It’s been more than three weeks since the Los Angeles Football Club won a match. Wednesday night’s U.S. Open Cup final at BMO Stadium presents a unique opportunity, one the team earned with that late-August victory near the banks of the Green River, at the 4,500-seat Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Washington. The gutsy 1-0…
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San Clemente’s Eden Walla is the youngest ever to wear the prestigious winner’s cape at the Nissan Super Girl Surf Pro in Oceanside. The 15-year-old made history Sunday, Sept. 22, after winning the all-girls event at the Oceanside Pier. Walla faced 14-year-old Kiara Goold, of Tahiti. Eden Walla, of San Clemente, won the Nissan Super…
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Six Flags Magic Mountain let me turn my twisted fantasies into reality when I got to dress up like a deranged clown at Fright Fest Extreme and torment anyone who dared step foot inside the City Under Siege scare zone. Magic Mountain gave me a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity last week to suit up as a clown…
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A Las Vegas man who stabbed his mother to death in an Irvine neighborhood last month was fatally shot by police after lunging toward an officer while armed with a knife, a critical-incident report released by authorities on Tuesday, Sept. 24, shows. Around 2:50 p.m. on Aug. 8, a 911 caller said that a man…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Tuesday, Sept. 24, limiting real estate contracts between homebuyers and their agents to three months, imposing a time limit on agreements that became mandatory last month under the National Association of Realtors’ commission lawsuit settlement. The new law will take effect on Jan. 1, making California one of at…
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T.I. and wife Tiny won $71 million in their long-running lawsuit against toy company MGA Entertainment in Chatsworth. The 49-year-old Xscape singer, real name Tameka Cottle, thanked their legal team and the jury for their verdict and “seeing what we’ve been fighting for the last three trials,” in an Instagram Live posted after emerging victorious…
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The Orange County girls volleyball rankings. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TOP 10 (Records through Monday, Sept. 23) 1. Mater Dei (21-3): The Monarchs won the Championship Division of the Durango Fall Classic tournament in Las Vegas. 2. Huntington Beach (22-3): The Oilers were champions of the Classic Division of the Durango Fall Classic. 3. Santa Margarita (14-5):…
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The Surfing Heritage and Culture Center is all about preserving surfing’s past – but the San Clemente institution is also setting a new course toward the future. A new executive director, Jeff Alter, was recently appointed and a mostly new board of directors made up of surf industry leaders will tap their insider knowledge gained…
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Gregory C. Scott, President and CEO of Community Action Partnership of Orange County, speaks as members of various agencies gather at Anaheim Indepencia Family Resource Center in Anaheim to celebrate the collaboration that provided $2.5M to sustain the OC Diaper Bank on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Since opening in March 2000, the OC Diaper Bank…
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The Sparks announced Tuesday they have mutually agreed to part ways with head coach Curt Miller after two seasons. On Thursday, the Sparks finished their season 8-32 and in last place in the league. They were 25-55 overall with Miller at the helm and didn’t qualify for the WNBA playoffs in either season. “On behalf…
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