GLENDALE, Ariz. — Life on the fringes of a major-league roster is not easy. Michael Siani is a light-hitting outfielder valued for his glove. He has played in the majors for the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals over the past four seasons but as many as 20 games just once (124 in 2024 with…
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A Long Beach cook has been convicted for his role in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 27-year-old woman abducted while walking home from downtown Huntington Beach. An Orange County Superior Court jury found Florentino Contreras Bacilio, 52, guilty of kidnapping and attempted sexual penetration in connection to the June 6, 2021, abduction. He…
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The Anaheim Union High School District will team up with local laundromats to provide students and families with accessible laundry services. The district’s new partnership with LaundryUp, which the school board recently unanimously greenlit, fits AUHSD’s mission to support “the whole student,” officials said. “We believe that protecting a student’s dignity is essential to their…
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By SOPHIE AUSTIN SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its rollback of vaccine recommendations for children, calling the move an illegal threat to public health. Related Articles Justice Department suit accuses UCLA of failing to protect Jewish employees from campus hostility Appeals court questions shifting reasons…
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The Ducks will return to the Honda Center ice on Wednesday for the first time since Feb. 3, as they’ll host Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the Edmonton Oilers. The Ducks and Oilers are in a group of four teams separated by a single point, currently occupying the second and third playoff spots in the…
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We are, right this very moment, scouting for cheap parking at LAX (and cussing aloud) because there’s simply no workable public transportation from Orange County to spare us this agony. Travelers make their way through Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) We’re not alone. Some 9.9…
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One of Gavin Newsom’s most highly touted accomplishments was to provide $2.7 billion in state funding to create free universal transitional kindergarten for every 4-year-old, It was one of his core campaign promises. He signed the law in 2021, but the program became fully operational in January after a five-year rollout. These children “can start…
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Social media has been abuzz in recent days because of an officiating error that took place during the Inglewood-JSerra boys basketball playoff game Friday at JSerra High. The CIF Southern Section will not take direct action and said it is not in position to do so, as we explain below. What happened … After a…
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As filmmaker Baz Luhrmann was deep into his work on “Elvis,” his 2022 biopic of Elvis Presley, an idea struck him: What if he wove real-life footage of Presley into concert scenes of actor Austin Butler as Elvis? He reached out to his Elvis experts and quickly heard back. “This wonderful man called,” Luhrmann says…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Esperanza’s softball team first celebrated former coach Ed Tunstall in a pregame ceremony. The Aztecs later celebrated a walk-off win against Sonora. Yes, it was a memorable home opener for the Aztecs on Monday. Junior Madison Modrell hit a 3-2 pitch for a…
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