Strollers and other baby products will get more expensive with tariffs
Sam Rutledge and his wife have a baby due in mid-July, so they thought they had a few more months to research and buy the…
UCLA gymnastics earns bittersweet runner up finish at NCAA finals
Oklahoma had won two of the last three gymnastics national championships. The Sooners appeared in 11 of the past 13 finals.For UCLA to win its…
Chargers free agent offensive lineman has Jim Harbaugh thinking big
PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Chargers brought in perhaps their biggest offseason signing under the cover of darkness on a Friday evening. Of course a Jim Harbaugh-coached…
March Madness men’s tournament analysis: Teams, players to watch
Duke’s Cooper Flagg drives past Florida State’s Jerry Deng, second from left, during a game on March 1. (Ben McKeown / Associated Press) No. 1…
Former Steelers running back Najee Harris agrees to Chargers deal
Hoping to pair Justin Herbert with a potent running game, the Chargers reached an agreement with free-agent running back Najee Harris, according to multiple reports.Harris,…
How Carson Schwesinger went from walk-on to UCLA’s top NFL prospect
INDIANAPOLIS — After his first practices at UCLA, where Carson Schwesinger began as a walk-on, the linebacker called his mother with a major declaration. It wasn’t a…
Tyler Glasnow has familiar goal with Dodgers: ‘Just to stay healthy’
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — In his first year with the team last season, the Dodgers got the full Tyler Glasnow experience.In the first half of the campaign, the…
Darvin Ham says what he did with Lakers warranted extension, not firing
It’s been seven months since the Lakers fired Darvin Ham, and he’s still surprised he’s no longer coaching the team.Ham, who was 90-74 in two…
MLS Cup preview: Galaxy to lean on other stars, brace for pressure
The most impactful player in Saturday’s MLS Cup final won’t even be on the field at Dignity Health Sports Park.Riqui Puig, the dynamic midfielder who…
NCAA settlement allowing athlete pay gets preliminary approval
A judge granted preliminary approval Monday to the $2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players.U.S. District Judge…
In a Dodgers-Padres matchup, Steve Garvey can’t lose
You can buy an autographed baseball in a million places, but you can buy a $75 autographed baseball from a U.S. Senate candidate in one…
Trump’s campaign called it an economic address. He went off topic
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Donald Trump made little effort to stay on message at a rally in North Carolina that his campaign billed as a big economic…
Shohei Ohtani misses pitching, but is he now a better hitter?
NEW YORK — Nine months since his last time atop a big league mound, there is one thing about pitching Shohei Ohtani misses most. The…
California Supreme Court to rule on high-stakes fight over taxes
The battle between business and labor is headed for a high-stakes showdown at the California Supreme Court this week over a ballot measure that would…
Newsom resists pressure to close more California prisons
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom went far beyond the promise he made in his first year in office to close at least one California state prison.…
Katie Britt used old example of rapes in Mexico as GOP attack on Biden policy
The Republican senator who gave the party’s response to President Biden’s State of the Union address used a harrowing account of a young woman’s sexual…
Why UCLA great Noelle Quinn is (almost) rooting for USC
Hours after the final whistle at Galen Center, fans were still lined up outside the arena doors. Kayla Padilla and Kayla Williams, even after a…
Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto makes strong spring debut
PHOENIX — When the Dodgers signed Yoshinobu Yamamoto this offseason, pitching coach Mark Prior knew there would be cultural differences to bridge with the star Japanese…
Immigration a top issue for voters ahead of Super Tuesday, polls find
Many Americans view illegal immigration as a “very serious” problem, and a majority support building a border wall, new polling has found a week before…
New, expanded child tax credits on track to pass Congress
When the child tax credit first started, back in 1997, it was a small bonus that mainly helped middle-class families. Taxpayers could take $400 off…