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LOS ANGELES — The chants rained down as Wesley Yates III stepped to the free-throw line with six minutes to play, rattling from the crypts of the Galen Center to its upper decks, a sobering reminder that USC was somehow playing this Saturday afternoon in a hostile environment on its own home floor.“Go green! Go white!” a legion of Spartans fans chanted, bloodthirsty for a miss, some behind the baseline rising and waving in an attempt to distract Yates.The Trojans had no home-court advantage. They hadn’t all year. They were dealing with a lot, as a weary Musselman reflected after Monday’s…
By JOSH BOAKPALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China — fulfilling one of his post-campaign commitments to voters that also carries the risk of sparking higher inflation and disrupting businesses across North America.Trump declared an economic emergency in order to place duties of 10% on all imports from China and 25% on imports from Mexico and Canada — America’s largest trading partners — except for a 10% rate on Canadian energy, including oil, natural gas and electricity. The tariffs would go into effect on…
The Clippers traded forward P.J. Tucker and center Mo Bamba to the Utah Jazz, along with a future second-round pick and cash, for guard Patty Mills and forward-center Drew Eubanks, the team announced Saturday.The impetus for the deal appears to be the Clippers now being $4 million below the luxury tax and gaining potential flexibility at the trade deadline or for a potential buyout candidate.The trade also ends a yearlong dilemma for the Clippers.Tucker, who was originally acquired in the deal with the Philadelphia 76ers that brought James Harden to the Clippers, played only 28 games in 2023-24.Tucker had become…
As shocked bystanders ran for cover and bullets flew, police shot and killed an armed homicide suspect Saturday morning during a pursuit that ended with police cars trailing the man as he drove along the Newport Beach Pier.The chase began after Santa Ana police were asked by a law enforcement agency in Riverside County to apprehend a homicide suspect, Santa Ana police spokesperson Natalie Garcia said.The man’s vehicle was located in the 1400 block of North Freeman Street in Santa Ana. The pursuit started after officers attempted a traffic stop, she said.At around 6:50 a.m., Santa Ana police notified the…
The Ducks sought to spread their wings again but their effort ended up little more than a feather in the cap of the NHL’s Rookie of the Month in Calgary, and now they’ll face two of the runners-up among a group of Montreal Canadiens that they’ll welcome for a Sunday matinee.The Ducks had erupted for 16 goals in three games, all victories, but were stifled Thursday by the Flames’ Dustin Wolf. His sparkling home record gleaned brighter after a 30-save performance that factored into his honor as the league’s top rookie in January.Next up, they’ll likely face another first-year goalie…
Costco and the Teamsters union have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, avoiding a strike, the union said Saturday.Teamsters spokesman Matthew McQuaid confirmed the agreement, which will have to be approved by members. Details of the agreement weren’t immediately available. The Associated Press left a message seeking comment with Costco.Also see: Costco defends its diversity policies as other US companies scale backThe Teamsters union represents 18,000 Costco workers in six states: California, Washington, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and New York. Overall, Costco has 219,000 U.S. employees and 617 U.S. stores. The company said its labor agreement with the Teamsters…
The two wildfires that ravaged Pacific Palisades and the Altadena-Pasadena areas — killed 29, destroyed upwards of 16,000 structures and burned more than 37,000 acres — are now fully contained, Cal Fire announced.Containment is the border — either natural or created by fire crews — beyond which a fire is not expected to expand.All evacuation orders have been lifted for both fires, with only residents being permitted back into the burn areas.County public health officials are distributing personal protective equipment to residents returning to their homes in the various burn areas. Authorities urged residents to wear masks, gloves and other…
LOS ANGELES — Has UCLA junior center Lauren Betts become the front-runner for women’s college basketball’s player of the year award?“There was a great piece at halftime of the Tennessee-South Carolina game on Lauren, making a play for her to be the No. 1 player in the country this year,” Bruins coach Cori Close said this past week.“And I think the reason it’s so huge is because of the way she impacts winning, possession by possession in so many different ways. It’s not just scoring. It’s altering shots. It’s blocking shots. It’s being able to switch on multiple screens. It’s…
“It’s a dark news day,” a family member told me on Wednesday.What could she have been referring to? I thought maybe she was referring to the confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, but when dealing with Trump-era news cycles, you can never assume you know what anyone is talking about.It’s a minefield. If I guess wrong, I could be inserting a new topic into a conversation about politics that I already don’t want to have. So I played dumb.“Trump is firing the whole federal workforce,” she told me. “He wants…
It happened again.I have obtained an audio recording of another secret meeting of the people who run California behind the scenes. The membership of the group, divulged nowhere else but here, is made up of 10 environmentalists, three teachers, two bond underwriters, eight plaintiffs’ attorneys, six professionally certified lunatics, the CEO of a candle company, 231 union leaders and one California business leader, calling in from his home in Toronto.The meeting was convened to discuss the latest disaster to befall the state, the loss of the Biden White House.“I don’t see how we recover from this,” one of the union…