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  Valley Cultural Foundation presents Concerts at Warner Park beginning on Sunday, June 14, in Woodland Hills. In the file photo, hundreds of people turn out for the Beach Boys tribute band Surfin’ at Warner Park, Woodland Hills, CA, July …

Balancing a household budget became trickier this spring as rising gasoline prices boosted Southern California inflation to its 2026 high. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed May’s Consumer Price Index report, averaging results for local regions – Los Angeles and Orange counties, …

By YURI KAGEYAMA TOKYO (AP) — No food says Japan more than sushi. But few people make it themselves, even Japanese. The art of making sushi traditionally meant decades-long training to become a master. But times are changing. Now, just …

A search-and-rescue operation off of the Laguna Beach coast for a missing girl was called off Wednesday night, June 10, shortly after sunset, with the girl not found. Lifeguards, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s Harbor Patrol and the U.S. Coast …

By SAVANNAH PETERS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge is scheduled Thursday to consider arguments in a challenge to the state’s fledgling universal childcare program, an ambitious and closely watched effort to eliminate daycare costs for all working …

By KIM CHANDLER MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is waging a last-minute legal fight to execute a man with nitrogen gas on Thursday night, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to set aside a judge’s finding that the method violates the Constitution’s ban …

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers grilled Chicago Public Schools CEO and Supt. Macquline King about transgender students, religion and sex education as she testified under subpoena Wednesday at a contentious U.S. House education committee hearing. The Republican chair of the committee, …

Natasha Cloud wants you to know she’s not trying to steal the nickname “The Engine” from Alyssa Thomas. Thomas, a six-time All-Star, earned it during her 2019 All-Star campaign for dictating how her team plays. So when Cloud was asked …

Annie seemed to be having a great time when she was found five miles from home (Picture: Blue Anchor Station) A creepy mannequin of a child has been found on a train carriage holding a can of cider. The dummy …

(Courtesy of Bianca Censori) Kanye West, aka Ye, celebrated his 49th birthday by adding an ultra-rare Audemars Piguet timepiece to his personal collection and releasing an eccentric new music video directed by his wife Bianca Censori, featuring her milking a …

Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sheryl Gay Stolberg promoted her new article in The New York Times titled, ‘RFK Jr. Appears Disengaged on Many Health Department Matters Beyond Vaccines,’ with this summary on social media: “NEW: Major posts are vacant. Waves …

Laiken Jordahl, a former employee of the National Park Service, announced Wednesday that the nonprofit conservation organization called the Center for Biological Diversity is suing the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Jordahl, a National Public Lands Advocate for the Center, …

The Chicago Board of Education renewed contracts Wednesday with six charter school networks after a controversial move in late May to put off the vote. The board approved contracts for more than a dozen schools, for terms that range from …

By DAVID RISING BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai woman appeared in a Myanmar court on Thursday to answer charges of murder in the killing of an American diplomat in Yangon, according to two attorneys familiar with the case. The woman, …

By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — El Nino, nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday. Experts said the El Nino, a natural …

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI WASHINGTON (AP) — The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River that President Donald Trump previously threatened to block was delayed on Thursday due to “outstanding issues.” In a statement released before a Friday ribbon-cutting ceremony at …

Back in 2020, the University of California system dropped SAT and ACT test scores from admissions decisions in pursuit of social engineering instead of academic achievement. The predictable—and dramatic—decline in student preparedness for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors …

By PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. producer prices climbed last month at the fastest pace since November 2022, fueled by a surge in energy prices after the start of the Iran war. The Labor Department reported Thursday …

By MATT OTT, AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. applications for jobless aid rose modestly last week, but remain at a historically low level despite economic headwinds brought on by the war in Iran. The number of Americans filing …

Iran launched silos of missiles yesterday on Jordan and other US targets (Picture: Reuters) Donald Trump has vowed to attack Iran ‘very hard’ tonight and seize Kharg Island, the backbone of Iran’s oil industry. The US and Iran have been …