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By ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM (Associated Press) HOUSTON (AP) — “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” Rarely have voters’ answers to that question been so complicated. Former President Donald Trump asked the time-tested question of his supporters in all-caps Monday on his Truth Social platform. President Joe Biden did the same three…
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Josh Homme repeatedly promised the audience that the benefit concert he hosted at the Belasco in Los Angeles on Wednesday would be “a night of unexpected things.” And, of course, the frontman and co-founder of Queens of the Stone Age would know that given all the guests were all his friends, including musicians Dave Grohl…
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State Farm, California’s largest insurer, announced it will discontinue coverage for 72,000 homes and apartments starting this summer, a move likely to sharply inflate housing costs for affected residents in a state that’s reeling from a series of destructive recent wildfires. The Illinois-based insurance giant, which accounts for a fifth of the California home insurance…
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The Ducks have signed goalie Tomas Suchanek to an entry-level contract that will span from the 2024-25 season until the 2026-27 campaign. Suchanek, 20, was passed over in three consecutive drafts but had long been on the Ducks’ radar, as well as that of the Buffalo Sabres, who invited him to their prospect camp in…
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It was a “listening session,” with county transportation reps hoping to gain stakeholder feedback for their plans to protect the rail line that runs along the coast through San Clemente and Dana Point, and the message they heard was loud and clear: Sand, not bulkier rock boulders and walls, should be the solution to protect…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrated the passage of Prop. 1 at a Downtown L.A. press conference on Tuesday, March 21, after tense weeks during which his $6.4 billion mental-health bond measure teetered dangerously close to failure. Having narrowly escaped political disaster, Newsom was thrilled with his narrow victory. “I’ve never been associated with something I’m more…
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COSTA MESA — Joe Hortiz knew there would be difficult choices to make when he accepted the job as the Chargers’ new general manager Jan. 30. The Chargers were over the NFL’s salary cap. Way over it. Four players, four cornerstones of the roster, made up the bulk of the team’s cap concerns. Something would…
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Defying Santa Anita’s dire warnings, the California Horse Racing Board on Thursday approved plans for an autumn thoroughbred season at the Pleasanton fairgrounds in Northern California’s East Bay. The decision, by a 6-0 vote with one member absent, capped an emotional meeting in Sacramento where the board quizzed proponents of replacing soon-to-close Golden Gate Fields…
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Kennedy Fuller decided to turn professional and sign with Angel City FC as a 16-year-old. On Sunday, just eight days after turning 17, Fuller was in the starting lineup as Angel City opened the season against Bay FC in front a sellout crowd of 22,000 at BMO Stadium. Fuller said learned she was starting the…
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In-N-Out Burger will go ahead with plans to close its Oakland restaurant this weekend, the Irvine-based fast food chain confirmed in an email Thursday. The drive-thru’s last day will be Sunday, March 24, as the company announced in late January, citing crime in the area as endangering customers and employees. Statistics show the crime situation…
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