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Anaheim finally has a bookstore that ‘feels like home’

The crowd inside the Untold Story in Anaheim was ready for open mic night to begin last week, but there was no way it would start on time. Whenever owner…

José Caballero reacts after mid-game trade from Rays to Yankees

José Caballero was a member of the Tampa Bay Rays at the start of Thursday’s game against the New York Yankees. He was a member of the Rays when he…

Ghislaine Maxwell is transferred to a prison camp in Texas

By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been moved from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas as her criminal…

‘Folktales’ review: Teens connect with nature at a different kind of school

For centuries, mythology looked to gods to explain a disquieting world. But in the new documentary “Folktales,” from “Jesus Camp” filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, which follows a trio…

France suspends Gaza evacuations after Palestinian student accused of antisemitic post

France has suspended its programme for receiving Palestinians fleeing Gaza. The freeze will be in place while authorities investigate a Palestinian student in France who has been accused of making…

Three people stabbed in Santa Barbara during weeklong festival

Three people were stabbed overnight in Santa Barbara as the city celebrates its annual Old Spanish Days Fiesta Week. Police officers on foot patrol were flagged down shortly before 12:30…

August is bringing high temperatures to Southern California

After weeks of relatively mild summer temperatures across much of Southern California, Mother Nature is turning up the heat next week. Temperatures this weekend will hover in the mid-80s in…

The Dodgers look vulnerable, and the Padres and rest of MLB know it

So much for the Dodgers ruining baseball. They won’t finish this season with the best record in history, as they could win every one of their remaining games and still…

Here’s one (of many) better uses for state’s bullet-train funding

Re “Why can’t Dems get real on high-speed rail fiasco?” (July 29): Let’s take the money and build desalinization plants up and down the coast. We need water, not boondoggles!…

South African rhino horns turned radioactive to fight poachers

“This could be the holy grail:” Watch the Rhisotope team prepare to inject a rhino’s horn with radioactive material South African scientists have launched an anti-poaching campaign in which rhino’s…