Soaring mortgage rates have iced California homebuying to a record low. Look at what my trusty spreadsheet found when peeking at stats tracking August purchases and pricing for single-family existing homes from the California Association of Realtors. The Federal Reserve’s inflation battle – using high interest rates as the cooling agent – plus stubborn pricing…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The CIF-SS boys and girls cross country rankings released Monday, Sept. 18. Compiled by PrepCalTrack.com BOYS DIVISION 1 1 Great Oak 2 San Clemente 3 Beckman 4 Trabuco Hills 5 Crescenta Valley 6 Mira Costa 7 M.L. King 8 Redondo Union 9…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The CIF-SS girls tennis polls, released Monday, Sept. 18 Selected by the CIF-SS Girls Tennis Advisory Committee. DIVISION 1 1. Mater Dei 2. Westlake 3. Palos Verdes 4. Peninsula 5. Mira Costa 6. Portola 7. Harvard 8. Corona del Mar 9. Foothill…
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By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — T.J. Watt scooped up a fumble by DeShaun Watson and returned it 17 yards for the go-ahead touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Cleveland Browns, 26-22, on Monday night in a game overshadowed by a serious knee injury to Cleveland star…
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LOS ANGELES — The only signs of what could have been came with the faintest smattering of boos, a few early birds at Dodger Stadium expressing displeasure as Eduardo Rodriguez took the mound on Monday night. Surely, when Detroit Tigers starter Rodriguez invoked his no-trade clause to axe a trade-deadline deal that would have been…
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LOS ANGELES — You want spots on a postseason roster, by any reasonable measure, to be earned and not given. And, truly, a number of Dodgers hitters have heated up in this latter stretch of the season – hello, Jason Heyward – to make their cases for a spot on the Dodgers’ final roster heading…
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There’s a well-worn joke, ageist no doubt, that goes something like this: “I hope to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandpa, not screaming like the other people in the car he was driving.” Chances are the time will come when we have to sit with our elderly parents and tell them it’s no…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The CIF-SS girls volleyball polls, released Monday, Sept. 18 CIF-SS GIRLS VOLLEYBALL POLLS (Selected by the CIF-SS Girls Volleyball Committee) DIVISION 1/2 1. Mira Costa 2. Mater Dei 3. Huntington Beach 4. Sierra Canyon 5. Redondo Union 6. Marymount 7. Los Alamitos 8.…
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While a prospect tournament in the dying days of summer might not muster the exhilaration of the Stanley Cup Final, the Ducks continued to excel in the six-team Rookie Faceoff, capturing two of three matches in the Las Vegas area and improving to 14-2-3 in their last 17 such exhibitions. A pair of 2023 draft…
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By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tony Jones Jr. ran for two touchdowns, rookie Blake Grupe kicked two field goals and the New Orleans Saints beat the Carolina Panthers, 20-17, on Monday night, improving to 2-0 for the first time since 2013. Jones replaced the injured Jamaal Williams late in the first…
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