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LOS ANGELES — The Lakers enter free agency Thursday with just the taxpayer midlevel exception and minimum contracts to fill their roster around LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook, who will exercise his player option and stay under contract for another season, guaranteeing a $47 million salary, sources told…

SEATTLE — While it isn’t the Sonics — at least not yet — two sources have confirmed a Los Angeles Times report Wednesday that NBA basketball will make its Climate Pledge Arena debut Oct. 3 in an exhibition game between the L.A. Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers.

The Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy at the center of a lawsuit filed by Kobe Bryant’s Widow, Vanessa Bryant, accusing first responders of improperly snapping photos at the site of helicopter crash that killed him, is again under fire — this time, over video that shows him kneeling on the head…

Members of the production team behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, a regular segment on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert," were detained by Capitol Police this week while filming "stand-ups and other final comedy elements in the halls" of Congress, CBS, which airs the late-night talk show, confirmed Friday…

LOS ANGELES — The man who shot and killed two El Monte police officers Tuesday could have faced significantly more years in prison when he was last charged with a crime. But one of District Attorney George Gascon’s most heavily criticized policies may have led to a significantly lower sentence,…

LOS ANGELES — Authorities are trying to piece together the chain of events that left two El Monte police officers fatally shot after responding to a call at a local motel.

Doctors, teachers, engineers and other Afghans who were forced to associate with the Taliban will now have a chance at asylum or visas after the Biden administration loosened a terrorism-related designation on Tuesday, according to government officials and documents reviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

The death of Philip Baker Hall, who starred in Seinfeld and Modern Family, was announced on social media by his friend and neighbour, Los Angeles Times sports writer, Sam Farmer

It looks like the Lakers will have a good chance once again of finding an undrafted rookie who will contribute.