It’s hard to believe that sports reporter Jim Healy passed away more than three decades ago. It seems like it was just yesterday that I was in the back seat of my father’s car listening to his commentary on the original KMPC (now KSPN, 710 AM). Healy passed away on July 22, 1994, at the…
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A new bill in the California Legislature aims to regulate state regulators a bit. Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Huntington Beach, is pushing legislation that would limit the ability of state agencies and regulators to adopt unilaterally major regulations that cost $50 million or more. Sacramento Snapshot Editor’s note: Sacramento Snapshot is a weekly series during the legislative session…
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The Anaheim Unified High School District board recently agreed to solicit redevelopment proposals for the Hope School site. Hope is the district’s only dedicated special needs school; it opened in 1969 with a class of 52 students and seven teachers. The campus at 7901 Knott Avenue in Buena Park has grown to now house a…
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Drake Maye vs. Sam Darnold. Two stingy defenses. A second-year head coach vs. a veteran coach in his second act. Super Bowl 60 is set and it’s a rematch: The New England Patriots vs. the Seattle Seahawks. The Patriots will seek their NFL-record seventh Super Bowl victory when they face the Seahawks on Feb. 8…
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press Business Writer The U.S. is taking a minority stake in an Oklahoma rare earth miner, the latest government investment in the sector as it seeks to minimize its reliance on imports of a material used prevalently in smartphones, robotics, electric vehicles and many other high tech products. Related Articles Trump,…
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. team released its 232-athlete roster for the Milan Cortina Olympics on Monday and it includes Lindsey Vonn and bobsledders Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor, who are among the seven Americans making their fifth trip to the games. Other five-timers are hockey player Hilary Knight, figure skater Evan…
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Why aren’t cash-strapped house hunters flocking to condos, Southern California’s relative housing bargain? My trusty spreadsheet reviewed Attom sales data for the six-county region from November 2025 back to 2005. It found that the recent affordability-linked sales slump has been little different for condominiums and pricier single-family houses. Ponder the depth of Southern California’s sales…
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By JULIA FRANKEL and SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The remains of the final hostage in Gaza have been recovered, Israel’s military said Monday, clearing the way for the next phase of the ceasefire that paused the Israel-Hamas war. Related Articles Talks with US and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi were constructive but major challenges remain, Kremlin…
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By Paula Span, KFF Health News Let’s be clear: The primary reason to be vaccinated against shingles is that two shots provide at least 90% protection against a painful, blistering disease that a third of Americans will suffer in their lifetimes, one that can cause lingering nerve pain and other nasty long-term consequences. The most…
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Sometimes the best spin is to just keep your mouth shut. But not everyone does it. Californians recently learned that another relatively high-profile potential gubernatorial candidate, LA-based developer Rick Caruso, would not be running for that post or any other. Caruso’s announcement came after other big name potential candidates, like Sen. Alex Padilla, Attorney General…
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