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Tenants getting federal rent subsidies have yet to be affected by the partial govement shutdown, now in its fourth week.But big problems could arise for those renters and their landlords should the ...

SAN FRANCISCO >> After losing 10 games in a row and 15 of their past 16, the Dodgers arrived at AT&T Park on Monday afteoon willing to go to extremes if that’s what it took to tu things around. They would have to. The dark clouds that have followed them the past two weeks dropped rain on AT&T Park, two separate delays – one before the game even started and another after just one ...

DREAM (12-20) AT SPARKS (24-8) ) Tipoff: Friday, 7:30 p.m. TV: Spectrum SportsNet Update: The WNBA’s regular season ends Sunday and there’s not much left at stake for the second-place Sparks, who trail first-place Miesota by one game. The top two seeds from the league advance to the semifinals, which means the difference between being the No. 1 seed and the No. 2 is simply a matter of who would ...

Tampering is an NBA problem, no doubt. Particularly when the tamperers and tamperees are one and the same. Paul George made it known, through the many media outlets and “industry sources” at his and his agent’s disposal, that he wanted out of Indiana and into Staples Center. His contract doesn’t end until next year. So now the NBA is investigating the Lakers for getting too public about George. This has become the definition of tampering, apparently. You might as well punish an ostrich for burying his head. There is jeopardy here for the Lakers, who could lose draft picks. Although it’s far-f...

PITTSBURGH >> Clayton Kershaw should be happy. His back injury was less serious than might have been feared when he left his July 23 start. He has retued to health relatively quickly. And his team is so far out front that it can afford to take it slowly with him, giving him a long runway to retu to the rotation with bullets saved for October. Oh, yeah — that last part doesn’t seem to sit well with the Dodgers ace. “Health-wise, I could have pitched in the big leagues 10 days ago. But that’s not the plan obviously,” Kershaw said Monday after throwing a four-iing simulated game at PN...

PACIFIC PALISADES >> Eddie Merrins stood just off to the side of the 18th green at Riviera Country Club late Sunday afteoon, perhaps not even noticing that Doc Redman and Doug Ghim went right behind him with a purpose toward the 10th tee box at the 117th U.S. Amateur Championship. “That’s about as strong a finish as you’d hope to see,” said the 84-year-old legendary golf pro at Bel-Air Country Club and former UCLA coach who, in 1954, made it to the quarterfinals in a touament won by Aold Palmer. The thing was, this edition of the oldest USGA touament wasn’t even finished. Redman...

ANAHEIM >> After Mike Trout celebrated his 1,000th career hit and yet another birthday homer, May Machado crashed the party. The Baltimore Orioles’ young star hit a seventh-iing grand slam against JC Ramirez, sending the Angels to a 6-2 loss on Monday night. Machado’s homer, plus the pitch...

NEW YORK (12-11) AT SPARKS (17-6) Tipoff: Friday, 7:30 p.m., Staples Center TV: Spectrum SportsNet, NBA League Pass Update: The Sparks try to run their wiing streak to four games against the Liberty, which is in third place in the Easte Conference standings. Los Angeles has won its last three ga...

Greeted by elated, cheering supporters Thursday moing, a 21-year-old woman from Croatia completed a grueling, oveight swim from Catalina Island to the shores below Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes. “She swam like a champion, like a machine,” said Jill Babajko, who rode alongside D...

WNBA preview: LA Sparks visit San Antonio Stars on Friday night SPARKS (15-6) at SAN ANTONIO (3-19) Tipoff: 5 p.m. TV: Spectrum SportsNet, NBA League Pass Update: Coming off a defensive battle with the Seattle Storm, the Sparks will try to get their road record above .500 against the wor...

LOS ANGELES >> The Dodgers still aren’t prepared to declare a probable date for Clayton Kershaw’s retu from the disabled list. But there was good reason to take the under on the initial four- to six-week timeline reported Monday, before Kershaw met with a back specialist. Kershaw is taking p...

LOS ANGELES >> The first thing Dodgers catcher Austin Baes noticed was the mechanics. Clayton Kershaw didn’t have his full range of extension, a red flag for any pitcher. So, with two outs in the second iing, in the middle of an at-bat on a sweltering Sunday, Baes jogged to the mound. “H...

LOS ANGELES >> All in all, you’d have to say that went pretty well. Justin Tuer hit two home runs and Clayton Kershaw threw a complete game as the Dodgers reached the All-Star break with a 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sundayafteoon. The win completed a sweep of the interleag...

The first steps toward putting last week’s embarrassing 6-2 loss in the rearview mirror for the Galaxy was to actually get away. After a hectic stretch of seven games in 21 days, the Galaxy stepped away from for a couple of days, retuing late in the week to begin preparation for Monday night’s 7:3...

LOS ANGELES >> The New York Mets might owe the rest of baseball an apology for more than Mr. Met’s behavior. Two weeks ago, the Mets hit four home runs off Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, roughing him up for six runs in a game the Dodgers won anyway. But it was the first time in Kershaw’s career ...

The Galaxy have one final hurdle to clear before getting a chance to regroup and refocus. Tuesday night against Real Salt Lake, the Galaxy (6-7-4, 22 points) will play their seventh game in less than 22 days, all while being severely shorthanded. The bright side is everyone on the roster has receive...

INDIANAPOLIS >> Tamika Catchings was known as a hard worker during her playing career. But as hard as she worked in 16 seasons for the Indiana Fever, she had a tough time keeping up with her dad on Saturday night. Former NBA player Harvey Catchings helped his daughter raise a baer with her N...

LOS ANGELES >> Clayton Kershaw was halfway between the mound at Dodger Stadium and the home dugout when he tilted his head up, raised his left arm and shook a closed fist. There was relief. In the top of the first iing, Kershaw threw 33 pitches, nearly a third of his total workload Saturday ...

ROCKIES at DODGERS When: Today, 7:10 p.m. Where: Dodger Stadium TV: SportsNet LA THE PITCHERS DODGERS LHP CLAYTON KERSHAW (10-2, 2.61 ERA) Vs. Rockies: 20-6, 3.13 ERA At Dodger Stadium: 76-30, 2.05 ERA Hates to face: Nolan Arenado, 13 for 42, 3 doubles, 2 HRs Loves to face: Pat Valaika, 0 for 5, 3 Ks ROCKIES RHP TYLER CHATWOOD (6-7, 4.08 ERA) Vs. Dodgers: 4-7, 3.95 ERA At Dodger Stadium: 3-2, 1.62 ERA Hates to face: Yasmani Grandal, 5 for 9, 1 double, 1 triple, 1 HR Loves to face: Kike’ Heandez, 0 for 4 — Bill Plunkett Advertisement ...

PLAYA VISTA >> Hall of Famer Jerry West officially joined the Clippers on Friday, and the man who spent four decades with the Lakers, called his job as a consultant with the other team in Los Angeles “the last adventure of my life.” Wearing a trim blue suit, the 79-year-old West said he never ...