One big-money California business deal to watch is how rich Angels baseball star Shohei Ohtani will become once his current contract ends this year. Ohtani, who’s making $30 million in 2023, will be a free agent when the season ends. He’ll be available for hire by any of Major League Baseball’s 30 teams to pursue.…
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Deanne Niedziela lay in a surgical Intensive Care Unit bed not far from her corner office in a tower at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo. On May 28 in Costa Rica, Niedziela was crushed to the ground when a tree limb randomly dropped from the jungle overhead onto her left shoulder, leaving her in a…
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A tourist was found dead Monday in his car in Death Valley National Park, and investigators believe he was overcome by heat. The body was found around 10 a.m. by a National Park Service maintenance worker who went to check on a car that was about 30 yards off North Highway, the road to Scotty’s…
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Driven by a group of celebrity chefs, a new pop-up restaurant in Los Angeles is giving people who wish they could get just a taste of the delicious dishes they see on shows like “Iron Chef” and “Chef’s Table” a chance to devour the food in real life. “Food needs to be an experience and…
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California lawmakers have been busy over the last decade trying to make it easier to build homes across a housing-strapped state. But there’s an 840-mile-long exception. In an undulating band that generally runs 1,000 yards from the shoreline, the 12 members of the California Coastal Commission have the final say over what gets built, where…
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The annual OC Fair is ready to kick off its season at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa on July 14-Aug. 13 and is celebrating Pacific Amphitheatre’s 40th anniversary with the 2023 Toyota Summer Concert Series. Concerts include a mix of genres like R&B icon Smokey Robinson, Regional Mexican artist Ramon Ayala,…
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY BOKSBURG, South Africa — The death toll from a toxic gas leak that authorities blamed on an illegal gold processing operation in South Africa rose to 17, including three children, as police removed canisters from a community of closely packed shacks and sifted through evidence Thursday. The leak of…
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Team USA opposite hitter Aaron Russell, left, spikes the ball during their Volleyball Nations League match against Cuba on Wednesday night at the Anaheim Convention Center. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG) Team USA libero Erik Shoji returns a shot during their Volleyball Nations League match against Cuba on Wednesday night at the Anaheim Convention…
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LOS ANGELES — Sparks coach Curt Miller almost got his wish at home against the Atlanta Dream. The Sparks fought hard early in the second half, trimming a 13-point halftime deficit to five midway through the third quarter. “Really proud and that was the message afterward that they showed a lot of character,” Miller said.…
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The girls’ trip to Montana continued for a second week on “The Real Housewives of Orange County” on Wednesday. It was Tamra Judge‘s idea, so the activities are all Tamra’s ideas. That means when Heather Dubrow and Gina Kirschenheiter find themselves shoveling horse manure out of a trailer, Tamra put them there. And when Shannon…
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