Dodgers downplay Teoscar Hernandez rumors, assess bullpen options
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s been an offseason of few acquisitions thus far for the Dodgers. So much so that, on the first day of MLB’s annual winter meetings…
LAPD cite activists for painting Westwood crosswalk to improve safety
Jonathan Hale and more than a dozen other activistss were halfway through painting a third crosswalk at an intersection in Westwood on Sunday, when two police cars pulled up. Los…
Reviewing where USC’s football roster stands at each position after 2025
Welcome back to the Times of Troy newsletter, where we have officially reached the end of the USC’s regular season. A 9-3 finish for USC is better than we predicted…
Federal judge strikes down Trump’s order blocking development of wind energy
A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration’s ban on federal permits for wind energy projects in what supporters said was an important victory for the embattled industry.…
New UCLA coach Bob Chesney’s JMU team snags last CFP spot
New UCLA coach Bob Chesney’s James Madison team bumped Notre Dame for the final spot in the College Football Playoff 12-team field revealed Sunday morning, setting up a busy stretch…
Supreme Court sounds ready to give Trump power to oust officials of independent agencies
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservatives sounded ready on Monday to overrule Congress and give President Trump more power to fire officials at independent agencies and commissions. The justices heard…
Breaking the fourth wall to confront and galvanize audiences
Characters stepping out of their plays to address an audience is hardly a new phenomenon. Playwrights have been breaking the fourth wall ever since that invisible barrier separating the actors…
Holiday shipping deadlines: when to ship your gifts so they arrive on time
Time is running out for you to ensure your shipped gifts arrive on time for such end-of-the-year celebrations as Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanza. Mail carriers say they’re more than prepared…
Nation’s largest all-electric hospital to open in Orange County
A new hospital at UC Irvine opens Wednesday and it will be all-electric — only the second such medical center, and the largest, in the country so far. People live…
Killing of California farming tycoon’s wife sparks grief, investigation
Kerri Ann Abatti left her husband a note when she moved from their family home in the California farming town of El Centro to a house they owned in Arizona’s…