Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón was defiant as he marked the end of his first year in office in a December 8 news conference. “I’m not going to be intimidated by political rhetoric,” he said. It was an odd news conference in that Gascón surrounded himself with more than a dozen district attorneys from…
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Even though more Orange County voters are now registered as Democrats than Republicans, the county Democratic Party has struggled to make inroads on the board of supervisors. In 2019, former Fullerton Mayor Doug Chaffee won a special election to fill the seat — making him the first Democrat to serve on the “nonpartisan” board in…
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Adam Schwerner has been in love with plants since he was a little boy. For the Laguna Beach resident and director of horticulture and resort enhancement for the Disneyland Resort, working with soil and cultivating plants is a meditative, almost spiritual, experience. So walking through the 150-acre Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge, surrounded by…
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PHILADELPHIA — Jacob deGrom started the season on the injured list. His absence is certainly glaring, but the Mets rotation is doing just fine without him. Who would’ve guessed? Following Max Scherzer’s five innings of one-run ball in Wednesday’s series finale against the Phillies, Mets starters ended their seven-game road trip with the best ERA…
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN Tesla CEO Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter, saying the social media platform he has criticized for not living up to free speech principles needs to be transformed as a private company. Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing on Thursday that Musk, currently the company’s biggest shareholder, has proposed buying…
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The South Florida Sun Sentinel continues its 10-part series looking at the top prospects in the upcoming NFL draft (April 28-30) with linebackers. This is one of the deepest positions in the 2022 draft, but the caliber of the top linebackers doesn’t match last year’s class. There could be a few Day 3 gems the…
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN | Associated Press Tesla CEO Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter, saying the social media platform he has criticized for not living up to free speech principles needs to be transformed as a private company. Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing on Thursday that Musk, currently the company’s biggest shareholder,…
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The linebacker position for the Miami Dolphins was one where many believed the team could search for an upgrade this offseason. In free agency, instead, the Dolphins decided to go the route of continuity, essentially bringing back last season’s linebacker corps and allowing the likes of Bobby Wagner (from Seahawks to Rams) and Myles Jack…
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California, which leads the nation in innovation, attracts no more than 1% of new manufacturing investment in the United States. Why? Because it double-taxes production. By that we mean our state taxes both the production equipment and the product. California can attract new production investment if the state removes the tax that burdens manufacturers trying…
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The hunger and the thirst for the game have never waned for Omer Yurtseven, even as the playing time dwindled after a breakout month in the Miami Heat’s absence of Bam Adebayo. But now, as the Heat complete preparations for their Sunday 1 p.m. NBA playoff opener at FTX Arena, another hunger and thirst has…
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