The Orange County Soccer Club accomplished its goal last season of winning the USL Championship. Don’t expect the club to relax heading into this season. “We’re very excited about this year,” General Manager and President of Soccer Operations Oliver Wyss said. Last year was certainly one to remember. OCSC made a midseason coaching change and,…
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By RONALD BLUM NEW YORK (AP) — Players have voted to accept Major League Baseball’s latest offer for a new labor deal, paving the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage a 162-game regular season that will begin April 7. The union’s executive board approved the agreement in a 26-12 vote Thursday, pending ratification…
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Yaamava’ Resort & Casino is getting closer to opening its new entertainment venue. The Highland-area resort plans to open the Yaamava’ Theater sometime this spring and concert promoting giant Live Nation has come on board as a partner for booking the venue, according to a press release from the casino. Expect to see comedians, Top…
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Almost six years to the day before 98 people died last June 24 in South Florida’s Champlain Towers condo collapse, six people died in Berkeley when an apartment balcony gave way and fell 50 feet to the ground. Festering dry rot due to shoddy workmanship caused the June 16, 2015, collapse. As a result, California enacted two…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS CIF STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Previews of Saturday’s game DIVISION II Sage Hill (26-10) vs. San Joaquin Memorial of Fresno (27-6), 2 p.m., Golden 1 Center, Sacramento TV: Spectrum News 1/Spectrum SportsNet (live) Outlook: The Lightning face a streaking and well-rounded opponent…
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By Alex Veiga | The Associated Press Would-be homeowners are increasingly opting to pay sellers more than their asking price in hopes of edging out rival buyers as heightened competition for few homes on the market fuels bidding wars. About 52% of U.S. homes sold in January fetched more than their list price, up from…
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By Reade Pickert | Bloomberg U.S. household net worth jumped to a fresh record in the fourth quarter on rising stock prices and higher home values. Household net worth increased by $5.3 trillion, or 3.7%, after a more moderate gain in the third quarter, a Federal Reserve report showed Thursday. The fourth-quarter advance pushed net…
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By ZEKE MILLER | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is developing guidance that will ease the nationwide mask mandate on airplanes, buses and other mass transit next month, according to a U.S. official, but the existing face covering requirement will be extended through April 18. The requirement, which is…
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Different day, same price hikes. The average price of a gallon of gasoline in Los Angeles County rose 13.3 cents Thursday for the second day in a row, matching its second-largest increase since July 14, 2015. “Stations buying gasoline after 7 p.m. (Eastern time) will be paying roughly $2,240 less per truckload,” Patrick De Haan,…
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The first thing E.J. Anosike wants you to know is the story is still being written. Even as his college basketball career winds down, even as he marvels at his journey to date from the Staten Island projects to East Orange, N.J., to Fairfield Conn., to Knoxville, Tenn., to Fullerton, he wants you to know…
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