Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen #74 and catcher Will Smith #16 celebrate their 5-1 victory over the Athletics during their MLB game at Dodger Stadium, Thursday, September 24, 2020. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) The Dodgers’ Justin Turner #10 gets out of the way of a pitch during their MLB game against the …
The giant sequoia Sequoia National Park is closed due to massive fires burning nearby that have resulted in the loss of more than 100 structures and thousands of evacuations. The nation’s second national park would be celebrating its 130th anniversary Sept. 25. Jurassic park? The oldest known redwood fossils date back more than 200 million …
A protester in Hollywood was struck Thursday night by an SUV speeding by a crowd of marchers on the second night of protests related to the killing of Breonna Taylor by Louisville Metropolitan Police Department officers. Shortly before 9 p.m., a black SUV sped by the crowd, striking a protester before speeding away again. The …
Jamal Murray spent Thursday night hanging letters on the Lakers. Add it all up and he probably won five simultaneous “horse” games. The problem for Murray, and Denver, is that you have to play “rhinoceros,” or something even more multi-syllabic, to beat the Lakers. The letters were too plentiful and the limbs too long, especially …
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. >> Either the Lakers are poised to do what no team has done yet in these playoffs, or the Denver Nuggets are positioned right where they want to be. After a Game 4 dogfight Thursday, which saw Anthony Davis and LeBron James wrestle for 60 combined points and hold off an …
LOS ANGELES >> Bubble up. The Dodgers, like playoff-bound teams across MLB, went into quarantine Wednesday night in hopes for a postseason uninterrupted by positive coronavirus tests. The Dodgers players and coaching staff were expected to move into a Los Angeles hotel for the duration of the regular season and next week’s Wild Card Series, …
Festival Pass is a newsletter that lands in your inbox weekly. But during prime festival season you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now. I’m worried about Simon Le Bon. Not the Duran Duran frontman, but my houseplant (a stunning calathea ornata beauty star I named after the singer) that has spider mites. I’ve mentioned it …
THOUSAND OAKS — To know how well he fits with the Rams, Robert Woods doesn’t have to look back any farther than last week. That’s when the Rams showed their appreciation by signing Woods to a new contract that makes him one of the NFL’s 10 best-paid wide receivers and keeps him with the team …
Exhibits at the future National museum of the Surface Navy in San Pedro would include the Navy’s role around the world in humanitarian aid and in protecting international waters for trade. (Courtesy Photo, Pacific Battleship Center) A rendering of the theater space in the planned National Museum of the Surface Navy on the Battleship USS …
More than 70 citations have been issued over the past month to various businesses and organizations — most notably churches and gyms — for violating health restrictions imposed to control spread of COVID-19, but Los Angeles County’s health officer said Thursday, Sept. 24 that no closures have been ordered. Dr. Muntu Davis said, however, that …