A Rialto driver who killed three people during a high-speed crash in Irvine has been sentenced to 30-years-to-life in prison after admitting to causing the DUI-fueled, two-car collision not far from the UC Irvine campus. Jeremy Wayne Greenwood pleaded guilty last week to three second-degree murder counts, as well as a pair of DUI charges,…
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VOORHEES, N.J. — When the Ducks arrive at training camp in September at Great Park Ice in Irvine, they’ll be tasked with something they haven’t done since the 2010-11 season. They must select a new team captain for the first time since Ryan Getzlaf inherited the “C” from a retiring Scott Niedermayer. Who will it…
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By ADAM SCHRECK and CARA ANNA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A missile hit a train station where thousands of Ukrainians had gathered Friday, killing at least 50 and wounding dozens more in an attack on a crowd of mostly women and children trying to flee a new, looming Russian offensive in the country’s east, Ukrainian…
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The Easter season is often associated with baby animals, from cute yellow ducklings to fluffy bunnies. And some families are adding these cuddly critters to their kids’ Easter baskets. But Southern California duck and rabbit rescue centers have a message for them — don’t do it. They’re warning people not to fall for the yellow…
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By KIM CHANDLER MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Ninth grader Harleigh Walker, 15, spends her time after school like many girls her age: doing homework, listening to Taylor Swift, collecting records and hanging out with friends. But this year, her spring break also included trying to persuade members of the state House and Senate to reject…
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Boys lacrosse referees have agreed to accept game assignments as early as Friday after a two-day work stoppage in which several games in the CIF Southern Section were canceled. On Wednesday, the CIF-SS boys lacrosse season seemed to be in jeopardy as referees began to refuse to work as a protest against the Southern Section’s…
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Baseball is always shattering records. One, though, can never be broken. Jackie Robinson will forever be the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball. Robinson’s astounding prowess on the diamond was matched by his ability to keep his cool despite the hideous racism he faced. “True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson,” by…
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By ZEKE MILLER and WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — Tearfully embracing a history-making moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court showed the progress of America, declaring, ″We’ve made it — all of us.” Jackson delivered emotional remarks on the sunny White House South Lawn…
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SeaWorld’s new Sesame Place is a unique hybrid of a theme park, water park and kiddie land based on a single brand that is unlike anything Southern California has ever seen before. The new Sesame Place San Diego debuted in late March at the former SeaWorld Aquatica water park in Chula Vista, approximately 20 miles…
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AUSTIN — Tesla will build a vehicle dedicated for use as a robotaxi, and it will start making three new vehicles next year, CEO Elon Musk told fans at a party celebrating the opening of a Texas factory. Musk didn’t give details of the robotaxi other than to say it will “look quite futuristic.” He…
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