Top-level Orange County prosecutor Ebrahim Baytieh was fired Wednesday from the District Attorney’s Office after an internal investigation into withholding evidence in a murder case. District Attorney Todd Spitzer said the withheld evidence forced him in August to request a new murder trial for a man convicted in 2010 of mutilating his victim in Sunset…
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“Roster building is very much ongoing.” That was Lawrence Frank, president of basketball operations, on Saturday, the day after the Clippers traded for Norman Powell and Robert Covington, proving themselves forward-thinking buyers – not satisfied sellers – even during this season in which they’ve been without either of their two injured All-Stars for much of…
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By ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — With even Democratic states moving to roll back mask mandates, the White House said Wednesday it is beginning to prepare for a less-restrictive phase of the national COVID response in the face of growing impatience to ease up and turn toward post-pandemic normalcy. President Joe Biden entered office promising…
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By CAROLYN THOMPSON As some of the last statewide mask mandates in the U.S. near an end, decisions about whether students and teachers should continue to wear masks in school are shifting to local leaders, who are caught in the middle of one of the most combustible issues of the pandemic. “Unfortunately, this is an…
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Analysis and predictions for the CIF Southern Section boys basketball playoffs that begin this week … OPEN DIVISION The field as seeded: 1. Centennial of Corona (26-1); 2. Sierra Canyon (22-3); 3. Harvard-Westlake (21-2); 4. Crean Lutheran (22-3); 5. Damien (26-2); 6. Mater Dei (25-2); 7. Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks (19-4); 8. Bishop Montgomery…
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON (AP) — Following outrage on the political right, the Biden administration said Wednesday that a grant program to help prevent additional harm to people who use illicit drugs will not pay for safer pipes to smoke crack or meth. “No federal funding will be used directly or through subsequent reimbursement of…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The final 2021-22 CIF-SS high school boys soccer polls, released Tuesday, Feb. 8. CIF-SS BOYS SOCCER POLLS (Selected by the CIF-SS Boys Soccer Advisory Committee) DIVISION 1 1 Servite 2 Mira Costa 3 Santa Ana Valley 4 Huntington Beach 5 Aliso Niguel…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The final 2021-22 CIF-SS high school girls soccer polls, released Tuesday, Feb. 8. CIF-SS GIRLS SOCCER POLLS (Selected by the CIF-SS Girls Soccer Advisory Committee) DIVISION 1 1 Santiago/Corona 2 Temecula Valley 3 Harvard-Westlake 4 Villa Park 5 Capistrano Valley 6 Los…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The final 2021-22 CIF-SS high school girls basketball polls, released Tuesday, Feb. 8. CIF-SS GIRLS BASKETBALL POLLS (Selected by CIF-SS Girls Basketball Advisory Committee) GIRLS BASKETBALL OPEN DIVISION 1 Etiwanda 2 Sierra Canyon 3 Centennial/Corona 4 Mater Dei 5 Rosary Academy 6…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The final 2021-22 CIF-SS high school boys basketball polls, released Tuesday, Feb. 8. CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL POLLS (Selected by CIF-SS Boys Basketball Advisory Committee) BOYS BASKETBALL OPEN DIVISION 1 Centennial/Corona 2 Sierra Canyon 3 Harvard-Westlake 4 Crean Lutheran 5 Damien 6 Mater…
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