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Lianne Young still remembers in vivid detail the night Ron Jeremy sneaked up behind her on the Sunset Strip. The adult film actress, who went by the name “Billie Britt,” was wearing a bikini inside the former House of Blues at a porn industry Halloween party when she said Jeremy shoved her onto a table

Ron Jeremy, one of the most iconic figures in the adult entertainment industry, was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting four women in West Hollywood, where investigators say he prowled the Sunset Strip looking for vulnerable victims. Jeremy, whose legal name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, was charged with forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual battery,

The admissions consultant described what it takes to get into an elite college: Take 10 to 20 Advanced Placement courses. Create a “showstopper project.” Asian American students need to be extremely strategic in how they present themselves “to avoid anti-Asian discrimination,” the consultant, Sasha Chada of Ivy Scholars, said at the October webinar to an

SACRAMENTO —  Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to Sacramento recently and reminded us of a beneficial trait he possesses that is sorely lacking in today’s polarized politics: an upbeat attitude. There’s currently too much bellowing, blaming and belligerence — and hatred — to make democracy work productively the way the republic’s founders intended. True, it’s easier

If the key to a long life — along with good genes and lots of luck — is to keep moving, Pete Teti is on the right trail. He started Thanksgiving Day as he has begun most every other day for more than 20 years — with a hike in Griffith Park. Teti, three days

There are car chase fanatics, and then there’s me. During high school, I suffered through weekend reruns of “Little House on the Prairie” and “M*A*S*H” in hopes that the stations would cut to a live police pursuit. In college, I wrote a term paper exploring their allure and even interviewed a man who charged a

A man who led authorities on a short pursuit died Sunday night after jumping from a freeway interchange in Riverside, police said. The pursuit started when someone called for a welfare check on the unidentified man before 9 p.m. in the University neighborhood near UC Riverside, according to Officer Ryan Railsback, a spokesperson for the

USC and about 3,000 newly unionized graduate student workers who teach, grade and do research reached a tentative labor agreement Sunday evening with big pay boosts and antiharassment protections, averting a threatened Tuesday strike weeks before final exams. The tentative pact — hammered out after more than six months of negotiations — would raise minimum

EDINBURGH, Scotland —  A few days after John Dalton declared himself homeless, the Scottish government moved him into Muirhouse Mansion, a 19th century stone home built to resemble a Gothic castle. From his private bedroom, No. 16, he could see an island monastery in the Firth of Forth, an estuary that drains into the North Sea.

Maddy Montiel and Brad Butterfield marveled at the community they found this semester at Cal Poly Humboldt. Montiel, an environmental science major, and Butterfield, a journalism major, had lived in their vehicles for several years, the only way, they said, that they could afford to attend college. They usually found parking in campus lots or

Cognitive dissonance, SoCal style: The calendar says it’s November, but the sky swears it’s April, maybe even July. It’s Thanksgiving. And for a hundred years and more, pilgrims from the East and Midwest to this Pacific coast have sometimes found themselves a bit flummoxed over how to carry off a holiday built 400 years ago

Twin sisters Zoe and Olivia Trunk have been playing basketball together since second grade. As sophomore guards for Sandburg, they are already in their second season of making a difference on the varsity. A lot of sisters team up in basketball on the high school level. Advertisement But twins? That’s rare. So, what’s it like

Chicago’s winter overnight parking ban kicked in on Dec. 1, prohibiting parking on 107 miles of main streets from 3 to 7 a.m., regardless of snow, until April 1. (Network Video Productions) (Network Video Productions/Chicago Tribune) It’s the time of year when you need to think twice about claiming that open spot on the street.

Jessana Malaue pasa mucho tiempo preocupándose por la comida. Le preocupa si sus familiares en Venezuela están recibiendo lo suficiente para comer en el país empobrecido del que huyó. Le preocupa el apetito de su hija de cuatro años, Jessmar, que ha dejado de comer cereal, hot dogs y el pollo frío que le ofrecen

The four-team College Football Playoff is going out with the most crowded field of contenders and the most consequential championship weekend in the 10-year history of the system. Eight teams have at least a glimmer of hope to make the field. Yes, that means you, too, Ohio State. Advertisement [ [Don’t miss] No. 3 Michigan beats

Chicago Ald. Daniel Solis was a newly minted FBI mole in August 2016 when he was instructed to call his then-powerful colleague, Ald. Ed Burke, and talk about the massive $600 million renovation of the Old Post Office. After some seemingly innocuous conversation about the project’s New York-based developers and local contractors who’d be vying

Newport Beach police have launched an inquiry into NBA player Josh Giddey after allegations surfaced on social media that he had an inappropriate relationship with a minor, authorities confirmed Tuesday. Police provided few details about the ongoing investigation but said it involved a minor and that detectives were looking into whether a crime had occurred,

Despite the recent October 7 massacre of Israeli civilians and the overwhelming Palestinian support for it, the largely failed two-state solution for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — vehemently rejected by both sides — is still being pushed by U.S. President Joe Biden, who insists that it is the “only way” to ensure long-term security for