California has a lengthy — very lengthy — list of critical economic, social and policy issues that are very likely to remain unresolved when Gavin Newsom vacates the governorship 26 months hence. The nation’s highest levels of poverty and homelessness, shortages and rising costs of housing, exploding energy bills, an uncertain water supply, street crime,…
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LONG BEACH — Roger Penske’s fingerprints are all over the motorsports landscape in Southern California. His latest venture will be overseeing the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in April. Penske Entertainment acquired the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach on Thursday, buying it from Gerald R. Forsythe, and will be in charge of running…
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EL SEGUNDO — The play was designed for quarterback Justin Herbert to run around the right side of the Chargers’ formation on fourth-and-1 from the Tennessee Titans’ 4-yard line this past Sunday. The blocking broke down in front of Herbert, though, and so he was forced to improvise, to think on his feet. No problem.…
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By Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters California’s top Senate Democrat called a prominent labor union “morally bankrupt” after it spent more than $1 million to oppose the state’s most vulnerable Democratic senator in a tight race that could put a Republican in his seat. The union apparently spent the money against Sen. Josh Newman of Fullerton…
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The Broadway sensation is hitting the big screen. That’s right, 20 years after it premiered in California and shortly thereafter made its way to New York, “Wicked” is coming to movie theaters across the globe. Part one of the film premieres on Nov. 22, with the second part set to come out Nov. 21, 2025.…
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Sage Hill seniors Wilson Song and Connor Wong didn’t need to preach much to move a rather full choir at the annual National Philanthropy Day lunch Thursday. The Grove in Anaheim was packed with people from Orange County who care about philanthropy. Still, they got the program started with their enthusiastic advocacy for finding ways…
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Southern California-based defendants who took part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol following Donald Trump’s 2020 electoral loss could be among the winners of Trump’s imminent return to the White House if the president-elect follows through on promises of clemency related to the Jan. 6 riot. Throughout the campaign season, Trump repeatedly pledged pardons…
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Weeks before the Sting 3.0 Tour reached Los Angeles, the singer-bassist described his decision to tour as a trio for the first time in years as a way to surprise both himself and the audience. We can’t say how surprised he was at the Wiltern Theatre on Wednesday, Nov. 13, the second of five nights…
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LOS ANGELES — After practice has ended, after players have pulled off their shoulder pads and retreated to the weight room or showers, after coaches have returned to their offices, Stetson Bennett IV and Dave Ragone walk clockwise laps around the Rams’ practice field. It started around Week 3; Ragone, the quarterbacks coach, asked Bennett,…
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When Ashwin and Poonam Jain began searching for a larger home for themselves and two children in San Ramon earlier this summer, they quickly realized they were spending hours scrutinizing homes online, evaluating school districts and comparing sales prices of nearby listings. Though they’d both appreciated agents’ help in the past, they felt as experienced…
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