DK Nnuro’s novel “What Napoleon Could Not Do” opens with a divorce ceremony, which, in Ghana, is a custom when two families dissolve the marriage bond. But neither half of the fracturing couple, Jacob and Patricia, are there. The couple, whose relationship had been limited to letters, FaceTime and other modern communications have never even met…
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In a quiet, gated community in Dana Point, a Ukrainian flag flies atop one of the houses. Inside, 9-year-old Arsenii and 7-year-old Mark play while their mothers Maria Kobylianska and Liudmyla Maksymenko sit at the dining table sipping coffee and nibbling on Ukrainian cookies. Maksymenko is a refugee from Ukraine who came to the U.S.…
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Southern California residents awoke to some wild weather on Friday, Feb. 24 as a winter storm settled in along the west coast. A rare blizzard warning went into effect early this morning for the Los Angeles, Ventura County and San Bernardino mountains. Wrightwood received eight inches of snow, with some areas in Riverside receiving up…
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Few of us are experts on incarceration. But we are the ones who pay for it. Who, nominally, at least, have hopes for it. That it keeps us safer. That it treats with some kind of dignity those who through either deep faults of their own or, as they say, extenuating circumstances, get caught…
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IRVINE — The comeback seemed destined for a happy conclusion. With a 3-pointer from Dawon Baker, the UC Irvine men’s basketball team had whittled a 22-point second-half deficit to four with less than two minutes left. The home crowd, which minutes earlier had been watching a blowout, came to life. A UC San Diego turnover…
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SANTA BARBARA — In a game that featured 20 lead changes, UC Santa Barbara was ahead when it mattered most and sent Long Beach State to its third straight loss. Long Beach shot 56.1% from the field and Aboubacar Traore and Lassina Traore had double-doubles, but strong outside shooting and a significant advantage at the…
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By MATTHEW COLES The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Even when few other Bruins seemed to be able to get it going in the second half, UCLA could count on Jaime Jaquez Jr. Jaquez scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half and Tyger Campbell added 18 to lift fourth-ranked UCLA to…
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The National Anthem prior to the start of the Golden Gloves competition in the gym at Loma Alta Park in Altadena on Thursday, February 23, 2023. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG) The referee goes over the rules with Boxer Roger Gomez-Peralta of the Villa Parke Boxing of Pasadena and Javier Aguilar of the…
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It’s hard to believe that at this time 3 years ago, we were building fallout shelters with toilet paper, upping the unnecessary home food delivery orders, and avoiding any meaningful human interaction with people. With the lockdown came canceled shows, concerts, and entertainment until we figured out how to navigate through a global pandemic. Nevertheless,…
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Orange Lutheran’s boys soccer team got an early goal and that was all the Lancers would need to win the CIF Southern Section Division 4 championship. The Lancers defeated Littlerock 3–0 on Thursday in the Division 4 final at Littlerock High. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!! The boys soccer team defeated Littlerock on Thursday in the…
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