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MINNESOTA VIKINGS (14-3) at RAMS (10-7) When: Monday, 5 p.m. Where: State Farm Stadium (Glendale, Ariz.) TV/Radio: ESPN/ABC/ESPN+/710 AM; 93.1 FM; 1330 AM (Spanish); Sirius 225, 226 Line: Vikings by 2.5 Notable injury designations Vikings: OUT: OLB Patrick Jones II (knee); QUESTIONABLE: RB Cam Akers (illness), DL Taki Taimani (ankle). Rams: None. What’s at stake? Another game to play, a trip to the NFC divisional round, three wins away from a Super Bowl title. Who’s better? The Vikings have been the more consistent team throughout the season, ranking near the top of the NFL on both sides of the ball. The only reason they are the road team…

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Sunday, Jan. 12, temporarily setting aside California’s major environmental law that requires all building needs to pass through a rigorous vetting process.The order clears the decks for builders to jumpstart rebuilding homes and buildings throughout the areas impacted by the wildfires that have burned more than 39,000 acres throughout the Palisades, Eaton Canyon, Lidia, Sunset and Woodley areas of suburban Los Angeles.The order will help streamline permitting for reconstruction of properties. The fires so far have substantially damaged or destroyed more than 12,000 structures.Also see: Eaton, Palisades fires slow as containment grows, 16 dead;…

SACRAMENTO – A recent news story gave the anti-self-driving car pearl-clutchers some ammunition, although it was more comical than tragic. In West Hollywood last month, a goofy sidewalk-delivery robot collided with a robotaxi at around at 4 miles per hour. There obviously were no injuries and neither vehicle was damaged, although writers had a field day depicting this as a preview of the coming dystopian war between robots.Critics of autonomous vehicles, or AVs, can fixate on nonsense if they choose, but widespread legislative efforts to limit the development of these vehicles actually endangers us given that robots are much better…

Growth of the Palisades fire slowed significantly overnight into Sunday while crews made significant gains in containing the Eaton fire, as firefighters entered their sixth day of battling the deadly, wind-driven blazes that have raged across Los Angeles County.Crews — aided by aerial water drops — were taking advantage of relatively lesser winds, before the return of dangerously gusty and dry weather is expected to once again increase the fire danger over the next several days.The Palisades fire — which had forced a new wave of evacuations as it lit up the ridge line in Mandeville Canyon — grew by…

By KYLE HIGHTOWERThe New England Patriots have hired Mike Vrabel as their next head coach.The team announced the hiring Sunday morning. It comes a week after Patriots owner Robert Kraft fired Jerod Mayo after the team’s season finale victory over the Buffalo Bills to finish 4-13 in his lone season as coach.Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich, former Houston Texans offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton and Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson also interviewed for the job.But Vrabel, a fan favorite during eight seasons as a player in New England where he was a member of its first three…

Well, they’re at it again. Progressive journalists at the San Francisco Chronicle – but I repeat myself – have come up with a new label for constitutional limits on tax increases. They’ve declared these limits to be “tax subsidies.”Since when is keeping more of your own money a “subsidy?”Of course, this latest report is yet another attack on Proposition 13. Progressive journalists continue to be baffled that voters stubbornly support Prop. 13, the 1978 initiative that many reporters simply misunderstand. The Chronicle’s piece begins, “Since the late 1970s, many California property owners have received large property tax subsidies thanks to…

Once upon a time, Californians were told that by 2020 they would see a high-speed rail  line connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco for as little as $33 billion. Well, it’s 2025 and if Californians are so lucky they might be able to experience the high-speed rail line from Bakersfield to Merced in 2033. You know, because that’s practically the same as what voters were promised. Oh and the project is set to cost more than $100 billion, not $33 billion. If California’s leaders were rational, they would have cut our losses long ago and at minimum gone back to…

Americans are watching the TV news with horror and sadness as tales unfold of the wildfires that are sweeping across Southern California. The latest reports point to 10 deaths, thousands of destroyed buildings and perhaps $135 billion in total damages. Then there’s the incomparable toll on residents who continue to endure this tragedy.In a gentler era, Americans would be united in their expression of grief for the disaster victims, but these aren’t such times. Many politicians and pundits have started finger-pointing, often trading in half-truths and rumors. As the fires burn, we should all avoid ad hominem political attacks, but…

The Las Vegas man accused of being a possible assassin intent on killing former president Donald Trump at a campaign rally near Coachella Valley said that, despite a lack of serious criminal charges against him, the allegations have had significant impacts on him and his family.Riverside County sheriff’s deputies arrested Vem Miller, 49, outside an Oct. 12 rally at Calhoun Ranch mere weeks before the Nov. 5 election. The day after Miller’s arrest, Sheriff Chad Bianco said his deputies had “probably stopped another assassination attempt” when they prevented Miller from entering a parking lot outside the rally venue.If true, it would…

If you resolved this year to do a better job managing your personal finances, now is the time to commit and make your financial health a priority.According to WalletHub, at the end of 2024, 52% of Americans planned to make finance-related New Year’s resolutions. And 41% said they want to save more, 21% want to spend less, and 20% want to make more money.Regardless of your New Year’s resolution, finances should be top of mind. According to the Federal Reserve, household debt increased by $147 billion in the third quarter of 2024, and 3.5% of outstanding debt is in some…