ATLANTA — When Hyeseong Kim decided to leave South Korea and sign with the Dodgers last winter, it wasn’t to play in Oklahoma City. But that’s where the 26-year-old Kim has spent the first month of his career in the United States after failing to make the Dodgers’ roster out of spring training. But he…
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ANAHEIM — Perry Minasian is correct when he says that “good teams, teams that have been playoff teams in the past, go through stretches” like the brutal whiff-a-thon the Angels have been mired in for three weeks. But it seemed like a false equivalence for the general manager to use San Diego’s recent four-game losing…
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats plan to force a vote in the coming weeks on a resolution to require more transparency from President Donald Trump’s administration about deportations to El Salvador. The resolution, which Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine expects to introduce on Thursday, comes after two votes on Democratic…
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By THOMAS ADAMSON and YURI KAGEYAMA, Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — From Tokyo to Taipei to Manila, people across Asia marked May Day with marches and protests that spotlighted growing unease over U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies and fears of global economic instability. The holiday, also known as International Workers’ Day or Labor Day, honors…
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By SAMYA KULLAB, Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After months of tense negotiations, the U.S. and Ukraine signed a deal that is expected to give Washington access to the country’s critical minerals and other natural resources, an agreement Kyiv hopes will secure long-term support for its defense against Russia. According to Ukrainian officials, the…
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She gazed out her window and saw nothing — everything was pitch black. Smoke from the Eaton fire hung like a curtain around her quaint Altadena home the morning of Jan. 8. Jeanina Quezada, 63, a pianist, piano teacher and director of Foothills Music Together, was later sent a video that showed her home of…
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LOS ANGELES — I guess Anthony Davis had it right after all. It was Davis, during his waning days as a Laker and in his frustration over being a power forward asked to play center, who more than once pleaded for Rob Pelinka to make a trade for a big man to play the “five.”…
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LOS ANGELES — After playing the same lineup for the entire second half of their Game 4 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday afternoon, Lakers coach JJ Redick decided to make that quintet the first unit for Wednesday night’s win-or-go-home Game 5. Dorian Finney-Smith started Game 5 of the first-round playoff series in place of…
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When Donald Trump reentered office in 2025, he inherited a strong economy partly fueled by the possibility of lower taxes on capital, fewer overbearing regulations, energy abundance and the rise of AI. Instead of stewarding that prosperity and optimism, Trump quickly upended it through a reckless love affair with tariffs and a flair for insulting…
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A federal jury Wednesday found an Anaheim man guilty of befriending a 13-year-old girl, giving her alcohol and sexually assaulting her while recording the attack. Jonathan Gonzalez-Reyes, 38, was found guilty of one count of producing child pornography, two counts of distributing child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s…
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