World & Nation
Despite an ambitious anti-pollution initiative, officials acknowledge that a single downpour at an inopportune moment could send a surge of sewage into the waterway.
July 16, 2024
2024 Paris Olympics
With questions being raised about Israel being allowed to compete in the Paris Olympics, its athletes are determined to ‘show the best they can do.’
Dodgers
Dodgers All-Star Shohei Ohtani wants to play in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, but will MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and team owners make it happen?
July 15, 2024
Political upheaval and other issues plaguing Paris ahead of the start of the Summer Olympics threaten to dwarf whatever is floating in the Seine.
Olympian and former UCLA softball star Natasha Watley says it’s “heartbreaking” that softball in the 2028 L.A. Summer Olympics will be played in Oklahoma City.
California
The LA28 Olympic organizing committee announced Friday that Los Angeles nabbed eight of the 19 events, followed by Long Beach (seven) and Carson (four). Some officials previously complained the 2028 Games didn’t feature enough of the city.
July 14, 2024
Sophia Smith scores in the 64th minute to lift the U.S. women’s national team to a 1-0 victory over Mexico in an international friendly.
July 13, 2024
Lakers
The Lakers star is leading a contingent of America’s best basketball talent possibly ever assembled to claim what might be the last championship he’ll win.
Long Beach will host seven sports and Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson will host four as part of an updated venue plan for the 2028 Olympics.
July 12, 2024
Lifestyle
Quizzing your news knowledge on record temperatures, a Fourth of July brawl, the 2024 Times Restaurant of the Year and an Olympic leotard design.