California

A look at The Times' top 25 boys' basketball rankings for the Southland....

About 215,000 travelers expected to pass through Los Angeles International Airport: 'Probably going to be the busiest day we've had since early 2020.'...

U.S. Soccer briefly protested Iran's treatment of women by removing the Islamic Republic logo from the country's flag on social media posts....

The actor dishes about Italian excursions with her co-stars, being 'suspicious' of Marvel and why series creator Mike White is like the 'Pied Piper.'...

Tatiana de la tierra, a groundbreaking bilingual writer and editor, died 10 years ago in Long Beach. It's time to unearth her underground legacy....

After standing mostly vacant for the last 14 years, the iconic General Hospital is nearing a reincarnation as affordable and homeless housing....

The In-Home Supportive Services program pays assistants to help people who are elderly or disabled stay safely in their own homes. In Los Angeles County, IHSS caregivers make $16 an hour....

Rick Caruso spent more than $104 million on his failed mayoral run, a record in American politics. How big is that number? We count the many ways...

Most City Hall reforms must go to voters. But which reforms should Los Angeles voters consider, and when?...

When 'Drag Race All Stars' winner Alaska isn't performing in Los Angeles, she'd spend an ideal Sunday at drag brunch, Akbar, Precinct and Hamburger Mary's....

After USC quarterback Caleb Williams and the Trojans beat Notre Dame, they learned they will get a revenge rematch with Utah in the Pac-12 title game....

The Florida governor has several things going for him, including the adulation of Fox News, which treats him as a front-runner and has begun casting Trump as yesterday's man....

The U.S. government already spends hundreds of billions of dollars on the food system. That investment should be transformative....

Too often in the fight to protect civilians around the world against atrocities and genocide, the United States does not do enough. Why is that?...

Voters want action on homelessness, but this is a tough problem even for someone as experienced as Mayor-elect Karen Bass....

A rabbi encourages religious Americans who pray about climate change actually to do something to solve the problem....

The final rosters for the red and blue forces are still to be determined, but the battle lines are already drawn...

Readers discuss UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky's piece on an effort to get student groups to ban pro-Zionism speakers....

Examining our thoughts more closely not only helps when we are unduly worried — it is especially helpful when life doesn't go our way....

Caleb Williams dazzled on the ground and through the air, making a strong case to win the Heisman Trophy during USC's victory over Notre Dame....

Sierra Canyon High's Dane Dunn rushes for 209 and three touchdowns as the Trailblazers beat Inglewood in Southern Section Division 2 championship football game....

Caleb Williams' Heisman Trophy bid got a big boost as he had a hand in four TDs, and USC kept its CFP dreams alive with a 38-27 win over Notre Dame....

In accounting for four touchdowns in USC's 38-27 win over Notre Dame, Caleb Williams again made a convincing case that he deserves the Heisman Trophy....

Birmingham senior Naiim Morgan rushes for 296 yards and four touchdowns against Garfield as the Patriots increase City Section winning streak to 34....

Suspect smashed patrol car's rear window, then charged deputy before he opened fire, authorities say...

Lionel Messi scored for Argentina in a 2-0 win over Mexico, rejuvenating his team's chances of getting out of the group stage while damaging Mexico's....

Dijon Stanley rushes for 367 yards, scores five touchdowns in Granada Hills' win over Palisades in the City Section Division I championship football game Saturday....

Fox drew 15.38 million viewers for Friday's United States-England World Cup match, the second-largest TV audience for a U.S. men's World Cup game....

The Lakers will play against the Spurs in the second night of back-to-back games Saturday without Anthony Davis, who has a bruised left calf....

Lex Young of Newbury Park wins the state cross-country Division 2 title with brother Leo Young finishing second and teammate Aaron Sahlman third in Fresno....

The Rams will be starting third-string quarterback Bryce Perkins in a hostile environment while the Chiefs have MVP frontrunner Patrick Mahomes at the helm....

There's a possibility of rain next weekend, according to the National Weather Service....

Riverside police responding to a house fire on Friday found the bodies of three people killed in what police are investigating as a triple-homicide....

Multiple suspects may have been involved in the Friday night shooting, police said....

The Bruins gave up four touchdown passes to the Golden Bears on Friday, but creating two crucial turnovers preserved the win in regular-season finale....

Coming off narrow losses to the 49ers and Chiefs, Justin Herbert and the Chargers enter Sunday starving for a road victory over the Arizona Cardinals....

L.A. Times readers believe Bruins coach Chip Kelly gets most of the blame for UCLA's loss to USC. And then there was the season-finale win over Cal....

Singer-actress Irene Cara, who sang the title cut from the 1980 movie 'Fame' and then belted out the hit 'Flashdance ... What a Feeling,' has died....

There's guarded optimism that this winter might be different from those of 2020 and 2021, when COVID-19 surges killed thousands of Americans a day....

As development fills every crack of L.A. County, some of the most prized parcels are left untouched. Why?...

For these children, it's hard to imagine a time when Wong, then the country's most celebrated Asian American actress, was mostly relegated to playing villains or housemaids....

The lawsuit alleges that Stanford University's 'reckless' handling of disciplinary charges against Katie Meyer led to the goalkeeper's suicide....

Flu vaccination rates have lagged in Black and Hispanic communities, according to the CDC. Public health officials are trying to change that....

After serving as subjects of biomedical experiments, these weary chimpanzees are headed to a better life in the world's largest chimp sanctuary....

The proposal to require a fourth year of math, first proposed in 2016, was widely opposed by education advocates....

I had always envisioned introducing our kids to their own tech on our terms — perhaps with a shared laptop for the household. But 2020 changed the world for everyone....

With more daylight between now and Nov. 8, readers have taken in the election results. Some cheer the results; others express dismay....

The criminal justice system gave me second and third chances because of my skin color....

High school football: City and Southern Section championship results....

Playing without Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and Luke Kennard because of injuries, the Clippers lost 114-104 to the visiting Denver Nuggets on Friday night....