Injured Chicago Bulls players Alex Caruso and Patrick Williams could resume contact drills Friday, preparing both for potential returns at the end of the month. Both were cleared for contact by team doctors Wednesday morning, coach Billy Donovan said ahead of Wednesday night’s road game against the Detroit Pistons. Caruso and Williams could return to…
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Miami Dolphins cornerback Byron Jones posted an image on Instagram on Wednesday morning, indicating he had a recent surgery performed on his lower left leg. Jones, who has trade buzz surrounding him this offseason, posted two pictures — one that shows his left leg shaved up to the knee before the procedure and another of…
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The menu at 1st Street Burger House in Santa Ana offers nearly 20 different hamburgers, some of which differ from the others by merely a single ingredient. Grilled onions versus sliced sweet onions, for example. Or shredded lettuce instead of leaf lettuce. For a slow reader like me, this quickly becomes quicksand. The homewrecker burger…
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Coastline College students receive Live Your Dream Award A group of inspiring and determined female students at Coastline College received the Live Your Dream Award from Soroptimist International. The global volunteer organization provides women with opportunities to help achieve economic empowerment. Soroptimist’s Live Your Dream Awards program offers financial grants to help improve the educational…
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By Lauran Neergaard and Carla K. Johnson | Associated Press The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday. David Bennett, 57, died Tuesday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Doctors didn’t give an exact…
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Make-A-Wish alum hosts wedding that pays it forward to kids Newport Beach couple Bob Shahmardi and Jill Welch know firsthand how the Make-A-Wish Foundation changes kids’ lives. Bob Shahmardi and Jill Welch of Newport Beach turned their wedding registry into a fundraiser for Make-A-Wish.(Photo by Abbi Cooley) When he was 4, Shahmardi was diagnosed with…
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DALLAS — For the briefest of moments, Quentin Grimes felt his kneecap jerk out of place. He even saw the displacement, which, to any athlete or human being, is a scary visual. So it could’ve been worse. Nearly two weeks later, the Knicks rookie was still knocking on wood when recounting his good fortune. “Yeah,…
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A favorite of park-goers for years, the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival was tabled during the pandemic, instead a “limited capacity experience” called “A Touch of Disney,” ran in March and April 2021. But this year organizers say the festival is back and more delicious than ever. Park-goers enjoy a mixology education and…
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LitFest Pasadena 2022 will return in person for the first time since 2019 with five days of programming in April and May. This 10th year of the festival will feature names such as Michael Connelly, Naomi Hirahara, Gregg Hurwitz, Steph Cha and Attica Locke, along with a host of other novelists, non-fiction writers, poets, and…
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People who love the hit ABC-TV show “Dancing with the Stars” will have the chance to see their favorite competitors and professional dancers in the touring show “Dancing with the Stars — Dare to Be Different.” The tour will make multiple stops in Southern California, including Sunday, March 13 at the Fred Kavli Theatre in…
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