Business
Epic Games Inc. expanded its antitrust legal fight with Alphabet Inc.’s Google by accusing the tech giant of conspiring with Samsung Electronics Co. to block rival app marketplaces.
Galaxy
The Galaxy re-signed captain Maya Yoshida, fulfilling a major task of the team’s offseason after winning the MLS Cup title. The team has 10 of 11 starters back.
Soccer
The Galaxy and LAFC have achieved plenty of success in recent seasons, but MLS rules are making it increasingly complicated for them to field title-contending teams.
Books
Joan Didion’s diary of post-therapy notes, addressed to her husband, John Gregory Dunne, is going to be published in ‘Notes to John.’
Samsung is recalling more than 1.12 million electric ranges used for stovetops after reports of 250 fires and dozens of injuries.
Christine Murphy’s ‘Notes on Surviving the Fire’ isn’t interested in a tidy detective narrative. The emotionally resonant novel will stick with you for a while.
Sports
In the Lakers’ final game before the All-Star break, they look slow and unfocused in loss to the Utah Jazz.
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta says it’s replacing its third-party fact-checking program with a Community Notes program.
Former Galaxy and U.S. Soccer star Cobi Jones said “it’s such an honor” to be immortalized with a statue in front of Dignity Health Sports Park.
California
Newsom is looking to strike a balance between collaboration and confrontation.