Residents say Orange County is too expensive, lacks affordable housing
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Sunday, Aug. 11. I’m your host, Andrew J. Campa. Here’s what you need to know…
Five takeaways from UCLA’s football practice open to fans
UCLA running back TJ Harden (25) gets a hug from Bruins coach DeShaun Foster during a 2023 game against USC. (Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)…
American Rai Benjamin wins elusive Olympic gold in 400 hurdles
SAINT-DENIS, France — Among the Big Three who have spent the last three years revolutionizing the 400-meter hurdles, Rai Benjamin has often been relegated to the…
U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles returning to UCLA after Paris Olympics
A lot has changed for Jordan Chiles this summer.The gymnast won her first Olympic gold medal, helping the U.S. win. the team competition at the…
Southern California is the NFL training camp Mecca.
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Sunday, August 4. I’m your host, Andrew J. Campa. Here’s what you need to know…
UCLA baseball assistant David Berg leaves after slapping a player
UCLA assistant baseball coach David Berg recently parted ways with the school several months after a university investigation concluded that he had “by a preponderance…
UCLA’s Martin Jarmond says ‘we’re ready’ on first day in Big Ten
UCLA is no longer on its way to the Big Ten.It’s arrived.What started as an exploratory conversation between Bruins athletic director Martin Jarmond and chancellor…
DeShaun Foster pokes fun at himself as UCLA opens preseason camp
The rookie coach who fumbled his first Big Ten speaking gig devised a novel way to poke fun at himself.DeShaun Foster stepped in front of…
Northern California’s Park Fire expands with no stopping in sight
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Sunday, July 28. I’m your host, Andrew J. Campa. Here’s what you need to know…
Olympian Emma Malabuyo hopes to inspire future Filipina gymnasts
PARIS — In the corridors under Bercy Arena, Emma Malabuyo prepared for a dream to come true. The UCLA gymnast felt the pulse of a full…
Commissioner optimistic Big Ten “got a lot right” with expansion
INDIANAPOLIS — A giant, inflatable Oregon Duck mascot drifted down the White River on Tuesday, not far from where Big Ten Conference coaches, players and executives…
Trump picks one-time critic J.D. Vance as vice presidential candidate
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Sunday, July 21. I’m your host, Andrew J. Campa. Here’s what you need to know…
Olympic committee adds more LA venues, competitions to 2028 Olympics
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Sunday, July 14. I’m your host, Andrew J. Campa. Here’s what you need to know…
UCLA drops Georgia, Auburn from football schedule in favor of Utah, Cal
UCLA is dropping two college football heavyweights from its future football schedules in favor of far more familiar foes.Gone will be Georgia and Auburn, titans…
Hollywood power players pull funding from Biden campaign
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Sunday, July 7. I’m your host, Andrew J. Campa. Here’s what you need to know…
Meet the UCLA basketball transfer class: The quick-fix six
Louisville guard Skyy Clark controls the ball during a game against North Carolina in January. (Chris Seward / Associated Press) Size: 6-3, 205 Year in…
DeShaun Foster is breaking off a big recruiting run at UCLA
For years, Chip Kelly’s assistant coaches sounded a we’ll-get-back-to-you refrain with high school recruits as part of an agonizing, slow-speed pursuit. The staff’s reluctance to…
Supreme Court empowers cities to ban homeless encampments
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Sunday, June 30. I’m your host, Andrew J. Campa. Here’s what you need to know…
How UCLA basketball thrived in free agency amid big NIL growth
The wooing is over, the cash committed, the targets landed. What could be considered the first free-agency class in UCLA basketball history — six transfers…
Oklahoma beats Texas for record fourth straight NCAA softball title
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma slugged its way to a record fourth straight NCAA softball title, getting a go-ahead, bases-clearing double from Cydney Sanders and beating Texas…