The Times’ 2024 All-Star high school football team

Record-setting receiver Shane Rosenthal of Newbury Park is lifted up by teammate Joel Gonzalez. (Craig Weston) A look at the Los Angeles Times’ 24-player All-Star high school football team for the 2024 season: OFFENSE Quarterback: Brady Smigiel, Newbury Park, 6-5, 190, Jr. — The Florida State commit passed for 3,591 yards and 49 touchdowns with … Read more

The Times’ All-Star football team: Players of the Year

Long Beach Poly’s DeSean Jackson, The Times’ 2004 player of the year, is tackled by Esperanza’s Mark Santoro on a kick return during a Southern Section Division 1 playoff semifinal. (Los Angeles Times) Winners of The Times’ end-of-the-year award honoring the top player in Southland high school football: Year; Player; School; Pos. 2024; Brady Smigiel; … Read more

The Times’ final top 25 high school football rankings for 2024

Mater Dei’s Tomuhini Topui (52) celebrates with teammate Semi Taulanga after beating De La Salle to complete a 13-0 season. (Craig Weston) A look at the Los Angeles Times’ final top 25 high school football rankings for the 2024 season. Rk. SCHOOL (Rec.); Finish; Previous rank 1. MATER DEI (13-0); SS Division 1 champion, Open … Read more

Electing Judges–It Takes Wisdom of a Solomon to Make a Choice

Few exercises in American politics are more confounding than the election of judges. That was illustrated vividly in Los Angeles last June when, regardless of county Bar ratings, endorsements and expensive slate mailings, every incumbent was reelected but one–the one who identified herself as “incumbent” on the ballot. The others took care to put their … Read more

Thwarting Voters’ Will on Auto Insurance Reform : Public policy: Insurers, officials, courts still put up roadblocks to Prop. 103, five years after its passage.

Five years ago today, California voters approved Proposition 103, the insurance-reform initiative. After a withering campaign, in which insurance companies spent $60 million against the initiative, most voters assumed that victory at the ballot box meant the battle was over. Instead, the front line merely shifted to the corridors of power and privilege, where lawyers … Read more

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