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The NHL released its Eastern Conference semifinals schedule for the Florida Panthers-Tampa Bay Lightning series early Monday morning, and the league placed six of the potential seven games on the same days as Heat-Celtics games in the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals. The one variation is the Heat play their Game 3 on Saturday, while the…
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In a case of going back to the future, or perhaps simply going full circle, KROQ (106.7 FM) and owner Audacy have announced the return of Kevin Weatherly as the programmer of the once-mighty station. I hate to use the word “alternative” to describe KROQ because that’s not what KROQ was all about during most…
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With his opponents claiming to have 400,000 signatures on petitions seeking his recall, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón may be in for an uncomfortable few months before the July 6 deadline. Gascón could be joining his fellow D.A., San Francisco Chesa Boudin, in an election that can spell the early end to his tenure.…
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The nation’s fastest-growing sport has hit a speed bump in Seal Beach, where a city councilman’s nonprofit organization has been designated as the official pickleball operator for 17 municipal courts and angry residents are sounding off about a potential conflict of interest. “This is a power grab to line the pocketbooks at our expense,” resident…
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By DAVID BAUDER | AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A racist ideology seeping from the internet’s fringes into the mainstream is being investigated as a motivating factor in the supermarket shooting that killed 10 people in Buffalo, New York. Most of the victims were Black. Ideas from the “great replacement theory” filled a…
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CHICAGO — With a two-run lead to protect heading into the ninth inning on Sunday, Aaron Boone wanted Clay Holmes on the mound. The Yankees’ right-handed reliever has pushed himself into the manager’s circle of trust very quickly. The 29-year-old could very easily be closing games as this season goes on. “He’s throwing a bowling…
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9990933 The “Looking Glass” ponders economic and real estate trends through two distinct lenses: the optimist’s “glass half-full” and the pessimist’s “glass half-empty.” Buzz: Homeownership soared in the Inland Empire to start 2022, but it hit rock bottom in Los Angeles and Orange counties and was fairly stagnant everywhere else. Source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at…
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Southern California apartment shoppers are still struggling to find an affordable place to rent, with few units available and rent hikes in the double digits across the region, new apartment figures show. During the first quarter of 2022, vacancy rates in the region lingered near two-decade lows, giving landlords an opportunity to boost their asking…
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Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles spent the last two months reconstructing the roster he inherited from predecessor Ryan Pace. Poles has been forthright in acknowledging he is not going to fix a 2021 team that went 6-11 in one year. At some positions, he has made upgrades. At others, Poles has added temporary fillers…
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