The channel broadcasts regional coverage of professional and collegiate sports events in California, focusing primarily on teams based in the Greater Los Angeles area.

The network adopted a new philosophy to concentrate more on local originally-produced content (such as the documentary series Before the Bigs and In My Own Words, and team-themed Insider shows) and less on supplemental national programming provided by Fox Sports Net.

[9] Both Fox Sports West and the Dodgers were involved in separate lawsuits over the team's broadcast rights as well as the sale of the club.

[12] Fox's exclusive negotiating period with the Dodgers expired on November 30, 2012 – leaving the team open to competing offers.

[13] In January 2013, Time Warner Cable signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, establishing a new team-specific channel known as SportsNet LA.

On May 3, 2019, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios (through their joint venture, Diamond Holdings) bought Fox Sports Networks from The Walt Disney Company for $10.6 billion.

[15] On November 17, 2020, Sinclair announced an agreement with casino operator Bally's Corporation to serve as a new naming rights partner for the FSN channels.

[20] On August 27, 2024, the Anaheim Ducks announced partnerships with KCOP-TV, a MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Fox, and direct-to-consumer streaming service Victory+, ending their tenure with Bally Sports.

The deal with KCOP includes 65 Ducks games to televise in the Los Angeles regional market per year marking the return of hockey broadcasts to a Fox station.

[24][25] In the Los Angeles market, in the case of scheduling conflicts, FanDuel Sports Network SoCal will move a scheduled telecast of a Clippers or Ducks (prior to 2024-25 season) game to KCOP-TV (Channel 13), the local MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station and former sister station to the two networks.

Because the Vegas Golden Knights hold territorial rights for all of Southern Nevada, Los Angeles Kings games are blacked out in the Las Vegas Valley on Bally Sports West regardless of the cable or satellite provider, requiring a subscription to the NHL Center Ice out-of-market sports package to view those telecasts.