EL SEGUNDO — Twelve hours after the world learned Frank Vogel would be fired, the Lakers let him know. The team announced Monday morning that Vogel’s tenure has ended after three seasons, an awkward conclusion to a bungled dismissal. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted that Vogel had coached his last game almost as soon as the…
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When Republicans who oppose federal marijuana prohibition vote against your legalization bill, you probably are doing something wrong. That is what happened when the House of Representatives approved the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act by a vote of 220 to 204. The ayes included 217 Democrats but only three Republicans, two fewer than…
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Thrifty theme park fans who ate at Magic Mountain for less than $1 a day will no longer be able to buy the all-season dining pass after Six Flags killed the all-you-can-eat plan that became a viral online sensation. All Six Flags parks have dropped the Unlimited Dining Plan and now offer dining add-ons as…
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One of the more popular specialty hosts on KFI (640 AM) was Bryan Suits, especially when he hosted “The Dark Secret Place” on weekends in which he spoke of military operations and related subjects. Suits left the station in 2021 to focus on a paid podcast program. Suits was an Army medic during Operation Desert…
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In this 2022 first-round NFL mock draft, South Florida Sun Sentinel Dolphins columnist Omar Kelly hypothesizes what each team will do based on their needs, the runs on certain positions, and where the strengths and weaknesses in the draft’s talent pool could lead each team when the first round begins on April 28. 1. Jaguars:…
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In one doomsday scenario, rocket attacks on the nuclear waste stored at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station send plumes of dangerous radiation skyward. Critics in Southern California spend a lot of time worrying about the safety of the 3.6 million pounds of spent fuel entombed on the bluff above the blue Pacific — but the…
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By DAVID PORTER | The Associated Press AVENEL, N.J. — The familiar sights and sounds are still there: the scuffed and faded floor tiles, the relentless beige-on-beige color scheme, the toddlers’ clothes and refrigerators and pretty much everything in between. There’s even a canned recording that begins, “Attention, Kmart shoppers” — except it’s to remind…
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Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder’s annual Ohana Festival will return to Doheny State Beach in Dana Point Sept. 30-Oct. 2 with Stevie Nicks leading the charge on Friday, Vedder headlining on Saturday and Pink closing out the festival on Sunday. The Friday lineup also includes Khruangbin, Alabama Shakes’ vocalist Brittany Howard, The Revivalists, Gang of…
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Gas prices averaged $5.83 in California last week. Of that, more than 63 cents was due to state taxes. California taxes gasoline at 51.1 cents per gallon, plus 2.25% sales tax. Suspending California’s taxes on gasoline would cost the state about $7 billion in revenue, $5.7 billion of that being lost to the trust fund…
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Every generation must face its own fight, says Ukrainian-born Mikhail Gofman, associate professor of computer science. In his family, struggles run deep. His grandparents survived on grass and tree bark during the 1932-33 famine under Russian dictator Joseph Stalin, who resorted to starvation to stifle Ukrainian nationalism and force communist, collectivist agriculture upon the breadbasket…
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