By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PACIFIC PALISADES — Joaquin Niemann had an idea how Riviera Country Club was playing Thursday when he saw no one from the morning draw posting better than a 5-under-par 66. He hit the ball so well in the Genesis Invitational that he didn’t even bother paying attention to anyone…
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The local high school schedule for the CIF-SS playoffs and postseason events on Friday and Saturday. FRIDAY CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Games start at 7 p.m. unless noted OPEN DIVISION Final round of pool play Crean Lutheran (0-2) at Corona Centennial (2-0) Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (0-2) at Mater Dei (0-2) Quarterfinals DIVISION 1 JSerra…
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By AAMER MADHANI | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will face her highest-stakes foreign policy assignment yet this weekend in Germany, where she will try to keep European allies unified amid growing concern over the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. She will attend the annual Munich Security Conference as President…
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SoCalGas on Thursday, Feb. 17 released details of its proposed “Angeles Link” project to create what the utility says would be the largest hydrogen energy infrastructure system in the United States. The utility said the project — which was submitted to the California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday — could displace up to 3 million…
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By Colleen Slevin and Kirsten Grieshaber | Associated Press DENVER — U.S. military pilot Gail S. Halvorsen — known as the “Candy Bomber” for his candy airdrops during the Berlin airlift after World War II ended — has died at age 101. Halvorsen died Wednesday following a brief illness in his home state of Utah,…
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A Newport Beach police supervisor raised concerns several weeks ago that the Orange County District Attorney’s Office was trying to “cover-up” racially charged comments made by DA Todd Spitzer, according to a newly-released memo he sent to a judge. Court Depweg, an acting lieutenant in the police department’s detective division, informed a judge in a…
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Construction on a dozen projects throughout Orange County, funded with help from the state’s Clean California initiative, is expected to get started this spring. A mini park along the Santiago Creek Bike Trail in Orange, improvements to the First Street Caltrans Work Program parking lot in Santa Ana and landscape beautification at sites along multiple…
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The OC Health Care Agency reported 476 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, Feb. 17, increasing the cumulative total since tracking began in the county to 534,608. The county has reported about 10,382 new cases in the last two weeks. One month ago, the 14-day average for new cases was about 93,148. On Thursday,…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Orange County girls soccer will be well-represented Saturday as the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs reach the quarterfinal round. Four schools will be vying for spots in the semifinals, highlighted by a clash between Newport Harbor and Villa Park at El…
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By Clare Foran, Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav | CNN The Senate voted on Thursday to pass a stopgap bill to avert a shutdown at the end of the week ahead of a looming Friday deadline when government funding has been set to expire. The House of Representatives voted last week on a bipartisan basis…
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