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Baseball players are superstitious — it comes with the territory. But not even UCLA coach John Savage, who has coached the Bruins since 2004, has seen something that rivals pitcher Angel Cervantes and his mini toy dinosaur, Jerry.

Mason Edwards has first-round hype ahead of July’s 2026 MLB draft for a reason.

No. 1 UCLA’s quest for the second baseball national title in school history starts Friday.

“We don’t like not doing well, either,” Logan O’Hoppe said. “It’s not OK to us. It doesn’t matter how much we’re getting paid or that we get treated great throughout the league and things like that. We hate it, too. I think people definitely don’t realize that."

The UCLA baseball team (51-6) is hosting the Los Angeles Regional as the nation’s No. 1 overall seed, and USC (43-15) is headed to the College Station Regional hosted by 12th-seeded Texas A&M, the NCAA announced Monday.

Reid Detmers had a career-high 14 strikeouts, and pinch-runner Donovan Walton touched home on an errant throw in the ninth inning Sunday to give the Angels a 2-1 walk-off win over the Texas Rangers at Angel Stadium and their first three-game sweep of the season.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Public school districts were winners in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised budget proposal for next year, with boosted funding that includes $2.4 billion in ongoing increases for services to students with disabilities, money that education officials have …

Considering the amount of comedy that was dropped on L.A. last week for the third Netflix is a Joke Festival, the idea that anyone can see it all is laughable. Yet of course, like fools, once again we tried. Between big outdoor shows, theaters and intimate club gigs, the seven …

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Promising rebates of up to 40% on an infamously expensive art form, tax incentives for film and television production — now offered by nearly four dozen countries — have been instrumental in luring the industry from …

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California’s preschool expansion has lead to surging enrollment and ranks high nationally in the amount of money spent on its youngest students, but needs to focus on improving the quality of its early education programs, researchers …

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. LAUSD is seeking to double its infant care centers and expand early education programs for toddlers, a plan that aims to push the district deeper into the child-care industry, provide affordable day care and eventually bolster …

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Each year a baby goes through about 3,000 diapers, essential care products that are in continuous contact with sensitive skin. But manufacturers are not required to completely disclose what disposable diapers are made of, leaving parents …

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It’s called “red-shirting” or the “gift of time,” but the practice of holding back a child from kindergarten for a year offers few benefits over the long term, and the academic advantage for students of being …

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Intense angst over César Chávez’s legacy amid sexual abuse allegations is ripping through California classrooms, prompting teachers, scholars and school systems to urgently revamp lessons about one of California’s most widely taught historic figures.Educators at K-12 …

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The animal rescue at the center of Friday’s massive seizure says Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control workers injured several dogs as authorities swarmed a property in rural Lake Hughes in what officials called one …

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A Granada Hills man accused of being a “serial arsonist” faces felony charges in connection with fires at a Canoga Park gentlemen’s club and an electrical vault in the Los Angeles Fashion District.Cyrus Farsaad, 47, is …

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Frustration is simmering among parents who say their young children are spending too much classroom time online, disrupting their learning and development at a critical time and clashing with stricter screen restrictions at home. Grassroots coalitions …

Angela Osorio is an intern with the Los Angeles Times’ Food team. A multimedia journalist and a third-year journalism student at Cal State Long Beach, she has won awards for her coverage of campus government and crime, as well as entertainment stories and print design. She worked as a reporting …

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A cheerful buzz filled the interior of Meymuni Cafe on Saturday afternoon, as groups of Iranians trickled in from a protest at the Federal Building down the street, proudly displaying “Free Iran” and “Make Iran great …

Ramadan is in full swing in Los Angeles, where a community of hundreds of thousands of Muslims is observing a month dedicated to fasting, prayer, reflection and service. With the unfolding war in the Middle East, the holiday holds even more significance for locals with ties to the region. The …

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It took nearly a year, but the families of B’nai Simcha Jewish Community Preschool have found a permanent campus in Pasadena after the Eaton fire destroyed their site, a rebirth that has given hope to the …

What constitutes "togetherness?" A paid partnership with Italian jeweler Pomellato explores how pairings between family, friends and couples are unexpected, humorous, poignant and beautiful.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. About two-thirds of California’s 3- to 5-year-olds are on track to enter kindergarten, according to new federal data. But being ready for school involves a lot more than a child’s ability to count or recite their …

Jazmine Locke has filled out the paperwork and checked all the boxes. As a middle-income worker, she qualifies for California-subsidized day care for her 7-month-old daughter. Yet she holds little hope she will ever make it off the waitlist. Her older son, now 12, never did.“In my mind, I plan …

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A different kind of bell sounded on Friday at many Southern California campuses — a call that beckoned students to walk out of school instead of into their next class as thousands joined protests in a …