By DAVE SKRETTA, AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — It wasn’t exactly a prayer that Madonna answered for American figure skater Amber Glenn. More like a wish and a dream. Just before Glenn performed her short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesday night, which is set to Madonna’s song “Like a Prayer,” she…
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Documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville dove in deep to create “Man on the Run,” a movie about Paul McCartney in the 1970s after the Beatles’ breakup. The film, which is playing at selected theaters locally, arrives on Prime Video on February 27th. By the time he’d completed the film, the director had far more interview material…
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Newly named Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro wants Disneyland visitors to fall in love with Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run after the installation of a Mandalorian and Grogu overlay that promises to give every rider the chance to participate in the story of the revamped flight simulator ride. “Guests like it, but they don’t love it,” D’Amaro…
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The Orange County boys athlete of the week: Name: Sammy Sanchez School: Esperanza Sport: Wrestling Year: Sophomore Noteworthy: Sanchez was named Lower Weights MVP at the CIF Southern Section Northern Division Championships on Saturday after winning a CIF-SS title for the second year in a row. Sanchez, wrestling at 120 pounds, won all five of…
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After a multiyear effort that included a rigorous application process, some pushback from state institutions and other challenges, Santiago Canyon College is offering its first-ever baccalaureate program. Starting in 2027, SCC will offer a bachelor of science degree in digital infrastructure and location sciences. The curriculum, which builds on the college’s existing certificate and associate’s…
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By WILL GRAVES, AP National Writer CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin likes to invoke the adage from tennis great Billie Jean King that “pressure is a privilege.” Even if, at times, it doesn’t quite feel like it. And it might not at the moment for the American skiing star as she prepares for…
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Southern California changed the way people eat hamburgers, hot dogs and tacos after World War II. The rise of car culture in the 1940s and ’50s brought about several fast food chains that are still around today. A couple of them, Jack in the Box and Hot Dog on a Stick, are hitting major milestones…
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I have a feeling I’m going to get still another column out of the question I asked a couple of weeks ago, when I sought the readers’ choices for their best SoCal sports moments. This one might jog even more memories. The first impression from the responses to the original question: There’s not much recency…
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By SARA CLINE NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — As people head back to work Tuesday after the long holiday weekend, beads will be flying, crawfish boiling and parades rolling in New Orleans as the city celebrates Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, marks the climax and end of the weekslong Carnival season…
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By MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s national parks. A lawsuit filed in Boston says orders by President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have forced park service staff to…
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