girls

Nov. 5, 2026 9:45 PM PT

SOUTHERN SECTION FINALS

THURSDAY’S RESULTS

At Rio Mesa

DIVISION 8

Rio Mesa d. San Gabriel Academy, 3-0

At Tarbut V’Torah

DIVISION 11

Tarbut V’ Torah d. El Monte Arroyo, 3-0

FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE

At Cerritos College

DIVISION 5

El Toro (22-10) vs. Westridge (21-7-5), 7 p.m.

DIVISION 6

Villa Park (16-12) vs. Lakewood (21-12), 4 p.m.

SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE

At Cerritos College

DIVISION 1

Sierra Canyon (32-1) vs. Mater Dei (38-1), 6:30 p.m.

DIVISION 2

Redondo Union (21-11) vs. Long Beach Poly (28-7), 3 p.m.

DIVISION 3

Newbury Park (32-9) vs. Corona del Mar (25-9), 12 p.m.

At Vista Murrieta

DIVISION 4

Glendora (19-12) vs. Vista Murrieta (17-16), 2 p.m.

At Fullerton

DIVISION 7

Placentia Valencia (17-13) vs. Fullerton (20-14), 6 p.m.

At Rancho Mirage

DIVISION 9

Desert Christian Academy (16-7) vs. Rancho Mirage (21-9), 6 p.m.

At Orange

DIVISION 10

La Quinta (15-16) vs. Orange (18-16), 6 p.m.

Nov. 4, 2026 8:26 PM PT

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
CITY SECTION FINALS
SATURDAY
At Birmingham High

OPEN DIVISION
#4 Taft (33-7) vs. #3 Cleveland (31-11), 6 p.m.

DIVISION I
#2 Granada Hills Kennedy (29-14) vs. #1 SOCES (29-14), 3:30 p.m.

DIVISION V
#8 San Fernando Arroyo (7-17) vs. #7 Lakeview Charter (10-7), 1 p.m.

At Venice High

DIVISION II
#11 Maywood CES (19-11) vs. #1 South East (19-11), 3:30 p.m.

DIVISION III
#4 Wilmington Banning (20-21) vs. #3 Narbonne (8-11), 1:15 p.m.

DIVISION IV
#8 Arleta (8-17) vs. #3 Huntington Park (13-9), 11 a.m.

Nov. 3, 2026 11:16 PM PT

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
CITY SECTION PLAYOFFS
TUESDAY’S RESULTS
Semifinals

OPEN DIVISION
#4 Taft d. #1 Venice, 23-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-16, 15-12
#3 Cleveland d. #2 Palisades, 25-16, 23-25, 25-18, 25-21

DIVISION I
#1 SOCES d. #4 San Pedro, 25-20, 25-15, 25-22
#2 Granada Hills Kennedy d. #11 Lincoln, 3-0

DIVISION II
#1 South East d. #5 Alliance Levine , 25-23, 19-25, 16-25, 28-26, 15-12
#11 Maywood CES d. #7 Verdugo Hills, 14-25, 25-14, 25-23, 25-20

DIVISION III
#4 Wilmington Banning d. #9 Marquez, 25-16, 27-25, 19-25, 25-23
#3 Narbonne d. #18 L.A. Wilson, 25-7, 25-7, 25-23

DIVISION IV
#8 Arleta d. #12 Fairfax, 3-0
#3 Huntington Park d. Legacy, 25-15, 25-17, 25-21

DIVISION V
#8 San Fernando Arroyo d. #21 Discovery, 3-1
#7 Lakeview Charter d. #6 Angelou, 3-1

Note: Finals (all divisions) Fri., Nov. 6 or Sat., Nov. 7 (sites and times TBD).

HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL
CITY SECTION PLAYOFFS
TUESDAY’S RESULTS
First Round

DIVISION III
#1 Maywood CES 19, #16 Stern 0
#9 RFK Community 12, #8 Legacy 0
#5 Torres 18, #12 L.A. University 0
#4 Santee 27, #13 Sylmar 0
#3 Palisades 22, #14 Brio College Prep 0
#6 San Fernando Arroyo 37, #11 Orthopaedic 6
#7 Hawkins 19, #10 Hollywood 12
#2 Sotomayor 21, #15 Fairfax 0

WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Games at 3 p.m. unless noted)
First Round

DIVISION I
#16 Verdugo Hills at #1 Panorama
#9 Jefferson at #8 Cleveland
#12 L.A. Roosevelt at #5 Birmingham
#13 Van Nuys at #4 El Camino Real
#14 San Fernando at #3 Garfield
#11 L.A. Hamilton at #6 King/Drew
#10 Venice at #7 GALA
#15 L.A. Marshall at #2 Granada Hills Kennedy

DIVISION II
#16 SOCES at #1 Bell
#9 Westchester at #8 Washington Prep
#12 Angelou at #5 Taft
#13 Contreras at #4 Arleta
#14 East Valley at #3 North Hollywood
#11 Manual Arts at #6 Fremont
#10 Huntington Park at #7 Dorsey
#15 Sun Valley Magnet at #2 Foshay

DIVISION IV
#17 Elizabeth or #16 Marquez at #1 South East
#9 New Designs University Park at #8 Los Angeles
#12 VAAS at #5 Chatsworth
#13 Rise Kohyang at #4 Crenshaw
#14 Bernstein at #3 Collins Family
#11 Alliance Levine at #6 Monroe
#10 View Park at #7 Port of Los Angeles
#15 Grant at #2 South Gate

THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Games at 3 p.m. unless noted)
Quarterfinals

OPEN DIVISION
#8 Franklin at #1 Carson
#5 L.A. Wilson at #4 San Pedro
#6 Lincoln at #3 Narbonne
#7 Wilmington Banning vs. #2 Eagle Rock at Contreras, 7 p.m.

DIVISION III
RFK Community at #1 Maywood CES
#5 Torres at #4 Santee
#6 San Fernando Arroyo at #3 Palisades
#7 Hawkins at #2 Sotomayor

Note: Quarterfinals (Divisions I, II, IV) Friday, Nov. 6 at higher seeds; Semifinals (all divisions) Tuesday, Nov. 10 at higher seeds; Finals (all divisions) Saturday, Nov. 14.

Nov. 3, 2026 11:44 PM PT

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS
CITY SECTION FINALS
Wednesday

DIVISION II
#2 LACES at #1 Granada Hills Kennedy, 11 a.m.

Thursday
At Balboa Sports Center

DIVISION I
#8 Eagle Rock vs. #2 El Camino Real, 11 a.m.

Nov. 3, 2026 6:46 AM PT

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

SOUTHERN SECTION FINALS

THURSDAY

At Rio Mesa

DIVISION 8

San Gabriel Academy (21-7) vs. Rio Mesa (16-16), 6 p.m.

At Tarbut V’Torah

DIVISION 11

Arroyo (12-11) vs. Tarbut V’Torah (10-7), 6 p.m.

FRIDAY

At Cerritos College

DIVISION 5

El Toro (22-10) vs. Westridge (21-7-5), 7 p.m.

DIVISION 6

Villa Park (16-12) vs. Lakewood (21-12), 4 p.m.

SATURDAY

At Cerritos College

DIVISION 1

Sierra Canyon (32-1) vs. Mater Dei (38-1), 6:30 p.m.

DIVISION 2

Redondo Union (21-11) vs. Long Beach Poly (28-7), 3 p.m.

DIVISION 3

Newbury Park (32-9) vs. Corona del Mar (25-9), 12 p.m.

At Vista Murrieta

DIVISION 4

Glendora (19-12) vs. Vista Murrieta (17-16), 2 p.m.

At Fullerton

DIVISION 7

Placentia Valencia (17-13) vs. Fullerton (20-14), 6 p.m.

At Rancho Mirage

DIVISION 9

Desert Christian Academy (16-7) vs. Rancho Mirage (21-9), 6 p.m.

At Orange

DIVISION 10

La Quinta (15-16) vs. Orange (18-16), 6 p.m.

Nov. 1, 2026 1:31 PM PT

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS

SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFS

(Matches at 2 p.m. unless noted)

FRIDAY, NOV. 6

First Round

DIVISION I

Corona Del Mar, bye

Mira Costa at Harvard-Westlake

Palos Verdes at Orange Lutheran

Westlake at Portola

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4

First Round

DIVISION 2

Santa Ana Foothill, bye

Redondo Union at Sage Hill

Sierra Canyon at Campbell Hall

Ayala at Riverside King

Woodbridge at Palm Desert

Anaheim Canyon at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame

Marlborough at Temecula Valley

Northwood at Irvine University

Calabasas at Chadwick

Crean Lutheran at Aliso Niguel

Cerritos at Bonita

Los Alamitos at Mater Dei

Newport Harbor at Sunny Hills

Beckman at Cate

Temple City at Agoura

Santa Monica at Tesoro

DIVISION 3

San Marino, bye

Long Beach Poly at Redlands

West Torrance at Cypress

Crescenta Valley at San Clemente

Immaculate Heart at Oak Park

Xavier Prep at Fountain Valley

Brentwood at Patriot

Oxford Academy at Pasadena Poly

West Ranch at Huntington Beach

Placentia Valencia at Corona Santiago

Burbank at Eastvale Roosevelt

Fullerton at Walnut

South Torrance at Flintridge Prep

Chino Hills at Diamond Bar

Los Osos at Archer School for Girls

San Dimas at Troy

DIVISION 4

Culver City, bye

Capistrano Valley at Millikan

El Dorado at Valencia

Riverside Poly at Mission Viejo

Westminster La Quinta at Westridge

Oak Hills at Liberty

Garden Grove at Dos Pueblos

Hart at Riverside North

Yucaipa at Great Oak

Keppel at Upland

Chaminade at Irvine

Fairmont Prep at CAMS

Rancho Cucamonga at Arlington

Woodcrest Christian at La Serna

Alta Loma at Western Christian

Rowland, bye

DIVISION 5

Gefffen Academy at Buckley

Golden Valley at Heritage

Hacienda Heights Wilson at Esperanza

Valley View at Bishop Montgomery

South Hills at Long Beach Wilson

Serrano at Cerritos Valley Christian

Santa Fe at Burbank Burroughs

St. Bonaventure at Laguna Blanca

California at Chaparral

La Salle at La Quinta

Vista Murrieta at Simi Valley

Corona at Village Christian

San Marcos at Academy for Academic Excellence

Thacher at Laguna Hills

Santa Barbara at Arroyo

Murrieta Mesa at La Canada

DIVISION 6

Jurupa Valley at Montclair

Century at La Sierra

Chaffey at Segerstrom

San Jacinto at Western

Rim of the World at Brea Olinda

Whittier at Carpinteria

Chino at Katella

Glendale at Apple Valley

Webb at Ridgecrest Burroughs

Lancaster at St. Margaret’s

Ramona at Westminster

Flintridge Sacred Heart at Maranatha

Bolsa Grande at Garden Grove Pacifica Christian

Lakewood St. Joseph at Quartz Hill

Downey at Vista del Lago

Jurupa Hills at Gahr

DIVISION 7

Highland at Redlands East Valley

Rancho Mirage at Garden Grove Santiago

Cathedral City at Royal

El Modena at San Gabriel

Adelanto at Alhambra

Castaic at Linfield Christian

Sierra Vista at Covina

El Rancho at Mayfair

Ontario Christian at Temescal Canyon

Canoga Park AGBU at Santa Ana Calvary Chapel

Summit at Shadow Hills

Lynwood at Cajon

Garey at Tahquitz

Oxnard at Santa Monica Pacifica Christian

Workman at Milken

Rubidoux at Azusa

DIVISION 8

Pioneer at Granite Hills

Dunn at YULA

Carter at Pasadena

Oxnard Pacifica at Arroyo Valley

Santa Paula at Riverside Notre Dame

Yucca Valley at Monrovia

de Toledo at Edgewood

Shalhevet at Foothill Tech

Artesia at Lakeside

Palmdale at Palm Springs

Grand Terrace at Rio Mesa

Miller at Canyon Springs

Nordhoff at Hemet

Orange at Costa Mesa

Anaheim at Rosemead

La Puente at Magnolia

Note: Second round (Divisions 2-8) Nov. 6 at higher seeds; Quarterfinals (Divisions 2-8) Nov. 9 at higher seeds; Semifinals (all divisions) Nov. 11 at higher seeds; Finals (Divisions I-4) Nov. 13 at University of Redlands. Finals (Divisions 5-8) Nov. 13 at The Claremont Club.

Oct. 31, 2026 9:15 AM PT

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS

CITY SECTION PLAYOFFS

MONDAY’S SCHEDULE

(Matches at 12:30 p.m. unless noted)

Semifinals

DIVISION I

#8 Eagle Rock at #4 Chatsworth

#3 Venice at #2 El Camino Real

DIVISION II

#12 New West at #1 Granada Hills Kennedy

#3 Wilmington Banning at #2 LACES

Note: Division I-II semifinals Monday, Nov. 2 at 12:30 p.m. at higher seeds; Division I-II finals Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 11 .a.m. at higher seeds.

Oct. 29, 2026 8:29 PM PT

CITY SECTION PLAYOFFS

THURSDAY’S RESULTS

Quarterfinals

DIVISION I

#1 SOCES d. #9 North Hollywood, 25-13, 25-21, 20-25, 25-20

#4 San Pedro d. #5 L.A. University, 23-25, 25-19, 25-13, 19-25, 15-13

#11 Lincoln d. #14 L.A. Marshall, 22-25, 25-22, 16-25, 25-23, 15-11

#2 Granada Hills Kennedy d. #7 Sun Valley Poly, 25-22, 25-22, 25-12

DIVISION II

#1 South East d. #8 Carson, 25-21, 25-18, 25-20

#5 Alliance Levine d. #13 Panorama, 25-21, 30-28, 26-24

#11 Maywood CES d. #14 South Gate, 24-26, 25-21, 25-23, 24-26, 15-10

#7 Verdugo Hills d. #15 Reseda, 25-16, 27-25, 25-5

FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE

(Matches at 4 p.m. unless noted)

Quarterfinals

DIVISION III

#17 RFK Community at #9 Marquez

#12 Harbor Teacher at #4 Wilmington Banning

#11 Larchmont Charter at #3 Narbonne

#18 L.A. Wilson at #18 Math & Science College Prep

DIVISION IV

#8 Arleta at #1 Santee

#12 Fairfax at #4 Community Charter

#11 Canoga Park at #3 Huntington Park

#7 Legacy at #2 Garfield

DIVISION V

#8 San Fernando Arroyo at #1 Elizabeth

#21 Discovery at #4 Animo Pat Brown

#14 Smidt Tech at #6 Angelou

#15 Manual Arts at #7 Lakeview Charter

Note: Semifinals (all divisions) Tues., Nov. 3 at higher seeds; Finals (all divisions) Fri., Nov. 6 or Sat., Nov. 7 (times and sites TBD).

Oct. 28, 2026 10:07 PM PT

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
Quarterfinals

DIVISION 3
Cerritos Valley Christian d. Santa Ana Foothill, 3-2
Newport Beach d. Thousand Oaks, 3-2
Corona del Mar d. La Salle, 3-1
Crescenta Valley d. Windward, 3-2

DIVISION 5
Liberty d. Canyon Country Canyon, 3-2
El Toro d. St. Anthony, 3-0
Westridge d. Irvine, 3-1
La Serna d. Quartz Hill, 3-0

DIVISION 7
Tustin d. Sacred Heart of Jesus, 3-1
Placentia Valencia d. Barstow, 3-0
Northview d. Beverly Hills, 3-0
Fullerton d. Rio Hondo Prep, 3-1

DIVISION 9
Rancho Mirage d. St. Monica Academy, 3-2
Azusa d. Nogales, 3-0
Desert Christian Academy d. Jurupa Hills, 3-1
Twentynine Palms d. Buena Park, 3-2

DIVISION 11
Arroyo d. Mesrobian, 3-0
Newport Christian vs. La Sierra Academy, Thursday
Tarbut V’ Torah d. Santa Clara, 3-0
Norton Science Academy at Downey Calvary Chapel, Thursday

SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Games at 6 pm. unless noted)
Pool Play

DIVISION 1
Pool A
#4 Oaks Christian at #1 Mater Dei, 2 p.m.
#8 Harvard-Westlake at #5 Santa Margarita, 2:30 p.m.

Pool B
#7 Marymount at #6 Los Alamitos, 12 p.m.
#3 Mira Costa at #2 Sierra Canyon, 4:30 p.m.

Semifinals

DIVISION 2
Redondo Union at San Juan Hills, 4 p.m.
Murrieta Valley at Long Beach Poly

DIVISION 3
Cerritos Christian at Newbury Park
Crescenta Valley at Corona del Mar, 11 a.m.

DIVISION 4
Vista Murrieta at Portola, 11 a.m.
Santa Barbara at Glendora, 2 p.m.

DIVISION 5
El Toro at Liberty
La Serna at Westridge

DIVISION 6
Villa Park at Capistrano Valley Christian, 4 p.m.
Castaic at Lakewood

DIVISION 7
Placentia Valencia at Tustin
Fullerton at Northview

DIVISION 8
San Gabriel Academy at San Jacinto Valley Academy
Rio Mesa at Geffen Academy, 5 p.m.

DIVISION 9
Rancho Mirage at Azusa
Twentynine Palms at Desert Christian Academy

DIVISION 10
Orange at Adelanto
Cornerstone Christian at La Quinta

DIVISION 11
Arroyo vs. Newport Christian /La Sierra Academy / Pacific Lutheran
Tarbut V’ Torah vs. Norton Science Academy / Downey Calvary Chapel

Note: Finals (Division 1 Sat., Nov. 7 at Cerritos College, all other divisions Friday, Nov. 6 or Sat., Nov. 7, times TBA).

Oct. 28, 2026 11:14 PM PT

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS

CITY SECTION PLAYOFFS
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
At Balboa Tennis Center
Finals

OPEN DIVISION
#1 Palisades 20, #2 Granada Hills 9.5

THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Matches at 12:30 p.m. unless noted)
Quarterfinals

DIVISION I
#8 Eagle Rock at #1 GALA
#5 SOCES at #4 Chatsworth
#8 North Hollywood at #3 Venice
#10 L.A. Marshall at #2 El Camino Real

DIVISION II
#9 Fairfax at #1 Granada Hills Kennedy
#12 New West at #4 South East
#6 South Gate at #3 Wilmington Banning
#7 Downtown Magnets at #2 LACES

Note: Division I-II semifinals Monday, Nov. 2 at 12:30 p.m. at higher seeds; Division I-II finals Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 11 .a.m. at higher seeds.

HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL

SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFS
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
Third Round

OPEN DIVISION
Pool A
#1 JSerra 39, #8 Edison 7

Pool B
#2 Newport Harbor 14, #7 Westlake 7

Pool C
#6 Woodbridge 26, #3 Orange Lutheran 20 (OT)

Pool D
#5 Mater Dei at #4 Huntington Beach

Byes: #9 Lakewood St. Joseph; #10 Downey; #11 Dos Pueblos; #12 Sierra Canyon

SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Games at 5 p.m. unless noted)
Semifinals

OPEN DIVISION
#4 Huntington Beach at #1 JSerra (time TBA)
#6 Woodbridge at #2 Newport Harbor (time TBA)

DIVISION 1
El Toro at Oxnard, 2 p.m.
Palos Verdes at Corona del Mar

DIVISION 2
Segerstrom at Gahr, 6 p.m.
Chaminade at San Clemente

DIVISION 3
South Torrance at Quartz Hill
Valencia at California, 2 p.m.

DIVISION 4
Hemet at West Ranch
Santa Paula at Cerritos Valley Christian, 1 p.m.

DIVISION 5
Loma Linda Academy at Village Christian, Friday at 3 p.m.
Westridge at Peninsula, 2:30 p.m.

DIVISION 6
Heritage at Mountain View, 3 p.m.
St. Monica at St. Bonaventure, 12 p.m.

Note: Finals (all divisions) Saturday, Nov. 7 at Huntington Beach High.

For the 15th time in the last 16 years, Palisades and Granada Hills met for the City Section Open Division girls’ tennis championship Wednesday afternoon.

For the second year in a row, Palisades came out on top, winning eight of nine doubles sets (each worth one and a half points) in the round-robin format on its way to a 20-9.5 victory at Balboa Sports Center in Encino.

It was the 31st City title for the top-seeded Dolphins (21-5), who clinched the championship when their No. 1 doubles team of Remy Trepanier and Penelope Mihal beat the Highlanders’ No. 3 duo of Nicole Khachatourians and Sammi Cho 6-1 to earn Palisades’ 15th point

“We lost our top seven players from last year but these girls worked hard and improved,” Palisades coach Robert Silvers said. “I’m really proud of them.”

Palisades and Granada Hills have combined to win the last 25 upper division crowns (14 by Palisades and 11 by Granada Hills) and since the debut of the Open Division in 2017, Palisades has won the four-team bracket seven times and Granada Hills three.

Mihal and Trepanier dropped only five games in three sets, the Dolphins’ No. 2 pair of Brienne Dominguez and Nina Arasteh swept 7-5, 6-4, 6-1 and the third tandem of McKenna Adham and Sonia Shirley sandwiched a pair of 6-4 wins around a 6-3 defeat to the Highlanders’ No.1 team of Iris Huang and Christina Surmabukian.

Granada Hills High’s No. 2 singles player Ayah Vilien hits a forehand return Wednesday at Balboa Sports Center.

(Steve Galluzzo / For The Times)

The schools split the 16 singles sets (each worth one point). The Dolphins’ No. 1 player Aila Monahan and No. 2 player Charlie Roberts each won three sets before being subbed out for the last round with a second straight title already secure.

Palisades ended Granada Hills’ three-peat bid with a 25-4.5 finals win last fall.

“We expect to play Pali in the finals every year and it’s always a good match,” Granada Hills coach Troy Aiken said.

Oct. 27, 2026 2:09 PM PT

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS

CITY SECTION PLAYOFFS

MONDAY’S RESULTS

Semifinals

OPEN DIVISION

#1 Palisades 20.5, #4 El Camino Real 9

#2 Granada Hills 25, #3 GALA 4.5

First Round

DIVISION I

#1 GALA, bye

#8 Eagle Rock 24.5, #9 Larchmont 5

#5 SOCES 17, #12 Cleveland 12.5

#4 Chatsworth 23.5, #13 Bell 6

#3 Venice 24, #14 Taft 5.5

#11 Carson 24, #6 North Hollywood 5.5

#10 L.A. Marshall 19, #7 Van Nuys 10.5

#2 El Camino Real, bye

DIVISION II

#1 Granada Hills Kennedy 27, #16 Legacy 2.5

#9 Fairfax 16.5, #8 Gardena 13

#12 New West 15, #5 San Pedro 14.5

#4 South East d. #13 Grant

#3 Wilmington Banning 25.5, #14 RFK Community 4

#6 South Gate 20.5, #11 King/Drew 9

#7 Downtown Magnets 22, #10 Los Angeles 7.5

#2 LACES 28.5, #15 Sylmar 1

WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE

Finals

At Balboa Tennis Center, 11 a.m.

OPEN DIVISION

#2 Granada Hills vs. #1 Palisades

Note: Divisions I-II quarterfinals Thursday, Oct. 29 at higher seeds; Division I-II semifinals Monday, Nov. 2 at higher seeds; Division I-II finals Wednesday, Nov. 4 at higher seeds, 11 a.m.

CITY SECTION PLAYOFFS

MONDAY’S RESULTS

First round

DIVISION I

#1 SOCES d. #16 Birmingham, 25-20, 25-18, 12-25, 25-21

#9 North Hollywood d. #8 LACES, 25-15, 25-10, 25-13

#5 L.A. University d. #12 Foshay, 3-0

#4 San Pedro d. #13 GALA, 3-1

#14 L.A. Marshall d. #3 Sylmar, 25-22, 25-23, 14-25, 25-23

#11 Lincoln d. #6 Mendez, 25-20, 22-25, 25-22, 25-20

#7 Sun Valley Poly d. #10 L.A. Roosevelt, 25-22, 21-25, 26-24, 25-22

#2 Granada Hills Kennedy d. #15 King/Drew, 26-28, 25-12, 25-18, 25-22

DIVISION II

#1 South East d. #16 New West, 25-14, 25-17, 25-13

#8 Carson d. #9 San Fernando, 3-1

#5 Alliance Levine d. #12 Bravo Medical, 25-18, 25-21, 23-25, 25-22

#13 Panorama d. #4 Triumph Charter, 26-24, 25-22, 25-15

#14 South Gate at #3 Grant

#11 Maywood CES d. #6 Central City Value, 3-0

#7 Verdugo Hills d. #10 L.A. Hamilton, 27-25, 25-14, 29-27

#15 Reseda d. #2 East Valley, 3-1

DIVISION III

#17 RFK Community d. #16 University Prep Value, 25-20, 25-27, 25-27, 25-14, 15-11

#13 Port of Los Angeles d. #20 Vaughn, 26-28, 9-25, 25-20, 25-22, 17-15

#19 Sun Valley Magnet d. #14 Gertz-Ressler, 20-25, 25-19, 25-22, 22-25, 16-14

#18 L.A. Wilson d. #15 Animo Robinson, 27-25, 25-12, 23-25, 25-21

DIVISION IV

#17 Los Angeles d. #16 Northridge Academy, 3-0

#20 Downtown Magnets d. #13 Westchester, 23-25, 35-15, 25-12, 25-22

#14 Hollywood d. #19 Esperanza College, 25-19, 21-25, 25-13, 25-19

#15 Jefferson d. #18 South LA College, 25-20, 25-13, 25-11

DIVISION V

#16 Orthopaedic d. #17 Alliance Marine, 25-18, 25-16, 25-21

#9 USC Hybrid d. #24 Dorsey, 25-9, 25-11, 25-7

#21 Discovery d. #12 East College Prep, 27-25, 25-20, 25-15

#13 Camino Nuevo d. #20 Alliance Bloomfield, 25-22, 25-14, 25-14

#14 Smidt Tech d. #19 Hawkins, 25-10, 25-14, 25-13

#11 Diego Rivera d. #22 Collins Family, 25-14, 25-22, 23-25, 25-23

#190 Van Nuys d. #23 Valley Oaks CES, 25-13, 25-13, 25-16

#15 Manual Arts d. #18 Aspire Ollin, 16-25, 25-13, 25-17, 25-21

WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE

(Matches at 4 p.m. unless noted)

Quarterfinals

OPEN DIVISION

#8 Eagle Rock at #1 Venice

#5 El Camino Real at #4 Taft, 6 p.m.

#6 Granada Hills at #3 Cleveland, 5 p.m.

#7 Chatsworth at #2 Palisades, 5 p.m.

Second Round

DIVISION III

#17 RFK Community at #1 Franklin

#9 Marquez at #8 Animo De La Hoya

#12 Harbor Teacher at #5 Annenberg

#13 Port of L.A. at #4 Wilmington Banning

#19 Sun Valley Magnet at #3 Narbonne

#11 Larchmont Charter at #6 Stern

#10 Brio College Prep at #7 Math & Science College

#18 L.A. Wilson at #2 Lake Balboa College Prep

DIVISION IV

#17 Los Angeles at #1 Santee

#9 Middle College at #8 Arleta

#12 Fairfax at #5 Bell

#20 Downtown Magnets at #4 Community Charter

#14 Hollywood at #3 Huntington Park

#11 Canoga Park at #6 WISH Academy

#10 Monroe at #7 Legacy

#15 Jefferson at #2 Garfield

DIVISION V

#16 Orthopaedic at #1 Elizabeth

#9 USC Hybrid at #8 San Fernando Arroyo

#21 Discovery at #5 Magnolia Science Academy

#13 Camino Nuevo vs. #4 Animo Pat Brown at Ross Snyder Park, 2 p.m.

#14 Smidt Tech at #3 Burton

#22 Collins Family / #11 Diego Rivera at #6 Angelou

#10 Van Nuys at #7 Lakeview Charter

#15 Manual Arts at #2 Stella

THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE

(Matches at 4 p.m. unless noted)

Quarterfinals

DIVISION I

#9 North Hollywood at #1 SOCES

#5 L.A. University at #4 San Pedro

#14 L.A. Marshall at #11 Lincoln

#7 Sun Valley Poly at #2 Granada Hills Kennedy

DIVISION II

#8 Carson at #1 South East

#13 Panorama at #5 Alliance Levine

#11 Maywood CES vs. #3 Grant / #14 South Gate

#15 Reseda at #7 Verdugo Hills

Note: Quarterfinals (Divisions IIII-V) Fri., Oct. 30 or Sat., Oct. 31 at higher seeds; Semifinals (all divisions) Tues., Nov. 3 at higher seeds; Finals (all divisions) Fri., Nov. 6 or Sat., Nov. 7 (times and sites TBD).

Oct. 25, 2026 3 AM PT

KALAMA, Wash. — Colorado and Washington are reliably Democratic states where elected officials have rejected moves to ban transgender women and girls from female sports competitions. Now activists have gone around lawmakers to put proposed bans on both states’ ballots.

At a time when some Democratic leaders nationwide are recalibrating their approach to transgender issues, particularly sports, and polls show Americans generally back the bans, supporters are optimistic they will pass and open the door to similar efforts in other places where lawmakers have blocked bans.

Though the issue has been debated in many legislatures, this is the first time it’s going to voters.

“What is happening in 2026 is a testing ground for the future,” said Chris Melody Fields Figueredo, executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, which supports LGBTQ+ rights.

Twenty-seven states — including all where Republicans control both the legislature and governor’s office — already have such laws.

The efforts are billed as a way to protect women and girls and keep separate spaces for them, tapping into a concern that’s gained momentum. President Trump has taken steps to roll back transgender rights. The Supreme Court has upheld state sports bans.

A June poll from Quinnipiac University found that about 7 in 10 registered voters think transgender women and girls should not be allowed to play on female sports teams. About one-quarter think they should. Democrats are divided, with about half saying transgender women and girls should be allowed and about half saying they should not.

Robert Preuhs, a professor of political science at Metropolitan State University of Denver, said the absence of public polls on Colorado’s ballot measure, which also covers college sports, makes it hard to predict whether it will pass. “It’s probably going to get more support than some of the Republican candidates that will run,” he said.

Since transgender restrictions gained traction this decade, states with Democratic-led governors’ offices and legislatures generally have rejected proposals such as banning transgender people from the bathrooms that match their gender identity and restricting gender-affirming care. Most Republican-led states have adopted those policies.

In addition to the two blue-state questions, a measure in Arizona would broaden an existing ban to include private schools, and one in Nebraska would add an existing state law to the state constitution.

There’s not a clear consensus on whether transgender women and girls have a competitive advantage. Factors include the age of the athlete, the sport, whether the athlete went through male puberty and how long they’ve received hormone therapy.

But the idea that girls are being cheated is personal for some athletes.

Ahnaleigh Wilson, a 17-year-old junior at Eastmont High School, about 25 miles north of Seattle, has been speaking out against allowing transgender girls to compete in girls’ sports since she was in junior high. She said she’d won all of her 1,600-meter races in seventh and eighth grade — until she finished second to a transgender athlete in a major meet.

“Women have fought for Title IX and our own categories and it’s very important that we keep the dignity of that, and let women have their own sports and their own spaces to be safe and completely fair,” she said, referencing the federal law that prohibits discrimination based on sex in education programs and activities.

Opponents say excluding transgender girls is also unfair.

“They will say that they want to protect kids and in particular, young girls,” said Nadine Bridges, executive director of One Colorado, which is leading the opposition to the measure there, “but I don’t understand how you can protect kids and discriminate against kids at the same time.”

The Washington measure would require that a healthcare provider verify the student’s “biological sex, relying only on one or more of the following: The student’s reproductive anatomy, genetic makeup, or normal endogenously produced testosterone levels.”

“We see that as being as simple as a checkbox,” said Let’s Go Washington spokesperson Hallie Herzberg. “Doctors can use the history of the patient from treating them all their lives or their medical history forms.”

But Dr. Libby Loft, who opposes the measure, says the language calls for a genital inspection as part of a physical, or expensive testing.

“I think it doesn’t make any sense to force the working families of … girl sports players in Washington to pay for unnecessary medical tests to be able to weed out an estimated five or 10 girls in the state of Washington, trans girls,” Loft said.

She fears the verification requirement will lead to fewer girls — transgender or not — playing sports.

Mulvihill and Cooper write for the Associated Press. Mulvihill reported from Haddonfield, N.J.

SATURDAY’S RESULTS

Second Round

DIVISION 3

Santa Ana Foothill d. Sunny Hills, 25-18, 23-25, 25-23, 27-25

Cerritos Valley Christian d. Beckman, 3-1

Newbury Park d. Redlands, 25-18, 26-28, 16-25, 25-18, 15-10

Thousand Oaks d. Etiwanda, 28-26, 25-22, 23-25, 25-9

Corona del Mar d. Flintridge Prep, 25-18, 25-22, 22-25, 25-23

La Salle d. St. Margaret’s, 3-2

Crescenta Valley d. La Canada, 3-1

Windward d. Lakewood St. Joseph, 3-0

DIVISION 5

Liberty d. Marlborough, 3-1

Canyon Country Canyon d. Hesperia Christian, 3-2

El Toro d. Valencia, 25-22, 25-18, 23-25, 13-25, 16-14

St. Anthony d. San Jacinto, 26-24, 25-17, 25-21

Westridge d. Viewpoint, 25-18, 25-11, 25-15

Irvine d. Paraclete, 3-2

La Serna d. Maranatha, 25-18, 23-25, 25-23, 25-17

Quartz Hill d. Capistrano Valley, 3-2

DIVISION 7

Tustin d. Pasadena, 3-0

Sacred Heart d. Laguna Blanca, 3-2

Nordhoff at Placentia Valencia

Barstow d. Webb, 25-19, 25-19, 24-26, 25-21

Beverly Hills d. Pasadena Marshall, 3-0

Northview d. Vistamar, 24-26, 21-25, 25-21, 25-23, 16-14

Fullerton d. Buckley, 3-0

Rio Hondo Prep d. Foothill Tech, 16-25, 25-19, 25-18, 25-14

DIVISION 9

Rancho Mirage d. Canoga Park AGBU, 3-1

San Jacinto Leadership at St. Monica Academy

Nogales d. Santa Rosa Academy, 23-25, 26-24, 25-18, 13-25, 15-13

Azusa d. Westminster, 3-0

Jurupa Hills d. St. Jeanne de Lestonnac, 3-1

Desert Christian Academy d. Wildwood, 3-0

Buena Park d. Milken, 25-21, 11-25, 25-21, 25-22

California at Twentynine Palms, Monday at 4 p.m.

DIVISION 11

Arroyo d. Compton Early College, 3-0

Mesrobian d. Ramona, 3-0

Pacific Lutheran at La Sierra Academy, Monday at 6 p.m.

Newport Christian d. Grace, 3-1

Tarbut V’ Torah d. Workman, 18-25, 23-25, 25-16, 25-19, 15-10

Lynwood vs. Santa Clara, Monday at Firebaugh

Norton Science Academy d. Joshua Springs Christian, 25-18, 26-24, 25-21

Downey Calvary Chapel d. Silver Valley, 3-2

TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE

(Matches at 6 p.m. unless noted)

Pool Play

DIVISION 1

Pool A

#5 Santa Margarita at #1 Mater Dei

#8 Harvard-Westlake at #4 Oaks Christian

Pool B

#6 Los Amigos at #2 Sierra Canyon

#7 Marymount at #3 Mira Costa

Quarterfinals

DIVISION 2

Newport Harbor at Redondo Union

Corona Centennial at San Juan Hills

Orange Lutheran at Murrieta Valley

Long Beach Poly at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame

DIVISION 4

North Torrance at Portola

Arcadia at Vista Murrieta

Hemet at Santa Barbara, 5 p.m.

Glendora at Linfield Christian

DIVISION 6

Dos Pueblos at Villa Park

Temecula Prep at Capistrano Valley Christian

Santa Ana Calvary Chapel at Castaic

Lakewood at Mayfair

DIVISION 8

Samueli Academy at San Gabriel Academy

San Jacinto Valley at Burbank

Garden Grove Pacifica at Rio Mesa

Artesia at Geffen Academy

DIVISION 10

Orange at Glendale

New Roads at Adelanto

Loara at La Quinta

Lancaster at Wildomar Cornerstone Christian

Note: Quarterfinals (Divisions 3, 5, 7, 9, 11) Wed., Oct. 28; Semifinals (Divisions 2-11) Sat., Oct. 31; Third Round pool Play (Division 1) Sat., Oct. 31; Finals (all divisions) Sat., Nov. 7 at TBA.

As the intro of his song “Girls, Girls, Girls” poured over the crowd at SoFi Stadium late Friday night, Jay-Z locked eyes (from behind his ever-present shades) with a guy near the stage whose excitement had bubbled over at last.

“Oh, this yo s—,” the rapper observed with a knowing little laugh. “You was waiting for this s— all night long.”

Dude was lucky not to wait even longer: The first of two SoFi gigs, Friday’s show was an almost comically overstuffed display of hits by an aging cultural giant in the middle of a legend-reclamation project; Jay-Z performed parts of three dozen songs over two hours, which was still only a fraction of the 152 entries he’s notched on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart since 1996.

“We got a million of these,” he said after doling out a few verses of “On to the Next One” — not bragging so much as explaining.

Having earlier visited stadiums in London, Paris and his hometown of New York, the 56-year-old is in Inglewood this weekend as part of what he’s calling JAŸ-Z30: a yearlong celebration of himself timed to the 30th anniversary of his debut album, “Reasonable Doubt,” and the 25th anniversary of his commercial high point, “The Blueprint.” Last month, HBO premiered an 8-part docuseries in which Jay-Z combs through the minutiae of his songwriting with the producer Rick Rubin; any day now, the rapper is expected to announce that he’ll return to SoFi in February to headline the halftime show at Super Bowl LXI.

That’s a lot of action for an artist who’s spent much of the last decade in éminence-grise mode — Jay-Z’s most recent solo album, “4:44,” came out in 2017 — but he seemed in fighting trim Friday, moving nimbly through the songs that made him a superstar and helped put hip-hop at the center of pop music. He was backed by a muscular live band (complete with horn players and a string section) that could push the music toward plush soul, sticky funk or crunching hard rock; “99 Problems,” in particular, made you think about how funny it’ll be, if indeed Jay-Z ends up at the Super Bowl, to see a rapper bring big guitars back to an event that rock fans love these days to lament.

Jay-Z’s daughter Blue Ivy joined him to play piano during “The Story of OJ” and “Dead Presidents II”; he beamed as she walked offstage afterward — a moving vision of fatherly pride. He also brought out Scarface, the veteran Houston MC, to do “This Can’t Be Life” and Scarface’s Geto Boys classic “Mind Playing Tricks on Me.” A pair of OGs still competing in a young man’s game, the two traded compliments before parting: “Jay-Z is a killer,” said Scarface, whom Jay-Z hailed as “one of the best writers of any genre.”

With a set list that jumped freely among albums and eras, the concert felt a little scattershot; it wasn’t always clear what story Jay-Z was trying to tell about his life and career beyond the glorification of his success. And you have to wonder how a man who’s found work as an event planner — booking the halftime show falls under the purview of his Roc Nation company — could end the night so anticlimactically with an appearance by a past-his-prime DJ Khaled. (It didn’t help that many in the audience were anxiously awaiting Jay-Z’s wife, Beyoncé, who performed with him at Yankee Stadium but didn’t show on Friday.)

The evening’s emotional peak came maybe two-thirds of the way through in “Never Change” and “Song Cry,” two tracks from “The Blueprint” written by a guy in his early 30s struggling with how — or whether — to hold onto his complicated past. That he performed them here as a middle-aged billionaire proved he figured it out; that they were so lush with the pain of nostalgia proved he remains an artist.

Oct. 24, 2026 10:35 AM PT

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS

CITY SECTION PLAYOFFS

(Matches at 12:30 p.m. unless noted)

MONDAY’S SCHEDULE

Semifinals

OPEN DIVISION

#4 El Camino Real at #1 Palisades

#3 GALA at #2 Granada Hills

First Round

DIVISION I

#1 TBD, bye

#9 Larchmont at #8 Eagle Rock

#12 Cleveland at #5 SOCES

#13 Bell at #4 Chatsworth

#14 Taft at #3 Venice

#11 Carson at #6 North Hollywood

#10 L.A. Marshall at #7 Van Nuys

#2 TBD, bye

DIVISION II

#16 Legacy at #1 Granada Hills Kennedy

#9 Fairfax at #8 Gardena

#12 New West at #5 San Pedro

#13 Grant at #4 South East

#14 RFK Community at #3 Wilmington Banning

#11 King/Drew at #6 South Gate

#10 Los Angeles at #7 Downtown Magnets

#15 Sylmar at #2 LACES

Note: Open Division finals Wednesday, Oct. 28 at Balboa Sports Center, 11 a.m.; Divisions I-II quarterfinals Thursday, Oct. 29 at higher seeds; Division I-II semifinals Monday, Nov. 2 at higher seeds; Division I-II finals Wednesday, Nov. 4 at higher seeds, 11 a.m.

Oct. 22, 2026 5:12 PM PT

CITY SECTION PLAYOFFS

(Matches at 4 p.m. unless noted)

MONDAY’S SCHEDULE

First round

DIVISION I

#16 Birmingham at #1 SOCES

#9 North Hollywood at #8 LACES

#12 Foshay at #5 L.A. University

#13 GALA at #4 San Pedro

#14 L.A. Marshall at #3 Sylmar

#11 Lincoln at #6 Mendez

#10 L.A. Roosevelt at #7 Sun Valley Poly

#15 King/Drew at #2 Granada Hills Kennedy

DIVISION II

#16 New West Charter at #1 South East

#9 San Fernando at #8 Carson

#12 Bravo Medical at #5 Alliance Levine

#13 Panorama at #4 Triumph Charter

#14 South Gate at #3 Grant

#11 Maywood CES at #6 Central City Value

#10 L.A. Hamilton at #7 Verdugo Hills

#15 Reseda at #2 East Valley

DIVISION III

#17 RFK Community at #16 University Prep Value

#20 Vaughn at #13 Port of Los Angeles

#19 Sun Valley Magnet at #14 Gertz-Ressler

#15 Animo Robinson at #18 L.A. Wilson

DIVISION IV

#17 Los Angeles at #16 Northridge Academy

#20 Downtown Magnets at #13 Westchester

#19 Esperanza College at #14 Hollywood

#18 South LA College at #15 Jefferson

DIVISION V

#17 Alliance Marine at #16 Orthopaedic

#24 Dorsey at #9 USC Hybrid

#21 Discovery at #12 East College Prep

#20 Alliance Bloomfield at #13 Camino Nuevo

#19 Hawkins at #14 Smidt Tech

#22 Collins Family at #11 Diego Rivera

#23 Valley Oaks CES at #10 Van Nuys

#18 Aspire Ollin at #15 Manual Arts

WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE

Quarterfinals

OPEN DIVISION

#8 Eagle Rock at #1 Venice

#5 El Camino Real at #4 Taft

#6 Granada Hills at #3 Cleveland

#7 Chatsworth at #2 Palisades

Second Round

DIVISION III

#17 RFK / #16 University Prep Value at #1 Franklin

#9 Marquez at #8 Animo De La Hoya

#12 Harbor Teacher at #5 Annenberg

#20 Vaughn / #13 Port of LA at #4 Wilmington Banning

#19 Sun Valley Magnet / #14 Gertz-Ressler at #3 Narbonne

#11 Larchmont Charter at #6 Stern

#10 Brio College Prep at #7 Math & Science College Prep

#18 L.A. Wilson / #15 Animo Robinson at #2 Lake Balboa College Prep

DIVISION IV

#17 Los Angeles / #16 Northridge Academy at #1 Santee

#9 Middle College at #8 Arleta

#12 Fairfax at #5 Bell

#20 Downtown Magnet / #13 Westchester at #4 Community Charter

#19 Esperanza College / #14 Hollywood at #3 Huntington Park

#11 Canoga Park at #6 WISH Academy

#10 Monroe at #7 Legacy

#18 South LA College / #15 Jefferson at #2 Garfield

DIVISION V

#17 Alliance Marine / #16 Orthopaedic at #1 Elizabeth

#24 Dorsey / #9 USC Hybrid at #8 San Fernando Arroyo

#21 Discovery / #12 East College Prep at #5 Magnolia Science Academy

#20 Alliance Bloomfield / #13 Camino Nuevo at #4 Animo Pat Brown

#19 Hawkins / #14 Smidt Tech at #3 Burton

#22 Collins Family / #11 Diego Rivera at #6 Angelou

#23 Valley Oaks CES / #10 Van Nuys at #7 Lakeview Charter

#18 Aspire Ollin / #15 Manual Arts at #2 Stella

Note: Quarterfinals (Divisions I-II) Thurs., Oct. 29 at higher seeds; Quarterfinals (Divisions IIII-V) Fri., Oct. 30 or Sat., Oct. 31 at higher seeds; Semifinals (all divisions) Tues., Nov. 3 at higher seeds; Finals (all divisions) Fri., Nov. 6 or Sat., Nov. 7 (times and sites TBD).

One of Hollywood’s legendary music recording studios is for sale as its owner prepares to end his half-century run immortalizing many of the biggest acts.

The list of household names who have recorded at Conway Recording Studios spans generations and genres. Burt Bacharach, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder, U2, Guns N’ Roses, Daft Punk, Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar are just a few of the artists who have recorded there.

While many studios have struggled, the unique space has attracted big names for decades.

Digital production tools and home studios have eliminated much of the need for traditional recording space, allowing artists to produce professional-quality music almost anywhere, real estate data provider CoStar said.

The digital revolution rocked the analog world of art, media and communication on a scale the industrial revolution did to agrarian and handicraft economies more than a century ago. The advent of Pro Tools recording software in the 1990s and the rise of music streaming services in the early aughts irrevocably changed the business.

Yet industry veterans say surviving facilities with expansive live rooms, vintage gear and decades of recording history may be becoming more valuable as they become harder to replicate. U.S. recorded-music revenue rose 7% to $6 billion in the first half of 2026, according to the Recording Industry Assn. of America. Streaming, physical formats and licensing all posted gains.

Conway Recording Studios is a jungly hideaway on bustling Melrose Avenue created by a transplant from chilly Buffalo, N.Y., who arrived in the 1970s with a vision to create an L.A.-style oasis in the middle of the city where he could pursue his craft as a sound engineer.

“I moved to California to be outside in the warm,” Buddy Brundo said. “I like sunlight.”

He defied recording studio conventions by bringing in natural light through large, soundproof windows instead of working in chambers sealed on all sides.

“You kind of feel like you’re in Hawaii or somewhere else,” at Conway studios, said entertainment real estate broker Nicole Mihalka of CBRE. “That’s what’s kept Conway so busy over the years.”

Among the musicians who came to work there lately was Korean pop group BTS, the subject of a Netflix documentary released in March that followed the young men as they recorded their comeback album “Arirang” after completing their military service.

Brundo appears in the film.

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1. “You kind of feel like you’re in Hawaii or somewhere else,” a real estate broker said of the studios. “That’s what’s kept Conway so busy over the years.” 2. Conway’s clients have included Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, U2 and Counting Crows. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Taylor Swift is a regular and once created a run on company merchandise by wearing a Conway Recording Studios sweatshirt in public.

People have asked Brundo for years when he might sell the studio he has operated since 1976, said Mihalka, who has the listing.

“Ten years ago I wouldn’t even think about this,” Brundo said. Now, “I’m 83, and how long can I keep this up? It’s best to walk away while I still can.”

He works out three times a week and appears fit, jumping up to play air guitar to Mötley Crüe’s “Girls, Girls, Girls” while showing off the powerful sound system in Studio B. The band recorded the hit 1987 album of the same name at Conway Studios, where members arrived by motorcycle.

Brundo is asking $15 million for the property that spans more than an acre on the edge of Melrose Hill, a niche neighborhood at Melrose and Western avenues known for its trendy restaurants.

It includes three studios, offices, tons of recording equipment, including two grand pianos, lounges, and a kitchen that pointedly lacks a stove.

“Every studio I worked with had a stove, and the kitchen was a mess,” Brundo said.

“Ten years ago I wouldn’t even think about this,” Conway’s Buddy Brundo said. Now, “I’m 83, and how long can I keep this up? It’s best to walk away while I still can.”

(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Not that he hasn’t gone out of his way to accommodate his clients. Years ago he shrank his own office to enlarge a lounge for a singer-songwriter who needed space to camp out.

“Courtney Love wanted to book a bunch of time,” but also wanted a place to unwind outside the studio. “We lived here for two months with the kids and the clothes.”

One of his studio innovations was an air-conditioning and filtration system that whooshes out smoke and neutralizes it with charcoal filters and blue lights that kill bacteria, because the official smoking policy is “whatever they want,” he said. On a recent afternoon, a strong scent of cannabis came from Studio A.

To create his rambling California oasis in the middle of a busy neighborhood, Brundo acquired house after house on the south side of his lot over the years so he could keep expanding. He bought and tore down 10 of them.

“Each house was a battle,” he said, particularly one where the owners had an issue with guitarist and outdoorsman Ted Nugent, who accidentally shot an arrow into their yard.

While the property could be used for other purposes, Buddy Brundo hopes to find a buyer who will keep the music going.

(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Brundo had set up a Styrofoam deer and a bear on the back of his property to entertain archer Nugent. The musician missed a shot and his arrow passed through the fence and came close to striking a neighbor in her backyard as her husband stood nearby.

“He was really pissed off,” Brundo said of his neighbor. It took Brundo another year to buy the neighbors’ house “because the price went up,” he said.

Today, the foliage a full-time groundskeeper tends has grown tall and thick. Sleek cats roam the grounds.

The parking lot is large for the studio’s size, and its 59 striped spaces have accommodated about $2 million worth of fancy cars at a time, Brundo estimated. It’s also big enough for basketball games, and Brundo recently painted a full court on the asphalt so singer The Weeknd could play ball during downtime.

While the property could be turned to other uses such as stores and housing, Brundo hopes to sell it to someone who will keep the music going even as times change.

The recent backlash against AI-generated music has prompted “a reversion back to the real” with bands using more instruments and needing more space to record, Mihalka said. “There are fewer studios now where you can actually do this.”

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFS
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
First Round

DIVISION 1
Pool A
#1 Mater Dei d. #8 Harvard-Westlake, 25-13, 25-14, 25-22
#5 Santa Margarita d. #4 Oaks Christian, 25-21, 29-27, 24-26, 25-22

Pool B
#7 Marymount at #2 Sierra Canyon, postponed
#3 Mira Costa d. #6 Los Alamitos, 3-1

DIVISION 3
Sunny Hills d. Cerritos, 3-2
Santa Ana Foothill d. Oak Park, 20-25, 25-23, 25-17, 22-25, 15-10
Cerritos Valley Christian d. Chaminade, 16-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-23
Beckman d. Alemany, 3-0
Newbury Park d. Corona Santiago, 26-24, 25-19, 18-25, 25-13
Redlands d. Rosary, 21-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-16
Etiwanda d. Murrieta Mesa, 3-0
Thousand Oaks d. Saugus, 23-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-14, 15-12
Corona del Mar d. Claremont, 3-0
Flintridge Prep d. Millikan, 25-17, 28-26, 25-20
St. Margaret’s d. Bishop Amat, 3-0
La Salle d. Huntington Beach, 3-1
Crescenta Valley d. Chaparral, 25-16, 22-25, 27-25, 25-21
La Canada d. Crossroads, 25-13, 25-15, 25-21
Lakewood St. Joseph at Marina
Windward d. Aliso Niguel, 3-0

DIVISION 5
Marlborough d. West Torrance, 3-0
Liberty d. Academy for Academic Excellence, 3-1
Hesperia Christian d. Peninsula, 3-0
Canyon Country Canyon d. Moorpark, 3-0
El Toro d. Troy, 3-0
Valencia d. Western Christian, 3-1
San Jacinto d. Culver City, 3-1
St. Anthony d. Santa Monica Pacifica Christian, 23-25, 25-9, 25-19, 25-21
Viewpoint d. Southlands Christian, 3-1
Westridge d. Arrowhead Christian, 3-1
Irvine d. Beaumont, 3-2
Paraclete d. Gahr, 21-25, 27-25, 25-21, 26-28, 15-13
Maranatha d. Sultana, 3-1
La Serna d. Burbank Providence, 3-1
Quartz Hill d. Temple City, 3-0
Capistrano Valley d. Palm Desert, 19-25, 25-16, 25-14, 25-9

DIVISION 7
Pasadena d. CAMS, 3-2
Tustin d. Immaculate Heart, 3-0
Laguna Blanca d. Brea Olinda, 3-0
Sacred Heart of Jesus d. Chino, 3-1
Placentia Valencia d. South Hills, 25-16, 25-17, 23-25, 25-20
Nordhoff d. Trinity Classical Academy, 3-0
Barstow d. Highland, 25-20, 25-16, 25-21
Webb d. Mary Star of the Sea, 3-0
Pasadena Marshall d. Eisenhower, 25-23, 25-19, 25-22
Beverly Hills d. Whittier, 3-0
Vistamar d. Rialto, 3-1
Northview at Calvary Baptist
Fullerton d. Indio, 3-0
Buckley d. Tahquitz, 3-0
Rio Hondo Prep d. Arlington, 20-25, 16-25, 25-23, 25-21, 16-14
Foothill Tech d. St. Genevieve, 3-2

DIVISION 9
Rancho Mirage d. Santa Paula, 3-0
Canoga Park AGBU d. Saddleback, 3-2
San Jacinto Valley Academy d. Cobalt, 3-0
St. Monica Academy d. Anaheim, 25-20, 27-25, 25-19
Nogales d. Carter, 3-2
Santa Rosa Academy d. Carpinteria, 3-0
Westminster d. Vasquez, 3-2
Azusa d. Moreno Valley, 3-2
St. Jeane de Lestonnac d. Santa Clarita Christian, 3-2
Jurupa Hills d. Sierra Vista, 3-2
Desert Christian Academy d. Victor Valley, 3-0
Wildwood d. Hillcrest, 3-2
Buena Park d. Excelsior Charter, 25-17, 22-25, 25-8, 25-10
Milken Community d. Eastside, 25-17, 22-25, 25-8, 25-10
California d. Garden Grove, 3-0
Twentynine Palms d. Shadow Hills, 3-2

DIVISION 11
Compton Early College d. Grove, 3-0
El Monte Arroyo d. Ambassador Christian, 3-0
Mesrobian d. Rubidoux, 3-2
Ramona d. Animo Leadership, 3-1
La Sierra Academy 3, Long Beach First Baptist 0
Pacific Lutheran d. Thacher, 3-0
Grace d. Shalhevet, 3-1
Newport Christian d. New Covenant, 3-0
Tarbut V’ Torah d. Oak Grove, 3-0
Workman d. California Lutheran, 3-2
Santa Clara d. EF Academy, 3-0
Lynwood d. Desert Chapel, 25-17, 25-9, 25-22
Norton Science Academy d. Newbury Park Adventist, 25-21, 25-22, 5-25, 25-22
Joshua Springs d. Liberty Christian, 3-0
Downey Calvary Chapel d. River Springs, 3-1
Silver Valley d. Riverside Bethel Christian, 3-0

THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE
(Matches at 6 p.m. unless noted)
Second Round

DIVISION 4
Portola at Burbank Burroughs
Yorba Linda at North Torrance
Notre Dame Academy at Arcadia
Vista Murrieta at Ventura
Ayala at Santa Barbara, 5 p.m.
Rancho Cucamonga at Hemet
Royal at Glendora
Bonita at Linfield Christian

DIVISION 6
Alta Loma at Villa Park
Temescal Canyon at Dos Pueblos
St. Bonaventure at Temecula Prep
Capistrano Valley Christian at Ridgecrest Burroughs
Castaic at Santa Fe
Rim of the World at Santa Ana Calvary Chapel
Mayfair at Schurr
Yucaipa at Lakewood

DIVISION 8
Samueli Academy at Bellflower
San Gabriel Academy vs. San Gorgonio at Indian Springs
Fairmont Prep at San Jacinto Valley
Burbank at Riverside Prep
Lighthouse Christian at Garden Grove Pacifica
Rio Mesa at Jurupa Valley
Big Bear vs. Geffen Academy at UCLA SAC gym, 5 p.m.
Bell Gardens at Artesia

DIVISION 10
Leuzinger at Glendale
Canyon Springs at Orange
Adelanto at Orange County Classical Academy, 4:30 p.m.
Chaffey vs. New Roads at Park Century School, 5 p.m.
La Quinta at Miller
Redlands Adventist at Loara
Ganesha at Lancaster
Cornerstone Christian

Note: Second round (Divisions 3, 5, 7, 9, 11) Sat., Oct. 24; Quarterfinals (Divisions 2, 4, 6, 8, 10) Tues., Oct. 27; Second Round pool play (Division 1) Tues., Oct. 27; Quarterfinals (Divisions 3, 5, 7, 9) Wed., Oct. 28; Semifinals (Divisions 2-11) Sat., Oct. 31; Third Round pool Play (Division 1) Sat., Oct. 31; Finals (all divisions) Sat., Nov. 7 at TBA.