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A lieutenant at the Palmdale station announced this week that he will challenge Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna in the primary election, becoming the first opposition candidate in a race more than a year away. At a campaign kick-off event Wednesday in Santa Clarita, Lt. Oscar Martinez promised to bring strong leadership to the largest sheriff’s department in country, along with a focus on modernizing the agency and supporting deputies.

Apr 4, 2025; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso (20) celebrates his two run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays with shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) during the first inning at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images Pete Alonso -- who nearly left New York as a free agent over the winter -- homered in his first home at-bat of the season to power the Mets to a 5-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday afternoon.

Former President Barack Obama urged universities to resist attacks from the federal government that violate their academic freedom in a campus speech on Thursday. He also said schools and students should engage in self-reflection about speech environments on their campuses. “If you are a university, you may have to figure out, are we in fact doing things right?,” he said during a conversation at Hamilton College in upstate New York.

NEW YORK — Prosecutors are seeking more than seven years in prison for disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos after he pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York argued in a court filing Friday that a significant sentence was warranted because the New York Republican’s “unparalleled crimes” had “made a mockery” of the country’s election system.

Concordia Studio has selected four filmmakers for its 2025 Documentary Filmmaker Fellowship, a prestigious artist development program cultivated within the independent film and television production studio co-founded by Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim. The fellows, selected on the basis of “excellence in craft, collaboration, and cinematic exploration of unknown worlds,” are Contessa Gayles, Jason M. Harper, Mohammed Naqvi, and Jennifer Tiexiera. Read more about the filmmakers below.

Authorities are investigating a California inmate in the death of his cellmate, a convicted child molester, whose body was found at Mule Creek State Prison on Friday. Officers at the Amador County prison found Robert E. Cole unresponsive in his cell at about 6:30 a.m., according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. They attempted to resuscitate him, but he was declared dead minutes later.

SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis made a massive announcement about a title match at WrestleMania 41 in collaboration with RAW GM Adam Pearce. The stakes couldn't be higher. During the April 4, 2025, episode of SmackDown, Nick Aldis revealed that after speaking to the RAW General Manager Adam Pearce, the two decided how the direction of the Women's Tag Team championship will go at WrestleMania 41.

A prayer room used by Muslim students at New York University was struck by vandals who etched and drew graffiti on the walls and soaked Islamic prayer mats with urine, according to N.Y.U. officials and members of the university’s Muslim community. The soiled mats and other vandalism were discovered Thursday afternoon in a worship space inside Bobst Library, the university’s towering red building across from Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village.

It was an “ER” reunion. George Clooney, 63, reconnected with several of his former “ER” co-stars at the Broadway premiere of his “Good Night, and Good Luck” play on Thursday, April 3. Included in the Cook County General Hospital gathering were Clooney (Dr. Doug Ross), Julianna Margulies (Nurse Carol Hathaway), Anthony Edwards (Dr. Mark Greene), and Noah Wyle (Dr. John Carter).

In a rare appearance after her loss in November’s presidential election, former Vice President and potential gubernatorial candidate Kamala Harris on Thursday decried the rollback of fundamental rights under President Trump, urged people to prioritize self-care and pledged to remain active in the fight to safeguard constitutional protection. “We can’t go out there and do battle if we don’t take care of ourselves and each other,” she said at a national conference of Black women, including business owners and politicians, at an oceanfront resort in Dana Point.

This past week, the Kodi Smit-McPhee movie Alpha has become a sleeper hit on Netflix. This 2018 film from The Book of Eli director Albert Hughes is a “boy and his dog” story with a prehistoric twist. It takes place in the Paleolithic era and follows a teenage boy named Keda (Smit-McPhee) who bonds with a wolf after being separated from his tribe.

A video recording, discovered on the cellphone of one of the paramedics who was found along with 14 other aid workers in a mass grave in the Gazan city of Rafah in late March and obtained by The New York Times, shows that the ambulances and fire truck that they were traveling in were clearly marked and had their emergency signal lights on when Israeli troops hit them with a barrage of gunfire.

A lawyer for Bathhouse wrote to a customer who complained online about a UTI to say that they’d likely got it from sex rather than spas. William Farrington Hoist on their own pee tract! A hipster customer helped cause an uproar that spread across the internet and into the mainstream press last month after claiming on social media that they got a UTI from a scene-y Williamsburg spa.

Va Lecia Adams Kellum, the head of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, announced her resignation Friday, just days after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to strip her agency of more than $300 million and hundreds of workers. In a letter delivered to the agency’s board of commissioners Friday afternoon, Adams Kellum said that due to the move, “shifting key responsibilities from LAHSA to LA County, now is the right time for me to resign as CEO.”

Roman Reigns shared a major announcement ahead of tonight's episode of WWE SmackDown. The Tribal Chief will be competing in a massive Triple Threat match at WrestleMania 41 later this month. Reigns signed the contract to make his Triple Threat match against CM Punk and Seth Rollins official for WWE WrestleMania 41 during last week's edition of SmackDown. Ahead of tonight's show in Chicago, Reigns took to social media to reveal that he has new merchandise available for purchase.

The Trump administration on Friday rejected a Biden plan that would have required Medicare and Medicaid to cover obesity drugs and expanded access for millions of people. Under the law that established Medicare’s Part D drug benefits, the program was forbidden from paying for drugs for “weight loss.” But the Biden administration’s proposal last November had attempted to sidestep that ban by arguing that the drugs would be allowed to treat the disease of obesity and its related conditions.

'Narcos' Actor Manuel Masalva In Coma Because of Infection, Friend Says Published April 4, 2025 3:42 PM PDT Manuel Masalva -- an actor best known for his role in "Narcos: Mexico" -- is in a coma because of an infection ... this according to fellow actor Mario Morán. Morán announced the news in a TikTok posted Thursday ... telling fans he'd contracted a "very aggressive virus" while on vacation.

Somebody call Dr. Feelgood. Mötley Crüe was forced to cancel a headlining performance at a music festival next month because of frontman Vince Neil’s mysterious and ongoing health problems. In a statement released Thursday, April 3, the heavy metal band confirmed that they would no longer appear at the Boardwalk Rock festival in Ocean City, Maryland, on May 17.

Mar 15, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Austin FC forward Myrto Uzuni (10) walks on the field during the first half against Los Angeles FC at BMO Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-Imagn Images Austin FC will carry a three-match winning streak into Saturday when they host the surging Portland Timbers in a matchup between two of MLS' hottest teams. The Verde (4-2-0, 12 points) return home after a 1-0 win in St.

It was a big week for the global economy — and for gamers. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs that have sent markets spiraling worldwide. On the same day, Nintendo also announced its much-anticipated handheld gaming console, the Switch 2. It would be priced at $450, or $500 for a bundle including the latest Mario Kart game, the company said.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled for the Trump administration on Friday and lifted a judge’s order that had blocked the canceling of $148 million in grants for recruiting and training new teachers in California and millions more nationwide. By a 5-4 vote, the justices granted the administration’s appeal and freezes the funding for now. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

These tariffs are going to hurt. A lot. By my calculations, this round of tariffs may be 50 times as painful as the ones Donald Trump instituted in his first term. That means they are going to reshape your life in much more fundamental ways. To illustrate how, let’s look at a prosaic example: your washing machine. In 2018, Mr. Trump’s relatively modest tariffs caused washing machine prices to rise by nearly $100.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Tom Hanks has been described as “America’s dad,” due to his warm, paternal onscreen persona. And the screen legend’s private and public lives are in alignment there, as he enjoys close relationships with all four of his adult children. But that doesn’t mean that all of the Hanks kids enjoyed happy, healthy upbringings. In fact, Tom’s eldest daughter, Elizabeth — who goes by E.A.

Quordle Answers (April 05, 2025): Struggling to solve today's Quordle? No worries. We have today's Quordle hints and answers for you to solve it on your own! If you're a fan of word puzzles, you probably already know that Quordle is a more challenging version of Wordle. Instead of guessing just one word, Quordle requires you to guess four five-letter words simultaneously within nine attempts.

A homeless San Diego woman was left to die in the back of her wrecked van that was towed — because no one checked inside first before the vehicle was shipped off to an impound lot, according to her family’s $50 million lawsuit. Monica Cameroni de Adams suffered “severe, but survivable, blunt force injuries” when a drunk driver slammed into her Honda Odyssey that was parked on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard on Nov.

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Donald Trump’s tariffs, and the economic havoc they’re wreaking, are still dominating the headlines. But today I want to focus on a story I worry is going under the radar: the president outsourcing national security staffing decisions to a far-right conspiracy theorist.

Tired of scouring Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace for a decently used refrigerator because your new apartment didn’t come with one? This headache could become a thing of the past with a new bill in the California Legislature that, if approved, would require landlords to provide refrigerators and stoves in their rentals. Why are some rentals listed without a refrigerator? The simple answer is landlords don’t have to provide a refrigerator.

Apr 2, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Florida Panthers forward Brad Marchand (63) skates during warm up before a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images Brad Marchand has only one assist in four games with Florida since being acquired from the Boston Bruins, but the Panthers insist they aren't concerned entering Saturday afternoon's game with the host Ottawa Senators.

In a rare and perilous public show of anger against Hamas, hundreds of Palestinians marched through Beit Lahia in northern Gaza this week, demanding that the militant group relinquish control of the territory and end the war with Israel, according to four witnesses. The march on Wednesday appeared to be the latest of a handful of such protests that have broken out in the last two weeks, despite Hamas’s efforts to suppress dissent with threats and shows of force.

UPDATED with closing prices. U.S. stock markets went from bad to worse Friday, accelerating declines throughout the trading day to finish deeply in the red amid the shock of Donald Trump‘s tariff regime. The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 2,231.07 points, or 5.5%, to officially enter correction territory (meaning the blue-chip index is now more than 10% below its high). The Nasdaq and S&P 500 each plunged nearly 6%.

A nationwide protest rally against President Donald Trump and DOGE adviser Elon Musk is scheduled across all 50 states on Saturday, April 5. According to organizers, the "Hands Off" march aims to "send a message to the world that we do not consent to the destruction of our government and our economy for the benefit of Trump and his billionaire allies." Live coverage of the flagship rally in Washington D.C. is scheduled to begin at 11:45 a.m. EDT. Source link

Depending on who you ask, Measure ULA has been a godsend or a disaster for L.A.’s real estate market. A new report suggests the latter. A new analysis from UCLA’s Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies authored by Michael Manville and Mott Smith claims that the so-called “mansion tax” has slowed down sales, especially for commercial properties. Measure ULA was passed in 2022 and took effect in April 2023, bringing a 4% charge to all L.A.

The 2024-25 edition of La Liga is back in action with another set of matches this weekend as Real Betis lock horns with Hansi Flick's Barcelona side in an important encounter at the Montjuic on Saturday. Both teams have stepped up to the plate this season and will want to win this game. Barcelona vs Real Betis Preview Real Betis are currently in sixth place in the La Liga standings and have been fairly impressive so far this season.

Relentless rain drenched a large stretch of the central United States on Friday, pushing creeks and streams out of their banks and cutting off roads and entire communities. The raging floodwaters killed a 9-year-old boy, who was swept away in Kentucky on Friday morning while walking to the school bus. He became the eighth confirmed death from the storm since Wednesday.

Lucas Bravo is playing coy about his love life after sparking romance rumors with Shailene Woodley. “Yeah, I’m really happy,” Bravo, 37, told People on Thursday, April 3, when asked about their budding relationship while attending the opening night of Broadway’s Good Night, and Good Luck. The New York City red carpet was a star-studded affair with Bravo and other A-listers supporting…

ATLANTA – The captain and his guards were officially back.  With only about two weeks until the playoffs start, Jalen Brunson, Miles McBride and Cam Payne all returned to practice Friday for the first time since sustaining their respective injuries.  The headline is Brunson, who has been out for roughly a month with an ankle sprain and, barring a setback, is expected to return either Saturday against the Hawks or Sunday against the Suns. 

Donald Trump’s tariffs were at once predictable and shocking. Predictable, in the sense that Trump had been crystal-clear about wanting across-the-board tariffs during the campaign. Shocking, because they have been implemented in a manner that appears extreme and incompetent even by previous Trump standards. As a result, the world is historically unsettled: One metric of global economic uncertainty shows higher levels of concern than at any point in the 21st century, worse than the 2008 financial crisis and even the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

Mar 22, 2025; Providence, RI, USA; St. John's Red Storm head coach Rick Pitino during the second half of a second round men’s NCAA Tournament game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Amica Mutual Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images Rick Pitino and Bruce Pearl were named co-winners of The Associated Press men's college basketball Coach of the Year award on Friday.

A car caught fire in the Pixar Pals parking lot at Disneyland on Friday morning and spread to numerous vehicles, the Anaheim Fire Department said. Anaheim firefighters responded just before 10 a.m. after receiving reports of a burning Toyota RAV4 in the parking lot. Video and photos posted on social media showed flames enveloping a car in the lot and smoke rising over the structure.