Los Angeles County probation officials claim the loss of 750 officers from their field offices is creating frustration, long court delays and a lack of oversight for thousands of convicted criminals in the region. Roughly 250 of the officers were temporarily reassigned in March to the county’s troubled, understaffed juvenile halls as part of a…
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Darvin Ham was the definition of Fired Coach Walking for weeks, as it turns out. Even 47 regular-season victories, good enough only for the play-in round in a rugged Western Conference, weren’t enough to save a second-year coach from the expectations of a legacy franchise and its entitled fan base. But the shame shouldn’t lie…
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Through the first third of the MLS regular season, the Los Angeles Football Club, on the whole, has been average. That’s the assessment of LAFC head coach Steve Cherundolo, whose team enters its 11th matchday this weekend situated fifth in the Western Conference and ninth in the Supporters’ Shield race with 15 of a possible…
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Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla, which took place on May 5, 1862. It is not observed as a national holiday in Mexico, but schools in Puebla, where the battle took place, are closed for the day. Mexico’s Independence Day is Sept. 16. A report published…
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The NCAA men’s volleyball title game is set — and it should be a thriller. No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 Long Beach State, two of the best volleyball teams in the country, will square off on Saturday afternoon, May 4, at the Walter Pyramid, with the national championship on the line. The Bruins (25-5)…
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A “lake” has formed in south Orange County, with migrating birds resting in the cool water, deer and even the occasional mountain lion spotted along its shore. “It really is a pretty setting,” said Donald Bunts, general manager of the Santa Margarita Water District. “The wildlife is totally enjoying it.” Bunts and his folks are…
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Father Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries — the largest gang intervention and re-entry program in the world — was honored by President Joe Biden with the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, on Friday, May 3. Officials at Homeboys Industries said in a statement that Father Greg, as he is widely known,…
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CLEVELAND — Journeyman Willie Calhoun found himself hitting in the cleanup spot in his first game with the Angels on Friday. “I took some names and put them in a hat and shook them up and he came out fourth,” Manager Ron Washington said. After the assembled media chuckled, Washington added: “Seriously. You think I’m…
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A Ladera Ranch entrepreneur who teamed up with a former Orange County police chief and four Inland Empire-based members of an extremist group to travel to the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection was sentenced Friday, May 3 to three years of probation, including six months of home detention. Russell Taylor previously accepted a…
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One year after opening Cabo Wabo Beach Club inside the Waterfront Beach Resort in Huntington Beach, Sammy Hagar, the restauranteur and noted frontman of such aural outfits as Van Halen and Montrose, has softly opened the Sand Bar, a beachside extension of his nearby restaurant. The Sand Bar, located a stone’s throw from the sand,…
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