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High school basketball: Scores for boys’ and girls’ games across the Southland on Thursday, Jan. 30. Because there are no junior varsity teams, Mission League schools will be able to give ...

Every quarter, Eater LA publishes a map of 38 standout restaurants that best represent Los Angeles’s expansive dining scene. In this endless metropolis, there are both new and decades-old street ...

Eight days from her birthday, Katie Mac stood on North Peters Street just before dusk Sunday wearing a Philadelphia Eagles jersey and a look of surprise on her face.