The Sports Report: USC will keep Clay Helton
Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. USC FOOTBALL After months of rampant speculation surrounding the future of USC’s football program, a new athletic director and new president have opted to stick with the status quo. The university’s new leadership announced Wednesday that Clay Helton, whose uneven tenure as head…
San Diego launching police home-buying incentive to help with officer shortage
Officers can get up to a $50,000 loan toward a down payment if they’re first-time buyers SAN DIEGO — San Diego’s chronic police officer shortage has prompted the city to start a home-buying incentive that will give officers as much as $50,000 toward a down payment if they buy a house in the city. The $750,000…
Poway's water woes due to out-of-compliance infrastructure, state official says
The city will be cited for a violation, and water use may not be restored until this weekend. POWAY, Calif. — A state official said Wednesday he intends to notify the city of Poway that its water storage reservoir is out of compliance, a situation he said directly contributed to last week’s storm water overflow that…
Earthquake: 3.8 quake near Ridgecrest, Calif.
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported at 12:55 a.m. Thursday less than a mile from Ridgecrest, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred 29 miles from California City, 58 miles from Tehachapi, 61 miles from Rosamond and 61 miles from Barstow. In the last 10 days, there have been five earthquakes of…
Newsletter: The Stanford professor at the center of an impeachment hearing storm
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, Dec. 5, and I’m writing from Los Angeles. Newsletter Get our Essential California newsletter The House Judiciary Committee held its first impeachment hearing over the Ukraine scandal on Wednesday — and much of the internet was talking about Pamela Karlan, a bespectacled 60-year-old Stanford…
Here's what's happening with Gabrielle Union and 'America's Got Talent'
View this post on Instagram Grateful ❤❤❤ Happy Thanksgiving good people. To all the friends and family that have my back and all the friends and family I've never met who show love and support when everyone is looking and when no one is looking…All praise, gratitude and thankfulness A post shared by Gabrielle Union-Wade…
NBC opens investigation following Gabrielle Union's 'America's Got Talent' departure
After meeting with fired “America’s Got Talent” host Gabrielle Union at length on Tuesday, NBC says it will open an investigation regarding the talent show. “We had a lengthy 5-hour, and what I thought to be, productive meeting yesterday,” Union said Wednesday on Twitter. “I was able to, again, express my unfiltered truth. I led…
British, black and bold, Yola is shaking up American roots music
Yola knows what you might be thinking. If you’ve never heard a lick of her music, you’ll likely have the wrong idea when you see her in photos. “Oh, hell yeah, because racism is real,” she says. “They don’t expect me to do what I’m doing. I’m not playing to any kind of trope, which…
What's on TV Thursday: 'Project Runway' on Bravo
SERIES Young Sheldon Mary (Zoe Perry) gets Pastor Jeff (Matt Hobby) involved when Sheldon (Iain Armitage) isn’t invited to Billy’s (Wyatt McClure) birthday party. Also, George Sr. (Lance Barber) spends time with Dr. Sturgis (Wallace Shawn) in this new episode. 8 p.m. CBS Whale Wars: Watson’s Last Stand After seven years battling at sea, the…
San Francisco travel deal: Save on rooms, splurge on puppy cuddling
San Francisco becomes transformed during the holidays, with an ice-skating rink, a two-story gingerbread house and a Winter Walk not far from Union Square. It’s also a time when the boutique hotel the Marker, at 501 Geary St., puts rooms on sale for as little as $109 a night. The deal: You can get 20%…