Dodgers
Freddie Freeman’s walk-off grand slam in Game 1 of the World Series against the Yankees sounded and felt just like Kirk Gibson’s iconic World Series home run.
Orange County
The Joshua Tree Art Museum (JTAM), founded by renowned contemporary artist and visionary Shane Townley, proudly announced the groundbreaking of its landmark facility near Copper Mountain College.
Entertainment & Arts
At the Golden Globes, ‘Anora’ star Mark Eydelshteyn recounts receiving an unsolicited phone number written in lipstick.
Politics
Donald Trump returns to Washington to celebrate with family, supporters and political allies ahead of his second inauguration.
World & Nation
In churches across long-stifled Syria, Christians have marked the first Sunday services since Bashar Assad’s ouster in an air of transformation.
Business Advisory & Insights
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California
Mark Murphy, three-time mayor of Orange, has died. Nicknamed “Mr. Orange,” Murphy was among the city’s fiercest boosters.
The 136th Rose Parade kicked off at 8 a.m. PST on New Year’s Day and rolled along 5.5 miles of Pasadena streets before a crowd of hundreds of thousands.
Conan O’Brien is the 2025 recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy, honored ‘not for humor, but for [his] work as a riverboat pilot.’
First called the Santa Claus Lane Parade, the event has been held every year except 1942 through 1944 during World War II and in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.