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LOS ANGELES — Lotto fever is once again gripping Southern California and much of the nation, with Wednesday night’s multi-state Powerball jackpot at $1.725 billion, the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. For the 33rd consecutive time, no tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Monday’s drawing. A ticket with five numbers, but missing…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Laguna Beach football coach John Shanahan loves recounting his “Ryner story” from the beginning, paying special attention to the colorful and surprising details. The Breakers’ program, after all, changed the day Ryner Swanson arrived. Last season, Laguna Beach captured its first CIF-SS championship…
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  LOS ANGELES — There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing to $48 million. One ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold in Ohio and is worth $1 million, according to the…
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UCLA has had stability at the quarterback position the past four seasons. And while there have been strides toward a level of stability at the position this season, Dante Moore is still on a learning curve. While most true freshmen usually spend the first year of their college season on the sideline and some as…
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The Eagles long goodbye got a little longer Wednesday, Oct. 11 with the announcement of a third show at the Kia Forum in January 2024. The Los Angeles band announced on Monday, Oct. 4 that it would play a pair of hometown shows at the Forum on Friday, Jan. 5 and Saturday, Jan. 6. Now,…
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The Ducks will be part of the last group of teams to start the season when they open in Las Vegas on Saturday and kick off their home schedule against Carolina on Sunday. While it remains to be seen if good things come to those who wait, these six games project to be bankably entertaining…
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By JOSEPH KRAUSS and WAFAA SHURAFA JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined with a top political rival on Wednesday to create a war-time Cabinet overseeing the fight to avenge a stunning weekend attack by Hamas militants. In the sealed-off Gaza Strip ruled by Hamas, Palestinian suffering mounted as Israeli bombardment demolished neighborhoods and…
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By MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON — The number of U.S. citizens confirmed to have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war has risen to at least 22 with at least 17 unaccounted for, the State Department said Wednesday. That’s an increase in the death toll from 14 the day before. U.S. citizens are among…
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By JOSEPH KRAUSS JERUSALEM — In the three and a half decades since it began as an underground militant group, Hamas has pursued a consistently violent strategy aimed at rolling back Israeli rule — and it has made steady progress despite bringing enormous suffering to both sides of the conflict. But its stunning incursion into…
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By Alejandra Reyes-Velarde | CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have given grocery store workers who are laid off as a result of a merger or acquisition a week of severance pay for every year of their service. The veto, announced Sunday night, comes after the governor signed two other grocery worker…
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