north hollywood

BASEBALL

CITY SECTION

Birmingham 12, Taft 1

CALS Early College 11, East College Prep 0

SOUTHERN SECTION

AAE 14, ACE 4

Agoura 4, Calabasas 1

Alemany 3, Sierra Vista 0

Anaheim 11, Bolsa Grande 3

Antelope Valley 11, PACS 4

Anza Hamilton 14, Sherman Indian 1

Aquinas 7, Arcadia 4

Ayala 13, Corona Centennial 6

Beverly Hills 24, Compton Centennial 2

Bishop Montgomery 10, Atascadero 5

Bloomington 2, Arroyo Valley 1

Buena 14, Nordhoff 0

Burbank 16, Glendale 10

California City 12, Frazier Mountain 6

Cantwell-Sacred Heart 4, Hueneme 2

Carter 12, Eisenhower 3

Chadwick 4, Rolling Hills Prep 3

Chaffey 5, Don Lugo 4

Chaminade 11, St. Bonaventure

Channel Islands 11. Placentia Valencia 4

Chino 3, Ontario 2

Citrus Valley 5, Yucaipa 1

Colony 12, Pomona 1

Compton 7, Dominguez 2

Cornerstone Christian 12, Bethel Christian 1

Crean Lutheran 11, Anaheim Canyon 3

Crossroads 10, Campbell Hall 5

Crossroads Christian 19, NSLA 4

Culver City 15, Hawthorne 1

Cypress 2, La Habra 1

Desert Christian 14, Faith Baptist 1

Elsinore 18, West Valley 1

El Toro 7, Edison 0

Fontana 6, San Gorgonio 4

Foothill Tech 12, Thacher 2

Gahr 11, Patrick Henry 0

Glenn 11, Downey Calvary Chapel 6

Godinez 5, Saddleback 3

Grace 9, Thousand Oaks 8

Granite Hills 12, Adelanto 2

Great Oak 3, Chaparral 0

Harvard-Westlake 17, Santa Maria St. Joseph 0

Hoover 8, Mark Keppel 5

Katella 4, Fullerton 2

La Canada 6, South Pasadena 0

Leuzinger 8, Lawndale 3

Liberty 23, St. Monica 0

Long Beach Cabrillo 2, Lakewood 0

Long Beach Jordan 16, Avalon 0

Los Osos 1, Huntington Beach 0

Los Osos 1, Norco 0

Lucerne Valley 9, CIMSA 5

Maranatha 12, Westlake 0

Mira Costa 11, New Roads 0

Montclair 9, Diamond Ranch 0

Montebello 4, Covina 3

Muir 8, Duarte 0

Nogales 9, Baldwin Park 4

Norco 3, St. John Bosco 2

North Torrance 10, West Torrance 3

Oakwood 15, Burbank Providence 3

Orange 15, Rancho Alamitos 1

Orange Lutheran 13, Fountain Valley 1

Paraclete 3, Northview 1

Paramount 9, Long Beach Poly 2

Quartz Hill 9, Lancaster 3

Redlands 12, Redlands East Valley 4

Rialto 5, Colton 0

Righetti 8, Cathedral 5

Riverside Notre Dame 15, Rim of the World 2

San Dimas 15, Alta Loma 1

San Jacinto Valley Academy 21, California Military 0

Santa Barbara 5, Saugus 4

Santa Monica 10, Inglewood 0

Santa Rosa Academy 8, Nuview Bridge 7

Savanna 8, Westminster La Quinta 0

Segerstrom 4, Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 3

Silverado 8, Vista del Lago 7

Silver Valley 18, Victor Valley Christian 3

Summit 2, Kaiser 1

Tahquitz 4, Temescal Canyon 3

Temecula Prep 9, Desert Christian Academy 1

Temecula Valley 10, Murrieta Mesa 0

Tustin 9, La Palma Kennedy 1

University Prep 4, Hesperia Christian 0

Ventura 14, Santa Paula 0

Viewpoint 14, Milken 6

Village Christian 1, Pioneer Valley 0

Vista Murrieta 13, Murrieta Valley 3

Walnut 3, San Marcos 2

Western 7, Magnolia 3

West Ranch 2, Camarillo 1

Windward 2, Brentwood 1

INTERSECTIONAL

Beckman 2, Central Valley 1

Bishop Union 7, Rosamond 2

Holtville 7, Needles 3

Kern Valley 13, Desert 2

Laguna Hills 7, El Capitan 1

Victor Valley 7, Barstow 2

SOFTBALL

CITY SECTION

Alliance Bloomfield 20, East College Prep 5

Orthopaedic 24, Santee 7

SOUTHERN SECTION

Adelanto 10, Granite Hills 7

Artesia 9, Yucca Valley 2

Cerritos Valley Christian 16, La Palma Kennedy 10

Corona 18, Rancho Mirage 3

Grand Terrace 3, Colton 2

Heritage Christian 11, Calabasas 1

Hesperia Christian 4, University Prep 1

Highland 11, Antelope Valley 0

Littlerock 20, Palmdale 5

Quartz Hill 9, Eastside 2

Santa Fe 11, Whittier 0

St. Genevieve 23, Marymount 3

Sultana 14, Tahquitz 3

Viewpoint 10, Windward 0

Villa Park 6, El Dorado 4

Vista Murrieta 13, Great Oak 3

INTERSECTIONAL

North Torrance 5, Carson 0

Oak Park 14, El Camino Real 0

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been driving all over Los Angeles doing something I haven’t done in a long time: playing pretend.

I pretended I was in a medieval castle at a French cafe in Miracle Mile and that I was looking for trolls on a fern-filled hike in Griffith Park. I imagined that Tolkien’s elves built the creekside restaurant where I met a friend for brunch in Topanga and that I was eating alongside real witches in a forest-themed dining room in North Hollywood.

In a Whittier tea room, I poured a glittering potion that said “Drink Me” into a glass of Champagne and in Beverly Hills, I stared awestruck at the platonic ideal of a witch’s house, half expecting a bent old lady with a wart on her nose to come out and turn me into a toad.

It’s been a rough start to 2026 and these brief moments of make-believe have served as a joyful balm in sad and scary times. I’m not looking to bypass reality, but taking a break from it every once in a while can be a welcome reprieve. Fortunately, Los Angeles is especially good at creating transporting experiences that drip with fairy-tale ambience. This is the home of Hollywood after all, the land of artifice, the spot where Walt Disney dreamed up the Happiest Place on Earth. Seeking and finding moments of happily ever after, even if they last just a few minutes, is part of the city’s collective DNA.

So grab your broom and make sure to leave a trail of bread crumbs behind you. L.A. has plenty of magic to share. All you need to do is open your mind and explore.