At the opening of the MLS secondary transfer window, Galaxy coach Greg Vanney knew the club was bringing in one addition, but he was hopeful of there would be a second. The first was defensive midfielder Gaston Brugman and the second turned out to be Riqui Puig, a 22-year-old midfielder from famed Barcelona. Puig will…
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Noseriding and smooth, traditional surf style took over the Vans US Open of Surfing as the world’s best longboard surfers continued the action Friday at the mega Huntington Beach contest. Waves were down from the day before when several surfers suffered broken boards due to the beefy shore break, but there were still plenty of…
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ST. LOUIS — Jordan Montgomery has settled into his new clubhouse quickly. The former Yankees lefty said that Matt Carpenter, who played most of his career here at Busch Stadium, called ahead and made it an easy transition for him, though there is still some shock over the Tuesday night trade. “I still get a…
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A Mission Viejo dermatologist was behind bars Friday on suspicion of poisoning her husband in Irvine. Dr. Yue Yu was arrested Thursday evening, according to Irvine police Lt. Bill Bingham. The victim suffered “significant internal injuries but is expected to recover,” and told police he suspected he was being poisoned by his wife, Bingham said.…
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By Lolita C. Baldor | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Pentagon rejected a request from the District of Columbia seeking National Guard assistance in what the mayor has called a “growing humanitarian crisis” prompted by thousands of migrants being bused to the city from two southern states. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin declined to provide Guard…
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Chicago Cubs fans were supposed to get their first glimpse of the post-Willson Contreras era Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field. Contreras received a big send-off July 26, receiving several standing ovations and hugs on what was widely assumed to be his final day at Wrigley as a Cub. Of course that turned out to be…
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More than 1 million undocumented immigrants in California have obtained driver’s licenses since 2015. But an even greater number, who don’t drive, have been unable to get a state ID. A proposed law looks to change that. AB 1766 — also known as the California IDs for All Act — would expand access to state-issued…
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An MRI showed no serious damage to the left foot of Ravens center Tyler Linderbaum, coach John Harbaugh said, but the first-round draft pick could miss a week or more of training camp. “It’s not going to be all of training camp unless something changes,” Harbaugh said Friday, noting that the rookie will push to…
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Chuck is a terrible father. He’s either absent or screwing things up or, more often, both … all while remaining almost intentionally oblivious to the damage he’s inflicting on his son, Franklin. So Franklin, struggling with depression and looking to hit the re-set button on his life, cuts his father out, blocking him on all…
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California’s economy still needs 176,000 more jobs to join the nation’s job market that on Friday learned it had fully rebounded from the pandemic’s damage. July jobs national stats showed an unexpected 582,000 hiring spree, pushing the U.S. worker count past pre-coronavirus levels to a record 152.5 million workers. California jobs stats for July won’t…
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