Month: April 2022

The Ducks’ Max Comtois, left, and the San Jose Sharks’ Brent Burns pursue the puck during the first period on Tuesday night in San Jose. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) San Jose Sharks center Noah Gregor (73) chases the puck past Ducks left wing Sonny Milano (12) during the first period in an NHL hockey…

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez hit a routine grounder to shortstop Tim Anderson, but first baseman José Abreu dropped the low throw and was charged with an error. The fourth-inning miscue got the ball rolling on a two-run rally for the Royals. That sums up how the last week has gone for the Chicago…

Kevin Frazier is the MC of the event announcing the kick-off campaign for the “Vote Arts and Minds” ballot measure at Hamilton High School in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Proponents of the Arts and Music in Public Schools Ballot Measure, including Austin Beutner, event MC Kevin…

Crypto.com has been making its rounds not just in the United States, but also all over the globe with their robust list of services and most importantly, the rewards that you can get just by using it. That’s right, just by using their debit card, you can earn more rewards than if you use your…

Signing shortstop Andrelton Simmons to bolster the middle infield defense was an understandable approach for the Chicago Cubs’ roster construction. Between the injury histories of shortstop Nico Hoerner and second baseman Nick Madrigal and a rotation reliant on ground balls, a defense-first infielder like Simmons can be valuable. But the Cubs’ vision works only if…

By MATT O’BRIEN and TOM KRISHER Coming up with $44 billion to buy Twitter was the easy part for Elon Musk. Next comes the real challenge for the world’s richest person: fulfilling his promise to make Twitter “better than ever” as a lightly regulated haven for free speech. His vision for improving the 16-year-old company…

Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…

Obiajulu Ejiofor did not have an easy life. As a teen, she had barely survived the Nigerian Civil War; then after emigrating to London, she felt isolated and was stung consistently by racism. But she was fulfilled and happy. She was a mother of three, with a fourth on the way; she and her husband,…

Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…

Obiajulu Ejiofor did not have an easy life. As a teen, she had barely survived the Nigerian Civil War; then after emigrating to London, she felt isolated and was stung consistently by racism. But she was fulfilled and happy. She was a mother of three, with a fourth on the way; she and her husband,…

Signing shortstop Andrelton Simmons to bolster the middle infield defense was an understandable approach for the Chicago Cubs’ roster construction. Between the injury histories of shortstop Nico Hoerner and second baseman Nick Madrigal and a rotation reliant on ground balls, a defense-first infielder like Simmons can be valuable. But the Cubs’ vision works only if…

Kevin Frazier is the MC of the event announcing the kick-off campaign for the “Vote Arts and Minds” ballot measure at Hamilton High School in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Proponents of the Arts and Music in Public Schools Ballot Measure, including Austin Beutner, event MC Kevin…

By MATT O’BRIEN and TOM KRISHER Coming up with $44 billion to buy Twitter was the easy part for Elon Musk. Next comes the real challenge for the world’s richest person: fulfilling his promise to make Twitter “better than ever” as a lightly regulated haven for free speech. His vision for improving the 16-year-old company…

Crypto.com has been making its rounds not just in the United States, but also all over the globe with their robust list of services and most importantly, the rewards that you can get just by using it. That’s right, just by using their debit card, you can earn more rewards than if you use your…

TAMPA — Marwin Gonzalez struggled at first base. After coming up as a shortstop and playing second base and even third, he instinctively knew how to follow the ball and play the angles. But first base, standing there and waiting for the most part, that wasn’t easy. But he knew that his career depended on…

Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowry were missing. But the Miami Heat’s defense still was there, as was the strength in numbers. Ultimately, that was all that was needed Tuesday night at FTX Arena to close out Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks. Turning up the heat in the absence of two leading men, Erik Spoelstra’s…

If you didn’t score passes to the annual Stagecoach Country Music Festival this weekend, you can now tune into the fest from your couch as it plays out live April 29-May 1 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. The three-day event will livestream all three headlining acts — Thomas Rhett on Friday, Carrie Underwood…

Observations and other notes of interest from Tuesday night’s 97-94 NBA playoff victory over the Atlanta Hawks: — It is the most unusual of roles: Victor Oladipo in extreme injury absence becomes The Man for the Miami Heat. Otherwise, just another man. — And that will make it interesting to see where this is all…

A state auditor’s report released on Tuesday, April 26, revealed that five California law enforcement agencies, including the San Bernardino Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, are not adequately guarding against racially and ethnically biased conduct. In one glaring example, state auditors detailed in the 124-page report that San Bernardino police failed to…

If you didn’t score passes to the annual Stagecoach Country Music Festival this weekend, you can now tune into the fest from your couch as it plays out live April 29-May 1 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. The three-day event will livestream all three headlining acts — Thomas Rhett on Friday, Carrie Underwood…