This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)—the federal agency that oversees Wall Street—announced that it has brought almost 30 percent fewer new enforcement actions against companies in the first year of the Trump administration. In practice, this means that the SEC is bringing fewer cases against bad actors in the financial markets for crimes […]

Unable to quickly remove Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz—the world’s most important oil transit corridor—with its current equipment, the US is switching tack: President Trump announced Sunday in two Truth Social posts that the Navy will launch its own blockade of “any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave” the passage, and […]

Four-time WNBA All-Star Kelsey Plum is returning to the Los Angeles Sparks on a one-year deal worth $999,999, choosing to take less money to help the team build a championship-caliber roster, according to ESPN’s sources. ESPN’s senior NBA insider Shams Charania reported Sunday morning that Plum was eligible for a $1.4 million supermax contract but […]

The Los Angeles Unified School District announced Sunday that it has reached a tentative labor agreement with United Teachers Los Angeles, potentially easing concerns over a looming strike that threatened to disrupt classes for hundreds of thousands of students. In a statement posted Sunday, the district said the two-year tentative deal would increase teachers’ salary […]

SoCal residents woke up to steady rain and gusty winds on Sunday morning, and wet conditions are expected throughout the day.   Preliminary projections from the National Weather Service indicate most communities will receive at least half-an-inch of rain by Sunday night. Some foothill and mountain could see an inch-and-a-half, NWS says. The rains will be accompanied by wind gusts of up to […]

Trump also said the U.S. was ready to “finish up” Iran at the “appropriate moment,” stressing that Tehran’s nuclear ambitions were at the core of the failure to end the war.

In a new interview, the conservative hardliner lets loose on Trump and the Republican Party.

A homicide investigation is underway after a man’s body was discovered in a remote desert area of San Bernardino County. On April 10, a person travelling on Gammel Road in Wonder Valley spotted the victim lying on the roadway around 9:48 a.m. The victim was found partially sitting in a wheelchair that was knocked onto […]

A 54-year-old woman accused of stalking and assaulting former Fleetwood Mac musician Lindsey Buckingham in Santa Monica has been arrested. Michelle Dick is accused of targeting Buckingham as he was walking into an appointment at a property in Santa Monica on March 25. That’s when Dick reportedly approached Buckingham and doused him with an unknown […]