Restaurants are using gift card deals to lure dad away from the grill this Father’s Day weekend, but there’s also bacon, beer and, at one chain, really large steaks. The holiday falls on Sunday, June 16, but many deals start early and run longer. Here are some of the promotions restaurant chains have announced in…
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The reported fight for a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy’s gun in Corona on Tuesday resulted in a San Diego County resident being arrested on suspicion of murder and mayhem after the deputy shot to death a woman involved in the struggle and the deputy was hospitalized, the Sheriff’s Department said. Eric Nourani, 33, was also…
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Jerry West taught multiple generations of Southern Californians various lessons through the years. For children of the ’60s, his and the Lakers’ struggles through the decade against the Boston Celtics reminded us that life wasn’t fair, and valiant effort wasn’t necessarily its own reward. What else could you divine from someone who was named MVP…
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Fullerton Councilmember Ahmad Zahra was met with cheers from about 100 kids as he proclaimed, “Swim camp is open,” at the start of the Zac Foundation’s Water Safety Camp this week. The four-day water-focused camp, hosted by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Fullerton, started with an opening ceremony that included Julie Lopiccolo telling the…
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PINEHURST, N.C. — Pebble Beach has the Pacific Ocean. Oakmont is the brute with its church pew bunkers. Pinehurst No. 2 has the cereal bowls turned upside down. The greens at Pinehurst No. 2 are the signature of this Donald Ross course that hosts the 124th U.S. Open starting on Thursday. They go by any…
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Molly Crane-Newman | New York Daily News NEW YORK — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and a member of the prosecution team that secured Donald Trump’s conviction for covering up a conspiracy to hide information from voters on Tuesday agreed to testify about the case before Congress next month. “It undermines the rule of law to spread…
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NEWTOWN, Conn. — The students who survived the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 live with their trauma — and without their friends — every day. Sitting around a table at the Edmund Town Hall in Newtown on their last Friday as high school students, five seniors who survived the shooting were making plans to…
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LOS ANGELES – The Dodgers added more infield depth, acquiring veteran utility man Cavan Biggio from the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday for minor-league right-hander Braydon Fisher. The Dodgers are expected to option outfielder Miguel Vargas to Triple-A Oklahoma City to make room on the active roster. Biggio, 29, has six seasons of experience with…
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Lautaro Grinspan | (TNS) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution EL PASO, Texas — A 24-year-old mother from Venezuela called it “destiny” that she and her twin daughters had made it into the U.S. just hours before new restrictions were enacted at the border. Clad in a purple tracksuit, Jenny Giro breastfed her daughters while sitting on the…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the talk of the tech world and has become the dominant new kid on the block in the world of Silicon Valley startups. AI has also taken to the streets as fully autonomous robotaxis have been roaming San Francisco since last August — and are expected to expand to the rest…
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