California recommends changes to leasing properties under freeways after major fire
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three months after an arson fire at a state-leased storage space shut down a major Los…
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Ex-Oakland police chief sues city and mayor to get his job back
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A former California police chief fired from his post last year has sued the city of Oakland and its mayor, saying he was…
Continue ReadingIdaho inmate nearing execution wants a new clemency hearing. The last one was a tie
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man scheduled to be executed at the end of the month is asking a federal court to…
Continue ReadingGeorgia legislators want filmmakers to do more than show a peach to earn state tax credits
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Top Georgia lawmakers say moviemakers should be required to do more than just show a peach at the end…
Continue ReadingDisney posts solid Q1 results thanks to its theme parks and cost cuts
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday posted stronger-than-expected earnings for the final…
Continue Reading49ers All-Pro offensive tackle Trent Williams savors his 1st Super Bowl trip in his 14th season
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Trent Williams’ accomplishments are already worthy of a Hall of Fame career with…
Continue ReadingSanta Anita postpones Friday’s card in wake of historic rains in Southern California
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Santa Anita has postponed Friday’s nine-race card to give time for horses to return to a normal routine after training was…
Continue ReadingNow a father of two, Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes has a new perspective on football and life
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes is a much different quarterback than he was four years ago, when he helped…
Continue ReadingTiger Woods makes it official: His 2024 debut will come next week at Riviera
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods confirmed Wednesday he will make his first PGA Tour start since the Masters at the Genesis Invitational next week at…
Continue ReadingChiefs QB Patrick Mahomes has had staggering production in his 17-game playoff career
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Inside the Numbers dives into NFL statistics, streaks and trends each week. For more Inside…
Continue ReadingDjokovic to return to Indian Wells for 1st time in 5 years, joined by Nadal, Alcaraz, Swiatek, Osaka
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Novak Djokovic is returning to the BNP Paribas Open for the first time in five years in pursuit of a record sixth title…
Continue ReadingMinnesota and Eli Lilly settle insulin price-gouging lawsuit. Deal will hold costs to $35 a month
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota has reached a settlement with Eli Lilly and Co. in a price gouging lawsuit…
Continue ReadingPro Picks: Purdy will lead the 49ers to another comeback win, ruining Chiefs’ repeat bid
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pro Picks is a weekly column where AP Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi shares his picks for…
Continue ReadingIn a first for Uber since becoming a public company, an annual profit.
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Uber posted its first full-year profit since going public in 2019 and its stock hit an all-time high Wednesday…
Continue ReadingMarine helicopter carrying 5 troops found in San Diego mountains and rescue efforts underway amid snow, military says
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marine helicopter carrying 5 troops found in San Diego mountains and rescue efforts underway amid snow, military…
Continue ReadingIgnitable cakes, sweatshirts and more. Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift gear flies off store shelves
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, NICK INGRAM and MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An ignitable cake burns away a Kansas City Chiefs…
Continue ReadingNetflix to create shows on 2004 and 2024 Boston Red Sox
NEW YORK (AP) — The Boston Red Sox will be the focus of a pair of new Netflix shows. The streaming service will follow the team through the 2024…
Continue ReadingMissing military helicopter has five Marines aboard as authorities continue searching for it
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Missing military helicopter has five Marines aboard as authorities continue searching for…
Continue ReadingRescue of Marine helicopter with 5 aboard is challenged by snowy California mountains
By JULIE WATSON and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rescuers were battling heavy snow Wednesday to reach a Marine Corps…
Continue ReadingSearch teams in San Diego area are looking for Marine helicopter that has gone missing, authorities say
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Search teams in San Diego area are looking for Marine helicopter that has gone missing, authorities…
Continue ReadingChelsea Wolfe says witchcraft and sobriety informed her latest album
By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Often in popular culture, witchcraft is associated with a kind of feminist reclamation of…
Continue ReadingBiden sets tighter standards for deadly soot pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for deadly soot pollution, saying that…
Continue ReadingLas Vegas, where the party never ends, prepares for its biggest yet: Super Bowl 58
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas proposed to the NFL in December 2021. “Let’s just marry these brands, and let’s…
Continue ReadingAgent Bob LaMonte goes for 7 straight Super Bowl wins by his coach or GM clients
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Celebrating Super Bowl championships has become an annual tradition for NFL coaches and…
Continue ReadingDusell’s 23 help Fresno State down San Jose State 69-57
By The Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Xavier Dusell scored 23 points and Enoch Boakye recorded a double-double and Fresno State beat San…
Continue ReadingNo. 24 San Diego State makes season-high 11 3-pointers, cruises to 77-64 win over Air Force
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Reese Waters scored 15 points, making five of San Diego State’s season-high 11…
Continue ReadingSt. Mary’s extends stranglehold on WCC lead thrashing Pacific behind Ducas’ 18 points
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Alex Ducas scored 18 points shooting 7 for 9 including 4 for 4 from 3-point range and St. Mary’s won its 11th straight…
Continue ReadingSouthern Californians recount harrowing mudslides during deadly record-breaking storm
By DAMIAN DOVARGANES, RICHARD VOGEL and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jesus Barron answered his wife’s panicked phone…
Continue ReadingCough? Sore throat? More schools suggest mildly sick kids attend anyway
By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS AP Education Writer Trenace Dorsey-Hollins’ 5-year-old daughter was sick a lot last year. Dorsey-Hollins followed school…
Continue ReadingAdult dancers in Washington state want a strippers’ bill of rights. Here’s how it could help them
By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — For months, Andrea studied for her master’s degree in library sciences between dancing naked at…
Continue ReadingMarlins acquire infielder Jonah Bride from Athletics for cash
MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Marlins acquired infielder Jonah Bride from Oakland for cash on Tuesday after the Athletics designated him for assignment…
Continue ReadingDeputies fatally shoot machete-wielding man inside California supermarket
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — A man armed with two machetes was fatally shot inside a Southern California supermarket Tuesday after he charged at…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Chargers hire Jesse Minter as defensive coordinator
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Jesse Minter is following Jim Harbaugh from the University of Michigan to the Los Angeles…
Continue ReadingGM’s troubled robotaxi service faces another round of public ridicule in regulatoryhearing
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer General Motors’ troubled robotaxi service Cruise on Tuesday endured a public lashing from a California…
Continue ReadingChiefs will likely be short-handed when they play 49ers in the Super Bowl
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs could be without three key players when they play the San Francisco…
Continue ReadingChargers GM Joe Hortiz is excited about partnership with coach Jim Harbaugh
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Joe Hortiz is happy to partner with Jim Harbaugh to form what Los Angeles Chargers fans are…
Continue ReadingLas Vegas teachers’ group sues to stop tax money from funding A’s stadium plan
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada teachers’ group has sued to block the state from spending taxpayer money to build a…
Continue ReadingPebble Beach rerun gets 3 times more linear TV viewers than LIV Golf
By The Associated Press LIV Golf had the stage to itself when the PGA Tour’s final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was postponed…
Continue ReadingHow an Oklahoma earthquake showed danger remains after years of quakes becoming less frequent
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — After a dramatic spike in earthquakes in the early 2010s, state regulators in Oklahoma began…
Continue ReadingBrock Purdy remains unfazed by rise from last pick in the draft to Super Bowl QB
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Minutes after the San Francisco 49ers finished off a stunning comeback to win the NFC…
Continue ReadingMud and debris are flowing down hillsides across California. What causes the slides?
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When rainstorms like this week’s powerful atmospheric river hit California, the earth begins…
Continue ReadingBluesky, a social network championed by Jack Dorsey, opens for anyone to sign up
By DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Writer Bluesky, a Twitter-like social network championed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has emerged from its…
Continue ReadingFormer Senators coach D.J. Smith joining Los Angeles Kings as an assistant
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Former Ottawa Senators coach D.J. Smith was hired as an assistant coach by the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. General…
Continue ReadingRecord rainfall, triple-digit winds, hundreds of mudslides. Here’s California’s storm by the numbers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The slow-moving atmospheric river still battering California on Tuesday unleashed record rainfall, triple-digit winds and…
Continue ReadingESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery are planning a sports streaming platform in the fall
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans on Tuesday to launch a sports streaming platform in the fall that…
Continue ReadingThe Chiefs are Super Bowl underdogs against the 49ers. Turns out they kind of like it
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — For most of the past six years, Patrick Mahomes has had to manufacture the chip that he carries…
Continue ReadingUsher announces post-Super Bowl North American tour, ‘Past Present Future’
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — After two years of his popular Las Vegas residency at Park MGM, releasing his first solo album…
Continue ReadingCrewmember dies in accident on set of Marvel’s ‘Wonder Man’
STUDIO CITY, Calif. (AP) — A crewmember who was working on the Marvel Studios series “Wonder Man” died following an accident on set Tuesday…
Continue ReadingHigh school football gave hope after deadly Maui wildfire. Team captains will be at the Super Bowl
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Teva Loft, a high school football player in the Hawaii town that was destroyed by the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a…
Continue ReadingNational Weather Service issues rare tornado warning for inland parts of San Diego County
SAN DIEGO (AP) — National Weather Service issues rare tornado warning for inland parts of San Diego…
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