just now  (961+ words) Orange County supervisors next week are scheduled to discuss privately the Feb. 17 $3.5 million verdict against the county, stemming from harassment claims involving a former high-ranking prosecutor, as board leaders voiced concern about mounting legal costs with multiple related cases still…...

11+ min ago  (1247+ words) It was an extraordinary media moment: CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert on Tuesday publicly blasted his own employer over its handling of his interview with Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico of Texas. Colbert contended that his own network prevented him…...

11+ min ago  (981+ words) While President Trump is busy working through his checklist for sabotaging the midterm elections, Republicans are already concocting the political equivalent of a shady insurance policy " the kind someone takes out the day before the house catches fire. I'll save…...

13+ min ago  (195+ words) Los Angeles County's 911 system was down overnight before coming back online Friday morning, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. Shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, the department was notified of a service disruption affecting the Vesta System, a third-party public safety call-handling…...

14+ min ago  (358+ words) Those election conspiracists now holding official power range from the attorney general to lawyers filing lawsuits for the Justice Department. President Trump has long spread conspiracy theories about voting designed to explain away his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden…...

32+ min ago  (853+ words) Imelda Marcos" fetish for fiendishly expensive shoes was a running gag in the 1980s. But did you know that she was also something of a disco queen? "Here Lies Loves," which is having its Los Angeles premiere at the Mark Taper…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago  (531+ words) In the fall of 2023, the California Legislature tasked the state's fire safety regulators with writing a report that some housing affordability advocates say could make it easier to build bigger, airier and better-lit apartment buildings in California's housing-strapped cities. The…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago  (272+ words) WASHINGTON'Immigrant advocates fear a Trump administration proposal released Friday amounts to an indefinite pause on new work permits for asylum seekers. The draft regulation from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services would halt the acceptance of work permit applications when average processing…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago  (1036+ words) A sparkly pink electric guitar hangs on a wall of the recording studio where Hilary Duff made her new album. The cozy, gear-filled joint near the Van Nuys Airport belongs to her husband, Matthew Koma, who produced "Luck" or Something,…...

1+ hour, 34+ min ago  (626+ words) WARSAW'Five European nations have announced a new program to produce low-cost air defense systems and autonomous drones using Ukrainian expertise hard-won over the past four years of war against Russia. Friday's initiative of the E5 nations France, Poland, Germany, the United…...