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DeAndre Ayton calls Luka Doncic once in a generation talent after joining Los Angeles Lakers
DeAndre Ayton calls Luka Doncic once in a generation talent after joining Los Angeles Lakers (Image Source: Getty Images) NBA fans were surprised this week after a big move in Los Angeles. On Tuesday, Deandre Ayton, the former No. 1 draft pick,...

Green Coffee Company and Los Angeles Rams Announce New Multi-Year Partnership to Make Juan Valdez® the Official Coffee of the Rams
MIAMI, July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --Today, Green Coffee Company and the Los Angeles Rams announced a multi-year partnership to make the iconic Juan Valdez® coffee, produced by GCC in the USA, the Official Coffee of the Los Angeles Rams. With this...

Best places to live in the San Francisco metro area
Best places to live in the San Francisco metro area Stacker compiled a list of the best places to live in the San Francisco metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses 15 weighted factors for its rankings. A majority of the score is based on...

Best places to live in the Los Angeles metro area
Best places to live in the Los Angeles metro area Stacker compiled a list of the best places to live in the Los Angeles metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses 15 weighted factors for its rankings. A majority of the score is based on cost...

California Attorney General discusses tariff impacts with business leaders
California Attorney General Rob Bonta held a roundtable discussion in Los Angeles to address the impact of tariffs imposed by former President Trump on various industries in California. This event follows a lawsuit filed by California against the...

Consumer Watchdog Files Coast-To-Coast Briefing Challenging Presidential Tariffs In California And Washington
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) SAN FRANCISCO and WASHINGTON, July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog yesterday filed amicus curiae ("friend of the court") briefs in two cases-one in the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, and one in the Federal Circuit...

California’s red line of fire defense faces growing scrutiny
As California enters the height of wildfire season, Cal Fire aircraft are once again painting red lines across dry hillsides with a substance known as PHOS-CHEK. The fire retardant is used to slow or stop advancing flames. But growing questions...

Border Patrol official sends ominous message to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass
Back in May, congressional Republicans and the Department of Homeland Security got their feelings hurt when Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz compared Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations to a “modern-day Gestapo.” But the scenes and...

California cannot sacrifice public safety in pursuit of renewable energy
California's ambitious renewable energy goals are a source of pride for its residents, but we cannot allow the rapid expansion of battery facilities to jeopardize public safety. As the state embraces Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facilities...

CALIFORNIA DELETE ACT: Less Than Six Months To Go Until Creation Of “One-Stop Shop” Deletion Mechanism For Data Brokers
CIPAWorld has been buzzing lately with a spate of new bills, enforcement actions, and judgements with critical ramifications on privacy compliance and data protection obligations. But amidst all the new action, an older deadline is creeping up on...

California Proposal to Curb Website Cookie Litigation Stalls for This Year: What 3 Things Should Your Business Do?
A California bill aimed at curbing the explosion of lawsuits filed against businesses using common website tools like cookies, pixels, and session replay software has stalled out in the 2025 legislative session, meaning your business will remain...

Trey Anastasio Band Sets Los Angeles Show Ahead Of Grateful Dead 60th Golden Gate Park Appearance
Trey Anastasio Band will get to California a few days ahead of its scheduled slot at Dead & Company‘s 60th anniversary celebration of the Grateful Dead in Golden Gate Park for a one-off headlining show at The Bellwether in Los Angeles on Friday,...

Los Angeles Lakers begin secret 2025 trade talks for Matisse Thybulle, Marcus Smart and Ayo Dosunmu
Los Angeles Lakers begin secret 2025 trade talks for Matisse Thybulle, Marcus Smart and Ayo Dosunmu (Image Source: Getty Images) The Los Angeles Lakers are quietly making moves behind the scenes, and the NBA offseason is accelerating quickly....

Are Workplace Raids in California Resulting in New Jobs for Citizens?
Carlos was pulled out of a deep sleep by a series of frantic phone calls one Friday morning in June. By the time he arrived at a downtown Los Angeles garment factory sometime after 10 a.m., his brother was in chains. Agents from a constellation of...

Despite Protests, Border Sector Chief Vows to Enforce Immigration Law in Sanctuary Los Angeles, Elsewhere
As Border Patrol agents carried out an immigration related enforcement operation, guarded by a contingent of U.S. Marines, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and a group of protesters intervened. Despite the protests, the operation went on as planned....

Masked, Armed and Forceful: Finding Patterns in Los Angeles Immigration Raids
Armed and masked men leaping out of unmarked vehicles. Latino men taken from their places of work or while waiting for the bus. Street vendors roughly tackled to the ground and forcefully held down. Since early June, the streets of Los Angeles...
John C. Harris, California horse breeder and owner of Harris Farms, dies at 81
John C. Harris, California horse-racing mogul, had a particular love for the thoroughbred breeding and racing sector of his company, Harris Farms. Multiple horses that were raised and trained at Coalinga-based Harris Farms went on to become...

Morocco and US deepen agricultural cooperation during high-level exchange in California
A senior Moroccan delegation participated in a week-long agricultural exchange in California from June 22 to 28, 2025, at the invitation of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA), which represents agricultural...

Order that blocked Trump from mass federal layoffs lifted by Supreme Court Staff cuts were planned at the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, State, Treasury, Veterans Affairs and other agencies. Read More »
By John Kruzel, Nandita Bose and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Donald Trump's administration to pursue mass government job cuts and the sweeping downsizing of numerous agencies, a decision...

Halkias: Failure to extend IMEA contract could result in 30% increase in energy prices for Naperville
Louis Halkias, Chairman of Naperville’s Public Utilities Advisory Board. | Louis HalkiasLouis Halkias, Chairman of Naperville’s Public Utilities Advisory Board. | Louis Halkias Naperville residents could see their electric bills spike by more than...