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No. 23 San Diego State wins its fifth straight game by beating California 71-50

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 23 San Diego State beat California 71-50 on Saturday night. After missing all six of his shots in the first half, Boyd hit two 3-pointers in the first minute of the second half to help send the Aztecs to their fifth straight win. San Diego …

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6 caviar recipes for a dose of luxury during the holidays

LA Times

In the days leading up to Christmas, I want to do as little as possible. And so, as I prepare to make the most of my time off with cheesy holiday movie marathons, I’ll be whipping up any of these simple sides to pair with spoonfuls of caviar, including several types of blini, a sunchoke and leek panna cotta, deviled …

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Column: Trump’s promised deportations are on a collision course with a California economy built on hypocrisy

LA Times

This country has always had a hypocritical relationship with the undocumented workers who keep America’s agricultural, construction and hospitality industries humming. Can’t get more essential than that.” In the mid-1980s, when he managed cantaloupe fields, federal government pilots would fly small planes over the state’s cropland looking for large crews of workers, he recalled. The pilots would radio information about …

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Potential risk of a constitutional convention sets stage for a fight between Newsom and a fellow Democrat

LA Times

Gavin Newsom made a splashy announcement on a nationally televised morning show. Wiener’s proposal, which was first reported by the New York Times, would nullify and supersede all constitutional convention applications previously put forth by the Legislature. Mehta Stein described the possibility of such a convention as a “Pandora’s box for our Constitution” that would create “the opportunity for forces …

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Opinion: California and other states are rushing to regulate AI. This is what they’re missing

LA Times

Construction workers removing a six-story facade bearing the text of the 1st Amendment from the closed Newseum in Washington in 2021. The late Justice Antonin Scalia articulated it persuasively in 2011, noting that “whatever the challenges of applying the Constitution to ever-advancing technology, the basic principles of freedom of speech and the press … do not vary.” These principles should …

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Inside China’s alleged scheme to influence governments in L.A. County and far beyond

LA Times

The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Feb. 2, 2022. According to the criminal complaint, Sun referred to the council member in messages to Chinese officials as a “new political star.” While the U.S. attorney’s office has declined to identify the politician — identified only as Individual …

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Florida is winning the political battle with California as Trump takes office

LA Times

President-elect Donald Trump, shown at his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2023, is stocking his Cabinet with Floridians. The nation under President-elect Donald Trump will look far more like Trump’s adopted home state of Florida, after he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris by painting her as an out-of-touch California liberal. “These are all folks born and raised in our state and are …

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Emergency room visits at this Loma Linda hospital are longer than at most ERs in the U.S.

LA Times

Beaumont, Calif., resident Nicole Vela, 45, was kept waiting so long at Loma Linda University Medical Center that her husband, Jorge, drove her to another hospital. In recent years, patients have typically spent roughly seven hours at the Loma Linda emergency department before leaving, data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services show. That has piled more pressure on …

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Column: Newsom is acting more like a governor should. Will that boost his White House prospects?

LA Times

Gavin Newsom’s recent appearance at Redding’s Lassen College was part of a stepped-up focus on the red reaches of California. In promotional materials, the governor’s office describes the program as a “bottom-up strategy for creating good-paying jobs and regional economic development.” The plan follows lengthy consultation with locals in 13 parts of the state and aims to streamline programs and …

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Tortoises on the way down are bouncing back thanks to a desert conservation effort

LA Times

Tortoise hatchlings are raised at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site. Then, starting a couple of years ago, Henen’s team began gathering, incubating and hatching eggs from the relocated adult tortoises to study whether they were breeding with their new neighbors. In desert tortoise head-starting programs, biologists use radio transmitters to monitor wild females and portable X-ray machines to …

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Mass Killings in US: 165 Deaths across 38 tragic incidents in 2024

India Today

Mass killings in the United States have unfortunately become the norm. IRONDEQUOIT, NEW YORK: August 31 Four people were found dead after firefighters extinguished multiple blazes at a home in upstate New York, though authorities said they likely were killed by something else. SYOSSET, NEW YORK: August 25 Police said a man distraught that he was being forced to move …

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Who is the politician at the center of the latest Chinese influence scandal?

LA Times

An Arcadia City Council member is the fiancée of a man charged by federal prosecutors this week with acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government by attempting to influence local politicians, according to court records and interviews. “He’s been very active in Southern California for a long time.” Residents said Sun threw and promoted numerous events in the …

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Southern California men indicted in alleged $22-million crypto fraud case

LA Times

These images, described as Vault of Gems NFTs in a federal indictment, were part of a “rug pull” scheme, prosecutors say. The U.S. attorney’s office says that from May 2021 to May 2024, they and an unnamed co-conspirator collected $22.4 million from multiple “rug pull” schemes — in which a token or project creator collects investor funds, but then abandons …

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California struggles to keep pesticides out of weed

LA Times

Among 80 cannabis brands included in more than 500 pesticide tests. Here’s what you need to know to start your weekend: New tests find hidden pesticides are in California cannabis products More than half of cannabis smoking products in California’s legal market contain chemicals that are not being monitored for public safety, my colleague Paige St. John reports in a …

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California man arrested on suspicion of beheading 1-year-old son, authorities say

LA Times

A Sacramento County father has been arrested on suspicion of beheading his 1-year-old son, sheriff’s officials said. Andrey Demskiy, 28, was arrested and booked Friday on felony charges of murder, assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, and corporal injury on a spouse in connection with the child’s death, according to authorities and jail records. Sheriff’s …

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Christmas travel Chaos: Snow, freezing temperatures, and delays disrupt roads and flights

India Today

The weather may play spoilsport for millions of USA citizens as they prepare to travel during the holidays. Forecasters say that heavy snow, freezing temperatures, and robust winds may blanket parts of the United States and jeopardize their travel plans. The Great Lakes region will experience lake-effect snow, which will cause travellers to be stuck on planes due to flight …

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California regulators vote to delay closure of gas storage facility, site of worst US methane leak

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — California regulators have approved a controversial proposal to delay the closure of the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Facility, the site of the nation’s largest known methane leak, which forced thousands of families from their Los Angeles homes in 2015. The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday voted 4-0, with one commissioner recused, to approve a judge’s proposed …

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From Mr Beast's $5 million game show to Jonathan Ross...

Daily Mail

Looking for something new to watch this weekend? The Mail's TV experts have sifted through hundreds of programmes to bring you the 20 of the best shows and films to stream on demand right now… Beast Games Mr Beast gives away $5 million in an elaborate, sprawling contest styled after Squid Game Year: 2024 Certificate: 12 Mr Beast has been …

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California campaign manager secretly worked for China and sent reports to 'Big Boss': feds

Raw Story

A campaign manager who helped elect a candidate in California has been arrested after federal authorities accused him of being a foreign agent who tried to push for positions favorable to the Chinese government. Prosecutors said he acted as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China while serving as the campaign manager for a political candidate who was …

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Natalie Rupnow's accomplice Alexander Paffendorf, 20, unmasked... as police reveal how he 'helped her plot Wisconsin shooting'

Daily Mail

The California man accused of plotting a coordinated attack with Wisconsin school shooter Natalie Rupnow has been pictured for the first time. Police are still investigating why the 15-year-old student at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison shot and killed a fellow student and teacher on Monday before shooting herself, Barnes said. Paffendorf admitted to agents that he had been …

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California inmate recruited ‘wives’ to spread fentanyl across Alaska, feds say

LA Times

As Sunday Powers drove along a remote highway in Alaska, her boss tracked her every move from 3,000 miles away. “This guy’s very intelligent,” Powers’ brother, Charles Hills, said of Sanchez. Prison officials developed leads that thwarted “planned violence” at Sanchez’s prison, said the spokeswoman, Terri Hardy. Her brother said she was recruited by one of Sanchez’s “wives,” who had …

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California’s effort to put new gas cars in the rearview gets greenlight from EPA

LA Times

Here’s what you need to know to start your day. In an aerial view, electric vehicles recharge at a charging station on Feb. 15, 2023, in Corte Madera, Calif. ‘Step up’ or ‘get left behind’ With the EPA’s approval, California will join Canada, the United Kingdom and the 27 countries of the European Union with policies that ban new gasoline …

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Tensions brew over trans athletes at Riverside high school, as conservative protests grow

LA Times

The debate over the rights of transgender athletes to compete in school sports intensified this week in the Inland Empire, as two Republican lawmakers called for the resignation of the Riverside Unified School District superintendent while LGBTQ+ advocates pleaded with the school board to “protect trans kids.” During a packed five-hour meeting with crowds overflowing outside of the Riverside Adult …

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How fighting affordable housing nearly bankrupted one of America’s richest towns

LA Times

On a Sunday afternoon a few years ago, about a dozen neighbors held a meeting with Craig Hughes, who was then the mayor of Portola Valley. If Hughes and other town leaders produced a state-mandated affordable housing plan that wasn’t to the residents’ liking, they should expect a battery of litigation that could lead to Portola Valley’s bankruptcy. But Portola …

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No. 23 San Diego State wins its fifth straight game by beating California 71-50

6 caviar recipes for a dose of luxury during the holidays

Column: Trump’s promised deportations are on a collision course with a California economy built on hypocrisy

Potential risk of a constitutional convention sets stage for a fight between Newsom and a fellow Democrat

Opinion: California and other states are rushing to regulate AI. This is what they’re missing

Inside China’s alleged scheme to influence governments in L.A. County and far beyond

Florida is winning the political battle with California as Trump takes office

Emergency room visits at this Loma Linda hospital are longer than at most ERs in the U.S.

Column: Newsom is acting more like a governor should. Will that boost his White House prospects?

Tortoises on the way down are bouncing back thanks to a desert conservation effort

Mass Killings in US: 165 Deaths across 38 tragic incidents in 2024

Who is the politician at the center of the latest Chinese influence scandal?

Southern California men indicted in alleged $22-million crypto fraud case

California struggles to keep pesticides out of weed

California man arrested on suspicion of beheading 1-year-old son, authorities say

Christmas travel Chaos: Snow, freezing temperatures, and delays disrupt roads and flights

California regulators vote to delay closure of gas storage facility, site of worst US methane leak

From Mr Beast's $5 million game show to Jonathan Ross...

California campaign manager secretly worked for China and sent reports to 'Big Boss': feds

Natalie Rupnow's accomplice Alexander Paffendorf, 20, unmasked... as police reveal how he 'helped her plot Wisconsin shooting'

California inmate recruited ‘wives’ to spread fentanyl across Alaska, feds say

California’s effort to put new gas cars in the rearview gets greenlight from EPA

Tensions brew over trans athletes at Riverside high school, as conservative protests grow

How fighting affordable housing nearly bankrupted one of America’s richest towns