ARCADIA — The Santa Anita Handicap was watered down by scratches this time. The reactions of the people around upset winner, British Isles, though, lived up to the race’s rich history. Diego Herrera, a 21-year-old Inglewood native who rode his first Grade I winner beyond the quarter-horse world, said, “I don’t even have words” to…
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The family of a Downey man who was fatally stabbed as he charged the battery of his car outside the city library has filed a claim against the city seeking $40 million in damages. Reinaldo Jesus Lefonts, 68, was charging his Tesla at an EV station outside the Downey City Library on the morning of…
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ARCADIA — It was exhilarating. It was disappointing. For Bob Baffert, the San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday had all the ups and downs of a Kentucky Derby campaign wrapped up in one race. Potente, the latest 3-year-old prospect to pop onto the scene for Baffert, took a huge leap forward to win…
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NEW YORK (AP) — A counterprotester demonstrating against a “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City” event Saturday lit and threw a device containing nuts, bolts and screws at the protesting crowd after someone from that group used pepper spray on the counterprotest, police said. Police are investigating the incident that started late Saturday…
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LOS ANGELES — The Kings commanded the shot count and several analytical barometers but lost on Saturday afternoon at Crypto.com Arena just the same, 4-3, to the comeback kids from Montreal. The Canadiens earned their NHL-leading 20th circle-the-wagons win after the Ducks rallied to topple them 6-5 in a shootout 22 hours earlier. Anže Kopitar,…
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Three-time All-Pro pass rusher Khalil Mack is returning to the Los Angeles Chargers on a fully guaranteed $18 million, one-year deal, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press on Saturday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn’t been finalized. The 35-year-old Mack had 5½ sacks last…
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Two outs. Bases loaded. Bottom of the ninth. Game 7 of the World Series. Andy Pages stepped into a fantasy and walked out a hero. In the dream, of course, the victor is on offense, tossing away the bat with one arm raised. Pages made the scenario his own by pulling off…
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Gusty Santa Ana winds are expected to kick up again Sunday morning, March 8, raising concerns about fires, downed trees, power outages and hazardous travel for high-profile vehicles, forecasters said. On Saturday, a fire raged at a three-story, hillside home in Laurel Canyon, where over 100 firefighters extinguished the blaze in the main house, the…
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As the United States turns 250, experience a reenactment of some of the events that helped win the American Revolution. The Huntington Beach Historical Society is hosting a weekend of living history, with historians and storytellers bringing the revolution and fight for American independence to life. The event concludes Sunday, March 8. Seven-year-old Sean Huerta…
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By SEUNG MIN KIM and JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base at the dignified transfer for the six U.S. soldiers killed in the war in the Middle East. The dignified transfer, a ritual that returns the remains of…
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