California surfer escapes shark attack that shreds his board and wet suit
About 10 minutes after surfer Tommy Civik entered the water in Mendocino County, he was slammed by a force from below so hard that it was “like getting hit by…
L.A. unions push new tax on companies with ‘overpaid’ CEOs
A group of Los Angeles labor unions is proposing a ballot measure they say would combat income inequality in the city by raising taxes on companies whose chief executive officers…
Judge skeptical on masked ICE agents after Minnesota shooting
A top Trump administration lawyer pressed a federal judge Wednesday to block a newly enacted California law that bans most law enforcement officers in the state from wearing masks, including…
Deadly confrontation at L.A. McDonald’s; widower sues fast-food chain
Jose Juan Rangel and his wife, Maria Vargas Luna, pulled up to a McDonald’s drive-through nearly two years ago to order some food when they were approached by a person…
Newsom rejects Louisiana effort to extradite abortion doctor
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday rejected a request to extradite a California physician accused of providing abortion medication to a Louisiana patient, marking the latest clash between states…
California, L.A. brace for Trump’s new threats to cut funds over immigration stance
WASHINGTON — State and local officials are once again on the defensive after President Trump renewed threats Wednesday to strike federal dollars from “sanctuary” jurisdictions such as California and Los…
Former Huntington Beach city attorney, a Newsom critic, to run for state attorney general
Michael Gates, the former Huntington Beach city attorney who spent his tenure as a staunch antagonist to California’s liberal politics, is running for state attorney general as part of a…
Why $100 million says Shohei Ohtani is the global face of sport
Soccer is the world’s most popular sport. So the world’s most marketable athlete must be a soccer player, right? Not this year. Basketball? Golf? Tennis? All widely played around the…
Filmmaker who helped crack gay porn actor’s gruesome Hollywood killing wins SXSW premiere
Not long after documentary filmmaker Rachel Mason began looking into the gruesome 1990 cold-case murder of gay porn actor Bill Newton in Hollywood, Newton’s former boyfriend, Marc Rabins, showed her…
California launches investigation into child porn on Elon Musk’s AI site
SACRAMENTO — California announced an investigation into Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI on Wednesday, with Gov. Gavin Newsom saying that the social media site owned by the billionaire is…