Stanley Meisler dies at 85; veteran L.A. Times foreign correspondent wrote on war, art, civil rights

The June 2 event featuring…

Firefighters monitor air quality following crude vapor concerns in Ventura oil spill
Live updates: Oil spill in Ventura County June 23, 2016, 12:26 p.m. Ventura County firefighters are racing to stop thousands of gallons of crude oil from flowing into the ocean after a leak was spotted at Prince Barranca valley, officials said. The spill is estimated to involve 700 barrels. There…

Crimson Pipeline has history of spills in Ventura County
Live updates: Oil spill in Ventura County June 23, 2016, 12:26 p.m. Ventura County firefighters are racing to stop thousands of gallons of crude oil from flowing into the ocean after a leak was spotted at Prince Barranca valley, officials said. The spill is estimated to involve 700 barrels. There…

Where exactly is the Ventura County oil spill located?
Live updates: Oil spill in Ventura County June 23, 2016, 9:25 a.m. Ventura County firefighters are racing to stop thousands of gallons of crude oil from flowing into the ocean after a leak was spotted at Prince Barranca valley, officials said. The spill is estimated to involve 700 barrels. There…

Fire officials, hazmat team on scene of oil spill
Live updates: Oil spill in Ventura County June 23, 2016, 9:25 a.m. Ventura County firefighters are racing to stop thousands of gallons of crude oil from flowing into the ocean after a leak was spotted at Prince Barranca valley, officials said. The spill is estimated to involve 700 barrels. There…

Crews stopped oil leak before it hit the ocean
Live updates: Oil spill in Ventura County June 23, 2016, 9:25 a.m. Ventura County firefighters are racing to stop thousands of gallons of crude oil from flowing into the ocean after a leak was spotted at Prince Barranca valley, officials said. The spill is estimated to involve 700 barrels. There…

Live updates: Oil spill in Ventura County
Live updates: Oil spill in Ventura County June 23, 2016, 9:25 a.m. Ventura County firefighters are racing to stop thousands of gallons of crude oil from flowing into the ocean after a leak was spotted at Prince Barranca valley, officials said. The spill is estimated to involve 700 barrels. There…

Ventura County fire now says spill involves 700 barrels, not 5,000
Live updates: Oil spill in Ventura County June 23, 2016, 9:25 a.m. Ventura County firefighters are racing to stop thousands of gallons of crude oil from flowing into the ocean after a leak was spotted at Prince Barranca valley, officials said. The spill is estimated to involve 700 barrels. There…

After having land stolen for generations, Juaneño Indians get a sliver back

For the Acjachemen descendants, known today as the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, several of their sacred sites throughout San Juan Capistrano had been pillaged or desecrated. In more modern times, development encroached on the land.

But now, land is being returned — in a sense — to the tribe….

Fund set up to raise money for L.A. Unified merges with group starting two charter schools

Two organizations set up to work within the traditional public school system are moving away from their original mission — and from the Los Angeles Unified School District — in the name of better helping students.

The governing boards of the Los Angeles Fund for Public Education and the group LA’s…

Since Prop. 209, UCLA has worked hard to boost diversity on campus

Damion Lester is just the kind of kid UCLA would love to have. He’s a straight-A student, class president and technology buff who is building his own computer from scratch.

The standout student at Washington Preparatory High School in South Los Angeles also is African American — a demographic the…

Proposed “green” music festival stirs environmental skirmish

A proposal to stage “the world’s greenest music festival” in the San Fernando Valley’s Sepulveda Dam Basin has left local environmentalists at odds, pitting activist against activist in a dispute over the future stability of the urban oasis.

Environmentalists are arguing over the potential impacts…

Parents and principals will weigh in on charter placements at L.A. school campuses

Families and schools in L.A. Unified could get more of a say in the way the district allocates space to charter schools, thanks to a committee the Los Angeles Unified School District board voted to create Tuesday.

The school board directed the superintendent to form a group that will suggest ways…

Nation’s biggest healthcare fraud probe nets 301 people, including 22 in Southern California

Several doctors, a psychiatrist and a pharmacist were among 22 people in Southern California charged as part of a nationwide investigation into federal healthcare fraud schemes that frequently targeted military families and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, the U.S. Justice Department…

Wozniak lawyer not entitled to more information about jailhouse informants, judge says

The attorney for convicted double murderer Daniel Wozniak does not need to be given any more information about Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies’ use of jailhouse informants, a judge has ruled, calling the issue a “dead end.”

Wozniak was convicted in December of killing 23-year-old Irvine…

Jack Fuller dies at 69; Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer and former Tribune Co. executive

Jack Fuller, journalist, novelist and former president of Tribune Co.’s publishing division who shepherded the Chicago company’s 2000 acquisition of the Los Angeles Times’ parent, the Times Mirror Co., has died.

Fuller died Tuesday in his Chicago home. He was diagnosed several months ago with cancer….

Wayne Jackson of the Memphis Horns duo dies at 74

Trumpet player Wayne Jackson, who played standout horn lines on rock ’n’ roll, soul, R&B and pop mainstays along with Memphis Horns partner and tenor saxophonist Andrew Love, has died. He was 74.

His wife, Amy, told the Associated Press in Memphis that her husband died of congestive heart failure…

Woman who defiled national parks with graffiti banned from 524 million acres of public land
A San Diego woman pleaded guilty last week to seven misdemeanor counts of defiling rock formations with graffiti in seven national parks and has been banned from 524 million acres of public lands during her two years of probation. U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto also sentenced Casey Nocket,…

Earthquake: 3.4 temblor hits near Cobb, Calif.

A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Tuesday afternoon one mile from Cobb, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 1:37 p.m. at a depth of 0.6 miles.

According to the USGS, the epicenter was 11 miles from Clearlake, 14 miles from Healdsburg, 18 miles…

Michael Jackson stockpiled pornography at Neverland Ranch, documents show

Michael Jackson’s activities at Neverland Ranch are back in the news this week amid the disclosure of documents suggesting the King of Pop kept a stash of pornography there.

The issue of pornography first arose about a decade ago when Jackson was on trial on molestation charges.

At the time, Santa…

Earthquake: 3.9 quake strikes near Brawley, Calif.

A shallow magnitude 3.9 earthquake was reported Tuesday afternoon two miles from Brawley, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 2:55 p.m. at a depth of 8.7 miles.

According to the USGS, the epicenter was eight miles from Imperial, Calif., 11 miles from El Centro,…

L.A. school district expected to pass a $7.6-billion budget

The Los Angeles Board of Education is expected on Tuesday to pass a $7.6-billion budget that includes significantly higher spending for next year, though questions remain about how much of that money will go to the students it should.

Despite the budget’s size, officials warned against expecting…

The secret life of manta rays

The long-held belief by scientists that manta rays gracefully roam vast stretches of the open ocean may not be true.

“Our research shows that manta rays stay in comparatively small areas,” said Joshua Stewart, a doctoral student in marine biology at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Woman who defiled national parks banned from 524 million acres of public land

A San Diego woman pleaded guilty last week to seven misdemeanor counts of defiling rock formations with graffiti in seven national parks and has been banned from 524 million acres of public lands during her two years of probation.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto also sentenced Casey Nocket,…

From the Archives: Marlon Brando, A Hollywood Iconoclast Who Transformed the Art of Acting

Marlon Brando, a two-time Academy Award winner who spent much of his career shunning the Hollywood establishment yet earned its enduring admiration through muscular, naturalistic performances that transformed the craft of acting and led peers and critics alike to hail him as the finest actor of…

1 in 10 Cal State students is homeless, study finds

About one in 10 of California State University’s 460,000 students is homeless, and one in five doesn’t have steady access to enough food,  according to the initial findings of a study  launched to  better understand and address an issue that remains largely undocumented at the nation’s public universities.

Verna B. Dauterive dies at 93; longtime L.A. Unified principal and honorary USC trustee

Verna B. Dauterive, a USC donor and longtime Los Angeles Unified School District principal, died June 1 of natural causes. She was 93.

Dauterive was hired by L.A. schools in 1943, one of only four black teachers in the district at the time.

Four decades later, Dauterive and her husband, Peter,…

There has been some progress, but youth drug smuggling persists at the U.S.-Mexico border

There was no deep undercover operation, no long-term surveillance, no wiretaps that led authorities to Josue Lomeli and his drug-smuggling work.

It was as simple and as obvious as the poorly concealed bulge in the clothes of the teenager who approached the Customs and Border Protection officer…

Police identify suspect in fatal stabbing and kidnapping in Santa Ana

Santa Ana police have identified a suspect they say fatally stabbed a man at a home, then stabbed and kidnapped a woman from the residence.

The Santa Ana Police Department said Teodoro Bernal Nunez, 38, was arrested in the city of Brea after officers pulled him over for a traffic violation and…

The sunset that takes an hour to go from date palms to redwoods

In a state renowned for its extremes, Monday’s summer solstice will be a slow-motion study in California’s extraordinary geography.

The last ray of sunshine will fall at 8:55 p.m. in Crescent City, a foggy northern outpost on the Pacific Ocean where it rains more than New Orleans or Seattle.

About…

Did bullet train officials ignore warning about need for taxpayer money?

When a Spanish firm submitted a bid last year to help build the California bullet train, it cautioned that taxpayer money probably would be needed to keep the system operating.

Having reviewed data on 111 high-speed train lines around the world, construction giant Ferrovial said, it found that…

Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Big Bear Lake, Calif.

A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Sunday evening three miles from Big Bear Lake, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 9:21 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 0 miles.

According to the USGS, the epicenter was four miles from Big Bear City, Calif., 15…

Anton Yelchin, actor in ‘Star Trek’ films, dies in freak car accident at age 27

Actor Anton Yelchin, perhaps best known for his role in the new “Star Trek” films, died early Sunday after his vehicle rolled down his Studio City driveway and trapped the actor against a mailbox, authorities confirmed.

Friends went to the 27-year-old actor’s home shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday, when…

Police use pepper balls to subdue naked man at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium

A naked man screamed and hurled things off the roof of a pizza restaurant at Qualcomm Stadium for two hours Saturday before police subdued him by shooting him with pepper ball rounds.

Nothing was going on at the stadium at the time, San Diego police said, but scores of people had been in the parking…

10 horses killed in fire at a Montebello stable

Ten horses died in a fire that broke out just after midnight Sunday at a Montebello stable, authorities said.

About 80 firefighters from four departments responded to the fire on the 300 block of Bluff Road and knocked down the blaze in about two hours, said Montebello Fire Department Battalion…

Temperatures soar as Southern California’s heat wave intensifies

High temperatures are expected to continue Sunday as Southern California’s heat wave intensifies, according to the National Weather Service.

Forecasters say the weather system that has been building over Southern California is strengthening and will cause temperatures to keep climbing higher.

Mentally ill inmates are swamping the state’s prisons and jails. Here’s one man’s story

Reginald Murray sat next to his mother for the first time in more than a year, under the alternately bored and watchful eyes of the guards in the visitors’ room at Atascadero State Hospital.

He teased his mother about her weight; she teased her son about the scruffy beard he had grown.

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