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Thursday's high school baseball and softball scores

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High school baseball and softball scores from across the Southland on Thursday, March 28.

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Louis Gossett Jr., 'An Officer and a Gentleman' star who broke barriers in Hollywood, dies

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Louis Gossett Jr. won an Oscar for 'An Officer and a Gentleman' and an Emmy for 'Roots.' He died Thursday night in Santa Monica, his nephew told the Associated Press.

They said baseball was dying. How Rob Manfred and MLB officials revived it

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A generation that was supposed to have dismissed baseball has found its way back to it. Baseball isn't dying, but it could have been. Its revival required a game plan.

Blue jellyfish-like critters arrive in Bay Area. When will they show up on SoCal beaches?

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Blue gelatinous creatures known as by-the-wind sailors often wash up on California beaches by the thousands in the springtime when the ocean warms.

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Editorial: At long last, women finally have a real shot at California's top job

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With three strong women in the running so far, for once, the California gubernatorial election seems like it's a woman's race to lose.

How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Cheech Marin

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Bowls of soup, bowls of herb, stacks of newspapers and a salon of sorts with wife Natasha add up to the perfect Sunday for the comedian, actor and prolific art collector.

L.A. Affairs: 'Let's be like this forever,' I said. 'Nothing's forever' was his reply

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We cooked Bolognese sauce, wrote songs together and continued talking about the meaning of life. Could this relationship last?

Shark monitoring system pings California lifeguards. But lack of funds could end program

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The Shark Lab tracks more than 200 sharks along California's coasts through a program initially set up in 2018 with more than $3 million in state funding.

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Shaikin: His MLB future still uncertain, Julio Urías has become an invisible man

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It remains unclear whether former Dodgers All-Star Julio Urías will ever pitch in the majors again as he awaits a decision on potential misdemeanor charges.

Plaschke: Dodgers' Big Three makes big opening statement in home-opening win

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The trio of Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman are showing the rest of MLB what they're capable of delivering for the Dodgers this season.

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Letters to the Editor: A Trump Bible? What's next from the huckster-in-chief? Burial plots on Mars?

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Readers were offended and outraged by the former president's new merchandise, a Bible bound along with a copy of the U.S. Constitution and more.

Opinion: Why the proposed TikTok ban isn't what we need

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U.S. lawmakers want to force a sale of the Chinese-owned app. But where's the action to protect Americans' personal data from any company?

Scientists say these killer whales are distinct species. It could save them

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Approving two proposed killer whale species could transform how they're conserved. It would also turn a new page in one of the strangest chapters in marine mammal history.

The IRS wants to give California taxpayers $94 million in refunds — if they file returns

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Californians have left millions of dollars in unclaimed tax refunds from 2020 with the Internal Revenue Service. And if they don't act soon, they'll donate that money to the federal government.

Column: Corruption "feels like a betrayal." What motivates U.S. Attorney E. Martin Estrada

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Estrada is the public face of U.S. law in Southern California. To hear him so effortlessly code-switch struck me as bold yet smart. What kind of fed was hip enough to do that? I caught up to him to ask why he decided to be more pointed en…

Homeless deaths in L.A. dropped, but many are dying from drugs

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Nearly 900 unhoused people died in 2023 in Los Angeles, a 23% drop compared to the previous year, according to data released Thursday by City Controller Kenneth Mejia's office. But many people are dying from drugs.

News Analysis: Supreme Court has right- and far-right wings. Their justices might not be those you'd guess

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The abortion-pill case shows the gap between the Supreme Court's far-right and merely conservative justices. A second Trump presidency could move the bench further right.

Opinion: Nuclear families aren't the 'traditional' ones. The Bible is full of blended and chosen families

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The term 'traditional families' is linked to a skewed perspective promoted by the religious right. Real biblical families are connected in ways other than genetics and blood.

Los Angeles couple's Supreme Court case sheds light on immigrant visa rejections

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Luis Acensio Cordero was denied a visa to return to the U.S. from El Salvador and has been separated from his wife, Sandra Muñoz, since 2015.

California is making fentanyl test strips free to organizations. How to get a kit

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In an effort to slow the proliferation of synthetic opioid-related deaths, California will begin offering free fentanyl-testing strips to eligible organizations across the state that ask for them, the state Department of Health Care…

Metro's top security officer ousted days after filing complaint with inspector general

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Metro's top security official was fired two days after she filed a report with the inspector general. Gina Osborn's attorney says they are looking at the possibility of a class-action lawsuit.

With fewer options, South L.A. braces for bigger bills at fast-food restaurants

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Fast-food chains plan to raise prices in response to the state's $20 minimum wage for their workers, potentially affecting a swath of L.A. that relies on the eateries.

AI companies are courting Hollywood. Do they come in peace?

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Hollywood talent agencies and producers have met with AI companies, including ChatGPT maker OpenAI, to learn about how their technologies could be used in entertainment.

How many lives can one author live? In new short stories, Amor Towles invites us along for the ride

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For fans who worry that a volume comprising six stories and a novella won't serve up the deeper delights of his novels, prepare for what may be Towles' best book yet.

Cesar Chavez's family wants nothing to do with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign

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Relatives of Cesar Chavez decry the Kennedy campaign's use of the late labor icon's image. The candidate's father, RFK, was an ally of the farmworkers union Chavez co-founded.

LAX's long-promised rail link, the People Mover, likely delayed until late 2025

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A strained relationship between LAX and the People Mover contractor has led to project delays, according to credit agency Fitch Ratings.

Rattlesnakes on Santa Catalina Island have learned that it pays to be unusually aggressive

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It pays to rattle more, bite more often and inject more toxin on an island where rattlesnakes could be trampled or stomped to death by imported goats, pigs, bison and deer, according to a study published in the scientific journal Toxins.

Letters to the Editor: California barely passed Prop 1, a sweeping mental health measure. What now?

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Gov. Gavin Newsom's $6.4-billion bond measure remains controversial.

How will the Baltimore bridge collapse affect prices and the West Coast?

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The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the closure of the Port of Baltimore this week could have far-reaching implications all the way across the country for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, according to several experts.

An 18th-century Englishwoman takes on toffs, and toughs, in winning 'Renegade Nell'

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Louisa Harland stars as a highwaywoman fighting for justice in Sally Wainwright's new series, with 'Ted Lasso's' Nick Mohammed as the pixie who gives her superpowers.