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In addition to deficit reduction, Biden's 10-year budget largely revolves around the idea of taxing the wealthy to help fund programs for the middle class, older adults and families. It would raise $4.7 trillion from higher taxes, with an additional $...

A state commission is weighing how to provide public banking options, such as no-fee checking accounts....

Stars from the show including Asia O'Hara, Lady Camden, Vanessa Vanjie Mateo and more will take the stage in July....

Attorney General Rob Bonta warned more actions could be taken against Huntington Beach....

Unlike a deduction, which decreases the income on which you'll be taxed, a tax credit reduces your overall tax due. The result can mean hundreds of dollars knocked off your bill — or added to your refund....

Election Day is the only cognitive test that matters in politics, writes John Phillips....

Ashanti and Ja Rule, The Beach Boys, Tanya Tucker and more are scheduled to perform....

The Angels star strikes out five over four innings and adds a two-run double in an 8-1 win over China; Australia, Netherlands and Italy also victorious....

The rock band's first North American tour in seven years kicks off in May....

This particular La Nia, which started in September 2020 but is considered three years old because it affected three different winters, was unusual and one of the longest on record....

California needs more juice. Our demand for electricity is rising sharply from mandated shifts away from carbon-based energy....

The former NASA employee was ill-prepared for the weather, wearing only a light windbreaker, his grandson said. "He's a pretty small — he doesn't have a whole lot of meat on his bones."...

For folks who are adjusting their clocks, the body isn't going to like getting up a whole hour earlier, so it's best if you start adapting by going to bed and waking up 15 to 20 minutes earlier each day....

The author says of her new novel, 'I wanted this to be a book where nobody thought they were the bad guy and everybody was a plausible contender for the role.'...

There's always something different or new to do in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles areas....

Australia hits three home runs in an 8-7 victory in Tokyo, Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts homers as the Dutch beat Panama, 3-1, while Team USA is held to four hits in a 5-1 exhibition loss to the Giants....

The No. 1 draft pick from Harvard-Westlake scores in spectacular fashion in the fifth minute of a 3-0 exhibition victory over Mexico's Club America....

The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Thursday, March 9, 2023....

Troy Terry and Brock McGinn score for the Ducks, but Miller gets his second goal of the game 20 seconds into OT to give Vancouver a 3-2 victory....

Kawhi Leonard scores 24 points, Paul George has 23 and the Clippers take control in the second half before turning back one last Toronto surge for a 108-100 win....

Michael Grove pitches three one-hit innings in a game that stayed scoreless through 7 innings, and Drew Avans delivers an RBI triple late to forge a 2-2 tie....

The immense amounts of rain and snow California is experiencing this winter could morph into devastating floods under certain conditions....

It happened Wednesday evening near North Mission Road and North Broadway....

Coach Lincoln Riley wants the former Los Alamitos High star to learn from Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams and Trojan backups Miller Moss and Jake Jensen....

LAUSD service employees are edging closer to a possible strike, as district leaders say a big offer is on the table....

Authorities urged calm as mountain communities anticipating a wet weekend worry that bad conditions could get worse....

Biden's visit will coincide with a larger visit to the West Coast as he gears up for a potential re-election run. His trip to Monterey Park will focus on his efforts to reduce gun violence in the wake of the mass shooting....

The City Council voted Tuesday, March 7, to resist "state overreach" by banning "builder's remedy" homebuilding projects and new granny flat applications....

Max Muncy is expected to follow Smith in the cleanup spot, creating a right-left-right-left combination of Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Smith and Muncy at the top....

The Black & Gold face a tough LD Alajuelense team Thursday in Costa Rica in the first leg of a Round of 16 clash...

"In terms of doing what's important -- protecting human life -- the response has been immediate," Sheriff Shannon Dicus said...

Did Mark Ridley-Thomas step over the line to corruption? In first day arguments, federal prosecutors say yes....

Abby Zwerner's attorney, Diane Toscano, told reporters in January that concerned staff at Richneck Elementary School had warned administrators three times that the 6-year-old had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before Zwerner was...

The Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year suffered a lower-leg injury Saturday, with one report saying the junior guard will miss the rest of the season...

The former Dodgers reliever writes about Carlos Correa and "The Pout," recent rule changes and his surprising interview with MLB commissioner Rob Manfred....

With the 2023 Academy Awards on March 12, here's how to watch some Oscar-nominated films on streaming....

The financial means for spending like a big-market franchise are apparently available in San Diego now, and that is great news for baseball....

At a ceremony, held on International Women's Day, Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken presented awards to 11 recipients from Afghanistan, Argentina, Central African Republic, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, P...

Jackson, an Angels infield prospect, had been hitless in nine at-bats this spring before hitting a two-run homer for a 4-3 walk-off win. Chase Silseth pitches four innings....

Walgreens received $54 million over 8 years in its contract with California's Department of General Services....

Coach Todd McLellan wants his team to cut back on penalties, starting with Thursday's game against the defending Stanley Cup champs in Denver...

It's Peppa Pig versus SpongeBob as Merlin Entertainments announces plans for a new kiddie theme park across town from a new Universal Studios kid-centric park....

The technically minded convention last took place at the Pasadena Convention Center in early March 2020 — right before the country slammed shut due to the coronavirus. Now it's back....

The 40.6-million-square-foot complex -- as big as 700 football fields -- will add 6 million square feet a year until 2030....

A self-guided tunnel experience opens up at river's edge to a truly unique vista, so close to Horseshoe Falls that if the wind is right you'll feel the mist on your face....

U.S. safety regulators received two complaints in which 2023 Model Ys were delivered to customers with a missing bolt that holds the wheel to the steering column....

San Bernardino County says 488 miles of county maintained roads had been cleared by midday Wednesday....

The initial hearing of a long-promised investigation by House Republicans displayed the open wounds from the end of America's longest war in August 2021, with witnesses recalling how they saw mothers carrying dead babies and the Taliban shooting and b...

"This study provides an important contribution to the scientific literature, and suggests the harms outweigh the benefits," said Christopher Gardner, a research professor of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center who has conducted cli...