Hiring a hit man to commit murder is not always ‘a crime of violence,’ 9th Circuit rules
Hiring a hit man is not a crime of violence, even in cases where the killer fulfills his contract and...
It was a California roadside icon. Then, vandals wrecked it. The sad end for Pea Soup Andersen’s
For nearly a century, Pea Soup Andersen’s served millions of bowls of steaming nourishment to generations of road-trippers traveling through...
This is how Tennessee tries to woo Paramount and other companies away from California
Tennessee propositioned Paramount Skydance, hoping to tempt it to become the next company to leave California. As California Atty. Gen....
America is at war. Pete Hegseth is focused on beards and hormones.
During a recent visit to a Navy ship, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly became angry after seeing sailors with facial...
Amazon delivery companies lay off more than 150 people in the San Francisco Bay Area
Two Amazon delivery service partners are shutting offices and laying off hundreds. Xpress Delivery, located in Oakland, will be laying...
Orange County demands $4 million from company at center of Garden Grove chemical crisis
Orange County is demanding that GKN Aerospace, the company whose Garden Grove facility sparked a chemical crisis that prompted wide...
Wreckage found after deadly boat capsize near Alcatraz, search continues for missing bodies
The sunken remains of the Volare have been located at the bottom of San Francisco Bay — not far from...
Nneka Ogwumike becomes Sparks’ all-time scoring leader in loss to Chicago
CHICAGO — Sydney Taylor hit four three-pointers and scored 19 points and the Chicago Sky beat the Sparks 96-82 on Friday night...
With Will Smith out indefinitely, Dodgers need to trade for a catcher
NEW YORK — Lost amid the headlines about Tarik Skubal, the Dodgers face this unexpected reality as the trade deadline looms: They...
Max Muncy makes Yankees pay for keeping Gerrit Cole on mound in Dodgers’ win
NEW YORK — Dodgers All-Star third baseman Max Muncy didn’t get a break this week, traveling to Philadelphia to compete in the...
The sell-off for AI stars worsens, while oil prices keep jumping
The sell-off for winners of the artificial-intelligence boom deepened Friday and yanked stock markets lower worldwide. Oil prices, meanwhile, continued...
A Putin critic is convicted on charges that will keep him from campaigning for Russia’s parliament
MOSCOW — Boris Nadezhdin, who criticized Moscow’s military action in Ukraine and tried to challenge President Vladimir Putin in the 2024 election,...
‘Everything’s destroyed’: Buzzy Sunset Strip cafe closes indefinitely due to water main break
Tadeh Ghazalian woke up on Thursday morning and scrolled Instagram, where he saw a video of a broken water main...
Forest Service workers taken hostage, held at gunpoint in remote NorCal trailer, feds say
Two U.S. Forest Service employees working in a remote area of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest were kidnapped, zip-tied and held...
Paul Pelosi charged with hit-and-run in California
Paul Pelosi, husband of former U.S. House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi, was charged Friday in connection with a hit-and-run crash...
