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Shohei Ohtani leads Dodgers past Padres with leadoff homer, 5 scoreless innings
Only one player in major-league history has hit a leadoff home run in a game he started as pitcher – and Ohtani has done it twice. The Dodgers take two…
Angels manager Kurt Suzuki expresses confidence in Reid Detmers as a starter
Suzuki says Detmers’ peripheral numbers suggest that he’s pitched better than his results so far. Detmers has a 5.07 ERA, but stats that measure the quality of contact he’s allowed…
San Clemente softball rallies to beat Huntington Beach in the quarterfinals
San Clemente overcomes a five-run deficit in the fifth, with the key blow a three-run homer from Peyton Stokes in the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs.
JSerra softball defeats Pacifica with one hit in the Division 1 quarterfinals
Annabel Raftery’s leadoff home run in the first and Liliana Escobar’s pitching carry JSerra to victory and a spot in the semifinals.
La Habra softball outslugs Orange Lutheran in CIF Division 1 quarterfinals
Georgia Rickenbacker goes 3 for 4 with a home run and Samantha Cervantes earns the victory in relief to lead the Highlanders.
Owner of ‘Peanuts’ music sues 3 companies and US government alleging illegal use of its catchy tunes
The defendants include the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Girl hit with metal bottle at Reseda high school died of naturally caused hemorrhage, medical examiner says
According to the medical examiner, her cause of death was a "spontaneously ruptured cerebellar arteriovenous malformation" — ruptured blood vessels from a congenital abnormality — and the death was deemed…
California FAIR Plan rates going up 29.1% in late 2026
A consumer advocate called the hike 'a real blow for consumers.'
AI boom helps erase California’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit
A tax revenue windfall for the state is unlikely to offset billions of dollars in federal health care cuts.
Holy deception: Rome’s ‘sexy priest’ calendar star never set foot in a seminary
The photographer says at least one-third of the 2027 calendar's subjects are real priests.