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Those unable to afford the exorbitant ticket prices to watch the United States men’s national team’s opening World Cup match at SoFi Stadium will have a free option in Pasadena on Friday, June 12. Pasadena City Council Monday, May 18, …

By COLLEEN BARRY and PAOLO SANTALUCIA ROME (AP) — A calendar featuring close-ups of young, handsome men in priestly attire has been a perennial Rome souvenir for the last two decades — but few, it seems, are actually men of …

Summer is almost here, and with the great Southern California weather, there will be plenty of things to do, especially when it comes to food. Check out night markets, international cuisine, and even learn to make espresso during these events …

For Liana Lorenzo and her family, attending Sueños Music Festival in Grant Park has become an annual tradition. With more than a dozen family members ranging in age from 21 to 45, Lorenzo’s is one of the many multigenerational families …

Farmers market season is underway — and the suburbs have a bounty of options. (You’ll find information for 52 city markets in its own guide for 2026.) This list of farmers markets in suburban Chicago is organized by region, then …

Memorial Day weekend kicks off Chicago’s busy calendar of music festivals and neighborhood street fairs. And this holiday weekend, the city will play host to three major music festivals within a 4-mile radius. In Grant Park, the reggaeton and Latin …

California’s radical trends demand new thinking about crime. Yet state leaders still debate crime like it’s 1990 or 1970. “California suffers rising crime”? “More incarceration reduces crime”? “Young people commit more crime”? These common assertions are not just false, they’re …

States are the “laboratories of democracy,” per the late Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, and likewise cities can be laboratories within states. With that in mind, consider us intrigued by Irvine City Council’s decision to experiment with an innovate form of …

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK — Jalen Brunson against Donovan Mitchell was the matchup splashed across the screens to hype the Eastern Conference finals. Unfortunately for the Cleveland Cavaliers, it turned into Brunson versus James Harden in the fourth …

By LAURAN NEERGAARD WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has fired the two leaders of an influential health group that determines when insurance must provide free preventive care, like mammograms and colonoscopies, for millions of Americans. In letters dated May …

Seven people believed to be tied to dozens of home burglaries across Southern California were taken into custody, authorities announced Wednesday, saying the culprits are part of sophisticated burglary rings using high-tech tactics to target their victims. “These organizations frequently …

Talk about a baptism by fire. The Amazon Disaster Relief California Wildfire Hub, based in an Inland Empire warehouse, opened less than six months before the January 2025 Eaton and Palisades fires killed 31 and destroyed thousands of homes in …

Toilers in the vineyards of the Opinion pages know that the majority, perhaps all, of our most important endorsements are ones made at the local level. Easily the most obscure, low-information and yet key races are the ones on your …

The mantra is “More, More, More” on the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run at Disneyland that offers up more wow moments to enjoy, more starships to shoot, more near misses to avoid and more missions to choose from — all of …

In a seemingly unremarkable agenda item, Pomona may have just found an alternative legal way to ban new detention centers and curb U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity within the city. Enveloped in a city zoning update, Ordinance 4365, with …

LA Fleet Week kicks off with a welcome party kickoff featuring music, dancing and and a chance to meet members of the military on Thursday, May 25, 2023, in downtown San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer) L.A. Fleet …