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October was here and the Dodgers choked. Again. Ahead of the Washington Nationals by two runs and only six outs from victory in the final game of their best-of-five National League Division Series, the Dodgers found a way to lose on Wednesday night. The resulting anguish was intensely familiar for a city that is more…

1/24 Washington’s Howie Kendrick hits a grand slam against the Dodgers in the 10th inning of Game 5 of the NLDS.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) 2/24 Dodgers left fielder Enrique Hernandez celebrates his solo home run with teammates Joc Pederson, left, and catcher Russell Martin during the second inning.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los…

Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome back to our horse racing newsletter as Santa Anita gets ready for a five-day week. Let’s get caught up on some news. The Breeders’ Cup Classic is looking to be pretty interesting with just a few weeks to go. All the qualifying races are over and the…

With Santa Ana winds bringing red-flag fire danger to Southern California, the Los Angeles Police Department plans to remove some homeless people from camps in high-risk areas. LAPD spokesman Josh Rubenstein said the removals will take place Wednesday night and Thursday. Officials did not release specific locations. The city earlier this year passed an ordinance…

Millions of Californians could spend days without power as the state’s largest utility continues shutting off electricity in a desperate attempt to avoid wildfires sparked by windblown power lines. The first power cutoffs, affecting about 513,000 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customers, began shortly after midnight Wednesday in several counties around Sacramento, including Placer and…

PLACERVILLE, Calif. —  Classes were canceled. Frozen foods melted. Hospitals switched to emergency generators. Blooms withered in florists’ coolers. Unused food was jettisoned at shuttered restaurants. Lines formed at gas stations. Cellphones faded out. That’s what happened Wednesday when the state’s largest utility shut off power to millions of Californians in a drastic attempt to avoid…

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, Oct. 10, and Julia Wick is on assignment. I’m Shelby Grad. Get the Essential California newsletter » Classes were canceled. Frozen foods melted. Traffic lights went dark. Hospitals switched to emergency generators. Blooms withered in florists’ coolers. Unused food was jettisoned at shuttered restaurants.…

When Pilar Schiavo got word that a homeless housing project might be going up near her daughter’s school, Chatsworth Park Elementary, she went on the parents’ Facebook page “to ask some questions and get the facts.” Four hours later, Schiavo logged off — still short on facts, and chastened by an online juggernaut of parents…

That fortunate feeling runs out early on in “Lucky Day,” a thoroughly unappetizing serving of regurgitated “Pulp Fiction” flung out by Quentin Tarantino’s early writing collaborator, Roger Avary. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey After serving two years in prison for a botched bank robbery, reformed safe-cracker Red (Luke Bracey) is looking forward to starting fresh…

It’s hard not to scour the lived-in face of “Albanian Gangster” star John Rezaj for all the severity of experience he’s bringing to the role writer/director Matthew A. Brown has given him — of Leon, a volatile, substance-abusing hard case both respected and feared by his fellow immigrant hoods. According to the press notes, Brown…