• Split roll can’t fix what ails California

    Split roll can’t fix what ails California
    After several fits and starts, the battle over the defense of Proposition 13 began in earnest last week as progressive interest groups began gathering signatures for their new and hardly improved ballot measure to impose a multi-billion dollar “split roll” property tax on Californians. These same tax-and-spend interests had already qualified a previous version of their initiative for the 2020 ballot until they realized that it was full of drafting errors and were forced to try to rep
  • Swanson: Clippers inspire by making basketball more accessible

    Swanson: Clippers inspire by making basketball more accessible
    TARZANA — Every basketball team is, of course, trying to get buckets.
    The Clippers are the most invested team I know in giving buckets.
    If you’ve shot hoops at a public basketball court anywhere in the city of Los Angeles since 2022, the Clippers’ logo was on the backboard. A ubiquitous reminder of the $10 million donation team owner Steve Ballmer made to the L.A. Parks Foundation for renovations at every one of Los Angeles’ public basketball courts.
    Savvy marketing, good
  • New details emerge about Six Flags Magic Mountain’s 2027 coaster

    New details emerge about Six Flags Magic Mountain’s 2027 coaster
    New details have emerged about the first-of-its-kind ride coming to Six Flags Magic Mountain that will take thrill seekers on an off-road motorcycle ride over rugged hillside terrain when the new roller coaster debuts in 2027.
    Roller Coaster Database recently added speed, height, length and inversion stats for the new Vekoma Thrill Glider coming to the Valencia amusement park.
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  • FDA to reassess the safety of BHA, a preservative used in popular snack foods

    FDA to reassess the safety of BHA, a preservative used in popular snack foods
    By JONEL ALECCIA, AP Health Writer
    Federal health officials said Tuesday they will reassess the safety of a chemical called BHA used in foods including potato chips, cereals, frozen meals and meat products.
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  • Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain? Ask the Lawyer

    Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain? Ask the Lawyer
    Q: I saw on television that the Mickey Mouse character is no longer subject to copyright, or something along those lines. This seems very surprising. Can you clarify?
    B.W., Culver City
    Ron Sokol
    A: In the United States, a copyright under the current rule (a work created after 1978) has a duration of the life of the author plus 70 years. Older works, published before 1929 — which includes some aspects of Mickey Mouse — generally have a fixed term of 95 years from publication.
    Focusing
  • This city is challenging big landlords without waiting on Trump

    This city is challenging big landlords without waiting on Trump
    By Michael Sasso and Kriston Capps | Bloomberg
    President Donald Trump wants to ban big investors from buying more houses. Some local governments are already on the case – and Atlanta is ground zero.
    The Atlanta area has the highest share of corporate-owned single-family rentals in the US, and that’s spooked many locals. Residents fume about the impact on prices. Politicians have tried to impose restrictions, with mixed success — and say they’re glad to have Trump on their
  • Irvine adds more pickleball options; courts have drop in and reservation hours

    Irvine adds more pickleball options; courts have drop in and reservation hours
    Irvine pickleball fans have a new set of courts for playing.
    The city recently celebrated the opening of eight new courts at Mike Ward Community Park. The courts have lighting for evening play and there were four shade structures, picnic tables, benches and hydration stations added nearby.
    Arnaud Ancenay of Irvine, puts on a dramatic face as he returns a serve during an inaugural match on the new pickleball courts at Mike Ward Community Park on
    Tuesday, February 3, 2026. Eight lighted courts wil
  • Who’s Mariah Carey? Italian journalists to strike after commentator’s blunders at opening ceremony

    Who’s Mariah Carey? Italian journalists to strike after commentator’s blunders at opening ceremony
    By DANIELLA MATAR
    MILAN (AP) — Misidentifying Mariah Carey. Mistaking the Olympics’ top boss for the Italian president’s daughter. Confusing the location of the opening ceremony. These gaffes at the Milan Cortina Winter Games by a top Italian broadcaster’s commentator so thoroughly embarrassed its staff that they’re going on strike.
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  • Recipe: Make this Beef, Mushroom and Carrot Stir-Fry for Lunar New Year

    Recipe: Make this Beef, Mushroom and Carrot Stir-Fry for Lunar New Year
    With Lunar New Year just around the corner, palate memories of Asian-themed dishes tempt me and fuel my desire to cook. Of course, the choices seem endless, but this year in an effort to make dishes that are quick to prepare as well as delicious, I’m turning to a simple beef stir-fry. OK, I’ll probably also make some dumplings that friends tell me promote prosperity in the new year, but the main event will be strips of beef stir-fried with carrots and mushrooms, served atop rice.
    So
  • Paramount sweetens offer to Warner Bros shareholders in hostile takeover fight

    Paramount sweetens offer to Warner Bros shareholders in hostile takeover fight
    By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer
    NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount is again sweetening its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, while again extending the deadline for its tender offer as it scrambles for more shareholder support.
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  • Paramount sweetens offer for Warner Bros. shareholders in hostile takeover fight

    Paramount sweetens offer for Warner Bros. shareholders in hostile takeover fight
    By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer
    NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount is again sweetening its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, while again extending the deadline for its tender offer as it scrambles for more shareholder support.
    Related Articles US stocks flirt with records as yields fall after a discouraging report on US shoppers Is a weaker U.S. dollar a good thing? Typical 2025 California home seller made $265,000 vs. $107,000 for US Retail sales unchanged i
  • What to Stream: Charli XCX, Timothée Chalamet, Ethan Hawke

    What to Stream: Charli XCX, Timothée Chalamet, Ethan Hawke
    By The Associated Press
    Timothée Chalamet starring as a table tennis wizard in “Marty Supreme” and Charli xcx’s soundtrack to Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
    Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: Richard Linklater’s deliciously wistful “Blue Moon” starr
  • CSUF collaboration uses AI to help visitors get personal with art installation

    CSUF collaboration uses AI to help visitors get personal with art installation
    Visitors can always view the new Lightwall piece of art on the wall at the California Center for the Arts from a distance.
    Consisting of hand-scappled geometric shapes and prisms on a white background with three rows of four clear acrylic cubes, it is an interesting piece of abstract art on its own merits.
    However, when the visitor walks up to Lightwall, it becomes something else altogether.
    The rotating acrylic cubes reflect light that is projected from points around the wall’s
    frame. (Ph
  • Israeli minister calls West Bank measures ‘de facto sovereignty,’ says no future Palestinian state

    Israeli minister calls West Bank measures ‘de facto sovereignty,’ says no future Palestinian state
    By SAM METZ
    RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A top Israeli official said Tuesday that measures adopted by the government that deepen Israeli control in the occupied West Bank amounted to implementing “de facto sovereignty,” using language that mirrors critics’ warnings about the intent behind the moves.
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  • ‘We hold these truths’: Viewing the Declaration of Independence, visitors reflect on America at 250

    ‘We hold these truths’: Viewing the Declaration of Independence, visitors reflect on America at 250
    By GARY FIELDS
    WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s 250th anniversary arrives at a time of deep political divisions and, in some quarters, heightened anxiety over whether representative government in the world’s oldest democracy can be sustained.
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  • Orange County boys athlete of the week: Drew Anderson, Santa Margarita

    Orange County boys athlete of the week: Drew Anderson, Santa Margarita
    The Orange County boys athlete of the week:
    Name: Drew Anderson
    School: Santa Margarita
    Sport: Basketball
    Year: Senior
    Noteworthy: The Trinity League Tournament did not designate a tournament MVP, but Anderson might have been it. He scored 21 points with nine rebounds in the Eagles’ 84-56 win over JSerra in the tournament semifinals. He also scored 24 points in a 57-56 win over St. John Bosco in the championship game. Anderson, a 6-8 forward, signed with Oregon State.
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  • Survey says democracies’ anti-corruption efforts are slipping and raises concern about the US

    Survey says democracies’ anti-corruption efforts are slipping and raises concern about the US
    By GEIR MOULSON
    BERLIN (AP) — Established democracies’ efforts against public-sector corruption appear to be flagging, according to a survey released Tuesday that serves as a barometer of perceived corruption worldwide. It raised concern about developments in the United States and the impact elsewhere of U.S. funding cuts.
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  • Netanyahu wants Trump to demand more from Iran. The leaders will meet this week

    Netanyahu wants Trump to demand more from Iran. The leaders will meet this week
    By MELANIE LIDMAN
    TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heading to Washington on Tuesday to encourage President Donald Trump to expand the scope of high-stakes nuclear talks with Iran. The negotiations resumed last week against the backdrop of an American military buildup.
    Israel has long called for Iran to cease all uranium enrichment, dial back its ballistic missile program and cut ties to militant groups across the region. Iran has always rejected those demands, s
  • A 15-week ‘Walk for Peace’ concludes with Buddhist monks’ arrival in Washington

    A 15-week ‘Walk for Peace’ concludes with Buddhist monks’ arrival in Washington
    By TIFFANY STANLEY and DEEPA BHARATH
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Buddhist monks reached Washington, D.C., on foot Tuesday, walking single file across a bridge over the Potomac River to cap a 15-week trek from Texas that has captivated the country.
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  • Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledges meetings with Epstein that contradict previous claims

    Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledges meetings with Epstein that contradict previous claims
    By STEPHEN GROVES
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Under questioning from Democrats Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledged that he had met with Jeffrey Epstein twice after his 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a child, reversing Lutnick’s previous claim that he had cut ties with the late financier after 2005.
    Lutnick once again downplayed his relationship with the disgraced financier who was once his neighbor in New York City as he was questioned by Democrats during
  • Record snow drought in Western US raises concern for a spring of water shortages and wildfires

    Record snow drought in Western US raises concern for a spring of water shortages and wildfires
    By DORANY PINEDA and SETH BORENSTEIN
    A record snow drought with unprecedented heat is hitting most of the American West, depleting future water supplies, making it more vulnerable to wildfires and hurting winter tourism and recreation.
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  • Norms is ready for its closeup in a new movie opening Friday, Feb. 13

    Norms is ready for its closeup in a new movie opening Friday, Feb. 13
    The future of mankind depends on late-night diners in Norms’ restaurant on La Cienega Boulevard in a new film coming out on Friday, Feb. 13.
    The darkly comic sci-fi adventure is called “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die,” and it stars Sam Rockwell. It’s directed by Gore Verbinski, whose hits include “The Ring” and the first three “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies.
    It was written by Matthew Robinson, whose credits include writing and do-dire
  • Pleas from Savannah Guthrie’s family to finding missing mom turn from hopeful to desperate

    Pleas from Savannah Guthrie’s family to finding missing mom turn from hopeful to desperate
    By TY O’NEIL and JOHN SEEWER
    TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The heart-breaking messages made by “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie and her family have shifted from hopeful to desperate as they plead with the apparent kidnappers to hand over their missing mother.
    More than a week into the search for Nancy Guthrie, there are more questions than answers about who abducted the 84-year-old from her home in Arizona and whether she is still alive.
    Authorities have released few details, le
  • Succulent gardens can offer gardening joy with minimal effort

    Succulent gardens can offer gardening joy with minimal effort
    By Anita Snow | The Associated Press
    Shallow dishes crowded with tiny, drought-resistant plants in shades of green, red and purple are pretty much all most people know about indoor succulents gardening.
    But there’s another way to bring the warmth of the desert into your home when it’s too cold to garden outside.
    Go big and bold with indoor succulent gardens, suggests Marylee Pangman, a Tucson-based educator and writer who specializes in desert container gardening.
    “Pick just on
  • Governors won’t hold Trump meeting after White House only invited Republicans

    Governors won’t hold Trump meeting after White House only invited Republicans
    By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, STEVE PEOPLES and STEVEN SLOAN
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Governors Association will no longer hold a formal meeting with President Donald Trump when the group of state leaders meet in Washington later this month after the White House planned to invite only Republicans.
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  • Orange County girls athlete of the week: Marley Zepeda, Santa Ana

    Orange County girls athlete of the week: Marley Zepeda, Santa Ana
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Orange County girls athlete of the week:
    Name: Marley Zepeda
    School: Santa Ana
    Sport: Wrestling
    Year: Senior
    Noteworthy: Zepeda recorded a pinfall victory in 37 seconds in the 170-pound weight class that clinched a 39-34 win against defending champion Corona in the CIF-SS Division 1 dual meet championship. In the semifinals, Zepeda sealed a 36-33 triumph against Hillcrest with a pinfall victory at 155
  • Democrats say White House offer on ICE is ‘insufficient’ as Homeland Security funding set to expire

    Democrats say White House offer on ICE is ‘insufficient’ as Homeland Security funding set to expire
    By MARY CLARE JALONICK, KEVIN FREKING and SEUNG MIN KIM
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is “incomplete and insufficient” as they are demanding new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and threatening a shutdown of the Homeland Security Department.
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  • Angels open Camp Comeback with handful of reclamation projects

    Angels open Camp Comeback with handful of reclamation projects
    For a team that acquired four All-Stars and five former first-round draft picks this winter, the Angels have not generated much confidence among anyone that their streak of 10 straight losing seasons is coming to an end in 2026.
    That probably has something to do with the fact that only one of those new players was actually productive in 2025.
    Left-handed reliever Drew Pomeranz, believe it or not, takes the crown as the Angels’ addition coming off the best season. Pomeranz had a 2.17 ERA wi
  • As ‘Dark Winds’ returns, Zahn McClarnon talks new season’s LA storyline

    As ‘Dark Winds’ returns, Zahn McClarnon talks new season’s LA storyline
    When the fourth season of the AMC series “Dark Winds” begins, Lt. Joe Leaphorn is weary and getting ready to retire from the Navajo Tribal Police.Earlier in the series, which is set in the 1970s, Leaphorn had taken justice into his own hands, and he’d nearly snapped last season due to the mounting repercussions for that decision. 
    Leaphorn may seem ready to step back, but the show’s network AMC recently announced it will return for a fifth season; meanwhile, Zahn McC
  • Angels 2026 spring training preview: 5 key questions

    Angels 2026 spring training preview: 5 key questions
    Here are some of the key questions the Angels hope to answer during spring training:
    How is Grayson Rodriguez?
    Rodriguez is a huge question mark for the Angels.
    The right-hander has shown the stuff to be a front-line starting pitcher, and he’s still just 26 years old. If he can be what he looked like he would be with the Baltimore Orioles, the Angels look like a different team.
    Rodriguez suffered a lat strain in the summer of 2024, and then last season he had another lat strain, followed b

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