Some human foibles turn out to age extremely well. A prime and playful example — in this case, seeing a huckster gull the gullible before the fraudster gets his come-uppance — is Molière’s 360-year-old satire “Tartuffe.” A new production at Laguna Playhouse, with spot-on giggles and guffaws well in place, is satisfying, too, in “settling”…
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UCLA softball coach Kelly Inouye-Perez has a photo in her office that takes up nearly an entire wall. It’s from the 2018 NCAA Super Regional that UCLA and Arizona played in. There was a friendly competition to see which team could bring out more alumni to the game — UCLA ‘won’ with roughly 64 alumni…
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Stephanie Lai | (TNS) Bloomberg News Republican nominee Donald Trump and his campaign will host a donor retreat next week in Palm Beach, Florida, with some prominent Republicans who have been discussed as his potential running mate. Senators Marco Rubio of Florida and Tim Scott of South Carolina; North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and South…
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REDWOOD CITY — A Pasadena radiologist was hearing footsteps and suffering from delusions about the nation’s fentanyl crisis, the war in Ukraine and the possibility of his children being kidnapped around the time his family’s Tesla — which he was driving — plunged off Highway 1 last year near Devil’s Slide, a psychologist testified Wednesday.…
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Four Orange County teams — Capistrano Valley Christian, Crean Lutheran, Huntington Beach and JSerra — have advanced to the CIF Southern Section girls beach volleyball semifinals. The Division 1 and Division 2 semifinals and finals will be played Saturday at Long Beach City College. Crean Lutheran is 19-0 this season and was the CIF-SS Division…
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Cal State Fullerton is in its first academic year of partnering with Disney Aspire, The Walt Disney Co.’s education investment and career development program. The program provides 100% coverage of required tuition, fees and book expenses for full-time and part-time hourly cast members (Disney employees) across the U.S. at a college or university that is…
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In April 2024, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an “emergency bill” in response to restrictions on abortions in Arizona, in another distraction and excuse to increase his profile rather than prioritizing California. The bill, Senate Bill 233, essentially grants state licensure reciprocity for doctors in Arizona to perform abortions in California; but what about anything else?…
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SANTA ANITA LEADERS (Through Thursday) Jockeys / Wins Antonio Fresu / 5 Kyle Frey / 4 Hector Berrios / 3 Mike Smith / 3 Geovanni Franco / 3 Kazushi Kimura / 3 Edwin Maldonado / 3 Trainers / Wins Jeff Mullins / 3 Librado Barocio / 3 Peter Eurton / 3 Mark Glatt / 3…
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The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Terry Turrell, Eddie Wilson and Kevin Modesti. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Friday, April 26, 2024. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter…
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Julie Rovner, David Hilzenrath | (TNS) KFF Health News New technologies are making it easier for companies to fix prices and discriminate against individual consumers, the Biden administration’s top consumer watchdog said Tuesday. Algorithms make it possible for companies to fix prices without explicitly coordinating with one another, posing a new test for regulators policing…
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