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The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended Dec. 11 is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver 2. Lessons in Chemistry: Bonnie Garmus 3. A World of Curiosities: Louise Penny…
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TORONTO — The pregame warmup cost them one forward, Max Jones, and a mere 11 seconds into the game, the Ducks lost another forward when Adam Henrique took a puck in the face and had to leave for repairs, but he would return for the start of the second period. Naturally, there was more to…
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By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. — Pheonix Copley and the Kings were locked in a scoreless tussle for two periods, then it all unraveled. Copley allowed six goals on 16 shots in the final frame, including a pair 13 seconds apart, and the Buffalo Sabres ended up cruising to a 6-0 victory…
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By CBSBoston staff via CNN BOSTON (WBZ) — One hundred endangered sea turtles will make the trip from Massachusets to Mississippi or Florida on Tuesday. They will be continuing their hypothermia rehabilitation after washing up on the beaches of Cape Cod. Staff at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary search the beaches for stranded turtles…
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Kory Minor is no longer the football head coach at St. Margaret’s, he announced Tuesday. Minor coached the Tartans for five seasons. His departure, Minor said, was “a little bit of both” when asked if it was his decision or the school’s decision. “There are possibly big opportunities out there for me,” said Minor, who…
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A 28-year-old Mission Viejo man who crashed his souped-up Camaro into another vehicle at nearly 100 miles per hour, killing the other driver, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years to life in prison. An Orange County Superior Court jury last month found Afiff Kevin Doaifi guilty of second-degree murder for the March 2017 crash on…
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I never considered myself a historian. I never set out to be one, frankly. When you become a working journalist, you are consumed with the here and now, and you sometimes forget or gloss over the events that have led to the current path. Yet as I researched and wrote my book about the Dodgers…
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Arrows that have mysteriously landed on homes, in yards and along nearby streets are troubling residents of a southeast Huntington Beach neighborhood. Police began receiving calls from homeowners near Brookhurst Street and Indianapolis Avenue some two weeks ago about arrows lodged in their rooftops and floating in swimming pools, according to Huntington Beach Police spokeswoman…
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Mike Murphy started his high school basketball coaching career at Southern California Christian. The Flames won three games in that 1990-91 season. They won six games the following season. “So it never dawned on me that I would win 700 games,” Murphy said this week. Murphy got his 700th win Saturday when the Raiders defeated…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now This week’s CIF-SS high school girls basketball polls, released Tuesday, Dec. 13. CIF-SS GIRLS BASKETBALL POLLS (Selected by CIF-SS Girls Basketball Committee) DIVISION 1 1 Sierra Canyon 2 Etiwanda 3 Mater Dei 4 Sage Hill 5 Santiago/Corona 6 Ontario Christian 7 Chaminade 8T…
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