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By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California parole officials have approved the release of a notorious former Mexican…

SEATTLE (AP) — Outfielder Steven Souza Jr. has announced his retirement after playing parts of eight major league seasons. Known best for his…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said the Oakland Athletics need to quickly reach a binding…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Chipotle is closing a Maine store that had been leading efforts to unionize the chain. Employees at the Augusta,…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — After putting off routine health care for much of the pandemic, Americans are now…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The All-Star break came at a good time for the Las Vegas Aces and since play resumed they’ve been on a…

WILMINGTON, Delaware (AP) — Elon Musk loses fight to delay Twitter trial as judge sets October trial citing “cloud of uncertainty” over…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Reporter Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his fight to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him as a Delaware judge on…

YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) — Four Southern California sheriff’s deputies and a suspect were injured early Tuesday when a vehicle crashed into…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The All-Star Game suits Dusty Baker — or more precisely, his coaching staff. Managing the American League as skipper of the…

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of homicide after a woman’s body was found buried at a Southern…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Trout will not play in the All-Star Game, but the Los Angeles Angels slugger is hoping to be…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Juan Soto bet heavily on his own talent and health by turning down a massive, long-term…

LODI, Calif. (AP) — Police were investigating Monday after a contractor for a California funeral home inadvertently tossed the body of a stillborn…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stephen Curry lets his play do the talking during the NBA season. Give him a mic as host of The…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the Home Run Derby (all times local): ___ 7:45 p.m. Washington’s Juan Soto defeated Seattle’s Julio…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The McGwire family is set to see the other side of things in one of baseball’s best rivalries. Mason McGwire, son of 12-time…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Willson and William Contreras turned a goal into reality last month when they played on the same…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and Clayton Kershaw are two-way praisers. Six miles from Hollywood’s Walk of…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics kicked off a six-year countdown on Monday with the announcement of the dates for the Games’…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The legacy of Jackie Robinson showed in Major League Baseball’s draft, with four Black players…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A California-based renewable energy developer announced Monday that it has acquired a transmission line project that will…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pete Alonso was in the visitors’ clubhouse at Truist Park last week when an attendant…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A California woman who was fatally mauled by a grizzly bear in western Montana last summer…

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The case involving Roman Polanski, who fled the United States after he forced himself on a 13-year-old…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee have asked baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to…

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — A central California man has been arrested on suspicion of shooting and wounding a San Francisco Bay Area police…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors plan to charge a Los Angeles man in connection with three murders across Southern…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will start for the National League on Tuesday night in the first…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s Dawn Staley has called out ESPN and its ESPY awards show for not inviting national player of the year…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge privately told lawyers he would renege on a promise and imprison Roman…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Court transcript shows a US judge planned to renege on a plea deal and imprison Roman Polanski for sex with teen in…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole and the rest of major league pitchers are likely to be looking…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Harden is vowing a return to his high-scoring form after battling a lingering hamstring…

SALINAS, Calif. (AP) — The man last seen with Kristin Smart, the college freshman who vanished from a California campus 25 years ago, is on trial…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Thorleifur Ulfarsson scored the deciding goal in a 2-1 win for the Houston Dynamo over the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday.…

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Chez Reavie won the Barracuda Championship on Sunday, holding on in the breezy final round of the PGA Tour’s lone modified…

MORRISON, Colo. (AP) — Leah Pruett raced to her first Top Fuel victory for Tony Stewart Racing, powering past Shawn Langdon in the final of the…

By RICHARD J. MARCUS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Merrill Kelly gave up one run in six innings and David Peralta hit a solo homer to lead the…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matt Holliday heard from agent Scott Boras that his son was about to be picked first in…

MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Logan Webb pitched six strong innings for his ninth win to keep the Giants rolling into the…

HOUSTON (AP) — Stephen Vogt hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics wrapped up a shaky first half by beating the…

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Containment continued to grow on a wildfire burning for more than a week in Yosemite National Park and…