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Santa Anita plans to resume racing Saturday barring a sudden return of smoky conditions caused by the nearby wildfire, executives of the Arcadia track said Friday.Friday’s races had been postponed until next Thursday (Jan. 16), track management citing the unhealthy air from the Eaton fire burning in neighboring cities as well as the desire to give horsemen and women and others working at Santa Anita time to deal with the effects of the calamity in Los Angeles County communities.But by Friday afternoon, air quality had improved to well within the California Horse Racing Board’s standards. The air quality index for Arcadia…
“Download Watch Duty” has become a common refrain across online discussions centered around the recent wind-fueled firestorms in Los Angeles.Watch Duty is a free wildfire alert app and it’s mission of “getting clear, concise, actionable information when seconds count,” has been invaluable for many during fires such as the Palisades and Eaton fire, Nick Russell, Watch Duty’s vice president of operations said.And its growth during recent wildfires speaks to that value. Two million users have downloaded the app in the past three days, bringing the total number of users to 4.8 million, Russell said. About 98% of the new users…
Silicon Valley Congressman Ro Khanna took aim at his own party this week, accusing Democrats in the U.S. Senate of a bumbling failure to secure a majority on the federal board that safeguards workers’ rights to form unions and negotiate collectively for contracts with employers.A procedural “unforced error by Democrats” has cost them a majority on the five-member National Labor Relations Board that would have lasted the first two years of President-elect Donald Trump’s term, Khanna charged.“This is a huge setback for the hundreds of thousands of workers across this country organizing for a better contract,” he said in an…
LOS ANGELES — A day after stunning news the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams’ playoff tilt with the Arizona Cardinals would be moved from SoFi Stadium to Arizona, the wildfires decimating Los Angeles caused another significant schedule shift in LA-area sports on Friday.In a statement, the Big Ten announced that Northwestern women’s basketball had elected not to travel to Los Angeles this upcoming week, for games scheduled against No. 1 UCLA (16-0, 5-0 Big Ten) and No. 4 USC (15-1, 5-0 Big Ten). In a subsequent statement shared with the Southern California News Group, Northwestern clarified the decision to forgo travel…
Another surf industry wipeout is hitting Orange County as Liberated Brands – which held the distribution license for big brands like Billabong, RVCA, Honolua and Volcom – shutters its Costa Mesa corporate offices and lays off nearly 400 employees.Details of the closure and layoffs came from a California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, dated Jan. 8, required by the state when a company issues large-scale layoffs.“As part of a company-wide restructuring, Liberated Brands is closing its corporate offices and laying off all employees who work at those locations.The terminations, which include the company’s chief executive, are anticipated to be permanent,…
If you take Gov. Gavin Newsom at his word, California will have a budget surplus for the first time in several years, and his fellow Democrats who control the legislature won’t need to cut more programs as they try to make the state more livable.In reality, the state’s financial future is murkier.Newsom’s proposal for the 2025-2026 budget, unveiled Friday, has plans to pull $7.1 billion from the state’s rainy day reserve fund. That’s on the heels of a $5.1 billion draw from the fund that the governor agreed to last year, along with sizable cuts to government agencies and programs.…
LOS ANGELES — It was eerily similar to 2018, when the Woolsey fire ripped through Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Rams right tackle Rob Havenstein heard a teammate point out a new cloud of smoke on the horizon, and his heart dropped at the thought of another blaze in the community.Then, as he stared to the west, a new, horrible thought crossed his mind.“You’re like, wait a second, I live over there,” Havenstein said.Such was the state of things at the Rams facility in Woodland Hills Thursday as the Kenneth fire broke out. Head coach Sean McVay called the team…
With thousands of homes destroyed by wildfires across the Los Angeles County this week, homeowners, renters and business owners are likely scrambling to launch their property claims.They’ll need several key documents to get that process started, according to Joel Laucher, a program specialist with United Policyholders, a San Francisco-based nonprofit insurance and consumer rights advocacy group.We asked Laucher to walk us through the preliminary details. His answers have been edited for length and clarity.Q: What is needed to file a claim? A: Whether you were a homeowner, renter or a business owner, a key is to have a copy of your…
By GISELA SALOMON, Associated PressMIAMI (AP) — About 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 200,000 Salvadorans already living in the United States can legally remain another 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday, barely a week before President-elect Donald Trump takes office with promises of hardline immigration policies.The decisions mark the Biden administration’s latest in support of Temporary Protected Status, which he has sharply expanded to cover about 1 million people. TPS faces an uncertain future under Trump, who tried to sharply curtail its use during his first term as president.The announcement, which came as Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro took office for a…
LOS ANGELES — Lincoln Riley hasn’t bit his tongue, for the better part of a year, on his belief on the modern world of collegiate football. This was a “business,” and had been for a while, USC’s head coach said at a spring event hosted by NIL collective House of Victory. Staff structuring, Riley said in July at the Big Ten Media Days, was moving towards a “professional model.” And in December, Riley referred to a range of USC’s transfer-portal movement as “business decisions.”They were business decisions made, though, without any structure. Collegiate athletes have yet to be legally recognized as employees…