Lindsay Charles let out a slight gasp, her eyes wide with surprise, when her name was announced on Tuesday Oct. 29. This was no ordinary moment. She was immediately surrounded with hugs and congratulations, as an audience broke out into cheers and applause when Tournament of Roses President Ed Morales broke the news at the…
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LOS ANGELES — The UCLA football team is coming off its bye week, but the energy the players and coaches displayed during the media’s viewing portion of practice Tuesday didn’t feel like a team coming off a rest period. Head coach DeShaun Foster pumped his fist in the air to the beat of “Sandstorm” by…
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Jessica Elisheva Emerson didn’t have to look far for a setting while writing “Olive Days.” Her debut novel is set in L.A.’s Pico-Robertson neighborhood and follows Rina Kirsch, a Modern Orthodox Jewish woman. Struggling with her atheism, she’s surprised when her husband asks her to participate in a wife swap. Rina reluctantly agrees, and the…
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The Moreno Valley Unified School District has settled for more than $1.7 million a lawsuit alleging an autistic high school student was sexually assaulted in 2019 on a school bus by another student with a history of deviant and violent behavior. Kabateck LLP, one of two Los Angeles law firms that filed the lawsuit in…
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Local mountains got their first taste of winter Tuesday, Oct. 29, with a light dusting of snow that fell overnight as a cold system passed through the region. Ski resorts posted photos of the welcome sight – and there could be even more blanketing the slopes by the weekend. “It was just a dusting… it…
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The Orange County boys athlete of the week: Name: Dash Beierly School: Mater Dei Sport: Football Year: Senior Noteworthy: He passed for 308 yards and four touchdowns in the Monarchs’ 59-14 win over St. John Bosco in a battle of the top two teams in Maxpreps’ national rankings. Beierly (6-1, 215), who committed to Washington,…
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Anna Claire Vollers | (TNS) Stateline.org HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Libby and Andrew Potter usually ignore the avalanche of Medicare Advantage ads that land in the mailbox at their home in Huntsville, Alabama, each fall as Medicare’s open enrollment period begins. Libby, a retired middle school librarian, has what she considers good health insurance through the…
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After 40 years at the corner of Slater Avenue and San Mateo Street, Silky Sullivan’s Irish Pub is slated to serve its last meal in November. A representative at the restaurant could not confirm the official final day for the restaurant. However, according to Fountain Valley City Council member Kim Constantine, the final date could…
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PHOENIX — After not playing for 1½ years, Lakers two-way big man Christian Koloko has been medically cleared for basketball activities by the NBA’s Fitness-to-Play Panel. Koloko’s clearance, which was first reported by ESPN’s Shams Charania on Tuesday morning, will allow Koloko to practice and play for the first time since being referred to the…
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Orange County, once known as the “GOP’s ATM,” has been voting for Democrats for president since 2016. Hillary Clinton flipped the county blue that cycle for the first time since 1936, and President Joe Biden expanded on her lead in 2020. Yet a closer look at key down-ballot races shows that while the county has…
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