LOS ANGELES — Twenty-five years after The Fast and the Furious introduced audiences to Dominic Toretto and his family, Vin Diesel is looking back at one of the casting decisions that helped shape the franchise. The decision involved Jordana Brewster, who was chosen to play Mia Toretto, Dom’s sister. A new retrospective featurette released for…
California is putting nearly $32 million behind a new broadband push that could bring high-speed internet to unserved communities, free broadband to hundreds of affordable-housing residents and digital-skills training to thousands of people across the state. The California Public Utilities Commission approved the funding through the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) as part of the…
CALIFORNIA — Californians have a rare reason to look toward the evening sky this week. A nearly total lunar eclipse will sweep across the Moon on Thursday night, August 27, turning most of the full Moon a deep copper-red as Earth’s shadow moves across its surface. This isn’t technically a total lunar eclipse. But it…
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers have finally found the kind of momentum they were looking for. Now comes the test that could tell them — and their fans — whether this turnaround is real. Los Angeles enters Tuesday night with an 80–51 record and a six-game winning streak, tied for the team’s longest winning streak…
California’s housing crisis is taking another turn: buyers aren’t simply waiting for home prices to fall — many are looking somewhere else. A new Realtor.com analysis released August 25, 2026, shows that more than 70% of prospective Los Angeles homebuyers searched for properties outside the L.A. metro during the second quarter of this year. In…
California’s unemployment rate just improved to 5.1%, but the state’s latest employment numbers contain a warning that is easy to miss: California actually lost 20,500 payroll jobs in July, while hundreds of thousands of people have disappeared from the state’s labor force since the beginning of the year. The July figures, released August 21, present…
California has approved the nation’s first statewide efficiency standards for replacement tires, a major change that could eventually affect what millions of drivers can buy when it is time to replace their tires. The California Energy Commission unanimously approved the Replacement Tire Efficiency Program (RTEP), which establishes rolling-resistance and wet-grip requirements for replacement tires sold…
California’s vote-by-mail system is facing a new legal and logistical battle after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue pursuing changes to federal election mail rules. With more than 80% of California voters using mail ballots in the 2024 general election, the decision could have major implications for how…
LOS ANGELES — Southern California is heading into what forecasters expect to be one of the hottest stretches of the year, with temperatures climbing sharply Tuesday and potentially reaching 110°F or higher across inland communities. The National Weather Service has issued or maintained heat-related alerts across large portions of Southern California, with an Extreme Heat…
BIG SUR, Calif. — The Timber Fire in Monterey County has grown to more than 12,600 acres, with evacuation orders and warnings expanding as firefighters battle increasing activity on the northern and eastern sides of the blaze. The fire, burning in the Big Sur and Ventana Wilderness area, was listed at 12,616 acres and 25%…
