LOS ANGELES — Michael Conforto drove in the tiebreaking run in the Dodgers' three-run eighth inning, and Los Angeles rallied for a 6-5 victory over the New York Mets on Thursday to split the NL powers' four-game series. Conforto has struggled mightily in his first season with the Dodgers, but...
Giants Beat the Slumping Braves in 10 Innings on a Wild Pitch
SAN FRANCISCO — Tyler Fitzgerald scored on a wild pitch by Pierce Johnson with two outs in the 10th inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 on Friday night for their third straight win. After getting picked off first to end the ninth, Fitzgerald began the...
Trans Troops, Facing a Deadline, Opt to Stay and Fight the Ban
The Trump administration gave transgender troops an ultimatum this spring when it announced that it wanted them all out of the military. Leave voluntarily and get an honorable discharge and extra separation pay, or wait to be forced out and potentially face negative repercussions. Now, the deadline for making that...
Can This 14-Year-Old Football Star Become a High School Millionaire?
Brittany Coleman's son Kaden had just turned 10 when youth football coaches started pressing envelopes with thousands of dollars into her hand. They wanted Kaden to play for their club teams in Maryland, in New Jersey and across the mid-Atlantic. Coleman always refused. Payments for top players, an open secret...
Trump EPA Moves to Roll Back Rules Projected to Save Billions of Dollars and Thousands of Lives
WASHINGTON When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced a wide-ranging rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would put a "dagger through the heart of climate-change religion" and introduce a "Golden Age" for the American economy. What Lee Zeldin didn't mention: how ending the rules could have devastating...
Valley Foster Care Agencies Are Facing an Insurance Crisis and Possible Closure
The nonprofit agencies that serve some of the Central Valley's most vulnerable youth have found themselves stuck between the proverbial rock and the hardest of decisions. After the largest insurer of nonprofit foster care agencies across California announced it was pulling out of the market and would not renew policies...
World’s Largest Almond Processor Will Shutter Sacramento Plant. 600 Workers Impacted
The world's largest almond processor, Blue Diamond Growers, says it will close its Sacramento processing plant this year The almond cooperative of 3,000 growers called the move an effort to "streamline" operations as the 50-acre facility had become "inefficient," according to a news release from the organization. The cooperative said...
Trump Eyes Major Funding Cuts for California, Including All Public Universities
The Trump administration is gearing up to eliminate substantial federal funding for California, with actions potentially beginning Friday, according to a report by CNN. Federal agencies have received directives to identify grants that could be withheld from the state. The administration is particularly eyeing complete termination of federal grant money...
Farming Regulation Costs Rise 1,300% Since 2006: Cal Poly
A nearly two-decade study from Cal Poly illustrates just how much regulation costs have grown in farming. And, while many regulations address serious food safety issues and labor costs, the amount farmers pay to do business has increased more than 1,300% since 2006. All of this while commodity prices have...
Southern California Air Regulators Weigh a Plan to Phase Out Gas Furnaces and Water Heaters
DIAMOND BAR — Air quality regulators in Southern California heard impassioned public comments Friday before an anticipated vote on proposed rules that would curb harmful emissions from gas-powered furnaces and water heaters. The rules aim to reduce emissions of smog-contributing nitrogen oxides, also called NOx, a group of pollutants linked...