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A woman was killed and three people were injured on Christmas morning when a car flew off an off-ramp to the 210 Freeway in Azusa and smashed into a parked car at a fast food restaurant, authorities said.The crash occurred at 5:05 a.m. Wednesday at the South Azusa Avenue off-ramp to the eastbound 210 Freeway, the California Highway Patrol reported.A 2019 Ford Fusion driven by a 17-year-old boy exited from the number 2 lane onto the Azusa Avenue off-ramp, the CHP said. The car drifted to the right, striking a guardrail, then it continued down an embankment into a parking…

LOS ANGELES — Matthew Stafford speaks about it often this time of year. The beauty of meaningful football in December. How invigorating it is. How it can’t be taken for granted.If anyone would know, it would be Stafford. Prior to his trade to the Rams before the 2021 season, Stafford’s teams didn’t often have things at stake by the time the calendar turned to the 12th month. He made the playoffs three times in 12 years with the Detroit Lions, and in the down years his team often wasn’t even in the hunt.But in the thick of his third December…

By Ana B. Ibarra |  CalMattersA new state law will keep medical debt off your credit report, sparing a hit to your all-important credit score. This is a big deal for California where millions struggle with unpaid medical bills. It takes effect Jan. 1, 2025.Everyday people across the country skip medical care because of cost. Those who do seek medical help may end up with a balance they can’t pay off. That debt can hurt people’s credit scores, resulting in long-term financial burdens.Starting Jan. 1, a new state law will prohibit health providers and debt collectors from reporting medical debt…

A man who was found to be the aggressor in a fight with another inmate died Wednesday, Dec. 25, after the men were pepper-sprayed by a correctional deputy, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said Thursday.James Dennis Hirt, 24, of Norco, was the second inmate to die in the past week. He was the sixth person to succumb while in the custody of the Sheriff’s Department in 2024, a total far below the 13 reported by the department in 2023 and the 18 in 2022. The latter figure prompted the state Attorney General’s Office to launch an investigation into the county’s…

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…