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LOS ANGELES — The Pac-12 women’s basketball schedule is a beast, and nobody gets through it unscathed. USC is right in the middle of the fray, and maybe the events of Friday night at Galen Center are an example of why. The Women of Troy trailed 20-8 after one period, against an Oregon team that…
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A 45-year-old transient pleaded guilty Friday and was immediately sentenced to six years in prison for a violent robbery and carjacking in Placentia, but he will be freed because he has served that amount of time behind bars awaiting trial. Michael Anthony Davis Jr. pleaded guilty to robbery, car theft, carjacking, false imprisonment and battery…
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The high school spring sports are beginning, with the first games for some of the sports on Saturday, Feb. 11. Baseball, softball and boys and girls lacrosse can begin playing games that day. Boys tennis (Feb. 13), boys volleyball (Feb. 18), boys and girls track and field (Feb. 18), boys and girls swimming (Feb. 18)…
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Stinknet is a plant that is native to South Africa and has become the obnoxious weed of the moment in Southern California. It first appeared here in the 1980s and has steadily made its way into almost every county in California as well as some areas in Arizona and Nevada. It’s been classified as an…
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There is an extremely drought-tolerant ground cover, cold hardy down to zero degrees, that is known as lavender cotton (Santolina chamaecyparissus). It is seldom seen but is a pleasant garden curiosity. It is distinguished by grey foliage with a cottony consistency and scads of small yellow spherical flowers that will remind you of those on…
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SACRAMENTO – Whenever some astounding corruption scandal explodes onto the front pages, the public is aghast and policymakers cobble together new reforms that promise to keep such outrages from occurring again. Occasionally, prosecutors (who are sometimes corrupt themselves) file charges. Soon enough, however, we learn about new abuses – or some other scandal grabs the…
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LOS ANGELES — The path to an everyday role with the Dodgers in 2023 seemed to be mapped out for Miguel Vargas. The top hitting prospect in the system, Vargas had played third base more than any other position by far during his four seasons in the minor leagues. During his big-league cameo last season,…
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A jet being towed from a gate at Los Angeles International Airport struck a shuttle bus, injuring four people. Two shuttle passengers, the bus driver and the tug driver of the jet were hospitalized Friday, according to Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department.. A worker on board the jet was treated at the…
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Recently, I’ve spent time with three business owners who made a decision to own the building from which their companies operate. The benefits are myriad, including stability of the rent the enterprise pays, appreciation, depreciation and pride of ownership. But our conversations focused on a downside of ownership such as a rent subsidy and the…
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Alice Sakaye, whose mom Maria Liang owns the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, says that dancing always made her mother and fellow studio patrons the happiest. Liang was “always making friends, learning a new hobby with others who all enjoy a passion for dancing,” Sakaye said. As her mother got older, dancing always…
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