Tropical Storm Idalia is forecast to become a hurricane when it nears western Cuba on Monday, the National Hurricane Center said, prompting Gov. Ron DeSantis to expand his earlier state-of-emergency declaration as officials across the Gulf Coast make preparations. What was originally forecast to be nothing stronger than a tropical storm was now predicted to…
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday morning, Aug. 28, announced his office is suing the Chino Valley Unified School District to stop enforcement of a recently passed policy requiring parents to be notified if their child is transgender. At a Los Angeles news conference, Bonta said the district’s policy, which the Chino Valley school…
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Every year when the season for stone fruit draws to an end, I am eager to use it in as many dishes as possible. Plums are generally available through most of September and one of my favorite ways to show them off is in an irresistible couscous salad. It’s delicious as a side dish served…
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Three women from Orange County who were rideshare passengers, including two sisters, were killed early Saturday, Aug. 26, when the car was hit broadside by another vehicle at a south Los Angeles intersection, authorities said. Three other people were critically injured, the California Highway Patrol said. Juvelyn Arroyo (Photo courtesy GoFundMe) Kimberly Izquierdo, 27, of…
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Santa Ana’s Chicano Heritage Festival at El Salvador Park celebrates Chicano culture with a car show, pictured, live music, food trucks and amusement rides for kids on Sunday, August 27, 2023. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) Andrea Gonzalez, 6, left, and Sofia Calderon, 3, enjoy the adrenaline rush of “Pirates Revenge,” an amusement…
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Alyssa Thomas scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Connecticut Sun in an 83-68 victory over the Sparks on Sunday, snapping the Sparks’ six-game win streak. Azurá Stevens finished with 17 points to lead the Sparks (15-19), who currently hold the eighth and final playoff spot in the 12-team…
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In the Coliseum parking lot adjacent to BMO Stadium, planting their rows of cardinal-and-yellow tarps on a sweltering Saturday afternoon tarmac, the Psychos convened. Grills sizzled in front of USC-branded lawn chairs, a plain sign atop a red-draped plastic serving table reading “9,031 DAYS SINCE UCLA WON THE PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP.” Shots of Fireball were bestowed…
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A crowd of El Segundo residents who packed a local park erupted when Louis Lappe hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the final inning on Sunday, Aug. 27. The 12-year-old’s dramatic solo shot into the left field stands lifted the seaside city’s headline-making team over Curacao to snag the Little League World…
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By WILL GRAVES AP Writer SAN JOSE — A decade later, Simone Biles is still on top. The gymnastics star won her record eighth U.S. Championship on Sunday night, 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her sport as a teenage prodigy. Biles, now a 26-year-old newlywed considered perhaps the greatest of all time,…
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The scene was surreal. Aimee Roberts, director of the Florence Sylvester Senior Center in Laguna Hills, stood in the building’s parking lot, swinging a sword as she decapitated a bottle of Champagne and some of the bubbly came gushing out onto the pavement. Roberts was demonstrating the art of sabrage, a technique for opening a…
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