“No person’s life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session,” is a quote attributed to Mark Twain. For that reason, taxpayers breathed a sigh of relief when the legislature adjourned on August 31st of this year. That’s the good news. The bad news is that legislators return this week and, at…
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SAN DIEGO — As the Angels head to the Winter Meetings, the big question is whether they are going to “go big.” A month into the offseason, the Angels have already made three significant acquisitions — pitcher Tyler Anderson, infielder Gio Urshela and outfielder Hunter Renfroe — that pushed their payroll to just about where…
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Everyone wants a national championship, but the UCLA women’s soccer team started seriously believing it could win one after going cross-country in September to upset then-No. 1 North Carolina, 2-1, a couple days after they’d also knocked off No. 2 Duke, 2-1. Since then, first-year head coach Margueritte Aozasa has continued to steer a program…
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After a nine-win regular season, UCLA will look to tie a program record in wins at the Sun Bowl on Dec. 30 against Pitt in El Paso. The Bruins have appeared in the Sun Bowl four previous times, most recently in 2013 when they beat Virginia Tech 42-12. UCLA is 3-1 in the Sun Bowl.…
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As you stuff your dollars into the red kettle this holiday season, know this: Orange County nonprofits reported a whopping $24.8 billion in income since 2020 — some 10% of O.C.’s gross domestic product, according to data from the Internal Revenue Service and the St. Louis Fed. And that doesn’t even count the gazillions folks…
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Go with me on this one. You have a friend who recently became the subject of global condemnation for his anti-Semitic rants that cost him millions in endorsement deals and made him a social pariah. He calls and asks if you will have him over for dinner. You say, “Is 7 good for you?” Your…
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Q. I adore my grandchildren. Now, as they are teenagers, the relationship seems a little different with a lot of competition for their time. They are busy with friends, school activities and more. As a widowed grandmother, their relationship with me is more important than ever. Any suggestions on how to keep the bond that…
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More than three weeks after the election, most contests on Orange County voters’ ballots have long since been settled – but until the last hundred ballots were tallied on Friday, a handful of races remained in limbo, the number of votes between victory and defeat counted in the double or even single digits. Close races…
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For Yankees, running dogs of capitalist overlords as we are, it can be hard to get our rabid heads around the idea of not openly criticizing our leaders. This is the land after all of “Let’s go, Brandon,” a phrase the meaning of which is known throughout the nation, involving taunting the president of the…
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DOHA, Qatar — It all seems so straightforward — laughable, perhaps — for Kylian Mbappé when it comes to the World Cup. The France forward, who scored four goals when he led his country to the title four years ago as a 19-year-old phenom, put on yet another demonstration of how devastating he can be…
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