An off-duty Monterey Park Police Department was shot and killed in Downey on Monday. An off-duty Monterey Park police officer was shot and killed Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in a commercial parking lot in the 12700 block of Lakewood Boulevard in Downey. (Photo by Tom Bray/SCNG) An off-duty Monterey Park police officer was shot and…
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If there was ever a time for Orioles first baseman Ryan Mountcastle to break out of a slump that has stretched from early July into August, it was Monday versus the Toronto Blue Jays. There’s no other team Mountcastle has found more success against, this season or over his career. And despite a .170 batting…
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OAKLAND — José Suarez continued his second half resurgence, bolstered by a new pitch. Suarez pitched seven innings in the Angels’ 1-0 victory over the Oakland A’s on Monday night, making Luis Rengifo’s homer stand as the winning run. The left-hander has not allowed an earned run in any of his three starts since the…
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SEATTLE — Matt Carpenter’s remarkable season is likely over. The veteran lefty slugger left Monday night’s game after the first inning with what the team said is a “left foot fracture.” Carpenter fouled a ball off the top of his left foot in his first inning at-bat. He struck out and was replaced as the…
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The situation between the Chicago Cubs and veteran outfielder Jason Heyward felt untenable. A rebuilding Cubs organization wanting to look at other players did not fit with Heyward and his declining all-around production. What seemed inevitable became reality Monday when president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer announced the Cubs and Heyward will part ways after…
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IRVINE — Allen Robinson quickly became a reliable target for Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford with good-enough receptions in the middle of the field. This was Robinson’s routine for most of the first week of Rams’ training camp, but satisfactory plays didn’t seem right for a player of his caliber. Cooper Kupp had the “wow” plays…
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A collage of stickers litters the hood of the one-seater Shark ultralight aircraft, each decal like a postcard from some far-away part of the world: Greece, Oman, Kenya. On his journey to circumnavigate the earth, the pilot in the cockpit, Mack Rutherford, added another one to the collection on Monday when he touched down at…
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The top players and season outlook for all four teams in the Sea View League: SEA VIEW LEAGUE ALISO NIGUEL Top players: Jack Gill, RB/LB, Sr.; Chad DeSilva, LB, Sr.; Hunter Najm, QB, Jr.; CJ Besuzzi, LB, Sr.; Luke Guttenberg, DE/OL, Sr.; Jarret Sabol, WR, So. What to expect: Aliso Niguel missed the playoffs last…
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The FBI executed a search warrant on Monday at Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, the former President confirmed to CNN. Trump declined to say why the FBI agents were at Mar-a-Lago, but the former President said the raid was unannounced and “they even broke into my safe.” “My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm…
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In a perfect world, WNBA teams would fly charter. In this world, they don’t. Because the prospect of only some teams chartering flights apparently represents an unfair competitive advantage. OK, but isn’t playing a sixth game in 10 days and having to do it on airplane fumes also a competitive disadvantage? That’ll be the Sparks…
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