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Dodger mania was on full display Monday, as fans still riding high on the franchise’s eighth World Series win watched Kiki Hernandez at the Raising Canes in Alhambra and Walker Buehler at Dick’s Sporting Goods in Cerritos. A large crowd formed to meet them.This handshake may be one of the last chances to see two beloved players celebrate a World Series victory. Hernandez’s contract with the team expired at the end of the season, but the Dodgers did not extend their $21 million qualifying offer to keep Buehler.As free agents, it’s still possible that both players will resign from the…

People looking to vote in person on Election Day may or may not be required to show identification. It all depends on where you live. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), more than 30 states have enacted laws that require or require voters to show some form of identification at polling places. Nine of these states have what is described as “strict photo ID” laws, and the remaining three states have “strict non-photo ID” requirements. What does this mean? It’s simple. Some states require photo identification to prove voter status, such as a driver’s license, state-issued ID,…

Ralphs parent company Kroger will pay Northern California $120 million as part of a $1.37 billion settlement related to the opioid crisis, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday. “This settlement resolves allegations that the company failed to adequately oversee the dispensing of opioids at its pharmacies,” Bonta’s office said in a news release. The $122 million payments will begin arriving in early 2025 and will be used for opioid reduction, the release added. In addition, Kroger pharmacies will be required to “monitor, report, and share data regarding suspicious activity related to opioid prescriptions.” Deputy arrested with 100 pounds of…

Parents in Los Angeles don’t have to vote in person on Tuesday over child care costs, especially since the future of child care funding is at stake.Olympic track and field star Allyson Felix is ​​partnering with national and local nonprofits, including the Chamber of Mothers’ Vote Like a Mother project, to provide free child care to parents on Election Day. There is. In Los Angeles, Brera, which operates three child care centers, is offering a full day of free child care to help parents get to the polls. Additionally, Bumo, an online marketplace with hundreds of affiliated child care facilities…

Law enforcement officials in California and across the country are bracing for threats against election workers, violence at polling places and voter intimidation amid Republican skepticism about the integrity of the voting process.Security has been beefed up at polling stations and vote-counting locations ahead of Tuesday’s election, with bomb and gun-sniffing dogs, metal detectors, panic buttons and even rooftop snipers to protect workers and voters. Deployed. For months, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California has been working with voting officials, police, and sheriff’s departments to prevent threats against election workers and respond to election-related security issues…

View Park police are investigating a possible hate crime after a family was targeted with racist graffiti on their property. Vandalism discovered the morning after Halloween is generally not unheard of throughout the community. But the words scrawled on Garbutt’s house were scarier than any Halloween prank they could have imagined. “I just…I really didn’t know what to do, I didn’t have any words,” Elizabeth Garbutt said. On Friday, the family was frantically woken by staff from a nearby school who warned them of lewd messages scrawled around their house. “She said, ‘Someone has graffitied your car, your house, your…

Two and a half weeks before Election Day, Rep. Adam Schiff of Burbank traveled to south Florida to shake hands with local Democrats and support U.S. Senate candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell. The same day, Republican Steve Garvey was at Temple University in Pennsylvania to accept an award at the Women’s Sports Media Symposium.You could be forgiven for forgetting that both men were still running for the California Senate. After losing the state’s most competitive Senate primary in a generation by an elbow, Mr. Schiff and Mr. Garvey faced off in a race that was not entirely decided. Mr. Garvey has held…

Three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw has opted to decline his $10 million player option with the Los Angeles Dodgers and become a free agent. The MLB Players Association listed Kershaw as a free agent in a statement released Monday. The left-handed pitcher is still expected to re-sign with the Dodgers, his only major league team in his 17-year career. The 36-year-old was plagued by injuries for much of last season, finishing with a 2-2 record and a 4.50 ERA in seven starts. The Dodgers exercised a $5 million option on infielder Miguel Rojas and a $3.5 million option…

Beneath the surface of a close presidential election and a tie in the final national poll by NBC News, some voters who have been reeling in recent weeks are worried about the “lesser of two evils” that could decide the 2024 election. It shows the way of thinking. One voter says Vice President Kamala Harris is an “empty vessel.” Some worry that world leaders won’t respect Harris because she is a woman. Another concern for voters is that it’s not clear what she stands for other than opposing former President Donald Trump. But some voters say Trump lacks the character…

A note about the toilet stall. Celebrities walking on the trail. And supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris are bracing for the possibility of a secret ballot by Republican women as Liz Cheney declares that “women will save the day.” This will be the second time in the last decade that a Democratic woman will run against Donald Trump in the presidential race. And once again, the former president faces a persistent gender disparity. It’s unusual for both Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns to focus on the same group of voters, but as the race gets closer, both Harris and…