GLENDALE, Ariz. — A winter of speculation about whether Freddie Freeman would really leave the Atlanta Braves came to an end on Monday afternoon. He will. As the Dodgers were taking the field for their first official workout of spring training Monday, news broke that the Braves had traded four players to the Oakland A’s…
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After winning his first term as Orange County sheriff-coroner in 2018, Don Barnes faces no opponents in his bid to serve another four years. Barnes – who now has more than three decades’ experience at the OC Sheriff’s Department – was picked by retiring Sheriff Sandra Hutchens to succeed her. After a three-way fight in…
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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will launch one of the most difficult tasks a central bank can attempt: Raise borrowing costs enough to slow growth and tame high inflation, but not so much as to topple the economy into recession. With a war raging in Europe and price increases at a four-decade high, Fed Chair…
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By AAMER MADHANI, JOSH BOAK and MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — Face to face, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser warned a top Chinese official on Monday about China’s support for Russia in the Ukrainian invasion, even as the Kremlin denied reports it had requested Chinese military equipment to use in the war. U.S. adviser…
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Editor’s note: This is the Monday March 14 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter from reporter Kyle Goon. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. Hello from the road, which has been a sad place to be for the Lakers lately: WEEK IN REVIEW Monday, L, San Antonio Spurs 117,…
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Eight years ago, Californians decided it shouldn’t be a felony offense to commit low-level shoplifting, possess drugs or commit other low-level theft offenses. Instead, they thought such crimes could be reasonably addressed with misdemeanor penalties carrying six months to a year in jail if prosecutors and judges really wanted that. That’s the story of Proposition…
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An assistant principal apparently took his own life Monday morning in a private area at Kraemer Middle School in Placentia, according to campus officials. School operations were suspended after the apparent suicide of Assistant Principal Moises Plascencia in a private staff area, according to a statement from Principal Michael Young. Plascencia’s death was not witnessed…
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Volunteers plant trees during a tree-planting event at Grijalva Park in Orange on Saturday, March 12, 2022. The City of Orange event was part of the Cal Fire AMPlify the Urban Forest grant to plant 2000 trees across the State of California. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) City of Orange Mayor Mark Murphy addresses…
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Alexa Escobedo with her dog Jessie and Michael Singer, 4, in the home stretch of the 5K Run at the #La Habra Races event held at the La Habra Marketplace on Saturday, March 12, 2022. (Photo by Frank D’Amato, Contributing Photographer) Representing Sierra Vista Elementary, top row left, teach/coach Traci Castano, Wyatt Habben, 11, teacher/coach…
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The Heat are still in the playoff hunt, trying to set themselves up in the best possible position once the regular season ends. But two local college programs are already in the postseason. The Miami Hurricanes men’s team earned a No. 10 seed in the NCAA tournament, while the Hurricanes’ women’s team is a No.…
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