A 657-acre vegetation fire at Camp Pendleton producing smoke plumes in Southern California was contained Tuesday evening, May 10. The fire was reported around 4:40 p.m. around the U.S. Marine Corps. training facility’s Romeo 3 training area, east of San Onofre State Beach, said Camp Pendleton representatives in a tweet. The fire was contained at 8:48 p.m., representatives…
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ANAHEIM ― More than any one player, the Angels’ hopes for their 2022 season rested on their pitching staff. They spent $21 million last winter on one pitcher, former All-Star Noah Syndergaard. They used another $6.75 million to sign another, Orange County native Michael Lorenzen. They demoted holdover Jaime Barría to the bullpen and gave…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – Jonathan Mendez’s three-run double in the fifth inning Tuesday helped lift JSerra to a 4-2 victory over Capistano Valley in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1 baseball playoffs at JSerra High. The Lions (20-10) advance to the quarterfinals Friday. They will play Harvard-Westlake at O’Malley Family Field in Encino.…
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The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended May 8 is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Sea of Tranquility: Emily St. John Mandel 2. City on Fire: Don Winslow 3. Lessons in…
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When an announcement went out over the loud speaker at Beckman High School on Tuesday that Orange County Superintendent Al Mijares and Tustin Unified district officials were making a campus visit, science teacher Tracy Dawson assumed some sort of school drill was to follow. But a peek out the window revealed the familiar faces of…
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PITTSBURGH — The Dodgers are the only team averaging five runs per game in baseball’s suppressed offensive environment – 5.21 after Tuesday’s 11-1 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates – and have scored 50 while winning seven of their past eight games. And they’re doing this with one arm tied behind their backs? “It’s pretty amazing,”…
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Planes capable of predicting the behavior of wildfires and beaming information directly to crews on the ground in real time have proven invaluable in major disasters across California. Now, they will become a permanent part of firefighters’ arsenals, after attracting millions of dollars in state funding, officials announced Tuesday, May 10. Gov. Gavin Newsom will…
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Injuries are piling up for the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs put second baseman Nick Madrigal (lower back tightness) and outfielder Michael Hermosillo (left quadriceps strain) on the 10-day injured list before Tuesday’s game against the San Diego Padres, and Seiya Suzuki (right ankle soreness) was scratched from the lineup about 75 minutes before first pitch.…
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SANTA ANA >> Andrew Parker’s infield single in the seventh inning Tuesday helped score the winning run for Foothill in a 5-4 win over Santa Margarita in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 baseball playoffs at Foothill High. Foothill (20-9) will host Huntington Beach in the quarterfinals Friday afternoon. The Knights have…
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SANTA ANA — A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday to groping four women along Santiago Creek Trail in Orange. Saul Montiel-Tejada of Orange grabbed a woman’s buttocks while she was walking in the 4700 block of East Walnut Avenue about 7:40 p.m. Aug. 12, 2020, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. The victim…
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