Month: January 2020

SOUTH BEND, Ind. —  On Jan. 1, Pete Buttigieg’s second term ended, and the “Mayor Pete” era in South Bend was over. In the Democratic presidential candidate’s telling, he presided over a Rust Belt comeback story in Indiana’s fourth-largest city, a metaphor for what is possible elsewhere in America. Before Buttigieg took office in 2012, downtown…

MUSCATINE, Iowa —  Bernie Sanders sounded awkwardly gringo in naming the Latino politician he thanked for introducing him, and he bungled the Spanish title of his own event, dropping the “con” from “Unidos con Bernie.” Yet it only seemed to endear “Tio Bernie” to the Latino voters gathered in this Iowa town to see him. In…

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who flirted with the idea of running for president but skipped the 2020 campaign, endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination Thursday. Garcetti will be one of Biden’s highest-profile supporters in California’s March 3 primary, but the endorsement is unlikely to have any practical effect on the…

LAS VEGAS —  Even before Thursday night, T-Mobile Arena had become one of Jack Campbell’s favorite places to play. On Feb. 27, 2018, the Kings goalie made 41 saves against the Vegas Golden Knights to earn his first NHL win. On New Year’s Day last season, he returned from a nearly two-month-long injury absence to post…

Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome to our horse racing newsletter as we get ready for two of the next three weeks at Santa Anita being three-day weeks. Before we get to the main event, Jon White returning to guide us to the Kentucky Derby, we’ve got a little news to break. The…

Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. NFL Sam Farmer takes a look at the backbone of the Baltimore Ravens: firefighters. They are Baltimore County firefighters, the behind-the-scenes backbone of the Baltimore Ravens, playing an essential role for the NFL’s hottest franchise. It’s a tradition that began in 1996, when…

With Spain and Germany still on holiday break, the league schedule in Europe remains a bit sparse. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t some interesting matchups. In England, Liverpool and Tottenham have been heading in different directions since meeting in last spring’s Champions League final. And while Paris Saint-Germain has broken away from the pack…

The Laguna Beach City Council adopted a resolution this week opposing the methods the Southern California Assn. of Governments used recently in determining that the city needs to plan for 390 new housing units and called for the state Department of Housing and Community Development to intervene. Laguna Beach’s allocation in the Regional Housing Needs…

SACRAMENTO —  Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for the state to invest more money next year to prevent and prepare for disasters after wildfires and earthquakes again wreaked havoc on California in 2019. Much of the governor’s proposal focuses on efforts to reduce and respond to wildfires, including funding 677 new CalFire positions over five years…

The man was fatally injured while descending a cliff to change batteries in an animal surveillance camera SAN DIEGO —  A 75-year-old wildlife worker died in a climbing accident Thursday afternoon while he was trying to change the batteries in a surveillance camera on a cliff overlooking San Pasqual Valley, a fire official said. The man…