With time running out to find a way to pay for college and also play football, running back Zander Lewis of Corona Centennial received a last-minute scholarship offer from Virginia Military Institute and signed Wednesday. As they say, all anyone needs is one opportunity from someone who believes in you, and Lewis seized it. Catalano recommended VMI take a look at Lewis. The 5-foot-11, 195-pound Lewis rushed for 606 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior for the Southern Section Division 1 finalists. He signed with VMI even though there's one big requirement for students: a buzz cut.

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Greg Hedgepath is a supervising sound editor at Fomosa Group, a post-production sound editing company for the film industry in the Sawyer building on the former Samuel Goldwyn Studio lot in West Hollywood in 2013. As film and television post-production work has increasingly left California, workers are pushing for a new standalone tax credit focused on their industry. Though post-production workers aren’t as visible, they play a crucial role in delivering a polished final product to TV, film and music audiences. AdvertisementBut post-production workers say the incentive program doesn’t do enough to retain jobs in California because it only covers their work if 75% of filming or overall budget is spent in the state. By 2024, post-production employment in California dropped 11.2%, compared with 2010, according to a presentation from Tim Belcher, managing director at post-production company Light Iron.

It’s going to be kind of tricky.”Man-made snow debuted at the Olympics in 1980, when a snow drought endangered the Lake Placid Games. Kaitlyn Trudeau, a senior research associate of climate science for Sacramento-based Climate Central, says the unmistakable trend is the result of climate change. And it threatens the future of the Winter Olympics. “There’s a very dry snow; that’s the fluffy snow. And I don’t know how we’re supposed to have the Winter Games if we don’t have winter.”Staff writer Sam Farmer contributed to this report.

Advertisement10:30 a.m.: First cup(s) of the dayI’m a night owl, so on a Sunday especially, I’m going to let myself sleep in. L.A. beans though, either Counter Culture or Go Get Em Tiger would be my beans of choice. Almost immediately upon getting up, I’m going to start playing the radio. That is very easy, very manageable.”Then I either want to be doing a comedy show or seeing a comedy show. If I’ve been stimulated, doing a puzzle for a couple of hours is a great way to decompress.

The 29-year-old content creator in San Francisco paid $168 a month last year for a Blue Shield health plan through Covered California. This year — without enhanced federal subsidies that expired at the end of December — that same plan would have cost $299 a month, with higher copays. On top of the loss of the extra federal benefits, the average Covered California premium this year rose by 10.3% because of fast-rising medical costs. Last year, she paid about $285 a month for a Covered California plan. The rise was due to her loss of federal subsidies, as well as a 23% increase in the premium charged by Blue Shield.

The Dallas Cowboys are reportedly going to play in Rio de Janeiro in 2026. The report comes from Jonathan Jones of CBS as the NFL has been spending Super Bowl week announcing all of its international intentions next season. Notably the NFL will play in Australia and Paris in 2026, and they will also break ground in Rio de Janeiro specifically. Getting a game in Rio de Janeiro specifically is a different thing and the Cowboys are one of the league’s biggest draws so it would seem that the NFL cares deeply about this. For what it’s worth, those games were the season opener given the travel involved so it stands to reason that Dallas will be in Rio de Janeiro in Week 1.

“Our first bridal collection launched in 2023,” founder and creative director Andrea Lieberman says. AdvertisementThe Spring 2026 collection reflects that idea in practice. From beach ceremonies to rooftop receptions and backyard gatherings, Lieberman approached the bridal line as an extension of A.L.C.’s broader Spring collection. These are dresses designed to fit into real lives, not just on the pages of lookbooks or in uber-formal settings. Spring 2026 Bridal Collection

Over the past 29 years, however, Greenland has been rapidly losing its ice sheet, expediting access to the minerals. That said, melting ice leads to greater ecological concerns like rising sea levels. Since 1993, global sea levels have risen four inches and will continue to rise. Higher sea levels endanger coastal communities, lead to severe flooding during storms and high tides, and disrupt oceanic circulation patterns, affecting weather patterns throughout the hemispheres. Greenland sits at the intersection of scientific research, geopolitical interests, and the climate crisis.

“These are our homelands.”“We are still here.”The statements are objectively true: The Timbisha Shoshone have lived in what’s now popularly known as Death Valley for thousands of years. And they still live there, in a small village inside the national park that has about 30 full-time inhabitants. AdvertisementParticipants take time out for a photo during a march organized by the Timbisha Shoshone to mark the 25th anniversary of the Homeland Act. AdvertisementBack to Death Valley — a name that, by the way, members of the Timbisha Shoshone have never liked. Ahead of the event, the Park Service submitted the additions to its parent agency, the Interior Department, for review.

A bill that would make oil and gas companies pay for rising insurance costs due to climate-related disasters was introduced this week in the Legislature. California home insurance premiums have been rising by double-digit rates following a series of devastating wildfires across the state over the last decade. But the answer in terms of who is not paying is fossil fuel corporations,” said Wiener, the bill’s lead author. Business California insurers set to charge homeowners for L.A. County fire costs Residential policyholders across California could be paying several hundred million dollars to help cover the costs of claims arising out of the January firestorms in Los Angeles County. California also is not alone in seeking to pass legislation that would hold fossil fuel companies responsible for higher insurance costs.

The Tucson home of Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, is seen from above on Thursday. A Los Angeles County man was arrested after he sent “imposter” ransom messages to the family of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie, whose mother remains missing from her Arizona home in a suspected abduction, federal officials said Thursday. AdvertisementAfter that emotional video was posted and publicized, authorities say Derrick Callella, of Hawthorne, sent messages to Guthrie family members. AdvertisementAccording to data reviewed by authorities, Callella texted the family twice and called them at least once. She said she had not been contacted by federal authorities about the federal case.

Penn State freshman Gavin McKenna has been charged with felony assault after an alleged non-hockey incident last weekend in State College, Pa. A college hockey star expected to be one of the top picks in this year’s NHL draft has been charged with felony assault after allegedly striking another man in the face during an altercation last weekend in State College, Pa.Penn State freshman Gavin McKenna, 18, was arraigned Wednesday and released on $20,000 unsecured bail, according to the State College Police Department. According to police, the incident occurred around 8:45 p.m. Saturday near the Penn State campus. Advertisement“We are aware that charges have been filed; however, as this is an ongoing legal matter, we will not have any further comment,” Penn State said in a statement emailed to The Times on Thursday morning. 1 North American skater on NHL.com’s midseason draft prospect rankings and is said to be making around $700,000 in an NIL deal this season at Penn State.

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This week’s cuts to the Post form just the most recent stage in gradual, assisted suicide, with Bezos as the Dr. Kevorkian. You can pretty much guess which kind of death I believe that the Washington Post suffered. The obvious answer sits not so many miles north on Route 95 in the form of the Baltimore Banner. Here is how those who mourn the slow-motion death of the Post can put grief into generative action. Featured image is the old Washington Post building