You can’t have it both ways. You can’t live in a constitutional republic if you allow the government to act like a police state. You can’t claim to value freedom if you allow the government to operate like a dictatorship. You can’t expect to have your rights respected if you allow the government to treat…
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LOS ANGELES — It was as though the NCAA Women’s Basketball Selection Committee saw what USC planned to wear to Sunday’s Selection celebration at Galen Center – Nike T-shirts that read: “NOTHING EASY” – and took it literally. Because when Trojans coach Lindsay Gottlieb saw what the committee drew up for her team, you better…
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Ducks’ Leo Carlsson (91) and St. Louis Blues’ Philip Broberg (6) battle for a loose puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, March 16, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) St. Louis Blues’ Brayden Schenn, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring during the first period of an NHL hockey game…
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The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Monday, March 17, 2025. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter…
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Two people were injured in a reported shooting Sunday night, March 16, at an apartment complex in Huntington Beach. The Huntington Beach Police Department said officers responded to Mandrell Drive and Koledo Lane around 8:50 p.m. That location is northwest of the intersection of Beach Boulevard and Slater Avenue. Paramedics transported the two victims to…
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More than 200 people gathered outside Clubhouse 5 in Laguna Woods recently to protest the speaker at the local Republican Club’s meeting there. About 50 people from throughout Southern California gathered outside Gate 7 to protest. Jeffrey Scott Brown, the featured speaker at the club’s closed meeting Friday, March 7, was convicted for assaulting police…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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