From April to October, Pulkit Khare will spend about four and a half hours in traffic on the weekends driving to Van Nuys and back to his home in Rancho Santa Margarita. The ardent cricket fan, who plays in the Southern California Cricket Association league, has to do the drive on the 405 Freeway to…
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More than 1 billion Muslims around the world are about to begin the observance of Ramadan, the month of fasting. It is believed that during Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, the Angel Gabriel began delivering the Quran, which was later transcribed into writing, to the Prophet Muhammad. During Ramadan observant Muslims refrain…
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By KELVIN CHAN TikTok’s CEO plans to tell Congress that the video-sharing app is committed to user safety, data protection and security, and keeping the platform free from Chinese government influence. Shou Zi Chew is due to answer questions Thursday from U.S. lawmakers concerned about the social media platform’s effects on its young user base…
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Moe Golshani said the timing was fortuitous. Golshani said he was told by Mission Viejo administration Monday that he was not going to be retained as the school’s boys basketball coach, and almost simultaneously Golshani landed the coaching job at Hug High School in Sparks, Nevada. He previously coached at Bishop Mangoue in Nevada. “They…
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Three years after the nationwide school shutdowns that locked millions of American children out of school, it turns out the Coronavirus was not nearly as destructive as the teachers unions. Starting today and through Friday, 30,000 members of the LA Teachers Union and SEIU Local 99, which serve 422,000 children, have walked out of school…
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LOS ANGELES — Dorian Singer doesn’t need to look far to remember his roots. A quick glance down at his thigh pad and he can see the outline of his home state of Minnesota. Growing up there, he received 14 offers from FCS-level programs. But he thought he deserved a shot at Division-I college football.…
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Shohei Ohtani, center, and Team Japan celebrate after the final out of their 3-2 victory over Team USA in the World Baseball Classic title game on Tuesday night in Miami. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images) Team Japan celebrates after the final out of their 3-2 victory over Team USA in the World Baseball Classic title…
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SANTA ANA — A 21-year-old man was convicted Tuesday of gunning down another man in a Garden Grove hotel two years ago. Enrique Torres, Los Angeles, was convicted of second-degree murder with sentencing enhancements for the discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury or death and the personal use of a firearm. Torres is…
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Ducks goaltender John Gibson tends his net during the first period of their game against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night at Honda Center. Gibson endured another busy night, facing 40-plus shots in a 5-1 loss. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) The Ducks’ Isac Lundestrom skates with the puck in front of the Calgary Flames’…
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Referring to state housing laws as the “governor’s mandate,” Huntington Beach Mayor Tony Strickland and two other city council members blocked approval of the city’s massive housing plan for the rest of the 2020s. But rather than kill the city’s 1,164-page “housing element” outright, the sharply divided city council united behind a motion to postpone…
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