Dodgers reliever JP Feyereisen stares out of the dugout after giving up a three-run double to San Diego’s Jurickson Profar in the seventh inning of the Dodgers’ 6-3 loss Sunday at Dodger Stadium. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) For so-called superteams like the Dodgers, there is a universal kryptonite that even a $300 million payroll isn’t… Read More »
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani hits his first home run with the team during the seventh inning of a victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday evening. The fan who caught the home run ball says she felt pressured by the team to exchange it for souvenirs. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) It… Read More »
Eric Musselman, center, is introduced as USC’s new men’s basketball coach by USC President Carol Folt (left) and athletic director Jennifer Cohen during a news conference Friday at the Galen Center. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) As a new day begins for USC men’s basketball, a white horse waited inside the doors of… Read More »
Shohei Ohtani watches his first home run as a Dodger flies well over the fence. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) The officials in the yellow windbreakers clambered into the right field pavilion – high and deep into the pavilion, following the arc of the ball. Shohei Ohtani had his first home run as… Read More »
Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy celebrates after hitting a two-run home run during the eighth inning of a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Dodger Stadium on Sunday. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) Shohei Ohtani led the American League in home runs last season. He has yet to hit his first home run for… Read More »
The Dodgers answered one big roster question on Saturday night. But in a 6-5 overtime loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, another personnel problem quickly took its place. The good news for the team: Yoshinobu Yamamoto rebounded from his disastrous debut in South Korea to throw five shutout innings in his first career start at… Read More »
Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell is insulted by Atlanta Hawks forward Bruno Fernando, right, during the first half of the Lakers’ 136-105 victory Monday at Crypto.com Arena. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) Anthony Davis didn’t need 20/20 vision to see the Atlanta Hawks trying to get the Lakers’ attention. “You don’t want my view!” Austin Reaves would… Read More »
State Senator Susan Rubio has a powerful position in Sacramento. As chairman of the Insurance Committee, the Baldwin Park Democrat can help pass or repeal legislation that affects that industry. Because of a law designed to prevent corruption, Rubio cannot accept campaign donations from insurance lobbyists — or any other lobbyists — as she raises… Read More »
The race in California’s 47th Congressional District features a large field of Democratic candidates vying for the House of Representatives seat currently held by Democratic Rep. Katie Porter. Porter is running for the U.S. Senate seat previously occupied by Dianne Feinstein, who died last year. In this affluent, largely coastal district that covers much of… Read More »
George Gascón was elected district attorney in Los Angeles County in 2020, a convulsive year in which Americans’ lives were upended by the pandemic and public confidence in the criminal justice system was shaken by the killing of George Floyd. The latter led to a reckoning over racial inequality in arrests, prosecutions and punishments. Voters… Read More »