Daily Pilot

19 hours ago | latimes.com | Benjamin Royer

Manager Dave Roberts continued to give Michael Conforto his chances at the plate. The former Giant was pegged to do what he’s done his entire career: hit with power. Instead, he’s struck out 41 times and hits a whopping .153, comfortably bottom of the barrel in the Dodgers lineup. For Chris Taylor, starts are few and far between. The Dodgers have now played 42 games. Taylor has only played in 26 and started in six.

21 hours ago | latimes.com | Carol Cormaci

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, May 14. I’m Carol Cormaci, bringing you this week’s TimesOC newsletter with a look at some of the latest local news and events from around the county. Great city managers — and I’ve met a few in my career — have well-honed leadership skills that help unify their city hall departments tasked with meeting the needs of the community they serve.

22 hours ago | latimes.com | Ben Bolch

After seeing a series of bullet-point slides and hearing a slew of buzzwords about UCLA’s athletic department finances, Bob Myers put the crisis facing his alma mater in much simpler terms.

23 hours ago | latimes.com | Patrick McDonnell

Mexico’s security chief confirmed reports that relatives the drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán were allowed to enter San Diego. Key pillars of the Trump administration’s policy toward Mexico involve large-scale deportations and a crackdown on cartels. But reports in the Mexican media suggest that U.S. authorities recently orchestrated the secret, cross-border move of at least 17 relatives of Mexico’s most notorious drug kingpin — Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán — to California.

23 hours ago | latimes.com | Chuck Schilken

Julius Randle had just scored 31 points, his career-high in the playoffs. He was a game removed from his first postseason triple-double. After his team’s Game 4 win over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night, Randle was asked about how he’s been able to finally shake his reputation as a player who fades during the playoffs. Much of the credit, Randle said, belongs to someone he last played with nine years ago: Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. “I’ve battled through a lot in my career, to be honest.