Kudos to Gov. Gavin Newsom for increasing his support for the $1.4 billion Poseidon Water desalination in Huntington Beach. “We need more tools in the damn tool kit. We are as dumb as we want to be,” he said Friday in a meeting with the Bay Area News Group editorial board. “What more…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom has opened up to the possibility of extending the operation of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, according to multiple reports, despite past opposition. That’s a positive development. We encourage the governor to resist ideological or special-interest pressure to shutter the facility, which provided 6% of California’s power last year. Six…
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The barbecue boom continues across our nation and Southern California has its share of stars including Kevin Bludso, with restaurants in Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia, and Daniel Castillo of Heritage Barbecue in San Juan Capistrano. Contenders Winnie Yee-Lakhani, left, and Matthew Roth, right, prep elements for their first Advantage Challenge dish, as seen on…
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When the third installment of the BeachLife Festival returns to Redondo Beach’s Seaside Lagoon May 13-15, fans will be able to dig their toes into the sand or drop a blanket on the grass as they listen to headliners like Weezer, the Smashing Pumpkins and the Steve Miller Band during the weekend festival. Related Articles…
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By JOSH BOAK and FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to highlight deficit reduction in remarks Wednesday at the White House, noting that the government will pay down the national debt this quarter for the first time in six years. Biden will emphasize how strong job gains have increased total incomes and…
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For the first time since it opened in 1927, Anaheim’s oldest park has a basketball court – and it’s not just a couple of hoops and some lines on the pavement. Pearson Park, just a few miles north of Disneyland, is now home to a “dream court” commemorating NBA legend Kobe Bryant. Tiles in the…
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(CNN) — As the search continues for a fugitive inmate and the Alabama corrections officer who disappeared with him, new details are emerging about the pair’s relationship and the officer’s apparent preparations for their getaway. Vicky White; Casey White(Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office) The investigation has illuminated what authorities believe to be a romantic relationship between…
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TORONTO — Aaron Judge smiled when he heard the story. It was simple, really. A grown man wearing a Blue Jays cap just happened to be in the right spot at the right time when Judge crushed a 427-foot, sixth-inning home run Tuesday night. After catching the ball, he turned and saw a young boy…
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Nervous now? Maybe a little? This is something else missing all those empty years, this nervous twitch of playoff hockey, this clammy-palmed anxiety that ups the Florida Panthers’ stakes and your invested symptoms even after one game. “I like to think we’re going to learn a valuable lesson from this,” Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad said…
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TORONTO — Jameson Taillon knew it would come. After all, through this 11-game winning streak, the Bombers offense has found a way to at least scratch a few runs across. The Yankees right-hander lept that faith and just kept dueling with the Blue Jays’ young Alex Manoah, who’d been a problem for the Yankees since the…
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