What can we expect this year from our wildflower bloom? Due to early rains, we have already begun to see significant wildflower eruptions. The problem is that our heavy early rains also brought out more non-native plants, aka weeds, than usual and these could crowd out a lot of our natives. There is a good-news-bad-news…
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I am penning this column from Austin, Texas. My company, Lee & Associates, descended on the annual ATX event for our own event, Lee University. The two-day event is one of intensive learning for associates with fewer than five years in the business. Think: bright minds, hungry professionals, the future of our industry. I had…
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UCLA gymnast Jordan Chiles competes on the floor exercise during a Big Four meet on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, at Pauley Pavilion. No. 5 UCLA defeated No. 18 Iowa, No. 19 Ohio State and No. 25 Maryland to win its second straight Big Ten regular-season title. (Photo by Katharine Lotze/Getty Images) UCLA’s Ciena Alipio reacts…
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For all the trash he talked about them, Donald Trump seems hellbent on making Dick Cheney and John McCain proud. With his latest illegal strikes on Iran, Trump the “peace president” has once again chosen to meddle abroad to distract from the fact his domestic policy agenda is failing the American people. As Trump himself…
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By JON GAMBRELL, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and JOSH BOAK DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. and Israel launched an attack Saturday on Iran, with the first apparent strike happening near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian media reported strikes nationwide, and smoke could be seen rising from the capital. President Donald…
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The Riverside Police Department plans to fire three patrol officers who were discovered with disabled military veteran license plates on their personal cars in 2025, Police Chief Larry Gonzalez said Friday, Feb. 27. The officers were all rated 100% disabled by the Veterans Administration — which certified that they were eligible for the DMV-issued license…
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ANAHEIM — Rookie Beckett Sennecke led yet another multi-goal comeback, creating Chris Kreider’s game-winner with 12 seconds left in overtime after assisting on consecutive tallies that closed a two-goal gap en route to a 5-4 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night at Honda Center. Sennecke led a two-on-one rush, dangling his way to…
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El Dorado celebrates after defeating La Canada in the CIF-SS Division 4 girls basketball final on Feb. 27, 2026 in Azusa, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer) The El Dorado bench cheers in the 4th quarter. La Canada played El Dorado in the CIF-SS Division 4 girls basketball final on Feb. 27, 2026 in…
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In the final analysis, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on tariffs may not matter at all. “An unfortunate ruling,” President Donald Trump said in his televised State of the Union address, “But the good news is that almost all countries and corporations want to keep the deal that they already made.” For nearly a year,…
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Within hours of the Supreme Court ruling that the White House’s widespread “emergency” tariffs were illegal, President Donald Trump moved to install 10% across-the-board tariffs under a different alleged authority. He later said he would raise that rate to 15% and delivered a combative response in the State of the Union. The trade war isn’t…
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