UPDATED Saturday, with Donald Trump comments: The income president said he will “most likely give TikTok a 90-day extension called for in a law upheld by the Supreme Court yesterday to see it sold or banned by a deadline tomorrow. In a phone interview with Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker of NBC News, he […]

UPDATED Saturday, with White House comment: It turns out TikTok is just as confused as the rest of us after a Supreme Court ruling this morning. SCOTUS upheld a law that would see the popular app with 170+ million U.S. users banned on Sunday. That happens to be the last day of the Biden administration, […]

Hyper-partisan plunge into the abyss

SATURDAY AM: Refresh for more analysis and chart…Not counting the 2021 pandemic year when all theaters were closed, it’s the second lowest MLK 4-day weekend of the last 10 years with the marketplace estimated to do $101.2M. The last time it was this low was 2022 with $85M, and that’s when Paramount/Spyglass’ Scream led with […]

An enormous mess to clean up

DANVILLE Two of Mount Diablos loudest bike champions were stripped of their policy advisory appointments this week, concluding two years of bitter finger pointing and bullying accusations between local leaders in this otherwise idyllicsuburban town of 43,000. A majority of the Danville Town Council agreed on Tuesday to remove Al Kalin and Bruce Bilodeau […]

D'Angelo Russell, facing the Lakers for the first time since last month's trade, was sharp off the bench and kept the Nets in striking distance throughout the night.

TODAY’S WORD — MINUSCULE (MINUSCULE: MIN-ih-skyool: Very small.) Average mark 36 words Time limit 60 minutes Can you find 47 or more words in MINUSCULE? The list will be published Monday. YESTERDAY’S WORD — ADHESIVE: advise advisee aide aside avid dais dash devise dish diva dive have head heave heavies heed hide hied hive ease […]

The Texan grocer has recalled three food products sold in its stores over the past three months due to FDA and FSIS nation-wide recalls.

Playing without Anthony Davis, Reaves scores 38 points, LeBron James has 29 and they hold on for a 102-101 win after DAngelo Russell misses a potential game-winner in the final seconds.

Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump asked the Georgia Supreme Court to uphold the Fulton County DA's disqualification from a case against Trump.

UPDATED, 5:41 p.m.: This year’s AFI Awards luncheon will now take place on Thursday, February 6, AFI President and CEO Bob Gazzale announced on Friday evening. Like many award shows around town, they’d been delayed by the L.A. wildfires, which continue to approach containment. The luncheon had previously been dated for Friday, January 10. “With […]

FRIDAY PM: After everyone ran to the movies over the holidays, they’re doing something else this weekend with Disney’s Mufasa in its fifth weekend looking to upset the MLK 4-day frame with an estimated $16M take. That’s easily the lowest No. 1 haul post Covid for a movie, and nothing for the industry to brag […]

The FDA has announced plans to ban Red Dye No. 3 in the American food supply, citing long-standing health concerns, including cancer.The list is long of the effects. Theyve been difficult to prove, Hilary Kennedy of Four-Minute Buzz t...

Erik and Lylie Menendez are going to have to wait until the early spring to find out if they may get out of jail decades earlier than expected. A much anticipated resentencing hearing for 1996 life without parole-sentenced siblings has been pushed back again, this time due to the horrific wildfires that have left large […]

UPDATED with new date: The Critics Choice Association said it has rescheduled its 30th annual Critics Choice Awardsfor Friday, February 7. Chelsea Handler will remain as host of the ceremony, which will broadcast live on E! from 7-10 p.m. ET/PT from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Organizers said E!’s Live from E!: Critics Choice […]

UPDATED with latest: Cooler temperatures and calm winds enabled firefighters to expand containment on the Palisades and Eaton fires Friday, as some residents were being allowed to return to their homes. While most evacuation orders are expected to remain in place for at least another week, authorities siad evacuation orders were eased or lifted in […]

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court ruling that found protections for so-called Dreamers to be unlawful, suspending the program in Texas while otherwise limiting its ruling in the event of an appeal. The ruling upholds a lower court ruling that found Biden administration efforts to codify the Deferred Action for Childhood...

{beacon} Evening Report = AP Photo Laken Riley Act primed to give Trump early win THE SENATE ON FRIDAY voted to advance an immigration bill championed by President-elect Trump, setting him up for an early legislative victory for a key issue he campaigned on. The Laken Riley Act, named after the Georgia nursing...