Author: Travis Schlepp

Travis has been covering local and national news for more than a decade with bylines at some of the most prominent news organizations in the country. He’s covered a range of topics including travel, transit and sports, in addition to daily breaking news coverage. Travis is a Golden Mike nominated reporter, a two-time Southern California Emmy Award recipient and a second-place Spot News Coverage Award winner by the Associated Press as a member of the KEYT News Channel 3 team in Santa Barbara. Travis’ previous stories can be found on KTLA.com, The Hill, Yahoo News, MSN, and local news sites including KTVQ in Billings, Montana, and KEYT News Channel 3 in Santa Barbara. Previously, Travis served as the managing editor and operations lead at Dodgers Nation and LA Sports Report.

Princess Cruises’ newest luxury ship has set sail on its first Alaskan excursion after arriving in Seattle over the weekend. The new Sphere-Class Star Princess arrived in Washington State for its inaugural Alaska season, which will take place from May 3 to September 23, 2026. The 2026 Alaska season will feature 20 weekly round-trip voyages from Pier 91 in Seattle through Alaska’s famed Inside Passage. Star Princess arrived in Seattle this month after crossing the Panama Canal last month following a series of Caribbean excursions over the winter. The ship’s arrival in May was celebrated with an Alaska-themed aerial drone…

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Metrolink, Southern California’s regional passenger rail system, has been forced to scale back its service for the foreseeable future due to budget shortfalls and equipment issues. On Monday, Metrolink announced that it’s reduced service schedule*, which has been in place since March 23, will become the full-time operations schedule indefinitely. Metrolink was forced to take many of its trains out of service for maintenance that had previously been put off; some of those train cars and engines are in need of parts that Metrolink has been unable to source. The reduction in service was initially meant to be in place…

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