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LOS ANGELES — LeBron James returned.The Lakers introduced a new starting lineup on Sunday against the Memphis Grizzlies that they hope will stick and played with a renewed defensive tenacity.Anthony Davis dominated when he wasn’t tending to an apparent left shoulder injury that he played through.The combination helped lead the Lakers to a 116-110 win over the Grizzlies at Crypto.com Arena in what may have been their most impressive performance since the first week of the season, considering the quality of the opponent.James appeared to be rejuvenated after missing the previous two games because of left foot soreness, giving him…

San Bernardino receives grant that offers business owners chance to beautify city storefronts San Bernardino receives grant that offers business owners chance to beautify city storefronts 02:04 Applications are now open for San Bernardino business owners that are looking to beautify their storefront on the city’s dollar. The “Paintbrush Program,” which aims to improve the outer appearance of existing businesses, is funded by the Facade Improvement Grant Program. By doing so, city officials believe that the program can “enhance economic opportunities within the small business community to encourage additional investment in the city’s commercial corridors,” said a statement from the city. Business owners…

Authorities announced the seizure of more than $100 million in processed marijuana from a residential property in Oak Hills.Sheriff’s deputies served a search warrant around 7 a.m. Monday, Dec. 9, on a five-acre property in the 5000 block of Honeyhill Road in Oak Hills, which is west of Hesperia, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.Inside a newly built metal building along the property’s eastern fence, investigators found more than 3,000 trash bags filled with processed marijuana and stacked more than 12 feet high, filling the 120-by-40-foot building, a Sheriff’s Department statement said.Each bag weighed 30 to 50 pounds.The…

There is no right of privacy in the U.S. Constitution, at least there wasn’t until 1965, when the Supreme Court famously found one in “penumbras, formed by emanations” from the Bill of Rights. It wasn’t a unanimous decision. “With all deference, I can find no such general right of privacy in the Bill of Rights, in any other part of the Constitution, or in any case ever before decided by this Court,” wrote one of the dissenting justices.However, there is an explicit right to be free from uncontrolled government searches. It’s the Fourth Amendment:“The right of the people to be…

Tampa Bay running back Bucky Irving (7) finds running room as the Chargers Tarheeb Still (29) attempts to make the tackle during the second half at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. The visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Los Angeles Chargers 40-17 in a National Football League (NFL) game. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Tampa Bay cornerback Jamel Dean, left, intercepts a Justin Herbert pass intended for Chargers wide receiver Quentin Johnston, right, during the second half at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. The visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated…

California politicians have been blind to the fact that the state’s High Speed Rail project is an utter failure. However, the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) by the Trump administration might finally force HSR advocates to open their eyes to the reality that the project will never be completed as promised 26 years ago.Throughout the early 2000’s a High Speed Rail project from San Francisco to Los Angles was the dream of rail advocates and politicians who were too disengaged from reality to consider whether the project even made sense. Once the California Legislature approved placing a…

David J. Neal | (TNS) Miami HeraldStanley — whose cups have become almost as popular as the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup — recalled 2.6 million travel mugs because their burn count got too high.As explained in the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notice, “These mugs’ lid threads can shrink when exposed to heat and torque, causing the lid to detach during use, posing a burn hazard.”According to what Stanley told the CPSC, the lids on recalled travel mugs have detached 16 times in the United States and 91 times worldwide, causing two burn injuries in the United States…

Glenn Litton, the suspected shooter, had a long criminal history, according to authorities.Police said he used a ghost gun but did not reveal how a convicted felon obtained the gun.Authorities revealed that Litton allegedly committed multiple crimes before he carried out the shooting and was in jail weeks prior. Three weeks before Glenn Litton shot and wounded two kindergarten students at a Christian elementary school in Northern California, he appeared in a criminal courtroom in San Bernardino County via a video stream.The 56-year-old was arrested on a felony warrant stemming from a 2020 second-degree burglary charge out of Redlands.Litton pleaded…

By STEPHEN GROVESWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is pushing toward a vote on legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people, setting up potential passage in the final days of the lame-duck Congress.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday he would begin the process for a final vote on the bill, known as the Social Security Fairness Act, which would eliminate policies that currently limit Social Security payouts for roughly 2.8 million people.Schumer said the bill would “ensure Americans are not erroneously denied their well-earned Social Security benefits simply because they chose at some point to work in…

President-elect Donald Trump will have a busy Day One given the many policies he has promised to implement immediately, but there is a possible day-one policy that has gotten more than usual attention. Trump has toyed with the idea of using an executive order to end birthright citizenship.That’s the policy that grants citizenship to anyone born on American soil, including the children of people here visiting or illegally. Typically, conservatives decry the misuse of executive orders and claim to be devoted adherents to the words of the U.S. Constitution, but apparently their principles are malleable when it comes to immigration.In…