Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now There will be two all-Orange County clashes in the CIF-SS boys tennis finals. Four teams from two leagues locked in the matchups in the semifinals on Wednesday. University and Corona del Mar each won in the Open Division to advance to Friday’s final…
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Californians are living through tough times. Sky-high inflation. Crippling drought. Rising crime rates. Growing homelessness. Increasing wildfires. Learning loss among students. Crumbling roads. Disjointed supply chain crisis. California’s list of crises continues to grow. Yet, the governor’s lack of urgency to solve these pressing issues is frustrating. The state budget is by far one of…
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The Coastal fire has burned at least 20 homes since it swept across Aliso Woods Canyon into Laguna Niguel on Wednesday, fire officials said. The fast-moving brush fire prompted the evacuation of area homes and a luxury resort and golf course. As of 9 p.m., the fire had grown to 200 acres in windy and…
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It didn’t take long for California United Strikers FC to let the Galaxy know that Wednesday’s U.S. Open Cup match wouldn’t be a walk in the park. The third-division club out of the National Independent Soccer Association took a lead in the 20th minute in the Round of 32 game at Championship Stadium at Great…
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Fourteen miles south of Alfonso Rivas’ hometown, the Chicago Cubs needed a clutch hit from the 25-year-old first baseman. If Rivas felt any pressure this week playing in front of family and friends at Petco Park, he certainly didn’t show it. One day after connecting on a two-run homer, Rivas had an opportunity to salvage…
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Whatever baggage Chennedy Carter was presumed to have brought with her to L.A. this offseason, the Sparks want her to unpack and get comfortable. It’s Derek Fisher’s intention that the flashy 23-year-old guard who goes by “Hollywood” stay awhile. A couple of hours before the Sparks’ 77-75 loss to Carter’s former team in Atlanta on…
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ANAHEIM — The Angels’ magical streak came to an anti-climactic end on Wednesday. Although Taylor Ward’s game-tying home run in the eighth inning seemed right in line with the way things had been going for the Angels during their three-game winning streak, they nonetheless lost, 4-2, to the Tampa Bay Rays in 10 innings. The…
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WASHINGTON — Tylor Megill’s seventh start of the year was foul enough to be flushed down the toilet. Megill, who entered this outing having given up just nine runs across his previous six starts, put his team in an early hole that spelled disaster in the Amazin’s 8-3 loss to the Nationals at Nationals Park…
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By Felicia Fonseca | Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A first-of-its-kind federal study of Native American boarding schools that for over a century sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society has identified more than 500 student deaths at the institutions, but officials expect that figure to grow exponentially as research continues. The Interior Department…
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Orange County has agreed to pay $250,000 to a man punched by a sheriff’s deputy until he collapsed after he was found sleeping in his truck in Stanton. The Board of Supervisors approved the excessive-force settlement on a 4-1 vote Tuesday, May 10, with Don Wagner dissenting. Mohamed Sayem was pummeled by Deputy Michael Devitt…
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