Dippi taught her to push harder, to fight through. When JayaMae Gregory was down, she loved to head out on Dippi, over the trails outside Paradise, where she had moved to start a new life. JayaMae trained Dippi to be an endurance horse. The plan was for JayaMae’s teenage son Jakob to compete with Dippi…
It started with a few bites of ice cream with cashew and ended with a ride in an ambulance run by an Orthodox Jewish emergency medical service. In 2017, 2-year-old Rus Amster was on her way home with her family after Shabbat lunch in Baltimore when she began throwing up. Within minutes, her stomach…
Boxing match at Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday, February 9, 2019 in Carson, California. Angelo Leo defeats Alberto Torres in a featherweight bout during a boxing match at Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday, February 9, 2019 in Carson, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG) Angelo Leo defeats Alberto Torres in a featherweight…
A new storm is expected to hit Southern California early Sunday, bringing scattered showers across the region and more snow in mountain passes. Snow was beginning to stick along the Interstate 5 corridor in the Tejon Pass on Saturday, the National Weather Service said. Snow levels were predicted…
The Los Angeles Community College District acted properly in selecting a manager for its multibillion-dollar construction bond program, a judge has ruled, dismissing allegations of unfair treatment by the losing bidder. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff ruled last week…
Rain put a damper on the expected crowd, and festivities got underway almost two hours late. But as a good omen for the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, the sun broke though mid-morning Saturday, Feb. 9, bequeathing plenty of time for the 20th annual Tet Parade in Little Saigon. Midori Nguyen, 3, entertains the crowd during…
Brian Lee portrays a village guard at the UVSA Tet Festival which is being held at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa on Saturday, February 9, 2019. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Contributing Photographer) A girl reacts to the Bolsa Grande Lion Dancers who opened the UVSA Tet Festival which is being held…
By CATHERINE LUCEY and JONATHAN LEMIRE | Associated Press WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump prepares to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un for a second time, he’s out to replicate the suspenseful buildup, make-or-break stakes and far-flung rendezvous of their first encounter. The reality star American president will soon learn if the sequel, on this…
By ANDREW TAYLOR | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republicans have vilified Nancy Pelosi for years as a San Francisco liberal, and now they’re trying to portray her as a captive of resurgent left-wingers in her Democratic Party. But in her early moves so far as House speaker, Pelosi is displaying her pragmatic streak. She’s set to…
RICHMOND, Va. — Calls were mounting for Virginia’s lieutenant governor to resign Saturday, at the tail end of an astonishing week that saw the state’s top three elected officials — all Democrats — embroiled in potentially career-ending scandals fraught with questions of race, sex, and power. Two women have accused Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of…
