• Chargers’ schedule features Raiders, Chiefs, plus Harbaugh Bowl III

    Chargers’ schedule features Raiders, Chiefs, plus Harbaugh Bowl III
    The Chargers begin and end the 2024 season with games against their ancient and hated AFC West rivals, the Las Vegas Raiders. Jim Harbaugh will make his Chargers coaching debut Sept. 8 against the Raiders at SoFi Stadium and face them again either Jan. 4 or 5 in Las Vegas.
    In between Weeks 1 and 18, the Chargers will play host to the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs on Sept. 29 and face them again in Kansas City on Sunday Night Football on Dec. 8. They’ll also face the Carolina Panth
  • Fryer: Servite and Santa Margarita trying to solve football’s playoff puzzle

    Fryer: Servite and Santa Margarita trying to solve football’s playoff puzzle
    When the CIF Southern Section football playoffs brackets come out Sunday morning, the school name many will be looking for is “Santa Margarita.”
    Santa Margarita’s 3-6 record and standing in the Trinity League have the Eagles in a precarious position, a position that might no longer be precarious if they beat Servite on Friday, the final date of the CIF-SS 11-man football season.
    That game’s results could be important for Servite’s playoff fate, too. More on that lat
  • Alexander: It’s time to give Dodgers’ Dave Roberts his flowers

    Alexander: It’s time to give Dodgers’ Dave Roberts his flowers
    Now, can we convince Dave Roberts’ critics in the Dodger fan base – and they might not necessarily be plentiful but they sure are loud – to give him the credit he deserves?
    October after October, and throughout recent regular seasons as well, those critics have hammered the manager for his pitching decisions, for his lineups, and for occasionally punting a game if it will save valuable resources down the line. Admit it, you probably were railing at your TVs on Tuesday night as
  • LA Metro awards full funding to extend light-rail line into San Bernardino County

    LA Metro awards full funding to extend light-rail line into San Bernardino County
    No tricks, only treats were in the bag for future light-rail riders from eastern Los Angeles and western San Bernardino counties on Halloween, Thursday, Oct. 31 from LA Metro, which awarded $798 million for building a short but historic A (Gold) Line extension from Pomona to Claremont and Montclair.
    For the first time in LA Metro history, the agency funded the construction of a light-rail train line across county lines that will reach the Inland Empire city of Montclair for service that is expec
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  • Rocket fire from Lebanon kills 7 in Israel as US tries to push for cease-fires

    Rocket fire from Lebanon kills 7 in Israel as US tries to push for cease-fires
    By MELANIE LIDMAN, JULIA FRANKEL and FADI TAWIL
    TEL AVIV, Israel — Rocket barrages from Lebanon into northern Israel killed four foreign workers and three Israelis on Thursday, Israeli medics said, the deadliest cross-border strikes in Israel since it invaded Lebanon. Israel kept up airstrikes it says targeted Hezbollah militants across Lebanon, where health authorities on Thursday reported 24 people killed.
    U.S. diplomats were in the region pushing for cease-fires in both Lebanon and Gaza
  • Endorsement: Re-elect Tri Ta to the California Assembly

    Endorsement: Re-elect Tri Ta to the California Assembly
    Former Westminster Mayor Tri Ta has been a reliable vote for fiscal responsibility in Sacramento since his election to the Assembly two years ago.
    As a Republican, he is naturally constrained by the supermajority, but that hasn’t stopped him from fielding legislation and standing up for his district.
    Ta supports school choice, wants to see California continue to streamline housing regulations so more housing can get built and will be a reliable vote against tax increases.
    He also just righ
  • ‘Top of the World’ book commemorating the Dodgers World Series championship season available to order

    ‘Top of the World’ book commemorating the Dodgers World Series championship season available to order
    From the offseason signing of baseball’s best player and biggest free agent, Shohei Ohtani, to Freddie Freeman’s grand slam in World Series Game 1, to Walker Buehler’s final pitch in the World Series, the Southern California News Group was covering every big moment in the Dodgers’ historic season.
    We’ve collected the best of those stories in book form, and “On Top of the World, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Extraordinary Run to the 2024 World Series Title,&rd
  • Horse racing: A bettors’ guide to the Breeders’ Cup races at Del Mar

    Horse racing: A bettors’ guide to the Breeders’ Cup races at Del Mar
    DEL MAR — Dazzled by racing cards full of elite horses at juicy odds in an all-you-can-eat buffet of possible wagers, bettors at the Breeders’ Cup on Friday and Saturday at Del Mar will go one of two ways.
    They’ll find themselves with lots of strong opinions. Or they’ll find themselves with very few.
    The latter is preferable.
    The wagering menu has expanded exponentially in the 40 years since the first Breeders’ Cup at Hollywood Park, which offered only win, place, s
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  • Endorsement: Matt Gunderson for the 49th congressional district

    Endorsement: Matt Gunderson for the 49th congressional district
    Voters in the 49th congressional district, which spans parts of Orange County and San Diego County, have before them two candidates trying to appeal to the middle.
    Democratic Rep. Mike Levin has done considerable work on behalf of veterans and figuring out what to do about the waste at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. This editorial board applauds his work on immigration policy. Levin rightly understands that the nation needs both border security and a more modernized immigration syste
  • Horse racing notes: Fillies star on Del Mar’s Breeders’ Cup undercards

    Horse racing notes: Fillies star on Del Mar’s Breeders’ Cup undercards
    SANTA ANITA LEADERS
    Final, through Sunday
    JOCKEYS / WINS
    Juan Hernandez / 25
    Umberto Rispoli / 15
    Antonio Fresu / 14
    Tiago Pereira / 10
    Hector Berrios / 10
    Edwin Maldonado / 8
    TRAINERS / WINS
    Bob Baffert / 14
    Phil D’Amato / 13
    George Papaprodromou / 12
    Doug O’Neill / 10
    Michael McCarthy / 7
    Mark Glatt / 7
    WEEKEND STAKES (DEL MAR)
    Friday
    • $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, 2-year-olds, 1-1/16 miles, and four other Breeders’ Cup races
    • Four non-Breeders’ C
  • Breeders’ Cup kicks off with ‘Future Stars Friday’ at Del Mar

    Breeders’ Cup kicks off with ‘Future Stars Friday’ at Del Mar
    DEL MAR — There are purple signs and banners all over this small seaside village and its racetrack, which can mean only one thing: The Breeders’ Cup is back in town.
    Fourteen “world championship” races involving more than 160 horses will be run over the next two days for $30 million in purse money. The most lucrative day is Saturday, with nine races — including the $7 million Classic, the richest race run in North America. Before that comes what the Breeders’
  • USC’s JuJu Watkins, Kiki Iriafen find their bond runs deep

    USC’s JuJu Watkins, Kiki Iriafen find their bond runs deep
    LOS ANGELES — Kiki Iriafen’s grandparents know, of course, that their granddaughter plays basketball. But they have no clue yet, as mother Yemi Iriafen chuckled, as to who she can become.
    The Iriafen name, for generations, has revolved around values of education and Catholicism. You get good grades. You pray. Iriafen’s grandfather Segun Ogunsaju is a professor, and her grandmother Fadeke worked at a university in their home of Nigeria, and values do not break. For years, Iriafe
  • Dodgers’ victory in World Series spurs a run on Randy’s Donuts

    Dodgers’ victory in World Series spurs a run on Randy’s Donuts
    Blue doughnuts are selling out fast at Randy’s Donuts shops throughout Los Angeles County now that the Dodgers have won the World Series.
    The doughnuts, which have Dodger blue icing and are filled with Bavarian cream, sell for $3.40. The chain will stop offering them by Friday, Nov. 1, after the stores sell out, according to representatives.
    Time is also running out for Randy’s Halloween doughnuts, which are only available through Thursday, Oct. 31. randysdonuts.com
    Other local eater
  • Angel City FC’s ‘season of growth’ ending in Portland

    Angel City FC’s ‘season of growth’ ending in Portland
    Becki Tweed stepped in as interim coach last season and led Angel City Football Club to a playoff berth, the first in the team’s brief history.
    Her first full season will end Friday night as Angel City visits the Portland Thorns. It has been one of learning.
    “I honestly think I have to spend some more time and use this offseason to really reflect,” she said Thursday. “The things the spring to mind are this league is about detail, about discipline and it’s about the
  • Highway 330 closure continues to cut off a main road to Big Bear

    Highway 330 closure continues to cut off a main road to Big Bear
    Nearly 5 miles of Highway 330, which leads to the Big Bear resort community, is closed until December.
    The closure, which began Sept. 24, results from September’s 20,000-acre Line fire in San Bernardino County, which damaged guardrails designed to prevent cars from going over the ledge.
    Highway 330, which is the most-traveled route to Big Bear Lake and is accessible from the 210 Freeway in Highland, will remain completely closed in both directions from Highland Avenue in Highland to Live O
  • Rams LB Omar Speights adjusting to bigger role

    Rams LB Omar Speights adjusting to bigger role
    LOS ANGELES — Despite his preseason successes, despite proclamations about him being a potential Week 1 contributor, despite the Rams trading away their top returning linebacker before the season started, Omar Speights was still waiting for his opportunity to play on defense.
    The undrafted rookie had played on a variety of special teams units, but the Rams had stuck with Troy Reeder and Christian Rozeboom exclusively at linebacker.
    But as so often happens in the NFL, injury opened a door.
  • California No. 3 for fatal car accidents on Halloween in US

    California No. 3 for fatal car accidents on Halloween in US
    Halloween is a time for costumes, candy corn – and lethal car crashes.
    California suffered the nation’s third-highest number of Halloween fatal driving accidents, according to a study of auto safety stats from the Bader Scott law firm from Georgia.
    My trusty spreadsheet looked at the firm’s analysis of federal crash data for 2013 through 2022 that tracked drivers involved in vehicle fatalities by state – on Halloween compared with the eight weeks surrounding the fall fest
  • How to get an exclusive tour of ‘The Brady Bunch’ family’s iconic home

    How to get an exclusive tour of ‘The Brady Bunch’ family’s iconic home
    “The Brady Brunch” sitcom is celebrating 55 years and welcoming five fans and their guests into the iconic family’s home.
    Five winners and their guests will be flown to Los Angeles for a VIP brunch, private tour, and photo opportunities with the original cast. They will also have their airfare, hotel accommodations, ground transportation and meals taken care of.
    To win, fans can enter the Sunshine Stay Sweepstakes by purchasing one item from TheBradyExperience.com. Items f
  • Can I get bird flu from eating eggs? Drinking milk? We asked a disease expert

    Can I get bird flu from eating eggs? Drinking milk? We asked a disease expert
    By Fernanda Galan, The Sacramento Bee (TNS)
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As poultry farms and dairies across California battle bird flu outbreaks, some are wondering if their food is safe to eat.
    Since highly pathogenic avian influenza surfaced in the United States in January 2022, the virus has been detected in wild birds and domestic poultry, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    HPAI was detected at a Merced County turkey farm in September and infected&n
  • Universal’s most popular Horror Nights mazes ranked by wait times

    Universal’s most popular Horror Nights mazes ranked by wait times
    Universal’s Horror Nights fans spoke with their feet this Halloween season to determine the most popular haunted mazes and an uncontested winner emerged from the bloody pack of contenders at this year’s event.
    Insidious: The Further was the most popular haunted maze based on average wait times at Halloween Horror Nights 2024 with Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy of Leatherface the clear runner- up, according to Thrill Data.
    Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what&rs
  • The Turpin children wound up in yet another abusive home, but this investigator saved them

    The Turpin children wound up in yet another abusive home, but this investigator saved them
    By February 2021, it had been three years since the 13 Turpin siblings had escaped the torture imposed on them by their biological parents in their Perris home. And now six of them were ready to flee again, this time from the clutches of the foster family that had adopted four of them.
    One of the minors, a boy, “practically ran away” because of physical and psychological abuse, said Tom Salisbury, a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department master investigator brought in when the c
  • Galaxy looks to finish 1st-round playoff series in Colorado

    Galaxy looks to finish 1st-round playoff series in Colorado
    Not long ago, the Galaxy’s 5-0 victory Saturday to open the Major League Soccer playoffs would have likely been enough to win the home-and-home series.
    In the current MLS landscape, that opening win is just that – a win with no aggregate-goal lead for the Galaxy to carry over into Friday’s second meeting against the Colorado Rapids.
    “I miss those days,” Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said. “Each of these is one game at a time. There’s never been a more true ki
  • Hip-hop producer Metro Boomin is accused of rape in lawsuit

    Hip-hop producer Metro Boomin is accused of rape in lawsuit
    By ANDREW DALTON, AP Entertainment Writer
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles woman has filed a lawsuit alleging that Metro Boomin, a Grammy-nominated producer who has worked with some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B, raped her in 2016 and she became pregnant from the attack.
    The producer’s attorney calls the accusations false and said the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court is “a pure shakedown.”
    Vanessa LeMaistre, 38, says in the lawsuit th
  • About 8,000 North Korean troops now at Ukraine’s border are expected in combat soon, US says

    About 8,000 North Korean troops now at Ukraine’s border are expected in combat soon, US says
    By TARA COPP, MATTHEW LEE and EDITH M. LEDERER
    WASHINGTON — Some 8,000 North Korean soldiers are now in Russia near Ukraine’s border and are preparing to help the Kremlin fight against Ukrainian troops in the coming days, the Biden administration said Thursday.
    The new figure is a dramatic increase from a day earlier, when Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin would only say “some” of the troops had moved toward Ukraine’s border in the Kursk region, where Moscow’s fo
  • Country Campout Weekend festival is postponed due to weather

    Country Campout Weekend festival is postponed due to weather
    Country Campout Weekend, the second annual three-day camping and music festival experience set for Nov. 1-3 at Prado Regional Park in Chino, has been postponed, according to the festival’s team.
    On Oct. 28, the festival stated on social media that the rescheduling was due to “the anticipated weather forecast.” Per the email statement, the decision was made after extensive discussions with County officials and performing artists, prioritizing the safety of attendees and the over
  • How Mexican cartels manage the flow of migrants on their way to the US border

    How Mexican cartels manage the flow of migrants on their way to the US border
    By MARÍA VERZA
    CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — The first place where many migrants sleep after entering Mexico from Guatemala is inside a large structure, a roof above and fenced-in sides on a rural ranch. They call it the “chicken coop” and they don’t get to leave until they pay the cartel that runs it.
    Migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border have reached a four-year low, but days before the U.S. election, in which immigration is a key issue, migrants continue
  • Indians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of clay lamps

    Indians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of clay lamps
    By BISWAJEET BANERJEE
    LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians began celebrating the annual Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps at dusk on Wednesday on the banks of the river Saryu in a northern Indian city they believe to be the birthplace of the deity Lord Ram.
    Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India, particularly for the Hindu majority. It is celebrated by socializing and exchanging gifts with loved ones. Ma
  • Snow in Hawaii? Cold air and moisture deliver snow to the state’s tallest mountain

    Snow in Hawaii? Cold air and moisture deliver snow to the state’s tallest mountain
    By AUDREY McAVOY
    HONOLULU (AP) — Snow fell on Hawaii’s tallest peak this week, briefly turning the mountaintop into a winter wonderland. The summit area of Mauna Kea on the Big Island got about 2 inches (5 centimeters) of white powder.
    Hawaii is better known for its warm weather, beaches and rainforests. But it’s not unusual for snow to fall at the higher elevations on Mauna Kea during the wetter, winter months.
    The summit is so high — it sits 13,803 feet (4,207
  • Lakers to decline Jalen Hood-Schifino’s 3rd-year option

    Lakers to decline Jalen Hood-Schifino’s 3rd-year option
    TORONTO — The Lakers on Thursday declined to pick up the $4.06 million third-year team option on second-year guard Jalen Hood-Schifino’s contract.
    The deadline for the decision, which was first reported by NBA insider Chris Haynes, was Thursday.
    The Lakers’ decision will make Hood-Schifino an unrestricted free agent during the 2025 offseason.
    Hood-Schifino hasn’t been with the Lakers during their ongoing five-game road trip, which will continue Friday when the Lakers play
  • Former OC Supervisor Andrew Do pleads guilty in federal court to bribery charge

    Former OC Supervisor Andrew Do pleads guilty in federal court to bribery charge
    Former First District Supervisor Andrew Do pleaded guilty Thursday, Oct. 31, to conspiracy to commit bribery for his role in a scheme involving the embezzlement of millions in COVID-relief funds.
    The charge carries a statutory maximum of five years in federal prison. Do is scheduled to be sentenced in March.
    Do agreed to plead guilty following an investigation by the FBI, Orange County District Attorney’s Office, IRS and other federal agencies. He was arraigned earlier this week at the Ron

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