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DENVER —  The situation was desperate, almost as desperate as the catch was absurd. At least to everyone, apparently, but the man who authored the grab. “I’ve made catches like that before,” Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams said. “So, I mean, it was routine.” As routine as any one-handed catch over a flailing defender for a […]

Montrezl Harrell furrowed his brow and puffed out his lower lip as he pondered the question. When the Clippers are scoring like they did in a 150-125 rout of the Washington Wizards on Sunday night at Staples Center with 73 points coming from the bench, what can the team accomplish? “It’s unlimited, really,” the 6-foot-7 […]

Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome back to our horse racing newsletter as we say goodbye to Del Mar this year and await Los Alamitos on Friday. Stewards’ rulings We’re back with more rulings here on the conclusion of a long holiday weekend, although the rulings are from earlier. –Trainer Jerry Wallace was […]

Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. LAKERS The Dallas Mavericks took advantage of all the Lakers mistakes and beat them, 114-100. The loss snapped a 10-game winning streak constructed entirely against teams with losing records. The Lakers (17-3) hadn’t played a team with a winning record since Nov. 10, […]

SAN DIEGO —  It is the end of an era. The volunteer firefighters who for nearly 40 years protected the tiny community of Julian, a popular tourist destination in San Diego County, are gone. Last week, a team of professional firefighters moved into the new station off state Route 79. The move came eight months after […]

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Monday, Dec. 2, and here’s a quick look at the week ahead. Newsletter Get our Essential California newsletter Monday is Cyber Monday, a term made up by marketers to encourage consumers to buy things online on the Monday after Thanksgiving. But it’s also a great […]

Disney’s “Frozen 2″ dominated the box office once again in its second weekend, adding $123.7 million through the five-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend, including $85.3 million Friday through Sunday (a small 35% drop), for a cumulative total of $287.6 million, according to estimates from measurement firm Comscore. “This was the Thanksgiving box office bounty the industry […]

Dec. 5 Varda by AgnèsIn her final film, the beloved director looks back on her 60-year career. In French and English with English subtitles. (2:00) NR. Dec. 6 The AeronautsFelicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”) reunite as a daring balloon pilot and a meteorologist conducting high-altitude research in the 1860s. With Vincent […]

When Yanna McIntosh takes the stage Sunday for opening night at the Curran theater in San Francisco, she becomes the eighth black actress to play Hermione Granger in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.” And, as was just announced, when “Harry Potter und das Verwunschene Kind” takes the stage this spring in Hamburg, Germany, Jillian […]

SERIES The Voice The top 10 perform. 8 p.m. NBC All American Spencer (Daniel Ezra) can’t get excited about his football ranking and gets some guidance from Layla (Greta Onieogou) in this new episode. 8 p.m. The CW The Great Christmas Light Fight Lifestyle expert Carter Oosterhouse and interior designer Taniya Nayak return as celebrity […]