A trick for getting into the Magic Castle, which turns 60 this year
The other night, my wife and I paid good money to a business that immediately set about deceiving us. This is not the first time that’s happened to us in…
One in five children in Gaza City is malnourished, UN aid agency says
Aoife Walsh and Paulin Kola BBC News BBC The UN says the hunger crisis in Gaza ‘has never been so dire’ One in five children in Gaza City is malnourished…
L.A. Catholic Church creates program to feed undocumented immigrants
Amid a wave of arrests and apprehensions of undocumented immigrants, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced plans to bolster delivery of hot meals, groceries and prescription medicines to…
Shooter at large after man found dead inside car near Whittier school
A man was found fatally shot inside his car on Thursday morning near an elementary school in Whittier, and hours later, the shooter remained on the loose, authorities said. At…
Lincoln Riley ‘absolutely’ wants to keep USC-Notre Dame game
LAS VEGAS — After shots were fired all summer over USC’s hand in the future of its rivalry with Notre Dame, coach Lincoln Riley reiterated during Big Ten media day…
Rancho Santa Fe Attack Boys 2014 White soccer team wins division championship at Carlsbad Cup – San Diego Union-Tribune
The Rancho Santa Fe Attack Boys 2014 White soccer team delivered an outstanding performance at this year’s Carlsbad Cup, held July 18-20, bringing home the championship trophy in its division.…
‘E! News’ is shutting down after more than three decades
“E! News,” the nightly pop culture program that helped define cable network E! Entertainment Television, is going away. The Comcast-owned network informed “E! News” staff Thursday the program will tape…
Stephen Miller isn’t Santa Monica’s first right-leaning White House operative
When people analyze Stephen Miller’s rise as a hard-right advisor to President Trump, they marvel that he could emerge from left-leaning Santa Monica. They see a political mutation. I see…
Trump jokes he wants Powell to lower interest rates
US President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell exchanged frosty words during their public tour of the Federal Reserve’s $2.5 billion renovation project. The pair disagreed in front…
A DACA recipient made a wrong turn at the border. Now he faces deportation
Erick Hernandez-Rodriguez said he took the wrong freeway exit and accidentally crossed over into Mexico from San Diego. Now the U.S. government says he “self-deported” and illegally tried to re-enter…