Adam Engel dived trying to catch Emmanuel Rivera’s slicing liner in the sixth inning Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium. The Chicago White Sox right fielder came up empty and slipped slightly as he got back to his feet. MJ Melendez scored from first as Rivera raced to third for an RBI triple. The hit against reliever…
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Chargers owner Dean Spanos speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the team’s future headquarters and training facility in El Segundo on Wednesday. The facility is expected to open in July 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG) Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, left, along with safety Derwin James, center, and head coach Brandon Staley, second from…
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By Brian Chappatta | Bloomberg Elon Musk spent Wednesday on Twitter, announcing his political switch from Democrat to Republican, trashing ESG and replying to several users of the social-media website he’s agreed to buy. Tesla, meanwhile, sank to the lowest level this year, wiping $12.3 billion from his wealth, while Twitter further extended its slide.…
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The Chicago White Sox are a step closer to having a healthy rotation with Lucas Giolito’s return to the mound Wednesday in a 6-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Giolito had been out since Friday, when the Sox placed him on the COVID-19-related injured list. His reinstatement was one of three roster moves the…
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ARLINGTON, Texas — So much had gone right for the Angels through the first 37 games that they were bound to eventually hit a stretch when things didn’t work. It happened this week in Texas, where the Angels lost, 6-5, to the Texas Rangers in 10 innings on Wednesday, getting swept in the three-game series.…
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Companies that make baby formula would be required to have a backup plan to keep their supply flowing in the face of a recall or an emergency disruption if they want to land a government contract to serve families in need under a House bill introduced this week. The Access to Baby Formula Act —…
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On the heels of racially and politically motivated mass shootings in Laguna Woods and elsewhere in the U.S., Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón on Wednesday, May 18, called for politicians to stop fanning the flames of hate and violence “We are in this position today because we have leaders in our country who…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now LOS ALAMITOS — A few brave steps into the Los Alamitos softball dugout, the secrets to one of the most surprising runs of the postseason begin to unfold. Players, clad in matching, red practice jerseys and visors, quickly display the costume accessories they…
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Seven volumes of handwritten notes apparently sent by a man accused of fatally shooting a doctor and injuring five people at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods landed in the mail of a Chinese-language newspaper office in Los Angeles this week. Maxwell Lin, a West Covina lawyer representing the World Journal, said late Wednesday the…
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An uneasy feeling of anxiety or dread, or maybe both, settled over Citi Field on Wednesday night. Max Scherzer took himself out of his start in the middle of an at-bat against Albert Pujols in the sixth inning of the Mets’ game against the Cardinals. Scherzer threw two sliders to Pujols, the latter causing him…
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