The top players and season outlook for all four teams in the South Coast League: SOUTH COAST LEAGUE PREVIEW Capistrano Valley wide receiver Dane Benedix carries the ball after a catch during a nonleague game against Orange on Friday, September 17, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer) CAPISTRANO VALLEY Top players: Dane Benedix, WR/DB,…
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The Orioles once again have baseball’s No. 1 prospect. Gunnar Henderson is atop Baseball America’s latest list of the game’s top 100 prospects, with the Triple-A Norfolk infielder occupying that spot not long after Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman, who has since graduated from prospect status. Five other Orioles minor leaguers made the rankings, with right-hander…
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Over the past eight years, Bob Daley painstakingly built a fishing boat replica from scratch. Although it was on a much smaller scale this go around, it wasn’t the first time Bob constructed the vessel, affectionately dubbed the Mary Anne II. During the 1950s, Bob and his two brothers worked as fishermen to put themselves…
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H Mart opens its newest grocery store Friday in the Westpark neighborhood of Irvine. It’s the second H Mart in the city, the fourth in Orange County and the 15th in California. The store at 3825 Alton Parkway debuts at 10 a.m. Aug. 12. Daily hours will be 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. The New…
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Companies responsible for cleaning doctors’ surgical kits and syringes have been placed under a microscope by Southern California’s air quality monitor, which has found that at least three located in Southern California are emitting alarming levels of a cancer-causing gas used in the sterilization process. The South Coast Air Quality Management District plans to investigate…
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Administrations and faculties at University of California campuses are embroiled in a searing controversy over requirements that applicants for faculty positions and candidates for promotion prove their active support, without reservation, of what’s called “diversity, equity and inclusion.” Candidates must submit “DEI statements” that, under UC’s policies, determine whether they will be considered for employment…
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On a muggy Tuesday evening, Jaina and Ivy Spagis pulled into a shopping center on San Bernardino’s east side and parked near an enclosed dumpster behind the building. They popped the back hatch of their electric-blue Rav4 with vanity plates reading “CATS SB” and began filling cardboard bowls with dry and wet cat food, pulling…
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LAS VEGAS — More human remains have been found at drought-stricken Lake Mead National Recreation Area east of Las Vegas, authorities said Sunday. It’s the fourth time since May that remains have been uncovered as Western drought forces the shoreline to retreat at the shrinking Colorado River reservoir behind the Hoover Dam. National Park Service…
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By Dr. Dung Trinh, Contributing writer As older adults age, the percentage of seniors with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia, increases. That’s according to the 2022 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report. That document from the nonprofit Alzheimer’s Association — subtitled, “Special Report, More Than Normal Aging: Understanding Mild Cognitive Impairment” —…
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