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By The Associated Press A 12-year veteran NFL official who has been a referee since 2014 will handle his first Super Bowl on Sunday. Ron Torber is a…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County coroner’s office says the death of former major leaguer Jeremy Giambi was a suicide. The…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer The Super Bowl will include a spectacular halftime show, as usual. Some of the biggest names in hip-hop will entertain…

OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former U.S. Air Force sergeant with alleged ties to the “boogaloo” movement has pled guilty to the…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former Air Force sergeant changes plea to guilty in 2020 killing of federal security officer in Northern…

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A necropsy on 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit showed no definitive cause of death. The California Horse Racing…

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department says that search warrants served at numerous locations between Jan.…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A California manufacturer of pre-designed homes plans to build a $40 million facility in southern West Virginia. Gov. Jim…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forecasters say Southern California’s winter heat wave will continue through Super Bowl weekend along with locally gusty Santa…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When it comes to the Super Bowl fans can bet on just about anything, including which…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Usher preached togetherness during “tumultuous times” while performing…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say car crashes and traffic deaths dropped in Utah after the state enacted the…

By MARK LONG and JOE REEDY AP Sports Writers THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Odell Beckham Jr.’s 2,000-mile trip on short notice allowed him to…

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer Veteran NFL coach Anthony Lynn designed a personal defense in response to the league policy that requires teams to…

HONOLULU (AP) — Aboubacar Traore scored 18 points with 11 rebounds, Colin Slater added 16 points and Long Beach State used a late 7-0 surge to…

SAN FRANCISCO — Khalil Shabazz scored 24 points as San Francisco easily defeated Pepperdine 105-61. Gabe Stefanini added 21 points for the Dons.…

LOS ANGELES — Fousseyni Traore had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Seneca Knight made a free throw with 0.7 seconds to play to give BYU an 83-82…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Julius Randle scored 28 points and matched his season high with 16 rebounds and the New…

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Elijah Hardy scored 26 points and Atin Wright had 24 as Cal State Northridge ended its eight-game losing streak with an…

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Ajay Mitchell scored 21 points and UC Santa Barbara beat CSU Bakersfield, 74-62. The Gauchos built a 12-point lead in…

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Ajay Mitchell had a season-high 21 points as UC Santa Barbara defeated Cal State Bakersfield 74-62. Justin McCall led the…

IRVINE, Calif. — Collin Welp recorded 15 points and 13 rebounds to lift UC Irvine to a 66-56 win over UC Riverside. Dominick Pickett led the…

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Tre Armstrong had 25 points and 10 rebounds as California Baptist romped past Lamar 83-61. C.J. Roberts led the Cardinals on…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four people have been hospitalized after Los Angeles police say a man stabbed his father and two employees of a North Hollywood…

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — The California Supreme Court has denied a potential bid for freedom by Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Daylen Kountz had 27 points as Northern Colorado got past Sacramento State 79-61. Bryce Fowler led the Hornets on Thursday…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The nation’s egg producers are in the midst of a multibillion-dollar shift to…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — De’Vion Harmon had a season-high 21 points, Will Richardson scored all 12 of his in the final 10 minutes and Oregon defeated…

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Paisley Harding scored 22 points and No. 20 BYU led wire-to-wire in a 102-53 rout of Pepperdine to pick up its 20th win of the…

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Rasir Bolton scored 20 points, Drew Timme added 13 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 2…

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A four-time MVP, three Super Bowl players and the beginning of a brother act. The…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 28 of his career-high 51 points in the first quarter, and the Dallas Mavericks…

MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Logan Johnson had 16 points, a career-high nine rebounds and five steals, and No. 22 Saint…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers wins 4th NFL MVP…

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Knicks Go won Horse of the Year and older dirt male horse honors at the Eclipse Awards. His trainer, Brad Cox, won for the…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — In Shaun White’s farewell performance, Ayumu Hirano of Japan won an elusive Olympic…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pro Football Hall of Fame ended several long waits and voted linebacker Sam Mills,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Boselli, Branch, Butler, McNally, Mills, Seymour, Vermeil and Young all elected to Pro Football Hall of…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic has recorded the highest-scoring quarter in the NBA this season…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Unified School District will pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit by a woman who was molested by her Spanish…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The defending NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks have added center Serge Ibaka as part of a four-team…

By JOHN NICHOLSON AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sahith Theegala crashed golf’s biggest party. Playing in the last group off the 10th…

By The Associated Press With wind gusts forecast in the 30 mph range at the team headquarters in Thousand Oaks, the Rams opted to travel 52 miles to…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — While the winter coronavirus wave in California is receding fast, it could be a while…

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer Kevin Durant wanted no part of James Harden on the day their partnership in Brooklyn ended. Durant kept passing…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Louisville joined South Carolina, Stanford and North Carolina State as top seeds if the women’s NCAA…

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer Kevin Huber completely understands how big a deal this really is. He’s living out the dream every…

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — School-switching has never been more prevalent in college basketball thanks to the NCAA…

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — Orange County sheriff’s deputies have shot and killed a man they say charged at them with a knife after a nearly…