Blog

A company executive has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges alleging his fogging disinfection business applied pesticides inconsistent with their intended use to purportedly kill the coronavirus in Culver City. Prosecutors have recommended that David Earl Gillies, managing partner of Utah-based Mountain Fog, receive two years probation and be ordered to pay a $10,000…
Read more

Southern California residents experienced a short hot streak early this week, but forecasters predict a cool-off with possible rain coming soon. For inland areas, temperatures are expected to remain above normal through Saturday. Riverside, Brea, Los Angeles International Airport and San Bernardino had temperatures in the high 80s and lower 90s Wednesday, according to the…
Read more

ANAHEIM — The NHL on Wednesday invalidated the trade between the Ducks and the Golden Knights that it had approved before Monday’s deadline, which means sending Evgenii Dadonov and a conditional second-round draft pick back to Vegas and John Moore and Ryan Kesler back to Anaheim. The league announced in a two-sentence statement that “the…
Read more

By MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — Madeleine Albright, a child refugee from Nazi- and then Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe who rose to become the first female secretary of state and a mentor to many current and former American statesmen and women, died Wednesday of cancer, her family said. She was 84. A lifelong Democrat who nonetheless…
Read more

It will be another busy Saturday for Crean Lutheran senior Jack Fairchild. He is entered in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles and the long jump and triple jump in the Orange County Championships track and field meet Saturday at Mission Viejo High. He did well in those four events this past Saturday in the Laguna…
Read more

The OC Health Care Agency reported 111 new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, March 23, increasing the cumulative total since tracking began in the county to 546,019. There had been 4,277 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the last 14 days as of Wednesday. There were 123 people reported in Orange County hospitals with…
Read more

California has not effectively used surplus properties owned by the state to help alleviate the affordable housing crisis, according to an audit that recommends agencies hire more staff and accelerate the rate at which parcels are offered for development. Michael Tilden, the acting state auditor, reviewed California’s compliance with a 2019 executive order by Gov.…
Read more

For Franz Wagner, there couldn’t have been a more fitting way to seal the Orlando Magic’s 94-90 Tuesday win over the Golden State Warriors. Not the 3 free throws that gave the Magic a 92-88 lead with 13 seconds left, but the dunk off a cut on a sideline out-of-bounds play 7 seconds later to…
Read more

Coming off a rare blowout win, the Kings turned their attention to the rebuilding Chicago Blackhawks, whom they will host Thursday in a matchup that conjures a bit of nostalgia from the last decade. The Kings most recently defeated the Nashville Predators 6-1 on Tuesday. Their past eight games consisted of matchups with five likely…
Read more

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Huntington Beach entered the boys golf season as one of the teams to watch in Orange County. The Oilers’ profile has only grown since. Huntington Beach on Monday captured the Oak Park Eagle Invitational at a windy North Wood Country Club in Thousand…
Read more