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A great date is even better when it starts with a great ride; just ask Ashley Rodriguez, an expert on creating fun dates in Southern California and beyond. Her tips and videos on social media as @firstdateguide highlight tasty restaurants, …

A probe into auto insurance fraud across Southern California has led to arrests of 16 people involved in an alleged scheme that preyed on car accident victims in the Inland Empire, and has prompted the California Department of Insurance to …

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and PETER SMITH WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday refused to immediately block the Trump administration’s abrupt halt to funding of the nation’s largest private refugee resettlement program in a setback to the U.S. Conference …

By Kara Carlson | Bloomberg Irvine-based Rivian Automotive recorded its first-ever quarterly gross profit to close out 2024, achieving a long-held goal even as it warned that policy shifts in Washington may weigh on its electric-vehicle sales this year. The …

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, COLLIN BINKLEY and ANNIE MA WASHINGTON (AP) — It was obvious to Christine Smith Olsey that her son was not doing well at school, despite educators telling her to leave it to the experts. The second-grade student …

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Something will look different about Shohei Ohtani when he goes back to pitching in games and it won’t just be the Dodgers uniform. During his first two bullpen sessions this spring, Ohtani has thrown primarily out of …

A longtime member of the Civilian Oversight Commission, which oversees the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, submitted a resignation letter this week after he said Los Angeles County attorneys threatened to report him to the court for “misrepresentation” for filing …

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The Republican attorney general in Texas wants the NCAA to take its transgender policy a step further and require gender testing for athletes who compete in women’s sports. Related Articles Sports | Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani exploring …

Two San Fernando Valley residents and a Long Beach man face a slew of charges in connection with a two-week crime spree across Los Angeles and Orange counties that ended with a doughnut shop employee firing his gun at the …

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are ready to stay up all night, launching a budget “vote-a-rama” late Thursday in a crucial, if dreaded, step toward unleashing a $340 billion package President Donald Trump’s team says …

By FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — The layoffs of roughly 7,000 IRS probationary workers beginning this week likely mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collections, experts say. …

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has kept withholding foreign aid despite a court order and must at least temporarily restore the funding to programs worldwide, a federal judge said Thursday. Related Articles National …

As Americans, we’ve grown accustomed to our nation’s corruption to be relegated to the shadows. Corruption typically has to be uncovered in some way – some whistleblower drawing attention to some politician’s abuses. That’s what happened last year when the …

By ASHRAF KHALIL WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The moment that local officials in Washington have been dreading for months is finally here. President Donald Trump, one month into his second term, has publicly returned to one of his longtime talking …

By AMANDA SEITZ and BRIAN SLODYSKO WASHINGTON (AP) — The wealth of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has swelled in part from for-profit health …

The California Housing Finance Agency expects to begin a $125 million mortgage relief program to benefit victims of recent wildfires and other natural disasters by June 1. The program, which taps funds from a legal settlement fund created after major …

THE GAME: Bobby Miller left the game in the third inning after being hit in the head by a line drive and the Dodgers went on to lose to the Chicago Cubs, 12-4, on Thursday afternoon in the Cactus League …

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Lakers will be without one of their star players and one of their better defenders for tonight’s road game against the Portland Trail Blazers. The Lakers listed Luka Doncic (left calf injury management) and Jarred Vanderbilt …

CARSON — Ruben Ramos Jr. might seem a little quiet, but Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said his game speaks loud enough. “His game isn’t quiet,” Vanney said. “He’s confident, he’s smart, he’s not going to be out there directing everybody, …

by Carolyn Jones | CalMatters E., a mother of three in Salinas, is extra careful when she takes her kids to school. She switches up her routes, leaves at different times, and is always on the lookout for immigration agents, …

Allstate this week became the first insurer to raise its estimates of property losses from last month’s wildfires in Los Angeles County, projecting $2.47 billion in losses. The new estimate is nearly $500 million higher than the $2 billion the …

By JONEL ALECCIA Two cats that belonged to Michigan dairy workers died after being infected with bird flu. But it’s still not clear how the animals got sick or whether they spread the virus to people in the household, a …

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado sheriff’s deputy was convicted Thursday in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in distress who called 911 for help after his car got stuck in a small …

Community Corporation of Santa Monica, a nonprofit that focuses on affordable housing, on Thursday, Feb. 20, hosted a “modular installation party” for a 13-unit apartment dubbed Berkeley Station and aimed at low-income families and transition-aged youth. “Berkeley Station is an …

The Ducks coasted into the break by winning six of seven games and demonstrating a palpable confidence resulting from one of their best stretches yet under second-year coach Greg Cronin. While there may be not a clear signal that recent …

The Trump administration plans to all but eliminate the office that oversees America’s recovery from the largest disasters, raising questions about how the United States will rebuild from hurricanes, wildfires and other calamities made worse by climate change. The Office …

A man was stabbed and two people taken into custody Thursday following a dispute that began on the campus of Crenshaw High School and spilled out across the street. The condition of the stabbing victim was not immediately known, according …

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated PRess Abortion rights advocates feared the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opened the door to state abortion bans would also lead to tracking women and charging women who get abortions with murder. …

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA, Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A court in Argentina dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who …

By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The New Jersey man on trial in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie declined to testify in his defense Thursday as his lawyers rested their case without calling any witnesses. …

By KATE PAYNE, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s new attorney general filed a federal court lawsuit against Target on Thursday, claiming the discount store chain “misled investors” by promoting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that prompted a backlash …

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The Vivo on Harbor apartment building as seen in San Pedro on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer) An Amazon delivery worker wheels in a cart of packages to the new Vivo on Harbor apartment building …

Jim Alexander: I will go on record as saying that I like a lot of what Mick Cronin does as UCLA’s men’s basketball coach. His standard is unyielding, he (usually) seems to have his players’ undivided attention, and he upholds …

By MORGAN LEE, Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. immigration and military authorities say they have transferred exclusively Venezuelan immigrants who are subject to final deportation orders to the U.S. naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where nearly …

KENT, Conn. (AP) — A Scottish Highland bull is the talk of the town in the rural hills of western Connecticut, where it has been roaming for over a month in the frigid winter weather after escaping from its confines. …

By Elizabeth Renter, NerdWallet Free File is a program that allows the majority of taxpayers to file their federal income tax returns for free through participating software companies. But the service remains woefully underused. Related Articles Business | Buy, build …

By ALBERT STUMM If you ever turned on the TV in the 2000s after midnight, you might have seen an informercial for P90X. Related Articles New York sues vape distributors over Elf Bar and other fruit and candy e-cigarettes Long …

By Brian Witte | The Associated Press Unions for federal workers have filed a lawsuit to block the mass firings of probationary federal employees by President Donald Trump’s administration, alleging that officials are exploiting and misusing the probationary period to …

Jacqueline Faber was a young girl when she had an experience that she would revisit while writing her debut novel, “The Department.” The author was 7 years old when she went with her family to visit her mother’s childhood home …