Mark Carson of the Rio Hondo Prep Kares holds up the championship plaque after his team defeated the Redondo Union Sea Hawks in a CIF-SS Division 5 Championship football game at Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach on Saturday, November 29, 2025. (Photo by Libby Cline Birmingham, Contributing Photographer)

Rio Hondo Prep in Arcadia is like “The Little Engine That Could.” The Kares are 13-0 and set to play for a 17th Southern Section football title on Saturday night despite having a student body of only 150, of which 82 are boys. Their opponent in the Division 5 final is host Redondo Union, which has a student body of nearly 3,000.

Elton John has left touring behind him, but that doesn't mean he's stopped playing live. He tells Variety he's done 11 private shows this year, plus a few public ones, like his show at the London Palladium with Brandi Carlile. In 2026 he'll headline the Rock in Rio festival in Brazil on Sept. 7.

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Thousands of revelers descended on the boardwalk in Copacabana for Rio de Janeiro’s annual Pride parade on Sunday, with many celebrating the previous day's preemptive jailing of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro who is notorious for homophobic remarks.

Rio de Janeiro police officers and soccer fans have clashed near the city’s international airport as Flamengo’s squad prepared to travel to Peru to face Palmeiras in an all-Brazilian

Redondo Union, playing in its first CIF-SS final, loses to a Rio Hondo Prep team that won its third consecutive CIF-SS title.

Threats due to drought and overuse continue to threaten water availability in the Rio Grande River Basin in Southern Colorado and all along its entire 1,900-mile-long course. That’s according to a new study by the World Wildlife Fund, Sustainable Waters and various universities.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The 2nd Annual District 11 Winter Celebration in Shelby County has been rescheduled to Sunday, Nov. 30, due to the weather. The event will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. and will include a parade, tree lighting and winter festival. The Winter Parade begins at 1 p.m. at Power Center Academy […]