CHICAGO — Tony Gonsolin’s breakout season rolls on. The Dodgers right-hander held the Chicago White Sox to three hits over six innings in a 4-1 victory on Wednesday night, becoming the kind of pitcher who stops losing streaks now. The Dodgers had lost their previous three games. Gonsolin ran his record to 7-0. His ERA…
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MINNEAPOLIS — Even the ace, Nestor Cortes, was not working right Wednesday night. And the offense wasn’t able to pick up the pieces after the Yankees’ best pitcher this season had an off night. Cortes allowed a season-high four runs as the Bombers lost to the Twins 8-1 at Target Field. It was the first…
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A victory appears likely for the conservative incumbents on the Orange County Board of Education as well as for Superintendent of Schools Al Mijares. Trustees Mari Barke, Tim Shaw, and Lisa Sparks are well in front of their leading opponents in the June 7 election, according to the latest voter tallies released Wednesday evening by…
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Rainy weather washed out the Chicago Cubs’ series finale against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night at Camden Yards. The postponed game was rescheduled for 2:05 p.m. CT on Aug. 18. That had been a day off for the Cubs after a three-game road series against the Washington Nationals. The change means the Cubs will…
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Viva! L.A. Music Festival, the highly anticipated Latin music event planned for Saturday, June 25 at Dodger Stadium, has been canceled, according to the music festival’s social media pages. On June 3, the festival put out a statement via social media that the cancellation was due to “recent setbacks.” According to the festival’s website and its…
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Local law enforcement pounded the pavement Wednesday, June 8. Officers and other members of local departments took turns carrying the flaming torch for the Special Olympics of Southern California through the streets of Orange County. Members of the Tustin Police team head west on Edinger Avenue after getting the flame from the Irvine Police Department…
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Hundreds of fast-food workers who say they’re enduring wage theft and unsafe work conditions plan to gather at Los Angeles City Hall on Thursday, June, 9, seeking support for a bill that proposes new regulations for the industry. The noon event is part of a statewide, one-day rally among fast-food employees. Assembly Bill 257, also…
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Former Florida point guard Taurean Green is back to dish out another assist for the Gators. First-year coach Todd Golden’s embrace of the program’s past success led him to hire Green, who will serve as the new director of player development and a bridge to the Gators’ glory days. Green played point guard for the…
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TORRANCE — Fred Williams said he found out Derek Fisher’s time coaching the Sparks was over directly from Fisher, who called his assistant coach on Monday afternoon to break the news. He also suggested that Williams “step in and keep things going” before recommending as much to the team’s ownership group, who agreed the 65-year-old…
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The leader of a Mexico-based evangelical megachurch was sentenced Wednesday, June 8, to 16 years and eight months in prison for sex crimes involving three underage girls — despite emotional pleas from victims who asked a judge to reject the defendant’s plea deal with prosecutors or sentence him to a far longer prison term. Naasón…
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