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After 125 years or so of being the most collectively Joe College nation on Earth, many Americans have turned sour on the idea that a higher education — or at least the four years we have traditionally set aside for young adults to get a bachelor’s degree — is key to an informed, successful life.Not me.But the varsity blues are otherwise rampant.Perhaps our culture had gone a little bit too all-in on the tradition, and this is just a course correction. I have noted before in this space that in my observations of car rear windshields in dozens of countries…

Did you ever wonder why California is always in an emergency? Bird flu is the latest one. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a declaration of emergency on Dec. 18 after a severe case in a human was documented. In Louisiana. But Louisiana didn’t declare an emergency. According to the news release from Newsom’s office, “the virus has spread in 16 states,” but a week later, no other state had called it an emergency. The Centers for Disease Control said the “current public health risk is low,” but it is “using its flu surveillance systems to monitor for H5 bird flu activity…

Two and a half years ago I wrote that I was racing my brother to a lifetime achievement of reading 1,000 books.Since my brother is eight years younger than me, meaning I have a near decade-long headstart, it’s imperative that I beat him.I now have a lead of around 80 books, thanks to an obsession with winning and two years of sleepless nights provided by my two toddlers (who are apparently just as committed to my victory as I am).Here’s the best of what I read in 2024.“A Moveable Feast” by Ernest Hemingway: I read Hemingway mostly because I’m supposed…

LAS VEGAS — Four months ago, they rode into Las Vegas imbued with vigor and a refreshed culture, set for a landmark game in Lincoln Riley’s tenure at USC. Four months later, they rode into the same city depleted in numbers and spirit, slumping for 2½ quarters on the same desert turf where they had so gloriously knocked off LSU.USC had fought, for grueling week upon grueling week, and lost. The Trojans lost a slew of fourth-quarter leads. They lost three big-time receivers, and two former five-star recruits, to the transfer portal. They returned to Allegiant Stadium rudderless on Friday…

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports WriterSAN DIEGO — Kyle McCord threw for 453 yards and five touchdowns to break Deshaun Watson’s Atlantic Coast Conference season passing record and lead No. 22 Syracuse to a 52-35 victory over depleted-yet-scrappy Washington State in the Holiday Bowl on Friday night.LeQuint Allen rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns for his second straight 1,000-yard season for the Orange (10-3), who had their first 10-win season since 2018. Fran Brown joined Paul Pasqualoni (1991) as the only Orange coaches since World War II to win 10 game in their first season.McCord, the national passing leader, came…

INGLEWOOD — Clippers coach Tyronn Lue knew better. He knew the Golden State Warriors were too talented to take lightly – Steph Curry or no Steph Curry.Lue knew that even though the Warriors came into the Intuit Dome on Friday having lost two consecutive games and 11 of their past 14, they weren’t going to walk out without giving the Clippers something to think about.After a tight first half in which the Warriors led twice, the Clippers needed a strong defensive effort in the fourth quarter to hold on for a 102-92 victory, their third win against the Warriors this…

LAS VEGAS — On Friday, Nov. 15, 270 miles from USC, workers at the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas walked off the premises amid an ongoing fight for a new contract. Presumably, of course, this did not – and would not ever – have anything to do with USC’s football program. This was a labor dispute in Nevada, after all.Except a month later, with workers still picketing on the corner of South Paradise Road in Las Vegas, USC’s hotel accommodations for the Las Vegas Bowl were none other than the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.Suddenly, USC found itself breaking the picket line…

The accomplishments and plaudits are accumulating for Yucaipa High sophomore Olivia Lewis.Lewis is now the IE Varsity Girls Tennis Player of the Year. This comes on top of a year in which she won the Ojai Tennis Tournament Junior Girls 16-and-under division, was the Citrus Belt League titlist, and made the Top 16 at the CIF Southern Section singles tournament.Yucaipa sophomore Olivia Lewis has been selected the IE Varsity Girls Tennis Player of the Year. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer) Yucaipa sophomore Olivia Lewis has been selected the IE Varsity Girls Tennis Player of the Year. (Photo by Milka…

Some tech industry leaders are pushing the incoming Trump administration to increase visas for highly skilled workers from other nations.The heart of the argument is, for America to remain competitive, the country needs to expand the number of skilled visas it gives out.The previous Trump administration did not increase the skilled visa program, instead clamping down on visas for students and educated workers, increasing denial rates.Not everyone in corporate America thinks the skilled worker program is great. Former workers at IT company Cognizant recently won a federal class-action lawsuit that said the company favored Indian employees over Americans from 2013…

A rested flock was set to return to the ice after the holiday break as the Ducks geared up to dive headlong into a back-to-back set at home that will see them opposed by the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday and the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday.After last Sunday’s dramatic comeback against Utah HC capped a spurt of three wins in four games, a competitive effort in Las Vegas in their fourth game in six nights fell short against the Pacific Division-pacing Golden Knights on Monday.In a game where shots on goal, shot attempts and other possession metrics were roughly even, the…