AP Recently, Hal Steinbrenner asked these questions: “Should I really need a $300-plus million payroll to win a championship? Does having a huge payroll really increase my chances that much of winning a championship?” The answers are yes and yes. And I think he has to raise that number even more — now. Even though … Read more
Lakers guard Luka Doncic gestures during the second half of Sunday’s game at Crypto.com Arena. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press) Go ahead, close your eyes and dream. You saw what the Dodgers’ World Series parade was like. The cheers. The flags. The confetti. Something like this could happen again soon, and it could happen … Read more
RJ Luis Jr. and Kadary Richmond are pictured during the St. John’s game against Creighton on Feb. 16. Jason Szenes for New York Post In a season of breakthroughs, sixth-ranked St. John’s could be in line for another. A week from Wednesday, on the opening day of the Big East Tournament, the league’s Player of … Read more
California welfare recipients using state-issued debit cards withdrew more than $1.8 million in taxpayer cash on casino floors between October 2009 and last month, state officials said Thursday. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an executive order requiring welfare recipients to promise they will use cash benefits only to “meet the basic subsistence needs” of their families. … Read more
President Nixon confers with S.I. Hayakawa, then acting president of San Francisco State College, at the White House in 1969. (Associated Press) It was the spring of 1985, and Californians were waging civic war on behalf of English. Some Monterey Park residents were pushing their City Council to ban Chinese-language business signs. Voters who had … Read more
An audience member confronts Republican Rep. Jay Obernolte during a packed town hall meeting in Yucca Valley, Calif. (Stacy Moore / Hi-Desert Star) By the time U.S. Rep. Jay Obernolte, a Big Bear Lake Republican, tried asking for unity at his “community coffee” event, his audience had screamed, cussed and called him a Nazi. “We’re … Read more
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, center, and Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, left, address the media on Jan. 11. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) The day before Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass left for Ghana, her aides received an email from the city’s Emergency Management Department warning of a “high confidence in damaging winds and elevated fire … Read more
President Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Monday. He will address a joint session of Congress on Tueday night. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images) In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Trump opened with an appeal for unity, a condemnation of hate and a … Read more
Actress Ione Skye, best known for her role in the 1989 teen romcom “Say Anything,” details her numerous relationships with men and women in her memoir “Say Everything.” Skye, 54, embarked on her first serious relationship with Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis when she was just 16 and he was 24. But before … Read more
President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in 2017, early in his first term. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) President Trump will address a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, outlining his priorities for the coming four years and highlighting the accomplishments of his first weeks in office. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) … Read more
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