The Chargers have won three consecutive games, four out of five and six of nine overall this season. They have the NFL’s stingiest defense, a playmaking quarterback who is heating up at just the right moment with his arm and his legs and a coach whose reputation for winning precedes him. So, it wasn’t surprising…
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Sabrina Carpenter has had a very, very, very good year. Her album “Short ‘n Sweet” soared to No. 1 in the United States and other countries on its release in August. Its singles “Please Please Please,” “Taste” and “Espresso” reached Nos. 1, 2 and 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Last month, she earned Grammy…
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A 32-year-old man died after falling off a ladder at Maggiano’s Little Italy restaurant outside South Coast Plaza on Saturday morning, Nov. 16, authorities and a restaurant spokesperson said. Shortly before 8 a.m., Costa Mesa police and fire and rescue personnel were dispatched to the 3300 block of Bristol Street for a report of a…
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A 37-year-old female choir teacher at Santa Ana High School was arrested on suspicion of having sexual relations with a 17-year-old male student, authorities said. Officers responded at about 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16 to Santa Ana High at 520 W. Walnut St. regarding a report of a 17-year-old senior allegedly involved in an inappropriate…
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LOS ANGELES — For years – for decades, even – USC’s athletic department has often found itself caught between the rock of university tradition and the hard place of collegiate football’s evolution, grappling with varying degrees of innovation in an ever-increasing need for revenue. That’s extended, throughout the Trojans’ history, to the program’s uniforms, where…
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The UCLA football team changed its verbiage for scoring. Instead of saying “get points,” the Bruins now say they want to “finish in the paint.” The offense couldn’t hold up its end of the bargain, but the defense kept UCLA competitive in Friday night’s loss to Washington as the team continues to struggle to emphatically…
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From the corner, James Harden buried his third 3-pointer of the night, one that tied him with Ray Allen for second place on the NBA’s all-time list. The 26-foot pull up shot came late in the opening quarter against the Houston Rockets. But his long-range shot eluded him for the next three quarters and so…
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Q. Is there any way to get rid of clothes moths? I hate the smell of mothballs and would love to find an alternative way of protecting my wool sweaters. There are two types of clothes moths – those that produce webbing and those that produce cases. Tineola bisselliella, the web-making moth, is the more…
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Disneyland chefs have come up with another stellar lineup of food mashups and fantastic flavors for this year’s Festival of Holidays food festival that brings together familiar and unusual tastes from Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Navidad. I taste-tested several menu items at the Disney Festival of Holidays on Friday, Nov. 15 during the kickoff…
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Pacific Airshow this month dropped its lawsuit against former Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr that had accused her of wrongly canceling the final day of the 2021 air show after an oil spill was discovered off the coast. It’s the same October 2022 lawsuit in which Huntington Beach had been sued. Carr has long maintained…
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