Anaheim

Cutter Gauthier and Beckett Sennecke each had a goal and an assist, goalie Lukas Dostal made 32 saves and the Ducks beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Sunday night.

Frank Vatrano and Chris Kreider also scored for the Ducks.

Jack Hughes scored New Jersey’s lone goal in the third period, and Devils goalie Jake Allen had 26 saves.

The Ducks have won three straight and five of their last six to move into a first-place tie with Las Vegas and Edmonton in the Pacific Division, an encouraging start for a team trying to snap a seven-season playoff drought. Their 15 points is the most through 11 games since 2014-2015.

The Ducks took advantage of their second straight game against a road-weary Eastern Conference club, outscoring the Detroit Red Wings and Devils by a combined 9-3.

Anaheim scored three goals within the game’s first 22 minutes and dominated the first two periods before New Jersey came to life in the third.

Moments after Allen stuffed Sennecke at the doorstep, Hughes took a pass from Dawson Mercer on a two-on-one break and one-timed a shot past a sprawling Dostal.

But Dostal and the Ducks held off a furious Devils rally in the final minutes, and Kreider scored on an empty netter with 1:54 left to seal the win.

Anaheim scored on its first shot of the game. Sennecke took a pass from Gauthier as he crossed the blue line, shielded New Jersey defenseman Dennis Cholowski with his body as he charged the net and slipped a lunging shot under Allen’s right armpit.

The Ducks made it 3-0 just 1:54 into the second period when Gauthier scored from an almost impossible angle, snapping a left-handed wrist shot from just inside the right goal line under Allen’s left pad for his team-leading seventh goal of the season.

Up next for the Ducks: vs. the Florida Panthers at Honda Center on Tuesday night.

Disneyland Resort has laid off about 100 people in Anaheim, as Walt Disney Co. becomes the latest media and entertainment company to cut jobs.

The layoffs occurred Tuesday and came from multiple teams, Disney confirmed.

“With our business in a period of steady, sustained operation, we are recalibrating our organization to ensure we continue to deliver exceptional experiences for our guests, while positioning Disneyland Resort for the future,” a Disneyland spokesperson said in a statement. “As part of this, we’ve made the difficult decision to eliminate a limited number of salaried positions.”

A person close to the company who was not authorized to comment attributed the cuts to an increase in hiring after the parks reopened once the COVID-19 pandemic waned.

Disney’s theme parks are a major economic engine for the Burbank media and entertainment giant.

Last year, the company’s experiences division — which includes its theme parks, cruise line and Aulani resort and spa in Hawaii — brought in nearly 60% of Disney’s operating income.

Earlier this month, the company announced price hikes on most of its single-day, one-park tickets.

The Disneyland Resort layoffs come as entertainment and tech companies have recently shed thousands of jobs.

On Wednesday, Paramount laid off 1,000 employees in a first round of cuts after the company’s takeover by tech scion David Ellison’s Skydance Media. Amazon, Meta, Charter Corp. and NBC News also have announced cuts.

CHICAGO — Ryan Donato scored from the edge of the crease at 2:58 of overtime and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Ducks 2-1 on Sunday night in Ducks coach Joel Quenneville’s first game at United Center since being banned in a sexual-assault scandal.

The ban stemmed from the scandal involving his 2010 Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks squad that surfaced in October 2021. Quenneville was forced to resign as Florida’s coach, then banned from the NHL for nearly three years before taking over the Ducks in May. He won three titles in 10 years with the Blackhawks.

Donato had his third goal in three games. Connor Bedard set up it from behind the net to cap a 3-on-1 rush. Frank Nazar also scored to help Chicago improve to 3-0-1 in its last four.

Spencer Knight made 38 saves and was beaten only on Mason McTavish’s power-play goal from a sharp angle with 35.8 seconds left in the third period.

McTavish scored on a rising shot from low in the right circle for his first goal of the season on Anaheim’s 36th shot and fifth manpower advantage. Wyatt Kaiser had been sent off for delay of game with 1:47 left after lifting the puck over the glass.

Knight outdueled Lukas Dostal, who stopped 28 shots in the Ducks’ second straight loss.

MONDAY’S RESULTS

CITY SECTION

Bell 17, Legacy 0

Bell 33, South Gate 0

Camino Nuevo 16, Collins Family 0

Crenshaw 18, View Park 4

Dorsey 43, Dymally 6

Dorsey 28, Washington 6

Foshay 9, Angelou 2

Foshay 26, WISH Academy 0

GALA 26, Hawkins 12

Hawkins 34, Fremont 19

Jefferson 333, Stella 0

King/Drew 21, Paramount 0

LA Hamilton 25, Maywood Academy 0

LA Roosevelt 21, Maywood CES 0

LA Wilson 37, Maywood CES 0

LA Wilson 52, LA Roosevelt 6

Legacy 14, South Gate 13

Locke 26, Diego Rivera 0

Manual Arts 18, Los Angeles 13

New Designs University Park 12, Locke 6

North Hollywood 6, East Valley 0

Orthopaedic 26, Animo De La Hoya 6

Panorama 30, East Valley 0

Panorama 12, North Hollywood 0

Rise Kohyang 20, CALS Early College 13

Santee 31, Los Angeles 0

Santee 32, Manual Arts 0

Stern 30, Hollywood 0

Taft 32, Reseda 6

TEACH Tech Charter 18, Simon tech 6

SOUTHERN SECTION

Adelanto 20, San Gorgonio 14

Anaheim 34, Garden Grove Santiago 14

Anaheim Canyon 46, Sonora 6

Bell Gardens 38, Alhambra 7

Bolsa Grande 26, Loara 20

Brentwood 31, YULA 14

Buena Park 20, Godinez 6

Burbank Burroughs 26, Sacred Heart 0

Burbank Burroughs 45, Sacred Heart 0

Chaparral 29, Temecula Valley 0

Chino 27, Ontario 12

Colony 27, Los Altos 6

Compton 26, Long Beach Wilson 13

Corona 28, Corona Centennial 21

Covina 18, Rowland 13

Don Lugo 13, Chaffey 0

Edison 14, Corona del Mar 7

Esperanza 13, Cypress 7

Etiwanda 19, Los Osos 0

Fullerton 32, Segerstrom 12

Garden Grove 26, Costa Mesa 21

Garey 13, Nogales 0

Golden Valley 25, Saugus 13

Hacienda Heights Wilson 7, Charter Oak 6

Hart 6, Castaic 0

Hemet 19, Valley View 6

Hillcrest 28, Canyon Springs 26

Immaculate Heart 24, Village Christian 6

Katella 18, Ocean View 6

La Canada 34, Temple City 6

Laguna Hills 37, Tustin 0

La Habra 27, Brea Olinda 7

Lakewood St. Joseph 38, Gardena Serra 0

La Serna 14, El Rancho 0

Linfield Christian 38, Ontario Christian 0

Loma Linda Academy 18, Redlands Adventist 6

Long Beach Poly 35, Long Beach Cabrillo 6

Los Alamitos 20, Marina 0

Los Amigos 14, Western 0

Millikan 18, Lakewood 2

Mountain View 7, El Monte 7

Montebello 21, Keppel 6

Murrieta Valley 13, Vista Murrieta 6

Newport Harbor 39, Fountain Valley 0

Norco 20, Eastvale Roosevelt 6

Norte Vista 6, La Sierra 0

Northview 25, West Covina 12

Norwalk 12, Artesia 7

Orange Lutheran 46, Aliso Niguel 20

Palm Desert 6, Palm Springs 0

Patriot 12, Ramona 7

Placentia Valencia 6, Westminster 0

Portola 47, Laguna Beach 0

Rancho Alamitos 33, Orange 6

Rancho Cucamonga 38, St. Lucy’s 12

Rialto 47, Colton 6

Riverside King 31, Corona Santiago 20

Rosemead 20, Arroyo 6

Saddleback 39, Magnolia 6

San Dimas 24, South Hills 7

San Marino 47, Rio Hondo Prep 0

Santa Ana Foothill 6, Garden Grove Pacifica 0

Schurr 26, San Gabriel 20

Serrano 6, Aquinas 0

Shadow Hills 32, La Quinta 0

Shalhevet 32, Windward 31

South El Monte 13, Gabrielino 0

St. Anthony 48, Bishop Montgomery 12

Summit 30, Jurupa Hills 25

Sunny Hills 41, Fairmont Prep 14

Upland 35, Chino Hills 0

Valencia 6, Canyon Country Canyon 0

Villa Park 6, El Modena 0

West Ranch 7, Vasquez 0

Whittier 24, Santa Fe 0

Woodbridge 26, Irvine University 7

Yorba Linda 40, Troy 0

Yucaipa 20, Arlington 0

INTERSECTIONAL

JSerra 20, Torrey Pines 12

King/Drew 21, Paramount 0

Venice 26, Culver City 0

TUESDAY’S RESULTS

SOUTHERN SECTION

Adelanto 36, Rim of the World 0

Antelope Valley 35, Palmdale 0

Beaumont 32, Yucaipa 7

Beckman 19, Tesoro 15

Buena 20, Rio Mesa 13

Cajon 20, Redlands East Valley 19

Camarillo 39, Moorpark 0

Canyon Springs 27, Tahquitz 7

Chaminade 0, Alemany 0

Claremont 12, Ayala 9

Colony 13, Alta Loma 12

Dos Pueblos 21, Oxnard 14

El Toro 14, San Juan Hills 7

Etiwanda 41, St. Lucy’s 0

Hemet 32, Riverside North 13

Highland 32, Eastside 0

Indian Springs 18, Pomona 8

Lancaster 54, Littlerock 0

La Sierra 32, Redlands Adventist 28

Linfield Christian 32, Shadow Hills 6

Los Osos 12, Chino Hills 6

Monrovia 32, Rio Hondo Prep 0

Murrieta Mesa 18, Indio 12

Newbury Park 26, Agoura 12

Oxnard Pacifica 8, Santa Barbara 7

Palos Verdes 19, El Segundo 6

Patriot 28, Norte Vista 6

Quartz Hill 19, Knight 14

Ramona 13, Loma Linda Academy 6

Redlands 24, Citrus Valley 7

Redondo Union 15, Torrance 0

Riverside Poly 26, Hillcrest 0

Royal 25, Simi Valley 18

San Dimas 44, Los Altos 6

San Gorgonio 7, Jurupa Hills 6

San Jacinto 18, West Valley 0

San Jacinto Valley Academy 24, Nuview Bridge 6

San Marcos 33, Ventura 0

Santa Margarita 34, Dana Hills 0

Santa Monica 20, Burbank Burroughs 6

Schurr 32, Keppel 0

SEED LA 21, YULA 12

Summit 20, Arroyo Valley 14

Sunny Hills 36, Anaheim 6

Temecula Prep 47, California Military Institute 12

Thousand Oaks 21, Oaks Christian 12

Trabuco Hills 19, Aliso Niguel 18

Upland 27, Rancho Cucamonga 0

Vista Murrieta 18, Canyon Springs 12

Westlake 39, Calabasas 0

Angel Stadium turns 60 next year. By then, the city of Anaheim hopes to learn how many hundreds of millions of dollars it might take to keep the stadium viable for decades to come.

The Angels’ stadium lease extends through 2032, and the city manager said Tuesday there are no talks between the city and the team about what might happen beyond then.

“I want to be clear that there are no long-term discussions taking place, and none imminent,” Anaheim City Manager Jim Vanderpool told council members Tuesday.

In 2022, after the disclosure of a federal corruption investigation into then-mayor Harry Sidhu, the council killed a deal under which Angels owner Arte Moreno would have bought the stadium and surrounding land for $150 million, then built a neighborhood atop the parking lots and renovated or replaced the stadium.

The Angels remained a tenant in the city-owned stadium, and in 2023 the council authorized an assessment of the condition of the facility.

“We expect a finalized assessment in mid-2026,” Vanderpool said.

After an initial visual inspection, engineers are currently testing concrete and metal structures within the ballpark, Vanderpool said.

The results could inform the city and team about what needs to be done to maintain the stadium into the future as well as spark a debate over which party should be responsible for any currently needed upgrades.

In 2019, Oregon bookseller Billie Bloebaum saw an author raise a question on X she had heard many times before: “Why should I support independent bookstores when independent bookstores don’t support romance?”

“For a long time, and still somewhat to this day, independent bookstores have had a reputation as being not as welcoming to romance readers and books as they could be,” Bloebaum told The Times. “There were a lot of booksellers that I knew who read romance, who championed romance, who had it on their shelves in the bookstores where they worked or that they owned.”

Determined to rewrite the narrative, Bloebaum launched Bookstore Romance Day in August — Romance Awareness Month — that same year. The inaugural event had less than 200 participating bookstores across the U.S. Now, in 2025, there are more than 600 registered locations around the world.

“It really was a way to get the word out that independent bookstores are not romance-unfriendly,” Bloebaum said, “to bring those two communities together, the romance community and the independent bookstore community.”

There are now 103 brick-and-mortar, romance-only bookstores in the U.S., according to Romancing the Data, including the Ripped Bodice in Culver City, Heartbound in Anaheim and Mystic Box in Huntington Beach. Over the past three years, Pages: A Bookstore in Manhattan Beach has doubled its space dedicated to romance titles, said general manager Jeff Resnik.

“We take romance seriously,” Resnik said.

Across Los Angeles, independent storefronts are observing Bookstore Romance Day on Saturday, Aug. 9, with author talks, book bedazzling, giveaways and more. For those who can’t attend the festivities in person, Bloebaum also offers free virtual events all weekend.

Ron Washington was beaming in his black suit, complete with a red tie, as he sat at a table perched on a platform in the Home Plate Club of Angel Stadium on Wednesday.

The 71-year old manager from New Orleans, the newest in Angels history, scanned the room, taking in his moment as his new general manager, Perry Minasian, boasted about him. Minasian gave him his official Angels gear and Washington affixed his newest cap to his head and meticulously buttoned each button on his newest jersey.

“Now I’m legit,” Washington said and smiled.

It had been nine years since Washington had been in this position, the manager of a major league baseball team. Now that he was back, he stated his message clearly: The Angels will be a force to be reckoned with while he’s in charge.

“Our whole focus is going to be to run the [American League] West down,” Washington said in front of a crowd of Angels players, alumni, media members and team employees. “And you can take that to the bank and deposit it.”

Washington, hired by Texas Rangers ahead of the 2007 season, has had a chip on his shoulder after not winning a World Series despite AL pennants in 2010 and 2011 and a wild-card berth in 2012.

He left the Rangers before the end of the 2014 season — stating, at the time, that his decision to leave was because he had been unfaithful to his wife. Of the nature of his departure from the Rangers, Minasian said Wednesday that he had done his due diligence and felt comfortable hiring Washington.

Washington had been trying to return to a managerial position since then, interviewing with at least three other clubs over the years, he said, but he never stopped believing his next opportunity would come.

He has a World Series ring, having been an integral part of the 2021 campaign of the Atlanta Braves, the team he had been the third base coach for since the 2017 season.

Angels new manager Ron Washington, left, and general manager Perry Minisian hug during a news conference Wednesday at Angel Stadium.

(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)

And he spoke with more than just determination, but a conviction in the Angels, with his confidence in himself and down-to-the-soul belief in a better Angels future paving the way.

The Angels have not reached the playoffs since 2014 and have eight straight losing seasons. In addition, Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani is a free agent and could leave the team. While some view the roster as weak, Washington sees potential.

“I really have been, since I’ve been here these past three days, focusing in on these young arms we got,” Washington said. “I am very impressed with the young arms we got. That’s why we trying to find us a pitching coach to guide them in the right direction.

“Pitching and defense is the key to success. The rest of it, I’m going to take care of as we move along. … The defense, you’re looking at the best in the business, and that’s not patting myself on the back. That’s a fact.”

The Houston Astros have won the AL West six of the last seven seasons. The Rangers won this season’s World Series.

While some view beating the top teams in the division as a tall order, Washington says so what.

“Yeah, the Astros [have] been there,” Washington said matter-of-factly. “When I took over in Texas, guess who was the big dog? The Angels. And what happened? We ran them down. So my intent is to run Houston down.

“I’m not saying that’s gonna happen this year. But we don’t know when it’s gonna happen. I can tell you what, we’re gonna get back on top.”

Washington’s official candidacy for the Angels job began with a dinner with Minasian in New Orleans a few weeks ago — though Washington’s familiarity with the Minasian family dates back much further. After that, Washington was invited to meet with Minasian and other members of the front office in Scottsdale, Ariz., for a brunch on the Tuesday of the general manager meetings last week.

Team owner Arte Moreno picked Washington up from the airport and Minasian and the rest of the Angels contingent talked with him for more than three hours, Minasian said, and he was offered the job. The next day, the Angels announced Washington as their new manager.

Washington’s Angels have already secured their new third base coach, Eric Young Sr., who followed Washington from Atlanta, as well as their new infield coach, Ryan Goins. Washington also said Wednesday that he knows who his first base coach is, though he did not give a name. The Angels confirmed Bo Porter as their new first base coach on Friday. The Angels also confirmed on Friday that they promoted Jerry Narron to major league catching coach after previously serving as their minor league catching coordinator. The Angels subsequently named Johnny Washington as their hitting coach and Barry Enright as pitching coach.

Next up on Washington’s agenda: making calls to the team’s biggest leaders for the foreseeable future: Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon.

Washington and Dave Roberts of the Dodgers are the only Black managers in the majors, after Dusty Baker retired from his position with the Astros last month. Washington replaces Phil Nevin, whose contract for next season was not picked up by the Angels.