1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (1597+ words) As summer peaked, it felt like a good time to be a Southern California sports fan. The Dodgers had won back-to-back World Series championships. The Lakers had a new billionaire owner, Mark Walter, who promised to usher in a new…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1197+ words) We’d been married for 12 years. The early years of discovery (“How’d you get that scar?”) and spontaneous trysts behind questionable Hollywood landmarks had given way to dishwasher fights (“You can’t seriously think that goes there?!?”) and bimonthly scheduled date nights…...

23+ hour, 28+ min ago   (444+ words) Two young people riding in an autonomous vehicle were arrested in San Francisco after authorities allegedly found them in possession of an illegal “ghost gun.” San Francisco Police Department did not identify the operator of the autonomous vehicle, but a…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1080+ words) As parts of the Southern California coastline crumbled into the sea, slammed by intense waves and flooding in recent days, oceanographer Kim McCoy had one thing on his mind: the nuclear waste set in concrete on the beach near San…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (532+ words) After years of litigation and anticipation, Camarillo is getting its own Costco Wholesale outpost. Michael Okuma, Costco’s director of real estate development, confirmed that the newest warehouse is scheduled to open to shoppers on Oct. 30. Located on West Ventura Boulevard…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (574+ words) SACRAMENTO — Labor leader Dave Regan claimed Friday that he was the victim of a “smear” campaign orchestrated in part by wealthy Californians and said he has been falsely accused of attempting to “extort” an endorsement of the billionaire tax ballot…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (531+ words) The video is titled “Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview With James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You to See.” It was posted Thursday night on the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s” YouTube page. By 10 a.m. Friday, the video had gained more…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (464+ words) Kroger Co. trimmed its annual sales guidance, signaling that heightened inflationary concerns and fierce competition for grocery spending are weighing on the retailer. The company expects comparable sales excluding fuel, which measure stores open at least 15 months, to gain as…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (814+ words) Oil prices keep climbing as the war with Iran continues to clog the global flow of crude, and they leaped Thursday to their highest levels since before the summer. That worsened inflation worries and cranked up pressure in the bond…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (313+ words) China’s passenger car exports in the first eight months of this year already surpassed last year’s total, an industry association said Thursday, though domestic sales continued to decline. Passenger car exports in August jumped 67.1% from the year before to around…...