Huge whale balloons and marching bands kicked up the energy on Saturday, March 5, in Dana Point Harbor during the Magical Migration Parade. The parade kicked off the 51st Festival of the Whales, featuring two fun-filled days in the harbor. The festival celebrates the migration of gray whales past Dana Point as they travel from…
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Melissa Manchester hasn’t performed in the Village since 2013, but those who have been eagerly awaiting her return are in for a treat. On Saturday, March 5, Manchester will be at the Performing Arts Center as part of the Champagne Pops series of concerts. She will present her hits – “Don’t Cry Out Loud,” “Whenever…
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The Los Angeles Football Club faces an early season test against the Portland Timbers on Sunday night at Banc of California Stadium. Winless in its last five matches against Portland, including a trio of 2-1 losses last year, LAFC has taken just six out of a possible 21 points against the Oregonians since the 2020…
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By ELDAR EMRIC SIRET, Romania (AP) — Life or death choices leave little time for sentiment. War refugees fleeing Russian ordnance in Ukraine grabbed only the essentials for their journeys to safety: key documents, a beloved pet, often not even a change of clothes. Lena Nesterova remembers the hour her fate was sealed: Feb. 24,…
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By MATTHEW LEE KORCZOWA, Poland (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday visited a welcome center set up by Polish authorities in what once was a shopping mall in Korczowa, close to the border with Ukraine, where roughly 3,000 refugees are taking shelter after the Russian invasion of their homeland. While at…
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With a rousing rally at their backs, the Kings will play two matches in a 30-hour span across Sunday and Monday with visits to Buffalo and Boston to wrap up their four-game road trip. They surmounted a two-goal, second-intermission deficit against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday, completing their fifth comeback after trailing through 40…
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By YURAS KARMANAU LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that Ukrainian statehood is in jeopardy and likened the West’s sanctions on Russia to “declaring war,” while a promised cease-fire in the port city of Mariupol collapsed amid scenes of terror in the besieged town. With the Kremlin’s rhetoric growing fiercer and…
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By Kathleen Foody and Teresa Crawford | Associated Press CHICAGO — When Russia invaded her home country of Ukraine, Maria decided she had to get there and help defend it — even if it meant leaving her fiancé behind in Chicago days after getting married. Maria and her fiancé, David, married Saturday with little fanfare…
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By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — Fighting for his country’s survival, Ukraine’s leader made a “desperate” plea Saturday to American lawmakers for the United States to help get more warplanes to his military and cut off Russian oil imports as Kyiv tries to stave off the Russian invasion. President…
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By GLENN GAMBOA and HALELUYA HADERO In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the fog of war is extending to those who are trying to help the beleaguered Ukrainians. With ports blocked and roads made treacherous by bombings, charities currently can’t send humanitarian aid into Ukraine through normal channels, though both countries agreed Thursday…
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