ANAHEIM — So, which way do the Angels go from here? They won a game Thursday night, after a club-record 14 straight losses, but all is not necessarily copacetic. The New York Mets showed up Friday night with the National League’s best record and proceeded to smack the Angels around, 7-3, even with Brandon Marsh…
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This is about some things a slow thinker from pro football named Jack Del Rio said the other day. Del Rio, sounding as if he played without a helmet when he was in the league, was trying to explain his core beliefs, such as they are, about his country in the aftermath of the police…
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From among a field of nine candidates for mayor, Los Angeles voters have chosen Congresswoman Karen Bass and billionaire businessman Rick Caruso to face off in the November general election, a litmus test of sorts that will measure the angst and hope of the city. While many had predicted the two would head to a runoff,…
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Apple employees are getting a pay bump. The tech giant recently announced plans to raise the starter pay by 10 percent for U.S. workers to $22 an hour. More power to them. Apple raked in record profits during the pandemic and workers deserve a share of that success. But, policymakers should be careful to keep the benefits of naturally…
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Jazz Chisholm led off Friday’s game in Houston with a home run. He bunted on the first pitch Thursday and stole second. The Miami Marlins’ rising star has four home runs and nine runs-batted-in entering Saturday since a loud team meeting Tuesday that reportedly centered around him. If the point of that meeting was to…
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1. You don’t need a farm to grow pumpkins, but you do need all-day sun, fast-draining soil that is well-composted, and lots of space. Vines may trail along for 20 feet or more and you would not want any plants seeking their companionship to get in the way. If you wish to grow large Jack-O-Lantern…
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It may not have rained much this winter, but I received a flood of emails in response to a recent column on the water-saving virtues of clover when used for either lawn replacement or lawn enhancement. It must be restated that clover does not hold up well to foot traffic so substituting it for a…
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Tough times last week for two of baseball’s most enduring managers. At 68 years old and 56 games into the final year on his contract, Joe Maddon was fired as manager of the Angels in the midst of a 12-game losing streak. A couple of days later 77-year-old Tony La Russa came under renewed fire…
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Anthony Rizzo never envisioned the Chicago Cubs would tear everything down so quickly. Rizzo endured the Cubs rebuild the first go-around, becoming a cornerstone piece en route to a World Series title. But there is a reason he’s now wearing New York Yankees pinstripes and was sitting in the home dugout reminiscing about his time…
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The “Looking Glass” ponders economic and real estate trends through two distinct lenses: the pessimist’s “glass half-empty” and the optimist’s “glass half-full.” Buzz: House hunters who think California’s housing market is a tad crazy should note that it’s been the nation’s wildest market — and its second-most profitable — for nearly a half-century. Source: My…
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