Month: January 2020

Kings end decade with a bang, beat Flyers 5-3

As his team glided around him Monday morning, a day before its 5-3 thumping of the Philadelphia Flyers on New Year’s Eve at Staples Center, Kings coach Todd McLellan reached into his pocket and found a forgotten piece of paper. It was an old lineup card, from the Kings’ last full-fledged practice. Amid a December…

By JohnValbyNation January 1, 2020 0

Racing! Happy New Year!

Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome back to our horse racing newsletter as we predict the top stories of 2020 and look back at trainer Gary Sherlock. We don’t often have a Wednesday newsletter but Santa Anita has a special New Year’s Day card that brings us back. Since today is the first…

By JohnValbyNation January 1, 2020 0

California makes it easier to thin vegetation fueling wildfires. Will it make a difference?

SACRAMENTO —  California regulators said Tuesday that they have streamlined the state’s permit process to speed up the approval of tree-thinning projects designed to slow massive wildfires that have devastated communities in recent years. The state Board of Forestry and Fire Protection approved a vegetation management program based on more than a decade of analysis of…

By JohnValbyNation January 1, 2020 0