Despite a recent slowdown, in a quarter-century's time, California's economic growth has outpaced that of the U.S. And, if compared to the citizens of any other country, the economic production averaged across each Californian surpasses them all. The Public Policy Institute of California released a study looking at California's gross...
Brock Purdy’s Contract Is the 49ers’ Biggest Issue for 2025
SANTA CLARA — Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers' brass have a similar mindset regarding one of the biggest offseason questions around the organization. Both sides would like to get a long-term extension done with Purdy as soon as possible and not have the contract talks still hanging over...
NFL Picks: Texans, Ravens, Bills, Eagles, Bucs and Vikings Will Get to Next Round
The NFL's wild-card weekend features divisional rivals facing off, two NFC rematches from Week 1 and the Harbaugh brothers coaching on the same day. Jim Harbaugh leads the Chargers against the Texans in the season's first playoff game on Saturday afternoon. Then it's John Harbaugh's Ravens against Mike Tomlin's Steelers...
Independent Streak Helped Build Notre Dame Into Football’s Historic and Now Modern Behemoth
DANIA BEACH — It was some combination of religion, a grudge involving Knute Rockne and maybe the simple notion that some people just don't like Notre Dame. Back in the 1920s, the Fighting Irish made what might have been their biggest push to join what would become the Big Ten...
Kings County Supervisors Opt To Keep Current Chair In Light Of Water Troubles
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....