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Palm Springs officials approve $5.9M to pay Black and Latino families displaced from neighborhood

Nov. 15, 2024 13:22 PM EST

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California city will pay $5.9 million to compensate Black and Latino families who were displaced from a neighborhood in the 1960s and decades later led a fight for restitution. The Palm Springs City Council approved the deal in a unanimous...

Black and Latino families displaced from Palm Springs neighborhood reach tentative settlement

Nov. 13, 2024 19:54 PM EST

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Black and Latino families who were pushed out of a Palm Springs neighborhood in the 1960s reached a $5.9 million tentative settlement agreement with the city. The deal was announced Wednesday, and the city council will vote on it Thursday. The history of...

Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. will be at Lakers' opener, hoping to see LeBron and Bronny make NBA history

Oct. 21, 2024 18:02 PM EDT

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — If LeBron James Sr. and his son, Bronny, make NBA history Tuesday night by playing in the same game for the Los Angeles Lakers, Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. will be there to witness it. The first father-son duo to play together in Major League...

Together they've been in office more than 70 years. Now their races could help swing House control

Oct. 19, 2024 00:15 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — One is the longest-serving woman in congressional history. The other is dean of the Republican delegation from California and the chairman of a subcommittee responsible for Pentagon spending. Together, they have more than seven decades of experience serving in Congress. ...

Abortion isn’t on the ballot in California, but state candidates can’t stop talking about it

Oct. 15, 2024 14:14 PM EDT

A campaign spot flooding TV airwaves in the Sacramento region this election season warns that the incumbent Republican Assemblymember is “backed by anti-abortion extremists” who “know he’ll back their dangerous, anti-choice agenda.” Residents of the northern Los Angeles...

Hall of Famer Susie Maxwell Berning, a 4-time major champion while raising 2 daughters, dies at 83

Oct. 03, 2024 02:31 AM EDT

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Susie Maxwell Berning, the three-time U.S. Women's Open winner who was a pioneer as a mother while competing on the LPGA Tour, died Wednesday after a two-year battle with lung cancer. She was 83. The LPGA said Berning, inducted into the World Golf Hall...