Torrance measure asks voters to raise council’s pay by over 2,000%
Tucked into an anti-corruption measure on the Nov. 5 ballot in Torrance is a provision that would vastly increase pay for the city’s mayor and…
Netflix adds 5 million subscribers and beats Wall Street’s profit expectations
Streaming giant Netflix has proved there are still legs left in its membership growth, reporting 5 million new subscribers in its third quarter for a…
U.S. conducts second Chinese deportation flight this year
Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Thursday that it has conducted a repatriation flight of Chinese migrants, marking the second such flight…
Can the young Ducks finally make NHL playoffs this season?
Three games into the NHL season, hope and optimism reign and every team believes it is a Stanley Cup contender. Even the repackaged Anaheim Ducks,…
How Kamala Harris’ actions changed these Californians’ lives forever
Long before Kamala Harris was vice president and the Democratic presidential nominee, she was San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general. Those roles gave…
Major discounter with over 850 locations to close branch in hours after just a year on high street
RETAILERS have been feeling the squeeze since the pandemic, while shoppers are cutting back on spending due to the soaring cost of living crisis.High energy costs and…
Supreme Court could be asked to decide these disputes in a close election
WASHINGTON — In a nail-biter election Nov. 5, expect the losing side to challenge the results in court.After former President Trump’s 2020 defeat, his supporters filed…
Comedian Stavros Halkias breaks out with ‘Let’s Start a Cult’
Baltimore-born comedian, writer and podcaster Stavros Halkias was destined for the spotlight. He commanded a mic at age 3. Now he delivers authentic, unfiltered comedy…
Here are 4 campaign promises from Harris. What are their chances if she wins?
As she runs the most truncated presidential campaign in modern American history, Vice President Kamala Harris has made lofty promises on issues that polls show…
Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley claims his memoir is ‘100%’ true
Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley is doubling down on his claims that he was sexually abused by his band’s former manager.Whibley claims in his memoir,…
Los Angeles has a $22-billion homelessness problem
City of Los Angeles officials are finally confronting a question that has seemed too big to answer: How much would it actually cost to get…
Portland, Ore., mayor’s race centers on homelessness
PORTLAND, Ore. — A lot of political changes are coming to Portland, Ore.The open mayoral race in the state’s most populous city features 19 candidates —…
The ‘Latino vote’ is a myth, as my Southwest road trip shows
ON THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER, San Diego — I’ve done the drive from Orange County to the United States-Mexico border so many times that it’s as easy…
Ted Cruz, Colin Allred meet in only debate in the Texas Senate race
DALLAS — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Rep. Colin Allred met for their only debate Tuesday night, trading attacks over abortion and immigration in a…
Former felons can vote in Nebraska. Ruling could help tip election balance
OMAHA — Nebraska’s top election official had no authority to strip voting rights from people convicted of a felony, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in…
Dodgers Dugout: You didn’t think it was going to be easy, did you?
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell. Now it’s a best of five. Newsletter Are you a true-blue…
10 spots that capture the spirit of the American Southwest
Anyone who says the journey is the best part, not the destination, could have been talking about the American Southwest.It has so much geographic, topographic…
‘Love Is Blind’ keeps expanding. Why reality TV relies on franchises
In February 2020 — a day before Valentine’s Day, and mere weeks before the world shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic — a new…
Not all Latino leaders opt to leave Arizona’s mine country for L.A.
CLIFTON, Ariz. — To get to Clifton, you have to really want to get to Clifton. The nearest big city is Tucson, about three hours away.…
Shaikin: Don’t blame big payrolls for the success of Dodgers, Yankees and Mets
It’s a cyclical thing, and the cycle has come back around to the tired lazy narrative. The teams with the three largest payrolls are three…