When the late John Irwin emerged from Soledad State Prison in the 1950s, after a stint for an armed robbery, he was determined to lay out a path for formerly incarcerated people to break the prison cycle. He realized education was the best route and, after earning a doctorate and joining the Cal State San…
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The theme of the Miami Dolphins keeping their defense together for the 2022 season continued on Thursday with the team re-signing veteran defensive tackle John Jenkins. Jenkins is a 6-foot-3, 335-pound veteran who can play nose tackle behind starter Raekwon Davis. In 2021, Jenkins totaled 16 tackles in seven games, including two starts. He played…
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Plans for a new skatepark were approved by San Juan Capistrano city officials on Tuesday, April 5, a $3.3 million project in the talks for 15 years. Setting the final design is the latest step forward for the nearly 1-acre skate park facility on the southwest corner of the former Kinoshita Farm property, near a…
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When asked about “Aline,” her imaginary biopic of singer Celine Dion, French actress Valérie Lemercier replies in what seems like the most French way possible. “I wanted to make a perfume of Celine’s life,” she says on a video call from her home in Paris. “She’s the real perfume, but I tried to be the…
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The torch has been passed. Truthfully, it was passed a while ago.Walker Buehler has been the Dodgers’ best pitcher, the pitcher they turned to in their most important games, for most of the past few years now. That he will make his first Opening Day start on Friday in Colorado, succeeding Clayton Kershaw in that…
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Is there any sound in sports better than that CRACK as baseball meets bat followed by those involuntary oohs and ahhs as fans track a long fly ball to see if it is triumph or disappointment? Triumph or disappointment: That is what fans of the Dodgers and Angels are thinking about going into the 2022…
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Tustin native, 1st Lt. Sean McGaffigan is excited to do the opening day flyover of Angels Stadium today, April 7, with his friends, family and favorite ball club watching from below. “I immediately volunteered for it when I saw it pop up,” McGaffigan, a member of the 729th Airlift Squadron at March Air Reserve Base…
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By AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s exiled president stepped aside and transferred his powers to a presidential council Thursday, as international and regional efforts to end the country’s long-running civil war gained momentum with a two-month truce. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, major players in the war, appear…
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Young builders will have just a few more hours today, April 7, to finish construction on the tiny homes, playhouses, sheds and other buildings they started Wednesday. Team members from Huntington Park High School work on their structure as more than 250 students from 17 high schools and community colleges from around Southern California take…
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The most remarkable part of how Dewayne Dedmon became “The Mechanic” might not be the way a social-media account created a nickname that went viral to the degree of formally being adopted by the Miami Heat. The most extraordinary element is how it so aptly fits the hard-working, gritty reserve center. “When I was a…
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