Orange County spends more than $1.6 billion a year on homeless facilities, programs and services, and some of the county’s 34 cities also are spending millions – but unless local officials devise a comprehensive, countywide strategy focused on lasting solutions, they may be stuck on a hamster wheel: solving the same problems over and over,…
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HOUSTON — Shohei Ohtani’s uniform was dirty before he threw his first pitch of the game. And then his pitches were even more filthy. After running the bases twice in a six-run top of the first, Ohtani buzzed through the Houston Astros in one of the best starts of his major league career, taking a…
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DETROIT — For a scrappy and frustrating Yankees offense, Wednesday night was an explosion. The Bombers managed to get five runners across home plate as they beat the Tigers 5-3 at Comerica Park. It was the second straight win for the Yankees (7-5), who clinched the series win and will go for the sweep on…
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BOSTON — Steve Nash wants fans to believe the Nets’ playoff hopes don’t squarely rest on Kevin Durant’s shoulders; His team’s success is more a byproduct of excellent team basketball than the stars they signed to max contracts. The Nets’ 114-107 loss to the Celtics in Game 2 decisively proved otherwise, as did a regular…
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SANTA ANA — Gavin Grahovac had struck out only six times in 100 plate appearances going into Villa Park’s baseball game Wednesday against Huntington Beach in the Boras Classic South tournament. He struck out in his first two at-bats Wednesday. On his third at-bat, he struck the ball well beyond the left-field fence for a…
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Shohei Ohtani is undeniably one of the greatest baseball talents of this generation. This we already know. But when the Japanese unicorn took a perfect game against the Houston Astros through five innings on Wednesday, his abilities nearly hit god status. The Angels’ starting pitcher and star slugger started off the game with his usual…
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Authorities have identified two men allegedly killed by an Irvine man at an Anaheim apartment this week as the suspect’s coworker and roommate, police officials said Wednesday. Griffin Robert Cuomo, 23, and Jonathan Andrew Bahm, 23, both of Anaheim, were identified as the victims. Police were initially called to the scene in response to reports…
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The Mets did not have a manager for Wednesday’s game. Buck Showalter was away from the club to deal with a minor medical procedure, leaving his coaching staff to manage by committee. The Mets, both from the public relations side and the coaching side, were pretty coy about who exactly will be calling the shots.…
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The LPGA Tour returns to Hollywood this week for the first of back-to-back tournaments being played in Southern California. First up is the 2022 DIO Implant LA Open that will be played Thursday through Sunday at the famed Wilshire Country Club, marking the fourth anniversary of the event. The following week the women will move…
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Cleveland Guardians second baseman Gabriel Arias reached on a fielding error by shortstop Tim Anderson leading off the bottom of the second Wednesday at Progressive Field. It was the start of a long — and disastrous — inning for the Chicago White Sox. The next eight Guardians had hits, including All-Star third baseman José Ramírez’s…
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