Staff report

Jockeys and their horses burst out of the starting gates during the first race of Opening Day at Del Mar Racetrack on Friday, July 18, 2025 in Del Mar, CA. (Michael Ho / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Del Mar horse racing consensus picks for Saturday, July 19, 2025

July 19, 2025 at 6:47 a.m.

The consensus box of Del Mar horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Saturday,...

Horses break from the starting gate during the fifth race of Opening Day at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Del Mar, CA. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Del Mar horse racing consensus picks for Friday, July 18, 2025

July 17, 2025 at 5:48 p.m.

The consensus box of Del Mar horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races for opening...

Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto, right, with Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass hold a press conference to announce joining a lawsuit against the federal government in response to immigration sweeps at Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Trump administration says it is ending deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in LA

July 15, 2025 at 7:10 p.m.

Mayor Bass said "We organized peaceful protests, we took the Trump administration to court — that led to today’s retreat"

“Vera, or Faith” by Gary Shteyngart is among the top-selling fiction releases at Southern California’s independent bookstores. (Courtesy of Random House)

This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores

July 15, 2025 at 6:21 p.m.

See the top-selling releases among hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus trade and mass market paperbacks for the sales week that ended July 13.

“Mark Twain” by Ron Chernow is among the top-selling nonfiction releases at Southern California’s independent bookstores. (Courtesy of Penguin Press)

This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores

July 10, 2025 at 7:12 p.m.

See the top-selling releases among hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus trade and mass market paperbacks for the sales week that ended July 6.

Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Silverwood Lake Recreation Area remains closed, reservations canceled

July 8, 2025 at 3:37 p.m.

Nearly 490 acres burned near the lake and state park officials say there is no estimate for when the area will reopen.

That brush fire burning near Rancho Laguna Road and Morningside Drive in Laguna Beach is marching uphill, and crews are setting up structure protection along Summit Drive. Evacuation orders have been issued for residents on Summit Drive, La Mirada Street and Katella Street, according to Laguna Beach police. (Photo by Daniel Pearson, Contributing Photographer)

This map shows where the Rancho fire is burning in Laguna Beach

July 7, 2025 at 4:05 p.m.

Several streets are currently under an evacuation order.

Rev. Tom Eggebeen, interim pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, poses in the main chapel of the Pasadena church on Thursday, April 17, 2025. Rev. Eggebeen invited the Altadena Community Church, which was destroyed in the Eaton fire, to share their space. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

6 months later, 12 ways the Eaton and Palisades fires changed Southern California

July 8, 2025 at 10:51 a.m.

Questions linger about whether many of the displaced will return to communities. Also, is the soil healthy? Is the air clean?

Los Alamitos horse racing consensus picks for Sunday, July 6, 2025

July 5, 2025 at 6:12 p.m.

The consensus box of Los Alamitos horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Sunday,...

Los Alamitos horse racing consensus picks for Saturday, July 5, 2025

July 4, 2025 at 7:55 p.m.

The consensus box of Los Alamitos horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Saturday,...

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