FOUNTAIN VALLEY — The CIF-SS Division 3 baseball playoff game between Trabuco Hills and Fountain Valley on Friday featured a season’s worth of emotions in the final inning. In the top of the seventh, the Mustangs, who had been trailing by a run for most of the contest, were down to their final strike when…
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LOS ANGELES — This time around, there was no playoff seeding at stake, no MVP race to decide and no argument to settle about who is the National League’s best team as October approached. This time, the Dodgers and Atlanta Braves met as a pair of mega-talented teams still trying to find their way in…
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SANDY, Utah — Sydney Leroux and Clair Emslie both scored in the first half and Angel City held on for a 2-1 victory over the expansion Utah Royals on Friday night. It was the third win in four games for Angel City (3-3-1, 10 points), which has played a schedule front-loaded with some of the…
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DANA POINT — A seven-run fourth inning led El Modena’s baseball team to a 9-3 win over Dana Hills Friday in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs at Dana Hills High. El Modena (19-8-1) will play its second-round game at South Torrance on Tuesday. South Torrance beat Northwood 3-1 in the first…
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Ryan Prescott homered, Neil Navarro hit a three-run double and Manuel Rivera pitched six scoreless innings for Buena Park in a 12-0 victory over Thacher in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 7 baseball playoffs Friday at Buena Park High. Coyotes coach Cody Gutierrez said it is the school’s first win in…
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By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS — Given the significance of two Mexican fighters facing each other on Cinco de Mayo weekend, Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia have been especially respectful of each other heading into Saturday night’s bout. Much more so than what typically would be expected of a title fight when…
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The farm animals have arrived, the deep-fried delights are being served, and good ol’ classic fair fun is now underway. Yep, the LA County Fair kicked off Friday evening, May 3, for its 102nd year of celebrations. Americana will be in focus through the month-long run at Fairplex in Pomona as this year’s theme “Stars,…
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Pitzer College will disclose information about its financial investments, officials said Friday, as pro-Palestinian students continued to call for the institution to stop doing business with Israel or companies that support its actions in Gaza. In a memo released Friday, May 3, Pitzer officials said President Strom C. Thacker and Board of Trustees Chairperson Donald…
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Brown pelicans have been coming in starved, dehydrated and in desperate need of care, officials with the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center said as they made a plea for support from the community. A mass stranding of the species seen over the last few weeks, with birds found throughout Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties,…
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LA VERNE – The season came to a screeching halt for the Damien baseball team Friday with a 5-0 loss to visiting Mater Dei in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs. “That’s never the way you want to end a season,” Spartans coach A.J. LaMonde said. “But I’m really proud…
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