Author: Amy Taxin
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Boy dies, man survives California wildfire ‘nuclear blast’
When flames swept over the mountain like a “nuclear blast,” Paul Hanssen ran from his burning home, a water-soaked towel around his head and dog by his side, and took shelter in a trailer. He waited nervously for two long hours as winds howled and embers flew by. When the fire passed, he emerged, parched…
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The 11 sisters of Siervas are a rock band like ‘nun’ other
In this Sept. 7, 2017, photo, members of Siervas, a Peruvian-based rock ‘n’ roll band composed entirely of Catholic nuns, rehearse a day ahead of their performance at the Christ Cathedral campus in Garden Grove, Calif. The sisters insist they aren’t rock stars though they’re being considered for a nomination for a Latin Grammy and…
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From CEOs to bishops, support grows for immigrant program
Loyola Marymount University student and dreamer Maria Carolina Gomez joins a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program outside the Edward Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. President Donald Trump says he’ll be announcing a decision on the fate of hundreds of thousands of young…
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Violence leads arrests in May Day marches in Pacific Northwest
PORTLAND, Ore. — May Day protests turned violent in the Pacific Northwest as demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, threw smoke bombs and Molotov cocktails at police while elsewhere thousands of people peacefully marched against President Donald Trump’s immigration and labor policies. From New England to the Midwest to the West Coast people chanted and picketed against…
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Off-duty officer’s fight with teens sets off protests
ANAHEIM, Calif. — An off-duty California officer who didn’t want teens walking across his lawn fired his gun during a struggle with a 13-year-old boy and other youths, igniting unruly protests after video of the fight surfaced and two boys were arrested. No one was hurt during the struggle, but hundreds of people marched through…
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Man pleads guilty to buying rifles in San Bernardino attack
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A California man who bought high-powered rifles used in the San Bernardino terror attack pleaded guilty on Thursday as the father of one of the victims angrily denounced the plea deal as a “slap on the wrist.” Enrique Marquez Jr. appeared in federal court in Riverside with his hands cuffed and chained…
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Nearly 1 in 5 immigrants in US illegally in NYC, LA areas
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A report released Thursday estimates more than 2.5 million immigrants in the country illegally live in the metropolitan areas of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, which have pledged to fight President Trump’s plans to expand deportations. The study by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center provides a glimpse of where immigrants…
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Police: Ex-auto racer’s father strangles wife, shoots self
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ORANGE, Calif. — The father of former NASCAR driver Robby Gordon strangled his wife then shot himself in their Southern California home, police said Thursday. The deaths of Robert Gordon, 68, and Sharon Gordon, 57,…
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Girl talks to pope on immigration, then dad freed
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a 10-year-old California girl traveled to the Vatican to plead with Pope Francis for help as her father faced deportation, the man was released Friday on bond from immigration detention. Mario Vargas was freed from a detention facility in Louisiana after he posted $5,000 bond. A relative who saw the…