Today, as Russia masses upwards of 125,000 troops on Ukraine’s border, and China sends hundreds of warplanes into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone, the United States is faced with a harsh new reality; balance of power politics has returned with a vengeance. U.S. foreign policy needs to adapt and reflect the world as it is, not how we wish…
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BEIJING — A Russian woman was standing atop the figure skating podium at the Beijing Games on Thursday night. It just wasn’t the one anyone expected. Even the fact that there was a podium was a surprise. Anna Shcherbakova, the overlooked world champion, delivered a clean performance in her free skate at historic Capital Indoor…
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Bus transportation has gradually returned to Southern California’s tribal-owned casinos after it stopped at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic nearly two years ago. While some casinos have resumed bus operations, others are still suspended without a timeframe for when they’ll return. Here’s a look at the current busing situation at Southern California casinos. Agua…
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By Amy Yee and Andre Tartar | Bloomberg Almost 350,000 loans made to small businesses in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic haven’t been forgiven, according to a Bloomberg News analysis of Paycheck Protection Program data, and most of them are for less than $25,000. That lingering debt — about $28 billion, the analysis shows —…
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About 175 student organizations turned out last week for Discoverfest, CSUF’s largest involvement event for student organizations. Hosted by the Office of Student Life & Leadership, in partnership with Associated Students, Inc., Discoverfest featured an in-person fair Feb. 9 and Feb. 10 on the Titan Walk, Jacaranda Court and walkway leading to the Pollak Library.…
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P.J. O’Rourke, the great satirist and journalist who championed liberty with humor, died on Tuesday at the age of 74. O’Rourke, born in Toledo, Ohio in 1947, came to embrace a fusion of conservatism and libertarianism in the 1970s after a period in his youth as a self-described left-wing hippie. Over the course of his…
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Turn the pages of Stephen White‘s new book on California photography and every so often a familiar name or image jumps out. Dorothea Lange’s iconic 1936 photograph of a migrant mother is here. One of Ansel Adams‘ pictures of Yosemite in winter shows up too. But then you stop, unable to turn away from a…
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BEIJING — The British have clinched their first medal of the Beijing Games, thanks to Bruce Mouat and the men’s curling team. Four Scottish lads beat the American defending Olympic champions 8-4 in the semifinals Thursday night to clinch no worse than a silver medal and earn the right to play Sweden for the gold.…
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Mortgage rates soared again this week, approaching levels not seen since 2019. The average rate on a 30-year loan reached 3.92%, up from 3.69% the previous week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday. A year ago, the long-term rate was 2.81%. The last time the 30-year rate was higher was in May of 2019 when…
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LOS ANGELES — A disbarred personal injury lawyer who operated in Irvine, Los Angeles and El Segundo faces sentencing Thursday for stealing the majority of a multimillion-dollar settlement that should have been paid to a car accident victim, as well as cheating on his taxes. Philip Layfield was found guilty of 22 counts, including wire…
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