By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide whether President Donald Trump can end an Obama-era program shielding young immigrants from deportation. The justices’ order Friday sets up high-stakes legal arguments in the fall, with a decision likely by June 2020 as Trump seeks re-election. Trump ordered an end to the program called…
Starbucks in Buena Park sold for $7.88 million. (Courtesy: Matthews Real Estate) A Burger King in Buena Park with a medieval look was retooled into a modern looking Starbucks in Buena Park and sold for $7.88 million. (Courtesy: Google Earth) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds This Starbucks in Buena Park was previously a Burger…
Q. Hey Honk: When I was growing up, my dad told me it was illegal to park backwards in parking lots. I’m guessing that’s not the case anymore, as I’ve seen it done a lot for decades. Because vehicles don’t align up when someone backs in, your door can hit their side mirror. If that…
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER OSAKA, Japan — With a smirk and a finger point, President Donald Trump dryly told Russia’s Vladimir Putin “Don’t meddle in the election” in their first meeting since the special counsel concluded that Moscow extensively interfered with the 2016 campaign. The tone of the president’s comment did little to…
Like millions of Americans, I closely watched two nights of debates among the Democratic presidential contenders. I came away persuaded that the party is indeed bending left, and that any one of the candidates presents a welcome contrast to the corporatism, cruelty and mendacity of the current…
When I first visited Kenton Stacy at the Veterans Affairs hospital in La Jolla, I knew his wife, Lindsey, would be there. I’d been told to expect his mother, too, out from Ohio. Geoff Shepelew surprised me. He’s a Navy bomb technician, and as I quickly learned, part of an unbroken chain of support…
At 6:42 a.m. on June 29, 1925, the city of Santa Barbara was heavily damaged by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake. Thirteen people were killed.
Sera Segal-Alsberg wears a mask designed to filter out airborne particles during a Los Angeles smog alert.
California regulators opened an investigation Thursday to consider penalties against Southern California Gas Co. for a massive 2015 natural gas leak blamed for sickening thousands of nearby residents and forcing them from their homes. The California Public Utilities Commission made the decision…
If California is serious about fixing its housing challenges, it should wean its cities off the sales tax gravy train. Until local municipalities are properly motivated to build, not much will change. And the only persuasion that makes cities jump is cash. Currently, cities are addicted to boosting sales tax collection because it’s about the…
