LONG BEACH — Alexander Rossi won the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in 2018 and 2019, becoming the first driver to repeat since Sebastien Bourdais won three in a row from 2005-07. Rossi this week held court on what the keys are to winning on the street course during a well-attended Zoom session. IndyCar…
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A dock floats in the Browns Ravine Cove area of Folsom Lake, March 26, 2023, left, and the same location on dry land on May 22, 2021, in Folsom, Calif. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson) Houseboats rest in a channel at Lake Oroville State Recreation Area on March 26, 2023, left, and the same location on Aug.…
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Customers for California’s three major power companies — including PG&E ratepayers — can expect to see some big changes in their monthly electricity bills in the coming years as compliance with a new state law begins to unfold. PG&E, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric, the three major California utilities whose services…
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One glance at him on the basketball court and you just know Anthony Davis was born to play the game, and play it well. His arms seem to extend to the heavens. His legs carry him with the speed and certainty of a much smaller man. He can beat opponents inside and outside. One problem…
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When Kiyash Monsef was a child, his grandmother, who had come to the United States from Iran, would tell him stories that began with the phrase, “Yeki bud, yeki nabud” – an invocation that translates as “once was, once wasn’t.” On a recent video call, the San Francisco Bay Area-based author talked about the phrase…
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Festival Pass is a newsletter that lands in your inbox weekly. But during prime festival season you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now. Happy Thursday! Welcome to the all Coachella edition of the Festival Pass Newsletter! We’ve talked about it for months and it’s finally here. Our fearless crew will be heading out to the desert to…
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By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless | Associated Press LONDON — Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colorful, sexy miniskirts epitomized London in the 1960s and influenced youth culture around the world, has died. She was 93. Quant’s family said she died “peacefully at home” in Surrey, southern England, on Thursday. Quant helped popularize…
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Disneyland announced Thursday, April 13 that it will hold its first officially sanctioned Pride Nite as an after-hours ticketed event. This is a departure for Disneyland Anaheim, which has allowed unofficial events such as the annual “Gay Days” celebration, but has never held an official event on its own. “I’m happy Disney is finally doing…
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Sometimes you want to go … where you know everybody’s name. Just days after the MLB lockout ended last spring, Freddie Freeman found himself walking into the Dodgers’ clubhouse at Camelback Ranch, a stranger in a strange land after 15 years in the Atlanta Braves organization. Freeman set a challenge for himself – learn the…
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM, KIM TONG-HYUNG and MARI YAMAGUCHI SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Thursday conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile launch in a month, possibly testing a new more mobile, harder-to-detect missile for the first time, its neighbors said, as it extends its provocative run of weapons tests. Japan briefly urged residents on…
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