Much as they might wish to — and they do, they do — politicians don’t get to choose the members of the press who cover them. The smart ones play the hands they are dealt. They know how to curry favor with the scribes, feeding them tips that will lead to good stories, walking the…
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If you plant a seed from a Gala apple, the chances are one in a hundred (or less) that the fruit produced from the tree that grows will be sweet. As Henry David Thoreau remarked, such seedling-grown or pippin apples are “sour enough to set a squirrel’s teeth on edge and make a jay scream.”…
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Oleksandr (Aleks) Gladushko believed his family had found stability in the U.S. Gladushko, his wife and their son fled Ukraine in April 2022, just months after Russia’s full-scale invasion, arriving in Southern California with everything they could fit into two trunks. They were welcomed by an Orange County family and began piecing together a new…
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San Bernardino County had the fewest empty rentals in February in Southern California. My trusty spreadsheet looked at ApartmentList’s monthly rental vacancy report for 165 big U.S. counties, including six in Southern California. The study, which looks at available units at primarily larger complexes on ApartmentList’s website, tracks a fundamental challenge for folks seeking a…
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THE GAME: Shohei Ohtani gave his Japanese fans just what they came to see, hitting a home run in his second time up as the Dodgers beat the Yomiuri Giants 5-1 in an exhibition game Saturday night at the Tokyo Dome. HITTING REPORT: With the crowd of 42,064 hanging on every pitch, Ohtani walked in…
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Maximo Adams #25 of Sierra Canyon Trailblazers holds the trophy and bites the medal after defeating Lincoln 58-53 to win a boys CIF State Division 1 championship basketball game at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Friday, March 14, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/ SCNG) SACRAMENTO – Winning the CIF State…
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Fans of the Big West Conference have long dreamed of getting two teams into the NCAA Tournament, and they might just get their wish this season. The UC Irvine men’s basketball team held down its end of the bargain on Friday night by pulling away for a 96-78 victory against Cal Poly in a Big West…
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IRVINE – Cole Barkett has something to prove. He wants to fit in. Actually, he wants to do more than fit in. He wants to stand out. And on Friday, the 6-foot-5 junior picked the biggest moment to put on a pair of stilts. Barkett had a hand in seven of his team’s 15 points…
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Yosemite was placed under a winter storm watch by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 2:25 a.m. The watch is valid from Sunday 5 p.m. until Monday, Mar. 17 at 11 p.m. The NWS Hanford CA said, “Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations up to 18 inches possible. Winds could gust as high as…
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Los Angeles County is under an updated winter weather advisory which was issued by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 2:52 a.m. The advisory is in effect until 8 a.m. The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA says to be ready for, “Additional snow accumulations up to three inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph.”…
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