Palisades dominates in quarterfinal victory over North Hollywood
Palisades has never won a City Section football championship but the Dolphins are confident this could be their year. They looked like title contenders Friday…
UCLA’s defense smothers Lehigh as Bruins roll to blowout win
UCLA’s defense was dominant against a winless opponent Friday night, with the Bruins controlling a game that quickly got out of hand. The Bruins delivered…
Dodgers’ Brusdar Graterol to miss 2025 first half after surgery
Dodgers reliever Brusdar Graterol is expected to miss the first half of next season after undergoing surgery Thursday on the labrum in his right shoulder,…
Kiki Iriafen lifts USC women over Mississippi in Paris opener
PARIS — Kiki Iriafen made a pair of free throws with 10 seconds remaining to lift No. 3 USC over No. 20 Mississippi 68-66 on Monday…
Half of voters polled favor Measure A sales tax for homeless services
In the final weeks before the Nov. 5 election, a measure that would double the county’s quarter-percent homeless sales tax was closing in on the…
How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Sophie Thatcher
Sophie Thatcher isn’t in L.A. at the moment — but “Yellowjackets” fans will appreciate the reason. She’s in Vancouver filming the new season of the…
No. 11 USC struggles through turnover-fueled loss at Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — An unseasonably warm breeze swirled through Huntington Bank Stadium, the rare sort of night where USC, a team in unfamiliar and typically frosty Big…
Once again, Sparks can’t hang on to early lead and lose to Mercury
If you’ve watched the Sparks this season, their home finale went about exactly as you might have expected.The Sparks got off to a hot start,…
Jim Harbaugh gushes over vet Chargers: ‘I feel lucky to be here’
Jim Harbaugh made a beeline toward midfield, shook Raiders coach Antonio Pierce’s hand and turned right around toward the sideline. There was no extra pomp…
Northern Illinois upsets No. 5 Notre Dame in low-scoring battle
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Kanon Woodill hit a 35-yard field goal with 31 seconds to play and Cade Haberman blocked a 62-yard try as time expired…
Galaxy have three-game winning streak end against St. Louis City
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis City rode goals by newcomers Cedric Teuchert and Marcel Hartel to a 2-1 victory over the Western Conference-leading Los Angeles Galaxy…
Majority of Democrats think Kamala Harris would be good president, poll shows
WASHINGTON — As President Biden faces a growing drumbeat of pressure to drop his reelection bid, a majority of Democrats think his vice president would make…
Shorthanded Sparks again lose to Liberty in New York
NEW YORK — Breanna Stewart had 33 points, seven assists and six blocked shots to help the New York Liberty beat the Los Angeles Sparks 98-88…
Richard Sherman, one-half of the Sherman brothers, has died at 95
To Walt Disney, who personally invited Richard and Robert Sherman to become full-time staff songwriters at his Burbank studio in 1960, they were the “boys.”…
John Oates goes public about legal battle with Daryl Hall
Hall & Oates are officially “Out of Touch.” John Oates, half of the legendary duo responsible for hits including “You Make My Dreams Come True”…
Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets’ companion: 5 tracks you need to hear
Taylor Swift just can’t stop. Two hours after she dropped her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” late Thursday night, the pop superstar revealed…
1 in 3 adults thinks Trump acted illegally in hush money case
WASHINGTON — The first criminal trial facing former President Trump is also the one in which Americans are least convinced he committed a crime, a new…
Many say Biden, Trump did more harm than good, for different reasons
WASHINGTON — There’s a reason why President Biden and former President Trump are spending so much time attacking each other — people don’t think either man…
Laken Riley’s killing isn’t part of an ‘immigrant crime’ wave
Americans have become all too familiar with Jose Antonio Ibarra, the man accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus.…
How Trump and MAGA became the Republican establishment
Donald Trump’s domination of last week’s primaries made it official: He has successfully routed the GOP establishment. Some would argue, with ample evidence, that this…