ANAHEIM — Now that Mike Trout is back in the lineup, the next step is getting him back into right field. He took a step toward that end on Friday afternoon by doing some drills in the outfield, the first time he had done that since going on the injured list because of a bone…
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Sherman Austin’s buzzing cellphone often wakes him up as early as 3 a.m., with messages coming into his Long Beach home from the East Coast — there’s been another sighting of suspected immigration officers. The 42-year-old computer programmer, who also drives for a food-delivery app, has spent much of his free time in recent months…
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The City Council has named Jennifer Lampman as Placentia’s new city administrator, making her the first woman to hold the position in the north Orange County city’s history. Lampman had been serving as acting city administrator since the departure of Damien Arrula in November. After more than a year as the interim, Arrula had been…
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Disneyland will build a parking structure for the millions of visitors eager to see the new Avatar themed land, Marvel attractions and Coco boat ride debuting at Anaheim theme park resort over the next five years. Disneyland has announced plans to build a 6,000-space parking structure, transportation hub and security screening area on an employee…
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JILL COLVIN WASHINGTON (AP) — When he first ran for office, Donald Trump appeared to be a new kind of Republican when it came to gay rights. Years earlier, he overturned the rules of his own Miss Universe pageant to allow a transgender contestant to compete. He said Caitlyn Jenner could…
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We lived, in the not-too-distant past, directly downhill from a short-term rental. Its first floor deck peered into our second floor kitchen. Sometimes, frat boys from Arizona would arrive in the middle of the night and take a drunken whizz off the deck. Once, a gaggle of bachelorettes taped a poster of a naked woman…
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Poet Joy Harjo is playing unreleased tracks from her upcoming album, which is being produced by Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding, over the phone. Harjo, an enrolled member of the Mvskoke Nation and three-term United States Poet Laureate, has a thriving side career as a saxophonist, singer, and songwriter – her most recent album, 2021’s “I Pray…
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SACRAMENTO—One of the most entertaining recent social-media love fests involved President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. Warren wrote that she and the president agree about scrapping the debt ceiling—a congressional limit on federal borrowing. Its goal is to force the government to live within its means. Congress often relaxes the limit, but…
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Alex Straus’ new journey officially started Sunday. Straus, who was announced as Angel City FC’s new coach in April, took over June 1, after leading Bayern Munich to third consecutive Frauen-Bundesliga championship. “I’ve had the opportunity to go to the U.S. before,” Straus said. “More than once. I think two or three times, I could…
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For some, Osteoboost might initially evoke TV informercials for gadgets that promise to shock people’s abdominal muscles into six-pack formation while they sit, or mid-20th century contraptions that professed to jiggle away fat without exercise. But this device, a low-vibration belt that resembles a fanny pack, received approval last year from the U.S. Food and…
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