A video tribute to Jerry West plays on the scoreboard before Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night in Dallas. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) A video tribute to Jerry West plays on the scoreboard before Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Boston…
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PHOENIX — Class went long for the Angels on Wednesday afternoon. The Angels have met almost every day this season to go over what went wrong – and right – from the previous game, but the “classroom,” as Manager Ron Washington calls it, was different this time. Washington said “there were some things we wanted…
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A 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy and injuring a 16-year-old male bystander in Santa Ana, police said Wednesday, June 12. The shooting occurred the afternoon of June 5 in a neighborhood on the 900 block of West Bishop Street. Two 13-year-old boys were on foot when they were…
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A 35-year-old Costa Mesa man has been charged in a two-vehicle fatal crash in Newport Beach that police said Wednesday was the result of street racing. Andrew Bilat Awad was charged Friday with gross vehicular manslaughter with speeds exceeding 100 mph, according to the criminal complaint. Awad is accused of killing 86-year-old Bob Gilroy of…
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SANTA ANA — A 53-year-old man was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of carrying out a takeover-style bank robbery in Anaheim one day after he got out of state prison. The federal case was filed after the Orange County District Attorney’s Office dismissed state bank robbery charges against Eric Walter Gray on June 4. Gray…
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Full of Hawaiian shirts and margaritas, the Orange County Parrot Head Club, a Jimmy Buffett-inspired club that assists local organizations, celebrated its 30th anniversary on Saturday with an event giving back to the community. On June 8, “parrot heads,” a coined name for Buffett fans, gathered at the Elks Lodge in Mission Viejo to support…
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Whenever we see lawmakers rush to impose new regulations, we like to remind readers about one of the core traits of a free society: self-regulation. If most people behave in a reasonable and conscientious manner, there’s little need for government intervention. This concept is the starting point on our thoughts about Orange County’s new e-bike…
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A small house built by Orange County college students was donated to a Homeless Intervention Services of Orange County shelter in Placentia, doubling the number of young adults the program will be able to support. The home, which is considered an accessory dwelling unit, will house foster youth who have aged out of the system.…
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COSTA MESA — Police Wednesday were looking for a suspect in the fatal stabbing of one man and the wounding of another victim in Costa Mesa. Officers responded to a knife attack in the 1700 block of Placentia Avenue at about 11 p.m. Tuesday. A 22-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities did…
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Third-party presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pointed to housing affordability as he made his case to Southern California voters ahead of the November election. Kennedy, who is running a longshot bid for the White House, was set to lay out his foreign policy plans — which cover “how do we wind down the American…
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