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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The persistent and now-fortunate San Jose lottery player who won $247 million in a Mega Millions drawing in October officially came forward publicly this week, according to the California Lottery. Edward Lojewski told lottery officials that each Friday, he would go to breakfast, see friends and head to the 7-Eleven located at 1413 Kooser Road…
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The Southland will once again celebrate the Lunar New Year this weekend, with multiple events set to take place across the region, despite the continued mourning and search for answers after a gunman killed 11 people inside a Monterey Park ballroom on Saturday, Jan. 21, as folks toasted the Year of the Rabbit. The events…
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The uplifting and triumphant new “Wondrous Journeys” that leaves you smiling one moment and crying the next is everything a Disneyland fireworks show is meant to be. Disney hosted an employee and media preview of the new “Wondrous Journeys” on Thursday, Jan. 26 ahead of the nighttime spectacular’s public debut on Friday, Jan. 27 as…
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Q. I’ve seen a few pickups – such as a Silverado, a F-150, etc. – with non-commercial license plates. They have the standard-issue sequence cars get: a number, three letters, and then three more numbers. I thought the Department of Motor Vehicles required all pickups to have commercial plates of five numbers, a letter, and…
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