Daily Breeze notebook on CIF-SS girls tennis, boys water polo and L.A. City Section flag football

Infielder Kevin Newman and the Los Angeles Angels have agreed to a $2.75 million, one-year contract. Newman gets a $2.5 million salary next season, and the deal includes a $2.5 million club option for 2026 with a $250,000 buyout. A 31-year-old veteran of seven major league seasons, Newman hit .278 with three homers, 28 RBIs and eight stolen bases in 111 games for Arizona last season. He played ...

Sheldon Shel Talmy, the American-born producer behind classic 60s songs by the Who, the Kinks, the Easybeats and even a teenaged David Bowie, died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday, from complications due to a stroke, a rep confirms to Variety. He was 87. A facilitator of the classic Brit Beat sound, Talmy […]

Thursday morning on CNN Newsroom, rule of experts aficionado and Atlantic writer Tom Nichols found himself flustered given the ultra-rare occasion of having faced direct pushback for his views. This time, it came from CNN conservative political commentator Shermichael Singleton over whether former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) should be allowed to make her case to the Senate as President-Ele...

Mystery novel includes LAPD visit to Palm Springs' Smoke Tree Ranch, where Walt Disney once lived, columnist David Allen writes. Also: Whatever happened to Perris' Jenny's Diner?

LOS ANGELES (AP) UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond has had his contract renewed through 2029. The university announced the extension on Thursday and noted it was finalized this past spring. Jarmond was hired in 2020 and signed a six-year contract. He came to Westwood after three years leading Boston Colleges athletic program. During Jarmonds tenure, he has navigated UCLAs move ...

Although incumbent Montana Sen. Jon Tester lost his race for U.S. Senate, that hasnt stopped a barrage of attack ads running against him. No one seems to know why theyre continuing, but they are.

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navys Seawolf-class submarinesUSS Seawolf, USS Connecticut, and USS Jimmy Carterare powerful yet rare nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines. Built as successors to the Los Angeles-class for Cold War operations, only three were constructed due to budget cuts after the Soviet Union's collapse.

Mercer County officials said late Wednesday that they were looking for a new place to paint a mural of Olympic gold-medalist and Trenton Native Athing Mu after some expressed disappointment that she was part of a mural on the state prison.

Megadeth founder and frontman Dave Mustaine just got hit with a big L in court. Metal Injection reports that a Los Angeles judge has ordered the trash metal guitarist to pay his former manager Cory Brennan of 5B Artist Management a total of $1,400,006. The payout stems from a lawsuit that Brennan filed […]The post

Four LA residents allegedly defrauded multiple insurance companies of over $141,000. A wildlife expert who reviewed footage of the incidents said that the culprit was "clearly a human in a bear suit."

Queer, premiere in Los Angeles on the same evening that Ridley Scotts epic Roman soldier sequel, Gladiator II, took over London for its world premiere.Although nearly 6,000 miles apart, the thirsty carnage of having Pedro Pascals plunging neckline and Paul Mescal and Andrew Scotts impromptu All of Us Strangers reunion occurring in the UK simultaneously as Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Om...

A look at Friday's CIF-SS and L.A. City Section quarterfinals, with previews of the top games and predictions

International Olympic Committee and LA28 officials hold a news conference in Los Angeles to give an update on the preparations after three days of visits to Games venues.

The San Francisco Giants could use another starting pitcher. Could they stick it to the Los Angeles Dodgers and sign Jack Flaherty?

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) ordered the outgoing Biden-Harris administration to preserve documents related to its censorship collusion with Big Tech, among other ominous federal activities.Johnson and a group of GOP lawmakerswrote toActing Labor Secretary Julie Su on Nov. 12, cautioning against any coverup of the current administrations potentially illegal actions. Johnson touched o...

LAS VEGAS, NV (11-14-24) 'Back in Action'(2025) is Netflix' upcoming Jamie Foxx comedy drama that also stars Cameron Diaz and Glenn Close. Years after giving up life as CIA spies to start a family, Emily and Matt are pulled back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown. Jamie Foxx, Cameron [...]The post