Tyronn Lue was back to juggling three centers Saturday in San Antonio. The Clippers’ coach certainly welcomed the challenge because it meant that for the first time since Dec. 18, Isaiah Hartenstein was able to join his teammates on the court. A sprained left ankle cost 23-year-old an opportunity to play in the past 13…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The Empire League girls basketball race features a strong front-runner that might soon add another player but the intrigue doesn’t stop there. Cypress and Valencia proved that Friday night. The two ranked teams faced off not only as challengers for No. 8 Crean…
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In recent weeks, blaming everything on Proposition 47 has made a comeback. Why? It’s simple: it’s an election year. California Republican politicians and pundits are stuck in the 1980s when it comes to crime, criminal justice and policing. They think it makes good politics to exaggerate the extent of crime and scapegoating policies like Proposition…
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By AAMER MADHANI, NOMAAN MERCHANT and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials have determined a Russian effort is underway to create a pretext for its troops to further invade Ukraine, and Moscow has already prepositioned operatives to conduct “a false-flag operation” in eastern Ukraine, according to the White House. White House press secretary…
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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA >> The Santa Margarita boys basketball team needed some late heroics to beat St. John Bosco 48-46 in overtime in a Trinity League game Friday at Santa Margarita High. The Eagles trailed 44-41 with under 10 seconds remaining in regulation. Jake Heberle drew a double-team and he passed to Rockwell Reynolds, who…
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ANAHEIM >> Foothill boys basketball coach Yousof Etemadi said holding Canyon – usually a high-scoring team – to below 50 points would be key for his Knights in Friday’s Crestview League game at Canyon High School. The game plan worked. The Knights, who led by the slimmest of margins for most of the game, held…
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By JOHN PYE and HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writers MELBOURNE, Australia — Rafael Nadal’s first Grand Slam match in more than seven months is on the horizon, he is coming back from a painful left foot problem that limited him to one tournament over the last half of last season and he got COVID-19 in…
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Piper Preschool, Southern California’s premiere preschool, is opening a campus in Irvine for Fall 2022 admission. The new campus is located at Woodbridge Village Center in the heart of Irvine. This will be Piper’s third preschool. The flagship location opened in 2014 in Santa Monica and is widely respected for their innovation in early childhood…
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Baltimore Sun staff writers pick every game of the NFL season. Here’s who they have winning in the wild-card round: Las Vegas Raiders at Cincinnati Bengals (Saturday, 4:30 p.m.) Ryan McFadden (172-100 overall, 9-7 last week): Bengals Mike Preston (172-100 overall, 9-7 last week): Bengals Jonas Shaffer (173-99 overall, 10-6 last week): Bengals Childs Walker…
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Forthcoming legislation from a bipartisan group of California state legislators tackles an important problem – the state’s ongoing battles with wildfires – in the same old way. It spends more money hiring more government employees, but fails to address why the current budget isn’t doing the job. The bill has yet to be introduced so…
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