Unlike last season’s blockbuster summer transfer window, there’s little reason to anticipate significant changes to the Los Angeles Football Club roster over the next month. But if an opportunity to add big-name players presents itself, LAFC is ready to jump at the chance. “What I would say to supporters is it’s not as though we’re…
Read more
A Huntington Beach jewelry store was robbed Monday, over a year after employees at the same jewelry store fought off thieves during an attempted smash-and-grab robbery, officials said. The robbery occurred around 2 p.m. at Princess Bride Diamonds in Bella Terra, a family-owned business located at 7821 Edinger Ave. Three men armed with hammers entered…
Read more
SAN DIEGO — Last year Mickey Moniak nearly got to live out his boyhood dream of playing a game at Petco Park. Instead, he watched a game from the dugout and then left town a few hours later. Now, it’s finally going to happen for the Angels outfielder, who grew up about 30 miles north…
Read more
Orange County’s first rainbow-colored Pride lifeguard tower now stands at West Street Beach, an area of Laguna Beach’s shoreline known for its history as a haven for the LGBTQ community. The picturesque stretch with towering cliffs, interesting rock formations and pristine tidepools wedged between Aliso Beach and Thousand Steps Beach was known as a “party…
Read more
Multiple years of tuition increases are likely heading to California State University students as the 23-campus system seeks desperately needed cash to afford its academic mission. The institution on Thursday published its proposal to begin raising undergraduate and graduate school tuition by 6% annually starting in the fall 2024 academic year. For undergraduates, that would…
Read more
By WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON — New Hampshire is in open rebellion. Georgia is all but out. South Carolina and Nevada are on board but face stiff Republican pushback. Michigan’s compliance may mean having to cut the state legislative session short, despite Democrats controlling both chambers and the governor’s mansion. Then there’s Iowa, which is looking…
Read more
By STEPHEN WHYNO Churchill Downs is extending Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s suspension through 2024, keeping the two-time Triple Crown winner from entering horses in the Kentucky Derby and other races for an additional year. Churchill Downs Inc. announced Monday it was continuing Baffert’s ban at least through the 2024 calendar year, citing “continued…
Read more
Before the Galaxy moved into its soccer-specific home at the now-named Dignity Health Sports Park, there were the glory days of the Rose Bowl, which included having to pick up glass outside in order to hold a training session. “My first six years when we played there, certainly won a lot more games than we…
Read more
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England — As Venus Williams entered Centre Court for her 24th Wimbledon appearance at age 43, greeted by a standing ovation, she held a green exercise band overhead with both hands and stretched it while striding to her sideline seat. Once her first-round match against Elina Svitolina began,…
Read more
By Laura Ungar | Associayed Press Maternal deaths across the U.S. more than doubled over the course of two decades, and the tragedy unfolded unequally. Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates, while the largest increases in deaths were found in American Indian and Native Alaskan mothers. And some states — and racial or…
Read more
