I stepped on my toilet scale the opposite morning and couldn’t imagine the three digits staring up at me. And I imply that actually — the size was rigged. I do know this as a result of I’ve been weight-reduction plan my butt off, and I swear I’ve dropped 20 kilos. So the very first thing I did was ask my spouse whether or not she messed with the size as some type of prank. She stated no, including, “Maybe you’re retaining liquids.” Steve Lopez Steve Lopez is...

A decade in the past, Jesus Adan Rico breathed an enormous sigh of aid. That was when the Chino Excessive Faculty pupil, a Dreamer, discovered an immigration decide had successfully shelved his deportation proceedings. Maria Torres, who got here to the U.S. at 2 years previous, additionally had her deportation proceedings paused by an immigration decide as a result of she not too long ago married a U.S. citizen. But simply eight weeks in the past, Adan Rico — now 29, married with a brand new...

1 / 4 of Latinos who supported President Donald Trump within the November election are usually not assured to vote for Republicans within the 2026 midterm elections, in line with a brand new nationwide ballot by Equis, a number one analysis and polling group. Final week Equis, alongside progressive assume tank Knowledge for Progress, launched a July memo that summarized key findings from a nationwide ballot of 1,614 registered voters, performed between July 7 and July 17. This time-frame...

WASHINGTON — In previous Olympic Video games held on American soil, sitting presidents have served in passive, ceremonial roles. President Trump might produce other plans. An government order signed by Trump on Tuesday names him chair of a White Home activity pressure on the 2028 Video games in Los Angeles, considered by the president as “a premier opportunity to showcase American exceptionalism,” in response to a White Home assertion. Trump, the administration mentioned, “is taking every...

A consultant for KTTV mother or father Fox Tv Stations confirmed Michaelson’s plan to exit. which was described as amicable. His final day is Aug. 15. Michaelson didn’t reply to a request for remark. Individuals accustomed to his plans who weren’t approved to remark mentioned the anchor was leaving for an additional place. Michaelson can be host and producer of the weekly statewide political discuss present “The Issue Is,” which airs on varied TV stations all through the state...

SEOUL — South Korea has begun dismantling loudspeakers that blare anti-North Korean propaganda throughout the border, as President Lee Jae Myung’s liberal administration seeks to fix fractured relations with Pyongyang. In a press release, a spokesperson for the protection ministry stated the removing was “a practical measure to ease inter-Korean tensions without impacting the military’s readiness posture.” The transfer follows the suspension of propaganda broadcasts in June on orders from...

One in every of California’s largest authorized hashish firms introduced Monday that it might radically revamp its labor practices within the wake of an enormous immigration raid at two firm services final month. The raid led to the demise of 1 employee and the detention of greater than 360 individuals, together with, in accordance with authorities officers, 14 minors. Glass Home Manufacturers introduced it had “terminated its relationship” with the 2 farm labor contractors who had...

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta mentioned Monday that his workplace has spent greater than $5 million preventing the Trump administration in court docket during the last six months, however saved the state almost $170 billion. Bonta’s calculations are primarily based on a mountain of litigation his workplace has filed in opposition to the administration since President Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, together with 37 lawsuits — many alongside different liberal-led states — and 47 amicus...

LOS BANOS, Calif. — In terms of President Trump, Angie Zamora and Phaidra Medeiros agree on little or no. Zamora, a 36-year-old Military veteran, has nothing good to say. “The laws. All the rights taken away from women. The stuff with ICE,” Zamora mentioned, ticking off her frustrations as she stopped outdoors the publish workplace within the Central Valley neighborhood of Los Banos. “Why are they going after people working on farms when they’re supposed to be chasing violent criminals?”...

The deserted energy line suspected of igniting the Eaton fireplace might have been eliminated years in the past underneath a rule proposed by state Public Utilities Fee staffers, however the regulation was weakened amid opposition from Southern California Edison and different utilities, in accordance with information and interviews. State regulators have lengthy identified that previous transmission traces might set off wildfires, and in 2001 they proposed a security rule that might have...

The Democrats operating for California governor have spent the spring and summer time working to win over the highly effective donors and curiosity teams who may assist them squeak via a aggressive major election. However the candidates, and plenty of deep-pocketed Democrats, are nonetheless ready for the choice that can have the most important affect on the race: whether or not former Vice President Kamala Harris is operating. “It creates a little bit of a limbo situation,” mentioned Tony...

The opposite $9 billion would come from shareholders of Southern California Edison, Pacific Gasoline & Electrical and San Diego Gasoline & Electrical, based on a draft of the proposal. Prospects of the three utilities are already on the hook for contributing half of the unique $21 billion fund by a surcharge of about $3 on their month-to-month invoice. The proposal would have clients pay $9 billion extra by extending that surcharge by 10 years past 2035, when it was set to run out....

SEOUL — President Trump introduced on Wednesday that the U.S. had struck a commerce cope with South Korea, which is able to now face a 15% tariff on its exports. Underneath the deal, South Korea will make investments $350 billion in key U.S. industries and buy $100 billion value of its liquified pure fuel, Trump wrote on social media on Wednesday. He added that additional investments can be introduced when South Korean President Lee Jae Myung visits Washington within the subsequent two...

WASHINGTON — A dozen Democratic Home members — together with 4 from California — sued the Trump administration Wednesday after lawmakers have been repeatedly denied entry to immigrant detention services the place they sought to conduct oversight visits. The lawsuit, filed in federal district court docket in Washington, D.C., says every plaintiff has tried to go to a detention facility, both by displaying up in individual or by giving Homeland Safety officers superior discover, and been...

California and a coalition of different liberal-led states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over a provision within the “Big Beautiful Bill” that bars Deliberate Parenthood and different giant nonprofit abortion suppliers from receiving Medicaid funding for a number of unrelated healthcare companies. The measure has threatened clinics throughout the nation that depend on federal funding to function. California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, who helps to steer the litigation, known as it a...

Redrawing these maps — referred to as redistricting — is an esoteric apply that many citizens tune out, however one which has an outsized influence on political energy and coverage in the US. Here’s a breakdown about why a course of that usually happens as soon as each decade is at the moment receiving a lot consideration — and the potential ramifications. What’s redistricting? There are 435 members of the U.S. Home of Representatives, every of whom is meant to symbolize roughly...