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Battered by huge drops in ridership and bleeding cash, Southern California’s Metrolink service is plotting a future that assumes neither will rebound anytime soon. The commuter train service, born in 1992 in Los Angeles and now serving Orange, Riverside, San …

Although the president ran on a “no war” platform, the Trump administration has kept the Department of War quite busy between the removal of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro in January of this year and the continued military action against Iran. …

A horse died after the opening race on Friday at Laurel Park as Preakness weekend festivities got underway, according to track officials. Hit Zero, trained by Brittany Russell and owned by ItsTheJHo LLC and Evan Trommer, died after Race 1 …

Deaths by drugs, particularly from opioids, have fallen in recent years. The age-adjusted drug overdose death rate decreased between 2022 and 2024, with the largest decrease, 26.2%, occurring from 2023 to 2024, from 31.3 deaths per 100,000 standard population to …

A Santa Clarita man was sentenced Friday to one year and three months behind bars for hacking the personal computer of an employee of The Walt Disney Company in order to illegally download confidential data from the Burbank-based media conglomerate. …

Western Antelope Valley Foothills and Antelope Valley are under a red flag warning which was issued by the National Weather Service on Friday at 1:14 p.m. The warning is valid for Saturday, May 16 between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. …

Nearly six years after the murder of George Floyd ignited a national reckoning on issues of policing and public safety, California is facing another bellwether moment. This week, Gov. Gavin Newsom released a revised state budget proposal that could determine …

A man was taken into custody Friday after allegedly trespassing on the Tarzana estate of singer Chris Brown for the third time in as many days. The suspect was told by Brown’s security on Wednesday to clear out after he …

White Sox rookie sensation Munetaka Murakami is ushering in “Mune mania” throughout Chicago — teeing up new business opportunities for the city’s small businesses and the team, from new offerings like Japanese-inspired hot dogs and rice lagers to custom jerseys. …

DEAR ABBY: I have a next-door neighbor who is retired and takes care of his wife, who has dementia. He’s a nice enough person, but he has no personal boundaries. He is intrusive and knocks on my door while I’m …

Congratulations and best wishes to one of our city’s premier institutions, the Chicago Lighthouse, which officially celebrates its 120th anniversary Saturday with a festive sold-out gala at the Art Institute of Chicago. Since it was founded on the West Side …

No doubt various Trump administration policies have created thorny issues for Gov. JB Pritzker to deal with. The governor has to cope with the fiscal and human impact of President Donald Trump’s decision to cut billions in federal funding for …

It was the maiden flight of our Skydio X10, a sophisticated “police-grade” drone priced at roughly $25,000. As an unmanned aircraft systems coordinator, I’ve logged many flight hours, but that afternoon by the lake, I decided to demonstrate the aircraft’s …

By TERRY TANG PHOENIX (AP) — Beginning in the 1970s, just about every Filipino household in America was either hauling balikbayan boxes in person or mailing them to relatives back in the Philippines. These care packages that held goodies from …

By Michelle Edgar  Hundreds of students, families, educators, and community members gather at The Soraya on Thursday for the 2026 “Making Movies That Matter” Youth Short Film Festival at CSUN, a milestone celebration marking the program’s 10th anniversary and highlighting …

Investigators located two teens who were being sought after one allegedly swerved his dirt bike into a sheriff’s deputy, causing him to crash his motorcycle in Valencia, authorities said Friday. The crash occurred about 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the area …

When the Japanese singer Ado steps onto the stage of Zipangu, a new J-pop festival in Pasadena that debuts on Saturday, May 16, thousands of fans will go wild with anticipation for her headlining set. At 23, Ado is a …

Los Angeles Philharmonic Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel delivered the keynote address on Thursday at USC’s 143rd commencement ceremony at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. “I congratulate you for the world that lies ahead of you, for growing and …

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Family members often clench them as if they were still clasping their fallen loved one’s hands. Companions-in-arms have broken down reading them. More than a century after a U.S. Army chaplain pushed for “dog tags” to become …

The Galaxy carried some much-needed momentum into Wednesday’s meeting with Sporting Kansas City, but walked out with a 3-1 loss against the league’s worst team. “We certainly lost some momentum tonight,” coach Greg Vanney said. “It will be determined by …