Should the state budget be finalized today or tonight or tomorrow or whenever — and regardless of how many extra billions it spends, including corporate welfare for NFL billionaires, and whether or not the final document includes necessary reforms to bail and other criminal justice statutes — Gov. Hochul and the Democratic supermajorities in the…
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PHOENIX — It shouldn’t have come to this. The hardest possible opponent. One star shelved with injury. Another grimacing with every other step. Praying for other results in other arenas to go their way. But the Lakers’ mistakes, miscues and misfortunes accumulated a debt, and on Tuesday night at the Footprint Center, the tab came due.…
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LOS ANGELES — Through the first two weeks of spring practice, new USC head coach Lincoln Riley was pleased with the progress made installing his offense. He said he felt like the program was ahead of schedule in that regard, crediting players for putting in extra work outside of practices and meetings. “Twenty hours a…
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MISSION VIEJO >> Andreas Nilsen hit a walk-off, three-run home run to give the Mission Viejo baseball team a 7-6 win over No. 11-ranked Tesoro in a South Coast League game Tuesday at Mission Viejo High. Mission Viejo trailed 6-4 in the seventh when Travis Anderson and Ben Castelli each got singles to put runners…
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If the Nets win out, they will finish seventh. It’s the silver lining, the light at the end of a dark tunnel for a Nets team that’s sustained blow after blow in a season littered with championship aspirations. For all their struggles, all their injuries, all their troubles and misfortunes, the Nets are still in…
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Even 40 points from DeMar DeRozan wasn’t enough for the Chicago Bulls to beat the Milwaukee Bucks in their final meeting of the regular season. But despite the 127-106 loss at the United Center, the news wasn’t all bad for the Bulls on Tuesday night. They clinched their first playoff berth since 2017 when the…
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Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…
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Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…
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LOS ANGELES — Top Dodgers pitching prospect Bobby Miller celebrated his 23rd birthday on Tuesday, yet he was the one who brought all the presents. Miller was given the start for the Dodgers in the Freeway Series finale against the Angels, and while Miller might believe it was one of the best gifts ever to…
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ANAHEIM — There’s one sure thing about playing an entire career with one team: It’s easier to compartmentalize the memories because they’re all in the same place. Ryan Getzlaf reached Anaheim in the autumn of 2005, a big 20-year-old center who quickly found a kindred (if sometimes wicked) spirit in teammate, linemate, agitator and friend…
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