Despite the state’s budget surplus and strong economy, several California school districts are in severe financial distress. Although the state legislature should have money to help prop up these school districts this year, emerging economic headwinds may limit extraordinary support in future budgets. Now is the time for school districts to address their legacy costs…
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The NFL’s owners meetings are continuing this week in South Florida, with owners, head coaches and executives gathered to discuss league business. For the Chicago Bears, it’s also another step in their latest reboot effort as new general manager Ryan Poles and coach Matt Eberflus push to steer the franchise in a winning direction. Poles…
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The Ravens are a better team now than they were at the end of last season, but what they accomplish in the next couple of months will determine whether they’ll get back into the NFL playoffs in 2022. They’ve upgraded with recent free agent signings of safety Marcus Williams, offensive tackle Morgan Moses and defensive…
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Q: I’m a fan of seeing someone else play Brooklyn in the first round besides us. — Mike Austin, Texas. A: As many know, I can be stubborn to an Erik Spoelstra degree when it comes to certain things. The first is always having a veteran point guard in reserve. The second is that just…
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This week’s CIF-SS high school girls lacrosse polls, released Monday, March 28. CIF-SS GIRLS LACROSSE (Selected by the CIF-SS Girls Lacrosse Advisory Committee) DIVISION 1/2 1 Foothill 2 Redondo Union 3 Palos Verdes 4 Santa Margarita 5 San Clemente 6 St. Margaret’s 7 Newbury Park 8 Edison 9 Corona del Mar 10 Agoura Others: Mater…
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By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Coach K’s final chapter will have a distinctly blue tint. With two weeks of upsets and underdogs in the books, the Final Four is down to four blue-blood programs: Kansas, Duke, North Carolina and Villanova. Kansas faces Villanova, then it’s Duke-Carolina for the first time in the NCAA Tournament…
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This week’s CIF-SS high school boys lacrosse polls, released Monday, March 28. CIF-SS BOYS LACROSSE (Selected by the CIF-SS Lacrosse Advisory Committee) DIVISION 1 1 Corona del Mar 2 Mater Dei 3 St. Margaret’s 4 Foothill 5 Loyola 6 Agoura 7 Palos Verdes 8 Los Alamitos 9 Sierra Canyon 10 Harvard-Westlake DIVISION 2 1 Aliso…
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LOS ANGELES — Todd McLellan coached his 1,000th game at Crypto.com Arena on Monday night, but he did not get the result the favored Kings hoped for as they lost to the last-place Seattle Kraken, 6-1. The Edmonton Oilers did not squander their opportunity against another lowly team, the Arizona Coyotes, whom they throttled by…
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This week’s CIF-SS boys tennis polls, released Monday, March 28. CIF-SS BOYS TENNIS POLLS (Selected by the CIF-SS Boys Tennis Advisory Committee) DIVISION 1 1 University 2 Corona del Mar 3 Calabasas 4 Woodbridge 5 Harvard-Westlake 6 Peninsula 7 Claremont 8 Palos Verdes 9 San Marcos 10 Portola Others: Foothill, Loyola, Arcadia, San Marino, Mira…
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By CHUCK KING Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — With a wave of his hand and a tip of the cap, Albert Pujols walked back into the world of the St. Louis Cardinals for one final season. “This is it for me,” the 42-year-old Pujols said Monday. “This is my last run.” It was quite a…
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