LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles has asked organizers of the 2028 Summer Olympics to take out a $650-million insurance policy, and agree to cover any potential losses above that amount, should the Games be canceled by a calamity.

City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo requested the enhanced risk management protection in a letter to a top LA28 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — She became an Olympic champion in Seoul. Janet Evans then won her fourth gold medal in Barcelona. But the star swimmer's greatest Olympic moment came outside of a pool in Atlanta.

LA28 announced Tuesday it will begin the U.S. portion of the 2028 Olympic torch relay in Atlanta in a return to the city that hosted the United States...Read more

LOS ANGELES — That Girl is back.

Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles announced her intention to train for the L.A. Olympics on Wednesday, publicly beginning her attempt for a third Olympic Games in a video narrated by NBA legend Michael Jordan.

"Why again?" says Jordan, whom Chiles is named after. "Because the dream is still there."

Chiles ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Past the halfway mark of the Olympic quadrennial, LA28 has passed its own halfway point for ticket sales.

LA28 announced Friday it sold more than 6 million tickets during its first two drops, accounting for more than half of the expected Olympic ticket availability.

The remainder of an estimated 10.5 million Olympic tickets ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A divided Los Angeles City Council finalized a deal with organizers of the 2028 Summer Olympic Games aimed at controlling the city's costs during the global event, amid complaints that the protections don't go far enough.

On a 10-4 vote, the council approved the Enhanced City Resources Master Agreement, which lays out the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Forget high prices or website glitches. With more than 12 million people registering for 2028 Olympics tickets, even getting a chance to browse the ticket shelves was hard to come by.

If you're still stuck on the outside looking in after two unsuccessful ticket lottery drawings, there is hope.

LA28 said in a statement Friday ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two years from now, the Olympics will have just wrapped up with the Paralympics on the horizon. Spectators will know which countries dominated, what athletes made history and, perhaps the biggest question of all, how everyone handled the traffic.

Local leaders have pointed to the success of public transit in Los Angeles during ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After 4 million tickets sold and maybe a million more headaches, the Olympic ticket booth opens again this week.

LA28 sold a record number of tickets during its first drop in April, signaling unprecedented interest in the Olympics as they return to Southern California for the first time since 1984. High prices, service fees and ...Read more