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The persistent and now-fortunate San Jose lottery player who won $247 million in a Mega Millions drawing in October officially came forward publicly this week, according to the California Lottery. Edward Lojewski told lottery officials that each Friday, he would go to breakfast, see friends and head to the 7-Eleven located at 1413 Kooser Road…
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The Southland will once again celebrate the Lunar New Year this weekend, with multiple events set to take place across the region, despite the continued mourning and search for answers after a gunman killed 11 people inside a Monterey Park ballroom on Saturday, Jan. 21, as folks toasted the Year of the Rabbit. The events…
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The uplifting and triumphant new “Wondrous Journeys” that leaves you smiling one moment and crying the next is everything a Disneyland fireworks show is meant to be. Disney hosted an employee and media preview of the new “Wondrous Journeys” on Thursday, Jan. 26 ahead of the nighttime spectacular’s public debut on Friday, Jan. 27 as…
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Q. I’ve seen a few pickups – such as a Silverado, a F-150, etc. – with non-commercial license plates. They have the standard-issue sequence cars get: a number, three letters, and then three more numbers. I thought the Department of Motor Vehicles required all pickups to have commercial plates of five numbers, a letter, and…
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An exterior fire in Garden Grove displaced 19 residents after it extended to two adjacent mobile homes on Thursday, Jan. 26. Firefighters were sent to the 13100 block of Partridge St at 4:25 p.m. and reported no injuries. A family of 15 and a second family of four were displaced from their homes, according to…
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia — Of all of his considerable talents, Novak Djokovic’s ability to cast aside whatever appears to stand in his way might be the most valuable. So forget about the potential distraction of his father’s decision to stay away from Rod Laver Arena for Djokovic’s semifinal against unseeded American Tommy Paul at the Australian Open on…
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SAN LUIS OBISPO — Long Beach State has been involved in plenty of tight games this season, so a wire-to-wire win was a welcome change of pace. Lassina Traore had 19 points and 15 rebounds for his 11th double-double of the season and Long Beach never trailed in a 70-52 victory over Cal Poly on…
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LOS ANGELES — Last year at the Galen Center, it was USC’s Drew Peterson, who looked like Larry Bird raining shots from every angle and in every which way, a barrage of turnaround jumpers and deep 3-pointers en route to a Trojans victory over UCLA. This time it was Boogie Ellis who couldn’t be stopped,…
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LOS ANGELES — The last time the Clippers played the San Antonio Spurs, they were mired in a slump, having lost nine of 11 games. This time? The Clippers (27-24) are enjoying a winning streak, extending it to a season-high four games with a 138-100 victory against the same Spurs team they struggled to beat…
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LOS ANGELES — Do numbers lie? Generally, no. But they can mislead. Consider the curious case of college basketball supremacy in L.A. Going into the second UCLA-USC meeting of the season, the Bruins were No. 5 in the NCAA’s NET evaluation metric while the Trojans were 62nd. In Ken Pomeroy’s computer evaluation system, UCLA was…
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