INGLEWOOD — On Saturday, Clippers star James Harden launched another of his signature shoes, the Cyber Metallic, a fusion of fashion and performance with a futuristic feel. It is his ninth shoe for Adidas. “Man, it’s a testament to the work we’ve been putting in,” said Harden, who wore the shiny shoes while scoring 40 points…
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From one ascendant force in the East to another, the Kings landed in Detroit for Monday’s showdown with the Red Wings, who were in the midst of an about-face under former Kings coach Todd McLellan. The Kings fell 3-2 in overtime on Saturday to the Columbus Blue Jackets, who, like the Red Wings, have pushed…
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LOS ANGELES — The first thing Eric Musselman did, after his first call with USC athletic director Jen Cohen this spring, was look up the upcoming recruiting classes in Southern California. It was the first thing he’d done, too, just with a different geography, after Arkansas came calling to poach him away from Nevada six…
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A woman was stabbed to death inside her San Juan Capistrano home on Saturday night, and her 25-year-old son was arrested, sheriff’s officials announced on Sunday, Jan. 26. Around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call about an assault at the 32000 block of Valle Road. They found a woman in her…
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LOS ANGELES — When the UCLA men’s basketball team faces USC in the Galen Center on Monday at 7 p.m., it’ll mark Kobe Johnson’s first matchup with his former team since he transferred across town this past offseason. Anybody who knows Johnson well isn’t surprised that he circled January 27, 2025, on his calendar the…
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The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Sunday, January 26, 2025. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter…
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As billions of dollars in government assistance flow into Los Angeles County in the aftermath of its devastating wildfires, attempts to pilfer those funds are all but inevitable. When disaster strikes, history shows fraud is sure to follow, as earnest efforts to expeditiously cut through red tape leave openings for bad actors. So far, roughly…
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Last week, as President Donald Trump launched a promised crackdown on immigrants, a subset of the people who could be targeted by those moves are, once again, in limbo. They are long-time American residents currently protected from deportation by the Obama-era program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. Actually, at least some…
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On the afternoon of January 7, I was thinking that the next day January 8 was Elvis Presley’s 90th birthday. Maybe I would write a piece about it. The winds were picking up outside, but I was so engrossed in my thoughts that I did not hear my daughter come in the front door. “Mom,…
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It’s been quite the week with Donald Trump back as president of the United States. A flurry of executive orders, policy reversals, advances in Trump’s cabinet and much more have given us plenty to chew on. Over this past week, we have criticized and praised uses of the pardon power by both Trump and his…
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