This week police bloodhounds from across America gather in Los Angeles to put their noses to the test in the National Police Blood Hound Association certification exam. Passing the exam is an annual requirement for both newbie and veteran police hounds. Doing so is no simple feat. Bloodhounds and their trainers must undergo a 40-hour,…
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The Federal Reserve wants your pay raise. When Fed chairman Jerome Powell says “the labor market is extraordinarily strong” what he’s really saying is too much good stuff for workers is making a mess of his inflation-cooling efforts. The nation’s central bank is struggling to dampen the worst bout of inflation in four decades. Some…
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By HILLEL ITALIE | AP National Writer NEW YORK — Burt Bacharach, the singularly gifted and popular composer who delighted with the quirky arrangements and unforgettable melodies of “Walk on By,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” and dozens of other hits, has died at 94. The Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning Bacharach died…
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A co-host of “Ear Hustle,” the Pulitzer Prize-nominated podcast produced behind bars, was released from San Quentin State Prison on Wednesday, a year after Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted his sentence. Rahsaan Thomas, 52, left the prison and was greeted by his fellow podcast co-hosts Walter Woods, who was freed in 2019, and Nigel Poor. “We’re…
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MONTEREY – After months of mystery, local authorities have recovered Monterey’s favorite rabble-rouser, Dennis the Menace. Stolen from its namesake playground at El Estero Park last August, the bronze statue was found Wednesday by the Monterey County Sheriff’s Dive Team. Mischievous as ever – and still dripping by Wednesday afternoon – Dennis was located in…
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By MEHMET GUZEL, GHAITH ALSAYED, SUZAN FRASER and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY ANTAKYA, Turkey — Thousands who lost their homes in a catastrophic earthquake huddled around campfires and clamored for food and water in the bitter cold, three days after the temblor and series of aftershocks hit Turkey and Syria, killing more than 17,000. Rescuers continued their…
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By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN BRUSSELS — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that “a Ukraine that is winning” should become a European Union member, arguing the bloc wouldn’t be whole without his country being an integral part of the EU. Zelenskky made his comments during an address to the European Parliament on a rare…
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LOS ALAMITOS – The Los Alamitos boys basketball team was going to need contributions from multiple players to beat Santa Margarita. The Griffins got them in their 55-50 win over the Eagles in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs Wednesday at Los Alamitos High. Los Alamitos celebrates after defeating Santa…
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A roundup of the Orange County boys basketball games Wednesday in the first round of the CIF Southern Section playoffs: DIVISION 1 JSerra 64, Great Oak 53: JSerra got big performances from its star players in a road win over Great Oak of Temecula. Sebastian Rancik had 24 points for JSerra (21-8) and Aidan Fowler…
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The scores from Wednesday’s games and the updated schedule for the CIF Southern Section boys basketball playoffs. CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Games start 7 p.m. but subject to change OPEN DIVISION Pool-play format Pool Play Round 1, Friday, Feb. 10 Pool A: Sierra Canyon at Centennial; Notre Dame/SO at Bishop Montgomery Pool B: St. Bernard at Harvard-Westlake; St. John Bosco…
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