On Saturday mornings during baseball season at the San Quentin prison yard, 22 incarcerated athletes ditch their prison clothes to slip on black and orange baseball uniforms, a gift from the San Francisco Giants. The prisoners hit, pitch, catch and throw like elite athletes. Some of them actually are. And were it not for the…
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A week after learning that Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall must close, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has voted to hire a “compliance officer” to independently ensure the Probation Department is properly following state laws and court-ordered mandates from the California Department of Justice. The motion by Supervisors Janice Hahn and Lindsey Horvath describes…
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NEW YORK — U.S. health officials on Wednesday recommended that people 50 and older get a shot against bacteria that can cause pneumonia and other dangerous illnesses. The recommendation was made by a scientific advisory panel and then accepted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The decision lowered from 65 the minimum recommended…
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The 10-year-old boy who reportedly was bitten by a coyote on the way to school in Irvine on Tuesday, Oct. 22 tested negative for coyote DNA, California Department of Fish and Wildlife said on Thursday. “Coyote DNA was not found on the clothing,” Tim Daly, a Fish and Wildlife spokesman, said. “Dog DNA was detected.”…
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One person was in custody after investigators determined a brush fire was set intentionally Sunday near Saddleback Church in Lake Forest. Crews responded around 12:59 p.m. to the fire in the area of Portola and Rancho parkways, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The fire grew to 2.81 acres before firefighters extinguished it. The…
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History shows that excessive government intervention in the free market can stifle innovation and leave consumers—and sometimes patients—to shoulder the consequences. Still, policymakers continue to fall for the trap. A recent example is government price controls levied onto medicine accessed through Medicare. The policy poses a significant threat to patient health. Bipartisan proposals exist that…
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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA — Nick Castellanos sometimes amazes himself with intuition he can win a game on the final swing. As he approached the plate with two outs in the ninth inning, with two runners on and the score tied, Castellanos had a hunch he could win Game 2 of the…
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ARCADIA – Phil D’Amato’s Breeders’ Cup chances are getting better and better, in weirder and weirder ways. The trainer capped a Saturday stakes double and a weekend stakes four-bagger at Santa Anita when Iron Man Cal and jockey Antonio Fresu won the $100,000, Grade III Zuma Beach Stakes for 2-year-olds, doing it through the disqualification…
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ChainFest, a festival for fans of chain restaurants, brought thousands of foodies and several celebrities to the Arts District of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, Oct. 5. The event took place in the parking lot of Skylight Row DTLA, a mixed-use center on Alameda Street, and had a county fair atmosphere. Adam Koral feeds some…
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A grassroots group of Laguna Woods residents gathered outside Polly’s Pies on Sept. 26 for a protest against the impending closure of the nearby Laguna Hills DMV. The 20 or so people, some carrying relevant signs, then marched to the DMV building across the shopping center. The California Department of Motor Vehicles recently announced that…
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