Either Caleb Martin doesn’t fully grasp this NBA free-agency thing, or the Miami Heat have completely sold the emerging forward that their way is the best way. An impending free agent, one whose multi-positional diversity could draw outside interest, Martin essentially exited his first season with the Heat asking where he could sign on the…
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Last week I published my annual dining guide to Orange County, the 75 Best Places to Eat. The restaurants were ranked again for the first time since 2019, and for the first time ever this year’s guide also included star ratings. At No. 7 (with 3 stars), Bello in Newport Beach was the guide’s highest…
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By Angela Dewan | CNN Members of the European Parliament voted Wednesday to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars by 2035, in what would be one of the world’s strongest laws to phase out gasoline vehicles, if approved by the European Council. While the measure must still be debated by the Council and…
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By Farnoush Amiri and Kevin Freking | Associated Press WASHINGTON — An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, recounted in video testimony to Congress on Wednesday how she covered herself with a dead classmate’s blood to avoid being shot and “just stayed quiet.” Miah Cerrillo, a fourth-grader…
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By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol played out for the world to see, but the House committee investigating the attack believes a more chilling story has yet to be told — about the president and the people whose actions put…
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Editor’s note: This is the Wednesday June 8 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter from reporter Kyle Goon. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. Two months ago, the Lakers had an informal strategy for talking about Russell Westbrook’s future with the franchise: kicking the can down the road. It…
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MINNEAPOLIS — Carlos Marti knew Nestor Cortes would be a major league pitcher if he wanted to be in his junior year in high school. Playing for Marti’s travel team in the Connie Mack World Series, the undersized lefty whose fastball didn’t light up any radar guns absolutely dominated the bigger-named players. The guys like…
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Brian Flores is trying to focus on the little picture, not the big one. So while the landmark class-action lawsuit Flores filed against the NFL and three teams in February over what he considers racist hiring practices winds its way through the legal system, Flores insists his attention is centered on what happens on the…
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It’s unfortunate the Summit of the Americas being held in Los Angeles this week has been overshadowed by controversy over the Biden administration blocking the attendance of the authoritarian leaders of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. That decision led Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to boycott the event. Although the summit involves a lot…
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The courtroom drama of Proposition 22 has once again placed the issue of worker classification into focus. Proposition 22 was a ballot measure that excluded app-based drivers from provisions of the infamous Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), a law that reclassified many workers from independent contractors into employees. A trial court recently ruled to void…
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