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By DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Muncy hit a game-ending grand slam and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied from an early five-run deficit to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-6 on Wednesday, extending their winning streak to a season-high six games. Bryce Harper doubled to start a four-run third inning and reached

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Wearing a black T-shirt with white lettering that read “STRUCKOUT CANCER,” Liam Hendriks directed a few well-placed jabs toward a couple of his teammates. He joked about his reading habits and chuckled as he explained how he actually gained weight while fighting non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It was

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie Brett Sullivan hit his first home run and had his first four RBIs, and Juan Soto hit a three-run double to make up for a baserunning blunder that cost Xander Bogaerts a club-record on-base streak as the San Diego Padres beat the Cincinnati Reds

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California lawmaker who is running for Congress was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving Tuesday night, according to law enforcement and jail records. Sen. Dave Min, a Democrat who is running in the competitive 47th congressional district, said in a Facebook post that he

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Good news for all the password-haters out there: Google has taken a big step toward making them an afterthought by adding “passkeys” as a more straightforward and secure way to log into its services. Here’s what you need to know: WHAT ARE PASSKEYS? Passkeys offer

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers expected a furious, final push by Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and the defending NBA champions. Golden State can score in bunches in literally no time at all. So Anthony Davis, LeBron James and their teammates vowed to play at

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Wilmer Flores homered and Joey Bart and Austin Slater had two hits each to give the San Francisco Giants a 4-2 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday. Slater drove in a run to put the Giants up in a two-run sixth, and an RBI double

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California lawmaker who is running for Congress was arrested for drunken driving Tuesday night, according to law enforcement and jail records. Sen. Dave Min, a Democrat who is running in the competitive 47th congressional district, said in a Facebook post that he was cited

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — The X Games are coming home to Southern California this summer for an eight-day tour of the Pacific coast. The action sports competition announced Wednesday that it will host events in San Diego, Los Angeles and Ventura from July 16-23. The full slate of summer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The calendar may show spring is halfway to summer, but it’s still snowing in California. In the Sierra Nevada, the Heavenly ski resort at Lake Tahoe reported Wednesday that 15 inches (38 centimeters) of snow had fallen over 48 hours, burnishing the epic snowpack left by a relentlessly wet winter. Northwest

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Airlines expecting a hectic summer travel season are planning to hire thousands of new workers this year, lifting a job market that has been hit by layoffs in technology and turmoil in the banking industry. United Airlines said Wednesday that it hired 7,000 new workers in

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — One potential consequence of California’s ballooning budget deficit: Higher taxes for businesses, with increases possible every year for the next decade. Business owners pay a tax on each of their workers. The money goes into a fund that states use to pay unemployment benefits when people

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California lawmaker who’s running for Congress was arrested for drunken driving Tuesday night, according to law enforcement and jail records. Sen. Dave Min, a Democrat who’s running in the competitive 47th congressional district, said in a Facebook post that he was cited with a

GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — Emergency crews responded Wednesday to the scene of a construction site collapse near Los Angeles, authorities said. Five minor injuries were reported after roof girders collapsed about 11 a.m. in Glendale, according to a city police sergeant who declined to give his name. TV news helicopter footage showed at least three