Miller Sanford Before Glenn Beck started his new show on Fox News in January, he sat down with Roger Ailes, the network’s chief executive, to make sure they were on the same page. “I wanted to meet with Roger and tell him, ‘You may not want to put me on the air. I believe we are in … Read more
A 24-year-old man convicted in the chilling 1994 shotgun murders of two college students in El Sereno was sentenced to death Monday in a downtown courtroom, bringing to a conclusion what one detective had called the most brutal murder he had ever investigated. Nathan James Verdugo was sent to San Quentin’s death row by the … Read more
Mega Millions ticketholders hoping to win the billion-dollar jackpot are in for a Blue Christmas. No one matched all six numbers during Tuesday’s drawing as the lottery’s grand prize surged to $1.15 billion — the fifth-largest prize in the game’s history. Tuesday’s winning numbers were 11, 14, 38, 45, 46, and Mega Ball 3. No … Read more
No Cal State Fullerton athlete has qualified for the NCAA track and field national championships since distance runner Heather Killeen Frisone in 1995, but Coach John Elders believes that could change this season. At least three Titans have a chance, Elders says, if they continue to improve. Brandon Campbell, the Big West champion in the … Read more
Then-President Trump and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell onstage at a campaign rally in Lexington, Ky., in 2019. (Timothy D. Easley / Associated Press) Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Donald Trump for president on Wednesday, a remarkable turnaround from the onetime critic who blamed the then-president for “disgraceful” acts in the Jan. 6, 2021, … Read more
House Democrats on Wednesday named Rep. Nancy Pelosi as party whip, their No. 2 post, bringing a Californian into the highest ranks of congressional leadership for the first time in a dozen years and a woman for the first time ever. Capitalizing on a rare opportunity to vault into the upper echelon of House Democratic … Read more
Members of San Francisco’s Republican Party watch the Tuesday night presidential debate from a pub in the city. (Juliana Yamada / Associated Press) In a U.S. presidential race that features a deeply polarized electorate and a sharp contrast between the two candidates, most voters have known for months which side they are on. Then there … Read more
Melvin Franklin, the original bass singer of the perennially popular Temptations who anchored such hits as “The Way You Do the Things You Do” and “My Girl,” died Thursday. He was 52. Franklin died of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a week after he was admitted following a series of seizures. His condition had … Read more
A Hawaii crime boss who died in federal detention this month was killed by an opioid overdose, Honolulu’s medical examiner said Tuesday. Michael Miske, 50, died of “toxicity of fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl,” the medical examiner’s office said in a statement. The death appears to have been accidental but the case is still under investigation, it added, and an autopsy … Read more
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Washington lawyer Victoria Anne Reggie were married Friday evening in a small civil ceremony attended by about 30 close relatives in the living room of Kennedy’s house in McLean, Va., according to a spokesman. In keeping with the couple’s desire for privacy, the location and timing of the ceremony … Read more
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