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Westminster opens its first community garden
The Cherry Street Community Gardens have opened, a first for the city, using a vacant residential lot on the street near Westminster Boulevard.
US overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes
Experts remain cautiously optimistic as new drugs emerge and government programs are cut.
Louisiana advances plan to eliminate majority-Black US House district after court ruling
Louisiana GOP senators advanced plan to eliminate one majority-Black, Democratic-held seat.
Envoy says stalled Gaza ceasefire has failed to meet expectations of Israelis and Palestinians
Top diplomat Nickolay Mladenov says little progress has been made on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire after seven months.
Wall Street is mixed following another discouraging inflation report and a recovery for tech stocks
Wall Street is drifting in mixed trading on Wednesday after another discouraging update on inflation.
How a legal challenge over gender dysphoria became a fight for disability rights
A lawsuit filed by eight states could strip protections away from people with disabilities.
This man can plug his brain into a computer. He’s trying to help turn science fiction into reality.
Brandon Patterson’s wildest dream for the brain-computer interface is to someday be able to drive his wheelchair with his mind, like Professor X in the X-Men comics.
A bipartisan effort to reform California’s top-two primary system is underway
A pair of veteran political strategists hope to get an initiative on the 2028 ballot to end the state's 'jungle primary.'
Don’t worry about hantavirus! (Wait, should we worry about hantavirus?)
Columnist Teri Sforza writes: Does a vague sense of dread curdle your belly?
Laguna Niguel man sentenced to 25 years in prison for fentanyl deaths
Michel Joseph Abdallah pleaded guilty Nov. 12 to two counts of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death