Every hero has an origin story. Growing up in L.A.’s Boyle Heights and spending weekends watching movies with her grandparents, Kayden Phoenix says she wanted to see a superhero that looked like her. That didn’t happen, so eventually she created a whole team of heroes herself. Phoenix is the writer-creator of an all-Latina superhero comics…
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By Becky Bohrer | Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska — Sarah Palin on Friday shook up an already unpredictable race for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat, filing paperwork to join a field of at least 40 candidates seeking to fill the seat that had been held for 49 years by the late-U.S. Rep. Don Young, who…
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ANAHEIM >> The Orange Lutheran softball team handed Villa Park, the No. 1-ranked team in CIF Southern Section Division 1, its first loss of the season Friday in the third round of the Michele Carew Classic at Peralta Park. The Lancers defeated Villa Park, 3-2, however, the Spartans were without Arizona-bound pitcher Sydney Somnerdike, the…
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Two California Highway Patrol vehicles and a half dozen unmarked vehicles blocked off the parking lot of Super Clinik, a licensed cannabis store in Santa Ana, just after the shop opened at 8 a.m. on the morning of March 18. With an agent from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration looking on, several…
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SAN CLEMENTE >> The San Clemente baseball team beat Sea View League favorite Trabuco Hills in walk-off fashion Friday in a league game at San Clemente High. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Chase Brunson drew a walk and Pierce Brown singled to put a runner in scoring position. On the ensuing…
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All-electric America? Gas prices are sky high and gasoline-powered cars are one of the biggest sources of carbon pollution. The Biden Administration has set a target for EVs to make up 50% of all new car sales in the U.S. by 2030. Currently, about 7% of America’s registered vehicle owners own an electric vehicle. In…
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WonderCon – along with, we imagine, people dressed up as Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Black Panther and scores of other characters – returns in person this weekend at the Anaheim Convention Center. In a three-day celebration of movies, TV, games, and, yes, comic books, WonderCon 2022 might not be as sprawling as it was in 2019, when last…
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By Brian Stetler | CNN After slapping presenter Chris Rock on stage at last weekend’s Academy Awards, Will Smith announced in a statement Friday that he has resigned from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. “I am resigning from membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and will accept any…
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As McKenzie Milton lofted a pass into the waiting arms of Greg McCrae for a moment, it seemed as if nothing had changed. It was like it was on those Saturday afternoons in 2018 when UCF was rolling to a 25-game winning streak. Other familiar faces like Nate Evans, Adrian Killins and Cole Schneider were…
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Festival Pass is a newsletter that lands in your inbox weekly. But during prime festival season you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now. We’re two weeks out from the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which truly kicks off festival season in Southern California. This year is going to be a…
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