AP California News

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Golden Globes and CBS have reached a five-year deal to broadcast the annual award show and stream it live on Paramount+, it was announced Monday. The new agreement, which begins with January’s telecast, gives the Globes a new broadcast home following years of turmoil.

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford has hired Kyle Smith away from Washington State to take over its struggling men’s basketball program. Athletic director Bernard Muir announced Monday that Smith had agreed to take over the Cardinal after Jerod Haase was fired earlier this month. “The opportunity to serve as

By JIM SALTER and WAYNE PARRY Associated Press Snow, rain and gusting winds lashed a large swath of the Central U.S. on Monday, dashing spring hopes, as the South braced for thunderstorms and possible tornadoes and as the risk of wildfires in southern Texas reached critical levels. The storm hit with parts of the country

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Emmy, Tony and Olivier Award winner Bryan Cranston is a leading face of Major League Baseball’s promotional campaign ahead of opening day for the second straight season, recording a video at Dodger Stadium highlighting several stars. The actor is the voice of an “Anything Can

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta on Monday, the first cases under a sweeping new law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive arm, said it was investigating the companies for “non-compliance”

By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If content creators and corporate executives made TikTok videos about the platform’s possible U.S. demise, disco diva Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” could supply the soundtrack. Sure, businesses that built strategies around TikTok and promote products there would prefer not to seek eyeballs

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Heavy rain and quarter-sized hail fell in Southern California Sunday as the National Weather Service predicted lightning and wind gusts approaching 60 mph (97 kph) in the mountain area earlier in the day. The California storm was moving south from the Sierra Nevada, where areas around Lake

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis had 36 points and 16 rebounds, LeBron James added 26 points and 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers produced their franchise’s highest-scoring performance in 37 years in a 150-145 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night. Spencer Dinwiddie scored 26 points

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Kiki Iriafen hit midrange jumpers from every possible spot. She took the ball hard at the hoop and right at star Iowa State freshman Audi Crooks, then blocked Crooks’ path on the defensive end. Iriafen crashed the boards and converted all nine of her free

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Another big game from Jaedon LeDee and some sizzling outside shooting landed San Diego State a matchup it has waited a year to get. After getting thumped in the national title game last April, the Aztecs earned another shot at defending champion UConn. “We’re heading

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — All Steph Curry could do was watch from the Golden State bench during a takeover led by Minnesota’s subs early in the fourth quarter. The Warriors have slipped into precarious position for the postseason, and they’re having a hard time finding their footing in this unfamiliar

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Anthony Cirelli scored 59 seconds into overtime on a two-man breakaway to give Tampa Bay a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Sunday night, extending the Lightning’s points streak to seven games. Cirelli and Brandon Hagel had a clear path to the net after Mason McTavish’s pass to Alex

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 23 points and made 3 of 4 free throws in the final 12 seconds for the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 114-110 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Sunday night. Naz Reid had 20 points and a season-high-tying 12 rebounds, and Rudy Gobert

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Creighton coach Jim Flanery and his six seniors know the highs of pulling off a second-round women’s NCAA Tournament upset on an opposing floor. The Bluejays are also familiar with the disappointment of making an early exit. Flanery is hoping that both experiences over the

PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — Nelly Korda took seven weeks off and nothing changed. She won again on the LPGA Tour and made it far more exciting than it needed to be. Korda made bogey on her last two holes Sunday to fall into a playoff in the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship, and

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Padraig Harrington won the Hoag Classic on Sunday at windy Newport Beach Country Club for his seventh PGA Tour Champions victory, rebounding from a double bogey with birdies on the final two holes. After driving left into trouble and dropping two strokes on the par-4 16th, Harrington made a downhill

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — JuJu Watkins phenomenal freshman season at Southern California and UCLA’s duo of Charisma Osborne and Kiki Rice has helped raised the stature of women’s basketball in Los Angeles. However, fans who would like to be at both team’s games on Monday will not get that

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Right-hander Austin Adams was acquired by the Oakland Athletics from the New York Mets on Sunday for cash. The 32-year-old agreed in November to a one-year contract for $800,000 while in the major leagues and $180,000 while in the minors and the chance to earn $500,000 in performance bonuses for games

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Thousands of hardy souls across New England spent Sunday digging out after a major weekend storm dumped more than two feet of snow in some areas, caused multiple road accidents, downed power lines and left hundreds of thousands across the Northeast in the dark, some perhaps for

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — It may officially be spring, but wintry weather blanketed the U.S. on Sunday with New England and California seeing a mix of rain, hail, heavy snow and gusty winds. Near Los Angeles, a severe thunderstorm warning was issued through the afternoon, with the National Weather Service predicting