High school football top performers in the Southland
A look at the top performers from high school football games across the Southland during…
High school football top performers in the Southland
A look at the top performers from high school football games across the Southland during the semifinals of the playoffs on Friday. RUSHING • Darnell Miller, Santee: Rushed for 190 yards and three touchdowns in City Section Division III win over Hawkins. • Isaiah Phelps, Oxnard Pacifica: Rushed for 123 yards and one touchdown in…
Netflix executive Lloyd screen-tested for top Channel 4 job | Money News
A senior executive at Netflix is among the contenders vying to become the next boss of Channel 4, the state-owned broadcaster. Sky News has learnt that Emma Lloyd, the streaming giant’s vice-president, partnerships, in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is one of a handful of media executives shortlisted to replace Alex Mahon as Channel…
The L.A. Phil temporarily reinstates its East L.A. YOLA program
After recently announcing major cuts to its youth orchestra, the L.A. Phil has secured additional donor funding to ensure the East L.A. branch of the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) program will continue at full capacity until the end of the school year. In an email to the students’ parents last week, the nonprofit organization…
Mexico’s ‘Batman’: The president’s favorite crime fighter, the cartels’ nemesis
MEXICO CITY — No floodlights illuminate the night sky when the citizens of Mexico’s Gotham need a hand. No hot line summons this super-cop from a hidden redoubt. But Mexico does indeed have its own “Batman”: Omar García Harfuch, security czar in the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum. He acquired the Batman moniker during his days as…
Your Party co-founder Zarah Sultana refuses to enter group’s conference hall | Politics News
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups. Ms Sultana co-founded Your Party with Jeremy Corbyn in July, but the new movement has been marred with infighting from the outset. There was a row on the eve of conference after it emerged members of…
Cathedral’s unusual arrangement: President, principal are head coaches
If you run cross-country or play soccer at Cathedral High, you‘d better be extra polite and respectful around the head coaches. They also happen to be the school president and principal, respectively. Martin Farfan and Arturo Lopez continue to hold dual roles, which probably makes Cathedral the only school in the state with such an…
Ministers line up bankers to review options for UK steel industry | Money News
The government is lining up bankers to conduct a review of options for Britain’s embattled steel industry amid calls for ministers to orchestrate mergers between some of the sector’s biggest players. Sky News has learnt that Evercore, the independent investment bank which now employs George Osborne, the former chancellor, was expected to be appointed in…
Gerardo Ortiz to serve 3 years probation for cartel-linked performances
Mexican American singer Gerardo Ortiz will serve three years of probation after testifying against Ángel del Villar, chief executive of Del Records, who federal prosecutors linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. In March, Del Villar was found guilty of violating the Kingpin Act, a federal law that prohibits U.S. residents and companies from doing…
Jeremy Corbyn declines to call Zarah Sultana a friend as Your Party holds first conference | Politics News
Jeremy Corbyn has declined to say his Your Party co-founder Zarah Sultana is a friend as supporters of the new grouping gather in Liverpool. Speaking to Sky News on the eve of the conference, Mr Corbyn acknowledged “stresses and strains” in the set-up of the party but said it had become “a lot better in…
In Saudi Arabia’s green highlands, a different kingdom emerges
ABHA, Saudi Arabia — From the air, Abha’s mountains emerge as a shock of emerald green rising from a sea of sand. Terra firma brings other surprises: a bracing wind that has me grabbing for a jacket — a piece of clothing all but ignored in other parts of Saudi Arabia. Indeed, so much of Abha, the…