Prosecutor Jodi Link describes herself as a “good soldier,” quietly obeying District Attorney George Gascon’s controversial policies at a time when her more strident, vocal colleagues publicly criticize him as soft on crime and a tool of the progressive left. But that was before Link’s 26-year career was derailed in October 2021, when she was…
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The Philadelphia Eagles traded over the Giants to take Alabama wideout DeVonta Smith in the first round of last year’s NFL Draft. The Dallas Cowboys helped the Eagles do it in an unusual gang-up on a common NFC East foe, then snagged Micah Parsons when the Giants passed and traded out, instead. Eagles GM Howie…
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A Victorville shoe store owner accused of shooting and wounding a 9-year-old girl when opening fire at suspected shoplifters has agreed to returned from Nevada to face at least one charge. Police have said that Marqel Cockrell, 20, fled from Victorville in his car just after the girl, identified by family members as Ava Chruniak,…
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Avanath Capital Management in Irvine has bought a 36-unit affordable senior housing complex in Costa Mesa for $11.75 million. The purchase of St. John’s Manor is the third Orange County property acquisition for the firm this year. Avanath also bought The Overlook at Anaheim Hills, a 261-unit senior housing community in Anaheim, for $87.5 million,…
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WALNUT — A half hour after completing his first 3,000-meter steeplechase since 2018, Evan Jager, the most dominant steeplechaser in American history, was still trying to make sense of the race and the four years of uncertainty leading up to a night he and many in the sport questioned would ever happen. “You know, it’s…
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The amusing play title might ring a distant bell: “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.” A whimsical sketch comedy/musical revue from the 1990s is up next at the Laguna Playhouse, as the theater continues a season in part re-examining works from its 100-year history. The new production of the four-actor show, now accompanied by a…
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Aroldis Chapman threw 16 pitches Thursday night. Only four of them found the strike zone. The Yankees’ closer for the last seven years, the 34-year-old has struggled with fastball command over the past two. Thursday night, Aaron Boone couldn’t wait out another rollercoaster ride. As soon as Chapman walked his third batter, the minimum he had…
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Under a sunny sky in Queens, with thousands of Mets fans packed into the area surrounding the home run apple on the Citi Field plaza, a piece of the team’s history was unveiled on Friday morning. “Tom Seaver was our sunshine,” Mets’ radio voice Howie Rose declared, before the sheet was pulled off to reveal…
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The familiar meets the intriguingly unfamiliar this weekend with the ballet “Romeo and Juliet” visiting the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in a four-performance run through Sunday. Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, led by longtime in-house choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot, makes its fourth appearance in Costa Mesa of the last decade. Juliette (Anna Blackwell) strangles herself after…
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There was a time when being considered scrawny wasn’t a concern for Tyler Herro. “I mean,” the personable Miami Heat guard said with a smile, “I never had to worry about bulking up. No one could guard me in high school.” Then the stakes were raised, first at Kentucky and now these past three seasons…
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