LOS ANGELES (AP) — California's Republican Party convention will be an early test for Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich in a state whose June election could hold the decisive delegates in the fight for the party's presidential nomination.
Trump, who has seized front-runner status as a political outsider, will be speaking Friday outside San Francisco to hundreds of longtime GOP insiders — the activists, grassroots organizers and elected officials who make up the core of the state party. Kasich also speaks Friday, while Cruz and his choice for running mate, Carly Fiorina, speak Saturday.
WEST BRIDGEWATER – "We won't make fun of the way you talk if you don't make fun of the way we talk," said Richie McDonald shortly after taking the stage Wednesday night at the Charlie Horse Restaurant.
His band, Lonestar, the multiplatinum-selling country music group, played a rare live show to benefit Music Drives Us, Massachusetts car dealer and entrepreneur Ernie Boch Jr.'s foundation dedicated to providing music education programs and musical instruments to schools in New England. According to its website, the nonprofit also supplies grants to aid music programs that aim to create positive changes for people of all ages and seeks out those who want to use music to better the lives of others.
