RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — A year ago, the Tesoro girls basketball team won just four games. This season, Tesoro is playing for its first CIF-SS championship. The Titans beat top-seeded Savanna 53-45 Saturday in the CIF-SS Division 4AA semifinals at Tesoro High. Tesoro (22-11) will play Serra of Gardena for the championship Friday or Saturday.…
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HUNTINGTON BEACH — The Edison boys soccer team was on the brink of reaching its first CIF Southern Section final since 2000, and things looked promising for the Chargers after they took a second-half lead. But Harvard-Westlake quickly responded to tie the game and eventually won it on a golden-goal in overtime by Micah Rossen, handing…
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IRVINE – Lili Reid didn’t have a lot of time to think about it. But she had enough to formulate the words “Why not” in her head. And so Reid kicked the ball over her head and became a hero for Foothill’s girls soccer team. The sophomore – one of five sophomores in the starting…
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Danny DeVito, Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn will headline a celebrity hockey event Sunday at Crypto.com Arena to benefit fire relief efforts. Hosted by the Los Angeles Kings in partnership with the NHL, Skate for LA Strong will raise funds for the LA Fire Relief Fund. The event will be highlighted by a single-elimination hockey…
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By JAIMIE DING, ASSOCIATED PRESS Ceiba Phillips, 11, couldn’t believe what he saw when he returned to his Altadena neighborhood a month after a wildfire reduced it to rubble. The ruins of his best friend’s house and his beloved school. His house survived, but the backhouse where his grandparents lived and packed him lunch every…
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WALNUT — The El Dorado girls water polo team seemed able to score at will during the second period of the CIF-SS Division 5 championship match against Santa Paula on Saturday at Mt San Antonio College. As it turned out, the seven-minute flurry of goals propelled the Golden Hawks to a dominating effort as they…
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Jazmin Chavez from Tulare dressed up as the Pokemon Leafeon, poses for a photo during the 2025 Pokémon GO Tour at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (Photo by Libby Cline-Birmingham, Contributing Photographer) Jessica Nazarian of Santa Clarita poses for a picture in the Winter area during the 2025 Pokémon…
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WALNUT — Newport Harbor’s girls water polo team entered the CIF-SS Open Division final on Saturday with plenty of momentum. But in a postseason marked by surprising results, a current carrying the unexpected seemingly lurked deep in the pool at Mt. SAC. Oaks Christian and its 2-meter defense jumped on the stream and sprinted to…
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A ski patroller caught in a Mammoth Mountain avalanche and then taken to a Nevada hospital has died, Mammoth Mountain officials said Saturday. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share the Mammoth Mountain Ski Patroller, Claire Murphy, who was hospitalized last Friday passed away as a result of her injuries,” a statement…
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An LAFC fan holds a picture of Los Angeles FC forward Olivier Giroud prior to the start of an MLS match against the Minnesota United at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. Los Angeles FC won 1-0. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer) LAFC defender Marlon, left, recovers the ball…
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