There’s an easy and unfortunate recent economic parallel to President Donald Trump’s absurd proposal to slap a 100% tariff on “foreign” films coming into the United States as some supposed protectionism for the American movie industry. It’s the Trump administration’s various high tariffs on foreign wines and spirits, levied in order to supposedly protect domestic…
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Eighty pro-Palestinian protesters were taken into custody at Columbia University after more than 100 demonstrators took over Butler Library as final exams were scheduled to begin, cops said Thursday. Federal authorities are reviewing the visa status of all those taken into custody, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X. Acting President Claire Shipman authorized…
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By MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved. Before long, Fetterman began repeating himself, shouting and questioning why “everybody is mad at me,” “why does everyone hate me, what did I ever…
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For the first time since the news broke nearly three weeks ago that 2025 would be Steve Cherundolo’s fourth and final season as head coach of the Los Angeles Football Club, the 46-year-old American answered questions about his pending departure in the fall. A day after FIFA announced that LAFC would play Club América for the…
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Southern Californians seeking an apartment deal are finding this chore is getting tougher. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed April’s rent report from ApartmentList for the 250 largest U.S. cities, including 32 from Southern California. ApartmentList combines pricing patterns for all-sized rentals from its own listings with government rent-cost data to create its rent indexes. Locally, the…
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ROLLING HILLS ESTATES — Peninsula’s Drake Harris described the final point of Wednesday’s CIF Southern Section Division 2 quarterfinal battle as one of the weirdest he has ever experienced. “It was probably the weirdest feeling I ever had serving,” Harris said. ”My legs were tingling and the crowd was going crazy.” Serving on match point,…
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ROLLING HILLS ESTATES — Peninsula’s Drake Harris described the final point of Wednesday’s CIF Southern Section Division 2 quarterfinal battle as one of the weirdest he has ever experienced. “It was probably the weirdest feeling I ever had serving,” Harris said. ”My legs were tingling and the crowd was going crazy.” Serving on match point,…
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The schedule for Orange County teams in the CIF-SS boys volleyball playoffs Friday and Saturday. CIF-SS BOYS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS Games start at 6 p.m. unless noted. FRIDAY Division 1 Loyola at Huntington Beach Corona del Mar at Mira Costa, 6:30 p.m. SATURDAY Division 1 Redondo at Newport Harbor Division 2 Mater Dei at St. Francis…
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Mater Dei’s Joseph McClendon, left, celebrates with Josh Sumbong, right, as the Monarchs defeat Edison in the CIF-SS Division 2 boys volleyball quarterfinal playoff in Huntington Beach on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Mater Dei’s Josh Sumbong sets the ball for a teammate in the CIF-SS Division 2 boys volleyball…
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ANAHEIM — The Angels’ late-inning magic continued for a second straight night. The Angels scored three runs on Jorge Soler’s bases-loaded double in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4, on Wednesday night. The ninth-inning rally lifted the Angels (15-20) to their first consecutive victories since they won three in…
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