PORTLAND, Ore. — UCLA has been to the NCAA Tournament before. But have these players really been a part of traditional March Madness? This year’s tournament is normal – which is different – for the Bruins. It was just last year when UCLA made its deepest postseason run since 2006 and advanced from the First…
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With charts, lists and bullet points, Westminster staff this week drew a bleak picture of what would happen if the city doesn’t re-up its 1% sales tax. Based on current spending, the city “will be completely out of money” by the 2024-25 fiscal year, Finance Director Erin Backs said at at the March 14 special…
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As the world began recovering from a global pandemic and a broken supply chain, the bloody conflict between Ukraine and Russia broke out. This war has so far claimed the lives of over two thousand Ukrainian civilians, including children. The million-dollar question still remains: what is the role of the U.S. and its allies to…
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MINNEAPOLIS — The history dates back well before this chapter. Since Patrick Beverley took a dive into Russell Westbrook’s leg in 2013, the two have been at each other’s throats. Nine years later, there might be no one reveling in the Lakers’ torment quite like Beverley: During the second quarter of Wednesday night’s game at…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now GARDEN GROVE — Pacifica’s standout sophomores are quickly becoming seasoned softball veterans. The second-ranked Mariners showed that again Wednesday by rallying from an early two-run deficit to beat No. 8 Marina 4-2 in a nonleague game at Pacifica High. Marina coach Shelly Luth…
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LOS ANGELES — The future arrived this week. And the Clippers were on the other end to receive it, facing, in order, the Nos. 1, 3 and 4 picks of last summer’s NBA Draft, the trio of 20-year-olds who are most likely to win Rookie of the Year, according to the folks in Las Vegas,…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – Trabuco Hills had an excellent corps of pitchers last season, and the Mustangs won the Sea View League baseball championship and advanced to a CIF Southern Section championship game. That corps, including All-CIF selection Mason Molina, graduated. Trabuco Hills coach Michael Burns was wondering who he could count on to throw…
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Associated Press SACRAMENTO — A Northern California man who admitted to taking two bear cubs from their den and notified officials after he was unable to care for them pleaded guilty to possession of a prohibited species, wildlife officials said. Cody Dylon Setzer, 29, and a co-worker who has not been identified and cooperated with…
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A triple-murder case suspended multiple times over concerns about the mental health of the defendant who once unsuccessfully tried to plead guilty to the killing of two homeless men is once again back in Orange County Superior Court, with a judge having recently determined Marvin Magallanes is now mentally competent to stand trial. In the…
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FULLERTON — When the name popped up on the TV screens during Cal State Fullerton’s NCAA Tournament Selection Show watch party on Sunday, there were no groans from the players or guests gathered at a downtown restaurant. There were some cheers and even a sense of elation. No, the name “Duke,” one of the deepest blues…
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