Two years to the day after the Orioles selected him second overall in the 2020 draft, outfielder Heston Kjerstad is positioned to play in his first game for an affiliate Friday with Low-A Delmarva after being activated from the injured list. Despite having not yet made his professional debut because of a heart condition and hamstring injury, Kjerstad, 23, remains the No.…
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A voice had echoed through Leann Toomey’s head for 14 years, more than half her life. Toomey began to hear it within days of her arrival on the University of California campus in the fall of 2004 ready to fulfill her dream of swimming for the Golden Bears’ world renowned head coach Teri McKeever. Before…
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By ELLIOT SPAGAT and CHRIS MEGERIAN | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden and other Western Hemisphere leaders are set to announce on Friday what is being billed as a roadmap for countries to host large numbers of migrants and refugees. “The Los Angeles Declaration” is perhaps the biggest achievement of the Summit…
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UEFA Champions League winner Real Madrid and Italian giant Juventus will meet on July 30 at the Rose Bowl in the AEG Soccer Champions Tour. The tour will also include Chivas Guadalajara, Barcelona and Club America. It will begin July 22 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas with Juventus meeting Chivas. The next night, Spanish…
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El Modena High handed diplomas to its graduating class on Thursday, June 9. The commencement featured cheering families and smiling grads as the seniors marked the end of their high school careers and the beginning of their bright futures. A new graduate at El Modena High School in Orange waves to family in the stands…
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Estancia High handed diplomas to its graduating class on Thursday, June 9. The commencement featured cheering families and smiling grads as the seniors marked the end of their high school careers and the beginning of their bright futures. Kaya Tagard checks her cap in the reflection of Sydney Bilderbeck’s glasses before the Estancia High School…
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Preliminary numbers from Tuesday’s statewide primary election show voter turnout of a dismal 16%. The state now mails a ballot to every active registered voter, 21.94 million of them at last count. Mail ballots don’t need postage. Voters can vote early in person, and in the counties that have implemented the Voters Choice Act,…
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Newport Harbor High handed diplomas to its graduating class on Thursday, June 9. The commencement featured cheering families and smiling grads as the seniors marked the end of their high school careers and the beginning of their bright futures. Happy graduates celebrate at the conclusion of the Newport Harbor High’s graduation ceremonies at Davidson Field…
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It can’t be very often that a hall of fame catches a new inductee-to-be by surprise; after all, typically, the athletes on the receiving end of those calls are quite aware of how great they were. But when former Sparks great Delisha Milton-Jones received word in February that she would be enshrined into the Women’s…
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Canyon High handed diplomas to its graduating class on Thursday, June 9. The commencement featured cheering families and smiling grads as the seniors marked the end of their high school careers and the beginning of their bright futures. (From left) Mike Shahrestani, Helia Khazeni, Launa Shahrestani, Laili Shahrestani, and Yalda Shahrestani gather together after the…
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