Nothing says summer quite like a crispy, cooked hot dog with just the right amount of snap. The sausage industry recognizes the months between Memorial Day and Labor Day as hot dog season, the time of year when the most hot dogs are consumed. WalletHub reported that Americans are expected to consume 818 hot dogs … Read more
WASHINGTON — Do licensed gun owners have a right to carry a loaded weapon into stores, restaurants and other private places that are open to the public? California and Hawaii are among five states with new laws that forbid carrying firearms onto private property without the consent of an owner or manager. But the Trump administration … Read more
Has Elon Musk given up on Tesla’s Master Plans, on the electrified economy, on solar power as we know it? From the SpaceX IPO filing released yesterday, it sure seems like it. A recap for those not enmeshed in the Musk-verse: Tesla has released four Master Plans over the years, and while details have varied, … Read more
My husband, Colin, and I have lived abroad in Prague, road tripped through New Zealand, and country-hopped around Southeast Asia. So years before we welcomed our daughter into the world, we knew we’d want to spend part of our parental leave traveling. In September 2025, we left for six months of travel through Europe with … Read more
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military campaign that launched the war with Iran, Operation Epic Fury, “is over,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday, telling reporters that a new defensive phase had begun to secure the Strait of Hormuz — though President Trump later said he was pausing the effort to allow more time for a deal … Read more
The chemical leak that triggered evacuations across a swath of Orange County on Friday is located at GKN Aerospace, a manufacturing company based in the United Kingdom. A leading aerospace firm The company manufactures landing gear, jet engines and other materials for commercial and military aircraft. GKN Aerospace’s Garden Grove facility, which sits on 15.5 … Read more
I spent over 10 years at Meta, joining in 2012 when the company was still called Facebook and the newly acquired Instagram team occupied just two rows of stand-up desks in a half-filled Menlo Park campus. As a global director, I helped lead a creative group launching campaigns with Marvel, Disney, Mini, Lexus, Wendy’s, Activision, … Read more
Spencer Pratt, please give me a call. We should talk. You say you want to be mayor of Los Angeles, but do you really? I know that being a candidate has rescued you from anonymity after your career in reality TV went off a cliff. You’ve got CEOs backing you, and fans raving, and you’ve … Read more
HOUSTON — Shohei Ohtani was early on the 82-mph sweeper that Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. threw to him in a 2-2 count. It was to almost the same spot as the much harder cutter Ohtani had just fouled off. But Ohtani, starting his swing on time for the fastball, recognized the sweeper early enough to stop … Read more
For most people, lifting more than 1,000 pounds on a barbell is something out of a Sunday morning cartoon, not a real-life gym session. It’s all in a day’s work for Mitchell Hooper, the reigning World’s Strongest Man. Hooper first won the title in 2023 and again this year. It’s the top honor in strongman … Read more
Baseball players like to feel comfortable wearing their hats but also look good when taking them off. That’s where sophomore JV baseball player Noah Nolasco from Birmingham High comes into play. He’s been cutting hair for players in the East Valley, from Birmingham to Poly to Sylmar to Bishop Alemany. He’s been busy because the … Read more
The US military is using the southern border as a testing ground for counter-drone technology as cartel surveillance flights increasingly threaten troops and federal law enforcement officials operating there, senior leaders said this week. “We have a lot of fixed and movable counter-UAS capabilities, but not really anything that would follow a patrolling soldier,” Gen. … Read more
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Losses by 6-0. 15-2. 10-1. How do you want to spin the Angels now, GM Perry Minasian? Are things still grand in Arteville? Humiliations galore! Jim FredrickManhattan Beach Really? The Angels cannot hit, cannot pitch and certainly cannot field. Their hitting coach, pitching coach and manager Kurt Suzuki‘s terrible management are much higher … Read more
Jason Votrobek was convicted in 2014 on drug trafficking and money laundering charges and later sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. Votrobek talks to Business Insider about his early days smuggling cocaine and his role in the prescription opioid trade. Votrobek co-owned and operated Atlanta Medical Group, a Georgia clinic that distributed large volumes … Read more
During his first term, President Trump was both praised and condemned for being wildly unpredictable, pushing boundaries and disregarding long-standing norms in Washington. During the 2024 presidential campaign, then-Vice President Kamala Harris — Trump’s opponent — spoke directly to his volatile leadership style in her final pitch to voters, saying their choice would determine “whether … Read more