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When the Clippers’ starters lined up for the opening tip Tuesday, Montrezl Harrell and Lou Williams were among them. It was only an intrasquad scrimmage at an open practice held at USC’s Galen Center, but coach Doc Rivers is considering moving the pair from the bench, where they were two of the NBA’s best reserves […]

One minute remained in South Bend, and Fighting Irish defenders stood stacked at the goal line, but Markese Stepp made his intentions clear to his quarterback. He wanted the ball. “He was fired up,” Kedon Slovis recalled of the USC running back. “The box is loaded, and we gave it to him, anyway.” In his […]

For much of the last week, Todd McLellan has been coaching on the fly. Such is the reality of the Kings’ early-season schedule, which subjected the team to an awkward seven-day break between the end of the preseason and start of the regular season, then consecutive games twice in the first week. “We felt like […]

NEW YORK —  Shortly after Game 3 of the American League Championship Series had ended, the Houson Astros went about their usual postgame routine, changing, packing their things, and talking to reporters, before heading for the team bus. As they milled about, a few of them glanced up at the TVs mounted on the ceilings. They […]

Mosquitoes collected in Anaheim and Westminster have tested positive for St. Louis encephalitis — the first occurrence in those cities in three decades, Orange County officials announced Tuesday. The mosquitoes were collected late last week along Old Bolsa Chica Road in Westminster and near Dale and Orange avenues in Anaheim, according to Heather Hyland of […]

Authorities are investigating a possible homicide in the Hope Ranch residential community in Santa Barbara County. The incident occurred in the 4100 block of Mariposa Drive. An online records search indicated that it may be the home of former “Tarzan” actor Ron Ely. Click Here:

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Wednesday, Oct. 16, and I’m writing from Los Angeles. Get the Essential California newsletter » Lucy Jones, the high priestess of seismic science, issued her tweet a little more than 20 minutes after the magnitude 4.7 earthquake hit Central California on Tuesday afternoon. “Today’s M4.8 […]

In the early 1930s, Roland C. Casad introduced a new form of advertising: text on squash. On at least four different occasions, the Los Angeles Times featured Casad’s squash advertising. Casad, in the above image, appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Sep. 16, 1935. The text on the squash proclaimed, “You may not like […]

On a recent spring afternoon, an endless blue sky over a deserted beach seemed to offer a snapshot of Southern California’s idyllic promise. But look past the waving palm trees and the picture changed. There, on the horizon, a flotilla of oil tankers dragged a gloomy thumbprint across an otherwise postcard-worthy view, and high winds […]

“On some days, all of the beautiful things in my life break my heart.” So says Sean “Dud” Dudley, played by Wyatt Russell, in the beautiful, some days heartbreaking serial comedy “Lodge 49,” whose second season finished Monday on AMC. Set in Long Beach, Calif., the story centers on Dud, a surfer kept from the […]