LOS ANGELES — Ahead of a March 10 road loss to the Brooklyn Nets, with his team going through a mini offensive slump, Lakers coach JJ Redick expressed an eagerness to further incorporate the team’s movement/off-ball actions that are regularly used for after-timeout plays into its regular offensive package. One week later, the Lakers are…
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State law enforcement officials on Tuesday warned Californians to take steps to protect themselves amid new reports of individuals impersonating U.S. Immigrations and Custom Enforcement officers and other immigration scams. In recent months, California Attorney General Rob Bonta has issued ways to help California immigrants better understand their rights and protections under the law and…
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from military service on Tuesday, the latest in a string of legal setbacks for his sweeping agenda. Related Articles National Politics | Trump fires 2 Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission, seeking more control over…
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By WILL WEISSERT and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump fired two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, intensifying efforts to exert his administration’s control over independent agencies across the government. Related Articles National Politics | Federal prosecutors support UCLA students and professor in antisemitism lawsuit National Politics | Social…
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Once upon a time, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach and Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, track and field’s global governing body, were the closest of friends. “Best buddies,” said Olympic historian David Owen. They first met at the transformative XI Olympic Congress in Baden-Baden, a West German resort town, in September 1981 as…
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Six Flags Magic Mountain exhibited a willful disregard for safety by operating an “unreasonably dangerous” roller coaster that was responsible for the tragic and preventable death of a young Orange County man, a lawsuit contends. Anne and William Hawley alleged in a 2024 lawsuit that the X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain caused…
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The fate of two newly named national monuments in California that stretch across roughly 850,000 acres of scenic lands — an area 28 times larger than of the city of San Francisco — remained unclear Monday after President Trump issued a statement saying he was rescinding their protections, but then deleted it the next day.…
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Drunken drivers in Laguna Beach aren’t the only ones getting a wake-up call at DUI stops. Police are now alerting bars and restaurants when people who drank at their venues are arrested. And they’re reaching far beyond Laguna Beach. The public unveiling of the program — in which bars and restaurants throughout Orange County and…
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Q: Stephanie Fujiwara of Upland asked if it is legal for motorists to hold a dog on their lap while driving and allow the dog to hang its head out the window. “It seems so dangerous and a distraction for the drivers. I thought dogs were supposed to be restrained,” she said. A: In California, it’s legal…
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution, a federal judge ruled Tuesday as he indefinitely blocked billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency further cuts to the agency. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland ordered the Trump administration to restore email and computer access…
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