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The Los Angeles Lakers plan to erect a statue honoring former coach Pat Riley outside their downtown arena. The Lakers announced Monday that they have commissioned a statue to stand in Star Plaza to immortalize the four-time championship-winning coach of the 1980s “Showtime” Lakers. Riley also won a championship ring with the Lakers as a player and assistant coach. Riley, 79, has spent the past 30 years with the Miami Heat as a coach and executive, but his NBA roots are firmly planted with the Lakers. He played in Los Angeles from 1970 to 1975 and was the team’s announcer…

Rancho Palos Verdes city leaders will meet Tuesday to discuss next steps as more homes in the area are red-tagged following a takeover bid made several weeks ago. It’s planned. Officials are expected to discuss the upcoming rain that will hit the region Saturday through next Monday, as well as when eligible homeowners can begin the escrow process. Last month, on Oct. 29, the city announced the $42 million program at a special city hall meeting. This program is supported by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Homeowners in the Greater Portuguese Bend and Seaview landslide areas were targeted. FEMA allocated…

An Orange County family was surprised Monday when their dog chased a cat up a tree in their front yard. This was no ordinary cat, but a young puma. Fish and Game personnel and firefighters later removed the mountain lion from a tree at a Tustin home at Irvine Boulevard and Holt Avenue. Mission Viejo Animal Services and OC Animal Care also supported the repellent effort. “Today’s incident also serves as a reminder that when it comes to wild animals, giving them space and reporting them to the appropriate authorities is in the best interest of their safety and ours,”…

On election night, a Southern California pastor wearing a red MAGA hat filmed a message to his Instagram followers cheering for President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. Rob McCoy thanked God and Charlie Kirk, one of the most influential power brokers in the Republican Party.”This is the epicenter of freedom renewal,” McCoy said from the Phoenix headquarters of Kirk’s group, Turning Point USA. Kirk, a 31-year-old conservative flame-monger, rallied his millions of online followers to support Trump, prompting conservative podcast host Megyn Kelly to say: House of Representatives and US Senate. ” The Atlantic called Kirk “the right’s new kingmaker.” And the…

Home prices in Southern California fell for the third consecutive month in October, but remain near record highs, putting them out of reach for most households. The average home price in the six-county area was $864,586 last month, down 0.4% from September and 1% below the record set in July, according to Zillow data. Prices have now fallen for three consecutive months, but that doesn’t mean they will continue to fall. It’s not uncommon for home prices to fluctuate from month to month or begin to decline in late summer and fall due to seasonal patterns. As of October 2023,…

A Native American-led coalition is pressing the Biden administration to designate three new national monuments in California, making it impossible for President-elect Donald Trump to mine these areas after he takes office on January 20. Some worry that their chances of protection from logging, drilling, and logging may be jeopardized.More than 1.2 million acres of land are being sought for monument status, the largest of which is the proposed Chuckwalla National Monument, which spans more than 620,000 acres from the Coachella Valley near the Salton Sea to the Colorado River. It’s a proposal. Advocates led by the Cahuilla Indians of…

A private Christian high school in Merced pulled its girls’ volleyball team from a state playoff game against a team that included a transgender player, citing the decision as “the word of God” and the belief that gender cannot be changed. School officials said.Stoneridge Christian High School forfeited Saturday night’s California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) NorCalifornia Division VI volleyball game against Bay Area private school San Francisco Waldorf. Neither school responded to requests for comment. Stoneridge Christian Dean Julie Fagandes sent a message to families last week, saying that while this was a “heartbreaking end” to the team’s season, the school’s…

A Los Angeles celebrity whose identity is kept secret has filed a lawsuit against attorneys representing 120 alleged victims of Sean “Diddy” Combs. The man claims his lawyer tried to extort money from him in exchange for not identifying him as a sexual abuser with ties to the hip-hop mogul.The celebrity, described in the lawsuit as a “high-profile individual” and identified only through his attorney as John Doe, said Houston attorney Tony Buzbee wrote a demand letter that made “grossly false and horrific allegations.” According to the complaint, Buzbee said the individual raped a minor at Combs’ party and there…

Across Southern California, and much of the country for that matter, housing remains unaffordable for many people, whether they’re looking to buy a home or rent an apartment.Voter concerns about the cost of living, including housing, appear to have played a major role in Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Now, can he fix it?During his campaign, the former president promised to lower mortgage rates, cut costly red tape, open federal land to development and deport millions of people in the country illegally, but his campaign promised He argued that opening up housing to people would reduce costs.Interviews with…

After voters across the country chose President-elect Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris, California Governor Gavin Newsom offered a hot take on what went wrong for Democrats and a list of “experts.” He warned against going along with the first wave. “This is going to come out eventually, and I think we have a responsibility to interrogate ourselves. I’m not naive about it, and that includes all of us individually,” Newsom said in a video address. spoke. “We have to look in the mirror and reflect more broadly and deeply on what happened.” Some Democrats say California politics are…