Police shooting: In the Sept. 29 Section A, an article about a police shooting in El Cajon, Calif., gave the age of the man killed, Alfred Olango, as 30. Police later released information that shows Olango was 38.
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The Dodgers checked off three important boxes in a 9-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday night, pounding left-handed pitching, regaining the edge they lost since Sunday’s division-clinching victory and keeping their hopes for home-field advantage in the first round alive.
But one significant...
It was a familiar sight, Canada’s best hockey players standing with their arms draped around each other’s shoulders as their anthem played and their flag rose to the rafters to honor their supremacy at yet another major tournament.
They grinned and sang with as much relief as gusto, appreciating...
Thursday, September 29th
SOUTHERN SECTION
MISSION VALLEY LEAGUE
El Monte 37, Pasadena Marshall 19
PACIFIC LEAGUE
Burbank 63, Glendale 7
NONLEAGUE
Crean Lutheran 46, Capistrano Valley Christian 6
Irvine University 32, Adelanto 0
Los Amigos 33, Saddleback 14
Pacific 52, Bloomington 6
San Dimas 41,...
Suffering marked the short life of Savannah Lucero, who never lived to see her first birthday.
When she was found dead in 2013, the 4-month-old was malnourished, with skull fractures, broken ribs and bruised lungs.
Her liver was lacerated and she had several brain injuries, prosecutors said.
On...
A YouTube star who said he was brutally assaulted by three men in West Hollywood faces charges that he vandalized a car before filing a false police report about being attacked, authorities said Thursday.
Los Angeles County prosecutors allege that Calum McSwiggan, known by thousands of fans for...
Investigators are examining why a packed commuter train barreled into a train station at such a high speed that it flew onto the platform and knocked down a ceiling, leaving one person dead and more than 100 injured.
The crash took place at the Hoboken Terminal, just across the Hudson River from...
The last time Clancy Pendergast coached USC’s defense, the Trojans had only 70 players on scholarship, 15 fewer than is usually allowed. NCAA sanctions had wiped out the team’s depth, which tightened rotations on both sides of the ball and made for heavy legs late in games.
After that season, Pendergast...
Orlando Salido and Takashi Miura have each participated in two of the best boxing matches of 2016. Now, they'll close the year together with a chance to top what they've done.
Oscar De La Hoya told The Times on Thursday that he's finalized a World Boxing Council interim super-featherweight title...
Bengals receiver A.J. Green followed his disappointing game with a dominating one — 173 yards and a touchdown — and the Cincinnati defense that was inspired by Vontaze Burfict's return clamped down on the Miami Dolphins for a 22-7 victory Thursday night.
The Bengals (3-1) rebounded from a 29-17...
Alabama redshirt freshman quarterback Blake Barnett, a five-star recruit from Corona Santiago High, has left the program and withdrawn from school.
Crimson Tide Coach Nick Saban announced Barnett's departure in a statement Thursday. Barnett started the opener against USC for No. 1 Alabama.
Since...
Calabasas has been pretty much on cruise control en route to a 5-0 start. The Coyotes haven't exactly faced a challenging schedule.
But we'll all begin to learn a little bit more about Calabasas on Friday night, because the Coyotes travel to Valencia, which is 3-1 and used to taking on top teams.
Mike Scioscia has always said the most valuable players each year should come from a contending team, a notable viewpoint this year because his team is not one.
“I still feel that way,” the Angels’ longtime manager said this week. “I haven’t changed at all.”
But, he said, this season is a rare...
Hours after federal prosecutors filed charges against him, a Mexican national pleaded guilty Thursday to starting a wildfire that recently burned more than 45 square miles in the Sequoia National Forest.
A federal judge sentenced Angel Gilberto Garcia-Avalos, 29, to 13 months in prison and ordered...
As poorly as Josh Reddick hit in August, the right fielder, acquired in an Aug. 1 trade from Oakland, was unable to drag the Dodgers down with him.
While the left-handed-hitting Reddick batted .161 with a paltry .396 on-base-plus-slugging percentage and drove in one run in his first 25 games, the...
Offense is the fun part, but for most of training camp so far, Lakers Coach Luke Walton’s focus has been elsewhere.
It’s been defense, which he thinks will allow theatrics on offense.
“I think that’s where we can make a lot of progress as a team is how we get after it on defense,” Walton said....
An international team of astronomers has discovered what might be the first evidence of density-driven spiral arms in the gas and dust around a still-forming star.
The findings, described in the journal Science, could offer an unprecedented glimpse at a key stage in a young star’s life, and may...
Former major leaguer Jesus Montero has been suspended 50 games after testing positive for a stimulant, his second penalty for a banned substance.
Montero spent this season with Toronto's triple-A Buffalo team, batting .317 with 11 home runs and 60 RBIs. He was a designated hitter and first baseman...
It’s official: Lady Gaga is playing the Super Bowl.
The pop star will headline the halftime show at Super Bowl 51 early next year, NFL and halftime sponsor Pepsi announced on Thursday ahead of a game between the Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals.
The reveal comes weeks after reports surfaced...
Allegations of sexism continue to swirl around Donald Trump in the days following Monday’s presidential debate, during which Hillary Clinton accused Trump of mistreating 1996 Miss Universe Alicia Machado.
Wednesday night’s episode of “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” dedicated two separate segments...
Robert Quinn needs a bottle of water.
The Rams’ relentless defensive end is not sweaty or fatigued from going through pass rushing drills. He is noshing on a sandwich and a taco, trying to explain some physiology.
So he asks a teammate at another lunch table to toss him a bottle.
“Perfect example,”...
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Robert Gadimian, a former executive at Los Angeles’ Puma Biotechnology, with making nearly $1.2 million by illegally trading on confidential information about an experimental breast cancer drug.
The agency said Thursday that Gadimian, who was Puma’s...
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