LeBron James powers shorthanded Lakers to important win over Warriors
<p>With Warriors star Stephen Curry not playing because of injury, LeBron James leads the Lakers to a 119-103 win to stop the team's three-game losing streak.</p>
www.lataimes.com
High school baseball and softball: Thursday's scores
<p>CIF City Section and Southern Section high school baseball and softball scores for Thursday's games.</p>
Prep sports roundup: Orange Lutheran, Norco reach championship game at Boras Classic
<p>No. 2 Orange Lutheran will face No. 3 Norco in the Boras Classic championship with the winner becoming the new No. 1 team in Southern California.</p>
'Thanks to the lady on 8': Xander Schauffele saves par after ball lands in fan's bag at Masters
<p>After finishing his opening round at the 2026 Masters, Xander Schauffele gave thanks to a spectator whose bag caught his ball outside of the fairway and helped him save par on the eighth hole.</p>
Defending champ Rory McIlroy excels in tough conditions to share Masters lead
<p>A year after finally completing golf's grand slam, Rory McIlroy was pleased to know he was still feeling a bit nervous as he teed off at the Masters.</p>
UCLA women's basketball lands first transfer since winning NCAA championship
<p>The UCLA women's basketball team landed Arkansas transfer Bonnie Deas, a guard who averaged nearly a double-double in her first season in the SEC.</p>
In-N-Out owner says no to automated ordering
<p>The beloved California chain has no interest in embracing automated online ordering, the owner, Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson said in a talk at Pepperdine University in late March.</p>
Joseph Baena, son of Arnold Schwarzenegger, wins Iron Gladiator bodybuilding competition
<p>Arnold Schwarzenegger's son Joseph Baena won big at the Iron Gladiator bodybuilding competition last weekend. The recent amateur can now compete as a pro bodybuilder.</p>
Department of Justice sets sights on NFL's media rights deals
<p>The Justice Department is addressing whether the anti-trust exemption given to sports leagues for its TV deals applies to streamers.</p>
'I haven't killed anybody yet': Jack Nicklaus 'came close' with ceremonial shot at Masters
<p>Jack Nicklaus says he has no plan to step away from performing his ceremonial first shot at the Masters after hooking it left over onlookers Thursday at Augusta National.</p>
Send us your LA28 Olympics questions
<p>Do you have questions about the upcoming 2028 Summer Olympics? Submit them and the Los Angeles Times will provide answers regarding all aspects of LA28.</p>
For 40 minutes, the greatest solitude humans have known
<p>Speaking from space, the Artemis II astronauts described drifting past the far side of the moon, unable to communicate with Earth.</p>
Javier 'Chicharito' Hernández to be part of Fox's World Cup broadcast team
<p>Former Galaxy standout and Mexico soccer legend Javier 'Chicharito' Hernández is heading to the broadcast booth as part of Fox's World Cup coverage.</p>
Prep talk: Left-hander Tanner Brown of Huntington Beach lets his facial expression do his talking
<p>Fiery pitcher Tanner Brown, who is 2-0 with a 1.94 ERA, won't smile unless his mission has been accomplished.</p>
Contributor: Vaccine confusion sets up U.S. for a resurgence of hepatitis B in babies
<p>The lesson from the past is simple. When we stop using vaccines that work, the diseases they prevent come back.</p>
Near the shrinking Salton Sea, children's lungs may pay a price
<p>Scientists find that children who live near California's Salton Sea, where dust is a problem, suffer from diminished lung development.</p>
Meta, Oracle and Qualcomm share details on layoffs across California
<p>Recent filings to the California Employment Development Department provide more details about job cuts at major tech companies.</p>
Hiltzik: This pharma company makes a miracle HIV drug, but is blocking access for millions of low-income people
<p>Gilead's lenacapavir could transform the fight against HIV — but only if millions more patients can get it.</p>
Fire survivors call for audits of Edison's wildfire prevention spending
<p>Survivors of the deadly Eaton fire call on state lawmakers to pass a bill requiring audits of spending by Southern California Edison and the state's two other big for-profit electric companies on wildfire prevention.</p>
'It's killing everything.' California's truckers are buckling under country's priciest diesel
<p>Record diesel prices are crushing California's truckers, forcing them to adjust to avoid losses as they grapple with the most expensive pump prices in the country. </p>