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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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Rolling Loud California 2025 wasted no time making history. As the festival’s first night unfolded on March 15, Peso Pluma took center stage, shattering tradition as the first regional Mexican artist to ever headline the global hip-hop-centric festival. With the weight of an entire genre on his shoulders and thousands of fans in the crowd,…
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COACHELLA — The future of the Chuckwalla National Monument was uncertain Sunday, March 16, after reports of President Donald Trump planning to rescind the creation of the monument came to light. President Joe Biden declared the national monument before leaving office in January, protecting 624,270 acres of desert habitat in Riverside and Imperial counties from…
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Orange County historians took a look this year at a major milestone for our community: the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, which led to tens of thousands of refugees making a home here and giving birth to our Little Saigon. The Orange County Archives Bazaar, now in its fifth year, is a deep…
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LOS ANGELES — The UCLA men’s basketball team earned a seven-seed in the NCAA Tournament, as announced on Sunday’s selection show on CBS. The Bruins (22-10 overall, 13-7 Big Ten) will face 10th-seeded Utah State on Thursday in Lexington, Kentucky. The Bruins finished in fourth place in their first season in the Big Ten and…
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Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) tries to guard Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant (35) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Wally Skalij) Lakers guard Gabe Vincent (7) saves the ball from going out of bounds during the first half of an NBA basketball game…
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