A fired Orange County District Attorney’s Office investigator who accused District Attorney Todd Spitzer of “pay-to-play” schemes has won back his job in arbitration. Former supervising investigator Damon Tucker must be reinstated, according to arbitrator Michael Leb, who concluded the firing process “was tainted. The charges were not proven, and the termination of Tucker was…
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LOS ANGELES — The Clippers are going all out encouraging fans to vote Paul George into the NBA All-Star Game for the eighth time. That’s going pretty well: after the league announced its second batch of voting returns last week, George was fourth among Western Conference frontcourt players. But the Clippers haven’t yet been able…
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Airlines announced on Monday, Jan. 17 the cancellation of dozens of flights connecting Southern California to the eastern U.S., as a powerful winter storm wreaks havoc on the North Atlantic region. As many as 35 flights that were supposed to arrive or depart from Los Angeles International Airport this week were grounded as of Monday…
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INGLEWOOD — Odell Beckham Jr. kept pointing to his left arm after leaping over Arizona Cardinals cornerback Marco Wilson to catch a touchdown pass on a fade pattern in the corner of the end zone. Beckham, the Rams’ star wide receiver, was likely gesturing the trendy “ice in my veins” celebration to remind those watching…
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Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. catches a touchdown pass over Arizona Cardinals cornerback Marco Wilson during the first half of their NFC wild-card playoff game on Monday night at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. catches a touchdown pass over Arizona Cardinals…
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LOS ANGELES — The injury report hasn’t been kind to the Lakers this season, but it has certainly been kinder than it was on Monday. The Lakers gave two discouraging updates prior to their game against the Utah Jazz: Carmelo Anthony missed his third consecutive game with lower back soreness, and Kendrick Nunn’s rehab progress…
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By JAMIE STENGLE, JAKE BLEIBERG and ERIC TUCKER COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — The rabbi of a Texas synagogue where a gunman took hostages during livestreamed services said Monday that he threw a chair at his captor before escaping with two others after an hourslong standoff, crediting past security training for getting himself and his congregants…
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INGLEWOOD — Rams running back Cam Akers instantly regretted his decision to taunt when he noticed Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker was still laying on his back and surrounded by medical trainers. Akers didn’t know Baker was briefly unconscious after the two had a helmet-to-helmet collision late in the third quarter of Monday night’s wild-card…
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Nobody in Arizona wants to recount this one. The Rams showed us, as if we needed to be shown, that playoff games don’t have to be close games. Often, they aren’t. Of the NFL’s six wild-card weekend games, this was the fourth with a superfluous fourth quarter, with the Rams winning, 34-11, and aside from…
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LOS ANGELES — Stanley Johnson has only ever been able to plan his future with the Lakers in 10-day stints. So far, the Lakers have been content to let the 25-year-old former Mater Dei High standout stay on the roster with short-term deals: On Monday morning, he signed his third 10-day contract with the team.…
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