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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — There were 6,000 employees who opened the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World to the public for the first time on Oct. 1, 1971. Among them, two dozen workers from that first day are still working for the theme park resort a half century later. They

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Sometimes, the abdicating king, or the deposed one, returns to his kingdom. It happens often enough in the NFL, yet rarely is as newsworthy as Tom Brady, who led the Patriots to six Super Bowl titles, going back to New England. He’ll do that on Sunday night, eight

By CHRIS TALBOTT Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Mitch Haniger hit two identical three-run homers and the Seattle Mariners gained precious ground in the AL wild-card race with a 13-4 win over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night. Seattle’s 10th straight victory against Oakland tied the team record for most consecutive wins against a single

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Hometown kid Brandon Nakashima has come back after trailing by a set and then from a break down in the third to edge Fabio Fognini 6-7 (5), 6-1, 7-5 in the first round of the San Diego Open. The 20-year-old Nakashima is ranked a career-high No. 83 and was given a

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a man and his father in connection with three slayings in Southern California between 2014 and 2018. ABC 7 reports 31-year-old Anthony Velasquez was charged Monday with three counts of murder along with allegations that he personally used a firearm in the killings. His father, 51-year-old Manuel Velasquez,

Philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple founder Steve Jobs, will invest $3.5 billion within the next 10 years to address the climate crisis, a spokesperson for Emerson Collective, Jobs’ organization, said on Monday. The money will go into Waverley Street Foundation, an organization Jobs set up in 2016, and focus on “initiatives and

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón says his office would dismiss roughly 60,000 marijuana convictions. Under the previous DA, Jackie Lacey, the office moved last year to dump 66,000 pot convictions that took place before voters passed Proposition 64, the state law legalizing recreational cannabis use.  Gascón says his office

By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Brandon Crawford homered to cap a four-run ninth inning and the San Francisco Giants held their lead in the NL West, beating the Colorado Rockies 6-2. The Giants have won 15 of 19. They began the day with a two-game lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers. San

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giants first baseman and home run leader Brandon Belt has a broken left thumb and his availability for the final week of the regular season and playoffs is unclear. The Giants said an X-ray showed the broken bone and Belt will “continue to meet with doctors over the next couple of

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday approved what he termed a “nation-leading” law requiring the garment industry to pay workers by the hour instead of for each piece of clothing they produce. Piece-rate compensation can be used to pay workers below the minimum wage, supporters said.

CORONA, Calif. (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting two young people inside a Southern California movie theater last July has pleaded not guilty, and not guilty by reason of insanity, to two counts of murder. The Press-Enterprise reports that 20-year-old Joseph Jimenez did not speak during Monday’s hearing at the Riverside Hall of

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy accidentally opened fire inside a courtroom last month, potentially injuring a colleague and prompting an internal investigation. The Sheriff’s Department confirmed to the LA Times that the shooting took place in the Van Nuys’ courthouse on Aug. 16, describing the incident as an “unintentional discharge.”

By TOM KRISHER and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press GLENDALE, Ky. (AP) — Ford and a partner company say they plan to build three major electric-vehicle battery factories and an auto assembly plant by 2025 — a dramatic investment in the future of EV technology that will create an estimated 10,800 jobs and shift the automaker’s

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s eviction moratorium ends Friday. But tenants with unpaid rent can still stay in their homes beyond that date if they apply for assistance from the state. California is using billions of federal dollars to pay off up to 18 months of most people’s rent dating

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles’ diversity is on display in the emerging race to replace two-term Mayor Eric Garcetti. Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass formally entered the contest Monday and could become the city’s first female and second Black mayor. She joins a growing field that includes

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of families sickened and forced from their Los Angeles homes after the nation’s largest-known natural gas leak have reached a settlement of up to $1.8 billion with a utility, attorneys said Monday. The settlement with Southern California Gas Co. and its parent company, Sempra Energy,

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a California recycling company will pay $34 million for a long-running fraud scheme in which the firm illegally submitted bogus weight tickets and processed out-of-state bottles and cans to get inflated refunds for used beverage containers. Recycling Services Alliance, Inc. and its operations manager pleaded guilty earlier this month

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered that all employees entering California prisons be vaccinated or have a religious or medical exemption. He is trying to head off another coronavirus outbreak like the one that killed 28 inmates and a correctional officer at San Quentin State Prison

THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — California firefighters are battling fast-growing forest fires threatening giant sequoias and small communities in the Sierra Nevada. More than 2,000 firefighters are on the lines Monday as the 133-square-mile Windy Fire burns on the Tule River Indian Reservation and in Sequoia National Forest. Many small communities are under evacuation orders

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Damian Lillard says he’s got faith the Portland Trail Blazers are headed in the right direction. The Blazers dismissed longtime coach Terry Stotts in the offseason and hired Chauncey Billups to take over. The team also added players including forward Larry Nance Jr., center Cody Zeller and Ben