Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla, which took place on May 5, 1862. It is not observed as a national holiday in Mexico, but schools in Puebla, where the battle took place, are closed for the day. Mexico’s Independence Day is Sept. 16. A report published…
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The NCAA men’s volleyball title game is set — and it should be a thriller. No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 Long Beach State, two of the best volleyball teams in the country, will square off on Saturday afternoon, May 4, at the Walter Pyramid, with the national championship on the line. The Bruins (25-5)…
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A “lake” has formed in south Orange County, with migrating birds resting in the cool water, deer and even the occasional mountain lion spotted along its shore. “It really is a pretty setting,” said Donald Bunts, general manager of the Santa Margarita Water District. “The wildlife is totally enjoying it.” Bunts and his folks are…
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Father Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries — the largest gang intervention and re-entry program in the world — was honored by President Joe Biden with the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, on Friday, May 3. Officials at Homeboys Industries said in a statement that Father Greg, as he is widely known,…
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CLEVELAND — Journeyman Willie Calhoun found himself hitting in the cleanup spot in his first game with the Angels on Friday. “I took some names and put them in a hat and shook them up and he came out fourth,” Manager Ron Washington said. After the assembled media chuckled, Washington added: “Seriously. You think I’m…
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A Ladera Ranch entrepreneur who teamed up with a former Orange County police chief and four Inland Empire-based members of an extremist group to travel to the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection was sentenced Friday, May 3 to three years of probation, including six months of home detention. Russell Taylor previously accepted a…
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One year after opening Cabo Wabo Beach Club inside the Waterfront Beach Resort in Huntington Beach, Sammy Hagar, the restauranteur and noted frontman of such aural outfits as Van Halen and Montrose, has softly opened the Sand Bar, a beachside extension of his nearby restaurant. The Sand Bar, located a stone’s throw from the sand,…
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PHOENIX — Mookie Betts probably thought it would be the most difficult job he would ever love. But he didn’t really think about whether it would be temporary. “No, not really,” the Dodgers’ accidental shortstop says. “If there’s changes made and I have to move back to second or wherever, that’s fine. I don’t care.…
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SALINAS – Caltrans’ work at one of its roadway projects on Highway 1 continues to make progress and evolve after giving visitors a path to Big Sur through the Rocky Creek slip-out repair site that started this week, but excessive winds are a concern and hampering some of the repair work. On Monday, Caltrans opened…
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The Palestine Solidarity Encampment at UCLA ended in the precise manner university leaders initially sought to avoid — with a massive police force arresting more than 200 protesters in the dead of night. When the encampment sprung up on Royce Quad last Thursday, April 25, the university envisioned a world in which students could peacefully…
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