Photographer Mark Rightmire shares his favorite wildlife images shot at Irvine Regional Park, which turns 125 this year and offers nearly 500 acres of open space. Some of the animals that are most easily spotted in the park are squirrels, rabbits and lizards. Though, with a little persistence, patience and some luck, coyotes, deer and…
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Rus Soobzokov has been named boys basketball coach at Laguna Beach. He replaces Bret Fleming who resigned after this past season, Fleming’s 27th as Breakers coach. Soobzokov, 47, has worked as a varsity assistant coach and freshman coach coach in the Laguna Beach boys basketball program. He played basketball at Laguna Beach in the early…
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Blood money spends as easily as any, I guess. That’s the first thought that came to mind when Dustin Johnson, a former world No. 1, currently ranked 13th and winner of two majors, last week became the biggest name to jump from the PGA Tour to the new LIV circuit, fronted by Greg Norman and backed…
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The thought was simple and straightforward. “I would like to start,” Tyler Herro said in the wake of the Miami Heat’s season ending with their loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals. “I think it’s my fourth year, so hopefully I’ve earned it, and we’ll see what happens.” And,…
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There are so many things going right for the Yankees, in what has been a dream season for them so far, even more of one than the Mets are having, that you lose count sometimes. Which is the way it generally goes with dream seasons. Even when the Yankees temporarily lose Aroldis Chapman they replace…
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I wish I had kept the powdered wig, the one I wore as part of my Halloween costume when I was 10 years old. My fascination with first ladies had prompted me to dress as Martha Washington. As a topper to the long dress she’d made for me, my mother found a white wig that…
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For readers, summer is the time for beach reads and booklists with titles thought to be perfect for the beach, pool or vacation getaway. Or is it? Look, if you’re sitting by the pool with a cool drink in hand, any book is going to be a fun summer read as long as you don’t nod off and drop it in…
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“The Garden Refresh: How to Give your Yard Big Impact on a Small Budget” from Timber Press contains money-saving garden tips to be sure. Yet the plethora of useful information provided by author Kier Holmes goes well beyond pocketbook considerations. For example, utilizing greywater (water from laundry, shower, bathtub, and bathroom sink, but not from…
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A rebuild is an imperfect science, regardless of all the scouting and analytics that dictate modern-day baseball transactions. There can still be misses, or injuries that derail a player once thought to be a centerpiece, and three moves in recent months from the Orioles show as much. The latest came Friday, when Baltimore opted to…
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Q: I think as a Heat fan, you want Boston to lose. A team gets more confidence when they win a title. Year after year of failing and the pressure can be overwhelming. We already have the Bucks with championship DNA, don’t need the Celtics to have rings, as well. – Dave. A: A reasonable…
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