The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association isn’t shy about its mission. Named for the chief architect of California’s Proposition 13 property tax limit, the organization fiercely defends Jarvis’ iconic 1978 measure against those — public employee unions, particularly — seeking its repeal. So far, Jarvis and its allied groups have prevailed for more than four decades,…
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It has been a moment of unease since Victor Oladipo made his March 7 return from May quadriceps surgery. The former All-Star is asked if he is ready if called upon. Oladipo stresses that he is ready when called upon. And then he isn’t called upon. With Kyle Lowry dealing with a hamstring strain, another…
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HONOLULU — The teams that have combined to win the past three national championships squared off in the Big West men’s volleyball title match on Saturday night, and it might not be the last time they meet this season. Second-seeded Hawaii (24-5) outlasted top-seeded Long Beach State (20-5) in three tight sets and earned an…
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Q: Ira, I was on my feet with every shot Duncan Robinson took in the first game. It was old times. I was wishing he turned the corner. But he’s still stuck. — Carl. A: It’s as if Duncan Robinson’s greatest consistency this season has been his inconsistency. As he showed in Game 1, with…
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A small crowd of 3,739 showed up at the Coliseum on March 23, 1967, for the first home playoff game in Chicago Bulls history, a forgettable 113-107 Game 2 loss to the St. Louis Hawks. It was the inaugural season of an expansion team that surprised everyone by making the Western Conference playoffs before getting…
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There was plenty of music and fun to be had at the second Saturday of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for the second weekend of the 2022 edition. Check out the photos from Saturday at the festival, including Megan The Stallion, L’Impératrice, Wallows and more. You can see photos from Friday’s performances here and…
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Hip-hop group Brockhampton returned to the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival for their final set ever. The group, which formed in 2010, first performed at Coachella in 2018. They described themselves as a boy band in an attempt to redefine the term, which hadn’t been as inclusive of the diversity the group brought to the…
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The Ravens went into each of the last two seasons believing they belonged on a shortlist of true Super Bowl contenders. With Lamar Jackson at quarterback and former All-Pros at other premium positions such as cornerback and left tackle, they had the luxury of viewing the draft as an accessory package for their Cadillac. That’s…
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Across four paragraphs, white text on a black background posted to Twitter, the gut-wrenching reality settled in regarding what began as forearm tightness and ended as season-ending Tommy John surgery. That’s what Orioles ace John Means posted Saturday afternoon, confirming the worst-case scenario with a succinct update on his impending elbow reconstruction surgery. Means finds…
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Out to dinner with friends the other night, the conversation turned to shared college memories. Three of the four of us at the table had been at UC Berkeley at the same time in the 1970s, though none of us knew each other at the time. Happens a lot to Cal people. It’s a big…
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