Among his 74 UEFA Champions League appearances, Giorgio Chiellini never once faced a Serie A club. So in April, when the Los Angeles Football Club reached the quarterfinal round of the CONCACAF Champions League, the 38-year-old Italian defender thought it was “weird” to play another MLS team. To Chiellini, the CONCACAF encounter against the Vancouver…
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DENVER — Moving to shore up their roster after a wave of injuries, the Angels acquired veteran infielder Eduardo Escobar and cash considerations from the New York Mets on Friday in return for minor league pitchers Landon Marceaux and Coleman Crow. The Angels made roster room for Escobar by transferring infielder Gio Urshela to the…
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Attorney Bonnie Roadarmel was well-connected and well-heeled, buying first-class airfaire to Paris and shopping at Hermes, Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld. Married to a former supervising deputy in the state Attorney General’s Office, Roadarmel was a partner at a top Orange County legal firm who specialized in insurance law. By contrast, her former boss, Stephen Kanne,…
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Workers at 150 Starbucks locations will strike in the coming week over what their union says is a clash over decor supporting LGBTQ+ causes, but the company denies it’s banned any such displays and accused the union of using misinformation as a tactic in labor talks. Starbucks Workers United said in a tweet Friday that 3,500 workers…
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Another drop for stocks on Friday helped drag Wall Street to its first losing week in the last six. The S&P 500 fell 33.56, or 0.8%, to 4,348.33, pulling back further from last week when it reached its highest level in more than a year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 219.28, or 0.6%, to…
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Chris Mavinga’s first season with the Galaxy was interrupted by injury. On Wednesday, Mavinga played 90 minutes in the Galaxy’s 2-2 draw against Sporting Kansas City. It was his first 90-minute effort since Oct. 9, 2022, when he was a member of Toronto FC. “I tried to do my job, I was focused on winning…
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The world according to Jim: • It’s a fallacy, really, that in the NBA you need a Big Three to compete for a championship. Yet Phoenix’s acquisition of Bradley Beal last week, starting a chain reaction that eventually deposited Chris Paul with the Golden State Warriors, suggests some teams haven’t gotten the memo. … •…
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Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from June 15 to June 22. Mae’s Cafe, 9062 Trask Ave., Garden Grove Closed: June 15 Reason: Rodent infestation Reopened: June 15 Paddy’s Station, 26701 Verdugo St., Suite B, San Juan Capistrano Closed: June 15 Reason: Rodent infestation…
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As owner Tammy Strassenberg of Camp Verde, Arizona, right, watches, Buckshot flies through the air as he prepares to grab a hanging bumper after running and leaping off a 40-foot long stage only to land in a large pool of water during the Fetch It! event of the Incredible Dog Challenge western regional competition held…
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MIAMI — American midfielder Weston McKennie and defender Sergiño Dest were suspended by CONCACAF from matches they weren’t scheduled to play in, a result of their ejections from the Nations League semifinal against Mexico. CONCACAF on Friday said that McKennie must serve a four-game suspension and Dest a three-game ban as a result of on-field…
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