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June 25, 2000 | KRISTIN JOHANNSEN, Freelance writer Kristin Johannsen recently returned to the U.S. from Asia, where she lived for 13 years
This island had everything: empty beaches, waves perfect for surfing, coral reefs, smoking volcanoes. A mosaic of cultures, masterful arts. So where were all the tourists? About 500 miles northwest of the tip of Australia, Flores is surely one of the loveliest of the more than 13,500 islands of Indonesia. But in contrast to tourist centers like Bali, Flores remains a tranquil, deeply traditional, little-visited place. Even its name is a puzzle.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
April 26, 1989
A diver who failed to surface off Santa Catalina Island on Sunday has been identified as a 20-year-old La Puente man who was a rescue air crewman with a Navy helicopter unit. Navy authorities in San Diego said Tuesday that Eric A. Flores, an aviation machinist's mate and airman apprentice, was on liberty with other members of a diving club Sunday morning when he sank 120 feet to the ocean floor. His companion failed in an attempt to pull Flores to the surface. Other divers searched for about four hours and the Coast Guard made a surface search by helicopter, but found no trace of Flores.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
April 24, 1990
Stylized insignias. Deft strokes. Youth craze. All words used to describe what is commonly known as graffiti. I like reducing it to its more basic name: vandalism. J. VINCENT FLORES Colton
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
October 9, 2013 | By Kate Mather
A 26-year-old employee at a Corona daycare center was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of sexually assaulting two girls, authorities said. Miguel Flores of Corona was booked on suspicion of kidnapping and committing lewd and lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14, according to police and jail records. The records indicate he is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday. lascivioushe was scheduled to appear in court on Thursday. Corona police said their investigation began Monday after a guardian reported a possible "inappropriate sexual touching" of an 11-year-old girl while she was in the care of the Bixby Oaks daycare center where Flores worked.
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December 26, 2013 | By Paresh Dave
Los Angeles police arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of fatally stabbing his stepfather during a Christmas morning dispute inside the family's Watts apartment. Rudy Flores began arguing with his mother shortly before 11 a.m. when she was unable to help him locate a baseball bat, according to initial accounts provided by police. His stepfather, 54-year-old auto mechanic Nery Puluc Ambrosio, woke up and stepped into the physical fray. Flores pushed Ambrosio to the ground and stabbed him at least once in the back with a nearby tool that police had described as a reciprocating saw blade, but turned out to be a large knife, said Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Wes Lin. Ambrosio was pronounced dead at a Lynwood hospital.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 26, 1985
Capt. David L. Andrews is the new commanding officer of the Coast Guard Air Station and Group in San Diego, replacing Capt. Walter R. Glenning, who stepped down to begin a new job in Long Beach, a Coast Guard spokesman said. Andrews, a 1963 graduate of the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., worked in the Pentagon as a liaison officer for personnel in the office of the Secretary of Defense, said Coast Guard Lt. Gilbert Flores.