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 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’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…
