Pro-housing advocates say reducing San Diego’s residential lot sizes could lower home prices, and increase tax revenue for the cash-strapped city. A coalition of housing groups Friday morning said that denser developments are needed in America’s Finest City. They presented research from housing analysts London Moeder Advisors at a news conference in front of City…
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The world according to Jim: • If you missed – or ignored – Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night, it’s your loss. We have heard, ad nauseam, that there will be a low level of interest nationally in this series. Oklahoma City and Indianapolis are out-of-the-way markets, their stars don’t move the…
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The founder and president of the nonprofit Viet America Society has been indicted on federal charges alleging that he bribed former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do to receive $12 million in COVID-relief funds, the U.S. Attorney’s office announced Friday. Prosecutors accused Peter Pham, 65, of pocketing the bulk of the money and then laundering it…
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By JEFF MARTIN, Associated Press A former police chief and convicted killer known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” was captured by law enforcement 1.5 miles northwest of the prison he escaped from following massive, nearly two-weeks-long manhunt in the mountains of northern Arkansas, authorities announced on Friday. Grant Hardin, a former police chief in the…
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By SEUNG MIN KIM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior U.S. administration officials will meet with a Chinese delegation on Monday in London for the next round of trade negotiations between Washington and Beijing, President Donald Trump said Friday. The meeting comes after a phone call between Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday,…
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Turtle travels Sunday, June 8 is World Oceans Day and we’re going to look at California’s state sea reptile as well as other turtles in our waters. One or more of the seven species of sea turtles can be found in every ocean. Six species are threatened or endangered. Four can be seen off California…
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While teaching a time management course, Ray Hartjen made a timeline of his life. One horizontal line stretched out across a piece of paper, the ends signifying birth and death. He placed himself in the middle. When Hartjen was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2019 — a treatable but incurable blood cancer — he moved…
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ANAHEIM — Now that Mike Trout is back in the lineup, the next step is getting him back into right field. He took a step toward that end on Friday afternoon by doing some drills in the outfield, the first time he had done that since going on the injured list because of a bone…
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Sherman Austin’s buzzing cellphone often wakes him up as early as 3 a.m., with messages coming into his Long Beach home from the East Coast — there’s been another sighting of suspected immigration officers. The 42-year-old computer programmer, who also drives for a food-delivery app, has spent much of his free time in recent months…
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The City Council has named Jennifer Lampman as Placentia’s new city administrator, making her the first woman to hold the position in the north Orange County city’s history. Lampman had been serving as acting city administrator since the departure of Damien Arrula in November. After more than a year as the interim, Arrula had been…
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