On Monday last, I drove to Van Nuys/Sherman Oaks Park for a pickup softball game. I left the house at 8 a.m., which should have left plenty of time to reach my destination.Unfortunately, the 101 was extra grouchy and Waze sent me meandering through a labyrinth of surface streets, including a long jog north to…
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Southern California communities are expecting to be “deeply impacted” by the end of Title 42, a coronavirus-era policy that allowed the U.S. to turn away asylum seekers at the southern border. Between the state’s proximity to Mexico and a sizable immigrant population that already calls California home, the changes at the border may result in…
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With his signing of a death warrant for Duane Owen on Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis has now approved four executions in less than four months, ending a long drought where he didn’t condemn any murderers to die. That move comes as DeSantis is on the verge of declaring a bid for the White House, raising…
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About 10 years ago, we traded our fescue for UC Verde buffalograss. The transformation took several months, but our grass has held up well against the 100+ degree summers. It demands much less water, so we can be more generous in irrigating our fruit trees and vegetables. At the time we installed it, there were…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Crean Lutheran’s softball team unintentionally violated the pregame batting practice rules that led to it forfeiting a CIF-SS quarterfinal victory this week, Saints athletic director Eric Olson said. The Southern Section announced Friday that Crean Lutheran forfeited its 8-3 victory against visiting Tahquitz…
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Laguna Woods resident Irene Cheng was out shopping on the morning of May 15, 2022 – the day a mass shooting took place at a local Taiwanese church in the quiet, mostly elderly south Orange County neighborhood. “I saw the yellow tape around the church. Then I heard the news,” said Cheng, who lives in…
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LONG BEACH — As it so often does, the chase for the Big West Conference softball title has come down to a season-ending series between rivals Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State. And LBSU pitcher Shannon Haddad made sure the race will go down to the final day for the third year in a…
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On a visit up north last week, cornily, before going out to dinner, I put Tony Bennett on the Bluetooth speaker as I got dressed: “The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gay/The glory that was Rome is of another day/I’ve been terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan/I’m going home to my city by the…
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LOS ANGELES — Oh, sure. The resurgent, Western Conference finals-bound Lakers would have you believe they’re operating in a soundproof booth, that none of what Coach Darvin Ham characterized as “useless” and “irrelevant” noise is capable of reaching them. They’ll tell you they’re focused, locked in, that even if another playoff game is on TV,…
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SAN BERNARDINO >> Hits found holes and the Aquinas baseball team made more of its own luck. Nate Christman tripled, homered and had three RBIs as Aquinas totaled 11 hits in a 7-2 win over Ocean View on Friday in a CIF Southern Section Division 2 quarterfinal playoff game. “Today we got a lot more…
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