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They pair former inmates with homeowners, with unusual success. And they’re expanding to Long Beach
This story is available for republication. Please see our policy here. A lot can change in 16 years. Cannabis became legal in California. Cars began driving themselves. And smartphones made the slow march into adulthood, changing how we pay bills, apply for a job, arrange a ride or doctor visit.
Coach Taylor, the South Bay’s Junior Lifeguard Coach
Generations of Peninsula kids owe their Junior Lifeguard experience to Coach Taylor. Ken Taylor started coaching swimmers as an assistant for the women’s swim team at El Camino College in 1973. Half a century later, he’s still coaching. “I was out of a job for maybe an hour,...
Former 'General Hospital' actor Haley Pullos gets 5 years probation after DUI crash
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Former longtime “General Hospital” actor Haley Pullos was sentenced to five years of probation Monday after pleading guilty to felony drunken driving and serving three months in jail. Pullos, 26, was also sentenced in a Los Angeles County court in Pasadena to 200...
Woman kills wife with samurai sword, then attacks her mother-in-law, CA officials say
A woman has been charged after she was accused of fatally stabbing her wife and attacking her mother-in-law with a samurai sword, California prosecutors say. Weichien Huang, 45, was charged with one count of murder and one count of attempted murder in connection with the sword attack, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a July 29 news release.
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