The Sports Report: NFL players can compete in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
From Thuc Nhi Nguyen: The biggest sports league in North America is coming to the biggest sporting event in the world.NFL players will be allowed…
Edison executives made false statements on wildfire risks, suit claims
Edison International officers and directors misled the company’s investors about the effectiveness of its efforts to reduce the risk of wildfire in the months and…
Is the late-night teahouse the future of nightlife in L.A.?
Teahouses built for spending extended time in, open until the wee hours of the night, are popping up all over the city. Some are elusive,…
Appreciation: George Wendt, quintessential Regular Guy
George Wendt, who will be famous as long as television is remembered as Norm from “Cheers,” died Tuesday. He passed in Los Angeles, where he…
NFL allowing players to play flag football at 2028 L.A. Olympics
NFL team owners approved the participation of NFL players in the 2028 L.A. Olympic flag football competition at the league’s owners meetings on Tuesday.The resolution…
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art layoffs hit 14% of staff
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has laid off 15 full-time employees, many from the organization’s education and public programming team. The layoffs amount to…
High school softball: City Section playoff results and updated pairings
CITY SECTION SOFTBALL PLAYOFFSMONDAY’S RESULTSFIRST ROUND DIVISION II #17 Orthopaedic 12, #16 Torres 0#13 Bell 16, #20 Bernstein 4#14 Maywood Academy 13, #19 Mendez 3#15…
Contributor: Californians insist — immigrants deserve a path to citizenship
News and social media feeds inundate us with dramatic scenes of immigration policing. Viral videos of immigrant mothers picked up on sidewalks near their homes,…
The Sports Report: Dodgers lose fourth in a row
From Jack Harris: Dodger Stadium was eerily quiet for much of Monday night. And not just because whole sections of the upper deck sat largely…
What Elmo, Netflix and HBO Max tell us about the state of streaming
If you want to understand what’s going on in the streaming business, go find Elmo and Cookie Monster.Netflix’s recent deal to stream the upcoming season…
The Sports Report: Dodgers release Chris Taylor, then are swept by Angels
From Jack Harris: The Chris Taylor era in Los Angeles is over.On Sunday, Taylor was released by the Dodgers, making him the second longtime team…
Why NL West race factored into Dodgers cutting Chris Taylor, Austin Barnes
Four years later, the memory remains uncomfortably fresh.The last time the Dodgers tried to defend a World Series title, they racked up 106 victories. They…
Prep Rally: A great week for City Section baseball that ends at Dodger Stadium
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Prep Rally. It’s the greatest weekend for City Section athletics, because the baseball championship games in Open Division…
Ahmaud Arbery’s mother ‘overwhelmed’ by Tonality choral tribute
Ahmaud Arbery. His name is just one that we’ve come to associate with senseless racial violence in America. On the afternoon of Feb. 23, 2020,…
UCLA softball defeats UCSB to advance to NCAA Super Regionals
Alexis Ramirez went three for four and drove in five runs and UCLA cruised to the NCAA Super Regionals with a 12-1 dismantling of UC…
Tom Cruise in ‘Minority Report’, plus the week’s best movies
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.This year’s edition of the Cannes…
Angel City and Bay FC pay tribute to Savy King before game
Penelope Hocking and Caroline Conti both scored in the first half to lift Bay FC to a 2-0 victory over Angel City on Saturday.Hocking opened…
Biden is diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ form of prostate cancer
WASHINGTON — Former President Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, his office said Sunday.Biden was seen last week by doctors after urinary…
Dodgers designate Chris Taylor for assignment, activate Tommy Edman
The Chris Taylor era in Los Angeles is over.On Sunday, Taylor was designated for assignment by the Dodgers after a 10-year tenure with the club,…
High school lacrosse: Southern Section division championship results
SOUTHERN SECTION LACROSSE PLAYOFFS SATURDAY’S RESULTSAt Fred Kelly StadiumBOYS FINALS DIVISION 1Loyola 11, Mater Dei 3DIVISION 2San Clemente 8, Dos Pueblos 7DIVISION 3Riverside King 14,…