Hayley Hodson, the 2015 American Volleyball Coaches Assn. freshman of the year at Stanford, saw her career cut short because of post-concussion syndrome. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) Something was wrong with Hayley Hodson. She had come to Stanford as the country’s top volleyball recruit, an Olympic hopeful whose […]
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Antoine Dupont blows Wales away as France win warm-up fixture
Seven months may have passed since Wales’ last outing in the Six Nations but their wait for a victory continues, after losing their fourth Test in a row in this warm-up fixture against France in Paris. Alun Wyn Jones’ record-tying 148th Test cap did not go as planned, despite Wales […]
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Air quality bad as smoke blows toward Bay Area, Sacramento
Wildfire smoke continues to make air quality poor across wide swaths of Northern California, including the Sacramento region. There’s no relief in sight the next few days, weather officials say. The air is unhealthy and the sun has been slow to peek through Thursday near the capital, but it is […]