As Paris Olympics near, Los Angeles officials worry about preparations for 2028

The last time Los Angeles hosted the Olympics, he pointed out ... Times. She previously reported for the Los Angeles Business Journal, Reuters in Mexico City and Southern California News Group ... Read More

What happened at the last Olympics? A look back at Tokyo 2020

2020, the Tokyo Olympics were, like other major sporting events, blighted by the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, forcing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move things back by a year. Read More

Simone Biles recalls fearing the worst after suffering ‘twisties’ in 2020 Olympics: ‘America hates me’

Simone Biles, among the most recognizable U.S. Olympic athletes, opened up in a recent interview about the pressure she faced going into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and how a bad bout of the ... Read More

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete despite failed drug tests

Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but were cleared to compete after it was found to be caused by contamination. Read More

Sports - Los Angeles Times

The Lightning earn a four-set win over the host Tritons on Friday in a boys’ volleyball regular season finale. Both teams qualified for the CIF Southern Section playoffs. The Oilers defeat the ... Read More

Peter Schey, longtime Los Angeles champion of immigrant rights, dead at 77

As COVID-19 spread through detention facilities in 2020 ... In your inbox three times per week. Andrea Castillo covers immigration. Before joining the Los Angeles Times, she covered immigrant ... Read More

Dakota Smith

Dakota Smith covers City Hall for the Los Angeles Times. She is part of the team that won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for reporting on a leaked audio recording that upended City Hall ... Read More

Meg James

Meg James is a senior entertainment industry writer for the Los Angeles Times. She was the lead reporter ... Prize board as a finalist in breaking news. A member of the Company Town team for ... Read More

Mark Swed

Mark Swed has been the classical music critic of the Los Angeles Times since 1996. Before that, he was a music critic for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and the Wall Street Journal and has ... Read More

The Times’ top 25 high school baseball rankings

Eric Sondheimer is the prep sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He has been honored seven times by the California Prep Sportswriters Assn. for best prep sports column. Read More

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete despite failed drug tests

China's 30-member swimming team won six medals at the Tokyo Olympics, including three golds. Details of the case were revealed by the New York Times, who shared reporting with German broadcaster ARD. Read More