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The counting of the electoral votes in a presidential election has generally been an uneventful affair. That is as it should be, considering all voting, counting and certifying is done by the states. The count in Congress is essentially a formality. On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris presided over a joint session of Congress to count the electoral votes from the November presidential election. There were 312 electoral votes for Donald Trump, 226 for Harris. It was unlike what happened four years ago, when Joe Biden earned 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232. Trump couldn’t handle losing and fanned the…

DALLAS — The Lakers got the closest look at what their full rotation could be on Tuesday night – at least until other injured players return.Backup guard Gabe Vincent was available and made his return to the court in the Lakers’ 118-97 loss to the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center.Vincent missed the previous four games because of a strained left oblique, an injury he suffered in the Dec. 28 victory over the Sacramento Kings, playing just seven minutes in that game before making an early exit.“Have missed his toughness first of all,” Coach JJ Redick said before the game.…

LOS ANGELES — Wins and losses seem simple.The UCLA men’s basketball team shot 43% from 3-point range across the month of December and went 5-1. Through two games in January, the Bruins have shot 12.5% and lost both.In Coach Mick Cronin’s eyes, however, those simple differences don’t scratch the surface of telling the whole story.“We’re soft,” he said, flatly. “I’m searching, deeply, for some guys that’ll play hard enough to win a Big Ten game.”See, it’s not a coincidence that these defeats, or “humble pies” as Cronin referred to them, were served up to the Bruins in their first two…

A fast moving wind-driven wildfire burned more than 100 acres late Tuesday night in Sylmar, forcing emergency evacuations in some neighborhoods.The Hurst fire was reported shortly before 10:30 p.m. near Diamond Road, according to CalFire.Within 15 minutes the blaze exploded to more than 100 acres, jumped the freeway and began to spread in the Angeles National Forest along the footprint of the Saddle Ridge Fire that burned 8,799 acres in October 2019, Watch Duty, which tracks firefighting efforts in realtime, said on its website.The Los Angeles Emergency Management Department ordered people in the area north of the I-210 Freeway from…

BEAUMONT — Yucaipa girls basketball coach Jeremy Hoch and Beaumont coach Pete Carr both agree that the Citrus Belt League title will come down to one of those two high schools.Yucaipa won the first meeting and remained unbeaten in league play following Tuesday night’s 48-42 victory over Beaumont.Yucaipa’s overall record is 8-10, which is not as good as Beaumont’s 8-5 record.  However, the schedule actually worked in Yucaipa’s favor.“We schedule pretty tough competition,” Hoch said.By contrast, Beaumont had not played during the two weeks during the school vacation. Making matters worse was that a contest against Needles last Friday was cancelled.“Some…

ANAHEIM — Even without Troy Terry, the Ducks nearly pulled off another comeback, as they forced overtime but fell just short in a 3-2 loss to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night at Honda Center.Alex Killorn and Mason McTavish had a goal apiece. John Gibson had 30 saves. The Ducks’ leading scorer, Terry, missed the match as he and his wife Dani were to welcome their second child. The Ducks have earned nine of their past 12 possible points.MacKenzie Weegar, who turned 31 on Tuesday, scored a goal and assisted on another by Nazem Kadri before Jonathan Huberdeau tallied in…

High winds Tuesday evening fueled a fast-moving brush fire in the Altadena/Pasadena area that was burning 400 acres as of 8:15 p.m.The Eaton fire was reported at 6:23 p.m., near Altadena Drive and Midwick Drive in the Eaton Canyon area, according to Cal Fire.The Angeles National Forest said on X the fire had reached more than 200 acres by 7:12 p.m. with evacuations underway. It later grew to an estimated 400 acres.Evacuations were ordered for residents in the area of Sierra Madre Boulevard from Altadena Drive to New York Drive and north of New York Drive.The Sierra Madre Fire Department…

LOS ANGELES — Tommy Maher, easily, could have landed comfortably in the FCS. The offers awaited this past recruiting cycle, even in the absence of an FBS scholarship, for a 5-foot-8 receiver who had authored a quietly standout season at national power St. John Bosco.And yet somehow, without anything more to offer other than a walk-on spot, Chad Savage convinced Maher to come to Colorado State. The messaging was simple, as St. John Bosco head coach Jason Negro recalled: come in here, you’ll have a shot.A year later, freshman Maher caught a 53-yard touchdown in Colorado State’s victory over Wyoming, and…

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DALLAS — The Lakers should have known the performance the Dallas Mavericks put together on Tuesday night was coming.For no other reason, Coach JJ Redick essentially publicly warned his team what could happen if they took the Mavericks lightly with All-Stars Luka Dončić (calf) and Kyrie Irving (back) sidelined.Even with that high-scoring duo unavailable, Dallas is a deep team full of players who were ready to step up.And that’s exactly what happened – with the Lakers falling to the Mavericks, 118-97, to go winless on their two-game trip in Texas after losing to the Houston Rockets on Sunday.Anthony Davis led…