Presidential hopefuls address state Democratic Party convention in San Francisco
California Democrats hold party convention attracting several presidential hopefuls including Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Beto O’Rourke.
Biden going it alone as the Democratic 2020 front-runner
By BILL BARROW COLUMBUS, Ohio — The center of presidential politics this weekend is the California Democratic Convention, but Democrats’ 2020 front-runner is almost 2,500 miles away, going it alone. Joe Biden will headline an LGBTQ civil rights gala Saturday evening in Columbus, Ohio. It’s an appropriate venue for a Democratic White House hopeful on…
Arkansas city of 4,500 makes ‘last ditch’ flood effort
By HANNAH GRABENSTEIN LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Crews were making a “last ditch effort” on Saturday to save low-lying parts of a small Arkansas city from floodwaters pouring through a breached levee, as authorities downstream were warning people to leave a neighborhood that sits across the swollen river from the state capital. The Arkansas River,…
Rats at the police station, filth on L.A. streets — scenes from the collapse of a city that’s lost control
The good news is that two trash-strewn downtown Los Angeles streets I wrote about last week were cleaned up by city work crews and have been kept that way, as of this writing. The bad news is that I didn’t have to travel far to find more streets just as badly fouled by filthy mounds…
Tony DeLap, pioneering West Coast figure in abstract art, dies at 91
Tony DeLap, the Orange County artist who helped to define West Coast minimalism through his meticulous exploration of the intersection of sculpture and painting, has died. He was 91. DeLap died Wednesday at his home in Corona del Mar, said his studio assistant and archivist, Robin Johnson. DeLap…
Jose Antonio Reyes, former soccer star for Arsenal and Spain, dies in car crash at 35
Sevilla says former Spain midfielder Jose Antonio Reyes, who won five Europa League titles and was part of Arsenal’s unbeaten “Invincibles” squad, has been killed in a traffic accident at the age of 35. Sevilla and second-division club Extremadura, where Reyes played last season, both confirmed…
Will Hollywood abandon Georgia over abortion? Will it move back to L.A. if it does?
You’ve probably heard that most of the major Hollywood studios, several networks and Netflix lined up this past week to express their concern over the strict new anti-abortion laws getting passed in some states, especially the fetal heartbeat one in top runaway production destination Georgia. “Given the legislation has not yet been implemented, we’ll continue…
On California’s high-speed rail project, combatant Kings County is ready to settle
One of the San Joaquin Valley’s most tenacious opponents of the California bullet train has decided to settle its lawsuit against the project, convinced that the state will operate slower-speed Amtrak trains on its future network in the Central Valley — not the long-promised 220-mph electrically…
Rats at the police station, filth on the streets — scenes from the collapse of a city that’s lost control
The good news is that two trash-strewn downtown Los Angeles streets I wrote about last week were cleaned up by city work crews and have been kept that way, as of this writing. The bad news is that I didn’t have to travel far to find more streets just as badly fouled by filthy mounds…
Placentia may create its own fire department, breaking away from OCFA
Frustrated by rising bills from the Orange County Fire Authority, Placentia is poised to consider creating its own fire department and contracting with a private ambulance company for emergency medical services. The Placentia City Council will discuss the idea on Tuesday, June 4. The proposal comes after detailed research and recommendations from a panel of…