By MATTHEW LEE, SAMY MAGDY and SAM MEDNICK JERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hiked up pressure on Hamas on Wednesday to accept the latest proposal for a cease-fire with Israel, saying the “time is now” for an agreement that would free hostages and pause the nearly seven months of war in Gaza.…
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By Rob Nikolewski | San Diego Union Tribune California policymakers want to clean up the emissions spewed by the trucking industry — and they’ve passed mandates and established targets to get there. The federal government recently followed up, creating its own set of national guidelines that are staggered by year and truck classification. With California…
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TORRANCE — With less than a week on the job in the WNBA, it is only natural that Sparks rookies Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson are still trying to figure things out. The lottery picks are working hard to position themselves in the organization’s “core four” players, a concept detailed by first-year general manager Raegan…
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Conflict erupted out on UCLA’s campus in the late hours of Tuesday night as pro-Israel counter protesters attacked members of the “Palestinian Solidarity Encampment” and law enforcement failed to reestablish peace until around 4 a.m., prompting the university to cancel all classes on Wednesday, May 1. UCLA leadership is now under fire for its slow…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Orange County’s leading times, and select others, entering the CIF-SS Division 2 prelims on May 1: BOYS SWIMMING 200-yard medley relay (O.C. record 1:29.01 Santa Margarita ’23) SM 1:30.22 200 free (O.C. record 1:33.26 Shoults ’16) Maksymowski (Nor) 1:36.47 200 IM (O.C. record 1:45.42…
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At least once a month a new front opens in California’s political guerrilla war between state and local officials over housing. The Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom have issued a steady stream of laws and regulations aimed at forcing the state’s nearly 500 cities to embrace housing development, particularly apartments for low-income families. Communities that shun…
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ANAHEIM — At around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Kevin Pillar was an unemployed baseball player, sitting at home in Arizona, playing with his son. Then his phone rang, and within five hours he was in the clubhouse at Angel Stadium, with a spot on the Angels’ roster. “It’s kind of a crazy day, but exciting,”…
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Punk rockers who prefer the sweaty intimacy of a smaller venue are in for a treat ahead of the No Values Festival at the Pomona Fairplex on Saturday, June 8. The Garden Amp in Garden Grove announced a series of shows that will include some legendary bands who are also scheduled to play one of…
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A 4.1-magnitude earthquake centered on the border of Orange and Riverside counties was felt throughout much of Southern California on Wednesday, May 1, afternoon. The earthquake struck at 1:49 p.m. about six miles southwest of Corona, the U.S. Geological Survey said, placing the epicenter in the mountains between the counties. People in inland and coastal…
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By Todd Richmond | Associated Press MOUNT HOREB, Wis. — Witnesses described children fleeing amid the sound of gunshots near a Wisconsin middle school where authorities said an active shooter was “neutralized” outside the building Wednesday. There were no reported injuries to those inside the school. For panicked kids and their parents, the incident was…
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