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WASHINGTON —  Capitol Hill leaders are nearing agreement in negotiations on an annual defense policy bill that would extend 12 weeks of paid parental leave to federal workers, both military and civilian, in exchange for establishing President Trump’s “space force” initiative. The agreement would trade a major expansion of benefits to federal workers for a legacy […]

LA MESA —  Before Chatsworth Sierra Canyon trekked south to face La Mesa Helix in the Division 1-AA Southern California Regional playoff game, Trailblazers coach Jon Ellinghouse shared a couple of thoughts about his quarterback, Chayden Peery. “He’s a smart kid,” Ellinghouse said. “He just leads our team, doesn’t take unnecessary risks.” Ellinghouse could have added […]

Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome back to our horse racing newsletter as we get ready for a great day of racing at Los Alamitos. Remembering back a couple weeks at the California Horse Racing Board meeting that would never end, executive director Rick Baedeker announced several recommendations the board was making to […]

Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. LAKERS The Lakers continued their stampede through the Northwest Division with a 136-111 win in Portland. They finished 3-0 on their trip with wins over the Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz and the Trail Blazers, and have won 11 consecutive road games. Only two […]

Early in the fourth quarter, the Milwaukee Bucks’ fans gave the Clippers a standing ovation. With his team down 34 points, Clippers coach Doc Rivers had seen everything he needed to and decided to end the night for Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Lou Williams, Patrick Beverley and Montrezl Harrell. And as the five walked toward […]

Three members of the Los Angeles City Council called Friday for full taxpayer financing of city election campaigns, resurrecting an idea that was proposed at City Hall nearly three years ago but went nowhere. Councilmen Mike Bonin, Paul Koretz and David Ryu said they want the city’s policy analysts to determine how much a “clean […]

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Friday afternoon at 5:49 p.m. Pacific time 24 miles from Fortuna, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred 36 miles from Arcata, 37 miles from Eureka, 46 miles from McKinleyville and 76 miles from Redding. In the past 10 days, there has been one earthquake of […]

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Friday evening at 8:27 p.m. Pacific time 20 miles from Fortuna, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred 32 miles from Eureka, 37 miles from Arcata, 44 miles from McKinleyville and 96 miles from Ukiah. In the past 10 days, there have been two earthquakes of […]

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It is Saturday, Dec. 7. Newsletter Get our Essential California newsletter Here’s a look at the top stories of the last week: Top stories Kamala Harris drops out. The sudden departure of California’s junior senator from the 2020 presidential race Tuesday led to a scramble as […]

Joycelyn Savage, one of singer R. Kelly’s two girlfriends, says she was impersonated on a paid-subscription blog and on Instagram and still supports the embattled R&B star, who is facing sex-crime charges in four jurisdictions. “It’s just really, really, really sad that someone would pretend to be me, and put it out in the world […]