The Palm Springs city council is expected to, “prepare a draft ordinance amending Chapter 2.45, Human Rights Commission, of the Palm Springs Municipal Code,” according to the city council special meeting agenda on Thursday night. This would “rebrand” the Human Rights Commission (HRC) in its current form and replace the focus to a “Human Services
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is in the early stages of rehabbing from arthroscopic surgery to repair a labrum tear in his left shoulder following the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series championship over the New York Yankees last month. “We’ve already removed the stitches,” the Japanese star said Thursday in Los
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Las autoridades de Brasil acusaron al expresidente del país, Jair Bolsonaro, junto con otras 36 personas, como parte de la investigación sobre un presunto complot golpista para mantener el poder tras la elección de su sucesor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Este jueves, Bolsonaro fue uno de los 37 individuos acusados
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Last year, French photographer François Prost spent hours browsing Google Maps to plan a road trip documenting Japan’s “love hotels” — establishments found across the country that offer hourly rates and, most importantly for guests, privacy. But as he embarked on his 3,000-kilometer (1,864-mile) journey, they proved impossible to
Continue ReadingMARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Half a dozen state and county agencies are investigating a burned Georgia funeral home. A photographer from England said he found urns, bags of human ashes, and even human remains in what is left of the building. Norman Medford Peden Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta caught fire earlier this year.
Continue ReadingSouthern California (5-5, 3-5 Big Ten) at UCLA (4-6, 3-5), Saturday, 10:30 p.m. EST (NBC) BetMGM College Football Odds: USC by 4 1/2. Series record: USC leads 52-34-7. What’s at stake? The first year in the Big Ten has been disappointing for both the Trojans and Bruins, but city bragging rights, possession of the Victory
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Enjoy our continued warming today with increasing onshore flow this afternoon.Look for temperatures climbing into the upper 70s, reaching the low 80s by tomorrow. Southern California remains under the influence of high pressure, keeping conditions clear and dry across the desert. As the trough associated with the strong atmospheric river to our north moves south
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) –Una bomba ciclónica que ocurre “una vez en una década” está atravesando el noroeste de EE.UU. y partes de Canadá la noche de este martes, dejando al menos una persona muerta y cientos de miles sin electricidad en el estado de Washington y en Columbia Británica. En Seattle y en las ciudades
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says past negotiations with the United States only confirmed Washington’s “unchangeable” hostility toward his country and described his nuclear buildup as the only way to counter external threats. The comments were reported in state media on Friday after Kim spoke at a
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has acknowledged that Canada is concerned about reports of a Chinese company’s auto plant in Mexico, but she says it does not exist. President Claudia Sheinbaum said she talked to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and he assured her he did not support excluding Mexico from the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade
Continue ReadingA Georgia official disbanded the state’s maternal mortality committee that investigates deaths of pregnant women. The decision came about after ProPublica obtained internal reports that showed two deaths were preventable, but doctors were hesitant to perform a procedure that could have saved them because of the state’s strict abortion law. In a letter first reported
Continue ReadingAP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy has been limited in practice this week because of a sore throwing shoulder and will likely be a game-time decision for Sunday’s game at Green Bay. Purdy only threw a few passes Wednesday and Thursday during the portion of practice
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Morongo Basin Station and the Morongo Unified School District are teaming up to launch a Winter Clothing Drive to support students in need throughout the Morongo Basin. The drive will run for the next three weeks, giving the community an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of
Continue ReadingAP Golf Writer ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Michael Thorbjornsen is over his knee surgery and shed the brace in time to post an 8-under 64 on the Plantation course Thursday and share the lead to par with fellow Stanford alum Maverick McNealy at the season-ending RSM Classic on the PGA Tour. McNealy had
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, dijo este jueves que el país tiene un plan para recibir a los mexicanos deportados de Estados Unidos si el presidente electo Donald Trump inicia deportaciones masivas cuando asuma el cargo. “En caso de que haya deportaciones, los vamos a recibir a ellos, a los
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Josh Brolin certainly has a flare for the dramatics. The actor made a case for why “Dune: Part Two” director Denis Villeneuve deserves to be nominated for a best director Oscar for the second installment of the sprawling sci-fi franchise that came out this year, and warned that he’ll
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani and New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge have been named Major League Baseball’s Most Valuable Players in unanimous fashion by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Thursday. Ohtani captures the third MVP award of his career and first in the National League
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House was tinted green on Thursday, when President Joe Biden — Secret Service code name: Celtic — welcomed “Coach Joe” Mazzulla and the Boston Celtics to the South Lawn to celebrate the franchise’s unprecedented 18th NBA championship. In a tradition believed to have begun when Bill Russell’s
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WTMJ, CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — For Donald Trump, every defeat is just the catalyst for his next battle. No sooner had the president-elect suffered his first big reversal since winning reelection – when his scandal-tainted pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, withdrew Thursday after days of steadily worsening scrutiny over alleged
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Members of the public may participate in a lottery Monday morning to possibly obtain a seat in the Van Nuys courtroom for a status conference involving the Menendez brothers, it was announced today. Erik and Lyle Menendez are not expected to attend the hearing. Last month, current District Attorney George Gascón requested that a
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