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At 5 feet 7, Diego Schwartzman of Argentina is often much shorter than his opponent. He slayed a giant on Friday when he upset 6-foot-6 Marin Cilic, the No. 5 seed at the U.S. Open, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-4 in a third-round match on the grandstand court. Cilic was the 2014 Open champion but had been...

California lawmakers introduced legislation Friday to bypass a key state environmental law that would dramatically ease the construction of rail, bus and other transit projects connected to Los Angeles’ bid to host the Olympic Games in 2028.

Most of the Angels convened at Angel Stadium after noon Thursday to board a 1 p.m. bus headed for the Long Beach Airport. By then, the news had splashed across their televisions and onto their phones: Their team arranged an unexpected trade for Justin Upton, the Detroit Tigers’ power-hitting outfielder.

Corey Seager stood on the edge of the infield grass as his teammates fielded grounders Friday afternoon. He wore a glove on his left hand but did not stoop to retrieve any of the balls. He held a baseball in his right hand but did not throw.

A 12-mile stretch of the 210 Freeway was closed Friday afternoon when a brush fire in the Verdugo Mountains jumped the highway and threatened about 50 homes, triggering evacuations, authorities said.

Dole Food Co. will lay off 402 workers from its Salinas Valley fields and packing facilities as part of a widening move out of California’s strawberry market.

Tim Buchanan, a former John Burroughs High School principal and longtime educator, died Aug. 25 from acute myeloid leukemia. He was 70.

When volunteers from Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA’s youth group arrived to aid hurricane victims this week, they were welcomed by a cross-section of Texans, some of whom recognized them by name.

State lawmakers gutted or shelved dozens of bills for the year on Friday, including proposals to allow bars to stay open later, examine police practices, regulate marijuana and prohibit Californians from buying more than one rifle a month.

Chargers general manager Tom Telesco stood outside the door of the visiting locker room at Levi’s Stadium and thanked every player and coach after they had completed their final preseason game Thursday night against San Francisco.

Below, check out photos and videos from the Week 2 high school football matchups in the Los Angeles area.

No matter how innovative or conformist the Hollywood Bowl season, no matter how hot and heavy (as it was Thursday, with seats damp from an unexpected thunderstorm) or chilly the evening, there will be Beethoven. And so there was Thursday.

A new study has put an exclamation point on a problem that Los Angeles Unified School District officials already acknowledge: too few of their graduates — about one in four — are earning college degrees.

In almost 150 years of record keeping, it has never been as hot in San Francisco as it was on Friday.

Juicero, startup behind the much-mocked $400 juicer, folded on Friday. Soon, social media served up a schadenfreude shake

In almost 150 years of record keeping, it has never been as hot in San Francisco as it was on Friday.