City of Hope has opened a 147-room hotel to accommodate patients and their families while patients undergo treatment at the Duarte facility. The $65 million Judy & Bernard Briskin Hope Village hotel is named for the Briskin family, which donated a portion of the funding. It’s part of the cancer research and treatment center’s $1…
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By Matthew Lee WASHINGTON — The body and possessions of soccer journalist Grant Wahl were repatriated to the United States on Monday after his death last week while covering the World Cup in Qatar, a senior State Department official said. The official said Wahl’s remains and his belongings arrived at New York’s John F. Kennedy…
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Editor’s note: This is the Monday, Dec. 12, edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter from reporter Kyle Goon. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. One step forward, one step back. Injuries and illness took a toll on the Lakers’ record this past week just when they seemed primed to take…
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By Jamey Keaten and John Leicester KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s prime minister has appealed for Patriot missile batteries and other high-tech air defense systems to counter Russian attacks that knocked out electricity and water supplies for millions of Ukrainians, putting Europe on alert Monday to brace for more refugees. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told French…
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By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER HONOLULU — Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa, the so-called last Hawaiian princess whose lineage included the royal family that once ruled the islands and an Irish businessman who became one of Hawaii’s largest landowners, died on Sunday. She was 96. Her death was announced Monday morning at ʻIolani Palace, America’s only royal…
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By Regina Garcia Cano and Franklin Briceno LIMA, Peru — Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte gave in to protesters’ demands early Monday, announcing in a nationally televised address that she would send Congress a proposal to move up elections after thousands of protesters again took to the streets demanding she resign. The protests turned deadly…
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By Kate Brumback ATLANTA — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has received a subpoena related to special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of former President Donald Trump, who focused strongly on the state as he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss. Smith was appointed last month to oversee not only the Justice Department’s Mar-a-Lago…
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San Clemente’s first In-N-Out Burger is a little different from most of the Irvine-based chain’s other locations. The single-lane drive-thru opened Friday, Dec. 9 in Pico Plaza, near the I-5 Freeway The building, a single-lane drive-thru, has a Spanish Colonial Revival design with a red tile roof. That architecture style was required by the city…
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DOHA, Qatar — Africa finally has a team in the World Cup semifinals, and so does the Arab world. Morocco delivered a seminal moment in the nearly 100-year history of soccer’s biggest tournament, beating Cristiano Ronaldo and his Portugal team 1-0 Saturday in the another shocking result in the first World Cup staged in the…
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When Balboa Island resident Barbara De La Pena looked out her window and saw Newport Beach city workers prepping to bury a dead sea lion on the sand in front of her home, she stopped them. Over two decades, De La Pena has seen her share of sea life, including a baby sea lion pup…
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