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Doc Rivers feigned disgust when informed by a reporter that Kobe Bryant not only had moved into the frontcourt slot for All-Star voting but also led Clippers forward Blake Griffin, who is having a much better season.

The Clippers extended their winning streak over the Lakers to eight games with a 94-84 victory on Christmas evening.

Dear Liz: My son has an IRA at his credit union. He puts in small amounts when he can. Recently they lowered the interest rate and started charging a $25 yearly maintenance fee, which now is taking all the interest back. Is this legal?

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When Calls the Heart This drama set in frontier-era Canada returns with a special two-hour New Year's-themed episode; Lori Loughlin, Jack Wagner, Erin Krakow and Daniel Lissing star. 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel

Da Vinci's Demons This fantastical series, starring Tom Riley as a hunky, younger...

A 30-year-old man who appeared to be mentally ill was apprehended walking on a restricted service roadway inside Los Angeles International Airport on Friday morning, airport police said.

Times staff writer Zach Helfand examines the matchups as UCLA prepares to play Nebraska in the Foster Farms Bowl on Saturday at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif:

Immigration officials are preparing a nationwide push in January to find and deport Central American families who arrived in recent years and have been ordered by immigration judges to leave, according to officials familiar with the plan.‎

Six of the 12 playoff berths in the NFL have been secured, but home-field advantage is up for grabs in each conference as are the other six postseason spots.

On an October night in 2014, a Chicago police officer calmly radioed:

"Can someone get us a Taser? We're at 40th and Keeler. This guy, ah, kind of walking away, he has a knife in his hand."

Four minutes later, 17-year-old Laquan McDonald lay dying two blocks away, shot 16 times by an officer as...

Alfred Gilman, who won a Nobel Prize for his breakthrough research into the inner workings of cells and later left Texas' $3-billion cancer-fighting initiative, citing a lack of oversight that led to a scandal, has died. He was 74.

Defensive lineman Oluwole Betiku from Gardena Serra High announced his commitment to USC on Friday.

Chicago Bears receiver Alshon Jeffery was listed as doubtful for Sunday's game against Tampa Bay because of a hamstring injury.

A Bay Area transit police officer was shot in the arm Christmas morning, authorities said.

Christmas brought cool yet calmer conditions to much of California a day after a tornado touched down in the middle of the state and a snowstorm blanketed the Tahoe area.

So the Dodgers' brass is getting creamed on your Letters page for not signing Zack Greinke. I find it interesting that you're not getting any letters from CEOs, CFOs or smart business people, just passionate but short-sighted fans.

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Update: The  Kings gave up five goals in their season opener Oct. 7 and managed to go until Dec. 14 before it happened again. And now? They've given up five goals in three of their last four games, including consecutive losses to...

All the way into the morning hours of Feb. 1, 2012, national signing day, Jordan Payton spoke on the phone with UCLA football Coach Jim Mora, discussing Payton's future.

Three children and a woman were killed in a Southern California mobile home fire on Christmas morning.

A top-level Syrian rebel commander was killed in an airstrike near the capital, Damascus, on Friday, government officials and rebels said, along with more than 20 of his Islamist comrades.

The head of troubled Canadian pharmaceutical company Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc. has been hospitalized.

Europe has embraced Disneyland and the iPhone.

Its people eat at McDonald's, download Taylor Swift and were as eager as U.S. audiences to see the new "Star Wars" movie.

However there is one import the continent has so far proved unwilling to try: the American soccer coach.

More than three dozen...

Just when jockey Flavien Prat, a native of France, was working himself into the conversation as one of the go-to riders in Southern California horse racing, he suffered five fractured vertebrae in his back and a punctured lung during a spill at Los Alamitos on Sept. 17.

After all the carols are sung and eggnog consumed, Americans this weekend will be indulging in a more modern — and growing — holiday pastime: returning unwanted gifts.