Disneyland will close four attractions for seasonal refurbishments and post-summer schedules during the busy Halloween season just before the Christmas crowds descend on the Anaheim theme parks. “Fantasmic,” Sailing Ship Columbia, Dumbo the Flying Elephant and Pixie Hollow will temporarily close in September or October as part of Disneyland’s standard refurbishment schedule. Sign up for…
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California regulators imposed a one-year moratorium on canceling or declining to renew insurance policies for residents living in or near areas burned during the Airport, Bridge and Line fires this month. The Department of Insurance bulletin, issued last Thursday, will affect homeowners living in 91 ZIP codes in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino…
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Dirty Heads are coming home for Thanksgiving. The Huntington Beach-bred reggae band is set to headline this year’s Alt 98.7 Friendsgiving concert on Friday, Nov. 22 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood. Friends will be joining them of course, with sets from Sublime with Rome and local ska-punk group The Interrupters and Beach Weather. The…
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LOS ANGELES — That popular mural of Joe Kelly on the reserve level of Dodger Stadium appears to guard a secret. In front of a blue background, Kelly is wearing a mariachi jacket, the one he famously sported at the White House in 2021 to celebrate the World Series title from a year earlier. The…
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If you haven’t met him yet, it’s my pleasure to introduce you to Jaden Soong. He’s a St. Francis High School freshman, a funny kid and, yeah, something of a golf phenom. There’s a chance you’ve already met him. Perhaps as an adorable 6-year-old getting buzz from BuzzFeed, which posted a video in 2016 showing…
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The red flags were there for months. But First District Supervisor Andrew Do and county staffers continued to pump millions in COVID relief funds into fledgling charity Viet America Society – money officials now allege was then misused to enrich group leaders. On Tuesday, Sept. 23, the OC Board of Supervisors will consider a series…
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The $1 million California Crown Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday has attracted a lineup of seven horses led by Grade I winners National Treasure, Muth, Newgate and Senor Buscador. The first three are trained by Bob Baffert, an eight-time winner of the 1⅛-mile race for 3-year-olds and up when it was called the Goodwood or…
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By TERRI VERMEULEN KEITH COMPTON — A man convicted in connection with the robbery and shooting death of rapper PnB Rock at a South Los Angeles restaurant was sentenced Monday to just over 31 years to life in state prison. Superior Court Judge Connie R. Quinones denied the defense’s motions for a new trial for…
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He might have been holding his breath at the Rams’ facility on Monday, but head coach Sean McVay got some good news after speaking with VP of sports medicine Reggie Scott after Sunday’s 27-24 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. “By the grace of god we came out fairly clean,” McVay joked. “That’s a very…
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Matt Vasilogambros | (TNS) Stateline.org GRAYLING, Mich. — Clairene Jorella was furious. In the northern stretches of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, the Crawford County Board of Canvassers had just opened its meeting to certify the August primary when Jorella, 83 years old and one of two Democrats on the panel, laid into her Republican counterparts. Glaring,…
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