More than a week after Election Day, Rep. Michelle Steel is still holding onto her razor-thin lead over Derek Tran in the race for California’s 45th congressional district, as of the latest vote tally posted by the secretary of state Thursday, Nov. 14. But Tran has further cut into her lead in the nailbiter race.…
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UCLA (4-5 overall, 3-4 Big Ten) at Washington (5-5, 3-4) When: Friday, 6 p.m. Where: Husky Stadium, Seattle TV/radio: Fox (Ch. 11)/570 AM Line: Washington by 4 What’s at stake? These are two teams trending in opposite directions with UCLA winning three in a row and Washington dropping three out of its past four games.…
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People who frequent Lake Gregory in the San Bernardino Mountains are seething and grieving after authorities say a man trampled on the beauty and tranquility there by throwing rocks and injuring a great egret, leading to its death. The bird was so beloved that visitors gave it a name: Arthur. “The egret stands out all…
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LOS ANGELES — Officials organizing the 2028 Olympic Games said on Thursday that they do not expect the election of Donald Trump as president to impact the funding of Los Angeles’ third Olympics. LA28 has a $6.9 billion budget funded by television rights, corporate sponsorships, marketing and ticket and merchandising revenue streams. But security for…
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Having picked up just two of a possible 10 points thus far during their longest stretch at home this season, the Ducks will seek to salvage two more as they wrap up their residency against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night. Despite their lack of tangible results, the Ducks were satisfied with elements of…
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California has a lengthy — very lengthy — list of critical economic, social and policy issues that are very likely to remain unresolved when Gavin Newsom vacates the governorship 26 months hence. The nation’s highest levels of poverty and homelessness, shortages and rising costs of housing, exploding energy bills, an uncertain water supply, street crime,…
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LONG BEACH — Roger Penske’s fingerprints are all over the motorsports landscape in Southern California. His latest venture will be overseeing the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in April. Penske Entertainment acquired the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach on Thursday, buying it from Gerald R. Forsythe, and will be in charge of running…
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EL SEGUNDO — The play was designed for quarterback Justin Herbert to run around the right side of the Chargers’ formation on fourth-and-1 from the Tennessee Titans’ 4-yard line this past Sunday. The blocking broke down in front of Herbert, though, and so he was forced to improvise, to think on his feet. No problem.…
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By Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters California’s top Senate Democrat called a prominent labor union “morally bankrupt” after it spent more than $1 million to oppose the state’s most vulnerable Democratic senator in a tight race that could put a Republican in his seat. The union apparently spent the money against Sen. Josh Newman of Fullerton…
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The Broadway sensation is hitting the big screen. That’s right, 20 years after it premiered in California and shortly thereafter made its way to New York, “Wicked” is coming to movie theaters across the globe. Part one of the film premieres on Nov. 22, with the second part set to come out Nov. 21, 2025.…
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