CORONA — The Santiago girls soccer team might have come away empty-handed in the opening five minutes, but the Sharks attacking mentality and determination paid dividends later on in the first half. Villa Park senior goalkeeper Mikayla Kendall made three spectacular saves to keep Santiago off of the scoreboard early, but Kaitlyn Taylor and Emilee…
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A winter storm brought snow, rain, and chill that broke records for Feb. 23 in parts of Southern California. In Orange County, Anaheim tied a record for lowest maximum temperature at 58 degrees, a record previously established in 2001, according to the National Weather Service. Riverside County saw records fall in two communities Wednesday. In…
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An energy consultant who helped create the City of Industry’s public utility tried to warn former City Manager Paul Philips about glaring red flags and unrealistic promises associated with a proposed utility expansion that included a solar farm now at the heart of a $20 million corruption scandal, according to testimony at a preliminary hearing…
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U.S. forward Catarina Macario, center, fights past Iceland defender Glodis Perla Viggosdottir, left, and midfielder Gunnhildur Jonsdottir during the first half of their SheBelieves Cup match on Wednesday night in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter) U.S. forward Catarina Macario, right, and midfielder Ashley Sanchez celebrate Macario’s goal during the first half of their SheBelieves Cup…
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By Kaanita Iyer | CNN Amid a nationwide rise in homicides, a new study has found that “stand your ground” laws — which allow people to respond to threats with potentially lethal force without fear of criminal prosecution — are linked to increased homicide rates, amounting to hundreds of additional deaths per year. States saw…
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Disneyland is getting closer to reaching pre-pandemic staffing levels, hiring hundreds more employees each week and offering $1,500 bonuses for the most difficult-to-fill jobs as the Anaheim theme park continues a phased reopening following an extended pandemic closure. The Disneyland resort has 30,000 cast members currently working with a job fair planned for later this…
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Ongoing disagreements between Poseidon Water and state regulators over a proposed desalination plant in Huntington Beach have resulted in a March 17 permit hearing being postponed at the company’s request. Poseidon is seeking the final permit needed, from the state Coastal Commission, before it can finalize contract terms with the Orange County Water District and…
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Again, this is how it’s supposed to work in Los Angeles. The Sparks missed the WNBA playoffs in 2021 “by one possession,” as Coach/GM Derek Fisher pointed out at a news conference Wednesday. They last won a championship in 2016, and while everyone said the right things, it had to be kind of galling, deep…
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Newly signed Sparks center Liz Cambage speaks to reporters during her introductory press conference on Wednesday at Crypto.Com Arena. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Newly signed Sparks center Liz Cambage receives her jersey during her introductory press conference on Wednesday at Crypto.Com Arena. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Sparks…
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By EUGENE GARCIA ADELANTO, Calif. (AP) — A small convoy of truckers demanding an end to coronavirus mandates began a cross-country drive from California to the Washington, D.C., area on Wednesday. Several hundred people rallied in a parking lot in the cold, windswept Mojave Desert town of Adelanto before about two dozen trucks and a…
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