• The DMV database has its limits

    If a motorcycle club wants to trundle through town in a big caravan and stay together for some event, it could approach City Hall to get a parade permit. Police personnel, at the club's expense, would direct traffic.
  • Why don’t I feel California as world’s 4th largest economy?

    Why don’t I feel California as world’s 4th largest economy?
    California has regained its bragging-rights ranking as the world’s fourth-largest economy.Using gross domestic product as the scorecard, my spreadsheet compared fresh state-level data for the third quarter of 2025 from the Bureau of Economic Analysis with the International Monetary Fund’s October release of 2025 business output estimates for countries.
    In the third quarter, California’s economy produced goods and services at a nation-leading annual rate of $4.296 trillion &ndas
  • Santa Anita consensus picks for Sunday, February 15, 2026

    Santa Anita consensus picks for Sunday, February 15, 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 Sunday, February 15, 2026.
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  • Santa Anita announces rainout of Monday racing

    Santa Anita announces rainout of Monday racing
    Santa Anita has called off thoroughbred racing Monday as rainstorms are forecast for the Los Angeles area.
    The track in Arcadia had planned a holiday-Monday card of eight races starting at 12:30 p.m.
    Racing was still scheduled to be held Sunday, with nine races beginning at 12:30, featuring the $100,000 Palos Verdes Stakes.
    The National Weather Service forecast called for a chance of rain starting after 4 p.m. Sunday and heavy rain Monday.
    The Presidents Day card will be
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  • Seeing the loving bond of parent and child under the hardest circumstances

    Seeing the loving bond of parent and child under the hardest circumstances
    It was the one-week anniversary of Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping, and I couldn’t stop thinking about what was in her heart.
    Not the cardiac pacemaker that regulated her physical heart, but the heart of feelings.
    “Mommy, you are a strong woman,” said her daughter, “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, in a video post. “We love you and will not rest until you are found.”
    The love, the angst and the devotion in her voice portrayed what was in her heart.
    It
  • California cardrooms anticipate thousands of layoffs as gambling rules change

    California cardrooms anticipate thousands of layoffs as gambling rules change
    California’s $5.6 billion cardroom industry may be holding a losing hand.
    A few days before Christmas, California Attorney General Rob Bonta proposed new rules that would drastically alter how casinos run blackjack, baccarat, pai gow and other card games.
    The changes are so disruptive that the cardroom industry says it will be forced to close down all blackjack-style games in California, pull back on card game tables generally, and target layoffs of nearly 13,000 to its statewide work
  • With ICE using Medicaid data, hospitals and states are in a bind over warning immigrant patients

    With ICE using Medicaid data, hospitals and states are in a bind over warning immigrant patients
    By Phil Galewitz and Amanda Seitz, KFF Health News
    The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal information, including home addresses, could be used in efforts to remove them from the country.
    Related Articles Colorectal cancer is rising in younger adults. Here’s who is most at risk and symptoms to watch for How to avoid the ‘i
  • What is atrial fibrillation and how is it treated?

    What is atrial fibrillation and how is it treated?
    By MIKE STOBBE
    NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Moore was about 30 the first time it happened. At the end of a long, hot, stressful day, he chugged an ice-cold glass of milk.
    “It felt like a bunny rabbit trying to jump out of my chest,” said Moore, now 60.
    Moore, a radiologist, knew what it was: A-fib.
    Dr. Daniel Moore poses for The Associated Press with his dogs Nani, left, and Gracie Feb. 2, 2026, in Coppell, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
    Short for atrial fibrillation, A-fib is a quiv
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  • With electricity bills rising, some states consider new data center laws

    With electricity bills rising, some states consider new data center laws
    By Kevin Hardy, Stateline.org
    As Americans grow increasingly frustrated over their electricity bills, states are trying to keep the nation’s growing number of data centers from causing higher energy costs for consumers.
    For years, many states competed aggressively to land data centers, sprawling campuses full of the computer servers that store and transmit the data behind apps and websites. But many officials are now scrutinizing how those power-hungry projects might affect the electric bi
  • Suing the federal government is ridiculously hard. It shouldn’t be that way.

    Suing the federal government is ridiculously hard. It shouldn’t be that way.
    Looking at the history of the U.S. founding and how this country originated by defying overbearing authority, one would think that suing the government for rights violations would be rather straightforward. It is not. Instead, it’s a Kafkaesque nightmare that often leaves Americans unprotected and with untold damage left unrepaired in the face of government force.
    As the Trump administration continues with its mass deportations (a program that has swept up U.S. citizens as well), Americans
  • Rafael Perez: Spencer Pratt should just stick to reality shows

    Rafael Perez: Spencer Pratt should just stick to reality shows
    Reality TV star Spencer Pratt announced his campaign for mayor of Los Angeles last month after spending the last year criticizing Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass, most vocally for their response to the Palisades and Eaton Fires. Pratt unfortunately lost his home in the Palisades. 
    I met with Pratt via Zoom on Wednesday to discuss his campaign. 
    As a candidate, he may strike one as an odd choice. Since 2005, he has starred in various reality shows that documented the lives
  • Academic divide tied to income persists in Orange County

    Academic divide tied to income persists in Orange County
    Cara, age 4, of Santa Ana is happy and energetic and, by all indications, super smart.
    Her parents, Adella and Leo, say their youngest is curious about “everything,” particularly (this month) recipes and bugs. She’s interested in animals, too, and sometimes tries to use a toy stethoscope to track her cat’s heart rate. (The cat isn’t always into it.) She’s already a fine conversationalist (“This is Miranda,” Cara explains, via video phone, as she po
  • Do student walkouts affect school district funding?

    Do student walkouts affect school district funding?
    Recent walkouts at school campuses by students protesting the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement efforts probably haven’t hurt California public school budgets.
    California is one of six states that fund public schools based on how many students attend classes on an average day.
    Under California law, Average Daily Attendance is calculated by dividing the total number of days students attended class by the number of days of instruction.
    A student who leaves
  • California’s energy transition is failing the middle class — and we need to admit it

    California’s energy transition is failing the middle class — and we need to admit it
    California has led the nation on clean air and environmental standards, and that leadership has delivered real results. There was a time when smog routinely blanketed the San Fernando Valley; today, on a sunny day, the air is clear. That progress matters, and it should not be taken for granted.
    But leadership also requires honesty. And right now, California’s energy transition is failing the very people it’s supposed to help — working- and middle-class families — bec
  • Could Inland Empire warehouses become ICE detention centers?

    Could Inland Empire warehouses become ICE detention centers?
    Until last year, the thought of Inland Empire warehouses storing humans instead of goods seemed far-fetched, if not outlandish.
    But with the Trump administration reportedly planning to turn warehouses into immigration detention centers, the prospect looms like a real-life storm cloud for many in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
    “We’re very concerned about this,” said Eddie Torres, policy director for the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice.
    The Inland Empire is home to
  • High surf advisory for Orange County Coast and San Diego County Coastal Areas from Monday to Thursday

    High surf advisory for Orange County Coast and San Diego County Coastal Areas from Monday to Thursday
    Orange County Coast and San Diego County Coastal Areas are the focus of a high surf advisory issued at 3:40 a.m. on Sunday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is valid from Monday 10 a.m. until Thursday Feb. 19, at 4 a.m.
    “Large breaking waves of 8 to 10 feet, with sets to 13 feet. Minor coastal flooding will also be a threat,” can be anticipated according to the NWS San Diego CA. “Surf will peak Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening. Rip currents are powerful c
  • Girls basketball playoffs: Mater Dei, Fairmont Prep, Orange Lutheran win

    Girls basketball playoffs: Mater Dei, Fairmont Prep, Orange Lutheran win
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMater Dei’s girls basketball team overcame shooting 34 percent from the floor to defeat visiting Redondo 52-45 in a CIF-SS Open Division playoff game in Group D on Saturday.
    The Monarchs (24-5) didn’t have a player score in double-figures but held Redondo (17-11) to one of its lowest scoring outputs of the season.
    “Gutted it out when things weren’t going well — credit Redondo
  • CIF-SS girls basketball playoffs: Saturday’s second-round scores

    CIF-SS girls basketball playoffs: Saturday’s second-round scores
    CIF-SS GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
    OPEN DIVISION
    Pool play, Round 2, Saturday
    Pool A: Rancho Christian 73, JSerra 71
    Pool B: Fairmont Prep 63, St. Joseph 51
    Pool D: Mater Dei 52, Redondo Union 45
    SECOND ROUND, SATURDAY
    DIVISION 1
    Troy 61, Brentwood 48
    Orange Lutheran 55, Marlborough 48
    Villa Park 58, Santa Margarita 45
    DIVISION 2
    Portola 44, Glendora 34
    San Clemente 72, Rolling Hills Prep 59
    Dos Pueblos 52, San Juan Hills 45
    Rosary 63, ML King 50
    DIVISION 3
    Trabuco Hills 58, Segerstrom 45
    Oxnard 3
  • CIF-SS girls soccer playoffs: Saturday’s scores, quarterfinals schedule

    CIF-SS girls soccer playoffs: Saturday’s scores, quarterfinals schedule
    CIF-SS GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS
    SATURDAY’S SCORES
    OPEN DIVISION
    Second leg of a 2-game series
    Santa Margarita 2, Corona Santiago 1 (Santa Margarita advances)
    Mater Dei 5, Huntington Beach 0 (Mater Dei advances)
    JSerra 0, Redondo Union 0 (JSerra avances)
    DIVISION 1
    Second round, Saturday
    Westlake 2, El Dorado 1
    Rosary 2, Great Oak 0
    Orange Lutheran 4, San Juan Hills 0
    Newport Harbor 1, Moorpark 0
    Roosevelt 2, Edison 1
    Etiwanda 2, Canyon 1
    Harvard-Westlake 1, Pacifica 0
    Notre Dame/SO 1, Capistr
  • Santa Margarita girls soccer beats Santiago to move on in CIF-SS playoffs

    Santa Margarita girls soccer beats Santiago to move on in CIF-SS playoffs
    RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA – When the CIF-SS Open Division playoff pairings were released for girls soccer, most people were surprised to see Santa Margarita – the mostly undisputed top-seeded team – facing off against Santiago of Corona.
    The two teams had played each other in the last two Southern Section and CIF State Regional finals. The rivalry is real. The talent is real. The drama is real.
    A first-round matchup? That seemed unreal.
    But the only senior starter on Santa Margari
  • Andre Henry, UC Irvine top Cal State Fullerton to regain share of Big West lead

    Andre Henry, UC Irvine top Cal State Fullerton to regain share of Big West lead
    UC Irvine’s Harrison Carrington takes a shot as Cal State Fullerton’s Bailey Nunn defends during a Big West Conference game on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, at UCI’s Bren Events Center. (Photo by Miguel Vasconcellos, Contributing Photographer)
    Cal State Fullerton’s Kendrick De Luna takes a shot as UC Irvine’s Kyle Evans defends during a Big West Conference game on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, at UCI’s Bren Events Center. (Photo by Miguel Vasconcellos, Contributing Phot
  • Troy girls basketball knocks off Brentwood in CIF-SS Division 1 second round

    Troy girls basketball knocks off Brentwood in CIF-SS Division 1 second round
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowFULLERTON — Troy’s resurgence as a girls basketball contender under coach Kevin Kiernan encountered a challenging checkpoint Saturday.
    The Warriors played host to postseason regular and prolific 3-point shooting Brentwood in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs.
    Troy proved that it’s growing quickly, and together, in Kiernan’s second tenure at the school.
    Princeton co
  • Torrance girls basketball overcomes early struggles to defeat Fountain Valley

    Torrance girls basketball overcomes early struggles to defeat Fountain Valley
    TORRANCE — Three minutes into Saturday night’s CIF Southern Section Division 5 second-round playoff game, the Torrance girls basketball team looked out of sorts on both ends of the court and trailed visiting Fountain Valley by six points.
    Things would turn around.
    Kaya Choi scored four consecutive points and Karissa Sasaki hit a 3-pointer to give the Tartars a lead, setting the path toward a 53-26 win Saturday to advance to the quarterfinals.
    Torrance (17-13) will host Godinez in the
  • Sunny Hills girls basketball shuts down Tesoro with tough defense

    Sunny Hills girls basketball shuts down Tesoro with tough defense
    FULLERTON — Sunny Hills girls basketball coach Jae Byun said his team has been trying to find its identity on defense all year.
    After Sunny Hills defeated Tesoro, 48-19, in a CIF-SS Division 5 second-round playoff game Saturday, the Lancers appear to have found that identity.
    The Lancers (19-12), who advanced to the playoffs as an at-large selection out of the stacked Freeway League, have held their first two playoff opponents to a combined 44 points.
    Sunny Hills held the Titans (17-13), t
  • Portola girls soccer slips past Crean Lutheran to reach D2 quarterfinals

    Portola girls soccer slips past Crean Lutheran to reach D2 quarterfinals
    IRVINE — Portola girls soccer coach Sam Ezratty expected a defensive battle in the team’s CIF-SS Division 2 second-round game against Crean Lutheran on Saturday.
    The Bulldogs were able to get a first-half goal from Taylor Strickland and rode their defense to a 1-0 victory at Portola High.
    Portola (11-3-5) will host San Marino on Wednesday, Feb. 18, in the quarterfinals.
    “We knew they were strong on defense,” Ezratty said. “We knew we were strong on defense. So kind
  • Villa Park girls basketball has answer for Santa Margarita in the playoffs

    Villa Park girls basketball has answer for Santa Margarita in the playoffs
    RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — Villa Park’s girls basketball team continued its excellent start to the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs by cruising to a 58-45 win over Santa Margarita on Saturday in a second-round game at Santa Margarita High.
    The Spartans won their first-round matchup against Palos Verdes by 21 points and will play St. Anthony or La Salle on the road in the quarterfinals Wednesday.
    Villa Park (23-7) lost to Santa Margarita (18-11) on Dec. 6 in the Lady Spartans Winter Shootout
  • Jordan Chiles earns 4th straight perfect 10 for UCLA gymnastics on floor against Michigan

    Jordan Chiles earns 4th straight perfect 10 for UCLA gymnastics on floor against Michigan
    “It’s a floor party for a reason. It’s the best show in LA for a reason,” said senior Jordan Chiles on the podium after the meet.
    Ahead of the fourth and final rotation, UCLA gymnastics was trailing its opponent. The floor exercise has been a strength for the Bruins throughout the season.
    No. 4 UCLA gymnastics (9-2, 5-0 Big Ten) defeated No. 9 Michigan (5-3, 2-3 Big Ten) 197.725-196.975 in a Big Ten matchup Saturday.
    Two-time Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles earned her fifth
  • Esperanza, Fountain Valley win CIF-SS wrestling team championships

    Esperanza, Fountain Valley win CIF-SS wrestling team championships
    Esperanza had nine champions and Fountain Valley had eight champions Saturday in CIF Southern Section Individual Boys Wrestling Championships.
    Esperanza won the CIF-SS Northern Division team championship in the meet at Moorpark High. Fountain Valley won the Coastal Division team title at Fountain Valley High. Esperanza and Fountain Valley both repeated as team champions.
    Esperanza’s Sammy Sanchez and Max Murillo repeated as CIF-SS champions.
    Aztecs coach Christian Holiday was pleased.
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  • Esperanza, Fountain Valley boys wrestling teams win CIF-SS team titles

    Esperanza, Fountain Valley boys wrestling teams win CIF-SS team titles
    Esperanza had nine champions and Fountain Valley had eight champions Saturday in the CIF Southern Section Individual Championships for boys wrestling.
    Esperanza won the CIF-SS Northern Division team championship in the meet at Moorpark High.
    Fountain Valley won the Coastal Division team title at Fountain Valley High.
    Esperanza and Fountain Valley both repeated as team champions.
    Esperanza tallied 380.5 points while second-place South Torrance finished with 170 points.
    Fountain Valley collected 3
  • Update: Winter storm warning in place for Yosemite from Sunday to Wednesday – gusts could peak at 60 mph

    Update: Winter storm warning in place for Yosemite from Sunday to Wednesday – gusts could peak at 60 mph
    Yosemite is the focus of an updated winter storm warning released at 7:51 p.m. on Saturday by the National Weather Service. The warning is valid from Sunday 10 p.m. until Wednesday Feb. 18, at 10 p.m.
    “Heavy snow with total snow accumulations 3 to 5 feet above 6,000 feet with 5 to 7 feet over the highest elevations and 1 to 2 feet down to 4,000 feet. Winds could gust as high as 60 mph,” can be anticipated according to the NWS Hanford CA. “Snow levels will begin at 5,500 to 6,00

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