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NEW YORK  —  Democratic presidential candidate Michael R. Bloomberg on Friday unveiled a broad plan to eliminate all coal power plants and slow the expansion of the natural gas sector as part of a policy to fight climate change that he says would cut carbon emissions across the U.S. economy by 50% over the first…

Bernie Sanders withdrew his endorsement of California congressional candidate Cenk Uygur on Friday following reports about the online talk show host making crude and degrading comments about women and provocative statements about Jews, Muslims and other groups. The Democratic presidential candidate had said Thursday that Uygur, founder and co-host of “The Young Turks” online talk…

WASHINGTON  —  All seven of the Democratic presidential candidates who have qualified for next week’s scheduled debate in Los Angeles threatened Friday to skip the event to express support for union workers involved in a contract dispute at Loyola Marymount University. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was the first to jump into the fray, declaring in…

Round One goes to Los Angeles Fairfax — by a knockout. In a matchup of City Section Open Division boys’ basketball title contenders, the Lions built an early lead and never let up in earning early-season bragging rights over Western League rival Westchester with a 75-64 victory Friday night at Westchester High. Although neither team…

Defense has been Chatsworth Sierra Canyon’s strength all football season. That makes the accomplishment of senior quarterback Jameson Silva from Fresno Central even more stunning. Placing confidence in his receivers, Silva shredded the Sierra Canyon secondary for 353 yards passing and three touchdowns to lift Central (15-0) to a 34-19 victory over the Trailblazers in…

Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome back to our horse racing newsletter as we wish nothing but happiness to the best quarter-horse announcer … ever. We’re going to go off script today and not lead with thoroughbreds or some industry gossip or the doings of the California Horse Racing Board. This weekend is…

Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. LAKERS The Lakers beat the Miami Heat 113-110 on Friday, handing Miami its first home loss of the season. The Lakers (23-3) have now won 13 consecutive road games, the most the franchise has had since the 1971-72 championship season. After a sloppy…

POWAY, Calif. —  A planned talk by Rep. Rashida Tlaib at the Westview High School theater has been canceled after the Poway Unified School District revoked its approval of the event, saying that the date of the talk is the only day the space can be cleaned before the holiday break. Notice of the cancellation came…

SAN DIEGO —  Train service between Solana Beach and San Diego will be suspended Saturday and Sunday while a steel-reinforced concrete wall is built to shore up the tracks on the eroding Del Mar bluffs. The 80-foot-long “shotcrete” structure will be constructed between the exposed concrete piles that have tie-backs already in place, transit officials said.…

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