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When most people think of “Star Wars” style, Princess Leia’s side-buns hairdo and white robe or Darth Vader’s fearsome black helmet and cape probably come to mind. For copy editors, it’s more likely how to punctuate a jumble of words such as Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope or whether to spell Chewbacca’s...

Dave Roberts doesn't know Yasiel Puig.

"Never said a word to him," Roberts said.

Didn't matter.

When Roberts was introduced Tuesday as the Dodgers' new manager, Puig was the player he was asked about most. Specifically, he was asked whether he would be able to forge the kind of relationship with...

The NFL has scheduled a special owners meeting on Los Angeles for January, and at least two influential team owners are hoping that a relocation vote can be taken there.

Christian McCaffrey took to social media Saturday in the euphoric aftermath of Stanford's last-second win over Notre Dame.

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Jay Leno's Garage Director Francis Ford Coppola is a guest on the season finale. 7 and 10 p.m. CNBC

Arrow In the conclusion of a crossover story that began on "The Flash," Malcolm (John Barrowman) injects himself into the conflict between the heroes and Vandal Savage (Casper Crump), with...

A man was fatally shot Tuesday evening by at least one Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy.

One is a power forward with a point guard's skill set who likes to lead fastbreaks.

In rural India, the onset of dusk frequently means a fade to black. Typically, kerosene lanterns, synonymous with darkened lungs and ominous clouds of air pollution, provide light for the country's 300 million residents who live without any reliable access to power.

The world may now rest easy.

Police in North Carolina have charged Katharine F. Lemansky, 45, with animal cruelty after she posted a photo on Facebook of her chocolate Lab mix with its mouth taped shut with duct tape. The misdemeanor is punishable by up to 150 days in jail, a news release said.

A coalition of labor and community groups stepped up its battle with a Chinese-owned company that manufactures electric vehicles in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, accusing the firm of breaking promises and failing to provide safe "living wage" jobs with the tens of millions of dollars the firm...

Volkswagen's U.S. sales dropped sharply in November while many other automakers saw strong gains.

USC linebacker Cameron Smith and UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen were chosen as the Pac-12’s top freshman football players in voting by the conference’s head coaches announced on Tuesday.Stanford running back and return specialist Christian McCaffrey was offensive player of the year, and Oregon end...

This is it for Rankman. He's out of time, quips, bad puns and, after next week, work. It has been a 20-year honor to use an alter ego in this space to prod some of the nation's finest football-playing diploma factories.

The Philadelphia 76ers won their first game of the season and ended a 28-game losing streak dating to last season, overtaking the Lakers for a 103-91 victory Tuesday night at Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia.

Low-income tenants got a reprieve Tuesday when Los Angeles County supervisors voted to hold on to 241 units of public housing at sites dispersed around South L.A. that housing officials had planned to sell.

The Angels signed Rafael Ortega, a 24-year-old outfielder who spent 2015 with the St. Louis Cardinals’ triple-A team in Memphis, to a major league contract Tuesday, an indication they might not tender a contract to arbitration-eligible reserve outfielder Collin Cowgill by Wednesday’s deadline.

For the Ducks, Wednesday represents the fourth time in the last two weeks that they will try to win back-to-back games, a feat they haven't achieved since a four-game winning streak Nov.1-7.

David Cohen, a former president of the advocacy organization Common Cause, who for more than four decades campaigned for greater government transparency and accountability as a leader in the corps of activists known as public-interest lobbyists, died Nov. 29 at his son's home in Westport, Conn....

Nearly $2.3 million in donations made by charter school supporters during this year's Los Angeles school board races were shielded from disclosure until after the election was over, a review of records shows.

A small group of donors contributed to California Charter Schools Assn. Advocates, which then transferred much of the money to an affiliated political-action committee that supported candidates in the 2015 Los Angeles Board of Education elections. The full list of 2015 donations was not disclosed...

Injuries are already affecting the high school basketball season.

Long Beach Poly's best player, guard Drew Buggs, went down with a knee injury last week during the Redondo tournament. He was scheduled to undergo an MRI.

La Mirada will be without its top player, Vittorio Reynoso-Avila, for about...

House Democrats, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, called on House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wisc.) Tuesday to disband the select committee investigating Planned Parenthood.

During the first four months of California's emergency drought rules, people in cities and towns across the state made conservation look easy.

Your wallet's had a workout this week.

Between Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, your holiday shopping should be done by now. (And if not, you've still got 24 days before Christmas.)

The Tuesday after Thanksgiving has been designated for a somewhat less materialistic cause:...

Don Newcombe, baseball's first player to win rookie of the year, most valuable player and the Cy Young Award, passed out at Dodger Stadium after welcoming Dave Roberts as the club's first minority manager.