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LOS ANGELES — It was easier to build a fence around Arkansas. There are millions of acres of nothing but wide-open farmland. There are a handful of small towns. And there are a couple gems, of talented regional prep basketball players, with minimized regional recruiting competition.The world is different in the metropolis of Los Angeles. But Eric Musselman took the job at USC, all the same, to corner the market on Southern California.On the second day Musselman arrived to Southern California from Fayetteville, dubbed the men’s basketball program’s next head coach in early April, he hosted St. John Bosco’s Elzie…

LOS ANGELES – If I’m in any way affiliated with the USC or UCLA football programs, I pray that Dan Lanning’s viral quote early this year proves to be a sharp Nike-level marketing gambit and not a sincere statement of fact.But he probably did mean it.“The grass is damn green in Eugene,” he said, shooting down rumors – in his most Dan Lanning way – that he was interested in leaving his post as Oregon’s head coach for the same job at Alabama.He’s right, you know. I lived in Eugene; it rains a lot there. The grass is really green.Plus the…

The Kings will ring in the New Year with its first heavyweight bout, kicking off 2025 with a showdown against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday.Both teams have had to work to keep pace in competitive divisions. The Kings haven’t lost consecutive games since Nov. 20, compiling the third-best points percentage in the NHL since that time. The only issue? Both teams ahead of them during that span were also in the Pacific Division. The Edmonton Oilers lost to the Kings and Ducks over the weekend after entering the holiday break as winners of 11 of 13 contests, while the…

By Jamie Tarabay and Craig Torres | BloombergThe US Treasury Department was hacked by a Chinese state-sponsored actor through a third-party software service provider, according to a letter the agency sent to Congress on Monday.Treasury described the intrusion as a “major cybersecurity incident,” since it was attributed to a state-sponsored actor, according to the letter.Treasury was notified on Dec. 8 by a third-party software provider, BeyondTrust Inc., that a hacker had gained access “to a key used by the vendor to secure a cloud-based service used to remotely provide technical support for Treasury Departmental Offices (DO) end users,” according to…

Here are the latest IE Varsity girls basketball rankings for the 2024-25 season.Records are through Monday, Dec. 30.IE VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL RANKINGS1. Ontario Christian (18-1)The Knights will have a chance to avenge their only loss (Archbishop Mitty) on Saturday.Previous ranking: 12. Etiwanda (8-4)The Eagles brought home the title from the SoCal Holiday Prep Classic in San Diego.Previous ranking: 23. Rancho Christian (10-2)The Eagles head to Colorado for the Denver East Holiday Classic beginning ThursdayPrevious ranking: 34. King (16-4)The Wolves reached the championship game of Ayala’s Best of the West TournamentPrevious ranking: 45. Moreno Valley (11-5)The Vikings return next week with…

By Dylan Sloan and Jack Witzig | BloombergThe world’s 500 richest people got vastly richer in 2024, with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang leading the group of billionaires to a new milestone: A combined $10 trillion net worth.An indomitable rally in US technology stocks played a key role in turbocharging the trio’s wealth, as well as the fortunes of Larry Ellison, Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The eight tech titans alone gained more than $600 billion this year, 43% of the $1.5 trillion increase among the 500 richest people tracked by…

Here are the latest IE Varsity boys basketball rankings for the 2024-25 season.Records are through Monday, Dec. 30.IE VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS1. Roosevelt (15-1)The Mustangs beat St. John Bosco to repeat as Classic at Damien Platinum Division champs.Previous ranking: 12. Riverside Poly (10-7)The Bears have an important Ivy League showdown at Rancho Verde coming up next week.Previous ranking: 23. Damien (13-6)The Spartans closed the Platinum Division at its tournament with a win over Destiny Christian.Previous ranking: 34. Etiwanda (12-7)The Eagles walked away with a split of their games in the Classic at Damien’s Gold Division.Previous ranking: 45. Rancho Cucamonga (12-6)The…

By Wendy Fry | CalMattersCalifornia continues to grapple with significant levels of poverty, leading the nation as the state with the highest poverty rate with disproportionately higher impacts on Black and Latino residents.According to the latest available Census data, the state’s poverty rate increased to 18.9% in 2023, up from 16.4% in 2022 and 11.0% in 2021. The state’s poverty rate was particularly high among Black and Latino Californians, and higher than the 2019 pre-pandemic numbers.California’s high poverty rate means that approximately 7.3 million state residents lack the resources to meet their basic needs. For perspective, more Californians live in poverty than…

LA VERNE — The Roosevelt boys basketball team averaged 84 points per game in their first 15 games this season entering the Platinum Division championship game for The Classic at Damien.Monday, the Mustangs proved they don’t need to score a lot of points in order to beat a top-level team.Roosevelt, ranked No. 1 in the state by Calhisports.com, scored a season-low in points but still held off No. 2 St. John Bosco 56-55 in overtime at Damien High School. It was the second straight year Roosevelt beat St. John Bosco in the championship game after a 68-65 win last year.“We’ve…

Former President Jimmy Carter passed away on Sunday at the age of 100. Widely hailed as America’s “best ex-president” for his humanitarian efforts in the decades after he served as president, Carter’s legacy is, to be sure, a complicated one, given the tumultuous time in which he was president.Indeed, when many think of the Carter years, they think of the long gas lines, stagflation, the “malaise speech” and, at the end, the Iran hostage crisis. Others think of his pardon of Vietnam War draft dodgers or the Camp David Accord. It was an extraordinary rise — a peanut farmer from…