Los Angeles Rams celebrates after a touchdown by tight end Tyler Higbee during the first half of an NFL football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Denver Broncos on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio J. Sanchez) Los Angeles Rams tight end Tyler Higbee runs past Denver Broncos cornerback Damarri…
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LOS ANGELES — The South Coast Air Quality Management District extended a mandatory prohibition Sunday on indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of the Southland through tomorrow due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ban will be in effect until at least 11:59 p.m. Monday. It affects…
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As 2022 draws to a close, despite the positive bleatings of the politicians, this was not a great year for California. The once-projected $100 billion surplus could have been used to reconfigure the state’s tax system, which is overdependent on the PIT — the personal income tax. It wasn’t. Instead, the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s…
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By DOUG FERGUSON Kathy Whitworth set a benchmark in golf no one has ever touched, whether it was Sam Snead or Tiger Woods, Mickey Wright or Annika Sorenstam. Her 88 victories are the most by any player on a single professional tour. Whitworth, whose LPGA Tour victories spanned nearly a quarter-century and who became the…
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DALLAS — There are losses that are tough to swallow. And then there are losses when you give up 51 points in a single quarter. The fortunes of the Lakers could be read plainly on LeBron James’ face in their Christmas Day matchup with Dallas. As they cruised out to an early double-digit lead, he…
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ARCADIA — Taiba will be favored when a field of nine enters the starting gate for Monday’s Malibu Stakes on opening day of Santa Anita’s 47-day Classic Meet. The $300,000 Malibu is one of three Grade I races, along with the La Brea and the American Oaks, on the 11-race card that begins at 11…
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Millions of people hunkered down in a deep freeze overnight and early Christmas morning to ride out the frigid storm that has killed at least 24 people across the United States, trapping some residents inside homes with heaping snow drifts and knocking out power to several hundred thousand homes and businesses. The…
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After all misplays, mistakes and missed opportunities, after all the injuries, after all the makeshift lineups, the Chargers are right where they expected to be all along. A victory Monday night over the Indianapolis Colts will enable them to clinch their first AFC playoff berth since 2018. Not all of the offseason upgrades to the…
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CHARGERS (8-6) at COLTS (4-9-1) When: Monday, 5:15 p.m. Where: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis TV/radio: Ch. 7, ESPN; 98.7 FM; 105.5 FM/94.3 FM (Spanish) Line: Chargers by 4 1/2 Notable injury designations: Chargers: CB Kemon Hall out, hamstring. Colts: TE Kylen Granson out, ankle, CB Kenny Moore II out, ankle. What’s at stake: The Chargers…
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Three buses of recent migrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris in record-setting cold on Christmas Eve. Texas authorities have not confirmed their involvement, but the bus dropoffs are in line with previous actions by border-state governors calling attention to the Biden administration’s immigration policies. The buses that arrived…
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