As singer-songwriter Mxmtoon reached the end of “Sad Disco” she looked, in contrast to her song’s title, absolutely delighted to be on stage at record label 88rising’s Head in the Clouds festival in Pasadena on Saturday. “Being at this festival means so much to me,” the 22-year-old from Oakland told the crowd before her at…
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For a little while on Sunday, Yankee Stadium echoed with the sounds and memories of champions. The ballpark was full and loud as the Bombers honored World Series champion Paul O’Neill in a ceremony to retire his number. Fans roared as the Yankees from the 1990s dynasty teams were announced and chanted O’Neill’s name. “There’s so…
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Yasmani Grandal singled to left to begin the seventh inning for the Chicago White Sox against the Cleveland Guardians Saturday at Progressive Field. He advanced to second on a wild pitch and attempted to score when Elvis Andrus singled to center, but was out at the plate. Grandal, in trying to avoid the tag, grabbed…
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DETROIT — For all that has gone wrong for the Angels this season, their Double-A team has provided some hope for the future. The Rocket City Trash Pandas, who play in Madison, Ala., are 65-48, with a roster dotted with the Angels’ top prospects. On Saturday night, the Trash Pandas trailed by five runs at…
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Sunday’s Chicago White Sox-Cleveland Guardians game at Progressive Field has been postponed because of “unplayable field conditions,” the Guardians announced. It rained for portions of the morning in the area. A rescheduled date was immediately announced. The third-place Sox are 2½ games behind the first-place Guardians in the American League Central. The teams split the…
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Here’s what you need to know about the preseason game between the Ravens and Arizona Cardinals. Time: 8 p.m. Sunday Venue: State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona TV: Channels 45, 5 (Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Tom Rinaldi, Erin Andrews) Stream: NFL Game Pass Radio: 98 Rock (97.9 FM) (Gerry Sandusky, Rod Woodson) Forecast: Mid-80s to low…
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Ballots have formed in Orange County city council races, and there are lots of interesting angles to note. One is the lack of interest in running for local government in some corners of the county: Buena Park District 5 Councilman Connor Traut faces no challenger, and neither does Costa Mesa’s District 4 Councilman Manuel Chavez.…
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School breakfast menus have featured croissant sandwiches and chocolate chip muffins, yogurt parfaits and fresh baked cinnamon rolls, scrambled eggs and pancakes. At lunch: hamburgers and cheeseburgers, spicy chicken sandwiches and pizza, corndogs and hotdogs. We know that more than half of California’s public school students have qualified for free and reduced price lunches. And…
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Progressive Democrats run California, and this is an interesting thing to watch when one of them decides to run somewhere else, such as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina in quick succession. Many Californians have been conditioned to believe that they, or their neighbors, are personally to blame for ever-tightening water restrictions and rolling blackouts.…
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Incumbent; what’s in a title? During a redistricting year, that’s a great question. Those interested in running for local offices, from city council to school boards, faced an Aug. 12 deadline to get the required number of signatures collected and paperwork filed in order to qualify for the November ballot. But in races without an…
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