The latest reminder of the California Republican Party’s death spiral came recently as Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom heads to what news reports call a re-election “cakewalk.” As the June 7 primary approaches, the GOP candidates with the best name recognition have announced that they will not challenge Newsom in this election cycle. That includes…
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For R&B singer-songwriter Nicole Wray, known professionally as Lady Wray, her third solo album, “Piece of Me,” was a true labor of love. It was released earlier this year through Big Crown Records, but Wray said the album began coming together back in 2018 when she was pregnant with her first child. At that time,…
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To define these final four weeks of the Miami Heat’s regular season as a chase for the No. 1 seed would run counter to much preached by Erik Spoelstra. And, for that matter, the approach of his floor general. Yes, the Heat headed into Tuesday night’s game against the Detroit Pistons at FTX Arena leading…
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Universal Studios Hollywood’s announcement that it will open a Nintendo-themed land next year sets up 2023 as a big year for California theme park fans. Super Nintendo World, which has been under construction next to the Transformers ride on the park’s Lower Lot, will feature what Universal has called a real-life Mario Kart ride. Now…
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Southern California home prices continued a 1 ½-year, double-digit climb last month, setting a record for the 11th time in just over a year. Meanwhile, home sales dipped from a year ago, but still had the second-highest tally for the month for the last 15 years. With the 2022 spring homebuying season just getting started,…
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Jonathan Isaac will miss the remainder of the Orlando Magic’s 2021-22 season, the team announced Tuesday morning. Isaac hasn’t played since tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the “bubble” on Aug. 2, 2020, after the league returned from a four-month hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He had just recovered from…
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By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and ASHRAF KHALIL NEW YORK (AP) — Police said early Tuesday they arrested a suspected gunman who has been stalking homeless men asleep on the streets of New York City and Washington D.C., killing at least two people and wounding three others in less than two weeks. Law enforcement arrested the…
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No player on the Nets roster has stepped up more in the aftermath of the James Harden trade than utility playmaker Bruce Brown. Brown has scored in double digits in all but two of the Nets’ 13 games since the Feb. 10 trade deadline. He is averaging a hair under 14 points on 53.5% shooting…
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By SUSIE BLANN and ELAINE GANLEY LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — They are idealists who abandoned their jobs for the battlefields of Ukraine, looking for a cause or simply to fight. The Ukrainian president’s call for foreign volunteers to join an international brigade to help bolster his country’s defense with a new layer of resistance to…
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By RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI and JAMEY KEATEN PRZEMYSL, Poland (AP) — While tens of thousands of people have fled Ukraine every day since Russia’s invasion, a small but growing number are heading in the other direction. At first they were foreign volunteers, Ukrainian expatriate men heading to fight and people delivering aid. But increasingly, women are…
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