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A Los Angeles City Council candidate seeking to represent a heavily Latino district apologized Wednesday for comments he made about Mexicans in a YouTube video posted online nearly a decade ago.

This is not a city where people are likely to say, “I didn’t think it could happen here.” The aftermath of a series of shootings that left four dead in the last week held familiar ritual.

For the second time in five months, construction at the Metro Purple Line extension has led to the discovery of Ice Age fossils.

Steven Rivas of Etiwanda enjoyed a day hitters can only dream about.

In a Baseline League game against Chino Hills on Wednesday, Rivas hit two home runs, a triple and double and finished with a school-record 11 RBI in a 23-3 victory for Etiwanda.

Tyler Freeman went five for five.

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The Angels played an usually high number of spring-training games this year, 34, and young power hitter Jefry Marte started 20 of them. But they did not manage to get him even one inning in left field all spring, after testing him there to poor results last season.

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A fast-fashion retailer is in hot water over a hate symbol.

Zara, a Spanish clothing chain, pulled a skirt from its website after people pointed out that an applique cartoon character on it bore a striking resemblance to "Pepe the Frog," a fictional frog that has been adopted by "alt-right" groups.

Right-hander Blake Treinen was removed Wednesday as closer for the Washington Nationals and manager Dusty Baker said the job will be a “mix and match” plan with right-handers Shawn Kelley and Koda Glover sharing the duties.

With the first two elections over in a series of off-season special House races, the Republican party’s biggest challenge is obvious:

Winning NBA games in the regular season is arduous. Winning games in the playoffs is laborious, and by extension, winning a seven-game series is exacting.

A Boston-based water development company is paying former Sen. Barbara Boxer to push for approval of a proposed seawater desalination plant that has been mired for years in environmental controversy.

Manuel Ocampo and Irene Iré combine their talents in a gallery show that feels like a three-artist exhibition. That's no mean feat, especially when the third artist is Goya.

The Rams will know their 2017 schedule when the NFL announces it Thursday at 5 p.m., and they will make single-game tickets available Friday.

For those wondering what it might be like playing in the Southern Section Division 1 baseball playoffs in one month, all you needed to do was take a peek at Huntington Beach the last two days in the Boras Classic.Coach Benji Medure turned loose his one-two punch of Nick Pratto and Hagen Danner,...

Sand- and salt-caked beachgoers, rejoice: The California Department of Parks and Recreation is lifting its two-year ban on outdoor shower use at many state beaches.

The nation’s colleges and universities are scrambling to add courses to prepare students to fill the huge number of cybersecurity jobs that have arisen because of the exponential growth in hacking worldwide.

Silicon Valley firms have long been known for offering a litany of employee perks: fresh-cooked lunches, free massages, climbing walls and dog-friendly offices.

The Los Angeles County coroner’s office on Wednesday released the name of a man found dead in his car a day earlier in the Westlake neighborhood.

What old brains need is a shot of young blood — and the younger the better.

The Los Angeles City Council agreed Wednesday to pay $9.5 million to settle a lawsuit by the parents of a teenage girl who was fatally struck by a taxicab near Dockweiler State Beach.

Tens of thousands of Venezuelans used a national holiday to demonstrate yet again against the government of embattled President Nicolas Maduro, and at least two people died as the government used heavily armed forces and tear gas to control the vast crowds.