Marcedes Lewis re-signs with Bears, teams with Caleb Williams
This story seems familiar. Well, it is familiar. Former UCLA and Long Beach Poly High star Marcedes Lewis is going to play another year in…
Kiké Hernández trying to ‘stay level’ after live interview error
NEW YORK — The silence on the broadcast was deafening. In a campaign already full of frustration and inconsistency, Kiké Hernández suffered another exasperating low Friday…
Environmentalists push bond amid California budget shortfall
Dozens of environmental groups, renewable energy companies, labor unions, water agencies and social justice advocates are lobbying state lawmakers to place a multibillion dollar climate…
Prep Rally: Seth Hernandez, Kaniya Bragg are players of the year in baseball, softball
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Prep Rally. My name is Eric Sondheimer. It’s time to honor the best in high school baseball and…
Column: Biden is old. Trump is too. Only one would trash Constitution
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s age was back in the news last week, thanks mostly to a front-page article in the Wall Street Journal announcing: “Behind closed…
Opinion: The Supreme Court’s lack of accountability is worse than you think
The well-documented ethical failings of Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas are all the more troubling because the Supreme Court has become seriously…
Emmys 2024: Comedy series predictions start with ‘The Bear’
“Abbott Elementary” threw one hell of a party to wrap up its strike-shortened third season, with Janine (Quinta Brunson) inviting her colleagues over for a…
Column: Sacramento’s tax rebate giveaway is coming home to roost
SACRAMENTO — It’s budget season in Sacramento and there are bound to be screwups. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislators are paying now for a huge…
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen wins Canadian Grand Prix for third year in a row | Motorsports News
The victory was Verstappen’s sixth of the season, extending his lead in the F1 Drivers’ Championship to 56 points. Red Bull’s triple world champion Max…
Bing Chen’s Gold House has shifted the Asian Hollywood narrative
Inside the gold-dragon-adorned walls of Chef Chu’s restaurant in the heart of Silicon Valley, a group of prominent Asian venture capitalists and tech executives gathered…
The Times’ softball player of the year: Kaniya Bragg
Perhaps no one played a more pivotal role in her team’s success on the softball diamond this season than Kaniya Bragg of Garden Grove Pacifica,…
A year after Newsom called for constitutional amendment on gun safety, no other states have joined him
SACRAMENTO — On NBC’s “Today” show last June, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a proposal that seemed politically impossible from the start: Convincing two-thirds of state legislatures…
Parts of Kings Canyon National Park set to reopen after closure
A popular area in Kings Canyon National Park is reopening after a closure caused by flooding damage that lasted more than a year. Cedar Grove…
Juan Rodriguez is a top strategist to political stars in California
“One of the things that I’m pretty active in trying to do is making sure that I’m not the only person in these rooms that…
The Times’ baseball player of the year: Seth Hernandez of Corona
Seth Hernandez did not play high school baseball until this season, his junior year. He was home schooled. Thirty-three games later, the impression he made,…
How interracial marriage went from criminal to commonplace
American love stories have a default race: white. If the love story is “interracial,” one person is white, and the other person is not. In…
Mojave Desert ghost town Amboy fights to survive on Route 66
AMBOY, Calif. — It’s a Friday afternoon in mid-May and a Czech biker is eating an ice cream cone at the counter of a gas station…
‘I Used to Be Funny’ review: Indie star Sennott goes dark
Sam (Rachel Sennott) is depressed. Dissociative and disconnected, she spends her days bed-rotting, microwaving lunch meat and searching her name on Twitter. Never mind getting…
Stanley Cup Final: Panthers shut out Oilers to win Game 1
SUNRISE, Fla. — Sergei Bobrovsky put on a master class against Connor McDavid and every other player who dared shoot the puck at him, his teammates…
Dornoch holds off Mindframe to win 2024 Belmont Stakes in upset
The Triple Crown season is over. Three races, three different winners. No clear star in the making. Or maybe three of them. Dornoch etched his…