‘Angel’ saves family after laundry room catches fire
Firefighters put out a blaze in a Mesa family’s laundry room Tuesday morning after it was discovered by the pool cleaner.
Calif. sailor survived, but his dream did not
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — With each swimming pool Ken Barnes Jr. scrubbed, his worry grew: Would he die having never truly lived? After cleaning more than 75,000 pools over two decades, Barnes, 46, used the money from the sale of his business and Newport Beach house to escape his midlife doldrums with the help of a 44-foot ketch. In October, he sailed out of Long Beach harbor for what he planned …
Dealers lace street drugs with deadly meth
The pills have the word “love” printed on them or they’re stamped with a variety of icons, such as happy faces and hearts. But cops say there is nothing cheerful or endearing about the latest designer drug that has hit city streets.

