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By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Will Wade’s work building North Carolina State into an immediate winner included the pursuit of an entrant in the NBA draft, just in case he returned to college. It wasn’t a huge risk: With all the cash flowing in college, the number of early entrants to the NBA draft has continued to shrink. This year’s draft starts Wednesday night with its lowest total of those prospects in at least 10 years. “Now you can play the long game a little bit more,” Wade told The Associated Press, referring to how college players can look…
In May, House Republicans passed a budget bill that will hurt millions of working families, and not one California Republican lifted a finger to stop it. These aren’t just numbers — they’re people. Kristen, a young woman in my district, lives with a genetic disorder that causes developmental, learning, and cardiovascular issues. Every four months, she travels from the Inland Empire to San Diego for vital testing, care made possible by Medi-Cal. She works hard, dreams of owning a bakery, and fights to stay healthy. This bill threatens her care and her dream. Trump and Republicans call it “One Big…
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach, on Tuesday, June 24, became the ranking member on the powerful House Oversight Committee, a rare feat for someone only in his second term in Congress and one that some believe signals the start of a potential generational shift in leadership within the Democratic Party. It was a decisive win for the former mayor of Long Beach. Garcia received 150 votes among House Democrats while Massachusetts Rep. Stephen Lynch received 63 votes. Lynch, 70, has served in Congress since 2001 and was serving as acting ranking member on the Oversight Committee after Rep. Gerry Connolly,…
The month of June will end up being light for the Galaxy. With Wednesday’s trip to Colorado, followed by Saturday’s visit to California rival San Jose, the Galaxy will close June with only three games in the month. July will be another story with five league games and the start of thew annual Leagues Cup tournament. “I think it was a much-needed rest for everyone, mentally and physically,” defender John Nelson said of the recently concluded league break. “Obviously, the year has been a crazy year for us, but it was a good rest. I thought this week (of training)…
Southern California continues to have some of the worst traffic congestion in the country. Drivers experience traffic delays at almost any hour and day of the week on the region’s major highways. This gridlock is more than just a pain for drivers. It harms the state’s economy. Inrix finds traffic congestion costs the average Los Angeles driver 89 hours a year and drains $8 billion annually from the economy. The traffic also limits the number of jobs accessible to individuals. For instance, without traffic delays, workers could reach four times as many jobs as they can today. Over the past…
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ LINDEN, New Jersey (AP) — At a trucking school in New Jersey, students are maneuvering 18-wheelers around traffic cones. Other future drivers look under hoods to perform safety checks, narrating as they examine steering hoses for cracks and leaks. An instructor glides between speaking Spanish and English as he teaches Manuel Castillo, a native Spanish speaker, how to inspect a school bus. They’re using a printed script of English phrases to practice what Castillo would say during a roadside inspection. Brushing up on English has taken on new urgency for future and current truck drivers after President…
A Washington state man who was accused of providing bomb-making materials to the person who detonated a car bomb that destroyed a Palm Springs fertility clinic died Tuesday while in federal custody in Los Angeles. Daniel Park, 32, was found unresponsive around 7:30 a.m. at the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles and later died at a hospital, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons. A cause of death was not immediately announced. Debris covers the ground after an explosion on Saturday, May 17, 2025 in Palm Springs, Calif. (ABC7 Los Angeles via AP) “No employees or other incarcerated…
By MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has authorized providing $30 million to a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group that is distributing food in Gaza, a U.S. official said Tuesday, an operation that has drawn criticism from other humanitarian organizations. The request is the first known U.S. government funding for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s aid distribution efforts amid the Israel-Hamas war. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive diplomatic issue involving a controversial aid program. The announcement comes as violence and chaos have plagued the new food distribution sites since…
LOS ANGELES – Hopefully soon Alijah Arenas will find himself back, lost in the music of the game. Crunch-time, clutch minutes, that revealing drumbeat of late-game tension that tends to tell us something about people. I doubt he’ll ever find those basketball moments particularly nerve-racking. Not after what he went through on April 24, when the Tesla Cybertruck he was driving crashed into a tree and fire hydrant in Reseda. After watching his new USC teammates practice Monday morning at Galen Center, Arenas – the Los Angeles Daily News 2025 boys basketball player of the year and son of former…
Californians are battling a cost-of-living crisis, largely because our leaders in Sacramento have never met a tax or regulation they didn’t like. Golden State drivers are currently paying $4.90 per gallon, 50% more than the national average, to fill up their vehicles. We have the second-most expensive residential electricity prices in the nation. Our housing costs are the most expensive in the continental United States. And we have the highest marginal state income and sales taxes in the nation. And now, Washington politics are about to poke another hole in Californians’ pockets. The Trump administration recently announced its plans to impose tariffs…