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Artesia’s city clerk and its former human resources manager allege in a lawsuit that embattled former City Manager William Rawlings and three City Council members systematically ignored employee complaints of retaliation, gender discrimination, and election and fiscal misconduct. Ernesto Sanchez, the clerk, and Boyd Horan, the human resources manager, filed separate civil complaints last week…
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By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer Players attending the NFL’s scouting combine won’t have to stay in a “bubble” as originally ordered after organizers loosened regulations Monday night after getting blowback for strict COVID-19 rules issued over the weekend. In a memo sent to all invitees and obtained by The Associated Press on Monday…
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The local schedule for the CIF-SS girls basketball and girls soccer playoff games Wednesday. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23 CIF-SS GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Games 7 p.m. unless noted DIVISION 2AA Orange Lutheran at Crean Lutheran Sage Hill at Santa Monica DIVISION 2A Corona Santiago at Santa Margarita, 6 pm DIVISION 4A Shalhevet at Newport Beach Pacifica Christian…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The 2022 CIF-SS boys and girls track and field preseason rankings, released Monday, Feb. 21. CIF-SS TRACK AND FIELD PRESEASON RANKINGS (Compiled by PrepCalTrack) BOYS DIVISION 1 1 Newbury Park 2 Upland 3 Cajon 4 Long Beach Poly 5 Roosevelt 6 Aliso Niguel…
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Silver medalist pairs skaters Brandon Frazier, left, poses for a selife after he arrived at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana on Monday, February 21, 2022 after competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Olympic medalist pairs skaters Alexa Knierim, left, and Brandon Frazier are loaded down…
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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. — Baseball negotiations resumed with renewed intensity Monday in an effort to salvage Opening Day, and Major League Baseball made slight moves toward locked-out players. With perhaps a week left to salvage Opening Day, union head Tony Clark attended negotiations for the first time since the MLB…
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By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard has been suspended for the final five games of the regular season and fined $40,000 for hitting a Wisconsin assistant in the head, triggering a postgame melee. The Big Ten Conference also on Monday suspended three players one game for…
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By Steve LeBlanc and Danica Coto | Associated Press BOSTON — Dr. Paul Farmer, a U.S. physician, humanitarian and author renowned for providing health care to millions of impoverished people worldwide and who co-founded the global nonprofit Partners in Health, has died. He was 62. The Boston-based organization confirmed Farmer’s death on Monday, calling it…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Dan Albano’s Fab 5 outstanding girls basketball players last week, Feb. 21 Mya Barnes, Rosary, Fr., F: Barnes scored 16 points, including a game-winning layup at the buzzer, and grabbed eight rebounds to help lift the Royals past Windward 60-58 in a…
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The local schedule for the CIF-SS boys basketball and boys soccer games Tuesday. TUESDAY CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL  Games start at 7 p.m. Divison 1 St. John Bosco at JSerra Division 2AA Long Beach Poly at Foothill Division 2A St. Paul at San Juan Hills La Mirada at Edison Division 3A Dana Hills at Long Beach…
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