Another refinery shuts down in California. What happens to gas prices?
California’s attempt to manage a smooth transition away from gasoline just got roughed up with this week’s decision by Phillips 66 to shutter its refinery…
U.S. grants temporary legal status to Lebanese already in America
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday announced temporary legal status for Lebanese citizens already in the United States, likely pleasing some Arab voters, including in…
Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop classroom Bible mandate
OKLAHOMA CITY — A group of Oklahoma parents of public school students, teachers and ministers filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to stop the state’s top education…
Fox News interview with Kamala Harris scores 7.1 million viewers
Vice President Kamala Harris’ combative interview on Fox News delivered an average of 7.1 million viewers Wednesday, the Democratic presidential nominee’s most-watched TV news appearance…
Some women are torn between immigration and abortion when it comes to Trump
Hello and happy Thursday. There are 18 days until the election and we are in the stretch that is both stressful and boring (hopefully, anyway).…
How Kamala Harris’ actions changed these Californians’ lives forever
Long before Kamala Harris was vice president and the Democratic presidential nominee, she was San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general. Those roles gave…
Panel on Trump assassination attempt says Secret Service needs reform
WASHINGTON — An independent panel investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally says the Secret Services needs “fundamental reform” and that…
Opinion : Trump promies mayhem. Take him seriously and literally
Back at the dawn of the Trump age, weeks before the 2016 election, a conservative writer chided the media as it struggled with how to…
With Prop. 33, voters could remove state limits on rent control
Seeking to wield the power of government to keep rents low amid an affordability crisis, San Francisco officials last week passed a measure to dramatically…
Supreme Court could be asked to decide these disputes in a close election
WASHINGTON — In a nail-biter election Nov. 5, expect the losing side to challenge the results in court.After former President Trump’s 2020 defeat, his supporters filed…
Something is rotten in SoCal’s Metropolitan Water District
There are few government agencies more central to daily life in Los Angeles than the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which spends billions of…
Trump’s threats are dismissed as bluster but there’s cause for concern
Life may be full of uncertainties but there’s one thing you can count on come election day, as surely as the sun rises over the…
Opinion: Menopausal women have a lot at stake in this election
Perhaps you’ve heard: Menopause is having a moment. Celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and Drew Barrymore have begun speaking out about coping with symptoms and…
Heat, thirst and rosaries: A drive along Arizona’s border with Mexico
SASABE, Ariz. — The men and the boys scanned the Mexican desert from the shade of a tree. They walked down a hill toward the border…
New film returns to Trump’s sexual assault trial and E. Jean Carroll
The opening lines betray little emotion, yet they startle: “I’m here because Donald Trump raped me. He lied and shattered my reputation and I am…
Here are 4 campaign promises from Harris. What are their chances if she wins?
As she runs the most truncated presidential campaign in modern American history, Vice President Kamala Harris has made lofty promises on issues that polls show…
Elon Musk is all in for a second term for Donald Trump
While he was building rockets and electric cars and becoming the world’s richest man, Elon Musk mostly stayed out of politics, donating relatively modest amounts…
Here are 4 campaign promises from Trump. What are their chances if he wins?
As he runs his third campaign as the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump has kept up a dizzying schedule of rallies, news conferences, public appearances…
Harris’ first formal interview with Fox News is combative
In the most combative interview since Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic presidential nominee, she discussed border policy, taxpayer-funded benefits for transgender prisoners and…
Los Angeles has a $22-billion homelessness problem
City of Los Angeles officials are finally confronting a question that has seemed too big to answer: How much would it actually cost to get…