What began as a tame, hourlong debate on Wednesday between seven candidates running for California governor morphed by the second half into a flurry of barbs during the last televised face-off before the June 2 primary. The debate, held at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, was the second in two days in the…
American officials said on Wednesday that residents in three states were being monitored for potential hantavirus infections after being aboard a Dutch cruise ship where there was a deadly outbreak of the virus. None of the people being monitored have shown signs of illness, the officials said. Since April 11, three passengers who were aboard…
The price of gasoline has gone up around 50 percent in the United States since the war in Iran began, but that average can mask big differences across the country. A gallon of regular fuel cost $4.54 on Wednesday, according to the AAA motor club. But in California, gas averaged $6.16, while it was just…
For two hours on national television, seven candidates running for California governor wasted little time attacking one another on Tuesday night as they looked for memorable ways to differentiate themselves in the final weeks of the campaign. The debate at East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park, Calif., aired on CNN just as California began…
Tom Steyer, one of the front-runners in the California governor’s race, has said that he “walked away” from the hedge fund he managed years ago to “focus full-time on fighting climate change.” Mr. Steyer did step down as the chief executive of Farallon Capital, one of the nation’s largest hedge fund firms, in 2012. But…
A California tax preparer pleaded guilty yesterday to fraudulently including false information on federal income tax returns to get substantial refunds for his clients – and cause large tax losses to the U.S. Treasury – and COVID-19 business-relief loan applications to obtain money he used for unauthorized purposes. Kerwin Aldric Jordan, 71, of Castaic, California…
The California primary election will begin to chart a course for the nation’s most populous state for years — and possibly generations — to come. The state’s long-ruling Democratic Party is at an inflection point, and residents continue to struggle with the high cost of living, fears over immigration raids and the ever-rising threat of…
USC’s 2027 recruiting class is continuing to grow. On Saturday, the Trojans picked up another notable commitment, landing four-star defensive lineman Alifeleti Tuihalamaka. Tuihalamaka is a Southern California product, attending nearby Oaks Christian High School in Westlake Village, California. 247Sports Composite ranks him as the No. 181 overall player and the No. 21 defensive lineman…
Trying to devise a one-size-fits-all description for ultraprocessed foods is flummoxing federal regulators. For months, the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has promised to create a definition of ultraprocessed, a crucial part of the Make America Healthy Again agenda. In mid-April, he testified before Congress that the Food and Drug Administration had forwarded a…
A federal grand jury has indicted a man who last month was shot several times by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Northern California during a targeted stop. The man, Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, a Salvadoran who had been working in the state, is accused of ramming his vehicle into two agents on April 7…
