• Formula works again – Dodgers hit home runs, shut out Braves in NLDS Game 2

    Formula works again – Dodgers hit home runs, shut out Braves in NLDS Game 2
    LOS ANGELES – Second verse, same as the first.
    Some of the names and details changed. The format – a dominant left-hander on the mound and multiple home runs from the offense – and outcome did not.
    Clayton Kershaw made his one-day-delayed postseason debut and allowed just two hits in eight scoreless innings. Manny Machado and Yasmani Grandal hit home runs and the Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves in Game 2 of their National League Division Series 3-0 on Friday night.
    It was the l
  • Orange County football scores and stats for Friday (10-5-18)

    Orange County football scores and stats for Friday (10-5-18)
    Scores and stats for the Orange County football games on Friday, Oct. 5.
    FOOTBALL
    CIF-SS
    ACADEMY LEAGUE
    Capistrano Valley Christian 2, Ribet Academy 0 (forfeit)
    Trinity Classical Academy vs. Firebaugh
    ALMONT LEAGUE
    Bell Gardens at San Gabriel
    Schurr 65, Keppel 0
    Montebello vs. Alhambra
    AMBASSADOR LEAGUE
    Aquinas 65, Desert Christian 0
    Ontario Christian at Linfield Christian
    Western Christian vs. Arrowhead Christian
    BASELINE LEAGUE
    Damien at Chino Hills
    Los Osos at Upland
    Rancho Cucamong
  • UFC 229: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor is here – and it’s personal

    UFC 229: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor is here – and it’s personal
    LAS VEGAS — Many a rivalry have been settled in the Octagon.
    The most bitter combatants, the angriest opponents, the top-notch trash talkers – whether by handshake, fist bump or hug, nearly every fight has ended in a mutual show of respect.
    Don’t count on that Saturday night in what many are calling the biggest fight in the history of the UFC.
    Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Irish sensation Conor McGregor already had the sports world buzzing in anticipati
  • Kings’ Anze Kopitar takes some satisfaction from rebound season

    Kings’ Anze Kopitar takes some satisfaction from rebound season
    LOS ANGELES — Fifty-two points is all forward Anze Kopitar could muster for the Kings in 2016-17. Except for the 42 he had in 47 games of the 2012-13 strike-shortened season, it was easily the lowest point total of his fine career.
    That it came after he signed a long contract extension in the middle of the previous season was not a good look.
    Kopitar not only rebounded from that in grand style last season, he had a career year. He scored 35 goals and doled out 57 assists for a personal-bes
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  • PHOTOS: The fun, fans and action from Game 2 of the NLDS, Braves at Dodgers

    PHOTOS: The fun, fans and action from Game 2 of the NLDS, Braves at Dodgers
    Photos from Game 2 of the National League Division Series game between the Dodgers and the Braves. Friday, Oct. 5, 2018:
    Manny Machado #8 of the Los Angeles Dodgers watches his 2nd inning 2-run homer in game two of the NLDS at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
    Manny Machado #8 of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Joc Pederson celebrate Machado’s 2nd inning 2-run homer in game two of the NLDS at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Frida
  • Day by day, Dodgers’ Kiké Hernandez might be growing from role player to every-day guy

    Day by day, Dodgers’ Kiké Hernandez might be growing from role player to every-day guy
    LOS ANGELES — Kiké Hernandez has spent his first five years in the big leagues trying to shed one label for another – every-day player.
    For the first time, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, he can see that happening.
    “Yeah,” Roberts said before Game 1 of the National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves. “Does that mean he’s going to start every game this series? Maybe, maybe not. But this is the first time I see that he has a legitimate c
  • Kartje: Fantasy football players to watch in Week 5

    Kartje: Fantasy football players to watch in Week 5
    The Fantasy picks to click this week:
    Player of the Week: Juju Smith-Schuster, WR, Steelers. Antonio Brown is still the top option in the Steelers offense, but Smith-Schuster, at just 21 years old, is gaining fast. He has at least five catches and 116 yards in each of his last three games, and this week, he’ll face a Falcons secondary that’s been picked apart by Andy Dalton in Drew Brees in consecutive weeks. With the Falcons’ focus on Brown, Smith-Schuster could be in for a hu
  • NLDS Game 2 Highlights: Manny Machado gives Dodgers early 2-0 lead

    NLDS Game 2 Highlights: Manny Machado gives Dodgers early 2-0 lead
    First Inning:
    Manny Machado put the Dodgers in front with a 2-run home run in the bottom of the inning.MANNYWOOD. pic.twitter.com/FngdCtFV7O
    — MLB (@MLB) October 6, 2018And it looks like this lucky fan ended up with the homerun ball.When baseball is life. pic.twitter.com/sNVP8HOCWV
    — Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 6, 2018A playoff catch on his birthday? You can’t beat that.
     Would you believe us if we told you that Manny knew it was Donovan’s birthday today?
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  • Rams return to Seattle, where they stamped themselves as kings of the NFC West last year

    Rams return to Seattle, where they stamped themselves as kings of the NFC West last year
    THOUSAND OAKS – The Rams’ attack, persistent and unrelenting, blanketed Seattle, much like the rain.
    In a 30-minute deluge last December, the Rams scored 34 first-half points and handed the Seahawks their most-lopsided home loss in 20 years. Nobody said it outright, but the implication couldn’t be ignored: the Seahawks’ stranglehold on the NFC West had ended, and the Rams replaced them as the team to beat.
    It’s still a strange thought, given that Seattle won the div
  • New punter Donnie Jones gives Chargers an experienced holder for Caleb Sturgis

    New punter Donnie Jones gives Chargers an experienced holder for Caleb Sturgis
    COSTA MESA – Donnie Jones was about as far away from the NFL as you can get.
    He was coaching a fifth-grade football team in St. George, La, some nine months after he won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles. He did some substitute teaching at his kids’ school, filling in for classes like religion and P.E.
    Jones woke up from a nap on Monday to find he’d missed calls from his agent. Before he knew it, he was on a plane to Los Angeles, on his way to becoming the Chargers&rsqu
  • Ducks’ Rickard Rakell gets a kick out of his new off-season training

    Ducks’ Rickard Rakell gets a kick out of his new off-season training
    ANAHEIM — Rickard Rakell often gets bored with his off-season training in the gym with about a month to go before NHL training camps open. The grind gets to him, so this summer he searched for something new and different to keep him motivated during the dog days of August.
    Pontus Aberg, his friend and Swedish countryman, had tried kickboxing, so Rakell gave it a shot, too. They worked out at a gym together and Rakell enjoyed himself. It was fast-paced and he used muscle groups he
  • ENDORSEMENT: Voters should approve Prop. 6, repeal gas tax

    No one would dispute that California’s roads are in terrible condition, or that the backlog of needed repairs must be addressed. The question is whether Californians were already paying enough in taxes before last year’s tax increase to maintain the state’s transportation infrastructure, or if a tax increase was unavoidably necessary.In April 2017, we gave reluctant support to the governor’s proposal to raise the tax on gasoline, diesel fuel and vehicle registration. Sena
  • Paso Robles is growing fast, but it’s not Napa yet

    Paso Robles is growing fast, but it’s not Napa yet
    Paso Robles continues to walk a fine line between laid-back cowboy town and red-hot wine cognoscenti destination. Some developments are regrettable — our beloved Artisan, once one of the best restaurants in the region, has closed — but there seem to be plenty of promising new places popping up around the town square to keep culinary interest high.
    As for the attitudes, Paso’s as friendly now as it was when I first started venturing up to Gary Eberle’s and Jerry Lohr&rsquo
  • LAFC can clinch playoff berth this week but is focused on chasing a top-two seed

    LAFC can clinch playoff berth this week but is focused on chasing a top-two seed
    With four matches remaining in its inaugural season the Los Angeles Football Club doesn’t need any help to qualify for the MLS playoffs.
    LAFC (14-8-8, 50 points) can become the fourth expansion team to advance to the MLS Cup playoffs in its first season with a road win, which would be the team’s seventh of the season, at lowly Colorado on Saturday.
    Though LAFC can also advance via a tie or a loss if teams beneath them falter, the second victory of the year over the Rapids is how the
  • Newport Aquatic Center faces questions of financial mismanagement

    Newport Aquatic Center faces questions of financial mismanagement
    Not long after Esther Lofgren and her U.S. teammates won the Olympic Games women’s eight gold medal, she returned to the place that launched her Olympic voyage.
    Lofgren began rowing at the Newport Aquatic Center as a 14-year-old in 1998. Fourteen years later she was back at NAC sharing her gold medal, placing it into young hands that also held onto a new generation of Olympic dreams.
    “I’m so excited to share this medal and my journey,” Lofgren said.
    Lofgren is one of 12 N
  • Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s scoring streak has kept the Galaxy’s playoff chances alive

    Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s scoring streak has kept the Galaxy’s playoff chances alive
    CARSON — Zlatan Ibrahimovic spent the early part of his 37th birthday on Wednesday on the training field.
    Yet, he still walked off after his media obligations with a handful of gifts, including an award from the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce and a walking stick.
    “This will be useful, so I’ll keep it, but for the moment I need to run for my team,” Ibrahimovic said of the walking stick.
    And score goals.
    Ibrahimovic scored a pair of goals in last week’s 3-0 vict
  • Live updates for Game 2 of NLDS between the Dodgers and Atlanta Braves

    Live updates for Game 2 of NLDS between the Dodgers and Atlanta Braves
    Follow along for live updates from Dodger Stadium for Game 2 in the National League Divisional Series between the Dodgers and the Braves. SCNG’s Bill Plunkett, Mark Whicker, J.P. Hoornstra, Jim Alexander and Jeff Fletcher are reporting from Chavez Ravine.
    Scouting report | Matchup breakdown | In-game box score | Lineups and Pitching matchups |
    Viewing on a mobile device? Click here.Freeman is the only hitter in the Braves lineup with a homer off Kershaw, although Markakis is 4-for-9 agains
  • Leaders of Tea Party and Indivisible share passion, patriotism and tactics

    Leaders of Tea Party and Indivisible share passion, patriotism and tactics
    Shortly after President Barack Obama entered the White House in 2009, a group of citizens fed up with big government and excessive spending started a modern day Tea Party movement aimed at stopping a liberal political agenda.
    In the midterm of 2010, that Tea Party energy translated into votes. Republicans picked up 63 seats in the House of Representatives, the biggest wave election in at least a half century.
    In 2016, shortly after Donald Trump was elected, people on the other side of the politi
  • Drunk driver sentenced to prison for Placentia crash that killed mother and her two young daughters

    Drunk driver sentenced to prison for Placentia crash that killed mother and her two young daughters
    A drunken driver who struck and killed a mother and her two young daughters as they were walking to their Placentia home was sentenced Friday to nine years and eight months in prison.
    Nicholas Stephen Munoz, 28, pleaded guilty earlier this year to three felony counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence while intoxicated for running down 35-year-old Patricia Ledezma, 7-year-old Stephanie Ledezma and 3-year-old Diana Ledezma.
    Munoz, a Placentia resident, was speeding on West La Jolla S
  • Old Towne Orange Plaza named one of five Great Public Spaces in America for 2018

    Old Towne Orange Plaza named one of five Great Public Spaces in America for 2018
    Kurt Christiansen, President-Elect of the American Planning Association, laughs as he poses for photos after a ceremony commemorating the Old Towne Orange Plaza being named one of this year’s five Great Public Spaces on the American Planning Association’s annual Great Places in America list in Orange on Thursday, October 4, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
    A larger-than-life mockup of the future plaque to be placed next to the fountain commemorating the Ol
  • Master Gardener: Rananculus flowers can add vibrant color to your yard

    Master Gardener: Rananculus flowers can add vibrant color to your yard
    Q:  I just purchased some ranunculus tubers but forgot to pick up the leaflet on how to grow them.  I’ve never grown them before so I need some instructions.
    Orange Ranunculus flowers are perfect to liven up a yard or fill a vase. (Photo by Otillia “Toots” Bier)
    A:  The Persian Ranunculus, Ranunculus asiaticus, is one of the most popular members of the fall-planted bulb, tuber and corm group.  No doubt this is because they are easy to grow and prod
  • High School football Week 7: Live updates from Orange County

    High School football Week 7: Live updates from Orange County
    Live updates, scores, photos, videos and stories from our reporters and photographers covering high school football.
    Trouble viewing on mobile? See full stream.Support our high school sports coverage in the year ahead by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now.Roundup: Troy stops 2-point conversion in final seconds to beat Sonora trib.al/jMndVwbWestern scores on TD pass in final seconds to knock off Garden Grove trib.al/rQf81LCStory: Costello makes sure San Clemente football holds off Tesor
  • 5 garden tips for this week, Oct. 6-13

    5 garden tips for this week, Oct. 6-13
    1. Pest control
    To prevent nocturnal rodents from eating your maturing avocados and oranges before you can enjoy them, trim the trees away from power lines, from the house and shrubbery, and even several feet up from the ground. Also try wrapping the trunks of the trees three to four feet high with aluminum sheeting available from local hardware and home improvement stores, secured in place with wire (only at the top and bottom). Rats can’t climb up the slippery metal. Reposition the sheet
  • Gardening: Making scents of lemon verbena and lemongrass

    Gardening: Making scents of lemon verbena and lemongrass
    If you want to see something new – which, at least where horticulture is concerned, is to learn something new – I urge you to pay a visit to the Sepulveda Garden Center on the corner of Hayvenhurst Avenue and Magnolia Boulevard in Encino. The 800 garden plots, on either side of Magnolia Boulevard, parallel to the Ventura Freeway, offer a glimpse into the minds and hearts of local gardeners. You can browse around the gardens seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Should you wan
  • Senior Moments: This one ingredient makes every soup more delicious

    Senior Moments: This one ingredient makes every soup more delicious
    It happened on one of my first visits to the home of the woman who would become my California Best Buddy, or BB, as we came to call each other. She served me delicious chilled avocado soup in a delicate, white bone china bowl with handles on both sides. But my favorite memory of the meal was the round, silver soup spoon.
    As a child when I was sick, my mother would make soupy mashed potatoes, served in a bowl with a round spoon. She served it to me in bed on a tray. And I always felt better as so
  • How boxing champion Cecilia Braekhus adopted a winning way in Norway

    How boxing champion Cecilia Braekhus adopted a winning way in Norway
    Cecilia Braekhaus of Colombia wasn’t born with a silver spoon in her mouth. One was kind of put there when she was adopted by a family from Norway when she was 2.
    “Norway’s a very good country and we had pretty much everything we needed growing up,” she said. “It’s a good environment to grow up in and I think I’ve been very lucky. To be adopted in Colombia as a kid and to get to grow up in Norway, I never lacked anything.”
    She doesn’t lack an
  • Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Sept. 28-Oct. 5)

    Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Sept. 28-Oct. 5)
    Restaurants and other food businesses closed by health inspectors in Orange County from Sept. 28 to Oct. 5, 2018:
    El Pollo Fino, 723 N. Anaheim Blvd., AnaheimClosed: Oct. 5
    Reason: Cockroach infestationNY Pizza Faktory & Grill, 13842 Newport Ave., Suite B, TustinClosed: Oct. 4 (report)
    Reason: Insufficient hot water
    Reopened: Oct. 5 (report)Luv’n Donuts, 2729 N. Bristol St., Suite B4, Santa AnaClosed: Oct. 4 (report)
    Reason: Cockroach infestation
    Reopened: Oct. 5Concession stand at Mus
  • Clippers coach Doc Rivers admires LeBron James for ‘overachieving’

    Clippers coach Doc Rivers admires LeBron James for ‘overachieving’
    PLAYA VISTA — Clippers coach Doc Rivers had little to say about LeBron James the Laker — “LeBron is LeBron” — and more to say about the man.
    “LeBron has overachieved in his career,” said Rivers of the 14-time all-star and three-time NBA champion, whose new Lakers team will face Rivers’ Clippers in a preseason exhibition at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim.
    “I don’t think anyone has come in with the billing ever in sports,
  • Business owner cited by city of Santa Ana for debris left by homeless people

    Business owner cited by city of Santa Ana for debris left by homeless people
    Screaming and yelling. Fist fights. Urinating and defecating in public. Drug deals. Break-ins. Arson.
    Kim Riker said she has seen and heard it all happening outside a window at her business. She describes the view — past razor wire that tops a privacy fence separating her property on East Sixth Street at Poinsettia Avenue — as chaos.
    What Riker and her employees don’t witness firsthand is captured on surveillance cameras installed at Rice Drywall Inc., a 45-year-old family busi
  • Jury convicts Chicago officer of 2nd-degree murder in black teen’s killing

    Jury convicts Chicago officer of 2nd-degree murder in black teen’s killing
    By DON BABWIN and MICHAEL TARM
    CHICAGO — A jury on Friday convicted white Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.
    Van Dyke was charged with first degree-murder in the October 2014 killing, a charge that requires a finding that the shooting was unnecessary and unreasonable. The judge told jurors the second-degree charge was also available, requiring them to find Van Dyke believed his life was in danger but that th
  • Amazon’s $15 an hour a win? Not so, some veteran workers say

    Amazon’s $15 an hour a win? Not so, some veteran workers say
    By Joseph Pisani, The Associated Press
    Amazon’s announcement that it would raise its hourly minimum wage to $15 has been seen as a win for workers. But some longtime employees say they are losing out.
    Those who already made $15 will get an extra dollar an hour when the change is made next month, but they will also lose two benefits they relied on: monthly bonuses that could top hundreds of dollars and a chance to own Amazon’s sky-rocketing stock, currently worth nearly $2,000 a share
  • Halloween 40 convention celebrates the horror film where it was filmed

    Halloween 40 convention celebrates the horror film where it was filmed
    “Halloween,” the iconic and terrifying horror movie, turns 40 this year, and fans are being invited to celebrate it in the area where it was filmed.
    John Carpenter’s 1978 slasher was set in a fictional town in Illinois, but it was actually filmed in South Pasadena, Sierra Madre, Alhambra and Hollywood.
    HorrorHound magazine is presenting Halloween 40, a convention toasting the movie and its universe, at the Pasadena Convention Center Oct. 13 and 14. (A location tour taking place
  • If you’re against rent control, can you logically support Prop. 13?

    If you’re against rent control, can you logically support Prop. 13?
    A coalition of community organizations gathered outside City Hall to release a “People’s Budget Proposal”in Long Beach on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. The group wants the City Council to fund initiatives for immigrant rights, language justice, safe housing and opportunities for youth. Jay Jackson holds signs against rent control, along with others who showed up to the press conference in opposition to the message. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press Telegram/SCNG)
    Ariana Sandoval of Ea
  • Eight-time serial killer gets death penalty for Orange, Riverside and San Diego murders

    Eight-time serial killer gets death penalty for Orange, Riverside and San Diego murders
    An eight-time serial killer was sentenced to death Friday for the murders of five women in Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties.
    For the third time, Andrew Urdiales, now 53, received the death penalty, this time for killing Robbin Brandley in 1986 in a Saddleback College parking lot in Mission Viejo, and for the murders over the next seven years of Julie McGhee, Tammie Erwin and Denise Maney in Riverside County, and Mary Ann Wells in San Diego.
    Before more than a dozen family members and sup
  • Capo Valley water polo players help save the life of San Diego coaching legend

    Capo Valley water polo players help save the life of San Diego coaching legend
    MISSION VIEJO The gravity of the moment started to affect Capistrano Valley teacher Kendra Yancey. She felt scared the coaching legend and longtime family friend who she rushed to aid was going to die on the pool deck.
    But the 30-year-old, former athletic trainer knew someone close by who could calmly provide expert care.
    On that July day in Hawaii, Yancey urgently summoned Capistrano Valley water polo player Julien Coco, a seasonal lifeguard and one of her former students who was in the middle
  • Klatch Coffee Roasters in Rancho Cucamonga hosts U.S. Coffee Championships preliminaries, Oct. 6-7

    Klatch Coffee Roasters in Rancho Cucamonga hosts U.S. Coffee Championships preliminaries, Oct. 6-7
    Coffee lovers can get a glimpse into the world of competitive brewing this weekend in Rancho Cucamonga.
    Klatch Coffee Roasters is hosting the Specialty Coffee Association’s U.S. Coffee Champs Preliminaries on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 6-7, at its roastery on Onyx Avenue.
    Twenty-four people will compete in the barista competition, and 18 will compete in the brewers competition. Winners will advance to qualifying rounds, Dec. 1-2 in Denver and Jan. 12-13 in Nashville. Competitions lead
  • Why San Diego-based Everbowl is making a big push to expand throughout Southern California

    Why San Diego-based Everbowl is making a big push to expand throughout Southern California
    The way Jeff Fenster sees it there are four reasons why most junk food junkies stick with burgers, pizza and fried chicken. It’s because health food: 1. Costs too much. 2. Doesn’t fill me up. 3. Doesn’t taste good. 4. Isn’t accessible.
    The founder-CEO of Everbowl, Fenster is out to change all that, especially no. 4 as he brings his restaurant to Orange County with a 1,300-square-foot Rancho Santa Margarita location recently opened, a Huntington Beach store coming in late
  • 9 companies, individuals honored for clean air practices by SCAQMD

    9 companies, individuals honored for clean air practices by SCAQMD
    Singled out for advancements in clean air technologies, improving public health and reducing greenhouse gases while growing the Southern California economy, nine companies and individuals received awards for their work on Friday in Los Angeles.
    The South Coast Air Quality Management District held its 30th Annual Clean Air Awards ceremony at the Grand Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, honoring the following recipients:
    • Dr. Keith Black, a professor of neurosurgery and director of the Johnnie L
  • Neighbors evacuate while suspicious device is investigated in Fullerton

    Neighbors evacuate while suspicious device is investigated in Fullerton
    FULLERTON – A neighborhood block was evacuated Friday, Oct. 5, after a pipe-like device was found on the front porch of a home, police said.
    The residents of the house in the 400 block of East Truslow Avenue found the object, Fullerton Sgt. Jon Radus said, and police evacuated the area shortly after the 8:40 a.m. call.
    The Orange County Sheriff’s Department bomb squad officials was at the scene rendering the device safe, Radus said.
    Typically when a device is rendered safe, it is des
  • Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday, Oct. 5

    Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday, Oct. 5
    Consensus box of picks come from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday, Oct. 5 at Santa Anita.
    Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks
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  • Mattress Firm goes bankrupt, will close 700 stores

    Mattress Firm goes bankrupt, will close 700 stores
    Mattress Firm, the troubled bed retailer of scandal-plagued Steinhoff International Holdings NV, filed for bankruptcy with plans to shutter up to 700 stores.
    The Chapter 11 petition filed Friday in Wilmington, Delaware, lists more than $1 billion in both debt and assets, and includes units of well-known brand names such as Sleepy’s and 1800mattress.com. Among the largest unsecured creditors are Simmons Manufacturing Co. and Serta Mattress Co.
    The company has at least a dozen stores in Sout
  • Think IHOB, Dunkin’ and WW are silly company names? Here are 10 other rebrandings to chuckle about!

    Think IHOB, Dunkin’ and WW are silly company names? Here are 10 other rebrandings to chuckle about!
    Weight Watchers President and Chief Executive Officer Mindy Grossman speaks at a global employee event in New York. Weight Watchers is trimming its name to just two letters: WW. The company says it is renaming itself to focus more on overall wellness and not just dieting. (Amy Sussman/AP Images for Weight Watchers, File)
    IHOP’s Sunset Boulevard location publicizes the company’s IHOb campaign. (Fielding Buck, staff)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe first 100 people in line on
  • DJ Peanut Butter Wolf opens Gold Line bar featuring 7,500 of his records

    DJ Peanut Butter Wolf opens Gold Line bar featuring 7,500 of his records
    Chris Manak is better known by his DJ name, Peanut Butter Wolf.
    With his massive collection of vinyl records and his label, Stones Throw Records, Manak and his studio have been in the heart of Highland Park for the past 15 years, and now Manak is expanding and sharing his love of music with his new project, a bar dubbed Gold Line.
    “I decided to open a bar because there are not enough places in L.A. that play the music my friends and I personally would like to hear, and we had an opportunit
  • Real estate news: Office tower near Angel Stadium sells for $28.8 million

    Real estate news: Office tower near Angel Stadium sells for $28.8 million
    NKF Capital Markets in Newport Beach has closed the $28.8 million sale of Stadium Centre, a six-story, 122,080-square-foot office property in Anaheim. The building, constructed in 1985, sits on 3.64 acres at 2099 South State College Blvd., just across the street from Angel Stadium. (Courtesy of NKF Capital Markets)
    Irvine-based R.D. Olson Construction has finished a two-part project in Healdsburg. The work included Hotel Trio, seen here, a four-story, 122-room hotel, and Citrine Apartm
  • Desert Daze festival has a new location, but its ‘anti-festival’ vibe continues

    Desert Daze festival has a new location, but its ‘anti-festival’ vibe continues
    Phil Pirrone, founder of Desert Daze music festival. (Courtesy of Desert Daze)
    A scene from the Desert Daze music festival. (Courtesy of Desert Daze)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsA scene from the Desert Daze music festival. (Courtesy of Desert Daze)
    A scene from the Desert Daze music festival. (Courtesy of Desert Daze)
    A scene from the Desert Daze music festival. (Courtesy of Desert Daze)
    Singer Iggy Pop in a scene from the Desert Daze music festival. (Courtesy of Desert Daze)
    A scene fr
  • If a tractor trailer is dropping small rocks onto the freeway, should you call 911?

    If a tractor trailer is dropping small rocks onto the freeway, should you call 911?
    Q. While driving on the eastbound 91 Freeway in Anaheim Hills, a refrigerated tractor trailer was leaking water from the back door – it was like a waterfall, very heavy. I was debating whether to call 911; it was not really an emergency. Then a few miles ahead there was an empty dump truck, which did not have a net on. My car was getting pelted with small rocks, and dust was still coming out of the truck’s back. Should I have called 911 for that? It wasn’t really a em
  • U.S. adds just 134,000 jobs in September; unemployment a 49-year low, 3.7 percent

    U.S. adds just 134,000 jobs in September; unemployment a 49-year low, 3.7 percent
    By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
    WASHINGTON  — U.S. employers added just 134,000 jobs in September, the fewest in a year, though the figure was likely lowered by Hurricane Florence, while the unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent, the lowest level since 1969.
    Hurricane Florence struck North and South Carolina in the middle of September and closed thousands of businesses. A category that includes restaurants, hotels and casinos lost jobs for the first time since last September, when Hurricane Ha
  • One killed in 55 Freeway crash in Irvine

    One killed in 55 Freeway crash in Irvine
    IRVINE — One person was killed early Friday in a single-vehicle crash on the southbound 55 Freeway at MacArthur Boulevard in Irvine.
    California Highway Patrol officers were called to the scene about 1:20 a.m. and discovered a vehicle crashed into the guard rail, according to a CHP dispatcher.
    One person was killed, but it was unclear if the victim was a man or woman, the dispatcher said.
    A SigAlert was issued for an unknown duration for the carpool lane on the southbound 55 Freeway at the
  • 1 killed in 55 Freeway crash when car slams into guardrail between splitting lanes

    1 killed in 55 Freeway crash when car slams into guardrail between splitting lanes
    SANTA ANA — A 31-year-old Costa Mesa man died early Friday, Oct. 5, after the car he was driving crashed into a guard rail on the southbound 55 Freeway.
    At about 1:20 a.m. officers found the car with heavy damage and debris in the southbound lanes near MacArthur Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol.
    The driver had been traveling in the southbound carpool lane on the 55 freeway south of MacArthur Boulevard at an “unsafe speed,” a CHP report says.
    In that area, t
  • Nobel Peace Prize honors the fight against sexual violence

    Nobel Peace Prize honors the fight against sexual violence
    By MARK LEWIS and JIM HEINTZ
    OSLO, Norway — The Nobel Peace Prize on Friday was awarded to a Congolese doctor and an Iraqi woman who was held captive by the Islamic State group for their work to highlight and eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
    Dr. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad “have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on, and combating, such war crimes,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in its announcement.
    “Denis Mukwege is the helpe

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