TEMPE, Ariz. — While the baseball world was focused on the matchup between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout to end the World Baseball Classic, it was nothing like the feelings their Angels teammates were having back in Arizona. “I was nervous as hell,” first baseman Jared Walsh said Wednesday morning. “I was sitting there and…
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A strong microburst — which some witnesses dubbed a possible tornado — heavily damaged several buildings in Montebello today, with video from the scene showing portions of rooftops being ripped off industrial structures and debris swirling in the air. um tornado in south montebello @ABC7 @KTLA pic.twitter.com/houu2nW1zn — Daniel (@djavim) March 22, 2023 The National…
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The classic “old grumpy grandpa” saying goes something like this: “Back in my day, we walked 15 miles to school in the snow! Barefoot! Uphill! Both ways! And we liked it that way!” For Eagle Peak Middle School eighth grade science teacher Paula Abajian, there is some truth in that saying for her, as she…
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A worst-case scenario became the best-possible news for Clippers’ Paul George, who was diagnosed with a sprained right knee Wednesday. Less than 24 hours after appearing to hyperextend his right knee, an MRI revealed that the All-Star wing suffered a less dire injury. George will be evaluated in two to three weeks, according to the…
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Country star and actress Reba McEntire can’t wait to bring her full stage show — her live band, backup singers and opening acts Terri Clark and The Isaacs — to the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles for the first time. Though she’s graced the stage a couple of times before — during a Broadway performance…
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The popular cookie chain Crumbl Cookies is set to open its first Garden Grove location on Friday, March 24. Over the past five years, the company, started in Utah, has grown to more than 700 locations nationwide and has repeatedly gone viral on social media platforms like TikTok. Hungry? Sign up for The Eat Index,…
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The seemingly perpetual political and legal battle over whether gig workers for Uber, Lyft, Doordash and services are contractors or employees took another turn last week and may go full circle – back to the state Supreme Court and possibly a second trip through the Legislature. A state appellate court upheld all but one section…
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Some of the fruits, vegetables and grains of the future will be designed with challenges like a changing climate, growing population and fragile ecology in mind. Southern California researchers are part of the effort to craft food crops that are more productive, easier to grow and less affected by reduced amounts of water and fertilizer –…
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Sword, rapier, dagger. These are just a few of Michael Polak’s tools of the trade. Luckily, he’s not a maniac on the loose — rather, the CSUF grad (theater arts 1993) is an actor as well as a stage and film fight choreographer. Polak’s work recently was on display in South Coast Repertory’s production of…
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The new Cafe Daisy at Disneyland walks a culinary tightrope by offering a few fun and tasty theme park meals for adults while delivering a menu geared to fussy kids looking to fuel up fast so they can get back to playing in the refreshed Mickey’s Toontown. The Cafe Daisy quick service restaurant opened this…
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