Clippers respond with a vengeance to Kelly Oubre Jr.'s antics in win over Suns
Click:Modern Chandeliers Having already dunked on, and subsequently stared down, Clippers forward Paul George within the first minute of Tuesday’s game at Staples Center, Phoenix forward Kelly Oubre Jr. went about adding to his highlights. He blew kisses to the crowd after sinking a first-quarter jump shot. Before halftime, he bounced like a Pogo stick…
Clippers' Landry Shamet still trying to find his game coming off injury
Bench scoring is one of the Clippers’ strengths, with Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell providing plenty of spark. Landry Shamet’s long-range shooting should open up lanes for the rest of his teammates, which has made his return from an injury a welcome sight. Shamet had missed 17 consecutive games with a high left ankle sprain,…
The Sports Report: Lakers' road winning streak comes to an end
Click:screw world Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. LAKERS The Indiana Pacers halted the Lakers’ 14-game road winning streak by beating them 105-102 on Tuesday night. The Lakers were without Anthony Davis, who sprained his right ankle on Sunday in Atlanta, and Kyle Kuzma, who has missed four games…
Simi Valley coach arrested on suspicion of sexual acts with 14-year-old boy
A Simi Valley assistant football coach was arrested this week on suspicion of engaging in sexual acts with a 14-year-old male student and setting up a fake social media profile to solicit pornographic selfies from children. Bijan Nickroo II, 32, is being held on $500,000 bail at the Ventura County main jail and faces felony…
Ultralight plane used to smuggle 200 pounds of meth across border, prosecutors say
Four men have been arrested in connection with a drug-smuggling scheme in which an ultralight aircraft allegedly dropped nearly 200 pounds of methamphetamine near the Salton Sea, federal authorities announced Monday. Investigators found the drugs, which were packaged in 26 Tupperware containers, after two of the men fled in a dune buggy and crashed into…
California leads the country in meth and fentanyl border seizures by CBP
SAN DIEGO — More than 60% of methamphetamine seized by Customs and Border Protection across the country came through California ports, according to data from the federal agency. During fiscal 2019, which ended Sept. 30, CBP agents in California seized more than 80,000 pounds of methamphetamine at the border. That figure accounted for 63% of all…
Many Latin American consuls in L.A. are led by women. #MeToo is just one reason why
Since the #MeToo movement went viral in 2017, the voices of Latin American women have been amplified across politics, culture and society at large. Now Latin women are making their presence felt in another arena where they’ve been historically underrepresented and underserved: international diplomacy. That shift is highly visible in Los Angeles, where the consulates…
Newsletter: The L.A. Democratic debate is back on
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Wednesday, Dec. 18, and I’m writing from Los Angeles. Newsletter Get our Essential California newsletter After much hand-wringing — and a successful bargaining session between a campus food-services contractor and a powerful service-workers union — Thursday’s Democratic debate in Los Angeles is back on at Loyola…
What's on TV Wednesday: 'Vikings' on History Channel
SERIES Survivor The unscripted series ends a season that developed its own scandal after accusations from contestant Kellee Kim and others that one of the contestants, Dan Spilo, was doing some “inappropriate touching” during the competition. The two-hour season finale will be followed by a one-hour reunion special. 8 and 10 p.m. CBS The Masked…
Commentary: A winter darkness concert series? Think Joshua Tree moon music and an L.A. sound bath
The year-end lists are in; 2019, neatly wrapped up. Once upon a time, Beethoven’s birthday (the indestructible composer turned 249 on Monday) traditionally was an artistic no-news period. But not this year in classical music. Not here, anyway, thanks to Wild Up, which is wildly up to its usual reinvention — innovation being too tame…