Three Orange County teams are in the elite Division 1 bracket for the CIF Southern Section girls volleyball playoffs. Mater Dei is seeded No. 1 among the eight teams selected for the bracket. Huntington Beach is seeded third and Los Alamitos seventh. Division 1 is divided into two, four-team pools. Mater Dei is in Pool…
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By CLAIRE RUSH and KATIE OYAN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.. — First came the darkening skies, then the crescent-shaped shadows on the ground, and finally an eruption of cheers by crowds that gathered Saturday along the narrow path of a rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun. It was a spectacular show for some parts of…
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By WAFAA SHURAFA and JOSEPH KRAUSS DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinians struggled Saturday to flee from areas of Gaza targeted by the Israeli military while grappling with a growing water and medical supply shortage ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas’ bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel. Israel renewed calls on social…
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CARDINALS (1-4) at RAMS (2-3) When: 1:25 p.m. Sunday Where: SoFi Stadium TV/Radio: FOX (Ch. 11)/710 AM; 93.1 FM; 1330 AM (Spanish); Sirius 386, 227 Line: Rams by 7 Notable injury designations: Cardinals: S Jalen Thompson (out; hamstring), WR Marquise Brown (questionable; illness), TE Elijah Higgins (questionable; illness), DL Jonathan Ledbetter (questionable; finger), LB Jesse Luketa (questionable; shoulder), LB…
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In its inaugural season, Angel City Football Club made it to the penultimate game of the season with a shot at making the NWSL playoffs, but ended up on the outside looking in. This season, the second-year club heads into the final game of the regular season with another opportunity to make the six-team postseason.…
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”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data. Buzz: California’s lofty housing costs are topped by just three places in the nation when you ponder the expense per person. Source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed one yardstick of the…
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Nancee Wells, a field guide in the Dana Point/Laguna Beach area, sent me an email asking about the fire resistance of California native plants. Although California natives will eventually go up in flames in a major conflagration as all plants do, the fire resistance of many native species is significant. In the words of Bert…
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In recent weeks, Bobby Kennedy Jr. published a co-authored book, “Vax-Unvax: Let the Science Speak,” which does not let the science speak, but rather traffics in the same kind of conspiracy theories he often spins about Bill Gates and the supposed dangers of getting vaccinated against killer diseases such as COVID-19 — the miraculous vaccines…
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Warren’s Madden Iamaleava runs the ball as they take on rival Downey on Friday night at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. (Photo by Tracey Roman, Contributing Photographer) Team captains for the Warren Bears and Downey Vikings watch the coin toss as the two teams get ready to play at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA, on Friday,…
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Q I generally leave a lot of the garden/ yard work to my hubby; however, I’ve become concerned – as is he – about the health of our Asian Pear tree. The branches have become all black as have most all the leaves. The fruit is small and burnt-looking, and sucker plants are growing from the…
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