LOS ANGELES ― Twice this week, the Dodgers did not have one of their best hitters in the lineup with a left-handed opponent on the mound. Tuesday in San Francisco, Max Muncy was held out against the Giants’ Alex Wood. Friday against the Chicago Cubs, Will Smith was sidelined with an illness and didn’t play…
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I just returned from a bipartisan Congressional delegation trip to the Indo-Pacific, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul. As Chairwoman of the Indo-Pacific Subcommittee, it was important that my first trip to Asia in this role included visits to our closest allies and partners in the region: Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.…
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California’s local governments face a crisis of structural deficits. In cities and school districts across the state, spending growth outpaces revenue, forcing tax hikes and reduced services—from shortened library hours to fewer programs for students to slimmer public-safety workforces. These reductions affect all residents, but especially those most in need of public services. One might…
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LOS ANGELES ― If Jason Heyward didn’t knock one out of the park with one of his two pregame speeches, surely he thought he had one in the second inning. Four hundred feet later, the ball came to rest above the center field fence in the glove of Cody Bellinger. The longtime Dodgers outfielder was…
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LONG BEACH — When the inductees were announced Friday for the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America class of 2024, late actor Paul Newman was among the seven that included IndyCar star Scott Dixon and NASCAR star Jimmie Johnson. Newman as co-owner of Newman/Haas Racing had eight driver championships under the team’s umbrella with CART/Champ…
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Kyle Kirkwood exits the hairpin during IndyCar qualifying for the 48th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on Saturday, April 15, 2023. Kirkwood will start from the pole position for Sunday’s race. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Four time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves races up Pine Avenue during the second Indycar…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now SANTA ANA — The Foothill Swim Games stroked closer to its golden anniversary with a small but grateful group of competitors who took advantage of their chance to race at the tradition-rich event Saturday. With multiple competing meets on the schedule and schools…
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A 27-year-old San Dimas man was arrested on suspicion of vandalizing a Newport Beach church in the early hours of Saturday morning, police said. Rev. Paul Capetz, the senior pastor at Christ Church by the Sea on Balboa Peninsula, said he awoke to a voicemail from Newport Beach police around 3 a.m. Saturday about the…
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For the Kings defenseman Drew Doughty, a first-round rematch with Edmonton will offer even more novelty for the team’s second-longest tenured player than it will to his second-year teammates. Last year, the typically durable Doughty was absent for 43 regular-season contests plus all seven playoff games after missing just 19 matches between 2008 and 2022. As…
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By Bobby Caina Calvan and Stefanie Dazio | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday urged Americans to take action during “a critical point in our nation’s history” as thousands of protesters demonstrated across the country against new limits to abortion rights making their way through the courts. Saturday’s nationwide rallies…
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