• Elizabeth Warren brings 2020 presidential race to LA — and some news

    Elizabeth Warren brings 2020 presidential race to LA — and some news
    GLENDALE —The line to get in started forming five hours before the doors opened for Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign appearance Monday night at the Alex Theatre.
    It eventually stretched around the corner of Brand Boulevard and California Avenue, Warren supporters joined by undecided Democratic voters, sidewalk merchants hawking $20 Warren T-shirts and $5 Warren buttons, and a 14-year-old boy in a Make America Great Again cap holding a sign reading “Go Away Pocahont
  • USC’s 2024 NFL Draft Guide: A breakdown of Trojan prospects’ draft profiles

    USC’s 2024 NFL Draft Guide: A breakdown of Trojan prospects’ draft profiles
    LOS ANGELES — As a dreary, fog-coated morning gave way to brilliant sunshine, the ring of NFL eyes around USC’s Allyson Felix Field only grew wider, all drawn to the 6-foot-1 lightning rod dealing at the center of the turf.
    Yes, Caleb Williams didn’t throw at the Combine. But this was Pro Day. And Pro Day was different. He wasn’t here to wow – he was here to demonstrate prowess under center, poise in play-action, and for another simple reason: he was throwing to his
  • Los Amigos baseball turns big loss into winning season

    Los Amigos baseball turns big loss into winning season
    The Los Amigos baseball team went from heartbreak to hope to happiness this season.
    The heartbreak occurred last month when thieves broke into the baseball program’s storage shed and stole thousands of dollars of gear.
    Other schools and local youth organizations donated enough equipment to keep Los Amigos baseball going.
    And happiness has come in the standings. The Lobos have clinched the Garden Grove League championship. They are 15-10 overall and 11-2 in the six-team league with one leag
  • Miguel’s Jr. introduces beef birria

    Miguel’s Jr. introduces beef birria
    Miguel’s Jr. is launching its take on birria, which the National Restaurant Association predicted would be a hot trend in 2024.
    The Corona-based chain describes its version as a traditional Mexican beef stew.
    It is featured in Birria Queso Tacos, which are made with birria meat and jack cheese melted on a corn tortilla. The price is two for $8.69, according to a news release.
    A birria quesadilla is made with birria meat with melted jack cheese wrapped in a 12-inch flour tortilla and sold f
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  • Who’s selling your digital data? California offers tools to protect online privacy

    Who’s selling your digital data? California offers tools to protect online privacy
    By Khari Johnson | CalMatters
    If you visited a Planned Parenthood in the continental United States in the past few years then the company Near Intelligence, a data broker, probably knew it — and may have sold that information to anti-abortion activists. If you attended certain houses of worship or patronized particular pharmacies, the data broker known as Outlogic allegedly sold that information.
    Near Intelligence filed for bankruptcy in December. Outlogic agreed to a settlement with the F
  • NFL draft 2024: Where Laiatu Latu and other UCLA players might be picked

    NFL draft 2024: Where Laiatu Latu and other UCLA players might be picked
    With the NFL draft beginning Thursday, here’s a look at where UCLA prospects can expect to be selected during the three-day draft.
    Laiatu Latu
    Position: Edge rusher
    Year: Senior
    Size: 6-foot-5, 265 pounds
    Latu has remained a consistent top 3 edge rusher by draft pundits while others have called him the best defender in the draft. Latu is expected to go somewhere in the second half of the first round due to his medical history and it being an offensive-heavy class. He has all the tools to b
  • Rams 7-round mock draft: Who is the tackle of the future?

    Rams 7-round mock draft: Who is the tackle of the future?
    With the NFL draft finally here, beginning with the first round on Thursday, it’s time for one final seven-round mock draft to project what the Rams might do this weekend. Earlier in the month, we did another mock draft that prioritized reshaping the defense with early additions of tackle Byron Murphy II and Alabama’s Chris Braswell. This time, let’s take a different tact and see where we end up, using Pro Football Focus’s mock draft simulator. The simulator made the
  • Chargers mock draft 2.0: Marvin Harrison Jr. remains a great fit

    Chargers mock draft 2.0: Marvin Harrison Jr. remains a great fit
    What’s changed since the first Southern California News Group seven-round mock draft for the Chargers was printed in the paper and posted on the web? Well, for starters, the chatter about a trade back for the fifth pick has only increased as the days have passed and the draft has drawn closer to reality.
    As in the first mock draft three weeks ago, we’ll stick with actually making the Chargers’ nine picks over seven rounds and forgo any attempts at predicting various trade scena
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  • Corona del Mar’s Niels Hoffmann, Beckman’s Lee brothers seeded first for Ojai Tennis Tournament

    Corona del Mar’s Niels Hoffmann, Beckman’s Lee brothers seeded first for Ojai Tennis Tournament
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowA mix of established and up-and-coming players will aim this week to continue Orange County’s hot streak at 122nd Ojai Tennis Tournament.
    Corona del Mar senior and USC commit Niels Hoffmann is the top seed for the CIF boys singles event, which a county player has captured the past four tournaments.
    Beckman brothers Caden and Tyler Lee are the No. 1 seed for CIF boys doubles, which an Orange County t
  • Should Biden pressure the Fed to cut interest rates?

    Should Biden pressure the Fed to cut interest rates?
    WASHINGTON — Sky-high mortgage rates and other elevated borrowing costs are pinching American consumers before the 2024 election, threatening President Joe Biden’s chances at a second term.
    Yet so far, Biden has not called on the Federal Reserve, which has raised interest rates to their highest levels in more than two decades, to slash those costs.
    The White House has repeatedly cited the Fed’s independence as the reason that Biden will not push the Fed to cut interest rates. B
  • Big GOP donor Buck Johns lists his 3.5-acre Newport Beach estate for $25 million

    Big GOP donor Buck Johns lists his 3.5-acre Newport Beach estate for $25 million
    The back yard of 2600 Mesa Drive, as seen looking back at the house from the fence line, is a sprawling lawn that overlooks Newport Harbor’s Upper Bay. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
    The view from the back yard of 2600 Mesa Drive is a sprawling vista that overlooks Newport Harbor’s Upper Bay. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
    2600 Mesa Drive in Newport Beach, a 3.5-acre property built in 1951, one of the largest residential lots in the city, is
  • Mortgage rates jump to 5-month high

    Mortgage rates jump to 5-month high
    US mortgage rates increased to the highest level in five months, pushing down home-purchase applications for the fifth time in the last six weeks.
    The contract rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage increased 11 basis points in the week ended April 19 to 7.24%, the highest since Nov. 24, according to Mortgage Bankers Association data released Wednesday. The index of mortgage applications for home purchases fell 1%.
    The overall index of applications, which includes those for home purchases and refinanc
  • 30-Year mortgage rate rises to 5-month high

    30-Year mortgage rate rises to 5-month high
    US mortgage rates increased to the highest level in five months, pushing down home-purchase applications for the fifth time in the last six weeks.
    The contract rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage increased 11 basis points in the week ended April 19 to 7.24%, the highest since Nov. 24, according to Mortgage Bankers Association data released Wednesday. The index of mortgage applications for home purchases fell 1%.
    The overall index of applications, which includes those for home purchases and refinanc
  • California-based solar-power firm cutting 1,000 workers

    California-based solar-power firm cutting 1,000 workers
    SunPower Corp. will eliminate more than 25% of its workforce as the company copes with a prolonged slump in the rooftop solar business.
    San Jose-based SunPower will cut about 1,000 out of a total of about 3,800 employees, according to a spokesperson.
    The company plans to shutter its residential installation locations and close its direct sales unit as it pivots to a “low-fixed-cost model,” SunPower’s Principle Executive Officer Tom Werner wrote in a note to employees posted on
  • Angels’ Brandon Drury still out because of hamstring issue

    Angels’ Brandon Drury still out because of hamstring issue
    ANAHEIM — Brandon Drury continues to deal with a maddening hamstring injury that he’s trying not to make any worse.
    “It’s definitely frustrating,” Drury said on Wednesday, the sixth game in the last nine that he’s been out. “I want to be out there and help the team and start driving these runners in, but I know that’s coming. For now, I want to get this hamstring feeling right so I can be out there full force.”
    Drury first felt an issue in Bo
  • Americans lean on credit cards as financial strain grows

    Americans lean on credit cards as financial strain grows
    Anika Jindal | Wealth of Geeks
    How do Americans cover unexpected expenses when, according to a Lending Club Corporation survey, 62% of consumers live paycheck to paycheck? Many rely on their credit cards to get by.
    The 29th edition of the  Reality Check: Paycheck-To-Paycheck  research series, conducted in partnership with PYMNTS Intelligence, also found those financially stretched consumers hold 60% of the credit card debt in the United States. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  • The Audible: Reggie gets his Heisman back, and what to make of the Clippers and Lakers?

    The Audible: Reggie gets his Heisman back, and what to make of the Clippers and Lakers?
    Jim Alexander: Breaking news this morning – Reggie Bush will get his Heisman Trophy back. And my first reaction was: It’s about damn time.
    The Heisman Trust announced that after what it termed “a deliberative process” in determining that the landscape had changed, it saw no more reason to deny Bush his due because of the outdated, arcane and unevenly enforced (italics mine) amateurism rules that were then in play.
    Actually, it shouldn’t have been that “deliber
  • Older homeowners wonder: Is it ‘aging in place’ or simply stuck?

    Older homeowners wonder: Is it ‘aging in place’ or simply stuck?
    When it came to housing, Susan Apel and Keith Irwin thought they had planned adroitly for later life. They bought a four-bedroom house on 2 acres in Lebanon, New Hampshire, 24 years ago, and “we made sure to pay off the mortgage before we retired,” said Apel, 71.
    That way, the home equity they had built up — they estimate their house is now worth about $700,000 — would allow them to sell and downsize into smaller, more manageable quarters when they needed them.
    That time
  • First look inside San Juan Capistrano’s newly renovated Tavern at the Mission

    First look inside San Juan Capistrano’s newly renovated Tavern at the Mission
    Tavern at the Mission, formerly Cedar Creek Inn, has finished its renovations, offering guests a contemporary new vibe that pays homage to San Juan Capistrano’s equestrian and Western heritage. Both the restaurant and its lounge area, the newly christened Tumbleweed Bar, feature a modern look with gray and cream paint, wood and bovine accents.
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  • Nearly half of Inland Empire struggles to pay bills

    Nearly half of Inland Empire struggles to pay bills
    Almost half of households in the Inland Empire can’t afford usual expenses and about a third had trouble paying an energy bill in the last year, according to a Census Bureau survey.
    Among the 15 largest US metro areas, the area comprising Riverside and San Bernardino counties had the highest share of respondents facing key measures of financial stress. In addition, one in seven said there was sometimes or often not enough to eat at home in the previous seven days, the latest Census househo
  • At least 32 dead as flash floods wash over half of Kenya

    At least 32 dead as flash floods wash over half of Kenya
    By Larry Madowo | CNN
    At least 32 people have been killed and two are missing after flash floods swept through almost half of Kenya.
    Some 103,500 people in all have been affected.
    Kenya has registered heavy rain since mid-March but downpours have intensified over the past week, leading to mass flooding. The Kenyan Red Cross says it has carried out over 188 rescues since the onset in March.
    Some roads in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi were closed Wednesday and several neighborhoods remained submer
  • First days of NFL draft could reveal Rams’ competition timeline

    First days of NFL draft could reveal Rams’ competition timeline
    Stop me if you’ve heard this already: For the first time since 2016, the Rams are poised to use a first-round pick in the NFL draft.
    I know, I know, it’s been talked about ad nauseam since the season-ending loss to the Lions in the first round of the playoffs. With pick No. 19 on Thursday, in addition to No. 52 in the second round and Nos. 83 and 99 in the third on Friday, the Rams have the opportunity to add to the young core that made the surprise postseason appearance in 2023. And
  • Pro-Palestine students, supporters occupy park on USC campus

    Pro-Palestine students, supporters occupy park on USC campus
    Several dozen pro-Palestinian students began an occupation of USC’s Alumni Park on Wednesday, April 24, and issued a list of demands including university divestment from any organizations that “profit from Israeli apartheid, genocide and occupation in Palestine.”
    The action added USC to a growing list of college campuses across the nation that have seen encampments and ongoing protests over the continuing Israel-Hamas war, most notably Columbia University. USC’s Alumni Pa
  • To pass Ukraine aid, ‘Reagan Republican’ leaders in Congress navigated a party transformed by Trump

    To pass Ukraine aid, ‘Reagan Republican’ leaders in Congress navigated a party transformed by Trump
    By STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK
    WASHINGTON — For Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Mike Johnson, the necessity of providing Ukraine with weapons and other aid as it fends off Russia’s invasion is rooted in their earliest and most formative political memories.
    McConnell, 82, tells the story of his father’s letters from Eastern Europe in 1945, at the end of World War II, when the foot soldier observed that the Russians were “going to be a
  • Ron Hart: Dithering dolt Biden tells a whopper about cannibals

    Ron Hart: Dithering dolt Biden tells a whopper about cannibals
    Biden lied again. The legacy corporate media covers for him, so you might not have heard about it. Biden told a doozie this time about his uncle getting eaten by cannibals.
    Biden said his “Uncle Bosie” was shot down in a plane he was flying in combat over New Guinea during WWII, and then he was eaten by cannibals. But the true story has come out because the Pentagon keeps records. Uncle Bosie was not flying the plane (he was a passenger), it was not shot down (both engines failed), a
  • Gov. Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California

    Gov. Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California
    By Sophie Austin | Associated Press/Report for America
    SACRAMENTO — Arizona doctors could give their patients abortions in California under a proposal announced Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom to circumvent a ban on nearly all abortions in that state.
    It would apply only to doctors licensed in good standing in Arizona and their patients, and last only through the end of November. Arizona’s 1864 law banning nearly all abortions except if the mother’s life is in jeopardy takes eff
  • Huntington Beach City Council’s silly fight over voter ID law

    Huntington Beach City Council’s silly fight over voter ID law
    We’re not exactly shocked that the state filed a lawsuit against Huntington Beach over the recently passed initiative that requires voters at polling stations to show their identification before voting – and also provides surveillance at voter drop boxes. The city’s conservative council majority spearheaded Measure A and 53 percent of voters supported it.
    “By requiring additional documentation to establish a voter’s identity and eligibility to vote at the time of vo
  • States move to label deepfake political ads

    States move to label deepfake political ads
    Gopal Ratnam | (TNS) CQ-Roll Call
    WASHINGTON — After 20,000 or more New Hampshire voters received a call with the artificial-intelligence-doctored voice of President Joe Biden asking them to skip the state’s primary in January, state officials were in a quandary.
    Attorney General John M. Formella launched an investigation alongside others into the robocall that urged recipients to “save your vote for the November election,” ultimately identifying a Texas-based organizatio
  • Airlines now must pay automatic refunds for canceled flights

    Airlines now must pay automatic refunds for canceled flights
    By Allyson Versprille | Bloomberg
    Airlines will now have to provide automatic refunds to travelers if their flights are canceled or significantly altered under new US Department of Transportation rules.
    The final regulations released Wednesday outline the circumstances where passengers are entitled to refunds for all travel to, from and within the US. The goal is to make it easier for people to get money back and to make refund policies more consistent from one airline to the next.
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  • Native Americans have shorter life spans. Better health care isn’t the only answer

    Native Americans have shorter life spans. Better health care isn’t the only answer
    Arielle Zionts | KFF Health News (TNS)
    HISLE, S.D. — Katherine Goodlow is only 20, but she has experienced enough to know that people around her are dying too young.
    Goodlow, a member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, said she’s lost six friends and acquaintances to suicide, two to car crashes, and one to appendicitis. Four of her relatives died in their 30s or 40s, from causes such as liver failure and covid-19, she said. And she recently lost a 1-year-old nephew.
    “Most Native A

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