SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> The JSerra boys soccer team had opportunities off multiple set pieces throughout the first half and into the second of its CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinal against Villa Park on Friday at JSerra High School. JSerra didn’t convert on any of them. That is until Rocco Bon’s free kick curved directly into…
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A prosecutor told jurors Friday that the testimony of a man who claims that in his 20s he had “consensual” sex with a 79-year-old woman he is accused of raping and killing is “ridiculous,” like “something out of a stupid letter to Penthouse.” Andre William Lepere, now 64, was tied by DNA and genetic profiles…
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A federal judge on Wednesday, Feb. 16, signed off on a settlement in which the state will pay $3.5 million to the mother and teenage son of a frightened woman whose pleas to be transferred out of a Chino prison cell were ignored by jailers before the woman’s cellmate beat her to death. Shaylene Graves,…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Whittier Christian on Friday named former El Dorado and Yorba Linda assistant coach Frank Manriquez as its football coach. Manriguez coached under Jeff Bailey at El Dorado and Yorba Linda. He is also Whittier Christian’s baseball coach. The Heralds will play in a…
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A Santa Ana police sergeant who has been battling the city and its police chief in court cannot count the salary he receives as president of a local law enforcement union in calculating his state pension, an administrative law judge has ruled. Additionally, the money Sgt. Gerry Serrano receives in multiple other categories while on…
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PACIFIC PALISADES — In the 96-year history of the Genesis Invitational, no player has ever roughed up Riviera Country Club the way Joaquin Niemann has through 36 holes the past two days. Opening with an eagle on his first hole on Friday, Niemann proceeded to record his second straight round of 8-under-par 63. His two-round…
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The district attorneys of Riverside and San Diego counties on Friday, Feb. 18, withdrew their endorsements of the re-election bid of Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer after allegations that Spitzer made racially charged remarks during his review of a potential death penalty case. A leaked memo written by former Senior Assistant District Attorney Ebrahim…
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By Vladimir Isachenkov, Yuras Karmanau, Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller | Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday that he is “convinced” Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine, including an assault on the capital, as tensions spiked along the militarized border with attacks that the West called “false-flag”…
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Don Hansen, credited for bringing whale watching to Orange County and as the first to start a business in the Dana Point Harbor, is being recognized for his impact and commitment to giving the public greater access to life in the ocean. An 8-foot memorial sign will be added in Hansen’s honor – he died…
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Katelyn Polantz | CNN Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes will be held in jail while he awaits trial, a federal judge in Washington, DC, ruled on Friday after prosecutors revealed new Signal app messages where Rhodes allegedly called January 6 “the final nail in the coffin of our republic”…
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