• Newport Harbor too much for Corona del Mar, repeats as Division 1 boys volleyball champions

    Newport Harbor too much for Corona del Mar, repeats as Division 1 boys volleyball champions
    NORWALK – Newport Harbor’s boys volleyball team might not be able to play better than it did Saturday in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship match.
    The Sailors swept Corona del Mar in three sets, 25-19, 25-22, 25-18, at Cerritos College to win the Division 1 title for the second year in a row.
    The Newport Harbor volleyball team celebrate winning the CIF-SS Division 1 boys volleyball championship against Corona del Mar in Cerritos on Saturday, May 13, 2023. (Photo by Paul
  • Rams QB Stetson Bennett IV continues to work despite limited opportunities

    Rams QB Stetson Bennett IV continues to work despite limited opportunities
    LOS ANGELES — After practice has ended, after players have pulled off their shoulder pads and retreated to the weight room or showers, after coaches have returned to their offices, Stetson Bennett IV and Dave Ragone walk clockwise laps around the Rams’ practice field.
    It started around Week 3; Ragone, the quarterbacks coach, asked Bennett, the third-string quarterback, to walk around the field with him. They discuss the game script that was installed that day, the audibles the coachi
  • Sting plays hits and surprises at Wiltern Theatre during 5-night run

    Sting plays hits and surprises at Wiltern Theatre during 5-night run
    Weeks before the Sting 3.0 Tour reached Los Angeles, the singer-bassist described his decision to tour as a trio for the first time in years as a way to surprise both himself and the audience.
    We can’t say how surprised he was at the Wiltern Theatre on Wednesday, Nov. 13, the second of five nights at the venue, but there was definitely a frisson of excitement in the audience as Sting walked on stage in Los Angeles accompanied only by a guitarist and drummer for the first time since the Pol
  • These prisoners from Southern California could be freed under Trump’s promised Jan. 6 pardons

    These prisoners from Southern California could be freed under Trump’s promised Jan. 6 pardons
    Southern California-based defendants who took part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol following Donald Trump’s 2020 electoral loss could be among the winners of Trump’s imminent return to the White House if the president-elect follows through on promises of clemency related to the Jan. 6 riot.
    Throughout the campaign season, Trump repeatedly pledged pardons for Jan. 6 defendants, though exactly how wide-ranging such expected acts of clemency would extend — and whether they would
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  • Young leaders inspire at Orange County National Philanthropy Day event

    Young leaders inspire at Orange County National Philanthropy Day event
    Sage Hill seniors Wilson Song and Connor Wong didn’t need to preach much to move a rather full choir at the annual National Philanthropy Day lunch Thursday.
    The Grove in Anaheim was packed with people from Orange County who care about philanthropy. Still, they got the program started with their enthusiastic advocacy for finding ways to help others.
    “Each of us has the power to offer hope and support,” Song said when they were recognized as the Outstanding Youth for the 39th ann
  • Check out these limited-time ‘Wicked’ food, merchandise and events

    Check out these limited-time ‘Wicked’ food, merchandise and events
    The Broadway sensation is hitting the big screen. That’s right, 20 years after it premiered in California and shortly thereafter made its way to New York, “Wicked” is coming to movie theaters across the globe. Part one of the film premieres on Nov. 22, with the second part set to come out Nov. 21, 2025.
    As fans of the musical prepare for the release, there are quite a few limited-time offerings happening to promote the film, some of which are exclusive to Southern California.
    A
  • California Senate leader calls union ‘morally bankrupt’ for opposing Fullerton’s Josh Newman

    California Senate leader calls union ‘morally bankrupt’ for opposing Fullerton’s Josh Newman
    By Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters
    California’s top Senate Democrat called a prominent labor union “morally bankrupt” after it spent more than $1 million to oppose the state’s most vulnerable Democratic senator in a tight race that could put a Republican in his seat.
    The union apparently spent the money against Sen. Josh Newman of Fullerton because leaders were angered by at least one vote that he cast. And while it’s not uncommon for unions to criticize or threaten Demo
  • Chargers QB Justin Herbert inflicting damage passing and running

    Chargers QB Justin Herbert inflicting damage passing and running
    EL SEGUNDO — The play was designed for quarterback Justin Herbert to run around the right side of the Chargers’ formation on fourth-and-1 from the Tennessee Titans’ 4-yard line this past Sunday. The blocking broke down in front of Herbert, though, and so he was forced to improvise, to think on his feet.
    No problem.
    Herbert found a hole in the line to his left and darted through it, picking up the first down and then a touchdown for a 13-7 lead with 1:55 remaining in the first h
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  • Roger Penske adds Grand Prix of Long Beach to his Southern California motorsports legacy

    Roger Penske adds Grand Prix of Long Beach to his Southern California motorsports legacy
    LONG BEACH — Roger Penske’s fingerprints are all over the motorsports landscape in Southern California.
    His latest venture will be overseeing the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in April.
    Penske Entertainment acquired the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach on Thursday, buying it from Gerald R. Forsythe, and will be in charge of running the race weekend.
    It won’t be a typical race weekend either.
    It will be the 50th running of the Grand Prix of Long Beach, a milestone event in
  • Let the games begin: 2026 campaign for California governor now looms

    Let the games begin: 2026 campaign for California governor now looms
    California has a lengthy — very lengthy — list of critical economic, social and policy issues that are very likely to remain unresolved when Gavin Newsom vacates the governorship 26 months hence.
    The nation’s highest levels of poverty and homelessness, shortages and rising costs of housing, exploding energy bills, an uncertain water supply, street crime, chronic educational shortcomings, a bullet train project that seems to be going nowhere, and multibillion-dollar budget defic
  • Ducks hope to salvage homestand in finale with Detroit

    Ducks hope to salvage homestand in finale with Detroit
    Having picked up just two of a possible 10 points thus far during their longest stretch at home this season, the Ducks will seek to salvage two more as they wrap up their residency against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night.
    Despite their lack of tangible results, the Ducks were satisfied with elements of their game, stretches of competition and their development process.
    “Obviously, we don’t like the outcomes of the games. We thought we could pull out more wins during this homest
  • California see-saws back to tough on crime with passage of Proposition 36

    California see-saws back to tough on crime with passage of Proposition 36
    Crime has been a see-saw issue in California for most of the last 40 years. Leniency was the vogue for awhile recently. But now the balance is back to getting tougher, as polls this fall showed many voters believed property crimes have vastly increased since the 2014 passage of Proposition 47.
    The clearest manifestation of this was the strong performance of Prop. 36 on this month’s ballot, drawing a huge 70 to 30 percent majority.
    There was also the easy defeat of Los Angeles County Distri
  • How a Trump administration could affect California’s housing crisis

    How a Trump administration could affect California’s housing crisis
    By Felicia Mello | CalMatters
    As California Democrats attempt to “Trump-proof” the state and Republicans celebrate their party’s sweeping victory, the mood among some of the state’s most prominent housing advocates is glum.
    “Trump’s extremist economic agenda is going to tank the housing market and housing construction,” Sen. Scott Wiener, one of the Legislature’s loudest YIMBY voices, said in an interview Friday.
    That concern is based largely on ac
  • 2 Israeli airstrikes hit Syria’s capital and a suburb, killing 15 people, Syrian state media says

    2 Israeli airstrikes hit Syria’s capital and a suburb, killing 15 people, Syrian state media says
    By ALBERT AJI
    DAMASCUS, Syria — Israel carried out at least two airstrikes on a western neighborhood of Damascus and one of the capital’s suburbs on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and wounding another 16, Syria’s state news agency said.
    The airstrikes on the Mazzeh neighborhood in Damascus and the suburb of Qudsaya, northwest of the capital, struck two buildings, the SANA news agency said. An Associated Press journalist at the scene in Mazzeh said that a five-story buildi
  • Horse racing notes: Silent Law can extend Bob Baffert’s rule at Del Mar

    Horse racing notes: Silent Law can extend Bob Baffert’s rule at Del Mar
    DEL MAR LEADERS
    (Through Sunday)
    Jockeys / Wins
    Hector Berrios / 6
    Antonio Fresu / 6
    Kazushi Kimura / 5
    Tiago Pereira / 4
    Juan Hernandez / 4
    Umberto Rispoli / 4
    Trainers / Wins
    Mark Glatt / 5
    George Papaprodromou / 4
    Peter Miller / 4
    Doug O’Neill / 4
    Steve Miyadi / 3
    Phil D’Amato / 3
    WEEKEND STAKES
    DEL MAR
    Saturday
    • $100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes, 2-year-old fillies, 7 furlongs
    Sunday
    • $100,000, Grade III Bob Hope Stakes, 2-year-olds, 7 furlongs
    LOS ALAMITOS
    Saturday
    • $
  • Tate McRae will perform at the Kia Forum in September

    Tate McRae will perform at the Kia Forum in September
    Canadian pop star, singer and dancer Tate McRae will bring her Miss Possessive Tour to the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Friday, Sept. 26.
    Tickets for the tour supporting her third studio album, “So Close To What,” will go on sale exclusively for AMEX card holders on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at tatemcrae.com. There will also be an artist presale on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster.com. The general sale will begin on Friday, Nov. 22, at 11 a.m. via Ticketmaster.com.
    At 13, Mc
  • Riverside County: The deadliest year inside one of America’s deadliest jail systems

    Riverside County: The deadliest year inside one of America’s deadliest jail systems
    By Christopher Damien
    Christopher Damien is reporting about law enforcement in Southern California’s inland and desert communities as part of The New York Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship.
    Alicia Upton paced the concrete floor of her jail cell. She looked around the cramped quarters. Then she pressed the alert button on an intercom attached to the wall.
    “What is your emergency?” responded a voice, captured on video footage from a camera in the cell. It was a deputy
  • The Audible: On USC’s ‘probation,’ ageless LeBron, and Paul George vs. Clippers fans

    The Audible: On USC’s ‘probation,’ ageless LeBron, and Paul George vs. Clippers fans
    Jim Alexander: Only in the NCAA can you get in trouble – if you want to call it that – for violating a rule that has since been rescinded. Which is why we woke up Thursday to stories of USC’s football program being put on probation.
    Or, as the Fox News website headlined it: “USC football fined and put on probation for major NCAA violations,” Uh-huh, sure. Major. Right.
    This was hardly “Reggie Bush’s parents get a new house” territory. It wasn&rsquo
  • US mortgage rates dip, but economists see volatility ahead

    US mortgage rates dip, but economists see volatility ahead
    By ALEX VEIGA
    The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. edged lower this week, ending a six-week climb.
    The rate slipped to 6.78% from 6.79% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. That’s still down from a year ago, when the rate averaged 7.4%.
    Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners seeking to refinance their home loan to a lower rate, also eased this week. The average rate slipped to 5.99% from 6% last week. A year ago, it averaged 6
  • Jobless claims fall to lowest level in 6 months, following drop in interest rates, inflation

    Jobless claims fall to lowest level in 6 months, following drop in interest rates, inflation
    By MATT OTT
    The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in six months last week as layoffs remain at relatively healthy levels.
    The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claim applications fell by 4,000 to 217,000 for the week of Nov. 9. That’s less than the 225,000 analysts forecast.
    The four-week average of weekly claims, which evens out some of the weekly ups and downs, fell by 6,250 to 221,000.
    Weekly applications for jobless benefits a
  • Dan Albano’s Orange County football Top 35 rankings, Nov. 14

    Dan Albano’s Orange County football Top 35 rankings, Nov. 14
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOCVarsity’s Dan Albano votes weekly in the Orange County football Top 25 poll.
    Here is how he voted this week for the Top 25 and his “Next 10” teams:
    1. Mater Dei (9-0) vs. Sierra Canyon
    2. Mission Viejo (10-0) vs. Centennial
    3. Orange Lutheran (7-3) vs. JSerra
    4. JSerra (6-4) at Orange Lutheran
    5. Santa Margarita (5-6) at St. John Bosco
    6. San Juan Hills (9-1) at Oaks Christian
    7. Servi
  • Six Flags Magic Mountain plans 21st roller coaster for 2026

    Six Flags Magic Mountain plans 21st roller coaster for 2026
    Six Flags Magic Mountain will extend its lead as the Roller Coaster Capital of the World when the Valencia amusement park adds a 21st coaster to its record-setting lineup while continuing to fend off challenges by rivals edging ever closer to the title.
    Six Flags Magic Mountain will debut a new coaster in 2026 that will be a first-of-its-kind thrill ride in North America, according to Six Flags officials.
    The new Magic Mountain coaster is part of Six Flags’ plan to spend $1 billion o
  • Farmers, educators aim to make organic produce available in California public schools

    Farmers, educators aim to make organic produce available in California public schools
    While California’s fertile soils sprout some of the country’s best produce, the transition from pedigree farms to public school cafeterias isn’t always so fruitful.
    Enter the Farm-to-School summit at the Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano, hosted recently by Rumiano Cheese, wherein dozens of California farmers, educators, food service workers and curious citizenry gathered on an early fall afternoon to tour the 28-acre parcel, enjoy meals grown from nearby soil and talk abou
  • Mike Tyson, 58, concedes the villain role to Jake Paul

    Mike Tyson, 58, concedes the villain role to Jake Paul
    ARLINGTON, Texas — Friendship is at the heart of how a fight came together between 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and much younger YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul.
    Friction helped build the hype for a bout that is testing the formula for how boxing is delivered to the masses, a first-ever combat sports offering from the streaming platform Netflix rather than pay-per-view or traditional cable.
    “I think they’re beloved fans of Mike Tyson,” Paul said, try
  • Tyler Childers is bringing the On The Road Tour to the Hollywood Bowl

    Tyler Childers is bringing the On The Road Tour to the Hollywood Bowl
    Tyler Childers is set to embark on his On The Road stadium and arena tour, which will make a stop at the Hollywood Bowl on June 10, 2025.
    Presented by Live Nation, the Grammy-nominated country singer-songwriter will be joined by a rotating lineup of special guests, including Wynonna Judd, Charley Crockett, Robert Earl Keen, The Hold Steady, Medium Build, Deer Tick, Hayes Carll, S.G. Goodman, Cory Branan, and SOMA.
    The tour kicks off April 3 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans and includes
  • My Chemical Romance is bringing the Long Live the Black Parade tour to Dodger Stadium

    My Chemical Romance is bringing the Long Live the Black Parade tour to Dodger Stadium
    Less than a month after delivering a memorable performance of “The Black Parade” in its entirety at the When We Were Young Festival in Las Vegas, My Chemical Romance has announced an upcoming stadium tour where the band will play its iconic album in full once more.
    The emo-rock legends will make a stop at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium on Saturday, July 26, 2025, with special guest Wallows. Produced by Live Nation, the 10-city stadium trek, aptly named Long Live The Black Parade,
  • Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opens new $75 million ‘front porch’ on Nov. 17

    Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opens new $75 million ‘front porch’ on Nov. 17
    With the hope of getting more people through their doors, Natural History Museum officials are opening the venue’s new “front porch” this Sunday, Nov. 17 with a free community block party that will include live music, food and even a dinosaur.
    “We really want to be a place that the community sees is for them. So it’s important for us to have a space that people can come into and feel like they’re welcomed and they belong here,” said Dr. Lori Bettison-Var
  • Dogs competed in a ‘smile-off’ contest at the National Dog Show preview. Everybody won

    Dogs competed in a ‘smile-off’ contest at the National Dog Show preview. Everybody won
    By Stephanie Farr, The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
    PHILADELPHIA — Two dog breeds renowned for their uncanny smiles — the Lancashire heeler and the Samoyed — were pitted head-to-head in a “smile-off” contest at the National Dog Show press preview Tuesday, shepherding in howls of laughter from the crowd and confused head tilts from the contestants.
    These noble descendants of wolves, bred to strike fear in the hearts of livestock with their impeccable herding skil
  • At packed UFO hearing, calls for transparency ring loud

    At packed UFO hearing, calls for transparency ring loud
    By Justin Papp, CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
    The email came through one day in January 2015, according to Tim Gallaudet, during a pre-deployment exercise off the East Coast that included the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group.
    The subject line read, in all caps, “URGENT SAFETY OF FLIGHT ISSUE,” recalls Gallaudet, then commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. In his telling, the email from an operations officer asked for any information on a series of unknown objects di
  • UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond receives contract extension through 2029

    UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond receives contract extension through 2029
    UCLA has extended athletic director Martin Jarmond’s contract through 2029, the school announced in a press release Thursday morning.
    “In just four years, Martin has redefined UCLA Athletics – creating new opportunities for Bruins to compete on the biggest stages, making major investments in student-athlete wellness and success, taking important steps to shore up the financial health of our athletics enterprise and putting an inclusive culture at the center of the department,&r

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