Powerball jackpot hits $1.6 billion on Monday. Oxnard market sells $2.3-million ticket
The latest Powerball jackpot is still up for grabs and is expected to reach $1.6 billion Monday, propelling it into the top four of the largest jackpots in the game’s…
What it looks like when a live great horned owl gets stuck in car grille
A Southern California driver made a startling discovery Sunday morning when they found a live bird of prey stuck in the grille of their car. The bird, whose head was…
James Ransone dead: Star of ‘The Wire,’ ‘It: Chapter Two’ was 46
James Ransone, a character actor who played an impulsive, drug-dealing dockworker in the iconic HBO series “The Wire” and later appeared in horror films “Sinister” and “It: Chapter Two,” died…
Peter Arnett dead: Pulitzer-winning war correspondent was 91
Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war — from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the…
The Times’ top 25 high school basketball rankings
A look at The Times’ top 25 boys’ basketball rankings for the Southland after Week 5. Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week 1. SIERRA CANYON (8-1): Headed to Oregon…
Author of key report on Palisades fire was upset over changes that weakened it, sources say
The author of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s after-action report on the Palisades fire was upset about changes made to the report, without his involvement, that downplayed the failures of…
Neither Newsom nor Harris will lead to a winning Democratic Party
Dec. 16, 2025 8 AM PT To the editor: The daily emails I receive from the Democratic Party asking me to renew my membership by sending money demonstrate the party’s…
Nicki Minaj takes stage with Erika Kirk, praises Trump and mocks Newsom
Fireworks lit the stage and the audience roared as pop star Nicki Minaj walked out hand-in-hand with Erika Kirk Sunday in a surprise appearance at Turning Point USA’s annual convention…
Prices jump 56% for Airbnbs in L.A. during the World Cup
On June 12, Peggy Orenstein’s inbox flooded with booking requests for her Inglewood Airbnb. The date seemed random, but after a quick search, the influx of interest became clear. It…
The Times’ 2025 football player of the year: Trent Mosley
Everyone seemed to know in the first quarter of the Southern Section Division 1 final at the Rose Bowl what Santa Margarita High was going to do again and again…