Orange County girls athlete of the week: Ava Phillips, Rosary
The Orange County girls athlete of the week: Name: Ava Phillips School: Rosary Sport: Softball Year: Sophomore Noteworthy: She was named Pitcher of the Tournament in the Michelle Carew Classic...
View ArticleOrange County boys athlete of the week: Benjamin Harris, Servite
The Orange County boys athlete of the week: Name: Benjamin Harris School: Servite Sport: Track and field Year: Sophomore Noteworthy: Harris won the 100 and 200 and participated on Servite’s...
View ArticleU.S. attorney forms homelessness fraud task force focusing on these...
U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced the formation Tuesday of a Homelessness Fraud and Corruption Task Force that will investigate waste and corruption involving funds allocated to fight homelessness...
View ArticleLA County Public Health to release results of soil testing in burn areas
Los Angeles County Public Health Thursday, April 10, will be presenting the results of a soil sampling study done in the wake of the Eaton and Palisades wildfires. They will be presented at a virtual...
View ArticleEpic Universe first impressions from inside Universal’s newest theme park
The new Epic Universe in Florida marks the first new major theme park in the United States in nearly a quarter century, lives up to the hype created during the years of buildup and ups the ante in...
View ArticleIn Santa Ana crash that killed 4, 5th on life support
The fifth victim of the solo car crash in Santa Ana on Saturday, April 5 that killed four others has been declared brain dead and placed on life support, police said Tuesday. The victim, a student at...
View ArticleDucks take aim punching up at the Flames and Kings
Fallen from the playoff race but now impacting it from below, the Ducks will face the still-flickering Calgary Flames on Wednesday and then visit the Kings on Thursday night for this season’s final...
View ArticleLaguna Beach mid-century home lists for $2.15M, first time since 1972
The sunlit interior features floor-to-ceiling glass walls that frame ocean views.(Photo by Chris Snitko of Modern Take) The great room. (Photo by Chris Snitko of Modern Take) The bonus room. (Photo by...
View ArticleNew Mexico governor mobilizes National Guard to tackle crime emergency in...
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in New Mexico’s largest city, saying that a significant increase in crime in...
View ArticleSizzling Angels catcher Logan O’Hoppe gets a day off
TAMPA, Fla. — Logan O’Hoppe, the same guy who last year said he’d like to catch 150 games in a season, is coming around to the notion that catchers need days off. Even when they are sizzling at the...
View ArticleTrump’s latest round of tariffs are poised to go into effect. Here’s what we...
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has launched tariff wars with nearly all of America’s trading partners. And there’s no end in sight. A number of...
View ArticleStudents protest as UC system reports visas revoked for some 50 international...
The University of California system has seen about 50 students have their visa revoked by the federal government, UC President Michael Drake said Tuesday, as the Trump administration recently began...
View ArticleApple’s historic selloff marks worst three-day stretch for the stock since 2001
By Carmen Reinicke and Ryan Vlastelica | Bloomberg A sharp selloff in shares of Apple Inc. illustrates investor skepticism about its ability to navigate President Donald Trump’s tariffs on China,...
View ArticleOutrage builds as video shows Idaho police shooting a knife-wielding teenager...
By GENE JOHNSON, CLAUDIA LAUER and MARK THIESSEN, Associated Press Idaho police officers opened fire from behind a chain-link fence just seconds after exiting their patrol cars and critically wounded a...
View ArticleFake student aid: California community colleges detect more fraudsters...
By Adam Echelman For years, scammers have targeted community colleges across the state, posing as students in order to steal money from scholarships or government financial aid. Recent state reports...
View ArticleGrand Prix of Long Beach: Will Power and wife back from near tragedy
It was January 2023. Liz Power, wife of two-time Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach winner Will Power, was having fun with their son. Then all heck broke loose. “What initially happened was I was playing...
View ArticleElectrified vehicles cost less to maintain than gas-powered cars
If you’re weighing the cost of an electrified vehicle—either fully electric or hybrid—here’s an interesting fact to consider: they typically cost less to maintain than gas-powered cars. According to a...
View ArticleTexas AG Ken Paxton launches Senate primary challenge against Republican Sen....
By NADIA LATHAN, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is running for the U.S. Senate in a primary challenge against Republican Sen. John Cornyn, setting up what is...
View ArticleMasters notes: Slumping Max Homa has changed everything except his results
By BEN NUCKOLS and DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writers AUGUSTA, Ga. — Before Max Homa walked out to the practice tee at Augusta National for a lengthy practice session with his new coach, he joined his new...
View ArticleRory McIlroy’s Masters hopes lie with his willingness to suffer heartache
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy had every reason to believe the Masters would be the first major he won. He was 21 with no scar tissue, only brown, curly locks spilling out...
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