The Kings simply set out to win a playoff series for the first time in a decade, but they’ve already created themes of resilience, reversal and retribution as they evened their matchup and pickpocketed home ice from the talent-rich Oilers ahead of Friday’s Game 3 at home. “Coming out of Edmonton, a super-loud barn with…
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A bank robber who told tellers that he was armed with a bomb and later attempted to flee with $58,000 was fatally shot by police in Fullerton after trying to reenter the bank with the alleged explosive, newly released body-worn camera footage shows. Around 5 p.m. on March 26, a 911 caller reported that a…
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The last two weeks haven’t been an offensive masterclass for the Angel City Football Club. However, the end result of two games (on the road against Chicago and at home against North Carolina) were both wins after the club started the season winless through the first three games. Friday night, Angel City FC (2-2-1, seven…
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WASHINGTON — The Dodgers promoted Andy Pages from Triple-A a little more than a week ago hoping he could inject some life into an outfield that was contributing little offensively (beyond Teoscar Hernandez). Mission accomplished? “Very impressed with Andy,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “I think one of the things that we bet on (with)…
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A Los Angeles County judge found that charter cities aren’t subject to Senate Bill 9, the 2021 “duplex” law that allows up to four homes to be built on a lot in single-family neighborhoods. The law fails to accomplish its stated purpose of creating more affordable housing, and therefore, doesn’t meet the high bar of…
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Two rehabilitated adult brown pelicans were released to their natural habitat in San Pedro on Thursday April 25, 2024. Blue, nicknamed for her temporary leg band, was brought to the Bird Rescue’s Los Angeles Wildlife Center in San Pedro in early March suffering a slashed pouch that required multiple surgeries and over 500 stitches. The…
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Mater Dei announced Thursday that it has hired former Long Beach Poly coach Raul Lara as the new head coach for its football team. Lara replaces Frank McManus, who was let go this month after one season as the team’s head coach. McManus guided the Monarchs to CIF Southern Section and CIF State championships this…
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Clippers star Kawhi Leonard took part in Thursday’s non-contact practice in Dallas, a move to further re-integrate him back into the offense. Leonard returned to the court for Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night and seemed at times an awkward fit. Certainly, out of sync. Leonard had…
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LOS ANGELES – He strolled onto the terrace high above his former home at the Coliseum, wearing sunglasses and a vindicated smile, lugging in his 2005 Heisman Trophy by the metallic leg of its figurine like a boxer who’d just won a belt in a prizefight. “How we doin’, how we doin’, how we doin,’”…
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Oracle Corp. is moving its headquarters out of the city. Tesla Inc. is pulling back after a rapid expansion. Almost a quarter of commercial office space is vacant, and nowhere in the country have residential real estate prices fallen further from their pandemic peak. Austin, the cosmic cowboy paradise that became a Covid-era economic superstar…
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