17+ min ago (514+ words) LOS ANGELES " The post hoc of UCLA's college football regular season leaves looming questions. Who's UCLA's next head football coach? How does the Bruins' soon-to-be head honcho affect their incoming recruiting class " as signing day approaches " for better or worse? But as Nico Iamaleava answered questions, left and right, after UCLA's 29-10 defeat to No. 19 USC on Saturday night at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, one more question remained. Had Iamaleava, the redshirt sophomore transfer quarterback from Tennessee, thought about what lies ahead, whether with or without UCLA? "No, I haven't, man," said Iamaleava, who completed 27 of 38 passes for 200 yards and a touchdown. "I was, you know, focused on, on this game and, you know, practice film. And, you know, I haven't really thought of anything past that." Iamaleava had done everything " and then some " for the Bruins in 2025. He transferred…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago (462+ words) West Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, was killed in the shooting, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, was critically wounded. Lakanwal, 29, has been charged with first-degree murder. In Afghanistan, Lakanwal worked in a special Afghan Army unit known as a Zero Unit. The units were backed by the CIA. He entered the United States in 2021 through Operation Allies Welcome, a program that evacuated and resettled tens of thousands of Afghans after the American withdrawal. Many had worked alongside U.S. troops and diplomats. Lakanwal resettled with his wife and their five sons, all under the age of 12, in Bellingham, Washington, but struggled, according to the community member, who shared emails that had been sent to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, a nonprofit group that provides services to refugees. "Rahmanullah has not been functional as a person, father and provider since March…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago (869+ words) When they engage with the news " if they do " they hear a cacophony of voices. They don't know who to believe. Reporters are biased. They make mistakes. Besides, why would you hitch your future to a dying industry? "There is a lot of commentary " "Oh, good for you. Look what you're walking into. You're going to be screaming into the void. You're going to be useless," said Murphy, a 21-year-old graduate student at the University of Maryland's journalism school. She is undeterred. And it's also why she's not surprised by the findings of a study this fall that documented negative attitudes toward the news media among 13- to 18-year-old Americans. The press rarely fares well in surveys of adults, but it's sobering to see the same disdain among people whose opinions about the world are still forming. Asked by the News…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago (635+ words) Leo made the comments as he flew from Istanbul to Beirut for the second and final leg of his maiden voyage as pope. Though Leo has been fielding journalists" questions at informal gatherings at his country house, the brief encounter marked his first news conference as pope and followed the tradition of his predecessors of using his foreign trips to engage with the media. Because of the short flight, the news conference was limited to two questions from Turkish journalists. When Leo returns to Rome on Tuesday, the encounter will presumably be longer. The American pope was asked about his private talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan upon his arrival in Ankara and whether they discussed the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Leo confirmed they had, and said that Turkey had an "important role to play" in both conflicts,…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago (635+ words) Leo made the comments as he flew from Istanbul to Beirut for the second and final leg of his maiden voyage as pope. Though Leo has been fielding journalists" questions at informal gatherings at his country house, the brief encounter marked his first news conference as pope and followed the tradition of his predecessors of using his foreign trips to engage with the media. Because of the short flight, the news conference was limited to two questions from Turkish journalists. When Leo returns to Rome on Tuesday, the encounter will presumably be longer. The American pope was asked about his private talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan upon his arrival in Ankara and whether they discussed the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Leo confirmed they had, and said that Turkey had an "important role to play" in both conflicts,…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago (461+ words) The lawmakers said they did not know whether last week's Washington Post report was true, and some Republicans were skeptical, but they said attacking survivors of an initial missile strike poses serious legal concerns. "This rises to the level of a war crime if it's true," said Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, when asked about a follow-up strike aimed at people no long able to fight, said Congress does not have information that happened. He noted that leaders of the Armed Services Committee in both the House and Senate have opened investigations. "Obviously, if that occurred, that would be very serious and I agree that that would be an illegal act," Turner said. Turner said there are concerns in Congress about the attacks on vessels that the Trump administration says are transporting drugs, but the allegations regarding…...

2+ hour, 5+ min ago (132+ words) At 7:08 a.m. on Sunday, the National Weather Service issued a dense fog advisory in effect until noon for 5 freeway through Grapevine. The NWS Hanford CA says to expect, "Visibility less than one mile in dense fog." "Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous," the NWS said. "If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you." If you must venture out in foggy conditions, keep these safety tips from the NWS in mind: Use the road's lane markings as a guide to remaining in the correct lane. In situations of near-zero visibility due to dense fog, activate your hazard lights and seek a secure location, such as a nearby business's parking lot, to pull over and come to a stop....

2+ hour, 16+ min ago (1859+ words) Gary Schuelke looked in the mirror. What looked like a pimple stared back. He squeezed. To his surprise, a tiny piece of bullet fell out. Another half inch higher and he might have lost an eyeball. The fragment struck Schuelke, then a San Bernardino police sergeant, during a firefight weeks earlier between police " including Schuelke's son " and a married couple who murdered 14 people and wounded 22 at a holiday-themed meeting of San Bernardino County workers on Dec. 2, 2015. Schuelke's blemish faded. Ten years later, the same can't be said for memories and places associated with the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11. The salmon-colored Inland Regional Center where the attack took place remains. But across the street, the golf course where victims gathered is now an Amazon warehouse. Cars and trucks whisk by the IRC " home then and now to a nonprofit…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago (652+ words) Our 2025 Let's Play Ball drive is underway. And the two papers are once again joining forces this year " trying to collect at least 2,500 balls for each organization. But this year is different. That's because the Breeze and the P-T are feeling the loss of a fundamental member of the Let's Play Ball team " Marilyn James. James died on Dec. 10, 2024, and this will be the first year the ball drive will happen without her. She worked as the sales support/special sections manager for the Daily Breeze, with Southern California News Group, since the campaign's inception " and took it on as a passion project. "Marilyn organized that whole thing, from the ads to collecting, to thanking, to delivering," said Leslie Linderman, former ad director for the Breeze. "Without her, I don't think it would have done as well and I don't…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago (747+ words) A year ago, to the day, I wrote a column (Americans really need to relax and stop taking national politics so seriously) in which I argued that modern Americans are far too concerned with politics and too emotionally invested in what politicians say and do. It was around Thanksgiving and I had heard about families tearing themselves apart over political disagreements and felt that it happened precisely because of unreasonable levels of anxiety with respect to what is going on in D.C. specifically." My argument in that column was that when some politician is elected, whether it be for president or Congress, the decisions that they make during their terms don't really affect us all that much. Our lives continue without catastrophe for the most part. In one sense, that claim is plainly false. When they choose to fund or defund…...