Soon after San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan announced his campaign for governor of California, I reached out to ask Mahan about his views on the state’s public employee unions. These unions, after all, are key political actors in the state and wield considerable influence over who gets elected and what they can do to reform…
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By SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino praised a federal agent who shot a Chicago woman during an immigration crackdown last year, according to evidence released Wednesday by attorneys who accused the Trump administration of mishandling the investigation and spreading lies about the shooting. Marimar Martinez, a teaching assistant…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now ORANGE COUNTY GIRLS WATER POLO TOP 10 (Records through Tuesday, Feb. 10) 1. Newport Harbor (25-3): The Sailors carry a 10-match winning streak into their Group B clash against visiting Oaks Christian in the CIF-SS Open Division on Wednesday. Newport Harbor can advance…
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A 19-year-old man was charged with murder in the stabbing death of a homeless man in Anaheim late Sunday night, Feb. 8, authorities said. The stabbing was reported around 11:45 p.m. in an alley on the 2000 block of East Ball Road,near State College Boulevard, where Hieu Quan Nguyen allegedly stabbed Dennis Edward Welsch Jr.,…
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By PETER SMITH, Associated Press A member of the federal Religious Liberty Commission has been ousted after a hearing this week that featured tense exchanges on the definition of antisemitism. The ousted member, Carrie Prejean Boller, had defended prominent commentator Candace Owens, who routinely shares antisemitic conspiracy theories. Prejean Boller, a model turned conservative activist,…
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Police officers and sheriff’s deputies used excessive force on an Orange County accountant who was shot in the side of the head with a less-than-lethal launcher while walking away from law enforcement at a Santa Ana protest last summer, according to a newly filed civil rights lawsuit. Tony Lawrence Olson suffered a skull fracture and…
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By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to slap back President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, a rare if largely symbolic rebuke of the White House agenda as Republicans joined Democrats over the objections of GOP leadership. The tally, 219-211, was among the first times the House, controlled by Republicans, has…
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A key piece of the Dodgers’ recent bullpens is returning to the team after all. Right-hander Evan Phillips has agreed to a one-year contract that will pay him $6.5 million in 2026. Phillips underwent Tommy John surgery at the start of last June and is not expected back until midseason. He will start the season…
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Activists planned protests at more than two dozen Target stores around the United States on Wednesday to pressure the discount retailer into taking a public stand against the five-week-old immigration crackdown in its home state of Minnesota. ICE Out Minnesota, a coalition of community groups, religious…
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When Americans — when any Westerners — find themselves in agreement with the reasonable, nuanced tone of Vladimir V. Putin on a sensitive international issue, you know the world has gone topsy-turvy. Yet that is the case facing the West this week. The New START treaty, versions of which have kept the world safe from…
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