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INGLEWOOD — What a response the Chargers mounted with their 34-27 victory over the Denver Broncos on Thursday night at SoFi Stadium.What a recovery. A wholesale turnaround from the Brandon Staley era, including that embarrassing 63-21 loss in last season’s Thursday night game against the Las Vegas Raiders, a defeat that dropped the Chargers to 5-9 and cost Staley (and General Manager Tom Telesco) his job, clearing the way for Jim Harbaugh to come aboard and infuse the organization with enthusiasm unknown to man.What a rebound. After two consecutive losses coming into this Thursday’s game, the Chargers muscled out a…

DALLAS — Norman Powell scored 29 points, James Harden added 24 and Ivica Zubac had 21 points and 15 rebounds as the Clippers beat a short-handed Dallas Mavericks team, 118-95, on Thursday night in the Mavericks’ first game this season playing without star guards Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving.Doncic sat out with a left heel contusion, Irving with right shoulder soreness, in the first of a two-game series between the teams that will conclude Saturday night.First-year Maverick Klay Thompson scored 22 points, his first game leading the team in scoring. Spencer Didwiddie added 19 in his first start of the…

Business, government and community leaders had an opportunity to see how San Bernardino County is empowering tomorrow through the transportation, healthcare, technology and innovation and manufacturing industries at the 2024 State of the County on September 18th. The event, which drew nearly 1,400 attendees, began with a video presenting the county’s annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures from five key industries: entertainment ($1.2 billion), healthcare ($12 billion), manufacturing ($9.6 billion), logistics ($1.2 billion), and technology and innovation ($3.9 billion). Overall, San Bernardino County’s GDP is more than $123 billion annually. Among the attendees was Dr. Dev GnanaDev, chair of surgery…

INGLEWOOD — Quarterback Justin Herbert threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes and the Chargers overcame a halftime deficit to seize a 34-27 victory over the Denver Broncos on Thursday night at SoFi Stadium. The victory all but assured the Chargers of an AFC wild-card berth.Herbert rallied the Chargers from a 21-13 halftime deficit to a 27-24 lead with a 19-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Derius Davis and a 2-point conversion pass to Joshua Palmer. In the end, it was difficult to know which pass was the more remarkable throw with 12:23 remaining in the game.First, Herbert rolled to his left…

In the 12 years since Austin Tice was abducted in Syria, his family and his coworkers at McClatchy have grieved at his absence, despaired at silence from the Syrian government and prayed that promises from three U.S. presidents would turn into actions that brought Austin home. Now, more than any moment since he was taken from us, we have a reason to believe that Austin may return. The government of Bashar al-Assad has fallen in Syria. Rebels and others are opening the gates of Assad’s many prisons, and the world is watching as captives walk from their cells to freedom. We…

Rules intended to shield California communities from harm associated with new large warehouses will be required by state law under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.The governor’s office on Sunday, Sept. 29, announced Newsom signed AB 98, which faced opposition from business groups, local governments and environmental justice advocates for different reasons.“The signing of AB 98 represents an important step forward for communities impacted by the over proliferation of warehousing,” the bill’s co-sponsor, Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes, D-Colton, said in a news release.“This legislation strikes a delicate balance that puts in place a higher standard for logistic development near…

All San Bernardino County government buildings will soon fly a new county flag for the first time in 40 years.San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors adopted the flag on Tuesday, Dec. 3, the third in the county’s 171-year history.The banner incorporates five stars that represent the county’s five supervisorial districts and the county’s arrowhead logo. The 1853 date of the county’s establishment, a silhouette of mountains representing the San Bernardino National Forest communities, and gold and blue stripes representing the county’s desert and valley communities will also characterize the newest iteration of the flag.“I’m proud of our new county flag…

By ANTHONY SANFILIPPO The Associated PressPHILADELPHIA — Anze Kopitar and Kevin Fiala scored two goals each, and the Kings scored four goals in the third period to rally past the Philadelphia Flyers, 7-3, on Thursday night.Warren Foegele added a goal and an assist for the Kings, who won for the eighth time in 11 games overall and improved to 3-1-1 on their season-long seven-game road trip. Tanner Jeannot and Quinton Byfield also scored for the Kings, and Alex Laferriere, Vladislav Gavrikov and Jordan Spence each chipped in a pair of assists. Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves.Tyson Foerster had two goals…

By Daniela Sirtori | BloombergThe union representing Starbucks baristas plans to go on strike for five days from Friday after a final-stage bargaining session reached an impasse, the group said.Starbucks Workers United said its members are planning to walk out in unionized stores across Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle.The union, which represents employees at more than 500 of Starbucks’ US 10,000 company-operated stores, said workers decided to go on strike after the coffee chain presented a package that offered no immediate raises for baristas in the union.Starbucks and its union had been locked in a bitter battle since the first…

A federal appeals court in Pasadena reinstated arson charges Thursday against two Southern California men accused of torching a Santa Monica police car during a George Floyd protest in 2020.Nathan Wilson and Christopher Beasley were charged four years ago in Los Angeles federal court after they attended a protest gathering in Santa Monica on May 31, 2020, where they were allegedly recorded setting a police car on fire and posted the video on social media, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.Beasley was identified from the video, but Wilson, who was wearing sunglasses and an American flag bandana over his…