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Presley Wilson’s priorities shifted from college to finding a new home after she got booted from her studio apartment in the middle of her first semester at Cal State Long Beach.Homelessness loomed for the transfer student when her financial aid package arrived too late to keep her from falling behind on her rent.Then, three weeks before she had to leave her apartment, a university case worker located a slot in a state-funded program designed to get students out of homelessness and back on track to earning a degree.With money for the deposit on a new apartment, plus a $500-a-month subsidy for…

LOS ANGELES — The nightmare replays, every so often, in Will Howard’s mind. Too often.He can’t escape it. He doesn’t want to escape it. The video, from the failures of a cold October night in Eugene, has played in Ohio State’s facility on their trip to the Rose Bowl this week. Howard, the Buckeyes’ senior quarterback, already has it seared into his synapses from months before, dissecting the footage of that loss to Oregon over and over and over again during the bye week that followed.The thought persisted, amid the masochism: What could I have done better?The Buckeyes were trailing…

A $7.5 million federal grant will provide a smoother pathway for underserved students at La Sierra University to pursue graduate degree and career opportunities.The Riverside-based university recently received the first $1.5 million installment of the five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans or PPOHA program.“La Sierra University has been serving our community for over 100 years and expanded the possibilities for a huge number of students,” Rep. Mark Takano, D-Riverside, said in a university news release.“I am proud to deliver this grant to ensure that students have a variety of academic offerings and…

LOS ANGELES — It was easier to build a fence around Arkansas. There are millions of acres of nothing but wide-open farmland. There are a handful of small towns. And there are a couple gems, of talented regional prep basketball players, with minimized regional recruiting competition.The world is different in the metropolis of Los Angeles. But Eric Musselman took the job at USC, all the same, to corner the market on Southern California.On the second day Musselman arrived to Southern California from Fayetteville, dubbed the men’s basketball program’s next head coach in early April, he hosted St. John Bosco’s Elzie…

LOS ANGELES – If I’m in any way affiliated with the USC or UCLA football programs, I pray that Dan Lanning’s viral quote early this year proves to be a sharp Nike-level marketing gambit and not a sincere statement of fact.But he probably did mean it.“The grass is damn green in Eugene,” he said, shooting down rumors – in his most Dan Lanning way – that he was interested in leaving his post as Oregon’s head coach for the same job at Alabama.He’s right, you know. I lived in Eugene; it rains a lot there. The grass is really green.Plus the…

The Kings will ring in the New Year with its first heavyweight bout, kicking off 2025 with a showdown against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday.Both teams have had to work to keep pace in competitive divisions. The Kings haven’t lost consecutive games since Nov. 20, compiling the third-best points percentage in the NHL since that time. The only issue? Both teams ahead of them during that span were also in the Pacific Division. The Edmonton Oilers lost to the Kings and Ducks over the weekend after entering the holiday break as winners of 11 of 13 contests, while the…

By Jamie Tarabay and Craig Torres | BloombergThe US Treasury Department was hacked by a Chinese state-sponsored actor through a third-party software service provider, according to a letter the agency sent to Congress on Monday.Treasury described the intrusion as a “major cybersecurity incident,” since it was attributed to a state-sponsored actor, according to the letter.Treasury was notified on Dec. 8 by a third-party software provider, BeyondTrust Inc., that a hacker had gained access “to a key used by the vendor to secure a cloud-based service used to remotely provide technical support for Treasury Departmental Offices (DO) end users,” according to…

Here are the latest IE Varsity girls basketball rankings for the 2024-25 season.Records are through Monday, Dec. 30.IE VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL RANKINGS1. Ontario Christian (18-1)The Knights will have a chance to avenge their only loss (Archbishop Mitty) on Saturday.Previous ranking: 12. Etiwanda (8-4)The Eagles brought home the title from the SoCal Holiday Prep Classic in San Diego.Previous ranking: 23. Rancho Christian (10-2)The Eagles head to Colorado for the Denver East Holiday Classic beginning ThursdayPrevious ranking: 34. King (16-4)The Wolves reached the championship game of Ayala’s Best of the West TournamentPrevious ranking: 45. Moreno Valley (11-5)The Vikings return next week with…

By Dylan Sloan and Jack Witzig | BloombergThe world’s 500 richest people got vastly richer in 2024, with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang leading the group of billionaires to a new milestone: A combined $10 trillion net worth.An indomitable rally in US technology stocks played a key role in turbocharging the trio’s wealth, as well as the fortunes of Larry Ellison, Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The eight tech titans alone gained more than $600 billion this year, 43% of the $1.5 trillion increase among the 500 richest people tracked by…

Here are the latest IE Varsity boys basketball rankings for the 2024-25 season.Records are through Monday, Dec. 30.IE VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS1. Roosevelt (15-1)The Mustangs beat St. John Bosco to repeat as Classic at Damien Platinum Division champs.Previous ranking: 12. Riverside Poly (10-7)The Bears have an important Ivy League showdown at Rancho Verde coming up next week.Previous ranking: 23. Damien (13-6)The Spartans closed the Platinum Division at its tournament with a win over Destiny Christian.Previous ranking: 34. Etiwanda (12-7)The Eagles walked away with a split of their games in the Classic at Damien’s Gold Division.Previous ranking: 45. Rancho Cucamonga (12-6)The…