SEATTLE — John McCarthy finished with five saves for the Galaxy and Stefan Frei stopped three shots for the Seattle Sounders as they played to a scoreless draw on Sunday. McCarthy had four saves and Frei stopped the only shot he faced in the first half. Frei became available to play for the Sounders (2-5-4) after the red card he received in a match against D.C. United last weekend was rescinded by an independent review panel. Seattle held the Galaxy’s Joseph Paintsil in check. The 26-year-old rookie forward had four goals and four assists in his first 838 minutes of action with the Galaxy (5-2 ..read more

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) celebrates with first base coach Clayton McCullough (86) after a single during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Los Angeles, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani is out at second ahead of a throw to Atlanta Braves shortstop Orlando Arcia, right, during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Los Angeles, Sunday, May 5, 2024. Freddie Freeman grounded in to a force out. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Los Angeles Dod ..read more

REDONDO BEACH — Thousands of music lovers filed peacefully, but disappointedly, out of the Seaside Lagoon BeachLife Festival grounds late Sunday afternoon as high winds forced officials to shut down the festival with a few hours left to go and several acts yet to perform. An announcement from festival officials posted on social media sites said: “It is with great sadness that we must cancel our programming at BeachLife this Sunday evening, due to a serious wind event that put the general public at risk. While we take extraordinary measures to keep our fans and artists safe, and while absolutel ..read more

LOS ANGELES – One day in class this winter, with no assignment to occupy his mind, Duce Robinson turned to his computer and began to pen a letter to the NCAA. In a long-established bylaw, the organization allows student-athletes just 20 hours per week of “countable athletically related activities.” And Robinson had come to USC with grand dreams, a blue-chip prospect in both football and baseball, hell-bent on chasing both. Trying to squeeze every minute he could out of his eligibility come spring football and baseball in March, Robinson poured forth his soul in that classroom into one request ..read more

LOS ANGELES – On the first of Shohei Ohtani’s two home runs Sunday, the wait appeared to be the hardest part. Ohtani blasted a two-run home run in the first inning on a slow curveball and the Dodgers completed a three-game sweep by getting past left-hander Max Fried and the Atlanta Braves in a 5-1 victory. Ohtani then added the exclamation point with a 464-foot blast in the eighth inning for his first two-homer game in a Dodgers uniform. It was the 17th multi-homer game of his career. It also was the third time this season Ohtani has delivered home runs in consecutive games and the first time ..read more

The bodies of two people were found by firefighters in a human-dug “cave” in Northridge on Sunday, authorities said. Around 10:30 a.m., the victims were found in the small alcove dug into a grassy hill along the 8700 block of Lindley Avenue, near the Parthenia Street intersection, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Nicholas Prange. “It was a very small opening dug into a hillside,” Prange said. ‘If you were inside, you weren’t under that much soil.” A white powder was also seen inside, prompting authorities to call in hazardous materials and urban search and rescue specialis ..read more

GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) — Twin sisters Nicole and Audrey Nourse won the deciding match for a second straight season and top-ranked USC won its fourth straight beach volleyball championship with a 3-0 sweep over No. 2 UCLA on Sunday. It was the first championship — since the NCAA recognized the sport in 2016 — where all five matches went to a third game. USC (37-5) has won six of the eight championships — the last four under head coach Dain Blanton. UCLA (35-7) won the other two titles in 2018-19. USC jumped out to a 2-0 lead behind its No. 2 and No. 4 pairs. Twos Madison White and Maddi Kriz dr ..read more

CLEVELAND — Fitting for this nightmarish season the Angels are enduring, they can’t even celebrate when one of their starters has his best outing of the year. Griffin Canning made one mistake — maybe not even a mistake — in six innings, and that was enough to cost him in the Angels’ 4-1 loss to the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday afternoon. Canning gave up a two-run homer at the end of a 10-pitch duel with five-time All-Star José Ramirez in the sixth. As a result, he walked off the field down 2-1. The Guardians added some insurance when Matt Moore gave up a Josh Naylor two-run homer in the eight ..read more

LOS ANGELES – There’s never a dull moment for the Dodgers’ bullpen, from early-season struggles and injuries, all the way to its recent success. Then a day like Sunday comes along when all of the feelings were encompassed in a single moment. At the same time the Dodgers announced that right-hander Blake Treinen would return to the bullpen after making just five appearances since the start of 2022, closer Evan Phillips was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Phillips was injured after he “caught a spike” following a pregame workout Saturday, according to manager Dav ..read more

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block announced a newly created Office of Campus Safety Sunday to administer policing and emergency management in the aftermath of campus unrest over pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The school had came under heavy criticism for its response to violence that broke out at a protest encampment last week, with Gov. Gavin Newsom and other elected officials calling for investigations into the university’s reaction, and some critics even calling on Block to resign ahead of his previously announced plan to step down on July 31. “In the past week, our campus has been shaken by even ..read more