SAN FRANCISCO — It was just a week ago, after the Lakers’ 116-102 loss to the Clippers on Jan. 19 at Intuit Dome, that JJ Redick and LeBron James acknowledged the team’s slim margin for error. But their 118-108 road win over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday showed what happens when those margins are…
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California’s Proposition 36 is a compelling story about how Californians respond when feeling unsafe and ignored by their elected representatives. It is also a near-perfect example of how Californians have repeatedly responded to crime via initiative. This started with the strict Three Strikes initiative passed in 1994, was followed by the more lenient Proposition 47…
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The vast urban fires that destroyed Los Angeles’s Palisades and Altadena areas have been blazing for more than two weeks now. Coming out of this epic disaster are, of course, stories of tragedy, but also tales of heroism. However awful these days of fire have been, however many lives and homes have been lost and…
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LOS ANGELES — Early on the evening of Jan. 7, a resident of a neighborhood of homes backed up against the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California saw what he described as a bright white light and then a small fire at the base of an electrical tower up in Eaton Canyon. Another neighbor reported…
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Lauren Betts scored a career-high 33 points, Kiki Rice added 19, and No. 1 UCLA defeated No. 8 Maryland 82-67 in a Big Ten Conference women’s basketball game on Sunday. The Bruins (20-0, 8-0 Big Ten) have won their last 19 games by double figures. Maryland struggled to contain Betts, who…
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Elijah Wynder had his first real encounter in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Trying to navigate the freeway. “I had to go up to Beverly Hills (for testing) and I was in traffic for an hour and a half,” Wynder, who is from Louisville, Kentucky said. “They don’t have freeways like that in Louisville.” Wynder will…
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A passenger of a man suspected of attempting to steal cars was killed in a crash during a Newport Beach police pursuit that ended in Costa Mesa early Sunday morning, Jan. 26, authorities said. The pursuit began around 2:45 a.m. after the suspect attempted to steal a vehicle in a residential area near the Costa…
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INGLEWOOD — On Saturday, Clippers star James Harden launched another of his signature shoes, the Cyber Metallic, a fusion of fashion and performance with a futuristic feel. It is his ninth shoe for Adidas. “Man, it’s a testament to the work we’ve been putting in,” said Harden, who wore the shiny shoes while scoring 40 points…
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From one ascendant force in the East to another, the Kings landed in Detroit for Monday’s showdown with the Red Wings, who were in the midst of an about-face under former Kings coach Todd McLellan. The Kings fell 3-2 in overtime on Saturday to the Columbus Blue Jackets, who, like the Red Wings, have pushed…
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LOS ANGELES — The first thing Eric Musselman did, after his first call with USC athletic director Jen Cohen this spring, was look up the upcoming recruiting classes in Southern California. It was the first thing he’d done, too, just with a different geography, after Arkansas came calling to poach him away from Nevada six…
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