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• Winter storm Diego forces flight cancellations at LAX

  09-12-2018 23:18
  
  LOS ANGELES — Winter Storm Diego in the southeastern United States forced the cancellation Sunday of three arriving flights and two departing flights between Los Angeles International Airport and some airports in North Carolina.
  “We only have a couple of airports in North Carolina that we have service with today,” said Frederick Badlissi of Los Angeles World Airports. “It’s Sunday and it’s a different level of service.”
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• UCLA promotes Justin Frye from line coach to offensive coordinator

  09-12-2018 23:00
  
  Offensive line coach Justin Frye has been promoted to offensive coordinator, UCLA announced Sunday.
  Frye, a first-year assistant under head coach Chip Kelly, helped a retooled offensive line produce UCLA’s first 1,000-yard rusher since 2015. After struggling to find a consistent running game for the past two seasons, UCLA had a breakout season from Joshua Kelley, who rushed for 1,243 yards and was named to AP’s All-Pac-12 first team.
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• Pence aide out of running to be Trump’s next chief of staff

  09-12-2018 22:35
  
  By ZEKE MILLER
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s top pick to replace chief of staff John Kelly, Nick Ayers, is no longer expected to fill the role.
  Ayers, who is chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, was seen as the favorite for the job when Trump announced Saturday that Kelly would leave around year’s end. But a White House official said Sunday that Trump and Ayers could not reach agreement on Ayers’ length of service and that he would instead assist the
  
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• Clippers take aim at improved execution, effort in Phoenix

  09-12-2018 21:45
  
  No NBA game is a layup, Clippers Coach Doc Rivers warned before his team took the floor against a severely depleted Miami Heat team Saturday night at Staples Center.
  As if to prove it, the eight available Heat players put the clamps on the Clippers, just as the Memphis Grizzlies had the previous game.
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• Live updates: Chargers vs. Cincinnati Bengals

  09-12-2018 21:18
  
  The Chargers continue a demanding December stretch Sunday at home against the 5-7 Cincinnati Bengals at home, followed four days later by an AFC West showdown against the Chiefs in Kansas City.
  With an opportunity to clinch a playoff berth Sunday, the Chargers can’t overlook the Bengals.
  The Chargers clinch a playoff berth this week with:
  1) Chargers win + MIA loss or tie + DEN loss or tie + IND loss or tie + TEN loss or tie
  2) Chargers tie + MIA loss + DEN loss + IND loss or tie + TEN los
  
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• Swath of South faces wintry mess: Snow, sleet, freezing rain

  09-12-2018 21:15
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A massive storm brought snow, sleet, and freezing rain across a wide swath of the South on Sunday — causing dangerously icy roads, immobilizing snowfalls and power losses to hundreds of thousands of people.
  Accidents on snow-covered interstates are causing major delays, hundreds of flights have been canceled and drivers in North Carolina and Virginia are getting stuck in snow or losing control on icy patches. Meanwhile, kids and the young at heart took advantage of
  
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• Top House Democrats raise prospect of impeachment, jail for President Trump

  09-12-2018 20:51
  
  WASHINGTON — Top House Democrats on Sunday raised the prospect of impeachment or almost-certain prison time for President Donald Trump if it’s proved that he directed illegal hush-money payments to women, adding to the legal pressure on the president over the Russia investigation and other scandals.
  “There’s a very real prospect that on the day Donald Trump leaves office, the Justice Department may indict him, that he may be the first president in quite some time to face
  
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• Top 5 highlights from night one of KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas at The Forum

  09-12-2018 20:36
  
  It’s that time of year again, when the Fabulous Forum in Inglewood becomes even more magical as its exterior is shrouded with brilliant red and green light and a towering Christmas tree greets patrons in the parking lot.
  Thousands of fans filed into the venue Saturday night,, Dec. 8 for the sold-out night one of the 29th annual KROQ 106.7/FM Almost Acoustic Christmas which featured sets by the Smashing Pumpkins, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Third Eye Blind, Greta Van Fleet, Bad Religion, AFI, T
  
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• LeBron James prepares for his last game against close friend Dwyane Wade as Lakers take on Heat

  09-12-2018 20:28
  
  In the moments after his highest-scoring game of the season last month, LeBron James couldn’t help but feel a little bit robbed.
  It seemed wrong: He had scored 51 points, and he was standing in the building where he and one of his best friends had won a pair of championships together. But Dwyane Wade hadn’t been able to play.
  Wade had a good excuse: He was attending to his family after he and his wife Gabrielle Union had welcomed their first child. But James felt that his former Heat
  
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• Orange Lutheran girls water polo beats CIF Division 1 champion to claim Villa Park Classic

  09-12-2018 20:04
  
  Junior Isabel Gazzaniga scored seven goals and freshman Anna Pearson added four goals to lead Orange Lutheran’s girls water polo team past reigning CIF-SS Division 1 champion San Marcos 12-8 in the finals of the Villa Park Classic on Saturday at Beckman.
  Senior Hannah Palmer had four steals to pace the Lancers’ defense, which help the Trinity League contender finish 4-0 in the tournament.
  This coming Saturday, Orange Lutheran is scheduled to take on Laguna Beach in a showcase ma
  
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• Firefighters battle blazes at Mission Viejo house, Lake Forest apartment

  09-12-2018 19:19
  
  Orange County firefighters knocked down fires at a home in Mission Viejo and an apartment in Lake Forest early Sunday.
  The fire at the house in 25800 block of Via del Sur began in the attic. Firefighters dispatched at 4:03 a.m. had it under control at 6:09 a.m., the Orange County Fire Authority said.
  The apartment fire at 26500 block of Normandale Dr. Fire appeared to have started in a garage and extended to the 2nd floor residence, according to OCFA.
  No injuries were reported in either fire and
  
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• Mater Dei girls basketball falls to Etiwanda in finals of the Troy Classic

  09-12-2018 19:11
  
  Etiwanda’s girls basketball team rallied from a five-point deficit in the final four minutes Saturday night to edge Mater Dei 56-52 in the championship of the Troy Classic.
  Mater Dei (7-1), ranked No. 1 in Orange County, led 45-40 with four minutes left remaining in the fourth quarter and 52-49 with 1:19 left after a clutch 3-pointer by Camryn Kiernan.
  But the Eagles (8-1) sprinted to the finish, taking a 53-52 lead with 40 seconds left. They finished 4-0 in the tournament, also avenged a
  
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• The first shots in the climate wars

  09-12-2018 19:04
  
  In launching their now successful protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s gas hike, the French gilets jaunes (yellow jackets) have revived their country’s reputation for rebelling against monarchial rule. It may well foreshadow a bitter, albeit largely avoidable, battle over how to address the issue of climate change.
  Macron’s approach may have made him a favorite of editorial writers, who see him as the new “sun king,” but he is far more disliked by his own pe
  
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• President Bush and the tricky politics of death

  09-12-2018 18:58
  
  They came to praise and bury Caesar.
  Well, not exactly Caesar, but for a few years, like Caesar, the most powerful man in the world. George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States, is dead and now buried in the soil of his adopted home state of Texas.
  A political man was given a political funeral, no big surprise. When a musician dies there’s music. A comic’s last rights includes some laughs. So, inevitably, there were politics underscoring Poppa Bush’s fun
  
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• Parents agonize: ‘Did our son really have to die?’

  09-12-2018 18:40
  
  Brandon Nelson loved to fix things. When his mother’s computer froze up with a weird error message, he scoured the Internet until he found a solution: Put the motherboard in the oven for 20 minutes.
  “I said, ‘That’s crazy. It’ll never work,’ ” said Nelson’s father, Allen Nelson. “But he did it — and when he put that motherboard back in the computer, the error message was gone. It worked.”
  Nelson had a gift for that kind of thing,
  
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• Got meat? This Southern California butcher has tips for cooking exotic cuts

  09-12-2018 18:08
  
  If you’ve ever been to Huntington Meats at the Original Farmers Market in L.A., you’ve probably seen Jim Cascone behind the counter, slicing meats. He may have even given you some culinary tips.
  The silver-haired 65-year-old butcher and shop owner opened his original spot in San Marino in 1986. He’s been dispensing advice on which meats to buy and how to cook them at the Farmers Market location for the last 18 years.
  “We do that all the time. Our customers
  
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• Who moves where? Easterners like California while Californians like far West

  09-12-2018 17:00
  
  California is curiously alluring to those east of the Mississippi River.
  My trusty spreadsheet tells me that California, when accounting for its nation-leading population, is the worst state at attracting new residents from elsewhere in the U.S, according to newly released 2017 census migration data. At the same time, just Michigan and Texas fared better, proportionally, at retaining their residents than California.
  So, from where do these rare Californian newbies hail? And where do the modest n
  
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• Winter Meetings preview: Dodgers’ surplus in the outfield, starting pitchers could help make deals happen

  09-12-2018 16:03
  
  LOS ANGELES — Misinformation is not necessarily a bad thing in Andrew Friedman’s world. It can be “a powerful tool,” smoke that obscures his true intentions.
  ’Tis the season then. Rumor and speculation rule the baseball world as the Dodgers and 29 other teams head to Las Vegas for the annual Winter Meetings this week.
  The game is already on with the Dodgers central in what they insist is misinformation regarding their interest in this winter’s big prize &ndash
  
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• Angels still looking for pitchers and a catcher as winter meetings begin

  09-12-2018 16:01
  
  LAS VEGAS — When the offseason began, the Angels were looking for pitching, pitching, pitching … and a catcher.
  Two months later, as MLB’s Winter Meetings begin, not much has changed.
  Angels general manager Billy Eppler has so far accomplished only a few minor tweaks to his roster, with the heavy lifting still to come.
  “I feel optimistic that there are things we can do to the club to make us better,” Eppler said before heading to Las Vegas for the winter meetings,
  
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• Fraternity cuts ties with CSULB amid sexual misconduct investigations

  09-12-2018 15:27
  
  A Cal State Long Beach student may have been sexually assaulted by members of a local fraternity about five months after the university temporarily suspended the organization in the wake of three other sexual misconduct allegations, documents show.
  The fraternity, Sigma Chi, dropped its affiliation with the university in May 2018, but continues recruiting students and participating in city events, the Southern California News Group, publisher of this newspaper, has learned.
  The student reported
  
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• Video: Mater Dei highlights, celebration from win over De La Salle in state championship

  09-12-2018 11:55
  
  A recap of the exciting plays and turning points from Mater Dei’s 35-21 win over De La Salle in the CIF State Open Division championship game Saturday, Dec. 8, at Cerritos College. Also, hear what Coach Bruce Rollinson, receiver Bru McCoy, running back Shakobe Harper and quarterback Bryce Young had to say about the victory and their season.
  
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• Fryer: Mater Dei’s defense comes through again in win over De La Salle

  09-12-2018 09:51
  
  De La Salle wide receiver Grant Daley, left, can’t reach a pass deep in Mater Dei territory as Mater Dei defensive back Jaylin Davies covers in the CIF State Open Division championship in Norwalk on Saturday, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  Mater Dei linebacker Bru McCoy, left, makes the catch over De La Salle cornerback Amir Wallace but is called for offensive pass interference in the second quarter of the CIF State Open Division championship game in
  
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• Rodman’s 3-pointer at buzzer give JSerera win over Christopher-led Mayfair in thrilling North O.C. Championships final

  09-12-2018 09:24
  
  LA HABRA – JSerra pulled off a miraculous play at the buzzer to defeat Mayfair of Lakewood, 63-62, in the final of the North Orange County Championships on Saturday night at Sonora High School.
  With a half-second left, Justin Williams inbounded the ball to D.J. Rodman, who beat the buzzer with a 3-pointer from the right corner to keep the Lions (10-0) undefeated and hand the Monsoons (4-1) their first defeat of the season.
  The Lions, who are ranked No. 15 in CIF-SS Division 1, held a slim
  
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• D.J. Rodman’s 3-pointer gives JSerra win over Mayfair in thrilling North O.C. Championships final

  09-12-2018 09:24
  
  LA HABRA – JSerra pulled off a miraculous play at the buzzer to defeat Mayfair of Lakewood, 63-62, in the final of the North Orange County Championships on Saturday night at Sonora High School.
  With a half-second left, Justin Williams inbounded the ball to D.J. Rodman, who beat the buzzer with a 3-pointer from the right corner to keep the Lions (10-0) undefeated and hand the Monsoons (4-1) their first defeat of the season.
  The Lions, who are ranked No. 15 in CIF-SS Division 1, held a slim
  
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• Holloway stops Ortega by TKO at UFC 231

  09-12-2018 08:51
  
  Max Holloway, right, fights Brian Ortega during the UFC Featherweight championship title bout in Toronto on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. Holloway won the title fight. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
  Brian Ortega leaves the octagon after being knocked out by Max Holloway during the featherweight championship mixed martial arts bout at UFC 231 in Toronto on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMax Holloway, left, fights Brian O
  
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• Braekhus retains belts in HBO’s exit of boxing

  09-12-2018 08:35
  
  Norway’s Cecilia Braekhus, right, hits Aleksandra Lopes during their WBC/WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO welterweight championship boxing match, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
  Norway’s Cecilia Braekhus, right, punches Aleksandra Lopes during their WBC/WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO welterweight championship boxing match, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsNorway’s Cecilia Braekhus, left, hits AleksandraMa
  
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• Video: Kris Wilkes on his game-winning shot vs. Notre Dame

  09-12-2018 08:07
  
  Guards Kris Wilkes and Jaylen Hands and forward Cody Riley talk about Wilkes’ game-winner against Notre Dame, Hands’ second straight double-double (12 points and 11 assists) and UCLA’s much-improved defense.
  
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• Video: Steve Alford on UCLA’s nail-biting win over Notre Dame

  09-12-2018 08:06
  
  Head coach Steve Alford talks about Kris Wilkes’ game-winning shot to down Notre Dame 65-62, what impressed him about his team’s win and why the Bruins lost their double-digit lead in the first place.
  
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• Mater Dei powers past De La Salle to repeat as CIF State football champions

  09-12-2018 08:02
  
  Mater Dei linebacker Steele Dubar, right, takes down De La Salle quarterback Dorian Hale in the second quarter of the CIF State Open Division championship game in Norwalk on Saturday, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  Mater Dei tight end Michael Martinez, left, runs around De La Salle’s Richard Fahiua after catching a pass in the second quarter of the CIF State Open Division championship game in Norwalk on Saturday, December 8, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodr
  
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• Man struck, killed on Santa Ana freeway off-ramp

  09-12-2018 07:50
  
  SANTA ANA — A man was struck and fatally injured by a vehicle while walking on an off-ramp from the Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Santa Ana on Saturday night, authorities said.
  The crash was reported at 9:27 p.m. on the Broadway/Main Street off-ramp from the southbound Santa Ana Freeway, Santa Ana police Commander Richard Weber said.
  It appeared the man was walking on the off-ramp while a vehicle was exiting the freeway, Weber said.
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• St. Paul’s legendary football coach Marijon Ancich has passed

  09-12-2018 07:44
  
  St. Paul High School’s legendary football coach Marijon Ancich, one of the CIF Southern Section’s winningest coaches of all time, passed away Saturday night.
  Ancich suffered a stroke recently and was moved from a hospital to a hospice facility last weekend, where he had been surrounded by family and friends.Tonight at 9:05pm, Marijon “Coach A” Ancich, entered eternal life. He was surrounded by family when he joined our Lord. Coach A has impacted so many lives through
  
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• St. Paul’s legendary football coach Marijon Ancich has died

  09-12-2018 07:44
  
  St. Paul High School’s legendary football coach Marijon Ancich, one of the CIF Southern Section’s winningest coaches of all time, passed away Saturday night, the school announced.
  Ancich suffered a stroke last week and had been in hospice care since last weekend. The school said he was surrounded by family when he passed away.Tonight at 9:05pm, Marijon “Coach A” Ancich, entered eternal life. He was surrounded by family when he joined our Lord. Coach A has impacted so
  
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• Injured Kris Wilkes stuns Notre Dame with last-second 3-pointer

  09-12-2018 07:44
  
  UCLA’s Kris Wilkes (13) grabs a rebound next to Notre Dame’s Dane Goodwin (23) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  UCLA guard Kris Wilkes (13) celebrates after scoring the go-ahead basket with teammates Prince Ali (23) and Jaylen Hands (4) during an NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in Los Angeles. UCLA won 65-62. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SoundThe
  
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• Clippers can’t beat depleted Heat, have nine-game home winning streak snapped

  09-12-2018 07:37
  
  Los Angeles Clippers forward Tobias Harris, left, dunks as Miami Heat forward Kelly Olynyk defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Miami Heat forward James Johnson, left, shoots as Los Angeles Clippers center Boban Marjanovic, of Serbia, defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Clipp
  
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• Missing Idyllwild man found dead

  09-12-2018 07:30
  
  An Idyllwild man missing since Nov. 26 has been found dead, the Riverside County Coroner’s Office said late Saturday.
  David Bradish, 80, suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and was last seen in the 54500 block of North Circle Drive in the San Jacinto Mountains. He was believed to have been walking his dog, Ginger. The brown cocker spaniel was found Dec. 5 in Fern Valley, according to a Facebook post by his daughter in law, Jenni Bradish.
  Few details were available Saturday on the
  
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• Orange County basketball highlights for Saturday, Dec. 8

  09-12-2018 07:29
  
  Highlights and top scorers from the Orange County basketball games on Saturday, Dec. 8.
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  Dayne Chalmers scored 28 points and Robbie Spooner had 25 to lead 10th-ranked Newport Harbor past University 71-58 in the championship game of the Tartan Classic at St. Margaret’s. The Sailors held University sophomore guard Kody Uyesugi to 14 points, almost 13 below his average. Sam Barela added seven points and nine assists for Newport Harbor and was named Tournament MVP.
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• Eyassu Worku sparks UC Irvine men’s basketball’s comeback victory over Montana

  09-12-2018 07:05
  
  UC Irvine’s Eyassu Worku drives against Montana during a mens basketball game Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 at UCI.
  (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
  UC Irvine’s Spencer Rivers shoots against Montana during a mens basketball game Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 at UCI.
  (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsUC Irvine coach Russell Turner during a mens basketball game against Montana Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 at UCI.
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• Brandon Ingram expected to miss additional week with sprained ankle

  09-12-2018 06:03
  
  MEMPHIS – As the Lakers prepared for the second game of a road back-to-back on Saturday, some news came in from back in Los Angeles.
  A little bit good. A little bit bad.
  The good: Brandon Ingram’s left sprained ankle isn’t worse than that. A precautionary MRI on Thursday evening showed no signs of more serious injury. But the Lakers also aren’t expected to be able to bring him back for the next week, as he recovers from landing on LaMarcus Aldridge’s foot in a game
  
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• Clippers hopeful Luc Mbah a Moute could be back within a couple weeks

  09-12-2018 05:02
  
  LOS ANGELES — As his teammates cleared out after shootaround Saturday morning, Luc Mbah a Moute made his way out onto the floor and started putting up shots.
  After being sidelined since the fifth game of the season with a sore left knee, Mbah a Moute is close to playing again, said Clippers Coach Doc Rivers — after being reminded who “Luc” was.
  “Luc who?” Rivers joked. “I haven’t seen him in a while, so …”
  Rivers said he didn’t e
  
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• Lakers grind out a victory in Memphis to split 2-game trip

  09-12-2018 04:45
  
  Grizzlies center Marc Gasol drives against Lakers center JaVale McGee during the first half of Saturday’s game in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
  Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley (11) controls the ball against Los Angeles Lakers guard Josh Hart in the first half of an NBA basketball game on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Lakers center JaVale McGee (7) shoots against Memphis Grizzlies guard DJ Step
  
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• Big day for trainer Bob Baffert at Los Alamitos

  09-12-2018 04:09
  
  Trainer Bob Baffert, left, celebrates with jockey Drayden Van Dyke, right, in the winner’s circle after Improbable’s victory in the Grade I, $300,000 Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity, Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Los Alamitos Race Course, Cypress CA. (Courtesy of Benoit Photo)
  Improbable and jockey Drayden Van Dyke win the Grade I, $300,000 Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity, Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Los Alamitos Race Course, Cypress CA. (Courtesy of Benoit Photo)SoundThe gallery w
  
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• Fresno State hands Long Beach State its 5th loss in 6 games

  09-12-2018 04:03
  
  FRESNO — Long Beach State had little answer for Fresno State’s inside game on Saturday, and the end result was the 49ers’ fifth loss in their last six games.
  Noah Blackwell scored 22 points, Nate Grimes added 15 points and 14 rebounds and Fresno State beat Long Beach 92-71 at Fresno’s Save Mart Center.
  Bryan Alberts led Long Beach (3-8) with a season-high 20 points, while Temidayo Yussuf added 17 points and six rebounds and Deishuan Booker had 11 points.
  The Bulldogs outs
  
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• 19-year-old Anaheim resident dies in collision in Placentia

  09-12-2018 03:31
  
  A 19-year-old Anaheim resident was killed the morning of Friday, Dec. 7, in a traffic collision in Placentia, the Placentia Police Department said.
  The man’s name had not been publicly announced as of Saturday evening.
  He was driving a Ford Crown Victoria west on Orangethorpe Avenue when he swerved to avoid a Hyundai Genesis that had pulled out of a residential area, a police news release said. The Ford spun out of control and into the eastbound lanes, where it collided with a Chevrolet Ta
  
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• Mater Dei cornerback Elias Ricks unlikely to play in CIF State championship game (updated)

  09-12-2018 03:18
  
  NORWALK – While Mater Dei prepared for its game against De La Salle in the CIF State Open Division final on Saturday night, Monarchs star cornerback Elias Ricks sat in the stands at Cerritos College in street clothes with a few other players, making it appear unlikely that he will play in the game.
  Mater Dei’s team was in the locker room preparing for the 8 p.m. kickoff and a chance to clinch a second straight state and national title.It appears as if Elias Ricks won't play for Mater
  
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• White House chief of staff John Kelly to leave at year’s end

  09-12-2018 03:16
  
  By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that chief of staff John Kelly will leave his job by year’s end amid an expected West Wing reshuffling reflecting a focus on the 2020 re-election campaign and the challenge of governing with Democrats reclaiming control of the House.
  Nick Ayers, Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, is Trump’s top choice to replace Kelly, and the two have held discussions for months about the job,
  
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• Reaction: Kyler Murray wins the 2018 Heisman Trophy

  09-12-2018 03:04
  
  Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray, winner of the Heisman Trophy, looks at the award Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
  Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray, who won the Heisman Trophy, poses with the award Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsOklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray holds the Hesiman Trophy after winning the award Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
  Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Mu
  
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• Live updates for Mater Dei high school football vs. De La Salle

  09-12-2018 02:55
  
  Mater Dei is trying to win back-to-back state titles for the first time and could repeat as national champions but De La Salle stands in the way.
  A victory for the Monarchs would give head coach Bruce Rollinson his 300th career win.
  Our reporters will be out at Cerritos College on Saturday for the game and you can follow along with their updates below.
  Viewing on a mobile device? Click here. DLS offense forced to punt and MD takes over on own 17 with 4:45 in half same scoreDe La Salle
  
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• In 2018, Orange County achieved meaningful progress on homelessness

  09-12-2018 02:09
  
  It has been a year of momentous change for Orange County.
  We started the year transitioning more than 1,000 people out of two major homeless encampments. Now, we end the year with plans to build 2,700 units of supportive housing for the neediest in our communities and expand the number of emergency shelters and support services. In 2018, we took significant steps to build out a system of integrated services that are designed to help people transition permanently out of homelessness.
  During this
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday (12-8-18)

  09-12-2018 01:32
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Saturday, Dec. 8.
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  Woodbridge 10, Irvine B 4
  Goals: (Wood) Swedan 3, Schwengel 3, Novakovic, Batelaan, Lauren, Montreevat. (Irv) Quon 3, Withers.
  Irvine 9, Northwood 4
  Goals: (Irv) Heidke 2, Fong 1, Yamamoto 2, Lagerlof 2, Rachel Rookard, Rabecca Rookard. (Nor) Tomovic, Buting 2, Kong.
  Laguna Beach B 11, Foothill 5
  Goals: (LB) Carver 2, Shabunov, Kidd, Lopez, Houlahan,
  
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• Dodgers not seeking a new GM to replace Farhan Zaidi

  09-12-2018 00:43
  
  LOS ANGELES — They won’t retire his laptop and hang it from the stadium facade. But the Dodgers do not plan to hire a new general manager to replace Farhan Zaidi any time soon.
  “This offseason has been too chaotic on a number of fronts to be able to slow the game down enough to focus on that,” Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said, acknowledging he has not interviewed any replacement candidates. “It’s something we’ll think ab
  
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