AP California News

AP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers will honor former coach Pat Riley with a statue outside their downtown arena. The Lakers announced Monday that they have commissioned a statue to stand in Star Plaza immortalizing the coach who won four championships with the “Showtime” Lakers of the 1980s. Riley

BRENTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California city has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle a lawsuit alleging police used excessive force after a K-9 dog bit into a woman’s scalp during her arrest, requiring her to get more than 200 stitches and other treatment. Talmika Bates will receive $967,000 from the city

AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Even after yet another painful loss in a season full of heartbreakers for Cincinnati, head coach Zac Taylor insisted his beleaguered Bengals can still make the playoffs. Taylor’s Bengals (4-7) and their fans might be finding it increasingly hard to keep the faith after the Los Angeles Chargers

AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Jim Harbaugh and the Los Angeles Chargers finally have their signature win. Even if it ended up being a white-knuckle finish. The Chargers squandered a 21-point third-quarter lead Sunday night against the Cincinnati Bengals before J.K. Dobbins rushed for a 29-yard touchdown with 18 seconds remaining to give

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andrej Stojakovic scored 20 points and Jovan Blacksher Jr. 19 and Joshua Ola-Joseph made several plays down the stretch Sunday night to help California beat Southern California 71-66 in a matchup between former conference rivals in the now-defunct Pac-12. Cal (3-1), now in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the Trojans (Big

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Harden moved into second place on the NBA’s career 3-point list and had 20 points and 11 assists to help the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Utah Jazz 116-105 on Sunday night to end a three-game losing streak. Harden moved past Ray Allen with No. 2,874 with 6:08

CHENEY, Wash. (AP) — Owen Koonce scored 19 points as Cal Poly beat Eastern Washington 82-78 on Sunday night. Koonce also had seven rebounds for the Mustangs (3-2). Mac Riniker scored 15 points and added five rebounds. Peter Bandelj shot 4 of 4 from the field and 4 for 4 from the free-throw line to

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Timea Gardiner scored a career-high 23 points, including 15 in the first quarter, and No. 5 UCLA routed Arkansas 101-52 on Sunday night. Gardiner, an Oregon State transfer, made a career-best seven 3-pointers. Lauren Betts added 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Bruins (4-0). Izzy Higginbottom scored 15 points to

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — James Harden now stands alone at No. 2 in 3-pointers. The Los Angeles Clippers guard connected on the 2,974th 3-pointer of his career Sunday night and broke a tie with Basketball Hall of Famer Ray Allen for the No. 2 spot on the NBA’s list. “It’s an unbelievable accomplishment and just

AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers looked to be in prime position to close out a divisional game when the defense made back-to-back stops in short yardage to get the ball back with the lead in the final four minutes. What followed was another fourth-quarter collapse that has

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Khalil Mack is sidelined for Sunday night’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals due to a groin injury. Mack suffered the injury during a Nov. 3 game at Cleveland. He has missed practice the past two weeks, but played four snaps in last Sunday’s win over Tennessee. It

AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Geno Smith scampered past the tired San Francisco defense for the go-ahead score in the closing seconds and struck the iconic Stephen Curry “night night” pose. Just when it looked as if Seattle’s playoff hopes might be put to rest, Smith engineered a game-winning, and possibly

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Cole Anderson scored 18 points to lead UC Santa Barbara to a 64-59 victory over San Jose State on Sunday. Anderson shot 6 for 9, including 6 for 8 from beyond the arc for the Gauchos (4-0). Stephan D. Swenson scored 15 points while shooting 6 for 11, including 3

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Maxime Raynaud posted his fourth-straight double-double with a career-high 33 points and 14 rebounds as Stanford won its fourth straight home game, knocking off UC Davis 79-65 on Sunday afternoon. The seven-footer from Paris hit three first-half 3-pointers and his tip-in with a second left put the Cardinal in front 41-23

A rare souvenir postcard picturing Hank Aaron as a rookie with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro Leagues sold for nearly $200,000 at a baseball memorabilia auction that also included Ted Williams’ 1946 AL MVP award, which went for $528,750. The Aaron postcard from the scrapbook of scout Ed Scott, who discovered Aaron, went for

Associated Press U.S. officials would allow increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest in the name of fighting wildfires and boosting rural economies under proposed changes to a sweeping forest management plan that’s been in place for three decades. The U.S. Forest Service proposal, released Friday, would overhaul the Northwest Forest Plan that

AP Basketball Writer The future of the Dallas Wings got a lot brighter as the franchise won the WNBA draft lottery on Sunday and with it the chance to draft UConn star Paige Bueckers with the No. 1 pick. “We know what No. 1 draft picks have done to franchises and in recent years how

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — The Dallas Wings win the WNBA draft lottery and earns the No. 1 pick.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Chloe Moore-McNeil scored 21 points and Yarden Garzon put up 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Indiana rebounded from back-to-back losses to Harvard and Butler to knock off No. 24 Stanford 79-66 on Sunday afternoon. The game was the second of a home-and-home series between the schools that began in