Jaden Jefferson and Cathedral outlast St. Paul for league crown
Jaden Jefferson let the glee of victory overtake his face as the clock expired. He grinned ear to ear. Winning wasn’t easy Friday night.The Cathedral…
Wendy’s to close 140 underperforming restaurants, open similar number as year ends
Wendy's Restaurants says it will close 140 underperforming locations during the remainder of 2024 while replacing them with new units at better locations. File Photo…
‘A Real Pain’ review: Bickering cousins examine resentments
As the saying goes, you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your family. But what happens when a family member is also a…
Trump would gut Social Security, Medicare just as boomers need them
Donald Trump was already in the classroom when Brown vs. Board of Education desegregated schools in 1954. He was about 30 before women were able…
Democratic hopes of Senate control could hinge on Texas upset
HOUSTON — More than a decade after his NFL career ended, Colin Allred still looks as though he could bust through the line and sack a…
Dodgers Dugout: How sweet it is, the fruits of victory
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell. Like I said all along, Dodgers in sev.... um, five. Newsletter…
Two recalls in Oakland show frustration about crime ‘boiling over’
OAKLAND — When Sheng Thao was sworn in as mayor of Oakland in January of 2023, a raft of feel-good stories followed, often featuring beaming portraits…
California Prop. 6 seeks to ban slavery. Isn’t it already illegal?
Gathered on a sunny morning in Los Angeles on Wednesday, a coalition of criminal justice reform advocates urged voters to pass Proposition 6 and finally…
Inside Liam Payne’s troubled life after One Direction
“Hey man, are you good?”AJ McLean had reason to be concerned about Liam Payne. Since production wrapped on the new Netflix music competition series where…
‘Here’ review: Fixed camera on one family yields zero depth
Lately, filmmaker Robert Zemeckis has been a somewhat confounding figure. The director of such beloved movies as the “Back to the Future” series, “Forrest Gump,”…
Young Thug trial: Rapper pleads guilty to gang, drug, gun charges
ATLANTA — Rapper Young Thug pleaded guilty Thursday to gang, drug and gun charges in Atlanta and will be released from jail, though he could be…
Stevie Nicks ‘never voted’ until age 70: ‘I regret that’
Stevie Nicks was on the edge of 71 when she cast her first ballot.Waiting that long, the Fleetwood Mac alum said Wednesday on MSNBC, is…
Players Championship 30: Josh Rock wins his second Player Championship title of the year
Josh Rock won his third PDC ranking title of the year as he edged Jonny Clayton to claim the Players Championship 30 in Leicester.The Northern…
‘La Cocina’ review: Restaurant drama is one of the year’s freshest
Opening with a quotation from Henry David Thoreau’s 1863 essay “Life Without Principle” including the lines “Let us consider the way in which we spend…
Vanessa Bryant says ‘Job finished’ after Dodgers win World Series
Job finished.It’s a succinct way of phrasing what the World Series-champion Dodgers accomplished this season, after years of regular-season dominance followed by postseason disappointment.It’s also…
MLB free agency 2024-25: Will Juan Soto get Shohei Ohtani money?
The champagne has barely dried. The Dodgers’ flight home from New York has barely tickled the runway. A long-awaited parade will unify Los Angeles around…
We fact checked Trump’s claims on immigration
WASHINGTON — Migrants, according to former President Trump, are violent criminals, voting illegally, eating your pets, draining emergency disaster funding and stealing your job. These claims…
TUI Airways lands back at Southampton Airport after 15 year break with flight to Spanish hotspot
TUI Airways will soon be landing back at Southampton Airport, with flights scheduled to Palma de Majorca in Spain weekly, after the airline's 15-year hiatus…
The Sports Report: In the year of the improbable, the impossible has happened
Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. Newsletter Go beyond the scoreboard Get the latest on L.A.'s teams in the…
Rooney Mara explores kitchen power dynamics in ‘La Cocina’
I spent 7 years working as a cashier (and as a cook when needed) at a fast-food establishment in Southeast Los Angeles before DACA allowed…