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Huntington Beach has nowhere else to take its years-long court battle against the state’s housing requirements after the US Supreme Court declined on Monday, Feb. 23, to consider its appeal of a lower court decision. With the high court passing on the city’s request, that leaves in place a ruling that the city violated state…
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The schedule for the CIF-SS boys and girls basketball championship games was released Monday. The games will be played Friday and Saturday at Azusa Pacific University and Toyota Arena in Ontario. All of the finalists are set in Divisions 1-9. The Open Division semifinals are Tuesday and will determine the matchup in that division. Here…
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Bradley Bozeman, the Chargers’ starting center the past two seasons, announced his retirement from the NFL with a social media post on Monday. Bozeman started 33 of 34 regular-season games plus two AFC wild-card playoff games during his tenure with the Chargers. Bozeman’s retirement gives the Chargers an additional $6 million in salary cap space,…
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By JACQUES BILLEAUD and FELICIA FONSECA TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother three weeks ago has inspired a small number of volunteers to launch their own searches in the dense desert near her home in hopes of cracking the case. Related Articles Body of civil rights leader Jesse…
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THE GAME: The Dodgers remained unbeaten through three Cactus League games, holding the Seattle Mariners to four hits in a 3-0 victory on Monday afternoon at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz. PITCHING REPORT: Dodgers pitchers have allowed just nine hits over their past two games and three runs total (one unearned) in the first three…
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THE GAME: Even though the Angels started eight of their nine projected Opening Day starters, they were still shut out in a 6-0 loss to the Texas Rangers on Monday afternoon at Tempe Diablo Stadium. PITCHING REPORT: Left-hander Reid Detmers gave up three runs in the first inning, two on a homer. He was pulled…
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A reaction to what has happened in the boys basketball playoffs and a look toward this week’s championship games: 1. The Sixth Man. JSerra had six players on the court for a few seconds of their CIF Southern Section Division 1 semifinals playoff home game Friday against Inglewood. Which, of course, is against the rules.…
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California’s first-time homebuyer assistance program is opening back up. Between today and March 16, first-generation homebuyers in California can apply for Dream for All, a down payment loan of up to $150,000, offered by the California Housing Finance Agency. A lottery system will select approximately 1,300 eligible applicants who are either buying properties on their…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now A reaction to the second week of the girls basketball playoffs and a look toward this week’s finals: 1.  With six O.C. teams in the finals, and Sage Hill in the Open Division semifinals Tuesday, what does that say about the state of…
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By REBECCA SANTANA WASHINGTON (AP) — A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer who was responsible for training new deportation officers warned Monday that the agency’s training program for new recruits is “deficient, defective and broken.” Related Articles US military strikes alleged drug boat in Caribbean Sea, killing 3 Education Department hands off more…
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