Summer may be winding down, but Mother Nature is turning up the heat across the region again this week, with record-breaking temperatures possible in some areas. “High pressure building over the region will bring hot weather to areas away from the coast through Wednesday,” according to the National Weather Service. The hottest temperatures were expected…
Read more
ORANGE COUNTY GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TOP 10 (Records through Aug. 27) 1. Mater Dei 12-0: The Monarchs won a tournament in Texas, beating Cathedral Catholic in the semifinals and MaxPreps.com’s preseason national No. 1 Prestonwood Christian in the final. 2. Huntington Beach 5-3: The Oilers defeated Sierra Canyon, last year’s CIF Southern Section Division 1 champion.…
Read more
The El Segundo Little League All-Stars got a hero’s welcome on Monday, Aug. 28. Hundreds lined up along Main Street on Monday afternoon to show their love for the world hampionship El Segundo Little League All-Star team, which brought back the lauded title after a nail-biter final game Sunday in Williamsport, Pennsylvania — which ended…
Read more
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The CIF-SS boys and girls cross country preseason rankings released Monday, Aug. 28 Compiled by PrepCalTrack.com BOYS DIVISION 1 1 San Clemente 2 Trabuco Hills 3 Great Oak 4 Mira Costa 5 Crescenta Valley 6 Millikan 7 Beckman 8 Loyola 9 Huntington…
Read more
Former President Donald Trump will head to Costa Mesa in late September, a day after the California Republican Party’s fall convention in Anaheim. He is scheduled to speak at an evening event on Saturday, Sept. 30 with tickets ranging from $1,000 to $23,200, according to an event invite. The five-figure ticket, which is per couple, comes…
Read more
LOS ANGELES — The Sparks have won six of their last seven games but the job is not done if they want to end their two-year dry spell and make the playoffs for the first time since 2020. The Sparks (15-19) are 1½ games ahead of Chicago (14-21) in the standings for the eighth and…
Read more
PHILADELPHIA — The Angels are still waiting to see the Lucas Giolito they expected when they announced their intention to go for it by acquiring him. Giolito gave up five runs in the Angels’ 6-4 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday, increasing his ERA to 6.89 in six starts with the Angels. The Angels…
Read more
By Holden Lewis | NerdWallet.com Is the housing shortage merely awful, or jaw-droppingly catastrophic? Depends on who you ask. The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies estimates that there’s a deficit of 1.5 million dwellings. Realtor.com says that we’re 2.3 million units short. Zillow says it’s 4.3 million, and the National Association of Realtors (NAR)…
Read more
Starting Week 2 of the high school football season with notes, comments and observations … A view of the Crestview: Yorba Linda has been the best team in the four-team Crestview League the past two seasons, having won the league championship the past two years and a CIF Southern Section title last season. Yorba Linda…
Read more
On the heels of announcing its Anaheim closure on Aug. 23, Pour Vida Tortillas and Taps shuttered its Fullerton location one day later on Thursday, Aug. 24. A sign posted on the door of the Harbor Blvd. spot says it’s temporarily closed because of a staffing shortage. The Yelp page for the Fullerton location notes…
Read more
