, died Thursday. He was 82. Packer’s son, Mark, told The Associated Press that his father had been hospitalized in Charlotte for the past three weeks and had several medical…
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