Photographer captures SpaceX rocket soaring across the Orange County sky
Could Richard Henry Dana Jr., author of the famed “Two Years Before the Mast” in the 1800s, ever imagine that rockets would someday be soaring above the cliffs and sea…
Beauty queen Ana Luiza Mateus dies in 13-story fall, boyfriend dies in custody
Brazilian pageant star Ana Luiza Mateus suffered a fatal fall from her apartment building, and her boyfriend, who was arrested in connection with her death, was found dead in his…
Man convicted of stomping fellow inmate to death in OC jail
A 24-year-old man was convicted on Thursday, April 23 of stomping a fellow inmate to death in Orange County Jail. Irving Josue Morales, 24, was convicted of first-degree murder in…
LA County dams and reservoirs captured 120 billion gallons of stormwater in the 2025-2026 storm season
Think back to those torrential rains that hit Southern California in December, and on Jan. 1 when storms drenched pancho-wearing Rose Parade marchers, float riders and umbrella-hoisting onlookers in Pasadena.…
Judge tosses most of Smokey Robinson’s $500M countersuit vs. rape accusers
A judge on Thursday threw out most of Smokey Robinson’s $500 million defamation suit against four former housekeepers who accused him and his wife of labor law violations and sexual…
Jason Reynolds says teen lives are complex. His books honor these struggles
During troubled times, books and stories are sometimes seen as a distraction from more important matters, says Jason Reynolds. “I hear this. It’s like, ‘We don’t have time for books,’…
LaGuardia firefighter heard ‘stop, stop, stop’ before deadly crash but didn’t know who it was for, NTSB says
Listen to article • 0:00 minNEW YORK — A firefighter whose truck collided with an Air Canada Express jet last month on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing…
Oak Cliff developer gets greenlight for multifamily project. Residents object to outcome
Joseph Beckham and Yesenia Serrano pause on the banks of Coombs Creek as they view erosion beneath the Echelon at Reverchon Bluffs townhomes in north Oak Cliff on Monday, Oct.…
Trump administration vows crackdown on Chinese companies ‘exploiting’ AI models made in US
By DIDI TANG WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is vowing to crack down on foreign tech companies’ exploitation of U.S. artificial intelligence models, singling out China at a time…
Protestors arrested after occupying lobby of Gov. Hochul’s midtown office
More than a dozen protestors were taken into custody after activists stormed the lobby of Gov. Hochul’s Midtown offices Thursday, cops said. Demonstrators carrying signs demanding the governor “tax the…