The massive new Baymax character coming to San Fransokyo Square will put the “big” in Big Hero 6 when the inflatable healthcare robot joins his pal Hiro Hamada at the rethemed land at Disney California Adventure. Baymax will make meet-and-greet appearances in San Fransokyo Square on Thursday, Aug. 31 when the full transformation of the…
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LOS ANGELES — Until a recent six-game winning streak, it has been a brutal season for the Sparks, losses layered on injuries layered on losses. And Tuesday night’s game ended unhappily, a chance to move closer to an unlikely WNBA playoff spot foiled when they couldn’t close the deal against their closest pursuer, Chicago. But…
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OC Animal Care has sent 69 pets to rescue agencies in northern California to make room for an influx of more than 350 animals the shelter received in recent days, many as a direct result of Tropical Storm Hilary, officials said. Injured and displaced pets continue to arrive at the OC Animal Care shelter because…
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Rams general manager Les Snead has been to the mountaintop but his vantage point at the moment may be deep in the valley as the Rams are coming off a 5-12 title defense that led to the severing of ties with significant players from a roster that won the Super Bowl just a year earlier.…
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Monique Hernandez says her days are often sabotaged before she even begins work. As a nurse in the telemetry unit at HCA’s Riverside Community Hospital, she’s supposed to care for a maximum of four patients at a time. But many days, she says that ratio is higher. And in a department where critical patients must…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now One of Orange County’s best soccer coaches is now part of a national Hall of Fame. Retired Sunny Hills girls soccer coach Jeff Gordon was inducted into the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame earlier this summer in Lincoln, Neb.…
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Orange County Soccer Club announced that forward Korede Osundina has been transferred to Feyenoord of the Dutch Eredivisie. Osundina, 19, is the fifth international transfer for OCSC and the first with Feyenoord, who is a new partner. ESPN reported that the transfer fee is $215,000 and could reach $1 million if certain incentives are met.…
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK — Coco Gauff used the phrase “when I was younger” after her second-round victory at the U.S. Open on Wednesday while discussing the perspective she’s gained at the ripe old age of 19. “I used to think,” she explained, “every match was life or death.” And now?…
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A 54-year-old man was convicted of first-degree murder this week for shooting to death a Buena Park man two years ago on an Anaheim street. An Orange County Superior Court jury deliberated for several hours before finding Glen Ralph Johnson guilty on Tuesday, Aug. 29, of killing 43-year-old Tyrone Portis during a morning confrontation on…
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By Alexandra Olson | The Associated Press The Biden administration proposed a new rule Wednesday that would make 3.6 million more U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay, the most generous such increase in decades. The rule would revive an Obama-era effort that faced strong pushback from business leaders and Republicans and was ultimately scuttled in…
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