By ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — With even Democratic states moving to roll back mask mandates, the White House said Wednesday it is beginning to prepare for a less-restrictive phase of the national COVID response in the face of growing impatience to ease up and turn toward post-pandemic normalcy. President Joe Biden entered office promising…
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By CAROLYN THOMPSON As some of the last statewide mask mandates in the U.S. near an end, decisions about whether students and teachers should continue to wear masks in school are shifting to local leaders, who are caught in the middle of one of the most combustible issues of the pandemic. “Unfortunately, this is an…
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Analysis and predictions for the CIF Southern Section boys basketball playoffs that begin this week … OPEN DIVISION The field as seeded: 1. Centennial of Corona (26-1); 2. Sierra Canyon (22-3); 3. Harvard-Westlake (21-2); 4. Crean Lutheran (22-3); 5. Damien (26-2); 6. Mater Dei (25-2); 7. Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks (19-4); 8. Bishop Montgomery…
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON (AP) — Following outrage on the political right, the Biden administration said Wednesday that a grant program to help prevent additional harm to people who use illicit drugs will not pay for safer pipes to smoke crack or meth. “No federal funding will be used directly or through subsequent reimbursement of…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The final 2021-22 CIF-SS high school boys soccer polls, released Tuesday, Feb. 8. CIF-SS BOYS SOCCER POLLS (Selected by the CIF-SS Boys Soccer Advisory Committee) DIVISION 1 1 Servite 2 Mira Costa 3 Santa Ana Valley 4 Huntington Beach 5 Aliso Niguel…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The final 2021-22 CIF-SS high school girls soccer polls, released Tuesday, Feb. 8. CIF-SS GIRLS SOCCER POLLS (Selected by the CIF-SS Girls Soccer Advisory Committee) DIVISION 1 1 Santiago/Corona 2 Temecula Valley 3 Harvard-Westlake 4 Villa Park 5 Capistrano Valley 6 Los…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The final 2021-22 CIF-SS high school girls basketball polls, released Tuesday, Feb. 8. CIF-SS GIRLS BASKETBALL POLLS (Selected by CIF-SS Girls Basketball Advisory Committee) GIRLS BASKETBALL OPEN DIVISION 1 Etiwanda 2 Sierra Canyon 3 Centennial/Corona 4 Mater Dei 5 Rosary Academy 6…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The final 2021-22 CIF-SS high school boys basketball polls, released Tuesday, Feb. 8. CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL POLLS (Selected by CIF-SS Boys Basketball Advisory Committee) BOYS BASKETBALL OPEN DIVISION 1 Centennial/Corona 2 Sierra Canyon 3 Harvard-Westlake 4 Crean Lutheran 5 Damien 6 Mater…
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The OC Health Care Agency reported 1,414 new cases of the coronavirus, increasing the cumulative total since tracking began in the county to 528,794 as of Wednesday, Feb. 9. There were 27,284 new cases reported in the last two-week period as of Wednesday. That’s down from 47,099 reported Friday from the previous two weeks. There…
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By KATHLEEN RONAYNE | The Associated Press SACRAMENTO — Another $5 billion has been added to the cost of California’s ambitious but long delayed high-speed rail line, according to estimates released Tuesday that show it could take $105 billion to finish the route from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The figures were included in the…
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