The settlement, announced late Friday afternoon, closes the state’s civil investigation of the various branches of California…
Protests erupt across California over police violence but are tempered by Dallas massacre
Protests were held across California on Friday — with more planned this weekend — to express concern about police violence but also to honor the officers killed in the Dallas massacre.
The largest of the demonstrations was in downtown San Francisco, where an estimated 1,000 marchers gathered. A…
Home Depot worker hurt after man throws knife at him in store, police say
A man accused of throwing a folding knife at a worker at an Encinitas Home Depot store was taken into custody at gunpoint Friday.
The employee, who was watering plants in the store’s outdoor garden area at the time of the 11 a.m. attack, suffered a minor cut to his upper leg, said San Diego County…
Sydney Schanberg dies at 82; New York Times correspondent won Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Cambodia
Sydney H. Schanberg, a former correspondent for the New York Times awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the genocide in Cambodia in 1975 — and whose story of the survival of his assistant inspired the film “The Killing Fields” — has died. He was 82.
The Times reported that Schanberg died…
A bon vivant artist who got death threats for spray painting a boulder in Joshua Tree has come clean
A well-known French graffiti artist and bon vivant who became the target of social-media harassment has apologized, saying the crime for which he was vilified stemmed from a naive impulse: To tag a boulder in a Joshua Tree National Park parking lot with water-based spray paint, then post a snapshot…
Mega Millions finally has a $540 million winner – but not in California
A ticket sold in Indiana matched the numbers in Friday’s Mega Millions drawing to win a jackpot estimated at $540 million, lottery officials said.
That is the third largest jackpot in Mega Millions history, and it’s the most ever won on a single Mega Millions ticket.
The winning Mega Millions numbers…
Proponents planning a redo of stalled water-train initiative
Backers of a controversial ballot measure intended to shift billions of dollars in state bond money from high speed rail to water storage projects say they will rewrite the stalled initiative in an effort to gain broader support.
The original proposal, despite receiving hundreds of thousands…
Alameda County district attorney’s inspector fired in widening Bay Area police sex scandal
Authorities say a San Francisco Bay Area district attorney’s inspector has been fired in connection with a growing sex scandal involving numerous law enforcement agencies.
Alameda County district attorney spokeswoman Teresa Drenick confirmed Thursday that Rick Orozco’s “appointment as an inspector…
Larry Bock dies at 56; biotech entrepreneur launched science festivals
Lawrence A. Bock, an Encinitas biotech entrepreneur who founded the San Diego Science Festival and used it as a model to create the USA Science and Engineering Festival, has died of pancreatic cancer.
He was 56.
His death Wednesday was confirmed by USA Science and Engineering, the nation’s largest…
Police officers resentful, afraid and less motivated after Dallas massacre, Gardena chief says
For more than two decades now, law enforcement agencies have pushed officers to build bonds with the communities they patrol, shedding the “warrior cop” image in favor of cooperation and collaboration.
Many police leaders believe “community policing” has improved law enforcement relations with…
‘Why are people mad at each other?’ Explaining another shocking week of violence to your kids
A 13-year-old in California shook her head at the TV. A 5-year-old in Pittsburgh asked her father why people are so angry.
As America coped with one tragic moment after another this week, with the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile followed by the shooting of a dozen police officers…
Dredging project likely to wipe away ‘dog beach,’ at least for a while
A planned dredging project along the Santa Ana River is expected to remove the sand bar at the mouth of the river near Newport Beach that is known to many as an unofficial dog beach.
However, Orange County officials say the sand won’t be gone forever.
The county project, which has been in the works…
Recall effort of judge in Stanford rape case gains steam and political allies
In the hallway of a San Jose courthouse, a group of attorneys gathered recently to chat after a civil lawsuit hearing. Soon, their talk turned to the Stanford rape case and the recall effort against Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky, who sentenced Brock Turner, an elite swimmer…
Protests have shut down Interstate 880 in Oakland for hours: ‘No racist police’
More than 1,000 demonstrators protesting police violence blocked Interstate 880 for several hours Thursday night in Oakland, and the roadway remained closed early Friday morning. A large group of protesters marched onto the roadway from Oakland City Hall, where they chanted “black lives matter”…
Heavy police presence in San Diego amid hunt for killer of homeless men
Scores of detectives and uniformed officers were posted at trolley stations across central San Diego on Thursday morning, searching for a killer preying on homeless men.
San Diego police said there was no new possible sighting of the suspect, but investigators were checking trolleys and bus stops…
Suspect arrested in series of attacks on homeless men in San Diego
A man was in custody Thursday in the series of brutal attacks in San Diego that left two homeless men dead and two others in critical condition, sources said.
A city official and a police official confirmed the arrest. Police said investigators were preparing a statement.
Homicide investigators…
‘Evil acts of violence’: A frantic search in San Diego before killer strikes again
San Diego police are desperately searching for a killer targeting the city’s homeless population before he strikes again.
Over the last week, the attacker has struck at least four times, leaving two men dead and two in critical condition and putting the city’s homeless community on edge. Officials…
He took part in the student walkouts a decade ago. Now he teaches young people to take a stand
A decade ago, thousands of California high school students walked out of class to stand up for immigrant rights in one of the first mass protests propelled by social media. Roberto Rodriguez, now a 28-year-old teacher and father, says he tries to instill the passion he felt that day in his students…
Marian Bergeson, pioneering Orange County politician, dies at 90
Marian Bergeson, a pioneering Orange County politician who was the first woman to serve both in the state Senate and Assembly, has died. She was 90.
Bergeson championed educational issues for much of her political career. But in the mid-1990s, as an Orange County supervisor, she helped guide the…
UCLA, UC Berkeley boost admissions of Californians, including blacks and Latinos
The University of California’s flagship campuses have significantly boosted admissions offers to state residents — including the most African Americans and Latinos since voters banned affirmative action two decades ago — officials announced Wednesday.
UCLA and UC Berkeley each admitted an additional…
L.A. Unified school board reelects Steve Zimmer as president
Steve Zimmer will serve a second year as the Los Angeles Board of Education’s president after the panel voted 7-0 Wednesday to keep him in office.
The president has no greater authority than the other six elected board members, but can assert considerable influence. The president often serves as…
San Francisco’s old-school gay bars are disappearing as the city changes
One of the nation’s most celebrated gay bars may soon go out of business after a new landlord more than doubled the rent, part of a trend that has old-timers lamenting that the San Francisco they know and love — dilapidated and diverse — is disappearing.
At 50 years old, the Stud is the longest continuously…
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