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ANAHEIM — Mitch Farris has made the most of his opportunity in the big leagues so far. Farris worked into the seventh inning of the Angels’ 4-3 victory over the A’s on Sunday afternoon. Farris has allowed three runs in 11 innings in his first two big league starts. He would have two victories, but left-hander Reid Detmers allowed the A’s to tie the game in the top of the eighth before the Angels re-took the lead in the bottom of the inning. Travis d’Arnaud’s one-out double drove in the go-ahead run, after the A’s had put two runners on…

BALTIMORE — Take two for what ails you. Shohei Ohtani homered in each of his first two at-bats Sunday afternoon. And if that wasn’t enough to treat the Dodgers’ persistent headaches, Clayton Kershaw struck out a season-high eight and took a shutout into the sixth inning and three rookie relievers combined to get the final 10 outs as the Dodgers snapped their five-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. “We don’t lose a whole lot around here. Not something to get used to obviously,” Kershaw said. “But when it does happen, baseball is not as much…

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Geno Smith opened his stint with the Raiders by throwing for 362 yards and a touchdown, rookie Ashton Jeanty rushed for his first career touchdown and Las Vegas rallied to beat the New England Patriots 20-13 in their season-opener Sunday. Tight end Brock Bowers had five catches for 103 yards before leaving in the fourth quarter with a knee injury. Jakobi Meyers added eight catches for 97 yards. Maxx Crosby and Malcolm Koonce also added sacks to help give Pete Carroll his first victory as the Raiders’ coach. Las Vegas outscored the Patriots 13-3 in the second…

California children are already paying the price for a broken food system.  One in four Los Angeles County households struggle with food insecurity. California is the most expensive state in America for groceries and grocery bills have climbed to over $1,200 a month on average—leaving many parents forced to choose between price and nutrition. At our free farmers markets in the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys, I see it firsthand: kids going without healthy snacks, parents watering down meals, families skipping fruits and vegetables altogether. In this crisis, California’s Legislature should be laser-focused on getting more healthy food to…

ANAHEIM — Shortstop Zach Neto’s recent slump led to a day out of the lineup. Neto, who has consistently been the Angels best player this season, was out of the lineup on Sunday for the first time since June 29. The break two months ago was because he was dealing with a sore right shoulder. Neto is now healthy, but he came into Sunday with three hits and 14 strikeouts in his last 34 at-bats. “You get to that point where you start to chase results more than process,” interim manager Ray Montgomery said. “And maybe you’re swinging at stuff,…

Gov. Gavin Newsom and his fellow Democrats in the Legislature incessantly denounce President Donald Trump for trampling on civil rights in his lust for power. Their current drive to sanction a gerrymander of California’s 52 congressional districts to add five Democratic seats is couched in assertions that it would help blunt Trump’s authoritarian tendencies. One pro-Proposition 50 ad describes Trump’s campaign for pro-Republican gerrymanders as a “blitzkrieg,” using language associated with Hitler and World War II Germany. However, as Newsom, et al, posture as saviors of democracy, they haven’t hesitated to infringe on constitutional rights themselves. For instance, California’s restrictive…

By Michael Burke | EdSource Community colleges in California for years have been fighting a losing battle with fraudsters who have stolen millions of dollars in federal and state financial aid. But now state officials believe they are finally turning a corner thanks to new tools. The game-changer? Artificial intelligence. About 80 of the state’s 115 community colleges are now or will soon be using an AI model that detects fake students by looking for information such as shared phone numbers, suspicious course-taking patterns and even an applicant’s age. Officials say the AI catches twice as many scammers as the human…

USC quarterback Jayden Maiava didn’t see Ja’Kobi Lane’s one-handed touchdown grab. “I just heard the ooohs and aaahs from the crowd,” Maiava told reporters after the game. “And I was, like, yeah, it’s Ja’Kobi.” Lane and fellow receiver Makai Lemon indulged in the spotlight during another high-scoring win on Saturday night, rattling off eye-catching plays as the Trojans beat Georgia Southern 59-20 with Maiava at the wheel. Lane had his share of heroic moments throughout the game. He attempted to hurdle a Georgia Southern player when he brought in a 26-yard pass from Maiava and made the final block near…

In Los Angeles, raw political power was laid bare in a leaked secret recording. In Sacramento, raw power is now being dressed up as “reform” and sent to the November 2025 ballot as Proposition 50. These two episodes show how lines on a map become lines of fracture for communities and fuel for partisan advantage. Los Angeles has 15 City Council districts. When leaked audio of a private meeting among several council members emerged in 2022, it revealed how even small numbers of seats can produce intense fights. Then-Council President Nury Martinez, Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin DeLeon, and one…

By MAKIYA SEMINERA High school history teacher Katharina Matro often pulls materials from the Smithsonian Institution website as she assembles her lessons. She trusts its materials, which don’t require the same level of vetting as other online resources. She uses documents and other primary sources it curates for discussions of topics like genocide and slavery. As the White House presses for changes at the Smithsonian, she’s worried she may not be able to rely on it in the same way. “We don’t want a partisan history,” said Matro, a teacher in Bethesda, Maryland. “We want the history that’s produced by…