LOS ANGELES — Two days after her 27th birthday, Azurá Stevens, happily signed a free agent contract with the new-look Sparks, with her eyes set on the biggest role of her WNBA career. Stevens, who is entering her sixth season in the league, is excited about playing for her newContinue Reading

Anyone who has experienced turbulence aboard an airplane has likely looked out the window, wondering how the aircraft stays intact through the sometimes bone-rattling bumps. Tucked on a 15-acre complex in Anaheim’s industrial district is a company that helps to keep myriad plane parts from coming unglued. Solvay, a Brussels-basedContinue Reading

By Matthew Lee | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Monday was supposed to be a day of modest hope in the U.S.-China relationship. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was going to be in Beijing, meeting with President Xi Jinping in a high-stakes bid to ease ever-rising tensions between the world’s twoContinue Reading

By Anne D’Innocenzio | Associated Press NEW YORK — When the pandemic threat eased, Maureen Holohan was eager to scale back her online shopping and return to physical stores so she could more easily compare prices and scour ingredients on beauty and health care products for herself and her threeContinue Reading

Los Angeles County health officials reported 30 new COVID-19-related deaths from a three-day period that ended Monday, Feb. 6, along with 2,201 new cases. The new fatalities — 12 from Saturday, 10 from Sunday and eight from Monday — gave the county an overall COVID-19 death toll of 35,355. WithContinue Reading

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. The Granada Hills Charter girls basketball team received the No. 1 seed in the City Section’s Open Division playoffs, but the team won’t be able to host its opening-round playoff game Thursday night against San Fernando dueContinue Reading