Miller Sanford San Francisco was a rough-and-tumble Gold Rush boomtown in 1852, when authorities decided they needed more secure facilities to house troublemakers than the prison ships docked in the bay. So they built a prison at Point San Quentin, an out-of-the way peninsula north of the city. That location made sense 157 years ago; since then, … Read more
Brittany Murphy, left, with husband Simon Monjack in 2007. Their mysterious deaths are explored in a new HBO Max series. (Jeff Vespa / WireImage) Riding the Paris Métro home from her office in 2007, Elizabeth Ragsdale began flipping through an issue of Us Weekly given to her by the receptionist at the law firm where … Read more
Norah O’Donnell bid farewell to her anchor chair at “CBS Evening News” on Thursday night, calling the gig an “honor of a lifetime” — as the network prepares for an overhauled broadcast. “It has been an incredible five and a half years,” O’Donnell said. Oprah Winfrey surprised O’Donnell, 51, with a montage that featured interviews … Read more
The Ambassador Hotel site, foreground, more than 23 acres near downtown Los Angeles, was bought by Trump Wilshire Associates in 1989. Now it’s an LAUSD campus. (Damon Winter / Los Angeles Times) On one side was the alpha male of New York developers who burst into town with pockets full of money, a legion of … Read more
Kamala Harris waves after speaking at a campaign event Wednesday at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press) Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday pledged to build an economy that is both pro-business and helps the middle class as she pushed back against Republican nominee Donald Trump ’s claims that she’s advancing … Read more
One year after he fled the country to avoid a prison term, former state Sen. Paul Carpenter was sentenced Tuesday to more than seven years in a federal penitentiary–the harshest punishment given any of the defendants convicted during a nine-year probe of state government corruption. As Carpenter stood mutely in front of him, an angry … Read more
Joe Rogan claimed liberals were playing “bulls–t” games and “crying wolf” after Elon Musk faced accusations of making a Nazi salute during festivities for President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday. “This is the Donald Trump excuse: You’d do anything you can to stop Hitler,” Rogan, 57, told computer scientist and podcaster Lex Fridman during his … Read more
Paul Reubens in the forthcoming HBO docuseries “Pee-wee as Himself,” which premiered Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images) On the day before his death in 2023, Paul Reubens, the children’s entertainer better known as Pee-wee Herman, recorded a rueful statement about being labeled a “pedophile” after his bombshell arrests … Read more
Ducks forward Alex Killorn, left, celebrates with forward Leo Carlsson after scoring during the first period of a 5-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins at Honda Center on Thursday. (Etienne Laurent / Associated Press) Mason McTavish and Alex Killorn each scored twice and the Ducks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on Thursday night. Frank Vatrano … Read more
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht expressed his heartfelt gratitude to President Trump on Thursday in his first public remarks since receiving the commander in chief’s pardon that freed him from a life sentence. “Last night, Donald Trump granted me a full pardon. I was doing life without parole and I was locked up for more … Read more
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