THOUSAND OAKS — Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald got a call from his dad last week. Next game is against the Pittsburgh Steelers, he said, hometown team. He asked if his son if he was excited. For Donald, who still spends his offseasons in Pittsburgh and bases his foundation in the city, the excitement or…
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This summer’s poisonous algae bloom that sickened and killed hundreds of sea lions and dolphins off Southern California left behind a crop of young pups at local marine mammal rescue centers. Now that the young sea lions have a few months under their belts experts at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach, the…
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A deckhand aboard a Dana Point whale watching charter boat named the Hoku Nai’a was in the middle of describing traits of the common dolphins when he stopped cold and announced the sighting of a rare northern right whale dolphin swimming in their midst. The unusual sighting on Thursday, Oct. 19, was about five miles…
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Get ready to cheer on a wave of new Southern California surfers competing against the world’s best next year. Several surfers from San Clemente and San Diego have made the cut for the 2024 World Surf League World Tour, a dream for up-and-coming athletes who have worked their entire lives to make it to the…
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Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Oct. 12 to Oct. 19. Pho Place, 511 S. Brookhurst St., Anaheim Closed: Oct. 18 Reason: Cockroach infestation Reopened: Oct. 19 Curry Hut, 1317 E. Chapman Ave., Fullerton Closed: Oct. 17 Reason: None provided Reopened: Oct. 17…
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STEELERS (3-2) at RAMS (3-3) When: 1:05 p.m. Sunday Where: SoFi Stadium TV/Radio: FOX (Ch. 11)/710 AM; 93.1 FM; 1330 AM (Spanish); Sirius 226, 386 Line: Rams by 3 Notable injury designations Steelers: OUT: TE Pat Freiermuth (hamstring) Rams: OUT: RB Kyren Williams (ankle), DT Larrell Murchison (knee); QUESTIONABLE: LB Ernest Jones (knee), CB Derion Kendrick (personal), WR Ben…
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The deadline for Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign or veto bills sent to him by the Legislature was last weekend. Two weeks ago, this column highlighted a couple of the worst bills to get out of both houses this year. Now seems like a good time to revisit those bills and let you know how…
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[contact-form] Will California voters get a choice between parties for the U.S. Senate election on Nov. 5, 2024? They didn’t in two of the last three Senate elections, when it was only Democrats on the ballots. In 2018 the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein survived a challenge by Los Angeles Councilmember Kevin DeLeon, recently disgraced from…
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Between 2020 and 2022, Los Angeles lost nearly 2% of its population. While San Francisco’s exodus of 7.5% was even worse, these cities are not alone. People have also been fleeing San Jose, Long Beach and Oakland. It is not just that people are leaving the state; where they are fleeing to is also of…
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Santa Ana residents in Ward 3, the north and northeastern part of the city, are receiving their mail-in ballots and voter guides for a recall measure asking if Councilmember Jessie Lopez should be removed from office. The recall effort gathered enough signatures earlier this year to force the public vote; Ward 3 voters now have…
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