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WASHINGTON —  Donald Trump is running against California — again. In his campaign to win a second term, the former president frequently excoriates the state as a terrifying dystopia — the inevitable product, he claims, of Democratic policies. “The place is failing,” he told a conservative conference last month. “It has become a symbol of our nation’s decline,” he told California Republicans last year. “They don’t have water,” he said. “Rich people in Beverly Hills … [are] only allowed a small amount of water when they take a shower. That’s why rich people from Beverly Hills, generally speaking, don’t smell so good.” He accused Gov. Gavin Newsom of telling undocumented migrants, “If you come up, we’re going to give you pension funds…. We’ll give you a mansion.” (Newsom has never promised migrants pension funds or mansions.) Under its current policies, Trump charged, the state can “take children away from their parents and sterilize them.” (California does not seize children to sterilize them.) “He’s destroyed California,” Trump said of the governor, whom he recently gave a new and strikingly unattractive nickname: “Gavin New-Scum.” California-bashing has become a

A man found dead Sunday in a tent along the 91 Freeway in Compton was identified. Nicholas Florez was 37 years old and an autopsy was pending to determine the cause of his death, according to the Medical Examiner’s office. The discovery at 17600 Santa Fe Ave. was made around 1:45 p.m. Sunday, according to the California Highway Patrol. The Medical Examiner’s office described the location of Florez’s death as a field between a property and freeway.

Top-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland won the BNP Paribas Open women’s singles final Sunday, beating ninth-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-4, 6-0, winning the final eight games of the 68-minute match. Swiatek broke Sakkari’s serve five times and lost only five points in the second set at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Swiatek won all six of her matches in straight sets en route to her second BNP Paribas Open title, losing just 21 games overall. “I’m really proud of myself,” Swiatek said. “I’m super happy. I mean, even though this tournament looked like, the scores, maybe I had everything under control, it wasn’t from the beginning to the end so easy. So I’m happy I could improve during the tournament. I felt really good on the last two matches, big amount of confidence. “I would say at the beginning of the tournament I felt like I didn’t have much luck with the draw. I played opponents that sometimes I struggled with. I lost against Linda (Noskova) in Australia this year. “Then I was pretty stressed actually before facing Caroline Wozniacki (in the quarterfinals), because

El Angel City cayó este domingo por 0-1 en su estreno de la temporada contra el Bay FC, un nuevo equipo de expansión, tras un gol del delantero Asisat Oshoala. El partido fue el tercer estreno de temporada del club con “entradas agotadas”, aunque se veían bastantes asientos vacíos. Después de que el Angel City dominara el juego durante los primeros 10 minutos, el Bay FC consiguió el único gol del partido cuando la delantera Tess Boade interceptó un pase de la defensa del Angel City MA Vignola y dio entregó el balón en corto a la delantera Asisat Oshoala, que dio un paso y envió un fuerte disparo a la parte superior de la red. “Mi carrera siempre ha consistido en hacer historia, y estoy muy contenta de formar parte de la historia de este club”, declaró Oshoala acerca del gol. “Trabajamos los unos para los otros. Eso es lo que vamos a hacer hasta que lo consigamos”. Al minuto 81, la californiana Gisele Thompson, de 18 años, sustituyó a su hermana Alyssa Thompson, de 19, en el Angel City para convertirse en las

World Updated on: March 18, 2024 / 5:16 AM EDT / CBS/AP President Vladimir Putin basked in an election victory that was never in doubt as officials said Monday that he’d won his fifth term with a record number of votes, underlining the Russian leader’s total control of the country’s political system. After facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices, Putin extended his nearly quarter-century rule for six more years . Russia’s Central Election Commission said that with nearly 100% of all precincts counted, Putin got 87.29% of the vote. Commission chief Ella Pamfilova said nearly 76 million voters cast their ballots for Putin, his highest vote tally ever.   Putin, 71, hailed the overwhelming results as an indication of “trust” and “hope” in him – while critics saw them as another reflection of the preordained nature of the election. “Of course, we have lots of tasks ahead. But I want to make it clear for everyone: When we were consolidated, no one has ever managed to frighten us, to suppress our will and our self-conscience. They failed in the past and they

According to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, a 70-year-old woman was rescued at the Nojoqui Falls Trail on Sunday afternoon after falling on a hike. Officials said that the woman suffered a lower extremity injury. Santa Barbara County firefighters carried the patient in a litter basket to their UTV and drove the woman to Nojoqui Park. She was later airlifted by Calstar and was transported to the Marian Hospital emergency room.

Vintage baseball clubs from Northern and Southern California met Sunday afternoon at San Luis Obispo’s Sinsheimer Stadium to play vintage ball, abiding by 1886 rules. KSBY stopped by Sunday and spoke to Chris Johnson, the captain of the Riverside Smudge Pots. “So we’re part of Southern California vintage baseball. And so if you wanted to play, you could find a team. And we’re also looking to start new teams in the league. So, anyone can play,” This year’s Coast Classic featured the Crestline Highlanders, Barbary Coast, Riverside Smudge Pots, and the San Francisco Pelicans. Attendance was free for all games at Sinsheimer Stadium.

Bad. Bad. Bad. There really was no other way to describe the unsightly basketball the Clippers played Sunday night during a disheartening 110-93 loss to an underwhelming Atlanta Hawks team at Crypto.com Arena. The Clippers, who at one point trailed Atlanta by 29 points in the fourth quarter, have lost four of their last five games. “We got to do the necessary things to get out of this rut that we’re in,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. “And so it starts with playing hard first — every single possession. It starts with executing on both sides of the basketball defensively … things we talk about every single day we show on film. We just got to execute them, not for 20 minutes, not for 28, for 48 minutes.” They were bad on defense, looking indifferent about doing anything to stop the Hawks from shooting 48.8% from the field, 50% from three-point range. They were bad on offense, playing too much one-on-one and not sharing the ball in shooting 37.8% from the field, 30.6% from three-point range and having just 17 assists. They were bad with

Hip-hop legend Dr. Dre dealt with several health scares while he was hospitalized after a brain aneurysm in January of 2021. The Compton-born music icon was recently a guest on SiriusXM’s “This Life of Mine with James Corden” podcast and revealed his ordeal while at Cedars Sinai hospital. “It’s just something that you can’t control that just happens and during those two weeks,” Dre said to Corden, per The Hollywood Reporter. “I had three strokes.” During his conversation with Corden, the eight-time Grammy winner remembered the day he suffered the aneurysm. “I got up and I went on about my day, and I thought that I could just lay down and take a nap,” Dre said. “My son had a female friend that was there and was like, ‘No, we need to take you to the hospital.'” He was taken to urgent care where doctors informed Dre that he was suffering from a serious medical event. Dre recalls blacking out while at the medical facility. “I’m in and out of consciousness, and I ended up in the ICU,” he said to Corden. “I was there

Five people were hurt in a four-vehicle rollover crash Sunday evening in North Hills. The crash happened around 7:30 p.m. Sunday outside 17000 W. Lassen St., at Balboa Boulevard, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange. The five victims were transported to a hospital for treatment of their injuries. Two were considered to be in serious condition and three were in fair condition, Prange said. No information about the genders and ages of the victims has so far been released.

Top-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland won the BNP Paribas Open women’s singles final Sunday, beating ninth-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-4, 6-0, winning the final eight games of the 68-minute match. Swiatek broke Sakkari’s serve five times and lost only five points in the second set. Swiatek won all six of her matches in straight sets en route to her second BNP Paribas Open title, losing just 21 games overall. Swiatek earned $1.1 million for her second Women’s Tennis Association tournament victory of the year and 19th of her career. She also won the Qatar TotalEnergies Open in February. Sakkari received $585,000. She was seeking her third WTA title and first since the Guadalajara Open in September. Swiatek has been first in the WTA singles rankings since Nov. 6. Sakkari is ranked ninth. The victory improved Swiatek’s record in singles play at the BNP Paribas Open to 18-2. Her .900 winning percentage is the best in the history of the Indian Wells’ women’s event, which was first held in 1989, surpassing Steffi Graf’s .895. It was a rematch of the 2022 BNP Paribas Open women’s

Eyewitness: How accurate is visual memory? | 60 Minutes Archive – CBS News Watch CBS News In 2009, Lesley Stahl reported on flaws in eyewitness identification procedures that led to the wrongful conviction of people like Ronald Cotton, who was later exonerated by DNA evidence for the rape of Jennifer Thompson. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Russian critics of Putin fight for freedom, democracy — even after going into exile – CBS News Watch CBS News Vladimir Putin has cracked down on dissent, but it hasn’t stopped critics from speaking out. Many of them now live in Vilnius, Lithuania, a place some might view as the capital of free Russia. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

A fatal collision occurred Sunday on the 10 Freeway in the University Park area. (KTLA-TV) March 17, 2024 9:09 PM PT One man was killed and a woman and four children injured Sunday afternoon in a rollover crash on the 10 Freeway, fire officials said. Authorities said the two-car crash occurred near the Hoover Street ramp on the westbound 10 in the University Park area. One man was found dead at the scene, and a 29-year-old woman and four boys were taken to a trauma center for treatment, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. One boy is 3 months old; the others are 6, 7 and 10 years. Officials said they were in serious or critical condition. The crash, which occurred around 3 p.m., closed all westbound lanes on the 10 for several hours. The California Highway Patrol reopened the freeway around 6:30 p.m. City News Service contributed to this report. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles

Bad. Bad. Bad. There really was no other way to describe the unsightly basketball the Clippers played Sunday night during a disheartening 110-93 loss to an underwhelming Atlanta Hawks team at Crypto.com Arena. That the Clippers got down by 29 points in the fourth quarter was bad because of the lack of effort they displayed. They were bad on defense, looking indifferent about doing anything to stop the Hawks from shooting 48.8% from the field, 50% from three-point range. They were bad on offense, playing too much one-on-one and not sharing the ball in shooting 37.8% from the field, 30.6% from three-point range and having just 17 assists. They were bad with the basketball, their carelessness creating 16 turnovers. James Harden, who had missed the last two games with a strained left shoulder, was bad, missing his first seven shots before finishing three for 10 for nine points. Bones Hyland was bad, turning the ball over five times, missing all four of his shots and not scoring in 11 minutes. Kawhi Leonard (28 points) and Paul George (26) had decent games, but it wasn’t enough

Living up to her name this time of year has been agonizing for Cori Close. Her UCLA women’s basketball teams have made five appearances in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. They’ve gone to one Elite Eight, matching the furthest run of any team in school history other than the 1978 bunch that won the AIAW championship. All this getting within reach of the Final Four only to fall short has left the Bruins waiting for that big breakthrough under the coach who is nearing the end of her 13th season. Their next push starts Saturday at Pauley Pavilion, where the second-seeded Bruins (25-6) will face 15th-seeded Cal Baptist (28-3) in a first-round game in the Albany 2 Region at 6:30 p.m. PDT (ESPN2). This represents the highest seeding in school history for UCLA but was not the top seed the team coveted. Close, once again. “We had plenty of opportunities to earn a No. 1 seed and we didn’t,” said Close, whose team finished tied with USC for second in the Pac-12 standings before losing to the Trojans in a conference tournament semifinal

Drone footage captured a gray whale that washed ashore in Malibu over the weekend.   The photographer, Cody Boone, had been flying his drone Saturday when he spotted the whale being pushed to-and-fro by the surf very near the shoreline off Point Dume.   Protected under the Federal Marine Mammal Protection Act, gray whales can weigh up to 90,000 pounds (about 40823.28 kg) and span anywhere from 42 to 49 feet in length, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.   The gray whale migrates between 10,000-14,0000 miles round trip, making it one of the longest annual migrations of any mammal.   Gray whale seen near the shoreline off Point Dume in Malibu on Mar. 16, 2024. (CWC) Gray whale seen near the shoreline off Point Dume in Malibu on Mar. 16, 2024. (Cody Boone) Gray whale seen near the shoreline off Point Dume in Malibu on Mar. 16, 2024. (CWC) Gray whale seen near the shoreline off Point Dume in Malibu on Mar. 16, 2024. (Cody Boone) Gray whale seen near the shoreline off Point Dume in Malibu on Mar. 16, 2024. (Cody

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A boarded-up duplex was destroyed and a neighboring boarded-up duplex suffered damage to its exterior in a fire Sunday in Chinatown. Firefighters extinguished the blaze at 1020 W. Bartlett St., which was reported at 5:21 p.m. Sunday, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange. The department dispatched 26 firefighters to the scene and they knocked down the flames in 14 minutes, Prange said. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire remained under investigation.

A man was killed and five other people, including four children, were transported to a hospital as a result of a two-vehicle collision on the Santa Monica (10) Freeway in the University Park area. The crash happened around 3:05 p.m. Sunday on the westbound 10 Freeway at Hoover Street, according to the California Highway Patrol. No information was provided about the age of the deceased man. His name was withheld pending notification to next of kin. Four boys –ages 3 months, 6, 7 and 10 — were hospitalized along with a 29-year-old woman, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange. Their injuries ranged from serious to critical. One man was treated and released at the scene, Prange said.