MONTEREY – After months of mystery, local authorities have recovered Monterey’s favorite rabble-rouser, Dennis the Menace. Stolen from its namesake playground at El Estero Park last August, the bronze statue was found Wednesday by the Monterey County Sheriff’s Dive Team. Mischievous as ever – and still dripping by Wednesday afternoon – Dennis was located in…
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By MEHMET GUZEL, GHAITH ALSAYED, SUZAN FRASER and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY ANTAKYA, Turkey — Thousands who lost their homes in a catastrophic earthquake huddled around campfires and clamored for food and water in the bitter cold, three days after the temblor and series of aftershocks hit Turkey and Syria, killing more than 17,000. Rescuers continued their…
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By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN BRUSSELS — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that “a Ukraine that is winning” should become a European Union member, arguing the bloc wouldn’t be whole without his country being an integral part of the EU. Zelenskky made his comments during an address to the European Parliament on a rare…
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A roundup of the Orange County boys basketball games Wednesday in the first round of the CIF Southern Section playoffs: DIVISION 1 JSerra 64, Great Oak 53: JSerra got big performances from its star players in a road win over Great Oak of Temecula. Sebastian Rancik had 24 points for JSerra (21-8) and Aidan Fowler…
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LOS ALAMITOS – The Los Alamitos boys basketball team was going to need contributions from multiple players to beat Santa Margarita. The Griffins got them in their 55-50 win over the Eagles in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs Wednesday at Los Alamitos High. Los Alamitos celebrates after defeating Santa…
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The scores from Wednesday’s games and the updated schedule for the CIF Southern Section boys basketball playoffs. CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Games start 7 p.m. but subject to change OPEN DIVISION Pool-play format Pool Play Round 1, Friday, Feb. 10 Pool A: Sierra Canyon at Centennial; Notre Dame/SO at Bishop Montgomery Pool B: St. Bernard at Harvard-Westlake; St. John Bosco…
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The scores from Wednesday’s CIF-SS girls water polo playoff games and the updated schedule for the next rounds Thursday and Saturday. CIF-SS GIRLS WATER POLO PLAYOFFS DIVISION 1 First round, Wednesday San Clemente 9, Schurr 8 Yucaipa 12, Huntington Beach 8 Harvard-Westlake 18, Agoura 3 King 16, Edison 3 Oaks Christian 8, Santa Barbara 4…
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Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…
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LOS ANGELES — Clippers coach Tyronn Lu will join the coaching staff for USA Basketball, replacing Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams who stepped down because of family commitments, the men’s national team announced on Wednesday. Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr will serve as head coach. “I am truly honored to represent our country and…
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LOS ALAMITOS — With time winding down and no score in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 opening-round playoff game between the Mater Dei and Los Alamitos girls soccer teams, Griffins coach Pat Rossi had started to pencil in his lineup for overtime. But as it turned out, the lineup wasn’t needed after sophomore Natalie…
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