Back in January, 109 container ships waited off the California coast to unload cargo in Los Angeles and Long Beach, the nation’s two largest ports. Consumers, stuck at home amid the pandemic, had unleashed an avalanche of orders for goods that overwhelmed factories and ports. Importers were paying $20,000 to send a single container from…
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Virginia State Police officials admitted Wednesday, Dec. 7, that they botched the background check that allowed Austin Lee Edwards, the man who killed three members of a Riverside family in November, to enter the agency’s academy in 2021. Edwards was taken in for a mental-health evaluation in 2016 after cutting himself, biting his father and…
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Last season, the Kings’ season-high win streak of seven games went a long way toward the team qualifying for the playoffs, and during a current six-game road trip they’ll face four of the six opponents from that tear. “It’s going to be a long one. We’ve got to chip away every game and every day…
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SAN DIEGO — The Angels left the Winter Meetings on Wednesday with the same hole in the middle infield as they had when they arrived. At the moment, their depth chart has David Fletcher and Luis Rengifo at shortstop and second base. Which one would play which spot is still up for debate. You can…
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A judge on Wednesday sentenced former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani to nearly 13 years in prison for his role in the company’s blood-testing hoax — a sentence slightly longer than that given to the CEO, who was his lover and accomplice in one of Silicon Valley’s biggest scandals. Balwani was convicted in July of fraud…
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SAN DIEGO — The scars have clearly not healed. As usual, the Dodgers have been linked (wrongly, so far) with nearly every one of the top free agents on the market this offseason. But Carlos Correa is not the usual case. Correa’s connection to the Houston Astros’ 2017 sign-stealing scandal and World Series victory over…
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A Huntington Beach police motor officer was injured in a collision in Long Beach on Wednesday, Dec. 7. Just before 2:30 p.m., the on-duty motorcycle officer was driving along Bellflower Boulevard, near the Atherton Street intersection by the Cal State University Long Beach Campus, according to the Long Beach Police Department. The motorcycle collided with…
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COSTA MESA — Coach Brandon Staley ran down the list of the Chargers’ injured players after the team held a walk-through rather than a full practice on Wednesday. When he got to Derwin James Jr.’s name, he said that the standout safety continued to suffer from an earlier quadriceps injury. James was listed on Wednesday’s…
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RAIDERS (5-7) AT RAMS (3-9) When: 5:15 p.m. Thursday Where: SoFi Stadium TV/Radio: Prime Video/710 AM; 93.1 FM; 1330 AM (Spanish); Sirius 83, 225 Line: Raiders by 6½ points Notable injury designations: Rams: DL Aaron Donald (out; ankle), QB John Wolford (questionable; neck), WR Brandon Powell (questionable; illness), CB Troy Hill (questionable; groin), LB Travin…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now This week’s Orange County girls water polo rankings, Dec. 7: GIRLS WATER POLO TOP 10 1. Laguna Beach (2-0) The Breakers passed an early-season test by holding off San Marcos 10-9 last week but face another big challenge in No. 2 Orange Lutheran…
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