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FILE - An image and logo memorializing former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs is displayed on the outfield wall in Anaheim, Calif., July 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong, File)

Ex-Angels official says employee convicted of pitcher’s fatal overdose struggled with mental health

October 15, 2025

A former Los Angeles Angels official has testified that an employee convicted of providing drugs leading to the death of one of the team’s star pitchers had been taking prescription medication to deal with depression and bipolar disorder. Tim Mead, who oversaw communications at the Angels, said he was aware of the mental health struggles employee Eric Kay had faced. The testimony came in a civil trial to determine whether the Angels should be held responsible for the 2019 overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Kay was convicted of providing the drugs that led to Skaggs’ death on a team trip to Texas. The trial is expected to take weeks and could include players’ testimony.

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FILE - Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs (45) talks with catcher Martin Maldonado, left, after warming up in the bullpen prior to a spring training baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, March 4, 2017, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Opening statements expected in trial over LA Angels’ alleged role in pitcher Skaggs’ overdose death

October 14, 2025

Opening statements are expected soon in the trial for the wrongful death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Angels. The case involves the 2019 drug overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Lawyers for the Angels and Skaggs’ family will address the jury in this civil trial. The lawsuit alleges the team knew or should have known that its communications director, Eric Kay, was supplying drugs to Skaggs and other players. The Angels argue Skaggs’ actions were his own and not preventable by the team. The trial could include testimony from players like Mike Trout and Wade Miley.

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FILE - Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs (45) talks with catcher Martin Maldonado, left, after warming up in the bullpen prior to a spring training baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, March 4, 2017, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Trial underway over Angels’ alleged role in baseball pitcher Tyler Skaggs’ overdose death

October 6, 2025

The Los Angeles Angels are facing a court trial over whether the team is responsible for the drug overdose death of one of its star pitchers. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday. The family of pitcher Tyler Skaggs filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the team after he died from an overdose on a team trip to Texas in 2019. An Angels official was convicted of providing a fentanyl-laced oxycodone pill to Skaggs that caused his death.  The team says Skaggs should have been aware of the risks of taking painkillers not as they are prescribed and mixing them with alcohol.

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Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson appears for his sentencing after a murder conviction for killing his wife Sheryl in Santa Ana, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)

Southern California judge who killed his wife sentenced to 35 years to life for murder

September 17, 2025

A Southern California judge convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting his wife after the couple had been arguing was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years to life in prison. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson faced a maximum potential sentence of 40 years to life in prison. The 74-year-old has been jailed since a jury found him guilty in April. Prosecutors said Ferguson shot his wife in their home in August 2023 after he had been drinking and the couple arguing. Ferguson admitted to shooting his wife but said it was an accident.

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Mathew Bowyer, who pled guilty a year ago to running an illegal gambling business, money laundering and filing a false tax return, talks to his attorney outside federal court, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in Santa Ana, Calif., following his sentencing to 12 months and one day in prison, (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Bookmaker linked to baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter sentenced to just over a year

August 29, 2025

A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced to just over a year in prison. Mathew Bowyer pleaded guilty last year to running an illegal gambling business, money laundering and filing a false tax return. He was sentenced Friday to 12 months and one day in prison. He will later be subjected to two years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $1.6 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service, which his lawyer said he’s already paid.

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Athletes train at a beach sprints camp organized by USRowing in Long Beach, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Rowers revel in beach sprints in the run-up to LA’s 2028 Olympics

August 13, 2025

The Olympics’ newest rowing competition is a beach run, a coastal row and a music party rolled into one. The event known as beach sprints is rising in popularity since the International Olympic Committee announced its inclusion for the 2028 games in Los Angeles. Now, USRowing is hosting camps to give long-time flatwater rowers and novices a chance to try out the dynamic event. Each race usually takes about three minutes and involves running, rowing and the unpredictability of waves. It was developed to give spectators a closer view of rowing, and a really great time on the beach.

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Andreas Tompros tours his avocado farm, Ridgecrest Avocados, on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

California avocado growers say Mexican imports have helped their sales

May 28, 2025

On a hillside northwest of Los Angeles, Andreas Tompros is replanting hundreds of avocado trees. Consumption of avocados has boomed in the United States in the past two decades, and much of the demand has been met with rising imports from Mexico. California growers say these imports have wound up helping, not hurting, their crop by creating a stable supply of the fruit that has bolstered demand. Many farmers are tearing out lemon trees due to overseas competition and planting avocados instead. Growers like Tompros plan to stick with avocados even after losing their orchards to wildfires last year.

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A 4-year-old Mexican girl, who has short bowel syndrome, attends a news conference in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, after her and her mother's humanitarian parole was terminated and they were ordered to self-deport. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Trump administration revokes parole of Mexican girl receiving lifesaving care in US, lawyer says

May 28, 2025

The Trump administration has revoked permission for a 4-year-old Mexican girl who receives lifesaving medical care from a California hospital to stay in the country, her family says. Lawyer Gina Amato said Wednesday the girl’s mother was notified the U.S. government was withdrawing the humanitarian parole the family received in 2023 when she brought her ailing child to the border. Since then, the girl has made it out of the hospital thanks to a treatment she receives from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Amato says the child’s doctors have said without it she could die in days.

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