Miller Sanford AP The slugger endured his poorest season as a Cardinal in his age-36 campaign just as a long-term contract concluded. He had batted .246 with 20 homers and 62 RBIs. The Yankees nevertheless signed the slugger to the largest one-year free-agent contract for a position player in their history That was after the 2016 season. … Read more
There are not too many basketball players taller than Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, but the Los Angeles Lakers legend may have met his match in a recent social media video. O’Neal posted a TikTok skit onto his account on Saturday. He was seen arguing with a man shorter than him and then turning around to find … Read more
Maggie Stokes, 79, keeps an eye on the Palisades fire from the California Incline in Santa Monica on January 7, 2025. Stokes had to evacuate her home in Pacific Palisades. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) During a disaster, getting to safety is the top priority. But for many Angelenos displaced by the devastating wildfires … Read more
Far Farshad, left, and sister Mitra, center, greet Francisco and Carmen Vera, their maid and handyman, who stopped by the El Segundo Residence Inn to check on them Monday. (John McCoy / For The Times) Far Farshad’s favorite part of the day is breakfast — and it has nothing to do with the food. Since … Read more
Endangered delta smelt hatched at UC Davis swim in a holding tank at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach in 2019 as part of an effort to revive a species threatened with extinction. (Los Angeles Times) Pity the poor delta smelt. The tiny fish, which seldom grows to more than four inches or … Read more
Smoke from the L.A. firestorms has blanketed Los Angeles County, triggering air quality advisories. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) As buildings and brush continue to smolder in Los Angeles, a toxic soup of smoke, chemicals and particulate matter is being spread across the region by gusty winds, prompting a surge in interest in … Read more
Lancaster Sheriff Station as seen on Google Maps (Google Maps) The family of a man who was found dead outside a Lancaster supermarket in 2018 sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department last week, alleging that deputies knew 35-year-old Raymundo Rivera had become trapped in a pillar and left him there to die. For six … Read more
Firefighters are silhouetted against an engulfed home on Jan. 8 as they work to keep flames from the Eaton fire from jumping to an adjacent home in Altadena. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) An unprecedented fourth “particularly dangerous situation” fire weather warning is expected to take effect Tuesday morning and last through Wednesday. The … Read more
Smoke and flames from the Palisades fire seen behind a house on Corda Drive on Friday. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images) “Is it time to go?” That’s the question my husband and I have been asking ourselves with traumatic regularity over the past seven days. As we watched the Eaton fire erupt … Read more
The home page for the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe is shown on a device on Oct. 16, 2024, in New York. (Peter Morgan / Associated Press) Thousands of online GoFundMe fundraising campaigns have been created to support the victims of the devastating wildfires that have scorched portions of Los Angeles County, but officials are warning to … Read more
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