• Fire destroys Anaheim flooring manufacturing building

    Fire destroys Anaheim flooring manufacturing building
    The building of an Anaheim floor manufacturing and production company was a destroyed by a fire that broke out early Tuesday morning, Oct. 3.
    Firefighters were called to a commercial structure fire on South Anaheim Boulevard off Anaheim Way at 12:47 a.m. where they found a fully involved building with heavy smoke and flames, said Daron Wyatt, spokesman for Anaheim Fire & Rescue.#AnaheimCommand upgraded to 3rd alarm in defensive posture pic.twitter.com/Q905cihx07
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  • Beyond Wonderland: Tiësto, Zedd, Holy Priest, Alison Wonderland top the bill

    Beyond Wonderland: Tiësto, Zedd, Holy Priest, Alison Wonderland top the bill
    Insomniac Events is bringing the fantasy back to the Inland Empire this spring, as Beyond Wonderland announces its return to the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino with a genre-spanning lineup set for March 27–28.
    Known for its surreal soundscapes, whimsical stage designs and immersive storytelling inspired by Alice in Wonderland, the two-day festival will once again transform the sprawling Inland Empire venue into a fully realized fantasy world.
    A diverse mix of global dance music heavyw
  • OC girls water polo Top 10: Mater Dei still leading entering big tournament

    OC girls water polo Top 10: Mater Dei still leading entering big tournament
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowORANGE COUNTY GIRLS WATER POLO TOP 10
    Records through Tuesday, Jan. 6
    1. Mater Dei (9-1): The Monarchs are seeded first this week for the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions, an event they captured for the first time last season. Mater Dei, ranked No. 1 in the Orange County season preview, lost at reigning CIF-SS Open Division champion Oaks Christian 11-7 on Saturday. The Monarchs play host to Long Beac
  • Will Disneyland’s Avatar boat ride use Shanghai’s ground-breaking Pirates technology?

    Will Disneyland’s Avatar boat ride use Shanghai’s ground-breaking Pirates technology?
    Disneyland fans are hoping a new Avatar boat ride coming to the Anaheim theme park resort will feature ground-breaking technology from a jaw-dropping attraction designed by Walt Disney Imagineering that’s been called the most immersive theme park ride ever built.
    The Avatar boat ride pitched as part of the DisneylandForward expansion looks like it could be a close cousin to Shanghai Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle of the Sunken Treasure.
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  • A Palisades church parish rebuilds its future while holding a community together

    A Palisades church parish rebuilds its future while holding a community together
    Rev. Msgr. Liam Kidney of the Corpus Christi Catholic Church delivers a message of hope on the anniversary of the Palisades fire on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Parishioners gathered at the church steps for a noon service. The church has been closed since it was damaged in the fire. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
    At noon, parishioners gathered on the front steps of a school that no longer exists as they once knew it.
    The address remains — 880 Toyopa Drive — but ne
  • Driver shot in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person killed in US immigration crackdown

    Driver shot in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person killed in US immigration crackdown
    By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press
    The fatal shooting Wednesday of a woman by an immigration officer in Minneapolis was at least the fifth death to result from the aggressive U.S. immigration crackdown the Trump administration launched last year.
    The Department of Homeland Security said the officer fired in self-defense as the woman tried to run down officers with her vehicle. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said video of the incident showed it was reckless and unnecessary. It occurred as the federal
  • Miami and Ole Miss, outsiders a year ago, play in CFP semifinal

    Miami and Ole Miss, outsiders a year ago, play in CFP semifinal
    GLENDALE, Ariz. — Miami barged into the College Football Playoff like a hurricane, a stifling defense and steady quarterback rekindling the magic of 2001.
    Mississippi has been excelling since its coach left for another program, an athletic and acrobatic quarterback taking the Rebels to heights not seen since the 1960s.
    The Fiesta Bowl will be a playoff game like no other, the sixth-seeded Rebels facing the 10th-seeded Hurricanes in the desert, a spot in the national championship game on th
  • High-speed chaos on ice: What to know about short track speedskating at the Winter Olympics

    High-speed chaos on ice: What to know about short track speedskating at the Winter Olympics
    By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Sports Writer
    The most decorated short track speedskater in Olympic history will be looking to add to her impressive medal tally in front of a home crowd at the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Here’s what to know about the short track competition.
    How it works
    Unlike long track speedskating, in which most events are 1-on-1 races against the clock, short track is about beating all of the other athletes grouped together on the ice while they sprint counterclockwise laps ar
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  • Kings scrambling minus Kopitar, Armia, Moore and Perry

    Kings scrambling minus Kopitar, Armia, Moore and Perry
    Already oft-challenged to score at full strength, the Kings will be shorthanded up front Wednesday against the San Jose Sharks, and very likely beyond.
    Since Dec. 29, they had been missing Trevor Moore, who was now deemed day-to-day with an upper-body injury after initially being out with an illness. They’ll also be without Anže Kopitar (lower-body) and Joel Armia (upper-body), who sustained injuries in Monday’s win over the Minnesota Wild. In an unforeseen development, Corey Pe
  • Justice Department sues Connecticut and Arizona as part of effort to get voter data from the states

    Justice Department sues Connecticut and Arizona as part of effort to get voter data from the states
    By SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press
    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Officials in Connecticut and Arizona are defending their decision to refuse a request by the U.S. Justice Department for detailed voter information, after their states became the latest to face federal lawsuits over the issue.
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  • Trump urged mid-decade redistricting. One-third of states have now looked at reshaping House seats

    Trump urged mid-decade redistricting. One-third of states have now looked at reshaping House seats
    By DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press
    Republican and Democratic officials in about one-third of the states have considered revising their U.S. House districts since President Donald Trump began pushing for remapping as a means of boosting the chances of Republican candidates in this year’s midterm elections.
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  • Ready for a trip to the ‘park? Snowboarding set for its spotlight at the Winter Olympics

    Ready for a trip to the ‘park? Snowboarding set for its spotlight at the Winter Olympics
    By EDDIE PELLS, Associated Press
    The origins of snowboarding go back to Christmas Day 1965 when an engineer named Sherman Poppen strapped two skis together to give his daughters something to do. He called it a “snurfer” and started selling them the next year.
    Related Articles From big air to moguls and slopestyle, what to know about freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics What to know about skeleton at the Winter Olympics: Hurtling head first down an icy chute on a sled Feet first do
  • Santa Anita consensus picks for Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026

    Santa Anita consensus picks for Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026
    The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
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  • President Petro’s clash with Trump over Venezuela backs Colombia into a corner

    President Petro’s clash with Trump over Venezuela backs Colombia into a corner
    By ISABEL DEBRE and MANUEL RUEDA, Associated Press
    BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — An “abhorrent” violation of Latin American sovereignty. An attack committed by “enslavers.” A “spectacle of death” comparable to Nazi Germany’s 1937 carpet bombing of Guernica, Spain.
    There is perhaps no world leader criticizing the Trump administration’s attack on Venezuela as strongly as left-wing President Gustavo Petro of neighboring Colombia.
    While other of
  • Angels GM Perry Minasian offers few details on Anthony Rendon restructuring

    Angels GM Perry Minasian offers few details on Anthony Rendon restructuring
    More than a week after the news first broke of the Angels and Anthony Rendon restructuring the oft-injured player’s deal, there are still more questions than answers about what it means.
    General manager Perry Minasian spoke to reporters Wednesday for the first time since they agreed to the restructuring, and he declined to explain exactly why they did it or what it means for the roster, besides the obvious.
    “I won’t get into details of it,” Minasian said. “He won&rs
  • Holders of $895-a-year AmEx card rush to spend Saks perk

    Holders of $895-a-year AmEx card rush to spend Saks perk
    Dina Katgara
    (Bloomberg) — American Express card holders and other shoppers are hurrying to spend store credits and gift cards at Saks Fifth Avenue as the cash-strapped retailer heads toward a potential bankruptcy restructuring.
    When a company files for bankruptcy, it’s not automatically required to honor gift cards, sometimes leaving consumers empty-handed.
    That’s worrying for customers such as Julia Portela, a 38-year-old travel content creator in Miami. Her American Express
  • Winter weather advisory for 5 Freeway through Grapevine and Tehachapi for Thursday – wind gusts reaching 55 mph

    Winter weather advisory for 5 Freeway through Grapevine and Tehachapi for Thursday – wind gusts reaching 55 mph
    5 Freeway through Grapevine and Tehachapi are included in a winter weather advisory released by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 12:03 p.m. The advisory is valid for Thursday, Jan. 8 between 4 a.m. and 4 p.m.
    The NWS Hanford CA states to prepare for, “Total snow accumulation 2 to 5 inches. Winds gusting as high as 55 mph, producing blowing snow.”
    “Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the Thursday morning commute. Strong winds could
  • Orange County judge admits to federal felony, agrees to resign

    Orange County judge admits to federal felony, agrees to resign
    An Orange County Superior Court judge and former local prosecutor has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge after federal prosecutors accused him of working with a doctor in a multi-million-dollar California workers’ compensation fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said on Wednesday, Jan. 7.
    Israel Claustro has agreed to resign from his position as a judge by Monday, Jan. 12, after signing a plea deal admitting to one count of mail fraud, federal prosecutors said.
    Claustro, as part
  • Trump says he wants to ban large investors from buying houses. It’s part of his affordability plan

    Trump says he wants to ban large investors from buying houses. It’s part of his affordability plan
    By JOSH BOAK, Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he wants to block large institutional investors from buying houses, saying that a ban would make it easier for younger families to buy their first homes.
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  • Trump administration funding threats set child care providers and parents on edge

    Trump administration funding threats set child care providers and parents on edge
    By MORIAH BALINGIT and CHARLOTTE KRAMON
    Even with two incomes, Charity Pallum said she and her husband would not be able to afford child care for their 1-year-old twins. But because of federal child care subsidies, both Pallum, a teacher, and her husband, who works at a car dealership, are able to work full-time.
    Now, the Trump administration is increasing the reporting burdens for states to access the money. If Pallum’s family were to lose that support, her husband might have to stop work
  • Wind advisory issued for Santa Ana Mountains from Thursday to Saturday

    Wind advisory issued for Santa Ana Mountains from Thursday to Saturday
    A wind advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 11:34 a.m. valid from Thursday 9 p.m. until Saturday Jan. 10, at 1 p.m. for Santa Ana Mountains/Foothills.
    The NWS San Diego CA adds to anticipate, “Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts 40 to 60 mph expected, locally higher near Freemont Canyon. Strongest winds will be Thursday night into Friday morning.”
    “Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power o
  • Orange County under a wind advisory Thursday and Friday

    Orange County under a wind advisory Thursday and Friday
    A wind advisory was released by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 11:34 a.m. valid from Thursday 9 p.m. until Friday Jan. 9, at 1 p.m. for Orange County.
    According to the NWS San Diego CA, “Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts 35 to 45 mph expected. Strongest winds are expected east of Interstate 5 and near the foothills of the Santa Ana mountains.”
    “Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result,&
  • From big air to moguls and slopestyle, what to know about freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics

    From big air to moguls and slopestyle, what to know about freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics
    By EDDIE PELLS, Associated Press National Writer
    You might be inclined to think of freestyle skiing as one of the new kids on the block at the Winter Olympics — after all, there are lot of young athletes doing it — but some of the freeskiiing sports were introduced at the Calgary Games some 38 years ago.
    Four decades of familiarity with moguls, the halfpipe, big air and more have turned some of these daring athletes into household names and their tricks have gotten more and more crea
  • Trump’s Greenland idea isn’t new. The US has pursued it at least 3 times before

    Trump’s Greenland idea isn’t new. The US has pursued it at least 3 times before
    By R.J. RICO
    President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in acquiring Greenland from Denmark fits into a long, little-known pattern in U.S. history. From quiet discussions after the Civil War to a $100 million offer in the wake of World War II, American leaders have repeatedly seen Greenland as a strategic prize.
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  • White House completes plan to curb bedrock environmental law

    White House completes plan to curb bedrock environmental law
    By MATTHEW DALY
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has finalized a plan to roll back regulations implementing a landmark environmental law that the White House says needlessly delays federal approvals for energy and infrastructure projects.
    Related Articles State officials recommend approval of controversial solar project near Baker A rare whale is having an encouraging season for births. Scientists warn it might still go extinct Record $9.6 million fine for Third Coast after subst
  • Why the US has designs on Venezuela’s oil

    Why the US has designs on Venezuela’s oil
    By CATHY BUSSEWITZ, AP Business Writer
    NEW YORK (AP) — Venezuela’s oil industry has been in the spotlight since President Donald Trump used military force to capture the country’s leader, President Nicolas Maduro.
    Related Articles US Christian leaders minister to an anxious diaspora with Venezuela’s future in flux US military action in Venezuela is seen as both a blessing and a curse for Russia’s Putin US seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker s
  • Susan Shelley: Rocket fuel for fraud—the high cost of the COVID pandemic

    Susan Shelley: Rocket fuel for fraud—the high cost of the COVID pandemic
    Lock ‘em up.
    Lock up every elected official, public employee, private citizen or visitor who knew, enabled or participated in the unchecked looting of government assistance programs for the sick, the hungry, the isolated, the unhoused and the impoverished.
    There was always something suspicious about the extreme reaction in some states, especially California, to the suggestion at a certain point that it was time to end the COVID emergency. From top government officials to anonymous commente
  • Maduro is out. Whether that serves U.S. interests remains to be seen.

    Maduro is out. Whether that serves U.S. interests remains to be seen.
    After years of increasingly brutal oppression, Venezuela is finally free of dictator Nicolás Maduro after he was captured last Saturday by the U.S. military in Caracas. Exiled Venezuelans across the world took to the streets to celebrate. “My joy is too big,” said a Venezuelan in Chile.
    Many across the world share that joy. Freedom advocates longed for Maduro’s ousting for years. Footage of him in shackles is a welcome sight for those of us who care about individual righ
  • Chat platform Discord files confidentially for IPO

    Chat platform Discord files confidentially for IPO
    Caroline Hyde and Bailey Lipschultz
    (Bloomberg) — Discord Inc. filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, adding to a rapidly growing pipeline of venture capital-backed tech listings.
    The San Francisco-based chat app company is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. on a listing, people familiar with the plans said in March. Discord, whose platform is popular with gamers and programmers, has more than 200 m
  • Orange County boys soccer: JSerra trying to build another championship team

    Orange County boys soccer: JSerra trying to build another championship team
    JSerra’s boys soccer team started play last week in the Trinity League. The Lions defeated St. John Bosco 2-1 on Friday in their league opener.
    The Lions get a bigger test Wednesday when they face Servite in a league game at home at 5:30 p.m.
    Servite beat Santa Margarita 2-0 in a Trinity League opener Friday at Santa Margarita.
    Last season the Lions finished 20-0-1 and earned championships in the CIF-SS Open Division and CIF Southern California Regional Division I playoffs.
    The Lions

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