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Edmonton Oilers’ Evan Bouchard (2), Zach Hyman (18) and Corey Perry (90) celebrate a goal against the Kings during the third period of an NHL playoff game in Edmonton on Sunday, April 27, 2025. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP) Los Angeles Kings’ Trevor Moore, right, celebrates a goal against the Edmonton Oilers with teammates during the first period of Game 4 in an NHL hockey first-round playoff series in Edmonton, Alberta, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP) Los Angeles Kings’ Trevor Moore (12) and Edmonton Oilers’ Jake Walman (96) battle for the puck during the…

Sometimes you just have to shake your head over what goes on in the California Legislature. The latest dive into unreality is Assembly Bill 569, by Assemblymember Catherine Stefani, D-San Francisco. It would gut the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013, the signature fiscal achievement of Gov. Jerry Brown. PEPRA affected the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, which is the nation’s largest public pension fund and serves more than 2 million state and local government employees. To deal with runaway pension costs, among other things PEPRA ended the “pension spiking” that began a decade earlier, raised retirement ages…

When Rialto Unified school board member Edgar Montes apologized recently for his “inadvertent” vote to hire his mother for a district job, in violation of board bylaws, he neglected to mention that he had done it before. The issue first came to light a day after Montes’ mother, Maria Montes Torres, resigned April 16 from the position she held as a part-time cafeteria worker amid a Southern California News Group inquiry into her hiring. In a statement the next day, Edgar Montes acknowledged his mother stepped down after it was revealed he had voted to hire her on Aug. 10,…

Light rain is expected to sprinkle over Southern California on Saturday, April 26, but a light, quick shower will make way for mostly dry conditions by the end of the weekend, National Weather Service forecasters said Friday. A storm descending from northern California was expected to hit Los Angeles County by Saturday morning, bringing about a quarter-inch of rain to most areas until about 1 or 2 p.m., followed by possible scattered showers, Meteorologist Mike Wofford said. Orange County and the Inland Empire would be hit later, with the possibility of some drizzle in the morning before an anticipated tenth-of-an-inch…

By JILL COLVIN PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) — Alleged gang members without criminal records wrongly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador. International students detained by masked federal agents for writing opinion columns or attending campus demonstrations. American citizens, visa holders and visitors stopped at airports, detained for days or facing deportation for minor infractions. Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has launched an unprecedented campaign of immigration enforcement that has pushed the limits of executive power and clashed with federal judges trying to restrain him. But unlike in his first term, Trump’s efforts have not sparked…

INGLEWOOD — You get the feeling James Harden is really having a good time. The 16th-year NBA vet was on social media on Thursday morning, encouraging the home crowd – “how many times do you get a first? let’s get it!” – ahead of Intuit Dome’s successful playoff debut that night, a rollicking 117-83 victory over the Denver Nuggets that gave the Clippers a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven first-round series. Then he was on the court, controlling the action, a maestro, a system, plucking almost every note perfectly. He kicked the Clippers into high gear in the first half,…

Following the death of Pope Francis, cardinals from across the Catholic world will gather early next month to elect the next leader of the church. Some of the questions surrounding the next conclave concern whether the church will move away from Pope Francis’ more progressive attitudes by electing a traditionalist like Fridolin Besungu from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Francis himself appeared to present a welcoming and loving embrace to marginalized groups such as the LGBTQ community and immigrants – in my eyes much more reminiscent of what one would expect from Jesus himself given his relationships with those…

This is part one of a three-part series. This year Sacramento has been much more active regarding proposed HOA legislation, with at least nine bills introduced proposing to directly affect HOAs in various ways. The Legislature’s deadline on Feb. 21 for bills to be introduced has long past, but some bills could initially regard HOAs and then be amended to do something else, or vice versa. So, much can still happen before the June 6 deadline for bills to pass their house of origin and proceed to the other house for consideration. Senate Bill 410, by state Sen. Tim Grayson…

A 28-year-old Westminster man was charged this week with a felony count of cruelty to an animal after he was allegedly seen on video slamming a German Shepherd mix to the ground by the leash and then kicking her in the face while she lay motionless, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Alexander Cueva also faces a special allegation of personal use of a deadly and dangerous weapon – a leash – during the attack, which was captured on a surveillance video and posted to social media. If convicted as charged, Cueva could face up to four years…

By ROB GILLIES and JIM MORRIS, Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Diana and Rick Bellamy initially planned to take a Caribbean cruise out of Houston before heading to Laurel, Mississippi, to visit the home of one of their favorite HGTV shows, “Home Town.” The Calgary couple scrapped those plans and vacationed last month along Mexico’s Pacific coast instead, put off by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada, the insults he’s hurled at their homeland, and stories about American border agents searching people’s phones and detaining foreigners for minor reasons. She found it ironic that she felt…