Month: February 2020

Hollywood celebrities are salivating over the House’s impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and are using social media to spread a host of conspiracy theories involving the July 25 call between Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. Anti-Trump stars including Alyssa Milano, Debra Messing, Patton Oswalt, Chelsea Handler, and Jon Cryer have recently tweeted unsubstantiated…

You know what they say, what happens in Las Vegas … will be broadcast and live-streamed around the world. Democrats will hold their ninth presidential primary debate Wednesday and this time the stage will have a fresh face. Billionaire Michael R. Bloomberg, the former three-term mayor of New York City, qualified for his first debate…

Bernie Sanders has opened a wide lead in California’s Democratic presidential primary, and four rivals are virtually tied for a distant second place, according to a poll released Tuesday. The survey by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California found Sanders favored by 32% of likely voters in the March 3 primary, followed by former…

WASHINGTON —  Atty. Gen. William Barr has told people close to him he’s considering quitting his post after President Trump wouldn’t heed his warning to stop tweeting about Justice Department cases, an administration official told the Associated Press. The revelation came days after Barr took a public swipe at the president, saying in a television interview…

SACRAMENTO —  Michael R. Bloomberg would sell the financial data and media company he created in the 1980s — which bears his name and made him a multibillionaire — if he is elected U.S. president, a top advisor said Tuesday. The former New York mayor would put Bloomberg LP into a blind trust, and the trustee…

WASHINGTON —  The Democratic presidential candidates’ debate in Las Vegas tonight may be most remembered as the debut of their newest contestant, former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. For many voters, this will be their first look at the candidate who has spent an astronomical $330 million so far, but has yet to face off…

Seeded No. 7 out of eight teams in the Southern Section Open Division basketball playoffs, Santa Ana Mater Dei was hardly on anyone’s radar to be a disruptor in pool play. But the Monarchs (24-6) pulled off the feat of beating No. 2-seeded Corona Centennial and No. 3-seeded Temecula Rancho Christian in consecutive road playoff…

OPEN DIVISION Pool play, Tuesday Pool A Sierra Canyon 61, St. Anthony 49 Etiwanda 60, St. John Bosco 38 Pool B Harvard-Westlake 68, Corona Centennial 57 Mater Dei 76, Rancho Christian 71 Pool play, Friday, 7 p.m. Pool A #4 Etiwanda (2-0) vs. #1 Sierra Canyon (2-0) at Calabasas #8 St. John Bosco (0-2) at…

CITY GIRLS’ BASKETBALLOPEN DIVISIONConsolation semifinals. TuesdayNarbonne 49, Taft 36Crenshaw 72, Legacy 66 Championship semifinals, Saturday at Los Angeles Southwest College#4 Granada Hills vs. #1 Palisades, 4:30 p.m.#3 Los Angeles Hamilton vs. #2 El Camino Real, 3 p.m. Fifth-place game, Feb. 25, 7 p.m.#6 Crenshaw at #5 Narbonne Notes: Third-place game, Feb. 25, 7 p.m. at…

“Go by him,” Woodland Hills Taft High coach Derrick Taylor shouted to one of his guards dribbling on a fast break against King/Drew in a City Section Open Division playoff game. The player did exactly as he was told, beating his defender and was headed toward making a layup when 6-foot-6, 240-pound Fidelis Okereke suddenly…