Schoolchildren in California, Oregon and Washington will no longer be required to wear masks as part of new indoor mask policies the Democratic governors of all three states announced jointly on Monday. As this major, and hotly debated, pandemic-era restriction begins to wind down along with many other, we wanted to take a moment to…
Read more
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The final Orange County high school girls basketball rankings for 2021-22. GIRLS BASKETBALL TOP 25 (Records through Sunday, Feb. 27) 1. Mater Dei (23-5): Monarchs drew the surprisingly-low No. 7 seed for the SoCal Open regionals and a trip to play No. 2…
Read more
Robert Pattinson isn’t morally opposed to superhero films. But he wasn’t exactly seeking them out before “The Batman” came along, either. The 35-year-old who seemed to emerge as a fully formed superstar in mega franchises like “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” has for the past decade or so found himself chasing edgier fare, smaller movies with…
Read more
Batman, never a day person, is plunged into perpetual night in Matt Reeves’ nocturnal, nihilist, neo-noir take on the Caped Crusader. Reeves’ three-hour-long “The Batman” includes plenty of action, character introductions, gadgets and other various superhero accoutrement. But it is no extravaganza. This “Batman” is a morose mood piece, soaked in shadow and rage, that…
Read more
When the Miami Dolphins made the surprising move on Jan. 10 to fire former coach Brian Flores, many believed it had to mean there was a big-name coaching pursuit owner Steve Ross and the Dolphins were prepared to make. According to a Monday morning report, there was one — just not who everyone thought in…
Read more
The next Miami Dolphins big-play receiving threat, cornerstone blocker on the offensive line or every-down running back might make his lasting pre-draft impression on the organization this week at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. New Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel has had his coaching staff assembled for less than two weeks, but the group has…
Read more
Los Angeles County will lift its indoor masking requirement at K-12 schools and childcare sites beginning March 12, in line with the state’s announcement on Monday, Feb. 28, that California will lift its indoor mandate beginning the same date, citing falling coronavirus case and hospitalization rates, officials said. The county’s shift is, like the state’s,…
Read more
Rents at more than 1,000 units at two apartment buildings in Irvine are expected to be marked down and turned into the city’s first housing priced for people making middle-of-the-road incomes. Sometimes called “workforce housing,” the lower-rate units are meant to target renters who fall into a void within the housing market — what’s been…
Read more
By GRAHAM DUNBAR GENEVA (AP) — Russian teams were suspended Monday from all international soccer, including qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup, as Moscow was pushed toward pariah status in sports for its invasion of Ukraine. World soccer body FIFA and European authority UEFA banned Russian national and clubs teams from their competitions “until…
Read more
By MARÍA VERZA | Associated Press For the investigators, the human foot — burned, but with some fabric still attached — was the tipoff: Until recently, this squat, ruined house was a place where bodies were ripped apart and incinerated, where the remains of some of Mexico’s missing multitudes were obliterated. How many disappeared in…
Read more
