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The motocross community is mourning the loss of one of its brightest prodigies following the death of 16-year-old Aidan Zingg of Hemet, who succumbed to injuries sustained during an event on Saturday in Mammoth Lakes, industry website DirtBikeLover reported. Zingg, who grew up in Hemet, had just signed with the prestigious Kawasaki Team Green. At Saturday’s Mammoth Mountain MX event, Zingg reportedly crashed in a corner of the 250cc B class race. After the crash, he was, according to the initial report on DirtBikeLover, “run over by multiple bikes and remained unconscious on the track for two laps before the…

The ongoing fight between the Trump administration and certain media outlets over the full extent of the damage to Iran’s nuclear program from U.S. airstrikes misses the much larger picture of what they mean for the future of the Middle East. Quite simply, in its myopic focus on just how damaged the Fordow facility is, both the media and the administration are missing the true impact of what occurred and what the outcome may be. President Trump’s decision to strike Iran’s main nuclear facilities – and the beating Tehran took during its 12-day war with Israel – open the door…

While Southern California employers collectively added jobs in the past year, nine of 15 major industries were trimming staff. My trusty spreadsheet, filled with state job figures, found 8 million people at work in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in May. Yes, that’s up 38,200 in the past 12 months, but that expansion is 62% below the median annual growth pace of 101,300 since 2010. By industry, however, the picture is mixed. Many local bosses seem reluctant to hire as they juggle high financing costs, skittish consumers and unorthodox economic policies from the Trump administration. Within these 15…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration — and singer Bono held back tears as he recited a poem — in an emotional video farewell on Monday with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Monday was the last day as an independent agency for the six-decade-old humanitarian and development organization, created by President John F. Kennedy as a peaceful way of promoting U.S. national security by boosting goodwill and prosperity abroad. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered USAID absorbed into…

As expected, free agent forward Nicolas Batum will sign a two-year, $11.5 million deal to return to the Clippers, according to multiple sources on the first day of NBA free agency. The deal includes a team option as well as a trade kicker. His contract is the maximum he can receive with his non-Bird rights. Batum, 34, had expressed his desire to stay with the Clippers at the end of last season. He credits Coach Tyronn Lue for “saving his career” after finding out through social media that he had been waived by the Charlotte Hornets in 2020. Batum had…

Costco members with the pricier executive membership saw an old perked revived Monday, June 30: early entrance. The membership club is now open starting at 9 a.m. for members who pay the annual executive rate of $130. Gold Star and business members ($65 annually) can enter at 10 a.m. The company told Business Insider that the change was a “reward” for its most loyal customers and “their commitment to Costco.” Also see: Not a Costco member? Shoppers have tips to get inside Costco before the pandemic offered early hours for certain members. That practice ended when it converted that early…

By TARA COPP, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top military commander in charge of troops deployed to Los Angeles to respond to protests against immigration raids has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if 200 of those forces could be returned to wildfire fighting duty, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Monday. President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of about 4,000 California National Guard troops and 800 active duty Marines against the wishes of Gov. Gavin Newsom in early June to respond to a series of protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles. The federal…

LOS ANGELES — Professionals are professionals for a reason. Terrell Carter, a 29-year-old Los Angeles native who plays center for KK Igokea of the Bosnian ABA league, made that clear from the opening tip in Week 3 of Drew League action Saturday. Playing for Hometown Favorites, he first set up his team’s opening bucket against What Now. Next trip down, he buried a turnaround from mid-range. Then he spun off his man for a lay-in. Same message, louder delivery. But his team let him keep repeating it. A block on one end. Sprinting the floor. Catching an alley-oop and punishing…

By JAMES POLLARD, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan had some complications while fundraising on his own website last fall. Several friends wanted to help Cadogan reach his $28,000 goal as he crowdfunded for a Los Angeles area wilderness rescue team. But they tried to donate through a lesser-known wealth management tool called a donor-advised fund, or a DAF, a no-frills investing vehicle for money earmarked as eventual charitable gifts. After cutting checks and waiting three weeks, Cadogan said, the money finally arrived. “It was just a bit of a thing,” he added. “If they were…

By KIM CHANDLER, CLAIRE RUSH and ELLIOT SPAGAT Mandonna “Donna” Kashanian lived in the United States for 47 years, married a U.S. citizen and raised their daughter. She was gardening in the yard of her New Orleans home when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers handcuffed and took her away, her family said. Kashanian arrived in 1978 on a student visa and applied for asylum, fearing retaliation for her father’s support of the U.S.-backed shah. She lost her bid, but she was allowied to remain with her husband and child if she checked in regularly with immigration officials, her husband…