Steven Spielberg hugs Holocaust survivor Daisy Miller, of Studio City, as they attend a USC Medallion event honoring Holocaust survivors and the USC Shoah Foundation in Los Angeles on Monday, March 25, 2024. This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the Shoah Foundation, founded by Stephen Spielberg following his 1993 film, “Schindler’s List.” The…
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LOS ANGELES — The Lakers’ six-game road trip has already gotten off to a less-than-ideal start. Star forward LeBron James is doubtful to play in Tuesday night’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks because of the left ankle peroneal tendinopathy that he’s dealt with for the last few months, the team announced on Monday. If James…
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The OC Health Care Agency announced its new director, Dr. Veronica Kelley, has been promoted from her role as chair of the agency’s behavioral health division. Former director Dr. Clayton Chau left the post as of last June. “The county of Orange and I are very excited that Dr. Kelley will be stepping into the…
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Regular presidential elections should have taken place in Ukraine this month. But on day one of Russia’s full-scale invasion of our country, Ukraine’s government introduced martial law, under which presidential, parliamentary, and local elections are all suspended. Instead of getting to vote, my peers and I are stuck with a president we did not vote…
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This week’s Orange County high school baseball rankings. Notable this week: Santa Margarita moves into the No. 1 spot, up from No. 3 last week. … The Eagles beat then-No. 1 Orange Lutheran in two of their three Trinity League games last week. … San Juan Hills, winner of 11 games in a row, moves…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now This week’s Orange County softball rankings. Notable this week: Pacifica remains No. 1 entering the Michelle Carew Classic, which starts Wednesday. … Canyon, El Modena and Esperanza — tied in the Crestview League with 1-1 records — each climb spots. … Esperanza opens…
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UC Riverside officials have denied that Shohei Ohtani‘s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara attended the university, as Mizuhara claimed in his publicly distributed resume — in one of multiple questions raised about the recently fired Mizuhara’s credentials. A story published in The Athletic quoted a UCR spokesperson saying the school’s “records do not show a student…
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When circumstances caused Janette Solis Martinez and her son Jakob to be students at Santiago Canyon College at the same time, they took the opportunity to help each other get the most out of their education. “My last year was his first year,” said Solis Martinez, 41, who currently works at SCC as executive secretary…
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By Scott McFetridge | Associated Press The stars have aligned in the lottery universe like never before, with two jackpots totaling nearly $2 billion. With an estimated $1.1 billion Mega Millions prize and an estimated $800 million Powerball jackpot, it’s the first time the two nearly national lottery games have each grown so large at…
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This weekend’s late-night spending vote in Congress seems like another in an endless series of sequels to a bad suspense movie. Just at the brink of “disaster,” just before the stroke of midnight, Congress pulls off a miracle and passes an omnibus bill to save us from a “government shutdown!” The heroes have saved the…
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