Fifty years ago, one Saigon fell, and another arose. It was never supposed to be that way. On April 30, 1975, the communist North Vietnamese Army captured the democratic South Vietnamese capital. The last Americans evacuated the city, taking as many South Vietnamese allies with them as they could. The two-decades-long Vietnam War was effectively…
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As a teenager, Paul Hoang used to have daily panic attacks. Every night, he’d suffer nightmares. He’d lie down in bed and become immobile. “I thought I’d been sat on by a ghost,” he said, alluding to an old Vietnamese expression. “I thought that was normal.” He also thought his childhood as a refugee was…
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Someone passed a box of tissues to Sequoyah Thiessen. Child abuse, she told the Senate Health Committee, drove her to drugs at age 15. But at 22, she vowed to get sober. Thus began a hellish descent into California’s private-pay, insurance-money-fueled segment of the addiction treatment system. “Treatment,” she told the senators, was an oxymoron…
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While we bide our time awaiting word of the funeral ceremonies for the American democratic republic, whose death occurred, as California columnist Joe Mathews clocks it, recently, aged 236, we can only flail randomly at the atrocities being perpetrated out of the White House. When you pop your head up out of the foxhole for…
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How times, and terms, have changed. Up until a few years ago, the term “raised bed” referred to a garden bed that consisted of rich soil perfect for growing vegetables. Such a bed included plenty of compost and provided optimal conditions for root growth due to its fluffy texture. The ultimate raised bed required double-digging,…
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The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter…
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President Donald Trump might be the deal-making genius he and his supporters claim he is, but so far genius and chaos look similar. Trump’s tearing up trade deals and slapping tariffs onto most of the countries in the world. He’s trying to pressure the Federal Reserve chairman to lower interest rates. And he’s imposing massive…
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Once again, Sacramento is trying to force high-density living down the throats of people who have worked their whole lives to own a single-family home in a low-density neighborhood. You may remember that in 2021, Sen. Toni Atkins, now a candidate for governor, abolished single-family zoning throughout California with her Senate Bill 9, which required…
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — From some of the world’s most powerful leaders to those on society’s margins whom Pope Francis always made a point to minister to, hundreds of thousands of people were expected at the Vatican Saturday for the funeral rites for the late pontiff. Related Articles What to know about the funeral and…
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Kings goalie Darcy Kuemper, left, makes a save on the Edmonton Oilers’ Zach Hyman during the second period of Game 3 of their first-round playoff series on Friday night in Edmonton, Alberta. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP) The Edmonton Oilers’ Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93) celebrates after a goal against the Kings during the first period…
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