One year after opening Cabo Wabo Beach Club inside the Waterfront Beach Resort in Huntington Beach, Sammy Hagar, the restauranteur and noted frontman of such aural outfits as Van Halen and Montrose, has softly opened the Sand Bar, a beachside extension of his nearby restaurant. The Sand Bar, located a stone’s throw from the sand,…
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PHOENIX — Mookie Betts probably thought it would be the most difficult job he would ever love. But he didn’t really think about whether it would be temporary. “No, not really,” the Dodgers’ accidental shortstop says. “If there’s changes made and I have to move back to second or wherever, that’s fine. I don’t care.…
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SALINAS – Caltrans’ work at one of its roadway projects on Highway 1 continues to make progress and evolve after giving visitors a path to Big Sur through the Rocky Creek slip-out repair site that started this week, but excessive winds are a concern and hampering some of the repair work. On Monday, Caltrans opened…
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The Palestine Solidarity Encampment at UCLA ended in the precise manner university leaders initially sought to avoid — with a massive police force arresting more than 200 protesters in the dead of night. When the encampment sprung up on Royce Quad last Thursday, April 25, the university envisioned a world in which students could peacefully…
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By NICOLE WINFIELD ROME — A European court on Thursday upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California, ruling that Italy was justified in trying to reclaim an important part of its cultural heritage and rejecting the museum’s appeal. The European Court of Human Rights, or…
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After 10 years, President Joe Biden expanded the size of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument on Thursday, May 2, adding about 110,000 acres. There’s a lot to mention about adding federal Angeles National Forest lands to the monument. From animals to antiquity to awareness to aviary species. And that’s just the A’s. Below are…
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An Orange County jury has determined that two Buena Park police officers used excessive force when they shot and killed an unarmed 19-year-old following a traffic stop in Fullerton and has awarded his mother $3.5 million in damages, attorneys for the family announced Thursday. The jury verdict determined that David Patrick Sullivan — the teen…
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A Buena Park man who claims two sheriff’s detectives planted drug evidence against him and stole $4,000 of his money is seeking $30 million in damages from Orange County. In a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, May 2, Ace Kuumealoha Kelly accused Detectives Matthew LeFlore and Arthur Tiscareno of violating his civil rights by trying to…
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Fresh promise and auspicious beginnings gave way to stale results from a season of tumult for the Kings, who were eliminated by the Edmonton Oilers, again, on Wednesday. Edmonton has become more efficient in its disposal of its black-and-silver-clad warmup act, shortening the series and improving the performance of its lethal power play with each…
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With commencement ceremonies a week away and pro-Palestine protests continuing, USC implemented updated campus-entry procedures Thursday as it remains under a state of heightened security. According to the university, all parking garages will remain open, and entry to the campus will be available at three locations — McCarthy Way and Figueroa Street; Watt Way and…
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