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Associated Press Olivia Chen and Pauline Ang, friends and business partners on boba milk tea brand Twrl, have tried three times to get on “Shark Tank,” the ABC reality show where up-and-coming entrepreneurs try to woo big-name backers. Now, in a plot twist they couldn’t have imagined, the San Francisco Bay Area-based women have a

AP Education Writer Dissent is thriving this fall at American colleges, and not just among student activists. With student protests limited by new restrictions, faculty have taken up the cause. To faculty, new protest rules threaten freedom of speech — and the freedom to think, both central to university life. This semester, some of the

AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona’s Kyler Murray rolled out to his left before turning on the jets, beating a Chargers defender to the sideline and then coasting for a spectacular 44-yard touchdown, casually holding the ball with one hand like it was a backyard game. Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon admitted that’s not

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The expansion San Diego FC will make its debut against the LA Galaxy in Carson during Major League Soccer’s opening weekend Feb. 22-23, the league announced Monday. The exact date, as well as the rest of the MLS schedule, will be announced in December. San Diego, the league’s 30th team, also

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Golden State Warriors guard Moses Moody has signed a three-year contract extension worth $39 million. The Warriors open the season Wednesday at Portland. “He’s everything that we want in our program, our organization, just the character, the work ethic, the resilience,” coach Steve Kerr said Monday. “He’s earned this. I’m thrilled

NEW YORK (AP) — Resale tickets for the World Series opener at Dodger Stadium against the New York Yankees started at $1,358 on Monday evening on StubHub. StubHub said sales outpaced last year’s final figures and are four times higher than the pace of the 2022 Series. Sales for Games 3-5 in New York are

AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The nomadic Athletics will play home games on grass as they move from Oakland to Sacramento next season rather than the artificial turf initially planned at Sutter Health Park. The team announced in April 2023 it will move from Oakland to a new ballpark to be built in

AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers star receiver Brandon Aiyuk will miss the rest of the season after tearing ligaments in his right knee. Coach Kyle Shanahan said tests Monday confirmed the initial diagnosis that Aiyuk tore his ACL and would need major reconstructive surgery after getting hit on

AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The World Series is always the goal for the big-spending Los Angeles Dodgers. It’s been elusive recently, with first-round flops two years running. Now, with Shohei Ohtani leading the way for the first time, they are going for another championship. So a raucous clubhouse celebration was in order

AP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — If LeBron James Sr. and his son, Bronny, make NBA history Tuesday night by playing in the same game for the Los Angeles Lakers, Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. will be there to witness it. The first father-son duo to play together in Major League

AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — While not exactly a modern metric, Aaron Boone is convinced the New York Yankees have their highest kumbaya in years. “The closeness that these guys have with one another and that trite ‘playing for one another’ is palpable with this group, has been all year, has been since

CalMatters Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes, a Democrat from Corona who is running for state Senate, missed about two-thirds of her votes this year — 1,647 of 2,510 voting opportunities she had based on her committee assignments and floor sessions. In most cases, the missed votes came from two “excused” absences during busy times of the year

AP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Micah Parsons isn’t sure if the first injury absence of the two-time All-Pro pass rusher’s NFL career will end in a pivotal game for his Dallas Cowboys against rival San Francisco. If Parsons is watching from the sideline Sunday night in California because of his high ankle

AP Business Writer The Walt Disney Co. is tapping Morgan Stanley executive James Gorman to serve as its next chairman, beginning early next year. The entertainment giant also announced that it anticipates naming its new CEO in early 2026. Gorman will become chairman on Jan. 2, 2025. He will succeed Mark Parker, who is leaving

CalMatters A $1,044 outing at a glitzy Hollywood nightclub. A $1,316 meal at a Los Angeles steak and seafood restaurant. A $4,500 experience to see the L.A. Dodgers. Isaac Galvan paid for them all — with campaign cash, a state probe found. In his nine years on the Compton City Council, Galvan frequently spent campaign

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 2,400 Kaiser Permanente psychologists, therapists, social workers and other mental health workers in Southern California began an open-ended strike Monday over increased workloads and staffing shortages that their union said have created a “substandard” system of care. The National Union of Healthcare Workers, which represents the employees,

AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Aidan O’Connell is expected to be out four to six weeks with a broken thumb, a person close to the situation said Monday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Raiders had not made an announcement. The person

NEW YORK (AP) — The average time of a nine-inning game in the League Championship Series rose 12 minutes to 3:16 this year along with an increase in scoring, though the overall postseason figure has fallen by two minutes to 3:00 in the second year of the pitch clock. The LCS average was 3:40 in

Associated Press The Navy identified on Monday the two crew members who died last week in a jet fighter crash near Mount Rainier as two 31-year-old aviators from California. Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, a Naval Flight Officer, and Lt. Serena N. Wileman, a Naval Aviator, died when their EA-18G Growler jet from the Electronic

NEW YORK (AP) — Nestor Cortes appears likely to rejoin the New York Yankees pitching staff for the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 29-year-old left-hander hasn’t pitched in a game since Sept. 18 because of a flexor strain in his pitching elbow. “There’s a good chance of it,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone