Pack up the car and get ready for temperatures in the upper 80s this coming weekend in Clovis and Fresno, where CIF state championships will be held in track and field and boysβ volleyball. Buchanan High School is the site Friday and Saturday for the track championships, where City Section record-holder Lawrence Kensinger will try…
βDynasty,β a new Los Angeles Timesβ book, chronicles the Dodgersβ dramatic run to the ninth World Series title in franchise history. The 160-page coffee table book features The Timesβ award-winning reporting, commentary and photography. It highlights the standout performances of Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani and other key playmakers. The Dodgersβ journey toward a rare back-to-back…
Out in theaters Friday, βBrownsville Bredβ is an intimate portrait of the actor, writer and director as a young girl in 1980s New York. When Elaine Del Valle was in the sixth grade, she starred in the lead role of Sandy in her schoolβs production of βGrease.β Decades later, she would return to that same…
On a play-action pass, Chargers running back Najee Harris crumpled to the turf before the fake handoff could fully develop, immediately grabbing his left ankle and tossing aside his helmet in pain. Needing assistance, trainers helped Harris to the sideline, as he was unable to put any weight on his leg, before he was carted…
Ed Miliband has told Labour MPs he is committed to looking at unhitching electricity prices from gas in a bid to bring down household bills. The energy secretary told a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) on Monday night that the move would be “complicated but possible”, according to sources present. Politics Hub: Follow…
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber on Monday pushed back against a torrent of misinformation on social media sites claiming that mail-in ballots for the stateβs Nov. 4 special election are purposefully designed to disclose how people voted. Weber, the stateβs top elections official, refuted claims by some Republicans and far-right partisans that holes on…
One of Britain’s biggest estate agency groups is drawing up plans for an Β£800m sale amid speculation that Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, is plotting a fresh tax raid on homeowners in her autumn Budget. Sky News has learnt that LRG, which is owned by the American buyout firm Platinum Equity, is being groomed for an…
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VOLLEYBALL CITY SECTION WEDNESDAYβS RESULTS SEMIFINALS DIVISION II #4 Marquez d. #1 LA Hamilton, 30-28, 22-25, 25-23, 25-21 #6 Narbonne d. #7 Panorama, 25-21, 25-21, 19-25, 25-23 DIVISON III #13 Birmingham d. #1 New West Charter, 25-17, 25-11, 25-21 #2 Legacy d. #3 South East, 21-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-19, 15-11 DIVISION IV…
A duo for the ages is convening once again. The Williams sisters β Venus, 45, and Serena, 44 β will bring back their doubles partnership at Wimbledon in under two weeks. The All England Club announced the doubles wild card invitation on Tuesday. Should they win for a record seventh time, the Williams sisters would…
The digital wallet provider Curve has scheduled a showdown with investors next week amid anger over the company’s proposed Β£120m takeover by Lloyds Banking Group. Sky News understands that Curve has agreed to convene an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) in the first few days of October following a demand from IDC Ventures, its biggest external…