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Southern California News Group publications earned 68 honors in the 2021 California Journalism Awards, which were announced recently. SCNG finished first in 11 categories and had 42 top-three awards in the contest, a significant increase over the past year. The awards recognized journalists throughout the state for work published in 2021. “We are honored to…
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Southern California Boys Athlete of the Week Athlete: Jason Martinez School: Baldwin Sport: Baseball Noteworthy: Martinez’s pitching in the final innings helped Baldwin Park’s baseball team hold on for a 4-2 victory over Hueneme to win the CIF Southern Section Division 7 title, the Braves’ first sectional title since 1982. Martinez took the hill in…
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Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week Athlete: Emily Carr School: Roosevelt Sport: Softball Noteworthy: Carr cleared the bases with a long single to center field with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning as the Mustangs rallied to beat Los Alamitos 5-4 in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship game. Carr’s…
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PARIS — Rafael Nadal insists he can’t know for sure whether any match at Roland Garros might be his very last at a place he loves, a place he is loved. For now, if he keeps winning and keeps performing the way he did during his monumental quarterfinal victory over longtime rival Novak Djokovic, Nadal…
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The weather was near-perfect. Traffic? Surprisingly, not too bad. But if you arrived late in the day during the four-day LA Fleet Week, you may have missed out on landing a ship tour — or even getting inside the expo venue at all. As Fleet Week returned from the pandemic over Memorial Day weekend in…
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Reports of a “credible threat” of violence discovered by administrators at Mater Dei High School on Tuesday, May 31, has prompted them to close the campus through Friday. Details regarding the nature of the threat and how it came to the school’s attention were not immediately released. Administrators consulted with Santa Ana police and were…
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The students stood side-by-side to form a message on the sand: Share Joy. It was their statement after a morning at Huntington State Beach about the importance of keeping beaches and the ocean clean. Kids from Peters Elementary School in Garden Grove help pick up trash at Huntington State Beach in Huntington Beach, CA on…
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The Mets had some special guests in the house on Tuesday night. With Wednesday being the 10-year anniversary of Johan Santana’s no-hitter — the only individual no-hitter in the team’s history — the former Amazin’ left-hander was at Citi Field on Tuesday along with Josh Thole, his catcher that night, and his ex-manager Terry Collins.…
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By NATHAN ELLGREN, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JIM SALTER | Associated Press UVALDE, Texas — A week after a gunman ran into a Texas grade school and started shooting, the first of 21 funerals began on Tuesday. Meanwhile, at least one family still hasn’t seen the body of their loved one. Hundreds of mourners turned…
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Crews spent more than a day looking for a swimmer who went missing off the coast of Newport Beach over the weekend, but were unable to find any sign of him before calling off their search, U.S. Coast Guard officials said Tuesday. The person who went missing was described as a 48-year-old man who was…
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