LOS ANGELES — Two days after her 27th birthday, Azurá Stevens, happily signed a free agent contract with the new-look Sparks, with her eyes set on the biggest role of her WNBA career. Stevens, who is entering her sixth season in the league, is excited about playing for her newContinue Reading
Anyone who has experienced turbulence aboard an airplane has likely looked out the window, wondering how the aircraft stays intact through the sometimes bone-rattling bumps. Tucked on a 15-acre complex in Anaheim’s industrial district is a company that helps to keep myriad plane parts from coming unglued. Solvay, a Brussels-basedContinue Reading
By Matthew Lee | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Monday was supposed to be a day of modest hope in the U.S.-China relationship. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was going to be in Beijing, meeting with President Xi Jinping in a high-stakes bid to ease ever-rising tensions between the world’s twoContinue Reading
By Anne D’Innocenzio | Associated Press NEW YORK — When the pandemic threat eased, Maureen Holohan was eager to scale back her online shopping and return to physical stores so she could more easily compare prices and scour ingredients on beauty and health care products for herself and her threeContinue Reading
Los Angeles County health officials reported 30 new COVID-19-related deaths from a three-day period that ended Monday, Feb. 6, along with 2,201 new cases. The new fatalities — 12 from Saturday, 10 from Sunday and eight from Monday — gave the county an overall COVID-19 death toll of 35,355. WithContinue Reading
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. The Granada Hills Charter girls basketball team received the No. 1 seed in the City Section’s Open Division playoffs, but the team won’t be able to host its opening-round playoff game Thursday night against San Fernando dueContinue Reading
Maxim Elramsisy Relief is available for homeowners struggling to pay their mortgage due to financial hardships caused by the Pandemic. The California Mortgage Relief Program is providing a lifeline for qualifying California property owners, especially in underserved communities. Proponents of the program regard it as a safeguard to protectingContinue Reading
Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media Relief is available for homeowners struggling to pay their mortgage due to financial hardships caused by the Pandemic. The California Mortgage Relief Program is providing a lifeline for qualifying California property owners, especially in underserved communities. Proponents of the program regard it as aContinue Reading
Keith DeLawder When Afro Unicorn creator and CEO April Showers came up with her now multimillion dollar lifestyle brand, she did it with the intention to remind women and children of color how unique, divine and magical they truly are– and though the outspoken and savvy businesswoman always embraced herContinue Reading