Sharks are helping scientists improve weather forecasts
Scientists recently tagged 18 blue sharks and one mako off the coast of Long Island and Cape Cod to collect...
Californian sues Fashion Nova for early-morning promotional texts
A Californian is suing Fashion Nova after receiving multiple early-morning texts from the retailer. The Beverly Hills-based retailer violated federal...
L.A.’s democratic socialists look to boost their clout in City Hall
It’s the biggest slate of democratic socialists Los Angeles has ever seen. The L.A. chapter of Democratic Socialists of America...
2026 Emmy predictions: best comedy series
Only eight comedy series received votes in Round 1, with exiting favorite “Hacks” way out in front. Is the low...
Trump has left himself only bad options on Iran
Nearly three months after the United States and Israel launched their large-scale bombing campaign against Iran and about six weeks...
Santa Rosa Island fire burns through rare Torrey pine grove. But there’s hope for the endangered tree
The critically endangered Torrey pine tree only grows naturally two places in the world — a state park near San...
Stephen Colbert was the perfect unprecedented host for unprecedented times
You don’t have to like late-night host Stephen Colbert to be outraged by the cancellation of his CBS “Late Show,”...
How a ‘toxic’ City Hall was unraveled by ‘very horrible’ anonymous letters
The letter was remarkable. In an official rebuke of a private citizen, the Riverside City Council accused one of its...
Freddie Freeman shakes off illness to homer twice as Dodgers defeat Padres
SAN DIEGO — Freddie Freeman’s eyes were heavy as he trudged down the dugout steps after running through glove work on the...
Trump shows reporters ballroom site as lawmakers balk at $1 billion for White House security
WASHINGTON — Shouting over the banging and clanging sounds from heavy construction equipment, President Trump on Tuesday gave a group of reporters...
‘I see it in my nightmares.’ Mom of boys killed in Westlake crosswalk testifies in civil case
The mother of two boys killed when they were hit in a Westlake Village crosswalk gave tearful testimony about the...
Two inmates plotted a jailhouse beating. A guard helped them ‘handle it’
A Santa Clara County correctional officer will spend more than a month behind bars after helping two inmates carry out...
Bain fire injures 4 in Riverside County; civilian drones interfere with firefighting aircraft
A brush fire ignited in the Jurupa Valley on Tuesday, prompting evacuation orders and injuring four people as fire crews...
Colombian ‘Queen of Cumbia’ Totó La Momposina dies at 85
Colombian folk music icon Totó La Momposina, known as the “Queen of Cumbia,” has died. She was 85. The Colombian...
San Diego mosque shooting follows increased Islamophobic rhetoric
Many Muslim Americans are fearful following a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday that left three...
