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The accomplishments and plaudits are accumulating for Yucaipa High sophomore Olivia Lewis.Lewis is now the IE Varsity Girls Tennis Player of the Year. This comes on top of a year in which she won the Ojai Tennis Tournament Junior Girls 16-and-under division, was the Citrus Belt League titlist, and made the Top 16 at the CIF Southern Section singles tournament.Yucaipa sophomore Olivia Lewis has been selected the IE Varsity Girls Tennis Player of the Year. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Yucaipa sophomore Olivia Lewis has been selected the IE Varsity Girls Tennis Player of the Year. (Photo by Milka…
Some tech industry leaders are pushing the incoming Trump administration to increase visas for highly skilled workers from other nations.The heart of the argument is, for America to remain competitive, the country needs to expand the number of skilled visas it gives out.The previous Trump administration did not increase the skilled visa program, instead clamping down on visas for students and educated workers, increasing denial rates.Not everyone in corporate America thinks the skilled worker program is great. Former workers at IT company Cognizant recently won a federal class-action lawsuit that said the company favored Indian employees over Americans from 2013…
A rested flock was set to return to the ice after the holiday break as the Ducks geared up to dive headlong into a back-to-back set at home that will see them opposed by the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday and the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday.After last Sunday’s dramatic comeback against Utah HC capped a spurt of three wins in four games, a competitive effort in Las Vegas in their fourth game in six nights fell short against the Pacific Division-pacing Golden Knights on Monday.In a game where shots on goal, shot attempts and other possession metrics were roughly even, the…
Remember this moment because it probably won’t last: A U.S. lottery jackpot is projected to soar above $1 billion, and that’s still a big deal.Friday’s Mega Millions drawing is worth an estimated $1.22 billion, evoking headlines and likely luring more people to convenience stores with dreams of private spacewalks above the Earth.It doesn’t seem to matter that the nation’s top 10 jackpots — not including this one — already have boasted 10-figure payouts. For many of us, something stirs inside when a number ticks one dollar above $999,999,999.“The question lurking is, what happens when $1 billion becomes routine and people don’t care…
A Riverside County jury deliberating in a murder case announced this week that it was hopelessly deadlocked — with one juror holding out for acquittal — and a mistrial was declared.District Attorney’s spokeswoman Thalia Hayden said the office plans to retry the case, which resulted from a shooting during a robbery in a marijuana sale. The next hearing is scheduled for Feb. 18 in Superior Court in Riverside.Eleven of the 12 jurors favored finding 24-year-old Ricky Martin Ortiz guilty, DA’s spokesman John Hall said, of gunning down 21-year-old Gustavo Hernandez of Perris in his car the night of March 4,…
By MICHELLE L. PRICEWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump’s supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in his political movement into public display, previewing the fissures and contradictory views his coalition could bring to the White House.The rift laid bare the tensions between the newest flank of Trump’s movement — wealthy members of the tech world including billionaire Elon Musk and fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and their call for more highly skilled workers in their industry — and people in Trump’s Make America Great Again base who championed his hardline immigration policies.The debate touched…
El SEGUNDO — Alright class, we’re 30 games into the 2024-25 NBA season. What have we learned?Dalton, how about you? What’s something you’ve learned about, say, your teammate LeBron James?“How much he loves to play Madden,” Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht said when he was quizzed during a media scrum on Friday after practice at the UCLA Health Training Center.Uh-huh. OK, and how about the rest of you, Lakers Fans? What have these first 30 games taught you?How about that the Lakers aren’t automatically better with James on the court? That for the first time in his illustrious 22 NBA seasons,…
A Fairfax, California, resident has filed a lawsuit against a Irvine-based electric-bicycle manufacturer on allegations it sells vehicles that are illegal under California law.The lawsuit by Hillary Whitman alleges that the company, Super73 Inc., makes products that can be used to break the state’s speed limits for e-bikes.The lawsuit in Marin County Superior Court seeks a refund for the plaintiff, a judicial declaration that Super73 vehicles are not e-bikes under California law and a court order certifying the suit as a class action.“There are a lot of parents who are upset about Super73 and the vehicles that it sells, and…
By HALELUYA HADERO, Associated PressPresident-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue.The request came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court, in which the company argued the court should strike down a law that could ban the platform by Jan. 19 while the government emphasized its position that the statute is needed to eliminate a national security risk.“President Trump takes no position on the underlying merits of this dispute. Instead, he respectfully requests…
They were two words Dodger fans had been hoping to hear this offseason.“I’m back,” free agent outfielder Teoscar Hernandez posted to his Instagram account on Friday afternoon, confirming that he and the Dodgers had reached agreement on a new contract.The deal is reportedly for three years and $66 million with a club option for a fourth season at $15 million. The deal ties the 32-year-old Hernandez to the Dodgers potentially through the 2028 season.After finding a limited market as a free agent last winter, Hernandez signed a one-year, $23.5 million contract with the Dodgers that included $8.5 million in deferred…