Trucking paid for Scott Spindola to take a road trip down the coast of Spain, climb halfway up Machu Picchu, and sample a Costa Rican beach for two weeks. The 44-year-old from Covina now makes up to $70,000 per year, with overtime, hauling goods from the port of Long Beach. HeA has full medical...

Donald Trump says that taxes in the United States are higher than almost anywhere else on earth. Theyare not.

He says he opposed the Iraq war from the start. He didnat.

Now, after years of spreading the lie that President Obama was born in Africa, Trump says that Hillary Clinton did it first (untru...

The Miami Marlins have announced the death of ace right-hander Jose Fernandez.A

The U.S. Coast Guard says Fernandez was one of three people killed in a boat crash off Miami Beach early Sunday.A

The Marlins did not immediately release details, other than releasing a statement confirming the death...

In Los AngelesaA hotbed of high-end real estate, $175 million can buy part of a grand estate with 50,000 square feet and a pedigree that includes legendary business magnates and iconic films. But across the country, a mintas worth of money makes a different kind of splash.

In Darien, Conn., on a...

Trucking paid for Scott Spindola to take a road trip down the coast of Spain, climb halfway up Machu Picchu, and sample a Costa Rican beach for two weeks. The 44-year-old from Covina now makes up to $70,000 per year, with overtime, hauling goods from the port of Long Beach. HeA has full medical...

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Slide show

Bruce Hale will present a slide show of seven Aegean Islands: Syros, Mykonos, Delos, Naxos, Santorini, Amorgos and Patmos.A

When, where: 7:30 p.m. Monday at Distant Lands, 20 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena.

Admission, info: Free. RSVP to (626) 449-3220.

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Workshop

Learn about...

Listen to Vin Scully tell a story overA the radio or television and itas as if he is talking directly to you.

More likely, the person he was actually speaking to was Brian Hagan, a 56-year-old statistician who sits in the second row of the television broadcast booth.

When Scully shares an anecdote,...

The names are confusing, but Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park is part of California's Redwood National Park, and itas a great place to feel small among redwoods standing tall.

In fact, it is believed to be the home of the tallest tree in the world, but rangers donat disclose the location for fear...

To the editor: The UC Berkeley student-led class on Palestine, presented athrough the lens of settler colonialism,a to me shows why universities have become a joke.

When I was in college, classes were taught by professors, presumably experts in their field. We felt cheated if a teaching assistant...

To the editor: Thank you for publishing the pictures and some bios of Californiaas MacArthur fellows.

( aaCross-cultural guru,aa Sept. 22)

How fortunate we are that these brilliant young people choose to live and contribute their talents in our state.

Congratulations to all of the fellows and their...

A few weeks ago, Republican pollster Frank Luntz asked a group of undecided voters what they thought of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. They didnat much like either one.

Trumpas acrazy,a they chorused a aa charlatan.a Clinton is adeceitful,a adishonest,a they said.

aSo what can Trump do to win...

The trees are dying. The forests are not.

This distinction is getting lost in all the angst over the tree die-off in the central Sierra, coastal ranges and other forests of California. Players ranging from the Forest Service to CalFire toA Sen. Dianne Feinstein and other public officials are ignoring...

To the editor: Donat forget to blame social media as well.

Clinton was buried by undeserved hate all spring and summer a and I was only reading the liberal posts.

( aBack story: aBelieve me,a his words have power. Or so apeople saya,a Sept. 20 and aIf Clinton loses, blame the media,a Opinion, Sept...

Rams pass offense vs. Buccaneers pass defense: The Rams rank last in the NFL in passing offense, averaging 169.5 yards a game. Quarterback Case Keenum is completing 54% of his passes. Keenum is most efficient when the running game is a threat, allowing him to make play-action throws. Kenny Britt...

The MacArthur Foundation on Thursday announced its latest crop of agenius grants,a and once again a be honest now a you thought maybe, just maybe, this was your year.

And why not? These days, weare all geniuses. We might be amarketing geniusesa or aculinary geniusesa or aTVA geniuses.a Our children,...

After more than five decades of bloody civil war, Colombiaas infamous armed guerrillas were preparing for peace.

Big-name bands from Bogota descended on a remote stretch of rebel-heldA savanna, where the rebels had erected aA Coachella-sized stage. Hundreds of arriving journalists were greetedA not...

The Dodgers asked their fans to vote on Vin Scullyas top calls over the years. Here are the results:

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No. 20 (May 22, 1999): Mark McGwire homers over the roof.

aLetas see where that goes. It hit the top of the roof! Whoa!a

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No. 19 (July 22, 2009): Manny Ramirezas pinch-hit bobbleslam.

A aThatas...

Arizona Cardinals: The Cardinals havenat turned the ball over and lead the NFL with seven takeaways. Arizona is riding a five-game winning streak on the road.

Atlanta Falcons: Julio Jones was taken out of the Falconsa first two games because of injuries. He has 172 yards receiving with two scores.

It has been the most compelling part of every Dodgers game for the past 67 years.

A batter will step out of the box to adjust his gloves. The pitcher will step down from the mound to rub the ball. The umpire will take off his mask to wipe his brow. And then, like a sprinkling of glitter A across...

His favorite call

Itas a round number, and itas astounding: Vin Scully has called close to 10,000 Dodgers games. To ask Scully to identify his favorite call aA one call, from one of those thousands of games aA would appear to be a question best suited for one of his famously diplomatic answers. How,...