• Whicker: Real Bruins stand up to UCLA in Pauley

    Whicker: Real Bruins stand up to UCLA in Pauley
    LOS ANGELES — Assistant coach James Strong pointed his phone at the Pauley Pavilion scoreboard and pushed the button.
    Another photo to take back to Nashville and stick into Belmont’s scrapbook.
    Another memory, made of unruffled last-minute play and maybe a lack of awareness by the home team.
    Another one bit the dust, this time UCLA, just like North Carolina, Stanford, Cincinnati and Missouri in the recent past.
    It isn’t embarrassing to lose to Belmont. It is embarrassing t
  • Los Alamitos stakes upset leaves 3 tied for jockey title

    Los Alamitos stakes upset leaves 3 tied for jockey title
    Smoovin Saturday and jockey Tiago Pereira won the closing-day King Glorious Stakes at Los Alamitos and played spoiler in the leading-jockey contest.
    Juan Hernandez, Kazushi Kimura and Armando Ayuso tied for the title with six victories apiece after each had a chance to grab it outright Sunday by winning the King Glorious, the final race of the two-week thoroughbred meet. Hernandez finished second in the King Glorious aboard John Metcalfe, Ayuso came in fourth with Pavlovian and Kimura was fifth
  • Chargers safety Tony Jefferson apologizes for making obscene gestures

    Chargers safety Tony Jefferson apologizes for making obscene gestures
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — First things first. Safety Tony Jefferson said he wished to apologize for his actions after his ejection from the Chargers’ victory Sunday over the Kansas City Chiefs, when he made an obscene gesture toward the Arrowhead Stadium crowd. Actually, to be specific, it was two gestures at once.
    “I was caught up in the moment,” Jefferson said. “I’m classier than that.”
    It was very much a heated moment.
    Or two or three, actually.
    Jefferson is
  • Rams clinch playoff spot with comeback win over Lions

    Rams clinch playoff spot with comeback win over Lions
    Detroit Lions Jahmyr Gibbs (0) drives through Rams defenders for a gain during first quarter action at SoFi Stadium on Sunday, December 13, 2025.(Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)g
    The Rams’ Matthew Stafford (9) rolls back during second quarter action at SoFi Stadium on Sunday, December 13, 2025.(Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)g
    The Rams’ Puka Nacua (12) looks for yardage as Detroit Lions Jack Campbell (46) gets a hold of his foot during first quar
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  • Clippers search for answers amid season-long slump

    Clippers search for answers amid season-long slump
    INGLEWOOD — The Clippers need help, possibly even divine intervention.
    Asked what the team has to do if they hope to avoid more late-game misfortunes, guard Kris Dunn didn’t point fingers at his teammates. Instead, he pointed to the sky and said, “Trust God.”
    Despite their lofty petitions, Coach Tyronn Lue seems to have run out of answers. The Clippers continue to commit untimely blunders, which have led to them dropping eight of their past nine games and 10 of their past
  • After continued struggles at home, Kings embark on a challenging road trip

    After continued struggles at home, Kings embark on a challenging road trip
    LOS ANGELES — After succeeding massively at home last season, this year’s Kings have staged one Southwest Airlines commercial after another at Crypto.com Arena.
    Wanting to get away would be understandable, not only after another painfully flat showing at home against the Calgary Flames Saturday, but in light of the Kings’ overall home/road disparity. Their .735 points percentage in away games dwarfs their .429 mark at home, where they score more than a full goal less per game.
  • Kreider and Trouba thriving with Ducks as they return to Madison Square Garden

    Kreider and Trouba thriving with Ducks as they return to Madison Square Garden
    IRVINE — Chris Kreider and Jacob Trouba have been key assets for the Ducks, but not long ago they had for-sale signs dangling around their necks.
    They began last season as the New York Rangers’ longest-tenured player and captain, respectively, but each started this campaign in the opposite corner of the country. On Monday, they’ll return to Midtown Manhattan for the first time since Trouba was dealt last December and Kreider was shipped out over the summer.
    The low point was a
  • Spelling out what’s at stake in the fight to end homelessness and hunger in OC

    Spelling out what’s at stake in the fight to end homelessness and hunger in OC
    You never know what the person in front of you might be going through.
    In line at the market, at school dropoff, at the park. Maybe there wasn’t enough food in the fridge that day for three meals because rent is so high or maybe rent can’t get paid this month despite two jobs, risking homelessness.
    United to End Homelessness, an initiative of Orange County United Way, is turning that fact into a teaching tool with its “‘The Person in Front of You”‘ campaign th
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  • Government unchained: The year the Constitution lost its guardrails

    Government unchained: The year the Constitution lost its guardrails
    We now live in a nation where constitutional rights exist in theory, not in practice.
    Yet what good are rights on paper when every branch of government is allowed to ignore, circumvent, chip away at or hollow them out in practice?
    Two hundred and thirty-four years after the ratification of the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791, the safeguards meant to shield “We the people” from government abuse are barely recognizable.
    In ways the Founders could scarcely have imagined—and wo
  • Authorities step up security at Hanukkah events in LA County after Australia attack

    Authorities step up security at Hanukkah events in LA County after Australia attack
    Authorities were providing extra patrols at Jewish facilities and Hanukkah events throughout Los Angeles County on Sunday after a deadly attack in Australia killed as many as 16 people who were gathered at a beach to celebrate the first day of the Jewish holiday.
    “The Los Angeles Police Department is deeply saddened by the tragic mass shooting attack that occurred during a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia. We stand in solidarity with the Jewish Community in Australia and here in L
  • Authorities step up security at Hanukkah events around Southern California after Australia attack

    Authorities step up security at Hanukkah events around Southern California after Australia attack
    Authorities were providing extra patrols at Jewish facilities and Hanukkah events around Southern California on Sunday after a deadly attack in Australia killed as many as 16 people who were gathered at a beach to celebrate the first day of the Jewish holiday.
    “The Los Angeles Police Department is deeply saddened by the tragic mass shooting attack that occurred during a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia. We stand in solidarity with the Jewish Community in Australia and here in Los
  • Chargers’ defense comes up big in victory over rival Chiefs

    Chargers’ defense comes up big in victory over rival Chiefs
    Chargers wide receiver Quentin Johnston gets hit by a Kansas City Chiefs defender in the teams’ season opener Sept. 5, 2025, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images)
    Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert throws a pass during the first half of their game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. (Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)
    Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen catches a pass in front of Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Trent
  • KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas features Evanescence, Rise Against and surprises

    KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas features Evanescence, Rise Against and surprises
    As roadies rolled a grand piano onto the stage midway through Evanescence‘s set, singer Amy Lee smiled at the fans that packed the Kia Forum for KROQ‘s 34th annual Almost Acoustic Christmas show and let slip her other reason to celebrate on Saturday.
    “It’s my birthday,” said Lee, born 44 years ago in Riverside. “And on my birthday, I get to do whatever I want.”
    What she apparently wanted to do was sing her heart out during a 45-minute headlining set that
  • Police investigate drive-by attack at Redlands home decorated for Hanukkah

    Police investigate drive-by attack at Redlands home decorated for Hanukkah
    Police are investigating the report of a drive-by shooting with an estimated 20 rounds fired that was aimed at a Redlands home decorated for Hanukkah, followed by an obscenity shouted from a car.
    The homeowner posted an account of what happened the evening of Friday Dec. 12 on social media, along with a surveillance video. Police later said the weapon used was likely an airsoft gun, as officers found no shell casings around the house.
    The Anti-Defamation League, a San Bernardino City Councilwoma
  • Student wounded in 2019 Santa Clarita school shooting was on campus during Brown University attack

    Student wounded in 2019 Santa Clarita school shooting was on campus during Brown University attack
    At least two of the Brown University students who were on campus when a deadly shooting unfolded Saturday have survived school shootings before.
    One is Mia Tretta, a junior who was shot in the abdomen during a 2019 shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California.
    Tretta, 21, was studying for a final exam in her Brown dormitory Saturday when she learned of the attack. She had been planning to study at the Barus and Holley engineering and physics building, where the shooting took place
  • Bystander shown in videos disarming gunman during Australian beach shooting commended for bravery

    Bystander shown in videos disarming gunman during Australian beach shooting commended for bravery
    SYDNEY (AP) — A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives.Video footage posted to social media shows a passerby dressed in a white T-shirt and dark pants crouching behind a parked car before sneaking up behind a gunman, grabbing him and wrestling away his firearm. The bystander then points the weapon at the gunman, who falls to the ground.The intervention drew wid
  • Public menorah lightings to mark start of Hanukkah in LA, OC

    Public menorah lightings to mark start of Hanukkah in LA, OC
    Free public menorah lightings to mark the first night of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah will be held around Southern California on Sunday, Dec. 14, including in Culver City, Santa Monica, Laguna Beach and Newport Beach.
    See also: Public Hanukkah celebrations planned in Orange County
    A giant menorah lighting at The Culver Steps in Culver City will begin at 4:30 p.m. The event will also include live music, a magic show, latkes, doughnuts, chocolate “gelt”; craft-making and a caricatur
  • Mass shooting at Jewish event on Bondi Beach follows rising antisemitism in Australia

    Mass shooting at Jewish event on Bondi Beach follows rising antisemitism in Australia
    By MELANIE LIDMAN
    TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — At least 11 people were killed Sunday in an attack on a Hannukah celebration at a popular Sydney beach and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was quick to call it an act of antisemitic terrorism. Antisemitism has been on the rise in Australia, fueled in part by Israel’s war in Gaza, even as local Jewish groups have decried the lack of support from authorities.
    Worldwide, Australia and Italy experienced the biggest increase in antisemi
  • Los Alamitos consensus picks for Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025

    Los Alamitos consensus picks for Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025
    The consensus box of Los Alamitos horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Sunday, December 14, 2025.
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  • Chapman U forecast: slow but better growth in ‘26

    Chapman U forecast: slow but better growth in ‘26
    Despite President Donald Trump’s zigzags on tariffs, taxes and regulations, the U.S. economy still should hit 2% growth in 2026, up from an estimated 1.8% this year.
    That’s according to the forecast given Thursday by Chapman University President Emeritus Jim Doti before 300 local community and business leaders at the school’s Musco Center for the Arts, plus 1,500 live online. It’s worth taking their forecasts seriously. Of 48 real GDP forecasts issued for 2025 by research
  • Hill of Hope in Carbon Canyon still sharing its unorthodox message

    Hill of Hope in Carbon Canyon still sharing its unorthodox message
    At the entry shack off Carbon Canyon Road, a man signed me in as a visitor and directed me to follow the car ahead up the gravel road.
    I was heading, with hesitancy, to the Hill of Hope.
    This is a sprawling piece of land owned for a half-century by an unusual religious movement. A Catholic woman in Placentia named Frances Klug had gained renown starting in 1967 as she transmitted messages she said came from God, the Virgin Mary and several saints.
    Hundreds of adherents raised $1.1 million to buy
  • Nordic people know how to beat the winter blues. Here’s how to find light in the darkest months

    Nordic people know how to beat the winter blues. Here’s how to find light in the darkest months
    By STEFANIE DAZIO
    The Nordic countries are no strangers to the long, dark winter.
    Despite little to no daylight — plus months of frigid temperatures — people who live in northern Europe and above the Arctic Circle have learned how to cope mentally and physically with the annual onset of the winter blues, which can begin as early as October and last into April for some.
    The winter solstice will occur Dec. 21, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemis
  • Sen. Adam Schiff, a primary antagonist of President Donald Trump, marks one year in U.S. Senate

    Sen. Adam Schiff, a primary antagonist of President Donald Trump, marks one year in U.S. Senate
    When Adam Schiff was sworn in as the junior U.S. senator from California one year ago, he’d already spent 12 terms in the House of Representatives and was arguably best known for leading House impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump during Trump’s first term.
    In the 12 months since joining the upper chamber of Congress, Schiff has continued to make a name for himself as a chief antagonist – and a prime target – of Trump, calling out actions by the president
  • John Moorlach: If I were governor, here are ten ideas I’d pursue to save California

    John Moorlach: If I were governor, here are ten ideas I’d pursue to save California
    Recently I was challenged to list what I would do, if elected governor of California, to fix the once Golden State. We know California doesn’t need another gubernatorial candidate. Since I’m a registered Republican, the voter registration demographics are not favorable, there is virtually no road to victory even if I wanted to run. As this is now a top-two “jungle election” state, another Republican entrant would only make the chance of two Democrats appearing on the Nove
  • Adam Summers: Calling 911 over California’s failed IT projects

    Adam Summers: Calling 911 over California’s failed IT projects
    California might have to call 911 to save its emergency communications system upgrade project. Whether the call would actually get through is another matter.
    While the Golden State prides itself on its innovative technology sector and the genius, in Silicon Valley and beyond, these private sector successes have yet to be replicated in the state government. The failure to upgrade the state’s 911 system is just the latest example of this ineptitude.
    The California Governor’s Office of
  • A guide to good manners at the retail counter this holiday season

    A guide to good manners at the retail counter this holiday season
    By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH
    As shoppers flood stores across the country during the year’s biggest shopping season, retail workers are bracing for what many describe as the most demanding — and often demoralizing — stretch of the job.
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  • Senior Moments: The night my mother forgot Hanukkah

    Senior Moments: The night my mother forgot Hanukkah
    On the night that Mom forgot Hanukkah, she left a message on my voicemail in a halting tone. It said simply, “For some reason I can’t remember the story of Hanukkah.”
    At 99, my mother’s always good memory had started to slip. She wanted to know if I could write down the story and bring it to her.
    Granted, it can be a convoluted story, so I boiled it down to the nugget. Bad guys desecrated the Temple. Good guys drove them out and discovered that the sacred lamp oil had bee
  • Guess which country pays the most for health care

    Guess which country pays the most for health care
    If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, you better stock up on apples. The deadline for open enrollment for health care coverage is here and millions of Americans are bracing themselves for significant increases in their 2026 premiums. According to PBS, those who enroll in the Health Insurance Marketplace without the premium tax credit can expect an average of 18% increase. And in some can more than double.
    THE U.S. HAS THE HIGHEST PREMIUMS IN THE WORLDAmericans pay far more in health care prem
  • Looking ahead to 2026: Key tax law changes and core financial moves

    Looking ahead to 2026: Key tax law changes and core financial moves
    This year has been full of major events. It began in January with the inauguration of a new president and the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles’s history.
    A trade war soon followed, sparked by increased tariffs, and in July, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).
    In September and October, the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates, which preceded the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. Despite these shifts, the U.S. stock market reached&n
  • Police say 2 people have been arrested after reports that several people were shot at Sydney’s Bondi Beach

    SYDNEY (AP) — Police say 2 people have been arrested after reports that several people were shot at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

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