This was the week “The Real Housewives of Orange County” turned into “The Real Middle Schoolers of Orange County Go On a Field Trip to Aspen.” Seriously, nearly the entire episode revolved around the kind of hurt feelings that most of us learn to get over by the start of high school. And it had…
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SANTA ANA – Foothill beat El Dorado last week when Garrett Davidson drove in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning against El Dorado pitcher Nathan Huy at Foothill High School. On Wednesday Davidson stepped to the plate with the game tied in the bottom of the seventh inning at Foothill. Huy…
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THE GAME: Eddy Alvarez’s ninth-inning grand slam was the Dodgers’ Cactus League-leading 27th home run this spring and highlighted a 12-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night at Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear, Ariz. PITCHING REPORT: Dodgers pitchers held the Guardians to four hits in the win. … Left-hander Julio Urias pitched four scoreless…
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Orange County’s engineering and computer science sectors are booming. Exceptional growth is integrated into every area of commerce, from cybersecurity and artificial intelligence to medicine and construction. All are dynamic contributors to the growth of the county’s economy. With its relentless embrace of innovation, Orange County has established itself as one of the state’s premier…
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The Tragic Number is one. With the Knicks’ 125-114 defeat to the Hornets on Wednesday, elimination from the playoffs could be sealed as early as Thursday if the Hawks beat the Cavaliers. Either way, one more Knicks defeat or Hawks victory and those Cancun trips can be booked with 100% certainty. It’s been inevitable for…
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Observations and other notes of interest from Wednesday night’s 106-98 victory over the Boston Celtics: — Even with the recent rotation changes, it remains to be seen who ultimately will be the odd man out of the preferred nine. — And that decision won’t come until Caleb Martin returns from his calf bruise. — Ruled…
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A man who shot a co-worker to death during an argument over $60 and fled the country, and then spent more than 15 years as one of Orange County’s most wanted fugitives, was convicted Wednesday of murder. An Orange County Superior Court jury deliberated for less than a day before finding Juan Palacios, now 63,…
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — The U.S. men’s soccer team is returning to the World Cup after the trauma of missing the 2018 tournament, clinching a berth for this year’s championship in Qatar on Wednesday despite a 2-0 loss to Costa Rica on the final night of qualifying. Juan Pablo Vargas got behind Walker Zimmerman…
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The victory over the Sacramento Kings on Monday night brought relief because it snapped a four-game losing streak. But Wednesday night’s Miami Heat 108-98 victory over the Boston Celtics at TD Garden delivered something far greater — hope of potential big things to come in the postseason. In a game loaded with playoff intensity down…
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Dodgers were not expecting to see this version of Edwin Rios so soon. “It’s surprising considering the surgery that he had last year, how (little) he played last year,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of Rios’ performance this spring. “That’s just a credit to the work he’s put in. But I…
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