On the surface, the immediate question before San Diego County Superior Court Judge Daniel Goldstein is whether to dismiss murder charges against Paul Gentile Smith, whose conviction in Orange County was overturned because evidence was withheld that could have helped his defense. But the deeper issue is the fate of Ebrahim Baytieh, the prosecutor in…
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LAS VEGAS — Lexi Thompson delivered star-power moments built for a stage like Las Vegas, and when she poured in a pair of long birdie putts Friday, she was on the verge of history. Thompson was 4 under with seven holes to play and was on the verge of becoming the first woman in 78…
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In the parlance of Las Vegas, Orange County real estate developer Dwight Manley is a “whale.” An expert coin collector and former sports agent who represented NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman, Manley could be counted on to bet big. And on one particularly ugly afternoon at an MGM Grand Resort and Casino blackjack table, he…
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A Sherman Oaks hillside home owned by Phil Swift, the dynamo behind Flex Seal infomercials, is on the market for $4.995 million. The 5,107-square-foot contemporary home has five bedrooms, nine bathrooms and a detached recording studio with an isolated soundproof control room capable of accommodating a four-piece band. Designed and built by Hollywood-based architect Cyril…
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From deep and skilled to relentless and tenacious, life won’t get much easier for the Kings as they pivot from a loss to the Colorado Avalanche into a showdown with the also-formidable Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. For the Hurricanes, it’ll mostly be business as usual, though they remain without their most lethal goal-scorer, Andrei Svechnikov.…
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Looking for a job – next summer? Even as this summer season seems to be lingering, lifeguard agencies up and down the Southern California coast are already holding tryouts to fill lifeguard towers for seasonal positions for next summer, a shift in how recruitment has typically happened at most departments for decades. “Everyone is going…
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PLAYA VISTA — If the Clippers are going to advance further than the first round of the playoffs this season, the defense needs to improve. It’s part of the mindset Coach Tyronn Lue is aiming to change during training camp. Bones Hyland, for one, has taken that challenge personally. He added 11 pounds of muscle…
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EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Gio Reyna is likely to play his first match under Gregg Berhalter since their family feud began 11 months ago, though the U.S. coach did not detail the midfielder’s exact role in Saturday’s exhibition game against Germany. Reyna, a son of former U.S. captain Claudio Reyna and midfielder Danielle Egan, was…
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A Whittier driver was convicted this week of murder for a drunken three-car crash in Cypress that killed a La Mirada woman during the early Easter Sunday hours in 2017. An Orange County Superior Court jury on Thursday, Oct. 12, found Nicholas Sanchez-McCormick, now 29, guilty of second-degree murder and a pair of DUI-related felony…
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Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday spoke with the families of the Americans who remain unaccounted for in Israel after promising to speak with family members of those who are held hostage by Hamas. During a speech in Philadelphia Friday afternoon, Biden recounted the conversation. &#“;They&#’;re going through agony not knowing what the…
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