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EL SEGUNDO — Running back J.K. Dobbins declined to talk about his injured knee Thursday.Coach Jim Harbaugh would only say that Dobbins looked “good” in practice.Officially, the Chargers listed Dobbins as questionable to play in Saturday’s game against the New England Patriots. Dobbins has been sidelined for four weeks, placed on injured reserve because of an injury suffered in the first half of the Chargers’ loss Nov. 25 to the Baltimore Ravens.Dobbins remained on injured reserve this week, although the Chargers opened his window to return to the active roster Monday. He could be activated Friday and be in the…
SAN FRANCISCO – The parents of a former OpenAI researcher known for recently blowing the whistle on the company’s business practices are questioning the circumstances of their son’s death last month.In an interview this week, Suchir Balaji’s mother and father expressed confusion and shock over his sudden passing, expressing doubt their son could have died by suicide, as determined by the county medical examiner.The family hired an expert to perform an independent autopsy, but has yet to release the report’s findings.“We’re demanding a thorough investigation — that’s our call,” said Balaji’s mother, Poornima Ramarao.San Francisco police found Balaji dead in his…
LAS VEGAS — Three weeks ago, USC’s third-string running back hopped on FaceTime with his folks and delivered a revelatory bit of news: Trojans coach Lincoln Riley had told him he was going to see a lot of time in the program’s upcoming bowl game.“It’s go time,” Bryan Jackson told them, as father Bryan recounted.Jackson’s parents were excited. But they were prepared for this. They’re practical people, the Jacksons: Father Bryan, of the same name, was once a tight end at James Madison, and mother Marion ran sprints in high school. They knew, for months, that USC starting back Woody…
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LEADERS Unofficial totals for Santa Anita, Del Mar and Los Alamitos thoroughbred meets, Dec. 26, 2023-Dec. 15, 2024 Jockeys / Wins Juan Hernandez / 189 Antonio Fresu / 154 Umberto Rispoli / 117 Kyle Frey / 90 Hector Berrios / 87 Edwin Maldonado / 75 Tiago Pereira / 70 Kazushi Kimura / 54 Flavien Prat / 53 Tyler Baze / 45 Trainers / Wins Phil D’Amato / 97 Doug O’Neill / 92 Bob Baffert / 88 Mark Glatt / 83 Steve Knapp / 60 John Sadler / 59 Peter Miller / 55 George Papaprodromou / 52 Michael McCarthy…
The Detroit Red Wings fired coach Derek Lalonde on Thursday and named former Kings coach Todd McLellan as his replacement, a major change by general manager Steve Yzerman more than a third of the way through another disappointing season in the place known as “Hockeytown.”The move the day after Christmas comes with the Red Wings on a three-game skid and having lost nine of their past 12. They’ve lost 21 of their first 34 games this season and are above only the lowly Buffalo Sabres in the Eastern Conference.Lalonde was nearly midway through his third season with Detroit after winning…
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and HALELUYA HADERO, AP Business WritersSales rose this year during the holiday shopping season even as Americans wrestled with elevated prices for many groceries and other necessities, according to new data.Holiday sales from the beginning of November through Christmas Eve climbed 3.8%, outpacing the 3.1% increase from a year earlier, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks all kinds of payments including cash and debit cards. The last five days of the season accounted for 10% of the spending.This year, retailers were even more under the gun to get shoppers in to buy early and in bulk since there were…
LAS VEGAS BOWL: USC (6-6, 4-5 Big Ten) vs. TEXAS A&M (8-4, 5-3 SEC) When: Friday, 7:30 p.m. Where: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas TV/radio: ESPN/710 AM Line: Texas A&M by 4 points Key injuries USC: OUT: DE Anthony Lucas (leg) Texas A&M: OUT: RB Le’Veon Moss (knee); QUESTIONABLE: CB Jaydon Hill (undisclosed), Key absences (known or likely) USC: RB Quinten Joyner (transfer), WR Duce Robinson (transfer), CB Jaylin Smith (NFL draft), RB Woody Marks (NFL draft), QB Miller Moss (transfer), S Zion Branch (transfer), WR Zachariah Branch (transfer), LB Raesjon Davis (transfer), WR Kyron Hudson (transfer), DL Sam Greene (transfer), RT Mason Murphy (transfer), C…
“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market. The pain: California is home to 15 of the nation’s 25 costliest metropolitan areas. The source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the annual “price parity” report from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, which gives us a snapshot of relative differences in the cost of living between 384 metropolitan areas across the nation in 2023 – including 26 from California. This inflation math is based on both price and spending swings, and is part of the Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation gauge – the “PCE” or Personal Consumption Expenditures rate. The pinch…
Los Angeles County health officials are warning residents not to feed their pets raw food following a voluntary recall of Northwest Naturals Brand 2lb Feline Turkey Recipe Raw & Frozen Pet Food due to detection of H5 bird flu virus in product samples.According to the county Department of Public Health, the recalled products are packaged 2-pound plastic bags with “Best if used by” dates of May 21, 2026, B10 and June 23, 2026, B1. Pet owners were urged to immediately dispose of those products.Residents who fed their pets the recalled products or other raw meat or dairy products and notice…
It was a tumultuous year for Southern California’s job market – with layoffs, legal battles, and political skirmishes dominating the employment news. Here are a dozen of the Southern California News Group’s most-read stories about employment in 2024 … No. 1: Optum laying off 364 California healthcare workers, shuttering urgent cares No. 2: Northrop Grumman cutting as many as 1,000 jobs at Space Park in Redondo Beach No. 3: Southwest Airlines to offer buyouts at LAX, Burbank, Long Beach and John Wayne No. 4: Video game maker Activision Blizzard laying off 400 workers in Irvine, LA No. 5: Rivian laying…