What would prevent Caltrans’ from pursuing its latest attempt to rebuild part of State Route 39 high up in the San Gabriel Mountains, washed away by Mother Nature 44 years ago? The list of possibilities includes more rock slides, giant falling boulders, snowy weather and the cost, which could climb to $57 million or more.…
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UCLA defensive coordinator Bill McGovern is back with the team and expects to coach in the Sun Bowl against Pitt on Friday in El Paso. McGovern missed the past five games of the season due to an unspecified health issue. “I’m thrilled to be back,” McGovern said during a press conference Tuesday. “Honestly one of…
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Chilly temperatures and overcast skies returned to Southern California on Tuesday, Dec. 27, bringing anticipated rainfall following a reprieve with warmer temperatures over the next holiday weekend. Rainfall was anticipated to hit Los Angeles county in the early to mid-afternoon Tuesday after falling on San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties in the morning, said…
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The Chargers took care of business and the woebegone Indianapolis Colts on Monday night, clinching their first AFC wild-card playoff berth since the 2018 season. Here’s what we learned, what we heard and what comes next for the playoff-bound Chargers: PERFECTLY IMPERFECT Say what you will about an offense that hasn’t scored a touchdown in…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Scores and stats from Orange County games on Tuesday, Dec. 27 Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. TUESDAY’S SCORES BOYS BASKETBALL TUSTIN CLASSIC Woodbridge 51, Fairmont SJC 41 WB: Schindler 12 pts. FSJC: Haung 12…
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There is growing concern among infectious disease and public health experts that the US could face even more respiratory infections in January. It is “highly likely” that respiratory viruses could spread even more following holiday gatherings and New Year’s Eve celebrations, Dr. William Schaffner, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University…
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Stocks closed lower Tuesday, adding to the market’s recent losses as Wall Street counts down its final days of a painful year for investors. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%, while the Nasdaq composite finished 1.4% lower. Both indexes were coming off their third straight weekly loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a 0.1%…
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It’s for the children, they say. A new Californian law that promises to protect minors from harms posed by online platforms like Instagram, Youtube and Tiktok. Instead, though, it threatens to increase censorship of controversial and politically sensitive speech, while slamming start-ups with immense costs and compromising the privacy of those it’s meant to protect.…
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By Jeff Sommer With inflation soaring, the Fed raising interest rates, Russia’s war in Ukraine and China’s decision to drop its “zero COVID” policy, a recession all but certain in Europe and increasingly likely in the United States, clear maps of the future would be particularly welcome now. But that’s not what the one-year forecasts from…
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The U.S. housing market continued to sag for the fourth-straight month in October – with California metro areas having three of the nation’s biggest drops. Higher mortgage rates and concerns over the economy rattled buyers and sellers translated to the widely watched S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller price index for 20 key metro areas fell 0.8% from…
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