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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has ordered a halt to a state-run program of spraying pesticides on public lands and some private property, saying officials failed to assess the potential health effects as required. Superior Court Judge James Arguelles ordered the Department of Food and Agriculture to suspend all spraying under the Statewide
Continue Reading SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Southern California’s Mater Dei High School will be closed through Friday after the discovery of a “credible threat” of violence, administrators said Tuesday. Details regarding the nature of the threat against the Santa Ana campus and how it came to the school’s attention were not immediately released, the Orange County
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Texas’ current seniors lost the 2019 NCAA title after predictions of severe weather pushed up the championship match tee times to just after dawn. The Longhorns are back in the title match, and this time they don’t have to worry about tornadoes. This year’s tournament
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Squid style is en vogue for the Los Angeles Angels. When Andrew Velazquez got on the bus at Angel Stadium for the charter flight to New York, all of his teammates were dressed in the hip street mode of the 27-year-old shortstop known as “Squid.”
Continue Reading By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations for African Americans will release a report Wednesday documenting in detail the harm perpetrated by the state and recommending steps to address those wrongs, including expanded voter registration, making it easier to hold violent police accountable and improving Black neighborhoods.
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than half of substantiated California child abuse reports in recent years were not in the state’s database, which could result in child abusers being allowed to care for children, state auditors said Tuesday. The unreliability of the database “puts children at risk,” auditors said. The
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Andrew Wiggins hoisted his daughter Amyah into his arms and beamed as the Warriors were crowned Western Conference champions. Stephen Curry and Draymond Green each had hardware in their hands or they most certainly would have lifted Wiggins into the air to celebrate all he
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — At least when it comes to its top announcing crews, the NFL’s free agency is over for this year. Fox Sports completed its lineup for the 2022 season on Tuesday by announcing Greg Olsen as its lead NFL analyst. During its upfront presentation for advertisers
Continue Reading By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations will release a report Wednesday documenting in detail the harms perpetuated by the state against Black people and recommending steps to address those wrongs, including expanded voter registration, making it easier to hold violent police accountable and improving Black neighborhoods.
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Squid style is en vogue for the Los Angeles Angels. When Andrew Velazquez got on the bus at Angel Stadium for the charter flight to New York, all of his teammates were dressed in the hip street mode of the 27-year-old shortstop known as “Squid.”
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor told jurors in closing arguments at a criminal trial Tuesday that there is overwhelming evidence that organizers of a “We Build The Wall” campaign to raise millions of dollars for a wall along the U.S. southern border defrauded investors by lying to them. Assistant
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brian Griese had established himself in a second career that had been more successful than his first as an 11-year quarterback in the NFL. Griese had followed up more than a decade analyzing big college football games each week with two years in
Continue Reading By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury finished a second day of deliberations Tuesday without reaching a verdict in the defamation claims of Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard over their volatile and unhappy marriage. The seven-person civil jury heard closing arguments Friday and deliberated for about two hours before leaving
Continue Reading A hiker in Northern California died after being swept into the Pacific Ocean by huge waves that inundated a seaside trail and another hiker who rushed into the water to attempt a rescue was hospitalized, authorities said. Rescue crews sent Sunday afternoon to the Lost Coast Trail near Shelter Cove in Humboldt County found one
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer John Wroblewski was named the head coach of the U.S. national women’s hockey team on Tuesday after recent success guiding the men’s development program. Wroblewski’s hiring is currently limited to coaching the American women at the world championships in Denmark in August. He replaces Joel Johnson, who is stepping
Continue Reading FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — After a six-week trial, a civil jury in Virginia spent about 12 hours over three days deliberating defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard. The jury on Wednesday afternoon awarded Depp more than $10 million in damages, while finding that Heard’s counterclaim had merits too, awarding her $2
Continue Reading LA VERNE, Calif. (AP) — The driver of a speeding car was killed Tuesday when the vehicle slammed through a wall and crashed in the backyard of a Southern California home, officials said. The car jumped a curb and went through the wall that borders the property in suburban La Verne, east of Los Angeles,
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday hired former Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton as an assistant under J.B. Bickerstaff. The 42-year-old Walton finished his 11-year NBA playing career with the Cavs in 2012 before getting into coaching. He spent nine years playing for the Lakers, winning
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A person was struck and killed by a commuter train in Los Angeles early Tuesday morning, authorities said. A Metrolink rail crew reported the train may have hit a pedestrian shortly before 6 a.m. in the Northridge area of the San Fernando Valley, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Paramedics
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eleven months after he was freed from prison when a Pennsylvania appeals court threw out his criminal conviction, Bill Cosby, 85, will again be the defendant in a trial over sexual assault allegations. This time, it will be in a civil case in California relating
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