SACRAMENTO—After listening to some of Gavin Newsom’s new podcast, I thought, “You really shouldn’t quit your day job.” But maybe he should quit his day job given that so much of the governor’s attention has been on vanity projects such as this one. They seem designed to gin up his national aspirations rather than deal…
Read more
Some takeaways from Selection Sunday: • First question of the day: Were UCLA’s men underseeded, or did they do this to themselves? Most of the projections the last couple of weeks in Joe Lunardi’s Bracketology on ESPN.com had UCLA (22-10) as a No. 6 seed, which probably had a lot to do with their issues…
Read more
Los Angeles County was placed under a wind advisory by the National Weather Service on Sunday at 7:49 p.m. The advisory is valid from Monday 2 p.m. until Tuesday, Mar. 18 at 9 a.m. The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA said, “West to north winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected.…
Read more
In 1996, California voters approved Proposition 209, a state constitutional amendment that banned preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in state hiring, contracting, and admissions. But a California student group alleges that the state’s University of California system has systematically violated that state law, and the pain has hit Asian…
Read more
WALNUT — The Orange Coast College women’s basketball team sank its first five shots during Sunday afternoon’s CCCAA championship game. Mt. San Antonio College coach Brian Crichlow knew something had to change fast, or else the Pirates soon would be celebrating a third straight state title. “We knew they could shoot,” Crichlow said, noting Orange…
Read more
Why couldn’t Donald Trump ignore his campaign promises like a normal president? A painful economy is growing only more painful because Trump has it in his head for years that tariffs are a good idea. They’re not. Various tariffs have been proposed, paused, implemented and worsened, all seemingly on a whim. It’s impossible for businesses…
Read more
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake was reported Sunday night in Los Angeles County, centered around 6 miles northwest of Malibu. It happened at 8:17 p.m., the U.S. Geological Survey reported on its website. No damage was immediately reported. Quakes generally don’t cause damage below 4.0, according to the USGS. The quake follows a 4.1 magnitude quake…
Read more
The UC Irvine men’s basketball team is headed to the NIT for the third straight season, but it isn’t the destination of choice. After failing to win the Big West Tournament for a fifth consecutive season, the Anteaters accepted the consolation prize on Sunday and were named one of the four No. 1 seeds in the…
Read more
TOKYO — The Dodgers will open the 2025 regular season without Mookie Betts. Betts has been suffering with an unspecified virus for the past week and lost “close to 15 pounds” as a result. Though he has started to feel better in the past few days and did work out briefly before the Dodgers’ exhibition…
Read more
The Rams re-signed Ronnie Rivers, a part of their running back rotation and key member of their special teams, to a one-year contract, the team announced on Sunday. Rivers, 26, has been a member of the Rams for the past three seasons after joining the team as an undrafted free agent out of Fresno State.…
Read more
