It was Kings County Supervisor Rusty Robinson's turn to preside over board meetings as chair this year, but he declined, leaving the job to Supervisor Doug Verboon. This would be Verboon's second consecutive year as chair – the first time in 17 years a supervisor was chosen to lead twice...
LA Area Animal Shelters Are Stretched Thin With Displaced Pets
Nicole Montanez called four hotels Tuesday before finding a room where she could safely evacuate with her son and her 4-year-old Havanese, Diego. The dog coughed throughout the 75-minute car ride from Pacific Palisades to Marina del Rey, where the family was taking shelter from the wildfires searing through Los...
Los Angeles Braces for More Devastation as Fires Rage Unchecked
Officials in Los Angeles hoped that a drop in wind speeds Thursday would open a window for firefighters to take control of the fast-moving blazes that have raged unchecked this week and ravaged entire neighborhoods. But local officials added that there was still an extreme risk for those fires to...
Farming Tech on Display at CES as Companies Showcase Green Innovations
LAS VEGAS — When Russell Maichel started growing almonds, walnuts and pistachios in the 1980s, he didn't own a cellphone. Now, a fully autonomous tractor drives through his expansive orchard, spraying pesticides and fertilizer to protect the trees that have for decades filled him with an immense sense of pride....
New Book Alleges Fox News Leaked Town Hall Questions to Trump Campaign
PHOENIX — Someone inside Fox News gave Donald Trump's presidential campaign the questions he would face ahead of a town hall the network produced in January 2024, a forthcoming book alleges, according to excerpts obtained by The Associated Press. The claim appears in "Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump's Return...
TikTok’s Fate Arrives at Supreme Court in Collision of Free Speech and National Security
In one of the most important cases of the social media age, free speech and national security collide at the Supreme Court on Friday in arguments over the fate of TikTok, a wildly popular digital platform that roughly half the people in the United States use for entertainment and information....
‘Wicked’ Tops SAG Awards Nominations as Many Big Names Are Snubbed
LOS ANGELES - "Wicked" topped nominations to the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday, landing a leading five nominations including best ensemble, and individual nods for Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey. Out-of-control wildfires that swept across Los Angeles and Southern California on Tuesday night forced the Screen...
Stock Market Today: Global Indexes Mixed as US Market Remains Closed
BANGKOK — World shares were mixed on Thursday as the U.S. stock market remained closed to observe a National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter. European stocks were modestly higher, with Germany's DAX inching up 0.1% to 20,342.60 and France's CAC 40 adding 0.6% to 7,500.22. Britain's FTSE...
New York’s Highest Appeals Court Declines to Block Trump’s Sentencing in His Hush Money Case
New York's highest court on Thursday declined to block Donald Trump's upcoming sentencing in his hush money case, leaving the U.S. Supreme Court as the president-elect's likely last option to prevent the hearing from taking place Friday. One judge of the New York Court of Appeals issued a brief order...
Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore, Paris Hilton Among Those Losing Homes in LA Fires
LOS ANGELES — Fires burning in and around Los Angeles have claimed the homes of numerous celebrities, including Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore and Paris Hilton and led to sweeping disruptions of entertainment events. Three awards ceremonies planned for this weekend have been postponed. Next week's Oscar nominations have been delayed....