Tiger Woods is returning to competition for the first time without the use of a cart since July, announcing Friday he will play at the Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles. Woods was hopeful of playing next week’s tournament at Riviera, where he is the host of an event that typically had the strongest field of…
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EL SEGUNDO — D’Angelo Russell breezed through the Lakers’ training facility on Friday morning with the air of someone more than comfortable in his new surroundings. Why shouldn’t he? He’s been here before. The 6-foot-4 guard (who turns 27 next week) re-introduced himself this week to the franchise that drafted him No. 2 overall out of…
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Beginning Feb. 10 and running through this weekend, the 55th California International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to the Pasadena Convention Center and I’m looking forward to spending part of my weekend there. (For the book gawking, of course, but full disclosure, my wife’s colleagues from Occidental College have an exhibit there.) My own colleague Anissa…
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Eugene has not been good to UCLA men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin. The fourth-year coach – who has the Bruins 20-4 this season, marking their best start since the 2016-17 season – has never won at Oregon, going 0-3 in previous Pac-12 Conference games. The three losses looked like this: 96-75 on Jan. 26, 2020;…
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Disneyland has pushed back the grand reopening of Mickey’s Toontown by more than a week after a series of heavy winter storms that swept through Southern California slowed construction progress on the reimagined themed land. Mickey’s Toontown will now debut on March 19 at the Anaheim theme park instead of the previously announced March 8…
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Live Nation could pull out of an agreement with Irvine for a 14,000-seat amphitheater in Great Park if the city moves ahead with a proposed scaled-down venue. And Great Park residents are divided on just how big the concert venue should be. In September, Irvine’s council approved an agreement with concert promoter Live Nation for…
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Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner is running for reelection in 2024 — in a district that will be at least somewhat new to him. Wagner on Friday, Feb. 10, announced his campaign on the steps of the old Orange County Courthouse in Santa Ana where he touted his past achievements. “As supervisor, I have embraced…
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The high school playoffs started this week and there is a full schedule of CIF Southern Section games in Southern California today. Follow along tonight, Friday, Feb. 10, for live updates from Southern California News Group reporters who will have scores, stats, video and much more from the sidelines of the boys basketball and girls…
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By TRISTAN LAVALETTE The Associated Press PERTH, Australia — The taunts from UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev about a supposed lack of size aren’t likely to unsettle Alexander Volkanovski. He’s worked as a concreter, he’s played the rugged game of rugby league and he grew up in the working-class city of Wollongong, south of Sydney.…
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Tax filers, your Middle Class Tax Refund is safe from Uncle Sam. Two weeks after California began sending income-reporting 1099 forms to recipients, the IRS on Friday said it would not tax the inflation relief payment. “In the interest of sound tax administration and other factors, taxpayers in many states will not need to report…
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