Three San Fernando Valley sisters were bouncing off the walls in anticipation of turning a $50 longshot bet into $6,300 if the Cincinnati Bengals win Super Bowl LVI on Sunday. Teresa Dahlquist, 82, and her twin sister, Josephine Cavalluzzi, both Woodland Hills residents, and their big sister Mary Bartnicki, 91, of Canoga Park made their…
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Crews early Wednesday faced huge flames and explosions as they fought a greater-alarm industrial fire in Orange. Independent journalists on scene said the fire broke out after midnight at a foam production plant in the 2000 block of North Batavia Street, north of Ball Road and east of the 57 Freeway and the Santa Ana…
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LOS ANGELES — When No. 21 USC announced last week that it would play a nonconference game against Pacific, it barely raised an eyebrow. Sure, add an extra game, basically a glorified scrimmage against a West Coast Conference bottom-feeder and stay fresh ahead of Saturday’s game against No. 12 UCLA. This last-second addition to the…
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Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…
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Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…
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LONG BEACH — Much like it did in its previous victory, the Long Beach State men’s basketball team took over down the stretch of its Big West Conference game against Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday night. Colin Slater scored 10 of his 19 points in the final eight minutes, helping Long Beach pull away for…
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LOS ANGELES — If the Lakers still needed a measuring stick before the trade deadline, the Milwaukee Bucks arrived right on time. A systematic dismantling unfolded Tuesday night, one which left absolutely no doubt where the Lakers stand two-thirds of the way through the season: far below the top tier. The Bucks attacked the Lakers in…
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STANFORD — Johnny Juzang scored 23 points, including a momentum-changing four-point play and Jaime Jaquez, Jr. added 16 to help No. 12 UCLA beat Stanford, 79-70, on Tuesday night. The Bruins (17-4 overall, 9-3 Pac-12) ended a two-game slide. Spencer Jones scored 20 points to pace Stanford (14-9, 7-6 Pac-12), which has lost three of…
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Norway’s Birk Ruud won the men’s freeski big air gold medal, powered by a 1,980-degree jump — 5 1/2 rotations — that no competitor could match. Colby Stevenson of the United States came closest, earning a silver medal. It represents an inspirational comeback story for Stevenson, 24. In 2016, he had a near-fatal car accident…
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Orange Lutheran girls water polo coach Nestor Nunez, who received a three-game suspension late in the regular season for multiple red cards, is no longer coaching the Lancers’ girls or boys teams, the Trinity League school told its players and families on Tuesday. In a letter from school administrators, the Lancers were told that “due…
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