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As testimony in his federal corruption case neared an end on Friday, former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca’s defense centered on something no prosecution witnesses, recordings or documents have addressed: his character.

Essential Politics: Smoking ban proposed for public housing in California, Los Angeles congressional race jockeying continues Dec. 16, 2016, 5:59 p.m. This is Essential Politics, our daily look at California political and government news. Here's what we're watching right now: Residents of public...

A look at Saturday’s CIF state championship bowl games:

at Sacramento State:

Bellflower St. John Bosco (12-2) vs. Concord De La Salle (11-1), 8 p.m. (SportsNet): It’s a rematch from the 2013 season when St. John Bosco went 16-0 and beat the Spartans, 20-14. The Braves’ offensive line...

The resuscitation of Steve Sarkisian’s troubled career took a huge step forward on Friday when the former USC coach was named offensive coordinator at Alabama.

UCLA will return here in three months, intent on winning the Pac-12 Conference tournament championship.

The smell of the rubber mats and the feel of the wood seat are ingrained in Ryan Getzlaf. He’s spent so much time in two specific areas of Joe Louis Arena he didn’t need the question to be completed before he started to answer.

The private group that oversees physician training in the United States has proposed rolling back rules so that young doctors just out of medical school can work shifts as long as 28 hours.

This week sees the return of two vaunted pop-culture landmarks that reigned during the 1980s. “Super Mario Run,” the latest spin-off of the “Super Mario Bros.” series now available on Apple’s mobile devices, is poised to be one of the biggest games of 2016. 

Jeff Fisher should have been Los Angeles's next high-profile, superstar coach and would have been . . . if it was not for Jeff Fisher.  A local boy who went to Taft High School and USC, and after a short pro career was an excellent defensive coach for the Rams.

President Obama publicly accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of involvement in cyberattacks aimed at the U.S. election and leveled a threat on Friday — that the U.S. would retaliate, perhaps in ways no one but the Russians would see.

UC Riverside Provost Paul J. D’Anieri announced Friday that he would step down from his administrative post, just days after the faculty said it would meet to consider a vote of no confidence in his leadership.

The Starliner bus, its white paint speckled with grime, emerged from the bedlam of eastern Aleppo Friday, making its way toward the dilapidated Ramouseh bridge.

“This morning when I walked over to work it was pretty darn cold.”

So said Raymond Foss, town manager in the small town of Patten, Maine. Apparently, Foss is given to understatement. With the wind chill, the temperature in Patten on Friday plummeted to 37 degrees below zero.

The polar vortex, as...

Prosecutors have charged a 23-year-old man with attempted murder after he allegedly shot at police in South L.A., prompting one officer to fire back and wound him.

Debra Wong Yang: In the Dec. 14 Business section, an article about former U.S. Atty. Debra Wong Yang, a potential candidate to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Trump administration, said that Yang was appointed to California’s Central District court in 2002. She was appointed...

Post Malone has heard all the criticisms.

He’s a white “culture vulture,” as he put it, cynically appropriating African American culture. He’s received more attention than his meager talent deserves. He’s a rich kid whose parents essentially paid his way into music.

“There’s a thing that says they...

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Project Grizzly Bear trainer Jeff Watson is almost ready to release his two raised-in-captivity grizzlies into the wild in this documentary series’ first-season finale. 10 p.m. Animal Planet

Essential Politics: Smoking ban proposed for public housing in California, Los Angeles congressional race jockeying continues Dec. 16, 2016, 2:44 p.m. This is Essential Politics, our daily look at California political and government news. Here's what we're watching right now: Residents of public...

Falling technology and financial stocks pulled U.S. indexes back from the edge of record highs Friday. Bond yields gave up some of their big gains from the last few days, and the dollar downshifted from its sharp climb against other currencies.

If it is the season of pies, and of frothy hot drinks garnished with cinnamon or peppermint, then it is also the season of whipped cream dispensed in fat squirts.

Defying protesters and legal threats from his successor, North Carolina’s outgoing Republican Gov. Pat McCrory on Friday signed a hastily passed bill designed to strip power from the incoming Democratic governor and his party. A second bill with similar intentions now awaits McCrory’s signature.

Congressional Republicans quietly closed a yearlong investigation into the crisis over lead in the Flint, Mich., drinking water supply, faulting both state officials and the Environmental Protection Agency for contamination that has affected nearly 100,000 residents.

The gigantic broadcast rights deals that fueled an explosion in salaries for traditional athletes are making their first appearance in e-sports.

Social media app Flipagram has entertained acquisition offers from a Chinese media company and Snapchat maker Snap Inc. in recent weeks, according to people familiar with the discussions.