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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Wells Fargo, the nation’s largest mortgage lender, saw its second-quarter revenue and profit decline as rising interest rates pushed people out of the housing market. The San Francisco bank earned $3.1 billion in the period, or 74 cents per share, coming up short of the 80 cents per share

By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (10-8) CAMP SITE: Henderson, Nevada LAST YEAR: The Raiders survived a tumultuous season that featured the resignation of coach Jon Gruden and the release of receiver Henry Ruggs III to make the playoffs for the first time since 2016. That wasn’t enough for interim coach Rich Bisaccia or

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (9-8) CAMP SITE: Costa Mesa, California LAST YEAR: The Chargers got off to a 4-1 start in Brandon Staley’s first season as head coach, but then won back-to-back games only once the rest of the season. That included dropping three of four at the end of the season

By JANIE HAR Associated Press DALY CITY, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco Bay Area high school teacher Lisa Raskin moved out of a cramped apartment she was sharing with a roommate and into her own place this month, paying a deeply discounted $1,500 a month for a one-bedroom with expansive views within walking distance to

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES RAMS (16-5) CAMP SITE: Irvine, California LAST YEAR: The Rams won the Super Bowl for the second time in franchise history, raising the Lombardi Trophy for the first time since returning home to Los Angeles in 2016. Coach Sean McVay’s superb first half-decade culminated with an immediate title after

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In the fourth inning, Jonathan Davis helped wear out San Francisco starter Carlos Rodón with an impressive 13-pitch at-bat that ended with a walk. Davis delivered again on a game-winning single six innings later. Pinch-runner Christian Yelich scurried home for the winning run in the

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A person opened fire at Los Angeles police on Thursday evening as officers responded to a robbery, prompting at least one to shoot back, authorities said. Two suspects fled in a vehicle and remained at-large hours later, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Authorities did not immediately say whether the

ANDERSON, Calif. (AP) — Challenging terrain and weather hampered firefighters in Northern California as a blaze grew quickly Thursday afternoon, forcing evacuations as the flames destroyed homes, scorched vegetation and threatened a tortoise sanctuary, authorities said. The blaze broke out around mid-afternoon in Shasta County, just south of Redding, according to the California Department of

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Houston Astros lost José Altuve to injury in the first inning, and they were already road-weary before they were forced into extra innings in the final game of their trip. Yet this big orange machine just keeps on rolling. Jeremy Peña drove in the

By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tyler Anderson pitched six shutout innings, Gavin Lux hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0 on Thursday night. Anderson (10-1) scattered three hits, struck out four and walked two while needing just 88 pitches to get through six

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Charley Hoffman and Mark Hubbard each had 13 points in the modified Stableford scoring system to share the first-round lead in the Barracuda Championship. Hoffman and Hubbard each had seven birdies and a bogey at Tahoe Mountain Club in the second of two straight U.S. events co-sanctioned by the European tour.

RIDGECREST, Calif. (AP) — A magnitude 4.6 earthquake rattled the Mojave Desert on Thursday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The agency said the 6:19 p.m. quake struck 7.8 miles (12.55 kilometers) northeast of Ridgecrest at a depth of 4 miles (6.5 kilometers). There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Only 28,000

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A innocent driver was killed Thursday afternoon in South Los Angeles when a suspect crashed their vehicle while fleeing a police pursuit, authorities said. The pursuit ended in a seven-vehicle crash in the Watts neighborhood near a freeway’s off-ramp, according to KCBS-TV. Sheriff’s deputies had been chasing the suspect’s vehicle because

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The matchups are set for baseball’s Home Run Derby. Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber will be the top seed next Monday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles thanks to his 28 home runs through Wednesday — most among the eight players in the field. Schwarber

ANDERSON, Calif. (AP) — Evacuations were ordered Thursday after a fire destroyed homes, scorched vegetation and threatened a tortoise sanctuary in Northern California, authorities said. The blaze broke out around mid-afternoon in Shasta County, just south of Redding, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. The fire quickly grew

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Three members of an advisory group tasked with helping a Central Valley air district reform a flawed pollution credit program resigned Thursday, saying not enough was being done to right past harms to public health. “We can no longer be party to a sham process that