SAN FRANCISCO — The Padres spent three weeks playing teams that had losing records. The long run of Reds and Pirates and Guardians and the like ended with their arrival in the Bay Area late Thursday night. The series that awaited them against the Giant…
Tom Krasovic: U.S. Women’s soccer victory in hand, NWSL now deserves attention
SAN DIEGO — It was a big week for women’s soccer in the United States. An “equal pay” contract announced Wednesday, long sought, ensures much better pay for the U.S. women’s team. “It’s game-changing,” said national-team player Abby Dahlkemper of the n…
Bryce Miller: ‘Florida hillbilly’ trainer Kevin McKathan hunts Rich Strike-type upset in Preakness
BALTIMORE — Tugging on the curtain concealing the trainer of Fenwick, the longest shot in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, provides a hodgepodge of clues like a jeans pocket, ripped shirt and disturbing stories about thumbs. In more than three decades, Kev…
Olivia Rodrigo gives fans one Shell of a time at sold-out San Diego debut concert
SAN DIEGO — What are the chances? On Wednesday night, 2022 triple-Grammy Award-winner Olivia Rodrigo performed at a bayside concert venue in San Diego with her band at exactly the same time Debbie Harry and her band, Blondie, appeared at another baysid…
Karla Peterson: The end of ‘This is Us’ is coming, and I’m not ready
When I think about my TV life without “This is Us,” one word comes to mind: Nooooooooo. On Tuesday, the NBC drama following the past, present and futures of Jack and Rebecca Pearson and their three children is ending after six seasons. But if you have …
Mexican officials say a notorious cartel killed 2 Tijuana journalists. Critics aren’t buying it
TIJUANA, Mexico — Journalists, academics and law enforcement officials in Mexico are not convinced that the Arellano-Félix cartel was behind the January slayings of two prominent Tijuana journalists, as the government claims. Mexico’s undersecretary of…
Wayward sea lion is back — this time found in a San Diego storm drain
SAN DIEGO — Meet Freeway. He’s a teenage mischief maker, a land-loving sea lion fishing for freedom. And now the pinniped, who earned notoriety in January when he shut down a busy San Diego freeway a couple miles from the ocean, is back. Last month, so…
Olivia Rodrigo, a multi-Grammy Award-winner at 19, is sweet, not sour, on stardom as her debut tour continues
If someone tells me one more time: ‘Enjoy your youth,’ I’m gonna cry — Olivia Rodrigo, “Brutal” (2021) Teen angst has long been a catalyst for stirring music that captures the anxieties and self-doubts of a generation, as the lyrics to “Brutal” so read…
Kendrick Lamar announces ‘The Big Steppers’ tour with 37 concert dates
Kendrick Lamar won’t be waiting long to promote his first album in five years, “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers,” which was released Friday and is one of the most anticipated albums of 2022 for many fans. The Los Angeles native — who won the 2018 Pulitze…
Is Petco’s certification as a ‘humane’ retailer false advertising? PETA says yes
A valued certification for humane animal care awarded to Petco Health & Wellness in March is now under attack by PETA, which contends it amounts to false advertising. The animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, filed a citizen…