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Outriders ride along the track during horse racing at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Saturday, March 6, 2021. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

Santa Anita consensus picks for Saturday, May 30, 2026

May 30, 2026 at 8:36 a.m.

The consensus box of Santa Anita horse picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Saturday, May...

Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday, May 29, 2026

May 29, 2026 at 9:46 a.m.

The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Friday,...

From left to right, candidates for La Canada Flintridge City Council:

Election 2026: 3 hopefuls vie for La Canada Flintridge City Council seat

May 28, 2026 at 1:39 p.m.

Public safety in the city, which is so close to the Eaton fire footprint, is a common theme among candidates.

CIF-SS baseball playoffs: Semifinals scores, schedule for all of the finals

May 27, 2026 at 9:33 a.m.

All of the scores from the CIF-SS semifinals on Tuesday and the schedule for the finals on Friday and Saturday.

“John of John” by Douglas Stuart is among the top-selling fiction titles at Southern California’s independent bookstores. (Courtesy of Grove Atlantic)

This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores

May 26, 2026 at 6:15 p.m.

See the top-selling releases among hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus trade and mass market paperbacks for the sales week that ended May 24.

Canoga High cheerleaders line the work site where a new $150 million-dollar addition will be added. The addition will include a new dinning area and classrooms for special-needs students. At the ceremony Canoga High Principal Nidia Castro said, “We do invest in education and I am excited about the new project, but most importantly, I’m excited about the new classrooms that we’re going to have for our special-needs students. They’re going to be so amazing and they’re going to be clean and colorful and they will have the spaces to really learn and be happy so thank you so much and I am inviting all of you in three years for the ceremony thank you for being here students.” (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

The historic Canoga Park High School is getting a new look with a $155 million update

May 27, 2026 at 11:03 a.m.

LAUSD Chief Facilities Executive Krisztina Tokes said, “It won’t be easy but just know these three years of work will be a gift that keeps on giving.”

Kids wave their American flags during at the Canoga Park Memorial Day Parade returns for its 34th year Monday, Canoga Park May 25, 2026. The Memorial Day tradition this year’s theme, “Saluting the Price of Freedom,” honors all who gave their lives in service to our nation.
(Photo by Gene Blevins, Contributing Photographer}

Canoga Park Memorial Day parade returns and draws a crowd of 5,000

May 26, 2026 at 7:22 a.m.

The 34th Canoga Park Memorial Day Parade rolled out at the intersection of Sherman Way and Owensmouth Avenue on Monday, celebrating the theme "Saluting the Price of Freedom."

Santa Anita consensus picks for Monday, May 25, 2026

May 25, 2026 at 8:43 a.m.

The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Monday,...

Water is sprayed on a 34,000-gallon tank that overheated at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove on Friday. JEFF GRITCHEN – STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

GKN, company behind Garden Grove toxic chemical threat, issues apology on Sunday

May 24, 2026 at 7:24 p.m.

The company says it is 'acutely aware' of the dispruption that was caused. GKN is facing investigations and lawsuits over the incident.

Santa Anita consensus picks for Sunday, May 24, 2026

May 24, 2026 at 11:23 a.m.

The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Sunday,...

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