California Sen. Dave Min, D-Irvine, is continuing to pay the price for his drunk driving conviction and prison guard union corruption. According to recently published data from the Federal Election Commission, Min’s fundraising in his campaign to represent the open seat in the 47th congressional district has been in a free fall. From the time…
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By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES WASHINGTON — Republicans rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on Tuesday on the first ballot, as holdouts denied the hard-charging ally of Donald Trump the majority needed to seize the gavel. More voting is expected as Jordan works to shore up support to replace the ousted…
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In the final installment of his trilogy of books about California’s landscape, Obi Kaufmann tackles terrain that’s far more diverse and lively than most Californians realize. “The Deserts of California: A California Field Atlas,” out this month from Heyday, takes readers from the Salton Sea to Mono Lake and beyond in an exploration of the…
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Here’s what we learned, what we heard and what comes next after the Chargers’ 20-17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night, their third defeat in five games in 2023 by three points or less offering further evidence that they haven’t come close to fulfilling their promise: GREAT(ER) EXPECTATIONS Among the many burning questions…
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By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB, RAVI NESSMAN and MATTHEW LEE KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — The Hamas-run Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip says at least 500 people have been killed in an explosion that it says was caused by an Israeli airstrike. If confirmed, the attack on the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City it…
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It’s hard to know where to start with the story of Peter Ivers. There’s the time in 1968 when blues legend Muddy Waters declared Ivers – who sat in and played with Waters while still a student at Harvard University – to be the greatest living harmonica player. Or maybe you start in the mid-’70s,…
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Capistrano Unified School District will be the next Orange County district to discuss a parental notification policy on Wednesday, Oct. 18. Like the policy adopted by Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified earlier this month, the proposal is written to solely focus on mental health concerns and has no mention of gender identity. Parental notification policies recently enacted…
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Former presidential candidate, former secretary of state, former U.S. senator and former first lady Hillary Clinton is a great fan of democracy, as long as people who disagree with her are banished from the public square. In a recent CNN interview, she called for “formal deprogramming” of voters who support former President Donald Trump.…
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For five years, the quaint cottages at the north end of Crystal Cove have been a construction zone, tucked behind fencing as an elaborate effort to revitalize the historic structures has been underway. But by Thanksgiving, the first batch of nine newly renovated cottages will be ready for overnight stays, it has been announced, kicking…
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Loaded with just six songs, and recorded in under a month in a studio on Vine Street in Hollywood, War’s fifth album “The World Is a Ghetto” is widely considered a masterpiece that helped bring progressive Black music to the mainstream with its mix of soul, funk, blues, a bit of psychedelia and songs about…
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