Who would have thought that San Francisco, the most progressive big city in America, would lead a pushback toward a more moderate political consensus? Yet on Tuesday voters recalled their progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin by a 60 percent to 40 percent margin. This has turned into a major national news story given its impact…
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Twenty-five years ago this week, the Mets and Yankees played for real for the first time, games that counted not just in fans’ souls or owners’ minds, but in the standings, too. The birth of interleague play, which has offered annual bragging rights ever since — sometimes over someone in your own home — delighted…
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Corona del Mar’s boys golf team celebrated arguably the wildest championship run of the school year last week. The Sea Kings received their championship plaque, patches, medals and shirts for winning the CIF-SS Division 1 team title during an on-campus presentation made by section commissioner Rob Wigod. “It was pretty cool,” said veteran coach Corona…
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One person was found dead after firefighters put out a mobile home fire in Santa Ana Friday night, June 10, authorities said. Orange County firefighters responded to the 5000 block of West McFadden Avenue just before 10:15 p.m. and found a mobile home well-involved with fire, spokesman Capt. Thanh Nguyen said. Firefighters immediately started the…
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By Niguel Duara | CalMatters California has a recidivism problem. Two-thirds of people incarcerated in the state will return to prison within three years, either through new offenses or parole violations, according to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation data. In Norway, by contrast, recidivism is down from 60%-70% in the 1980s to about 20%…
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Newport Beach is set to be the first city on the West Coast to turn to a relatively low-tech, autonomous water wheel system to scoop trash headed toward Upper Newport Bay. The California Coastal Commission commended the city for its plan for corralling trash that flows from upstream communities along the San Diego Creek and…
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ANAHEIM — So, which way do the Angels go from here? They won a game Thursday night, after a club-record 14 straight losses, but all is not necessarily copacetic. The New York Mets showed up Friday night with the National League’s best record and proceeded to smack the Angels around, 7-3, even with Brandon Marsh…
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This is about some things a slow thinker from pro football named Jack Del Rio said the other day. Del Rio, sounding as if he played without a helmet when he was in the league, was trying to explain his core beliefs, such as they are, about his country in the aftermath of the police…
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From among a field of nine candidates for mayor, Los Angeles voters have chosen Congresswoman Karen Bass and billionaire businessman Rick Caruso to face off in the November general election, a litmus test of sorts that will measure the angst and hope of the city. While many had predicted the two would head to a runoff,…
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Apple employees are getting a pay bump. The tech giant recently announced plans to raise the starter pay by 10 percent for U.S. workers to $22 an hour. More power to them. Apple raked in record profits during the pandemic and workers deserve a share of that success. But, policymakers should be careful to keep the benefits of naturally…
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