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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass advances to a runoff in her bid for reelection
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (1046+ words) After a tough first term framed by the most destructive wildfire in city history and an ongoing struggle with widespread homelessness, Bass advanced to a November runoff Tuesday as she fights to stay in City Hall against challengers from both…...
Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt says he hopes incumbent Karen Bass is "ready
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (1017+ words) We can do debates every Friday if she would like," Pratt told a group of reporters under the flash of cameras in his first remarks after results started rolling in. Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt says he hopes incumbent…...
Los Angeles faces Connecticut on 3-game win streak
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (131+ words) Los Angeles Sparks (4-3, 2-1 Western Conference) at Connecticut Sun (1-8, 0-1 Eastern Conference) Hartford, Connecticut; Saturday, 6 p. m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles Sparks aims to keep its three-game win streak alive when the Sparks take on Connecticut Sun. Connecticut went 11-33 overall last season while…...
30 days out, Los Angeles is ready for the World Cup. The playing surface? Not just yet
3+ week, 3+ day ago (528+ words) The U. S. men open at So Fi Stadium (to be known as Los Angeles Stadium) against Paraguay on June 12, the first of eight matches to be played at the NFL stadium in Inglewood. The field was all dirt on Tuesday. That…...
Woodland Hills woman nabbed at LAX on Iranian arms trafficking charge
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (137+ words) Shamim Mafi will face charges that she brokered the sale of "drones, bombs, bomb fuses, and millions of rounds of ammunition" between Iran and the Sudanese Armed Forces, First U. S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Sunday on social media. A phone number…...
Dozens arrested for failing to disperse after 'No Kings' rally in Los Angeles
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (447+ words) Authorities in Los Angeles deployed tear gas near a federal detention center and made dozens of arrests following one of thousands of "No Kings" rallies held this weekend across the United States and in Europe to protest President Donald Trump's…...
Los Angeles schools avoid a strike as a last-minute deal is reached with staff
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (248+ words) Local 99 of the Service Employees International Union announced on social media that it won a tentative agreement with "major gains" including raises and more hours. The district announced that an agreement in principle had been reached with SEIU Local 99 allowing…...
Gillespie and the Suns visit conference foe Los Angeles
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (319+ words) Phoenix Suns (44-36, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (51-29, fourth in the Western Conference) Los Angeles; Friday, 10: 30 p. m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Collin Gillespie and the Phoenix Suns take on Le Bron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in Western…...
Los Angeles faces Cleveland, seeks 4th straight victory
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (346+ words) Cleveland Cavaliers (47-28, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (49-26, third in the Western Conference) Los Angeles; Tuesday, 10: 30 p. m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lakers -1. 5; over/under is 236. 5 BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles is looking to extend its three-game win streak with…...
This Date in Baseball - Magic Johnson's group wins bid to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (319+ words) 1973 " Veteran pitcher Jim Perry of the Minnesota Twins becomes the first player in Major League Baseball to approve of being traded under the new "ten and five" rule. The Twins send Perry to the Detroit Tigers for a player and…...