SF police end investigation pact, question DA impartiality
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s police chief is terminating an agreement allowing the DA’s office to investigate police shootings and…
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Brother of late NFL star Junior Seau killed in car crash
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Officials have identified the 56-year-old driver killed in a collision with a dump truck in a San Diego suburb as Savaii Seau, the…
Continue Reading Officials urge mask-wearing for fans attending Super Bowl
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The biggest challenge at the Super Bowl might not be on the field. Los Angeles-area…
Continue Reading New Jersey man pleads guilty in Brady Super Bowl ring scam
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he…
Continue Reading USC’s Riley details recruiting coups, reunion with Williams
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lincoln Riley says he didn’t and couldn’t talk to Caleb Williams between the day…
Continue Reading Recruiting wars: A&M’s Fisher says rumors are ‘garbage’
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher is angry about rumors that booster-funded NIL deals are fueling the…
Continue Reading Strong winds sweep through parts of California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Strong winds are raking parts of California on Wednesday, making travel difficult on some highways and raising the prospect of…
Continue Reading Shares of Facebook owner Meta drop more than 20% in after-hours trading after it discloses falling profits in Q4 of 2021
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Shares of Facebook owner Meta drop more than 20% in after-hours trading after it discloses falling profits in Q4 of…
Continue Reading US intelligence satellite launched from California
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office has been launched into space…
Continue Reading California’s first surgeon general resigns after 3 years
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s first surgeon general has resigned, saying that she is prioritizing…
Continue Reading Colorado’s Walker flashing potential as a sophomore
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Jabari Walker is a 6-foot-9 sophomore on Colorado’s basketball team who can do things few people his size…
Continue Reading Angel McCoughtry signs with Minnesota Lynx
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Angel McCoughtry is heading to Minnesota and Briann January is going to Seattle for her final season in the…
Continue Reading Revenue windfall pushes states to consider range of tax cuts
By BRIAN WITTE and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Soaring tax revenue and billions in pandemic aid from the federal…
Continue Reading AP WAS THERE: Raiders win 1st Super Bowl beating Vikings
By HAL BOCK AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Ken Stabler directed an Oakland attack that set a Super Bowl offensive record, keyed by…
Continue Reading With COVID staffing crunch, who’s going to teach the kids?
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Parents may be wondering who’s teaching the kids as teacher absences mount and substitutes remain in short…
Continue Reading 1977 Super Bowl delivered long-awaited title to Raiders
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer When coach John Madden’s Oakland Raiders arrived at the Rose Bowl for the Super Bowl in 1977, the toughest…
Continue Reading Doctors: Cancer patients cured a decade after gene therapy
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer University of Pennsylvania doctors say they cured two men of leukemia with a gene therapy that transforms a…
Continue Reading Omar Minaya joins MLB as amateur scouting consultant
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Mets general manager Omar Minaya has been hired by Major League Baseball as a consultant for amateur scouting. He will…
Continue Reading Chloe’s change: Olympic champ Kim eyes 2nd gold on her terms
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer American snowboarder Chloe Kim is eyeing a second Olympic gold medal in the halfpipe on her terms. Kim stormed to…
Continue Reading Historic day for comebacks on conference championship Sunday
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Double-digit leads in the second half with a berth in the Super Bowl at stake are typically pretty safe in the…
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