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Californians deal with freezing temps, snow

Californians deal with freezing temps, snow
By CHRISTOPHER WEBERAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - Californians are bundling up with sweaters and gloves and stocking up on firewood as they endure the latest winter storm that has brought very unseasonable freezing temperatures. The National Weather Service said records could fall as the cold

Californians brace for nights of freezing temps

Californians brace for nights of freezing temps
By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - Californians are bundling up with sweaters and gloves and stocking up on firewood as they brace for several nights of very unseasonable freezing temperatures. The National Weather Service is forecasting morning frost on San Diego beaches. Big Sur,

Golden to frozen, California faces epic cold snap

Golden to frozen, California faces epic cold snap
By JULIE WATSONAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - California was going from cold to colder Friday as a chill expected to bring the biggest mercury dips in years descended on much of the state. The Grapevine section of Interstate 5, the key artery linking southern and northern California, was shut

Browns name Rob Chudzinski new coach

Browns name Rob Chudzinski new coach
By TOM WITHERSAP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) - The Browns hauled their coaching search to Arizona and back. They talked to high-profile college coaches, NFL assistants and a fired pro coach who took a team to a Super Bowl. None of them was hired. Instead, Rob Chudzinski became their pick. With no

From monkeys to surfers, San Diego braces for cold

From monkeys to surfers, San Diego braces for cold
By JULIE WATSONAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - Strawberry growers are covering their crops while San Diego zookeepers are turning on heaters for the chimpanzees as Southern California braces for a cold snap expected to drop temperatures to a six-year low. The National Weather Service said

Researchers: NFL's Seau had from brain disease

Researchers: NFL's Seau had from brain disease
By BARRY WILNERAP Pro Football Writer When he ended his life last year by shooting himself in the chest, Junior Seau had a degenerative brain disease often linked with repeated blows to the head. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health said Thursday the former NFL star's

NFL player Junior Seau had brain disease CTE

NFL player Junior Seau had brain disease CTE
By BARRY WILNERAP Pro Football Writer Junior Seau, one of the NFL's best and fiercest players for nearly two decades, had a degenerative brain disease when he committed suicide last May, the National Institutes of Health told The Associated Press on Thursday. Results of an NIH study of Seau

Officials talk guns, hold buybacks after shootings

Officials talk guns, hold buybacks after shootings
By The Associated Press The national gun debate swelled Tuesday as Arizona and the country commemorated the shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., two years ago that killed six people and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords injured - an anniversary that came on the heels of the mass killing at a Connecticut

Fueled by fanboy-ism, an empire swells at Nerdist

Fueled by fanboy-ism, an empire swells at Nerdist
By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) - There's no media entity more pleased to be called an empire than Nerdist, the online factory of earnest pop culture enthusiasm. This is largely because in the Nerdist universe, "Star Wars" is gospel; the kind of fandom those films have

LA police arrest man suspected of murders in 1980s

LA police arrest man suspected of murders in 1980s
By TAMI ABDOLLAH LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man suspected of killing three women in Los Angeles in the late 1980s has been arrested after detectives found DNA evidence linking him to the slayings, police said Monday. Samuel Little, 72, was arrested in Louisville, Ky., in September by U.S. Marshal