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By JOSE HERRERA | City News Service Surrounded by friends and staff at the Studio City assisted-living facility where he lives and serenaded by a Marilyn Monroe impersonator, World War II veteran Joseph Pietroforte on Friday enjoyed an early celebration for his 107th birthday. At Ivy Park, they know him as “Bazooka Joe,” a reference…
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It all came flooding back to Jaime Johnson in December 2019, when her brother asked her about the death of her best friend 31 years earlier. Sara Kay Keesling was 12 years old when she was last seen walking home from a friend’s house near her home in Riverside on Oct. 2, 1988. About two weeks…
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Gold, silver and bronze medals are a tradition that began at the St. Louis 1904 Olympic Games. The 2026 medals were crafted by the Italian State Mint, a government-owned company that produces Italian coins, stamps and passports. The medals are made of recycled metals and using renewable energy. Olympic medals are designed by the host…
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It’s been just over a year since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. In that time, he’s moved at a breakneck pace to enact his campaign promises, rolling back environmental regulations and protections, overturning national vaccine guidance and health policy, executing full-forced immigration raids in cities like Minneapolis and Chicago, and, more recently,…
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Dodgers’ resources are so deep, they are going to head into the season with a bullpen – and a shadow bullpen ready to step in at some point during the season. Three experienced relievers with track records of success – Brock Stewart, Brusdar Graterol and Evan Phillips – will open the…
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By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has informed Congress that it intends to proceed with planning for a potential reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, Syria, which was shuttered in 2012 during the country’s civil war. A notice to congressional committees earlier this month, which was obtained by The…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The CIF-SS semifinals in girls basketball and girls soccer are Saturday. Here are five O.C. teams competing that can be considered underdogs or making unexpected runs: Orange girls basketball: Panthers coach Sara Esparza isn’t surprised by her team’s run to the semifinals but the…
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By MARK SCOLFORO and PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — A member of a group known to outsiders as Zizians that is linked to six deaths was bailed out of jail in Maryland on Friday. Police in Maryland connected Jack “Ziz” LaSota, Michelle Zajko and Daniel Blank to homicide investigations in California, Pennsylvania…
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Credit One Bank has agreed to pay just over $10 million to settle a civil consumer protection lawsuit alleging the company or its vendors made repeated, intrusive and harassing debt collection calls, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Friday, Feb. 20. The Nevada-based company — which did not admit wrongdoing — was ordered…
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TEMPE, Ariz. — On the eve of the Angels’ first spring training game of the season, the team is still trying to figure out what their television situation will look like when the regular season starts in just over a month. The uncertainty is a large reason why the Angels’ payroll is down so much…
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