WESTMINSTER — Servite’s Jahir Gonzalez-Sandoval scored a game-tying goal with nine minutes remaining in the a CIF Southern California Regional semifinal against Mira Costa on Thursday night at Westminster High School. Gonzalez-Sandoval’s goal forced overtime as the game finished in a 1-1 tie. After a scoreless 15-minute overtime period, the game was decided on penalty kicks.…
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LOS ANGELES — So often, the Clippers have struggled to stave off the Laker invaders in the stands of their own home games. But on Thursday night, Crypto.com Arena belonged to the Clippers – more specifically, Reggie Jackson, who had the charismatic pull of a rock star making his final encore. Jackson already had his…
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SANTA ANA >> The Foothill boys basketball team overcame a 20-point deficit to beat Carlsbad 96-95 in triple overtime Thursday in the second round of the CIF SoCal Division II regional playoffs at Foothill High. In the overtime periods, Cruz Billings and Braedyn Bernard came up big for the Knights (29-3). Billings scored 11 points…
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By DON THOMPSON SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California woman whose disappearance and mysterious reappearance set off a frantic three-week search more than five years ago was arrested Thursday on charges of lying to federal agents about being kidnapped and defrauding the state’s victim compensation board of $30,000. Sherri Papini, 39, of Redding, was…
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A back-and-forth bidding war between unnamed parties closed Thursday when Nile Niami’s gargantuan megamansion, dubbed “The One,” sold at auction for $126 million. An additional 12% buyer’s premium brings the purchase price to just over $141 million, about 52% less than the $295 million sought in January but set a world record for the most…
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A back-and-forth bidding war between unnamed parties closed Thursday when Nile Niami’s gargantuan megamansion, dubbed “The One,” sold at auction for $126 million. An additional 12% buyer’s premium brings the purchase price to just over $141 million, about 52% less than the $295 million sought in January but set a world record for the most…
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LOS ANGELES — As a matter of policy, the Clippers have avoided giving details or hints about how either of their injured All-Stars – Kawhi Leonard and Paul George – are progressing as they rehab from their respective injuries. (On Thursday, the team posted and deleted a video of Marcus Morris Sr. shooting that showed…
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Fentanyl pills seized by federal officials in Los Angeles in 2021. (Photo by Jonah Valdez, San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Southern California News Group) A single sugar packet’s worth of fentanyl packs 500 lethal doses. More than 100,000 lives were consumed by drug poisonings and overdoses last year in the United States, the equivalent of 10 Boeing…
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By Scottie Andrew | CNN New York’s Metropolitan Opera announced it will not work with Russian artists and organizations who support President Vladimir Putin until the country’s invasion of Ukraine ceases. Peter Gelb, general manager of the Met, said that the opera house, which hosts scores of international artists each season, can “help ring the…
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With 100-plus locations in the U.S., the Pizza Factory will open its first Orange County restaurant in Anaheim this summer, offering fresh, hand-tossed pizza, pasta, wings, sandwiches, salads, beer, wine and more. The new Anaheim Pizza Factory Express will be a quick service model for takeout and delivery, opening in summer. (Courtesy of Pizza Factory)…
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