By THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press Pete Hegseth was sworn in Saturday as the nation’s 29th secretary of defense, quickly joining President Trump’s Cabinet after a dramatic late-night vote in the Senate installed him as the Pentagon’s leader. Hegseth took the oath from Vice President JD Vance in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building with Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer…
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By STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump’s plans to clamp down on illegal immigration. Republicans kept the Senate working Saturday to install the latest member…
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LOS ANGELES – We all remember where we were. In our kitchens, in our cars, coaching our kids. Just waking up after a night out, or sitting down to eat, or about to paint a set piece for my daughter’s middle school play … Kobe Bryant. Helicopter crash. Dead. A hoax, we assumed. A mistake,…
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Breed: Dutch shepherd mix Age: 1.5 years Sex: Neutered male Size: 65 pounds Shadow’s story: Shadow is a very friendly boy. He’s loving and sociable and will gladly roll over for belly rubs. He’s up-to-date on vaccines and microchipped. Adoption cost: $195 Adoption procedure: Call Lydia with Pooch Match at 714-357-8405 or email [email protected]. You…
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Breed: Pug/Tibetan spaniel mix Age: 5 months Sex: Spayed female Size: 9 pounds Wednesday’s story: Gorgeous Wednesday was rescued by a good Samaritan with another dog. Wednesday is a true puppy with typical puppy behaviors: chewing, nonstop playing and being an all-around active, friendly girl. She will need training to harness her excess energy and…
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Public school districts across Southern California are losing students and, in the years ahead, will likely face difficult choices about closing schools. Lower birth rates and outmigration have contributed to the enrollment drops. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, families have also increasingly sought public school alternatives such as charter schools, private schools, and homeschooling. Los Angeles…
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Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Jan. 16 to Jan. 23. Food sales at Excaliber Fuels station, 8482 Westminster Blvd., Westminster Closed: Jan. 22 Reason: Rodent infestation Reopened: Jan. 22 Food sales at CVS Pharmacy, 731 S. Weir Canyon Road, Suite 131, Anaheim…
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Too many Southern Californians are running scared for their lives right now. Tens of thousands of displaced, suddenly homeless residents of Altadena, Pasadena and Pacific Palisades after firestorms destroyed entire neighborhoods. More than tens of thousands of housekeepers, gardeners and other workers keeping a weather eye not on the Santa Ana winds but for an…
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I recently wrote about pomegranate trees and the fact that although they can survive without irrigation, they will benefit from two or three soakings per month during the summer. In response to this assertion, I received the following email from Kathy Stewart. “You are 100 percent incorrect about watering pomegranate trees,” she wrote. “Particularly in Costa…
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It may have looked like President Donald Trump did nothing for the last two years except shuttle between rallies and trials with an occasional stop at McDonald’s, but that’s not the case. The blizzard of executive orders this week was the culmination of years of work by the Trump team to develop policy, recruit political…
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