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Crystal Lake Recreation Area, a camping destination in the San Gabriel Mountains, will be closed April 9-14 while trees are sprayed with a pesticide to protect them from the Western pine beetle, forest officials announced Sunday. Crews plan to spray ponderosa, Jeffrey/ponderosa hybrids and Coulter pines with bifenthrin, officials said. The trees will be sprayed from the base up to 45 feet, officials said. Pine beetle infestations have increased significantly as the climate has changed. The...
Hits by two late Latin music icons whose ballads and salsa songs are constants in playlists across generations have been inducted into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. Juan Gabriel's "Amor Eterno" ("Eternal Love") and Héctor Lavoe's "El Cantante" ("The Singer") are among the 25 recordings and albums selected Tuesday for preservation at the nation’s audio history library. Released in 1990, Gabriel wrote the heart-rending ballad "Amor Eterno" in memory of his deceased...
The companies — The Exclusive Poultry, Meza Poultry, Valtierra Poultry, Sullon Poultry and Nollus’s Poultry — were all owned by Tony Bran and located in La Puente and City of Industry.
Take a guess who finished off another romp through college basketball. UConn now can be mentioned in the same breath as Florida, Duke and UCLA.
The Connecticut Huskies are back on top for the second consecutive season after dominating the Purdue Boilermakers, 75-60, in the NCAA men’s basketball national championship game Monday night. Not only have the Huskies won 12 straight NCAA tournament games, but they kept their streak of defeating their opponents by double digits alive, showcasing how lethal their team is on the court. This is the sixth NCAA men’s basketball title for the school, with the last two under head coach Dan Hurley. ...
Zach Edey got his points for Purdue, but UConn's perimeter defense limited the Boilermakers to just one made 3-pointer.
Oakland's airport is considering a name-change to include “San Francisco” to attract more passengers
By JANIE HAR and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oakland’s airport is considering a name-change to include “San Francisco” to attract more passengers. But San Francisco officials are slamming the move, saying it will confuse travelers since there is already a San Francisco International Airport. The Board of Commissioners for the
Oakland's airport considers adding 'San Francisco' to its name. San Francisco isn't happy about it
The Huskies are the first team since Florida in 2006 and 2007 to win
The well-balanced No. 1 UConn attack routed Zach Edey and No. 1 Purdue 75-60 in the 2024 men’s national championship game on Monday.