• Government shutdown will have lasting effects on National Guard, advocates say

    Government shutdown will have lasting effects on National Guard, advocates say
    By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — As the government shutdown stretches on, military advocates are warning of long-lasting effects to National Guard troops and their readiness, while the military services are grappling with an inability to fully discharge active duty service members.
    “The shutdown has been uniquely hard on the 433,000 Army and Air National Guardsmen,” Francis McGinn, president of the National Guard Association, told reporters Monday.
    The
  • Trump is proposing a $12B farm aid package to soften blow of his tariffs, White House official says

    Trump is proposing a $12B farm aid package to soften blow of his tariffs, White House official says
    By SEUNG MIN KIM, Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is planning a $12 billion farm aid package, according to a White House official — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war.
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  • Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros., challenging a $72 billion bid by Netflix

    Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros., challenging a $72 billion bid by Netflix
    By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press Business Writer
    NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount has gone hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging Netflix which reached a $72 billion takeover deal with the company just days ago.
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  • Washington’s Mayor Bowser says the city’s police chief, Pamela Smith, is stepping down

    Washington’s Mayor Bowser says the city’s police chief, Pamela Smith, is stepping down
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Pamela Smith, who was catapulted into national attention after President Donald Trump moved to federalize Washington’s police force and who worked to confront rising violence in the nation’s capital, is stepping down as the city’s police chief, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday.
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  • Trump says Netflix deal to buy Warner Bros. ‘could be a problem’ because of size of market share

    Trump says Netflix deal to buy Warner Bros. ‘could be a problem’ because of size of market share
    By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that a deal struck by Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery “could be a problem” because of the size of the combined market share.
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  • Redistricting in Indiana faces ultimate test in state Senate

    Redistricting in Indiana faces ultimate test in state Senate
    By ISABELLA VOLMERT, Associated Press
    A proposal to redraw Indiana’s congressional boundaries faces its first public test in the state Senate on Monday, with no clarity on whether it can pass a final vote later in the week despite months of pressure from President Donald Trump.
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  • Trump says Zelenskyy ‘hasn’t read’ a US-authored proposal to end Russia-Ukraine war

    Trump says Zelenskyy ‘hasn’t read’ a US-authored proposal to end Russia-Ukraine war
    By SUSIE BLANN, Associated Press
    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “hasn’t read” a U.S-authored peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
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  • Greenland hosts annual talks with US at end of a year when Trump revived talk of takeover

    Greenland hosts annual talks with US at end of a year when Trump revived talk of takeover
    NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenland is hosting annual meetings with U.S. officials to discuss bilateral ties at the end of a year in which U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up talk of a U.S. takeover of the mineral-rich island that is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark.
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  • Top EU official warns the US against interfering in Europe’s affairs

    Top EU official warns the US against interfering in Europe’s affairs
    By LORNE COOK, Associated Press
    BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union official on Monday warned the United States against interfering in Europe’s affairs and said only European citizens can decide which parties should govern them.
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  • Swing district Republicans brace for political fallout if health care subsidies expire

    Swing district Republicans brace for political fallout if health care subsidies expire
    By MARC LEVY and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press
    ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Republicans in key battleground U.S. House districts are working to contain the political fallout that may come when thousands of their constituents face higher bills for health insurance coverage obtained through the Affordable Care Act.
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  • Dense fog advisory active for 5 Freeway through Grapevine until Monday midday – 1/4 mile visibility

    Dense fog advisory active for 5 Freeway through Grapevine until Monday midday – 1/4 mile visibility
    5 Freeway through Grapevine was placed under a dense fog advisory by the National Weather Service on Monday at 2:43 a.m. The advisory is in effect until 11 a.m.
    The NWS Hanford CA states to prepare for, “Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog for elevations between 1000 and 2500 feet.”
    “Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous,” the NWS said. “If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.”
    The fu
  • Battling food deserts is an invented solution to a more complicated problem

    Battling food deserts is an invented solution to a more complicated problem
    How fun it must be to spend other people’s hard-earned money. That’s the position government leaders find themselves in day in and day out as they make decisions about what to spend our tax dollars on. They have billions to indulge the most fanciful items on their policy wish lists. 
    Sometimes they splurge hundreds of millions on a 911 system that doesn’t work at all or billions on a fancy new high-speed rail to nowhere – that’s billions of dollars, every one o
  • Elaine Parker: Three healthcare reform ideas for Congress

    Elaine Parker: Three healthcare reform ideas for Congress
    As 2025 winds down, enhanced Obamacare subsidies are finally set to expire. Yet, congressional Democrats are fighting tooth and nail to preserve this temporary, pandemic-era giveaway that should have sunset years ago. The scheme not only hides the true cost of care for millions of Americans but undermines genuine efforts to reform our broken healthcare system with choice, transparency, and competition.
    If conservatives are resolute, this could be the rare exception to Ronald Reagan’s adage
  • Agree with him or not, Noam Chomsky’s ideas are still worth grappling with

    Agree with him or not, Noam Chomsky’s ideas are still worth grappling with
    Today marks the 97th birthday of Noam Chomsky, known both for his status as  “the father of modern linguistics” as well as his prolific political commentary.
    I’m aware that as the opinion editor of an editorial page that tilts libertarian he’s an unusual figure to highlight, but he was intellectually influential to me ever since I read a booklet of his (“9/11”) sometime in 2002 (I would’ve been 11).  Though I came to identify more with thinkers
  • Ducks blow past Blackhawks in lopsided rout

    Ducks blow past Blackhawks in lopsided rout
    Ducks right wing Beckett Sennecke (45) reacts after scoring against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
    Ducks left wing Cutter Gauthier (61), center Mason McTavish (23), right wing Beckett Sennecke (45), and defenseman Olen Zellweger (51) celebrate after scoring against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swop
  • No. 16 USC women overcome sluggish start in win over Washington

    No. 16 USC women overcome sluggish start in win over Washington
    LOS ANGELES — The No. 16 USC women’s basketball team recovered from a sluggish start to hand Washington its first loss, 59-50, and win its Big Ten Conference opener.
    The win marked head coach Lindsay Gottlieb’s 100th win as head coach at USC.
    The Trojans (7-2 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) out-worked the No. 21 Huskies on the boards and grabbed 50 to Washington’s 38. The Huskies (8-1, 0-1) came into the game as the second-best rebounding team in the conference at 44.9 rebounds per
  • FBI seeks woman suspected in fraud schemes in Orange, Los Angeles counties

    FBI seeks woman suspected in fraud schemes in Orange, Los Angeles counties
    LOS ANGELES — A 73-year-old woman accused of defrauding the Banc of California if about $14.7 million nearly a decade ago remains wanted by the FBI.
    Mary Carole McDonnell is suspected of multiple fraud schemes beginning in July of 2017 that continued until at least May of 2018 throughout Orange and L.A. counties, federal officials said Saturday.Mary McDonnell is wanted for alleged bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. She has ties to Los Angeles, California, Montgomery Alabam
  • LeBron James’ late heroics help Lakers hold off 76ers

    LeBron James’ late heroics help Lakers hold off 76ers
    PHILADELPHIA — With Luka Doncic being away from the team and in Slovenia for the birth of his second daughter for the start of the Lakers’ three-game trip, Coach JJ Redick was hopeful the star guard would be feeling like himself for Sunday’s road game against the Philadelphia 76ers.
    But what wasn’t mentioned was LeBron James, back in the lineup after a one-game absence because of sciatica and left foot joint arthritis, resembling the version of himself that the Lakers hav
  • Lakers’ Marcus Smart could return to lineup Wednesday against Spurs

    Lakers’ Marcus Smart could return to lineup Wednesday against Spurs
    PHILADELPHIA — After being sidelined for six consecutive games because of back ailments, including Sunday’s road game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Lakers Coach JJ Redick is hoping Marcus Smart will be back in the lineup in his team’s next game.
    Smart wasn’t available Sunday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena, sitting out because of left lumbar muscle strain – another change in injury designation after being listed with lower back injury management in the previous thre
  • Dense fog advisory active for 5 Freeway through Grapevine until Monday midday – limited visibility

    Dense fog advisory active for 5 Freeway through Grapevine until Monday midday – limited visibility
    5 Freeway through Grapevine is under a dense fog advisory which was issued by the National Weather Service on Sunday at 6:23 p.m. The advisory is in effect until Monday Dec. 8, at 11 a.m.
    The NWS Hanford CA states to anticipate, “Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog for elevations between 1000 and 2500 feet.”
    “Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous,” according to the NWS. “If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of di
  • UCLA rallies in final second to beat USC for men’s water polo title

    UCLA rallies in final second to beat USC for men’s water polo title
    Frederico Jucá Carsalade points in excitement during UCLA’s win over USC in the the men’s water polo championship on Sunday at the Avery Aquatic Center in Stanford, CA on Friday, Dec. 7, 2025.(Ross Turteltaub, UCLA Athletics)
    STANFORD, Calif. — Frederico Jucá Carsalade scored with one second remaining to cap a four-goal fourth quarter, and UCLA rallied to beat USC 11-10 to win the men’s water polo championship on Sunday at the Avery Aquatic Center.
    It was th
  • Former Dodger Jeff Kent elected to baseball Hall of Fame

    Former Dodger Jeff Kent elected to baseball Hall of Fame
    FILE – New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens watches a home run by Boston Red Sox’s David Ortiz during sixth inning MLB baseball Wednesday night, Aug. 29, 2007 at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)
    FILE – San Francisco Giants’ Barry Bonds watches the flight of his home run, his 755th, during the second inning of a baseball game game against the San Diego Padres in San Diego, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007.(AP Photo/ Kevork Djansezian, File)
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  • Liberation, Juan Hernandez win close one at Los Alamitos

    Liberation, Juan Hernandez win close one at Los Alamitos
    Heavily favored Liberation and jockey Juan Hernandez had to work for the filly’s first stakes win, edging 4-1 Cecilia Street and Diego Herrera in the $100,000 Soviet Problem Stakes at Los Alamitos on Sunday.
    Cecilia Street challenged front-running Liberation first on the far turn, and again after slipping a length behind in mid-stretch, but couldn’t get by the John Sadler-trained daughter of Omaha Beach and Ponytail.
    Liberation, who paid $2.60 after winning by a half-length, had fini
  • OCFA chief to retire in January, tentatively accepts federal agency director role

    OCFA chief to retire in January, tentatively accepts federal agency director role
    Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy will retire from the agency after the turn of the new year and has tentatively accepted a federal position, according to a memo sent out Friday night and obtained by the Southern California News Group.
    Fennessy, who has served as OCFA chief for nearly eight years, said he has tentatively accepted a director role with the newly created United States Wildland Fire Service, pending completion of a federal onboarding process.
    “Serving alongside
  • Rams thump Cardinals to stay tied atop NFC West

    Rams thump Cardinals to stay tied atop NFC West
    Rams running back Kyren Williams celebrates after running for a touchdown as Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker looks on in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
    Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford passes the ball in the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
    Arizona Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett warms up before facing the
  • Lincoln Riley set to return to Alamo Bowl, this time as head coach of USC

    Lincoln Riley set to return to Alamo Bowl, this time as head coach of USC
    LOS ANGELES — The USC football team (9-3) will be traveling to San Antonio, Texas to play TCU in the Alamo Bowl on Dec. 30.
    It’ll be head coach Lincoln Riley’s second time coaching in the bowl game. He served as the interim offensive coordinator for Texas Tech in 2009 and helped the Red Raiders beat Michigan State 41-31.
    “It was probably one of the more emotional games that I’ve been a part of,” Riley told reporters during a press conference on Sunday.
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  • Alexander: UCLA women boat-race Oregon — and they’ll hear about it

    Alexander: UCLA women boat-race Oregon — and they’ll hear about it
    LOS ANGELES — Every season is its own journey, and while the twists and turns can be anticipated, they’re not necessarily predictable.
    And while UCLA women’s basketball continued the momentum that has them ranked fourth in the AP Top 25, with what at first glance would seem to have been an easy 80-59 rout of Oregon in their Big Ten opener Sunday afternoon, there were those moments during the course of the afternoon, the ones that coach Cori Close tends to address quickly a
  • Photos: Events in Brear, Garden Grove and Irvine help spread holiday cheer

    Photos: Events in Brear, Garden Grove and Irvine help spread holiday cheer
    Liam, Noah and Sophia Reyes enjoy a bouncy snow globe Saturday.
    Merrymakers celebrated the holiday spirit at Garden Grove’s annual “Winter in the Grove” event Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. Festivities included sled runs carved into 50 tons of snow, carnival games, dancer troupes and choirs–culminating with the lighting of a 24-foot tree and visit from Santa. (Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)
    Emma Gallian and Brooklyn Hudson, both 5, share some sledding thri
  • Photos: Events in Brea, Garden Grove and Irvine help spread holiday cheer

    Photos: Events in Brea, Garden Grove and Irvine help spread holiday cheer
    Liam, Noah and Sophia Reyes enjoy a bouncy snow globe Saturday.
    Merrymakers celebrated the holiday spirit at Garden Grove’s annual “Winter in the Grove” event Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. Festivities included sled runs carved into 50 tons of snow, carnival games, dancer troupes and choirs–culminating with the lighting of a 24-foot tree and visit from Santa. (Photo by Michael Goulding, Contributing Photographer)
    Emma Gallian and Brooklyn Hudson, both 5, share some sledding thri
  • Viral video falsely IDs bail bondsman as ICE, accuses him of stealing truck in Anaheim

    Viral video falsely IDs bail bondsman as ICE, accuses him of stealing truck in Anaheim
    A viral video in which a man was accused of being an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who allegedly stole a pickup after detaining an Anaheim man actually depicted a bail bondsman who detained a fugitive and took his truck because there was a lien, authorities said on Sunday, Dec. 7.
    The case was unrelated to immigration, they said.
    Anaheim city spokesman Mike Lyster said the city was aware that the bail bondsman would be operating in the western part of the city on Dec. 2 to take a man

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