It’s one thing to watch the Giants and Jets play non-competitive, bland, games. Yet it’s quite another to actually hang around to see how each coach answers questions during his post-game press conference. As someone who follows this tedious viewing pattern, we often ask the following question of ourselves: Masochist or moron? We will go…
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It’s one thing to watch the Giants and Jets play non-competitive, bland, games. Yet it’s quite another to actually hang around to see how each coach answers questions during his post-game press conference. As someone who follows this tedious viewing pattern, we often ask the following question of ourselves: Masochist or moron? We will go…
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Don’t let the ZIP codes fool you. If one isn’t supposed to judge a book by its cover, nor should fighters be judged based on their upbringings. That being said, Jordan Wright knows he has been more fortunate than most. “Absolutely, I had a pretty good life growing up,” the UFC middleweight said. Life could…
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By JOHN ROGERS and BRIAN MELLEY LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Nesmith, the singer-songwriter, author, actor-director and entrepreneur who will likely be best remembered as the wool-hatted, guitar-strumming member of the made-for-television rock band The Monkees, has died at 78. Nesmith, who had undergone quadruple bypass surgery in 2018, died of natural causes at his…
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Ice skaters. Entertainers. Food vendors. Even Santa. That’s the scene in the heart of Orange County, where an outdoor ice skating rink and a “winter village” has popped open for the holidays. On Thursday, Dec. 9, Santa Ana debuted its month-long village and ice skating rink, with a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, performances by professional skaters…
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By MANUEL DE LA CRUZ and EDGAR H. CLEMENTE TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — Survivors of the horrific truck crash in Mexico that killed 55 migrants and injured more than a hundred recounted from their hospital beds how their location inside the truck determined who lived and who died. Those unlucky enough to be riding…
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By ALEX VEIGA Technology companies led a rally on Wall Street that powered the S&P 500 to an all-time high and gave the index its best weekly gain since February. The S&P 500 rose 1%, enough to recoup its losses from a day earlier. The benchmark index closed higher four of the last five days,…
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A Mission Viejo man who struck and killed an off-duty Costa Mesa fire captain while driving with what a prosecutor described as a “drug cabinet” worth of illicit substances in his system was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison. Stephen Taylor Scarpa, 28, watched silently as emotional family members spoke through tears…
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Festival Pass is a newsletter that lands in your inbox weekly. But during prime festival season you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now. Normally, this is the time for “hot stove baseball,” when there’s all kind of breaking news out of major league baseball’s offseason. Well, there’s a MLB lockout, so instead it’s time for “hot stove…
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Unless she runs for the position in a future election, longtime Tustin council member, community volunteer, college administrator and school board trustee Beckie Gomez will never become mayor of her city. In their final ceremonial appointment, the Tustin council chose to elevate Austin Lumbard from mayor pro tem to mayor – the last time the…
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