Los Alamitos Race Course kicks off its 2023 L.A. County Fair meet on Friday with an eight-race program. The first post for the nine-day season is 1 p.m. The meet is highlighted by three stakes races worth a total of $425,000 – the $200,000 Grade II Great Lady M., the $125,000 Los Alamitos Derby and…
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Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani was elected on Thursday to start the All-Star Game at designated hitter for the third straight year, while outfielder Mike Trout moved on to next week’s Phase 2 for a spot in July 11 game in Seattle. Ohtani bypassed Phase 2 of the process by virtue of being the top…
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Orange County’s economy will sour along with the nation as local home prices fall by 11% in the next six months, Chapman University economists forecast. The school’s semiannual economic outlook, released Thursday, June 22, calls for mild national recession in the second half of the year. “We’re even more confident that there will be a…
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SANTA ANITA LEADERS (Final standings) JOCKEYS / WINS Juan Hernandez / 42 Ramon Vazquez / 25 Umberto Rispoli / 23 Hector Berrios / 21 Kent Desormeaux / 18 TRAINERS / WINS Philip D’Amato / 17 Doug O’Neill / 15 Mark Glatt / 14 George Papaprodromou / 13 Two tied / 12 WEEKEND STAKES AT LOS…
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By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK — Victor Wembanyama is officially the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, headed to San Antonio with enormous expectations to become basketball’s newest sensation. The selection of the 19-year-old from France, which had been a foregone conclusion for months, was announced by NBA commissioner Adam Silver…
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About two dozen Orange County high school students spent a recent day getting a feel for what a typical shift might be like as an EMT. The students spent part of the day on Wednesday, June 21, at the U.S. headquarters of Falck Mobile Health in Anaheim, a provider of emergency medical services and transportation…
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The luxury Baja California Sur resort where a Newport Beach couple was found dead on June 13 has been temporarily closed, according to a report from ABC News. The Rancho Pescadero hotel, a Hyatt property, was shuttered June 18 so a third-party investigation can take place, the news report said. Abby Lutz and John Heathco,…
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EL SEGUNDO — The Lakers selected Jalen Hood-Schifino, a point guard from Indiana, with the 17th overall pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night. He was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year after averaging 13.5 points on 41.7% shooting in 32 games for the Hoosiers in 2022-23. Hood-Schifino, listed at 6-foot-5½ and 217…
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Editor’s note: This is the Thursday, June 22, 2023, edition of the “Game Day with Kevin Modesti” newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. Good morning. It used to be that you knew roughly what to expect from the Lakers and Clippers, from the regular season to the playoffs to the…
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By PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER The search for a missing submersible with five people aboard took a bleak turn Thursday when the U.S. Coast Guard said a debris field was found at the bottom of the ocean near the Titanic, and the critical 96-hour mark passed when breathable air could have run out. The…
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