Chad Gurnea pitched a gem Thursday to lead Pacifica to a 3-1 win over Temescal Canyon in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 baseball playoffs. The junior, who his a Cal State Fullerton commit, pitched a complete game, scattered five hits, allowed no earned runs and struck out two. Justin Aguinaga and…
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After months of speculation over who bought the vacant Promenade mall in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles City Councilmember Bob Blumenfield confirmed to the Los Angeles Daily News that its new owner is billionaire Stanley Kroenke, owner of the Rams. The 34-acre Promenade mall was sold in March by Paris-based Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield for $150 million, but the…
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LA MIRADA – It was clear something special was brewing when La Mirada pitcher Aleyna Urbina and Whittier Christian’s Brooklyn Carreon both had perfect games going through three innings and reached the top of the fourth inning in just 30 minutes during Thursday’s CIF Southern Section Division 1 first-round softball playoff. And it seemed likely…
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The Sparks’ tough 2021 season – which ended without a playoff appearance for the first time since 2011 – did a lot to inform how Derek Fisher approached his second offseason as the team’s general manager. For one thing, he realized the Sparks desperately needed more players with the ability to go and get a…
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A state legislator has requested a sweeping audit of the California State University system’s sexual harassment policies and subsequent settlements paid to alleged harassers in the wake of a recent scandal involving former Chancellor Joseph Castro. Assemblyman Rudy Salas, D-Bakersfield, who chairs the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, said this week that 43 lawmakers have signed…
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OC Fair has announced more performances for its 2022 Toyota Summer Concert Series at Pacific Amphitheatre including R&B legend Smokey Robinson, who just made his debut on the Palomino Stage the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio last weekend. Robinson will headline Pacific Amphitheatre on Aug. 12 ($40-$80). Electronic-pop artist, violinist and dancer Lindsey Stirling…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Esperanza’s softball team opened defense of its CIF-SS Division 1 title on Thursday but the work began months earlier. The Aztecs bonded with seven freshmen, and carefully adjusted their mentality. “We may have been champions last year,” senior pitcher Brooke Perez said, “but…
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SANTA ANA – Segerstrom scored five runs in the fifth inning for a 7-5 comeback win over Mary Star of the Sea in a CIF Southern Section Division 4 first-round baseball playoff game Thursdasy at Segerstrom High. It was Segerstrom’s first win in the baseball playoffs since 2018. The Jaguars lost in a first-round game…
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Austin Hays looked back into the Orioles’ dugout as he passed first base, as if he wanted to see the expressions on his teammates faces. The ball that had just left his bat — a rocket that just cleared the newly remodeled left-field wall — continued a power barrage off Minnesota Twins pitching, and his…
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The consensus box of Santa Anita picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for races on Friday May 6, 2022. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter and get the…
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