The family of Orange County lawyer Elliot Blair on Wednesday disputed reports from Mexican authorities that he was shooing away noisy pigeons outside his Rosarito Beach hotel room just before he died in a fall early Saturday. Baja California Attorney General Ricardo Ivan Carpio Sanchez called Blair’s fall from an open-air hallway at Las Rocas…
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Already familiar with running another California coastal town surrounded by military bases, Andy Hall will take the helm as San Clemente’s city manager in February. The City Council on Tuesday, Jan. 17, unanimously selected Hall for San Clemente’s top post; he’ll be leaving the helm of Imperial Beach in San Diego County. The town of…
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When Riverside County sheriff’s Deputy Isaiah Cordero pulled over a black pickup in Jurupa Valley on Dec. 29, he may have considered the stop so routine that he didn’t notify dispatchers, which is standard practice. But minutes later Cordero was mortally wounded, shot, the Sheriff’s Department said, by a career violent criminal with a warrant…
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The jury foreperson in the first trial of the Mongols Motorcycle club member who shot and killed a Pomona SWAT officer said she made friends with the man and his family after the verdict and denies being in a romantic relationship with him. “They became very good friends and family to me,” Janine Eiley said.…
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Southern California Boys Athlete of the Week Athlete: Tyrone Riley School: St. Pius X-St. Matthias Sport: Basketball Noteworthy: The 6-foot-6 guard averaged 28 points per game last week and led St. Pius X-St. Matthias to wins against Salesian and Oak Park. The junior scored 32 points in a 72-58 win against Camino Real League rival…
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Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week Athlete: Moka Saiki School: Portola Sport: Basketball Noteworthy: The guard scored 17 of her season-high 33 points in the fourth quarter of a 66-58 loss to reigning CIF State Division II champion Sage Hill in the teams’ Pacific Coast League opener. Saiki made four of her five 3-pointers…
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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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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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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now SAN CLEMENTE — San Clemente forward Camille Brophy acknowledges that she hasn’t always excelled at tracking the wonderfully unpredictable bounces that soccer offers. But if her effort on Tuesday night was any indication, the sophomore has made major improvement. Brophy hounded a…
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Team USA’s Alex Morgan heads the ball during their exhibition match against New Zealand on Wednesday (Tuesday night PT) in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images) Team USA’s Rose Lavelle, right, goes on the attack during their exhibition match against New Zealand on Wednesday (Tuesday night PT) in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by…
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