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PHOENIX — When the Dodgers posted their starting lineup for Wednesday’s game, it was their first no Sho of the season. Shohei Ohtani wasn’t in the lineup after starting each of his first 32 games with the Dodgers. The trio …

LOS ANGELES — Amir Coffey has started twice in place of injured Clippers star Kawhi Leonard in their first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks and with each pass and basket made, Clippers coach Tyronn Lue has seen a change …

Former Oregon State women’s basketball player Timea Gardiner announced that she is transferring to UCLA in a social media post on Wednesday evening. “4s up,” the post said. 4s up #gobruins pic.twitter.com/LTZoBp5VA2 — TG (@timea_gardiner) May 2, 2024 Gardiner played …

University of California President Michael Drake and UCLA Chancellor Gene Block have pledged to investigate the slow response from campus and outside law enforcement agencies during a violent protest that injured at least 15 people, officials said Wednesday, May 1. …

Hundreds of demonstrators had amassed at the pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA on Wednesday evening, with law enforcement standing by after campus officials ordered protesters on both sides to disperse. The dispersal order came less than 24 hours after violence erupted …

Atlanta singer CeeLo Green began his career in the early ’90s with hip hop group Goodie Mob. He teamed up with Danger Mouse for Gnarls Barkley’s 2006 debut album “St. Elsewhere” and “Crazy” was an international top 10 hit. Four …

Thousands of people gathered in Hollywood for the first of three planned rallies and marches to celebrate International Workers Day, also known as May Day, continuing a tradition dating back to the 19th century. Early Wednesday afternoon, May 1, workers, …

By MATTHEW LEE, SAMY MAGDY and SAM MEDNICK JERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hiked up pressure on Hamas on Wednesday to accept the latest proposal for a cease-fire with Israel, saying the “time is now” for an …

By Rob Nikolewski | San Diego Union Tribune California policymakers want to clean up the emissions spewed by the trucking industry — and they’ve passed mandates and established targets to get there. The federal government recently followed up, creating its …

TORRANCE — With less than a week on the job in the WNBA, it is only natural that Sparks rookies Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson are still trying to figure things out. The lottery picks are working hard to position …

Conflict erupted out on UCLA’s campus in the late hours of Tuesday night as pro-Israel counter protesters attacked members of the “Palestinian Solidarity Encampment” and law enforcement failed to reestablish peace until around 4 a.m., prompting the university to cancel …

LOS ANGELES — Embattled children’s television producer Dan Schneider, whose rise to fame guiding programming at Nickelodeon was chronicled in the recent docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against the series …

Waving signs, flags and chanting, hundreds of vocal students joined a pro-Palestine rally on Cal State L.A.’s campus on Wednesday, May 1. The demonstration started midday in front of the Golden Eagle statue, outside the bookstore, at the center of …

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, SCOTT BAUER and MICHELLE L. PRICE WAUKESHA, Wis. — Donald Trump returned briefly to the campaign trail Wednesday and called the judge presiding over his hush money trial “crooked” a day after he was held in …

ANAHEIM — Just when the Angels found enough pitching to slow down the Philadelphia Phillies’ dangerous lineup, they couldn’t find a big hit. The Angels wasted a solid performance on the mound in a 2-1 loss to the Phillies on …

Start the countdown — Hawthorne-based SpaceX will launch the Maxar 1 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday, May 2, with a 14-minute window for the launch opening at …

Associated Press BEIJING — A section of a highway collapsed early Wednesday in southern China, sending cars tumbling and leaving at least 24 people dead, according to state media. Eighteen cars fell down a slope after a 17.9-meter (58.7-foot) long …

A fire damaged the building that used to house Rusty’s Hacienda Mexican restaurant Wednesday in the North Hollywood area, but no one was hurt. Firefighters sent to the 6400 block of Lankershim Boulevard at 1:18 p.m. extinguished the flames in …

By Todd Richmond | Associated Press MOUNT HOREB, Wis. — Witnesses described children fleeing amid the sound of gunshots near a Wisconsin middle school where authorities said an active shooter was “neutralized” outside the building Wednesday. There were no reported …

Associated Press NEW YORK — Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock ‘n’ roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and …

Spend any time thinking or talking about insurance in California these days and you’re bound to hear the word “mitigation.” Fire officials, lawmakers, insurance agents and others are asking homeowners  to help lower the risk of devastating wildfires by making …

David Carmany, who was heralded as a “perfect fit” for Rialto when he signed a five-year contract earlier this year to serve as city manager, has stepped down after less than three months on the job. Carmany’s resignation came suddenly, …

By Rob Nikolewski | San Diego Union-Tribune The California Public Utilities Commission will soon vote on one of the most contentious pieces of legislation that recently passed through the state legislature — Assembly Bill 205, which lowers rates but also …

A new Emerson College/The Hill swing state poll shows President Joe Biden behind in seven battleground states that could prove as decisive in the next general election as they did in 2020. According to the poll, Biden trails former President …

At least once a month a new front opens in California’s political guerrilla war between state and local officials over housing. The Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom have issued a steady stream of laws and regulations aimed at forcing the state’s …

ANAHEIM — At around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Kevin Pillar was an unemployed baseball player, sitting at home in Arizona, playing with his son. Then his phone rang, and within five hours he was in the clubhouse at Angel Stadium, …

Punk rockers who prefer the sweaty intimacy of a smaller venue are in for a treat ahead of the No Values Festival at the Pomona Fairplex on Saturday, June 8. The Garden Amp in Garden Grove announced a series of …

A 4.1-magnitude earthquake centered on the border of Orange and Riverside counties was felt throughout much of Southern California on Wednesday, May 1, afternoon. The earthquake struck at 1:49 p.m. about six miles southwest of Corona, the U.S. Geological Survey …

Chef Carlos Gaytan keeps three dishes on the menu at his new Paseo restaurant in Downtown Disney that hark back to a decade ago when his Chicago restaurant Mexique was honored with a Michelin Star. A trio of Gaytan’s new …

By Kate Ashford | NerdWallet People with dementia who live in long-term care facilities are spending a significant portion of their income each month on care, according to an October 2023 study published in the Journal of the American Medical …

Republicans have a problem. They can’t get above 40% in statewide elections.  The Public Policy Institute of California’s first poll since the March Senate primaries found: Rep. Adam Schiff 61%, retired baseball player Steve Garvey 37% and “don’t know” at …

Hannah Norman, KFF Health News, Patricia Kime | KFF Health News (TNS) As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, Dean Osborn spent much of his time in the oceanside woodlands, training on soil and guzzling water …

Overnight closures to allow construction of a much-anticipated wildlife crossing over the Ventura (101) Freeway in the Liberty Canyon area near Agoura Hills will shift to the northbound side of the highway on Wednesday, May 1 at midnight — and …

By Clare Duffy | CNN New York — Dozens of former Google workers filed a complaint with the US National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday after they were fired or placed on administrative leave last month for protesting the company’s …

By COLLIN BINKLEY | AP Education Writer WASHINGTON — The last thing standing between Ashnaelle Bijoux and her college dream is the FAFSA form — a financial aid application that’s supposed to help students go to college, but is blocking …

An annual UCLA survey that measures the quality of life satisfaction found that San Fernando Valley residents have the lowest satisfaction in the last nine years, and satisfaction is the lowest ever for residents across Los Angeles County. Countywide, residents …

A temporary shipping channel is expected to reopen at a greater depth to commercial vessel traffic at the Port of Baltimore around May 10, as salvage crews continue to work to free the Dali freighter from the wreckage from the …

Dana Hull, Ed Ludlow, Keith Naughton | Bloomberg News (TNS) Tesla Inc. eliminated almost its entire Supercharger organization, which has built a vast network of public charging stations that virtually every major automaker is in the process of tapping into …

Alex Tanzi | Bloomberg News (TNS) Unionized workers in the U.S. saw record raises, while nonunion workers’ pay barely beat inflation over the past 12 months, the latest government data show. Wages of private sector union workers rose 6.3% in …

By Tom Murphy | The Associated Press The Change Healthcare cyberattack that disrupted health care systems nationwide earlier this year started when hackers entered a server that lacked a basic form of security: multifactor authentication. UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty said …