Rain, hail, lightning and even “thundersnow” were reported across Southern California on Tuesday, Feb. 15, as the region saw a significant drop in temperatures — as much as 30 degrees in some places — amid a winter storm, meteorologists said. Reports of pea-sized hail started earlier in the day throughout Ventura County and moved east…
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Brian Lopes, a four-time mountain bike world champion, and several sixth-grade students at Santa Ana’s RF Hazard Elementary School, were all in on the surprise. On Tuesday, Feb. 15, about two dozen students gathered in the school’s multipurpose room to assemble 50 bikes with Lopes. The Strider Balance Bikes, which start out without pedals to…
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EL SEGUNDO — The way things project now, it’s more than likely that the Lakers will find their season boiling down to a single game. It might be a helpful way of thinking about Wednesday night’s game against the Utah Jazz, their last game before the All-Star break. The stakes aren’t nearly as high, and…
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The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended Feb. 13 is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Violeta: Isabel Allende 2. To Paradise: Hanya Yanagihara 3. The Lincoln Highway: Amor Towles 4. The Goodbye…
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ORANGE — Rain and lightning forced the CIF-SS Division 1 boys soccer playoff game between No. 3 seed Santa Ana Valley (24-4-2) and host Villa Park (19-4-1) to be postponed Tuesday night at El Modena High School. The second-round playoff game was rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 16 at El Modena. It will be played after…
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Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…
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Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…
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NEW YORK (AP) — P.J. O’Rourke, the prolific author and satirist who re-fashioned the irreverence and “Gonzo” journalism of the 1960s counterculture into a distinctive brand of conservative and libertarian commentary, has died at age 74. O’Rourke died Tuesday morning, according to Grove Atlantic Inc. Books publisher and president Morgan Entrekin. He did not cite…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Santa Ana girls water polo coach Maer Cruz estimates that one or two of his players knew how to swim before entering high school. None of his players, he adds, knew the eggbeater kick, water polo’s other foundational technique that allows players to…
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IRVINE — Ducks coach Dallas Eakins could stock the center position with some grizzled veterans for the final 33 games of the regular season, starting with Wednesday’s game against the Calgary Flames, but that would be counterproductive as they continue their all-important rebuilding efforts. Eakins could ice a lineup that includes veterans Ryan Getzlaf, Adam…
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