The Mortgage Collaborative expands its 2026 national spring conference presence, invites lenders to connect

CALIFORNIA NEWSWIRE (SAN DIEGO, Calif.) — NEWS The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC), the nation’s largest independent cooperative network for mortgage lenders, will engage with members and industry partners across a series of key mortgage conferences and events nationwide throughout the second quarter. Through both large-scale industry events and more targeted, peer-driven […] Read More

For 40 minutes, the greatest solitude humans have known

The crescent Earth — our oasis holding everything we cherish, now just a speck in the infinite blackness — seemed to kiss the jagged lunar surface. The moon’s thousands of scars projected themselves across the Earth as it slowly slipped out of sight. “I’m actually getting chills right now just […] Read More

Artemis II to put new reentry plan to the test after heat shield crack

EDWARDS, Calif. — The Artemis II astronauts are scheduled to return Friday from their trip to the moon. When they do, they will slam into Earth’s atmosphere at over 32 times the speed of sound — and will do so using a reentry technique that has yet to be tested in real-world […] Read More

‘It’s killing everything.’ California’s truckers are buckling under country’s priciest diesel

Record diesel prices are crushing California’s truckers, forcing them to adjust to avoid losses as they grapple with the most expensive pump prices in the country. Greg Dubuque’s 40 drivers are in a constant diesel-devouring loop. Their big rigs pick up loads of electronics, office furniture and other goods around […] Read More

Column: We’re stuck with an unchecked mad king until January

Amid all the alarming and unhinged comments of the president of the United States in recent days threatening Iran with genocide — remarks beyond even the usual cray-cray blather from Donald Trump — it was a statement from his spokesperson on Tuesday that really put the madness in the White […] Read More

Jim Whittaker, first American climber to scale Mt. Everest, dies at 97

For 20 minutes of his life, Jim Whittaker was on top of the world. He was the first American to summit Mt. Everest, reaching the highest point on Earth on May 1, 1963, with Sherpa Nawang Gombu. “We were standing in the jet stream, on the edge of space,” Whittaker […] Read More

Iran ceasefire deal frays as attacks continue; peace terms are unclear

WASHINGTON — A day after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, the truce showed signs of strain Wednesday as Iranian leaders accused Americans of violating the agreement and reports emerged that Tehran had moved to restrict traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. The developments tested President Trump’s ability […] Read More

Davey Lopes, part of Dodgers’ long-running infield, dies at age 80

Davey Lopes, the no-nonsense, base-swiping second baseman of a Dodgers infield that played together for an MLB-record 8½ seasons, died Wednesday at age 80, the team announced. The first 10 years of Lopes’ 16-year major league career were spent with the Dodgers, and he returned to the organization in 2010 […] Read More

Netanyahu says ceasefire doesn’t include Lebanon. Then 50 Israeli jets drop 160 bombs

AMMAN, Jordan — Even as a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran appeared to hold on Wednesday, Israel insisted it would continue operations against Hezbollah, while its warplanes carried out the largest wave of strikes across Lebanon since the current round of hostilities began with the Lebanese Shiite militant group. In […] Read More

Domaine Carneros Named Sustainable Business of the Year by Napa Chamber of Commerce

CALIFORNIA NEWSWIRE (NAPA, Calif.) — NEWS Earlier this year, Domaine Carneros Winery received the Sustainable Business of the Year award from the Napa Chamber of Commerce, presented by MCE Clean Energy, a not-for-profit public agency that has set the standard for clean energy in California since 2010. Domaine Carneros was […] Read More

Swalwell campaign denies online claims that congressman behaved inappropriately with staffers

A spokesman for Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for California governor, on Tuesday denounced online claims that the congressman had inappropriate relationships with young congressional staff members. “This false, outrageous rumor is being spread 27 days before an election begins by flailing opponents who have sadly teamed up […] Read More

Iran attempting cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure, officials say

WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies are “urgently warning” private sector companies throughout the nation that Iranian actors “are conducting exploitation activity” that has resulted in “disruptions across several U.S. critical infrastructure,” according to a government notice reviewed by The Times. The Iranian cyber activity comes as President Trump is threatening to target […] Read More

Trump’s message to Iran on deadline day: ‘A whole civilization will die tonight’

WASHINGTON — President Trump warned that a “whole civilization will die” on Tuesday night if Iran does not meet his deadline to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions as diplomatic talks to end the war remain underway. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Trump […] Read More

‘We just want to stay home’: A Lebanese village under Israeli occupation

KFAR CHOUBA, Lebanon — The fear is always there, but it’s worst at night. That’s when the Israeli troops stationed a few hundred yards down the road come into this mountain village less than a mile from Lebanon’s border with Israel, searching houses and detaining residents at will. “When it gets dark, […] Read More

Trump holds fast to Tuesday deadline, threatening Iran’s bridges and power plants

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Monday that the United States and Iran are at a “critical point” in negotiating a potential ceasefire agreement, but the chances of reaching a deal by a Trump-imposed deadline on Tuesday evening appeared uncertain. In a lengthy news briefing at the White House, the president echoed an […] Read More

Artemis II crew prepares for lunar flyby

NASA’s Artemis II crew, farther from Earth than any humans before them, are preparing for their event-filled six-hour flyby of the moon after five days traveling through space. At approximately 11 a.m. Pacific time, the crew reached another milestone: At more than 248,655 miles from our pale blue dot, no […] Read More

Billionaire candidate for California governor catching heat for past business interests, wealth

Billionaire hedge fund founder turned environmental warrior Tom Steyer, a leading Democratic candidate for California governor, is facing mounting questions about how he earned his wealth — notably investments in private prisons that are now being used to house undocumented immigrants facing deportation. Some of the most vicious political attacks […] Read More

Mexico says only about one-third of 130,000 people listed as ‘disappeared’ can be confirmed as missing.

MEXICO CITY — The goal, say Mexican authorities, was to bring clarity to one of the nation’s most explosive questions: What happened to the more than 130,000 people officially listed as “disappeared”? Their faces are pasted on walls and lampposts across Mexico, and demonstrators regularly hoist banners demanding the return of loved […] Read More

President Trump endorses Steve Hilton in the California governor’s race

President Trump endorsed conservative commentator Steve Hilton for California governor late Sunday night. The endorsement could have a major impact on a race that remains up for grabs, with recent opinion polls showing Hilton and his top Republican rival, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, as top contenders in the 2026 […] Read More

Trump issues expletive-laced threat against Iran; details of aviator’s rescue emerge

WASHINGTON — An audacious operation Saturday night deep inside Iran rescued an American officer whose fighter jet had gone down behind enemy lines, a dramatic mission involving hundreds of U.S. soldiers that underscored the ongoing dangers of President Trump’s war. Early on Easter Sunday morning, the president celebrated the mission as one […] Read More

Inside the Pentagon, fears of a disrupted war effort after Army chief’s ouster

WASHINGTON — Merely two weeks had passed since the Iran war began when Gen. Randy George, the Army’s highest-ranking officer, began sounding an alarm. Touring a weapons depot in North Carolina, George warned lawmakers present that the conflict’s vast and ever-growing list of targets was straining U.S. capacity — “depleting our stockpiles […] Read More

Trump loses across courts in bruising week of immigration and legal setbacks

WASHINGTON — President Trump spent much of last week railing against the courts. The courts, in turn, spent it ruling against him. While Trump made history as the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court, where he stared down justices as they questioned his bid to end birthright […] Read More

Bondi and Noem were incompetent. But that’s not the only reason they’re gone

Remember when our president attacked a female journalist for asking uncomfortable questions with a casual, sincere, “Quiet, piggy”? That was five months ago, a lifetime in the chaos of the Trump administration, but it was a telling moment about how not just our president but those crafting his policy view […] Read More

At Easter, Iranian Christians pray as war rages at home

At a small Persian church in Chicago’s western suburbs, the pastor bowed his head and offered a special prayer for regime change and freedom of worship in his native Iran, as the five-week U.S.-Israeli war there rages on. “We pray to God to tear down the darkness power from Iran […] Read More

The loophole that keeps a Trump loyalist as L.A.’s federal prosecutor

Across the country, President Trump has installed handpicked loyalists as top federal prosecutors. Several have been pushed out after legal battles because they lack Senate confirmation to serve as U.S. attorneys. But in Los Angeles, Bill Essayli wields the power of a top prosecutor under a lesser title: “first assistant.” […] Read More

Cuba keeps dancing despite Trump’s oil blockade

HAVANA — After another nationwide blackout debilitated Cuba, electricity began flickering back on in parts of Havana on a recent Sunday afternoon. As cell signal returned, Alberto González’s phone buzzed nonstop with messages. “Will you open today?” “Is there power?” “Good afternoon, brother. Will there be dancing?” Until now, it wasn’t a […] Read More

House Democrats to hold California ‘shadow hearings’ on midterm election security

House Democrats will hold a pair of “shadow hearings” in California next week on the upcoming midterm elections — part of a broader party effort to defend state voting systems against mounting critiques and threats of intervention from the Trump administration. Such hearings, similar to those recently held in Los […] Read More

2 U.S. aircraft downed as Iran war escalates; both pilots rescued, one crew member missing, officials say

WASHINGTON — An American pilot flying over Iran was rescued Friday after his fighter jet was shot down by enemy fire, an attack that defied U.S. proclamations of total control over Iranian skies and prompted a hurried search and rescue operation for the pilot’s crew member. Word of the downed F-15E, a […] Read More

Trump’s budget plan would cut climate programs, boost military spending

The Trump administration on Friday unveiled its 2027 budget proposal, a wish list of changes — primarily cuts — it wants to see enacted by Congress in the upcoming fiscal year. Perhaps the biggest news related to the proposal from Trump’s Office of Management and Budget is that it seeks […] Read More

Trump asks Congress for $152 million to start rebuilding Alcatraz prison

WASHINGTON — President Trump is requesting $152 million from Congress to begin “rebuilding” the prison on Alcatraz Island for operational use, though his administration appears to have taken few steps toward advancing the project. The request, in the president’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2027, resurrects Trump’s attention-grabbing concept of converting the […] Read More

Trump’s budget singles out L.A. homelessness agency as he proposes housing cuts

WASHINGTON — President Trump is singling out the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority as a cautionary tale about Democratic mismanagement of publicly funded programs, using it to justify proposed cuts to homeless assistance services across the country. Trump’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year, released Friday, asks Congress to eliminate the […] Read More

President Trump bashed State Farm on social media: Why it didn’t come out of the blue

Victims of the January 2025 wildfires unhappy with how insurers have handled their claims have filed lawsuits, protested and complained to local and state officials. This week, they got support from an unexpected ally: President Trump. “It was brought to my attention that the Insurance Companies, in particular, State Farm, […] Read More

Commentary: The Cuban Americans who want to normalize relations between the U.S. and Cuba

When I was growing up, the Cuba I heard about in stories was akin to a floating haunted house. I spent much of my youth in Miami: an enclave for Cuban immigrants, many of whom arrived in the United States after 1959, when Fidel Castro and his army claimed victory […] Read More

EPA and HHS will study microplastics and pharmaceuticals in water

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced new initiatives to tackle microplastics in the human body and drinking water on Thursday. Kennedy said the government will create a $144-million program called STOMP, for the systematic targeting of microplastics. […] Read More

L.A. invades the New York Philharmonic, Met and Park Avenue Armory

NEW YORK — On a recent trip to New York, it was not easy to escape L.A., despite obvious differences. The record highs on the West Coast reached 100 degrees, while mid-March lows in Manhattan descended to the 20s (with wind chill making it feel like the freezing teens). Everyone had a […] Read More

Companies are buying their buildings instead of renting them as office values bottom out around Los Angeles

As the office market bottoms out after a long fall, renters are swooping in to buy their own buildings. Occupant businesses are seizing the opportunity to become owners, especially in downtown Los Angeles, where glittering high-rises have plummeted in value since occupancy dropped during the pandemic. It has never fully […] Read More

Trump fires Pam Bondi after tumultuous 14-month term as attorney general

WASHINGTON — President Trump fired Pam Bondi as attorney general on Thursday, ending a tumultuous 14-month tenure marked by mass firings of career prosecutors, a bungled handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation and a string of investigations into the president’s political foes, including prominent California Democrats. Trump announced the ouster of […] Read More

Trump speech on Iran war, recent remarks on oil, NATO, daycare costs land with a thud

President Trump’s meandering speech on the Iran war late Wednesday — in which he paired promises of a swift exit with new threats of escalated bombing and denied responsibility for the Strait of Hormuz — did little to assuage U.S. allies and world markets concerned about the conflict’s ongoing disruptions […] Read More

‘You’re a liar.’ Why the world’s biggest building boom has run into a wall in California

Bryan Marsh was booed by the crowd as he approached the podium in Monterey Park’s City Hall. Things weren’t going as planned. In front of a wall of people holding “No Data Center” placards, he outlined how his company, Australia’s HMC StratCap, invested tens of millions of dollars and became […] Read More

Trump signals Iran war offramp while administration reexamines NATO

WASHINGTON — President Trump signaled Wednesday that the United States is eyeing an offramp in its war with Iran, as he also raised the possibility of a major shift in U.S. alliances, including the potential withdrawal from NATO. Trump indicated in a social media post that Iran’s president wanted a ceasefire, and […] Read More

Contributor: U.S. sanctions to hurt Cuban civilians violate the Geneva Conventions

In the last year there have been a record number of legislative efforts to block military actions, threatened or carried out by the Trump administration, that are seen as illegal or unconstitutional. This has included President Trump’s decision to go to war against Iran. Some of these efforts in Congress […] Read More

In major speech, Trump says Iran war will be over ‘shortly’ but offers little clarity

WASHINGTON — In his first formal address to the nation since launching a war on Iran more than a month ago, President Trump on Wednesday night repeated a familiar list of claimed successes — and brushed aside setbacks caused by the war — while providing little clarity on a clear path to […] Read More

NASA launches humans to moon for first time in half-century

For the first time in more than 50 years, astronauts are on their way to the moon. NASA’s colossal Space Launch System rocket lifted off at 3:35 p.m. Pacific time from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the start of the 10-day Artemis II mission. In the hours and […] Read More

Hundreds rally outside Supreme Court to defend birthright citizenship against Trump’s executive order

WASHINGTON — Inside the Supreme Court, as justices heard oral arguments in the case over birthright citizenship, President Trump became the first sitting president to attend such a proceeding. Outside the court, the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark — the San Francisco man whose landmark Supreme Court case affirmed birthright citizenship […] Read More

How to watch NASA’s Artemis II moon mission

On Wednesday, for the first time since 1972, NASA is attempting to launch astronauts to the moon. The space agency is targeting a 3:24 p.m. Pacific time launch of the colossal Space Launch System rocket with four astronauts aboard. Once off the ground, the crew — including Southern California native […] Read More

Trump arrives at Supreme Court to attend birthright citizenship arguments

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday became the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court, inserting himself directly into a high-stakes legal battle over one of the most consequential orders of his administration. Trump arrived at the court Wednesday morning by limousine for arguments over whether the president […] Read More

Supreme Court weighs Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear President Trump’s claim that he has the power to revise the Constitution and to end birthright citizenship for babies born in this country to parents who were here unlawfully or temporarily. Trump proposed this potentially far-reaching change in an executive order. It […] Read More

Most Californians still disapprove of immigration crackdown, poll says

WASHINGTON — Two-thirds of California voters disapprove of President Trump’s immigration policies and a majority believe those policies are discriminating against Latinos, according to a new poll. Nearly half of the voters said they were concerned that they, a family member or a close friend could be detained because of Trump’s immigration […] Read More

Trump signs executive order limiting mail-in ballots; California leaders say they’ll fight

President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday purporting to place new federal controls on voting by mail in states such as California, repeating his long-held but unsubstantiated claim that mail-in ballots are a source of widespread fraud in U.S. elections. California leaders immediately responded with promises to fight the order […] Read More

Iran still firing missiles, U.S. ground operations remain an option, Hegseth says

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that Iran still retains the ability to launch offensive missiles a month into the war, even as U.S. and Israeli forces have carried out sustained strikes aimed at degrading Tehran’s military capabilities. “Yes, they will shoot some missiles, but we will shoot them down,” […] Read More

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