Manhattan Beach Police Department Officer Chad Swanson’s law enforcement career and his life, both cut short earlier this month in a traffic collision, will be honored with a funeral procession and service on Wednesday, Oct. 18. The procession begins in Manhattan Beach, with a church service following in Cypress. The procession starts at 8:30 a.m.…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The CIF-SS boys water polo polls released Monday, Oct. 16 (Selected by the CIF-SS Boys Water Polo Committee.) DIVISION 1 1. JSerra 2. Newport Harbor 3. Harvard-Westlake 4. Oaks Christian 5. Corona del Mar 6. Loyola 7. Mater Dei 8T. Huntington Beach…
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Jared Walsh, who was an All-Star in 2021, was among six players outrighted by the Angels on Monday. It’s the first step toward all six of them becoming free agents. Right-handers Jaime Barria and Carson Fullmer, left-hander Jhonathan Diaz, outfielder Brett Phillips and catcher Chad Wallach were also outrighted. Walsh, Barria, Phillps and Wallach were…
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Still in search of their first win of the young season, the Kings took to the skies for their first road game of the year, in which they’ll be visiting old friends: Gabe Vilardi, Alex Iafallo and Rasmus Kupari, now of the Winnipeg Jets. All three players were shipped out in the deal for Pierre-Luc…
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Christopher O’Donnell, Tampa Bay Times | Kaiser Health News (TNS) Debbie King barely gave it a second thought when she scraped her right shin climbing onto her friend’s pontoon for a day of boating in the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 13. Even though her friend immediately dressed the slight cut, her shin was red…
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Over the summer, multiple stores in Los Angeles were targeted in an organized retail theft spree resulting in the loss of over $750,000 worth of merchandise. It was just the latest in a slew of brazen smash-and-grab style crimes across the state that were captured on video and viewed by millions of people. These videos…
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By Dina Bass and Cecilia D’Anastasio | Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. completed its $69 billion purchase of Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard after a nearly two-year fight with global regulators threatened to scuttle the deal. The biggest-ever acquisition in the video game industry gives the maker of Xbox consoles a more formidable position against rivals, vaulting it…
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Tax filers, if you haven’t filed 2023 returns, today is the day. The extended deadline to file personal or business taxes both for California and the IRS was extended to Oct. 16 after storms, flooding and fires prompted FEMA disaster declarations across most of the state. Filers must get their paperwork and payments submitted today.…
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Garden Grove residents Tina Nguyen, left, and Sydney Tong pose for a selfie together at the annual Korean Arirang Festival at Garden Grove Park on Sunday, October 15, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer) Students from Hallelujah Taekwondo perform their craft on stage at the annual Arirang Festival at Garden Grove Park on Sunday,…
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden postponed a trip to Colorado on Monday to stay in Washington and focus on the growing conflict in the Middle East, setting aside an opportunity to pitch his economic accomplishments as he runs for reelection. The White House said Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with…
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