“The sky is full of planes, diving and zooming over the hangar line,” wrote Army pilot Lawrence M. Kirsch, describing his view of the shocking attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. “It’s like watching a newsreel. It doesn’t seem possible. It can’t be true. Something’s crazy.” Words so full of emotion and terror…
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Editor’s note: This is a detailed account of the day of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, written by Lawrence M. Kirsch, a one-time Southern California reporter and at that time an Army Air Corps pilot stationed at Honolulu. He offers a look at what that chaotic day looked like and his reaction…
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SAN DIEGO — It seems that Mike Trout’s decision to join Team USA for the World Baseball Classic had a significant impact on the rest of the roster. “The fact that he said ‘I’m in’ very early on, my conversations started to be easier and easier (with other players),” Team USA general manager Tony Reagins…
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Testing, testing. One. Two. Three. For three years now, our daily lives have been tossed around like a juggler’s clubs by the obsession with counting positive COVID-19 tests. Although a positive COVID test is not the same as an illness, not evidence of contagiousness, and not necessarily even accurate, Los Angeles residents have been living…
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The path to a light-filled holiday experience is wide open in Calabasas with the return of the Holiday Road walk-thru event at King Gillette Ranch. The nearly one mile trail is an Instagram-worthy holiday destination with photo ops that include stops at the North Pole, a Christmas tree forest, Gingerbread Lane, a Polar bear hang…
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By FRED SHUSTER LOS ANGELES — Jurors in the sex assault trial of former film producer Harvey Weinstein reconvened Tuesday to continue their deliberations. The panel deliberated for roughly 4 1/2 hours Monday, following about two hours on Friday afternoon, without reaching a verdict. On Friday morning, prior to the start of deliberations, Deputy District Attorney…
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AL RAYYAN, Qatar — The first World Cup held in an Arab nation has produced the Arab world’s first quarterfinalist. Morocco became only the fourth African country to reach the quarterfinals at the biggest soccer tournament in the world by beating Spain 3-0 in a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw through extra time. The…
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The eight-day holiday of Hanukkah begins Sunday evening, Dec. 18. Fried foods and foods prepared with oil commemorate the Hanukkah miracle, and so do candles lit in a Hanukkah menorah. Hanukkah, which means “dedication,” refers to the purification of the Holy Temple and the rekindling of the Temple’s Eternal Light after Ancient Jerusalem was liberated from…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now This week’s CIF-SS high school girls soccer polls, released Monday, Dec. 5. CIF-SS GIRLS SOCCER POLLS (Selected by the CIF-SS Girls Soccer Committee) DIVISION 1/2 1 Temecula Valley 2 Santiago/Corona 3 Oaks Christian 4 Millikan 5 Santa Margarita 6 Los Alamitos 7…
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