LOS ANGELES — Nneka Ogwumike scored a team-high 20 points, Destanni Henderson had a season-high 18 points off the bench and the Sparks rallied from 17 points down to beat the Dallas Wings, 76-74, on Friday night at Crypto.com Arena, ending their three-game losing streak. “Perseverance,” Sparks coach Curt Miller said when asked about the…
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The Dodgers’ Mookie Betts gestures as he runs the bases after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of their game against the Houston Astros on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Dodgers starting pitcher Emmet Sheehan prepares to make the second start of his MLB…
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COMPTON — It was the classic battle of West Coast vs. East Coast. On Friday night, L.A.’s own Drew League and Dyckman Basketball from New York City faced off in the Red Bull Pro-Am Basketball Classic championship game at King/Drew Magnet High School. The Drew League was aiming to become back-to-back champions while Dykman was…
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The koi pond. (Photo by One Shot Productions) The kitchen. (Photo by One Shot Productions) The pool and spa. (Photo by One Shot Productions) Show Caption of Expand A contemporary Calabasas mansion on over 37 acres is on the market for $8.5 million. Surrounded by 360-degree views of the Santa Monica and Santa Susana mountains,…
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A fugitive warrant was issued Friday, June 23 for a Santa Ana man when he failed to appear in court on charges of attacking a California Highway Patrol officer. Jaime Balderaspaniagua, 34, was accused of attacking the officer just after 5 p.m. May 19 at the Main Street on-ramp to the northbound Santa Ana (5)…
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A year without Roe v. Wade In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, opening the door for states to ban abortion outright. In the year since the decision, 14 states have made abortion illegal while 11 have expanded access. Terminology differs greatly depending on where one stands on the issue of…
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Among his 74 UEFA Champions League appearances, Giorgio Chiellini never once faced a Serie A club. So in April, when the Los Angeles Football Club reached the quarterfinal round of the CONCACAF Champions League, the 38-year-old Italian defender thought it was “weird” to play another MLS team. To Chiellini, the CONCACAF encounter against the Vancouver…
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DENVER — Moving to shore up their roster after a wave of injuries, the Angels acquired veteran infielder Eduardo Escobar and cash considerations from the New York Mets on Friday in return for minor league pitchers Landon Marceaux and Coleman Crow. The Angels made roster room for Escobar by transferring infielder Gio Urshela to the…
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Attorney Bonnie Roadarmel was well-connected and well-heeled, buying first-class airfaire to Paris and shopping at Hermes, Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld. Married to a former supervising deputy in the state Attorney General’s Office, Roadarmel was a partner at a top Orange County legal firm who specialized in insurance law. By contrast, her former boss, Stephen Kanne,…
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Workers at 150 Starbucks locations will strike in the coming week over what their union says is a clash over decor supporting LGBTQ+ causes, but the company denies it’s banned any such displays and accused the union of using misinformation as a tactic in labor talks. Starbucks Workers United said in a tweet Friday that 3,500 workers…
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