A mother on Monday described a passenger in another vehicle smiling at her shortly before he fired the gunshot that killed her 6-year-old son during an apparent road rage confrontation on the 55 Freeway in Orange. Joanna Cloonan, the mother of Aiden Leos, took the stand Monday in the second-degree murder trial of confessed gunman…
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PLAYA VISTA — Tyronn Lue wanted to imagine the possibilities. Victories – lots of them, extended playoff runs and maybe even a championship. There would be no stopping the Clippers with newly acquired superstar James Harden. “I tried to,” Lue said, before laughing at the memory. Instead, reality stepped in before Lue and the Clippers…
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Garden Grove, Marina, Mater Dei and Santa Margarita won CIF Southern Section titles Saturday at the traditional cheer competitive championships. The four Orange County schools won their divisions in the competition at ML King High in Riverside. Santa Margarita won in Division 1AA, Mater Dei in Division 1A, Garden Grove in 4AA and Marina in…
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Approximately 45 firefighters knocked down a large fire Monday in a vacant two-story commercial building in Fullerton. Around 1:23 p.m., crewmembers from the Fullerton Fire Department responded to heavy fire and smoke coming from the interior of the building in the 1700 block of West Orangethorpe Avenue. Due to the thick smoke, Orangethorpe Elementary School…
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As the Ducks prepared to welcome the Buffalo Sabres to Honda Center on Tuesday night, results remained lean but the promise of Leo Carlsson continued to bulk up, as seen by his various flexes since returning ahead of schedule from a knee injury. “He makes a big difference, he’s one of our few players who…
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Coming off a three-day break, the Ducks will vault into two games in two nights and in two cities, as they travel to San Jose to play the Sharks on Saturday and then return home to face the New York Rangers on Sunday. Saturday’s game will effectively close their longest road trip of the campaign,…
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The Chargers said Friday they interviewed Dan Quinn, the Dallas Cowboys’ defensive coordinator for the past three seasons, for their coaching vacancy and Jeff King, the Chicago Bears’ co-player development director for the past two years, for their open general manager’s job. Quinn was the 12th candidate to interview to replace Brandon Staley as coach,…
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Fullerton leaders have reached a settlement with the state over the city’s planning for future housing needs. When looking at how much housing is needed in the state to meet the growing population, Fullerton was allocated with creating the zoning and opportunity for at least 13,209 new units by the end of 2029. The city…
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A mountain lion known as Uno because of an injured right eye has died after being struck by a car late Thursday, Jan. 18. For two years, UC Davis researchers followed F312’s movement with a collar around her neck, as the lean predator navigated the wilderness areas, hiking trails and roadways of south Orange County,…
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Ed Brubaker, author of the new graphic novel “Where the Body Was” with artist Sean Phillips, has created an incredible array of comics, from his “Criminal”series and the Hollywood noir “The Fade Out” to memorable runs writing superhero comics featuring Batman, Cat Woman, The Uncanny X-Men and Captain America – even creating the character The Winter…
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