Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now OCVarsity’s Dan Albano votes weekly in the Orange County football poll. Here is his how he voted this week for the Top 25 plus his “Next 5” in the county: ALBANO’S TOP 25 BALLOT 1. Mater Dei (1-0) 2. Mission Viejo (2-0) 3.…
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LOS ANGELES — Federal and local law enforcement officials Wednesday discussed a multi-agency effort to stamp out a so-called pipeline in which children and young adults in foster care are lured onto streets along the Figueroa corridor in South Los Angeles to work as prostitutes. The 3.5-mile stretch of Figueroa Street stretching from Gage Avenue…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Portola’s girls tennis program could deliver its best team this fall, and do so without having its best player. The Bulldogs are playing the season without standout junior Kenzie Nguyen. The former O.C. Register player of the year has shifted to homeschool and…
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EL SEGUNDO — When rookie offensive lineman Joe Alt lined up at right tackle this week, he was matched up against longtime Chargers edge rusher Joey Bosa, a four-time Pro Bowl selection. When he lined up at left tackle, he faced off against veteran edge rusher Khalil Mack, an eight-time selection. Tall order? Times two.…
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Knott’s and Magic Mountain will offer a season pass good for both parks in 2025 — but you’ll have to pay for a whole lot of theme park access across North America that you probably don’t need and likely won’t use. Knott’s Berry Farm and Six Flags Magic Mountain will offer an All Park Passport…
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A prominent Southern California youth sports coach and trainer was convicted Tuesday, July 30, of sexually assaulting a teenager and a young woman An Orange County Superior Court jury deliberated for several hours before finding Chris Flores guilty of seven felony counts, including sexual penetration by a foreign object and multiple lewd acts against a…
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By FRED SHUSTER Prospective jurors in the forthcoming federal criminal trial of disbarred attorney Tom Girardi will be asked if they are fans of true crime television and whether they’ve seen the defendant’s estranged wife, Erika Jayne, on “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” according to court papers filed Tuesday. The questionnaire will be administered to…
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The Olympics have been off to an exciting start. Team USA has been winning medals left and right. But if you’re only watching the summer games on your television, you’re missing out on half the fun. Related: Check out our full coverage of the 2024 Olympics Popularized during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Olympians are…
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“Organizational failure.” We’ve heard that phrase – we’ve used that phrase, in fact – in describing the Dodgers the last two Octobers, for obvious reasons. But that phrase could also be applied to the trade deadline in those seasons, when the front office of Andrew Friedman, Brandon Gomes and Co. made moves on the margins…
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By JILL LAWLESS and BRIAN MELLEY LONDON — Police clashed with an unruly crowd of far-right protesters outside a mosque Tuesday in northwest England near where three girls were stabbed to death in a dance class as demonstrators, some in masks, hurled bottles and stones at officers, Merseyside police said. Police said the crowd was…
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