Month: June 2022

Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials were investigating a shooting that injured two people in a residential neighborhood in Stanton on Tuesday. Deputies were called at 7:20 p.m. to the 7700 block of Lessue Avenue, west of Beach Boulevard and north of Chapman Avenue, for a reported shooting and found two victims with gunshot wounds in…

The unforgiving Astros continued their tour of New York City. After they split a four-game series in the Bronx over the weekend, they stepped on the Amazin’s necks in Flushing on Tuesday night. The Mets were shellacked, 9-1, by the Astros in front of 36,673 at Citi Field. President Barack Obama was still roaming the…

Manny Banuelos finally making his Yankees debut 14 years after he was signed as a phenom out of his native Mexico was one of the best stories of the early Yankees season, but the 31-year-old’s time with the Bombers has come to an end again — for now. The lefty was designated for assignment before…

Windermere High rising senior basketball standout Sean Stewart and Montverde Academy newcomer Asa Newell are two of the three Florida high school players on the Team USA squad that will play in the World Cup 17-and-under tournament that begins Saturday in Spain. They are joined by Karter Knox of Tampa Catholic. A dozen players were…

DENVER — As Tyler Anderson packed a bag in front of his locker in the visitor’s clubhouse at Truist Park on Sunday afternoon – the next day’s starting pitcher frequently flies ahead of the team when changing cities – Clayton Kershaw did the same in front of his locker. The veteran left-hander’s start was two…

LONG BEACH — A motorist who apparently had been shot was found dead early Tuesday morning in a vehicle on an offramp from the southbound 710 Freeway in Long Beach. Officers were sent to the Anaheim Street offramp after the vehicle crashed about 2:30 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. First responders who arrived…

Jalen Brunson is closer to joining his friends and family on the Knicks. The Mavericks point guard is expected to sign with New York on a four-year deal in the ballpark of $110 million, sources confirm, which was reinforced Tuesday when team president Leon Rose traded two more players to clear the necessary cap space.…

Addressing the Supporters’ Shield leaders midway through the Major League Soccer season, John Thorrington took note of the locker room’s reaction to his long-awaited news. Carlos Vela, Los Angeles Football Club’s leading man since its inception in 2018, would remain in Black & Gold through the end of the 2023 season, the club’s co-president and…

By ERIC GAY and ELLIOT SPAGAT SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Forty-six people were found dead in and near a tractor-trailer and 16 others were taken to hospitals in a presumed migrant smuggling attempt into the United States, officials in San Antonio said. It’s among the deadliest tragedies to have claimed thousands of lives of people…

Electronic music promoter Insomniac Events’ Basscon and Bassrush have once again joined forces for the Project Z festival in San Bernardino. The single-day event brings together the top bass and dance music artists in the world for a post-apocalyptic party. It’s an evening-long battle of the music spread across five elaborately themed stages that have…

LONG BEACH — A motorist who apparently had been shot was found dead early Tuesday morning in a vehicle on an offramp from the southbound 710 Freeway in Long Beach. Officers were sent to the Anaheim Street offramp after the vehicle crashed about 2:30 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. First responders who arrived…

Electronic music promoter Insomniac Events’ Basscon and Bassrush have once again joined forces for the Project Z festival in San Bernardino. The single-day event brings together the top bass and dance music artists in the world for a post-apocalyptic party. It’s an evening-long battle of the music spread across five elaborately themed stages that have…

By ERIC GAY and ELLIOT SPAGAT SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Forty-six people were found dead in and near a tractor-trailer and 16 others were taken to hospitals in a presumed migrant smuggling attempt into the United States, officials in San Antonio said. It’s among the deadliest tragedies to have claimed thousands of lives of people…

Windermere High rising senior basketball standout Sean Stewart and Montverde Academy newcomer Asa Newell are two of the three Florida high school players on the Team USA squad that will play in the World Cup 17-and-under tournament that begins Saturday in Spain. They are joined by Karter Knox of Tampa Catholic. A dozen players were…

Manny Banuelos finally making his Yankees debut 14 years after he was signed as a phenom out of his native Mexico was one of the best stories of the early Yankees season, but the 31-year-old’s time with the Bombers has come to an end again — for now. The lefty was designated for assignment before…

According to an NBA source familiar with the situation, the Miami Heat are willing to extend a fully guaranteed contract for the maximum-allowable three years to free-agent power forward P.J. Tucker. The Heat’s offer is built off the $8.4 million non-Bird salary-cap exception, which would put the team’s standing offer at $27 million over three…

Q: Ira, I’m seeing the best Heat deal for Kevin Durant starts with Bam Adebayo. I wasn’t expecting that. What say you? – Steve. A: First, everything regarding Kevin Durant now appears to be moot, if it wasn’t already, with Kyrie Irving opting into the final year of his Nets deal. (Although with Kyrie, is…

By Jackie Davalos | Bloomberg Some Uber and Lyft drivers are finding that renting or buying a Tesla, the luxury electric car, is a more profitable option now amid soaring gas prices that have upended the economics of gig work. Last summer, Heidi Barnes, 34, thought about upgrading her beloved 2009 Toyota Camry, which she…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England — Serena Williams began – and ended – her comeback at Wimbledon after 364 days out of singles competition looking very much like someone who hadn’t competed in just that long. She missed shots, shook her head, rolled her eyes. In between, there were moments where Williams…

The nation’s first tangible act of reparations is complete — pending escrow. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday, June 28, to return two parcels of oceanfront property to the Bruce family, more than 90 years after Manhattan Beach used eminent domain, for racially motivated reasons, to take the property away…