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• McCain talk is undermining Trump’s success: Political Cartoons

  24-03-2019 22:05
  
  Check out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and across the political spectrum, covering current issues and figures.
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• Josh Cassidy overcomes latest challenge to win Los Angeles Marathon

  24-03-2019 21:47
  
  Askale Merchi from Floral Park, NY is the first woman to cross the finish line at 2:24:11.83, during the 2019 LA Marathon. Santa Monica March 24,2019Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer
  Elisha Barno from Kenya is the first man to cross the finish line at 2:11:45.54, during the 2019 LA Marathon. Santa Monica March 24,2019Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing PhotographerSoundThe gallery will resume insecondsAskale Merchi from Floral Park, NY is the first woman to cross the finish line at
  
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• Elisha Barno, Askale Merachi win LA Marathon, with drama and record breaking along the way

  24-03-2019 21:36
  
  Askale Merchi from Floral Park, NY is the first woman to cross the finish line at 2:24:11.83, during the 2019 LA Marathon. Santa Monica March 24,2019Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer
  Elisha Barno from Kenya is the first man to cross the finish line at 2:11:45.54, during the 2019 LA Marathon. Santa Monica March 24,2019Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing PhotographerSoundThe gallery will resume insecondsAskale Merchi from Floral Park, NY is the first woman to cross the finish line at
  
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• Trump didn’t coordinate with Russia in 2016, report declares

  24-03-2019 21:13
  
  By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL BALSAMO, CHAD DAY and JULIE PACE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department declared Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller’s long investigation did not find evidence that President Donald Trump’s campaign “conspired or coordinated” with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election, setting off celebrations of vindication by Trump and his supporters. Mueller also investigated whether Trump obstructed justice but did not come to a defi
  
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• DOJ: Trump campaign did not coordinate with Russia in 2016

  24-03-2019 21:13
  
  By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL BALSAMO, CHAD DAY and JULIE PACE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation did not find evidence that President Donald Trump’s campaign “conspired or coordinated” with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election.
  Mueller also investigated whether Trump obstructed justice, but did not come to a definitive answer, Attorney General William Barr said in a letter to Congress sum
  
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• LAUSD’s punishing parcel tax proposal

  24-03-2019 20:00
  
  America’s most dysfunctional school district has stepped in it again. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), apparently coming to the shocking realization that there was no way they could pay for the horrible deal they just cut with the unions, has hurriedly placed on the ballot for June a new property tax that leaves no Los Angeles taxpayer unscathed.
  That grassroots taxpayer interests would be opposed to the new levy is no surprise. But several business organizations, usually m
  
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• Clippers beat New York Knicks for fifth consecutive victory

  24-03-2019 19:56
  
  New York Knicks guard Kadeem Allen (0), right, fouls Los Angeles Clippers forward Montrezl Harrell (5) who drives to the basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 24, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
  LA Clippers Landry Shamet, left, is defended by New York Knicks DeAndre Jordan (6) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 24, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsNew York Knicks forward Kevin Knox (
  
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• Unpacking the effort to allow AQMD to raise SoCal taxes

  24-03-2019 19:00
  
  There are rules when it comes to taxes.
  How high they can go, what they can be used for… and there are rules about which public agencies are allowed to levy tax increases. Because really, we don’t want just any government agency deciding they want to come after our money for any purpose, right?
  The California State Revenue and Tax Code and the Public Utilities Code give counties, cities, and transportation authorities the power to impose general taxes or taxes for a specific purpose
  
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• Preview: UC Irvine vs. Oregon in NCAA Tournament, Sunday, 6:40 p.m., TBS

  24-03-2019 18:53
  
  UC Irvine, fresh off its first NCAA Tournament win in school history, tries to reach the Sweet 16 Sunday night against Oregon. Here's a preview.
  
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• Country star Brett Young parties, plays new music in front of a hometown crowd at The Novo in L.A.

  24-03-2019 18:29
  
  Saturday night at The Novo at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles was a special one for country singer-songwriter Brett Young. Not only is he the first country artist to have three shows in a row at the 2,400-capacity venue, the series of shows served as hometown gigs for Young, who grew up in Orange County and lived in Los Angeles just before his now chart-topping career launched.
  The first of the three nights was sold out and it also happened to fall on his 38th birthday. Throughout the evening,
  
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• Harvard-Westlake boys capture National High School Tennis All-American tournament

  24-03-2019 17:48
  
  Harvard-Westlake’s boys tennis team made history Saturday at one of Orange County’s most challenging high school events.
  The Wolverines defeated Torrey Pines 5-3 in the finals of the National High School Tennis All-American invitational at Palisades Tennis Club in Newport Beach.
  Harvard-Westlake, the reigning CIF-SS Division 1 champion, won the 20th annual tournament for the first time.
  The Wolverines, ranked second to Division 1 behind University, could climb back atop the next rank
  
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• Winner sets course record in women’s race at 2019 LA Marathon

  24-03-2019 17:39
  
  Ethiopia’s Askale Merachi won 2019 LA Marathon’s women’s race in a course record 2 hours, 24 minutes, 11 seconds on Sunday morning.
  Related Articles How Elisha Barno won 2019 LA Marathon men’s race with dramatic sprint to finish This LA Marathon runner is ‘running’ it on crutches this year Live coverage of the 2019 LA Marathon Retired judge shares secrets for running LA Marathon at 82 Big numbers and more: 26 things you need to know about Sunday’s 2019 L
  
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• How Elisha Barno won 2019 LA Marathon men’s race with dramatic sprint to finish

  24-03-2019 17:32
  
  Kenya’s Elisha Barno passed countryman John Korir in the final 200 meters to win the Los Angeles Marathon in one of the most dramatic finishes in the races 34 year history.
  Related Articles Winner sets course record in women’s race at 2019 LA Marathon This LA Marathon runner is ‘running’ it on crutches this year Live coverage of the 2019 LA Marathon Retired judge shares secrets for running LA Marathon at 82 Big numbers and more: 26 things you need to know about Sunday&rsq
  
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• This LA Marathon runner is “running” it on crutches this year

  24-03-2019 17:00
  
  While most people ran the L.A. Marathon on two feet, Paul Brestyanszky ran it on four.
  Two were crutches, though.
  “I’m hanging on,” he said just minutes before the race began. “I have no choice it’s my 34th.”
  The legacy runner has ran every L.A. Marathon since the beginning. But when he slipped, fell and fractured his patella bone in his knee, he had to get creative.
  “I’ve been doing a lot of bench presses,” he said. An exercise he’s ho
  
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• Greeted by protests, Rep. Ilhan Omar tells LA-area Muslims to ‘raise hell’ in face of intolerance

  24-03-2019 16:23
  
  Freshman Congresswoman Ilham Omar of Minnesota urged some 400 Los Angeles-area Muslims packed inside the Woodland Hills Hilton on Saturday to stand defiant and “raise hell” in the face of discrimination they confront as Muslims in America.It’s advice the politician appears to have adopted as her own strategy, as this appearance — a fund-raising event hosted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations — came just weeks after her comments sparked national controversy
  
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• Greeted by protests, Rep. Ilhan Omar tells LA-area Muslims to ‘raise hell’ in face of ‘human rights’ violations

  24-03-2019 16:23
  
  Freshman Congresswoman Ilham Omar of Minnesota urged some 400 Los Angeles-area Muslims packed inside the Woodland Hills Hilton on Saturday to stand defiant and “raise hell” in the face of discrimination they confront as Muslims in America.It’s advice the politician appears to have adopted as her own strategy, as this appearance — a fund-raising event hosted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations — came just weeks after her comments sparked national controversy
  
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• We’re just living in our own, strange worlds

  24-03-2019 15:00
  
  It’s not uncommon to read this paper in the morning, watch the news at night or scroll our social media accounts at all times in between and wonder, “What world am I living in?”
  The shift from our binary past — male/female, black/white, rich/poor, good/evil — to the billion shades of grey of our digital present has so scrambled our sense of culture, community and continuity we’re left to wonder, are we crazy or has the world gone mad?
  • Exhibit A: Donald
  
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• Bubble Watch: Southern California building permits take biggest tumble since recession

  24-03-2019 15:00
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: One big challenge of aggressive construction to fix the region’s housing affordability headache is developers’ fear of overbuilding.
  Source: Real Estate Research Council of Southern California.
  Trend reported: Building permits for 56,523 units — single-family and multi-unit projects — were filed in the region last year. Yes, last year’s planning looks g
  
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• Live coverage of the 2019 LA Marathon

  24-03-2019 13:00
  
  Live updates from the 2019 L.A. Marathon.
  RELATED: LA Marathon freeway and street closures
  Starting times: Wheelchair participants at 6:30 a.m.; handcyclers at 6:42 a.m., elite women runners at 6:45 a.m.; and elite men and the full field at 6:55 a.m. The #LAMarathonroute runs directly outside my apartment. Every year for 15 years, I've slept through it.But THIS TIME, yeah, I will continue to do that.The #LAMarathonStreet closures have taken effect around the city. Here’s what you need to k
  
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• Ducks’ Ryan Miller upset about giving up shootout winner to Kings’ Anze Kopitar

  24-03-2019 07:49
  
  LOS ANGELES — Ducks goaltender Ryan Miller was upset with himself Saturday. He said he should have known better. He’d seen that move before and should have been ready for it when Kings center Anze Kopitar tried in the second round of a shootout at Staples Center.
  Kopitar scored the only goal in the shootout with a deft sleight of hand move that surprised Miller and the Kings edged the Ducks 4-3. Kopitar skated toward the net from the red line and then pulled the puck around Miller wi
  
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• Cal State Fullerton baseball add to LBSU Dirtbags’ early-season woes

  24-03-2019 07:13
  
  LONG BEACH – Troy Buckley described Long Beach State’s situation in 2019 as “being in a 100 foot grave looking for a light.”
  The key thing, though, is that neither the Dirtbag head coach nor his players have stopped looking. They fell to Cal State Fullerton Saturday night, 4-3, at Blair Field to drop their record to 4-17 in a tough first third of the season, but found a few things to rally around going into Sunday’s series finale.
  Starting pitcher Adam Seminaris bat
  
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• Anze Kopitar’s goal in shootout gives Kings win over Ducks

  24-03-2019 06:37
  
  Los Angeles Kings left wing Kyle Clifford (13) tries to score on Anaheim Ducks goaltender Ryan Miller, right, as defenseman Hampus Lindholm falls during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, March 23, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Anaheim Ducks goaltender Ryan Miller looks back after a goal by Los Angeles Kings center Jeff Carter during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, March 23, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe gallery will
  
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• Walker Zimmerman scores game-winning goal as LAFC defeats Real Salt Lake

  24-03-2019 06:27
  
  The Los Angeles Football Club knew what was in store for them as Real Salt Lake, the team that bounced them from the MLS Cup playoffs last year, returned to the Banc of California Stadium on Saturday.
  For 90 plus minutes RSL again managed to frustrate a home team.
  Then a flash of brilliance from an unlikely source, defender Walker Zimmerman alleviated the angst that accumulated amongst the 22,023 people in attendance when he hammered a stoppage-time game-winner from outside the box, putting LAFC
  
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• Shot putters get good distance at Beach Cities Invitational

  24-03-2019 05:51
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH>> In terms of individual talent and depth, the shot put and discus were the showcase events at the Beach Cities Invitational held Saturday at Huntington Beach High School.
  Several competitors, on both the girls and the boys side, came in having hit some of the best marks in the county in both events.
  Newport Harbor’s Aidan Elbettar was a double winner, and an impressive one at that.
  Elbettar won the shot with a personal best mark of 62-09.5 and then win the discus wi
  
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• UCLA gymnastics holds off Utah for second straight Pac-12 championship

  24-03-2019 05:32
  
  UCLA didn’t need Katelyn Ohashi to secure its second straight Pac-12 championship, but the viral sensation’s new floor routine had the perfect ending for the occasion.
  Ohashi extended her right arm and dropped the mic on Utah as her sixth perfect 10 of the season capped off a clutch floor rotation that propelled UCLA to a season-high 198.4 and secured its 19th conference title on Saturday in West Valley City, Utah.DROP THAT MIC. @katelyn_ohashi debuted her new floor routine and music
  
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• Kings’ Adrian Kempe: Swedish players love their long hair

  24-03-2019 05:14
  
  LOS ANGELES – Kings forward Adrian Kempe didn’t make the cut, but best hair in the league was among the things recently voted on by the NHL Players’ Association.
  Three of the top five were from Kempe’s native Sweden. He smiled when discussing the subject.
  “There’s always Swedish guys that like to grow their hair,” said Kempe, who has medium-long blonde hair. “Especially on San Jose; they have a couple of guys. So, yeah, I don’t know if that&r
  
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• Tesoro girls swimming flashes speed in second-place finish at Mission Viejo Invitational

  24-03-2019 05:09
  
  MISSION VIEJO — Tesoro’s girls swimming team took a break Saturday from its rivalry with a well-known neighbor to race some of the best in California at a re-energized, 47th Mission Viejo Invitational.
  The Titans showed they’re on track to contend with powerhouse Santa Margarita at the CIF-SS Division 1 finals in early May.
  Tesoro crowned champions in three of the 11 events and flashed plenty of depth and potential in placing a narrow second in the team race to defending champi
  
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• Gavin Newsom’s cynical game, explained

  24-03-2019 04:26
  
  A toy company called Galoob once made a game called Mr. Gameshow. It featured a blue-eyed, slick-haired host, entirely plastic, with an oversized head and an arctic smile. As players pressed buttons to answer questions, Mr. Gameshow’s recorded voice would yell out the winners and losers with shouts of “Pick up your money!” or “AAH-eem sorry!” followed by a sarcastic insult.
  In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is infringing on Mr. Gameshow’s territory. Every day b
  
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• Surf therapy in Newport Beach offers a respite for children with special needs

  24-03-2019 04:23
  
  The ocean can be healing.
  That’s the goal of the nonprofit A Walk on Water, which on Saturday, March 23, hosted a surf therapy session for 100 children with special needs and their families — a break from the challenges they face every day.
  Special needs surfer Evan Reiner falls off his board despite the help of “A Walk On Water” volunteer Joe Kennefick. The organization was hosting a surf therapy event for children with special needs at the Newport Beach pier on Saturday
  
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• Out of the playoffs, Lakers veterans point to injuries as the season’s defining flaw

  24-03-2019 02:43
  
  LOS ANGELES – It had been 20 days since Tyson Chandler last checked in for the Lakers, and in those eight games, the team’s playoff dreams had gone from iffy to down the tubes.
  The 36-year-old had dealt with various pains that he called “knick-knack” injuries — hip stiffness, neck stiffness, ailments that kept the 7-foot center from being himself. But for the Lakers’ 111-106 elimination at the hands of the Brooklyn Nets, he didn’t want to sit out.
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday (3-23-19)

  24-03-2019 02:27
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Saturday, March 23.
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  NONLEAGUE
  Tesoro 13, Aliso Niguel 10
  Goals: (Tes) Spooner 6, Lynch 5. (AN) Poremba 3, Horowitz 2, Laderer 2
  Saves: Zelaya (Tes) 15. Mankin (AN) 6
  Servite 12, Great Oak 8
  Goals: (Ser) Rusnak 4, Terrones 3
  Saves: Kennedy (Ser) 5
   
  
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• Two people hospitalized after single-vehicle crash on Ortega Highway

  24-03-2019 02:20
  
  Two people were hospitalized following a single-vehicle crash on Ortega Highway near Caspers Wilderness Park on Saturday afternoon, March 23, authorities said.
  About 2:35 p.m., Orange County Fire Authority firefighters were called to Ortega Highway and Caspers Park Road on a report of a single-vehicle crash, OCFA Capt. Cameron Rossman said.
  Two people needed to be freed from the wreckage and they were taken to a trauma center, Rossman said.
  Initial reports indicated the vehicle may have been tra
  
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• Orange County baseball/softball highlights for Saturday, March 23

  24-03-2019 02:13
  Highlights and top performers from the Orange County baseball and softball games on Saturday, March 23.
  BASEBALL
  Saturday’s baseball scoreboard
  No. 4 Aliso Niguel rolled a pair of nines on its home field Saturday, beating Shadow Hills 9-1 and Heritage of Littleton, Colo., 9-3 in the Anaheim Lions Tournament. Quinn Mathews was 3-for-4 with a double and CJ Ezratty went 2-for-2 to lead the Wolverines’ 12-hit attack in the first game. Ethan Hoopingarner doubled and drove in two runs and
  
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• Five people hospitalized after two-vehicle crash in Santa Ana

  24-03-2019 02:10
  
  Three people were briefly trapped in a vehicle after it collided with another vehicle at a Santa Ana intersection Saturday afternoon, March 23, authorities said.
  Orange County firefighters were called to Bristol Street and Hesperian Street just before 2:45 p.m. on reports of a two-vehicle crash, Capt. Cameron Rossman said.
  Five people in one of the vehicles were transported to local hospitals, three with minor injuries and two with more serious injuries, Rossman said.
  Three people had to be extr
  
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• Whicker: Rutherford, UC Irvine try to cross a challenging bridge

  24-03-2019 01:48
  
  Tommy Rutherford #42 of the UC Irvine Anteaters in the second half during the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at SAP Center on March 22, 2019 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
  Tommy Rutherford #42 of the UC Irvine Anteaters in the second half during the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at SAP Center on March 22, 2019 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume insecond
  
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• Rutherford, UC Irvine try to cross a challenging bridge

  24-03-2019 01:48
  
  Tommy Rutherford #42 of the UC Irvine Anteaters in the second half during the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at SAP Center on March 22, 2019 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
  Tommy Rutherford #42 of the UC Irvine Anteaters in the second half during the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at SAP Center on March 22, 2019 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume insecond
  
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• San Juan Capistrano’s Swallows Day Parade celebrates women of the Old West

  24-03-2019 01:27
  
  Crowds flocked to San Juan Capistrano for the city’s 61st annual Swallows Day Parade on Saturday, March 23.
  This year’s theme was “How the West Was Really Won, Celebrating the Women of the West.” A wagon in the parade featured women dressed up as Old West figures, including sharpshooter Annie Oakley.
  Members of the Victorian Roses Ladies Riding Society ride down the street during the 61st Annual Swallows Day Parade in downtown San Juan Capistrano Saturday, March 23, 2019.
  
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• Understanding the appeal of democratic socialism key to defeating it

  24-03-2019 01:00
  
  In their race to save an unpopular president and their lack of a positive agenda, many Republicans and conservatives increasingly identify the rise of “democratic socialism” as their ultimate, if you will, Trump card. Given the fact that most Americans, particularly older ones, still favor capitalism and are less than enthusiastic about expanding federal power, this approach might work.
  But conservatives, in or out of the White House, underestimate the intrinsic appeal of the resurge
  
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• March Madness 2019: UC Irvine dubs assistant as its own ‘Sister Jean’

  24-03-2019 00:53
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — When UC Irvine made the NCAA Tournament, coach Russell Turner believed his team had many of the same ingredients that fueled Loyola of Chicago’s surprising run to the Final Four last year.
  The Anteaters had an experienced team with a gaudy record but was missing only one ingredient: the good luck charm that provided inspiration for the Ramblers.
  With no elderly nun with an engaging personality hanging around at a public school like UC Irvine, Turner got creati
  
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• Swim: LIVE results from Mission Viejo Invitational finals (updated)

  24-03-2019 00:41
  
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  BOYS SWIMMING
  Mission Viejo Invitational
  At Marguerite Recreation Center
  200-yard medley relay –– 1. Loyola 1:33.68 – new meet record, old record Clovis West 1:35.66 2011, others: 4. Tes 1:36.41, 10. TH 1:38.93, 16. MV 1:43.01
  200 free – 1. J. Williams (REV) 1:39.58, others: 4. Davis (Tes) 1:43.52, 10. Lewis (TH) 1:46.90, 12. Stevens (Tes) 1:45.29, 13t. Goh (MV) 1:45.46
  200 IM – 1. Taylor (TH) 1:52.47, 2. Neamand (Tes) 1:53.93, others
  
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• Angels fall to Padres in Cactus League finale

  24-03-2019 00:10
  
  THE GAME: With most of the Angels’ everyday players already back in Southern California to prepare for the Freeway Series, the Angels lost 11-4 to the San Diego Padres on Saturday at the Peoria Sports Complex. The Angels finished the Arizona portion of spring training with a 14-14-4 record.
  PITCHING REPORT: RHP Jeremy Beasley got the start and gave up five runs in 2 1/3 innings, including homers to Ian Kinsler and Franchy Cordero. Beasley reached Double-A last season. … RHP Cody All
  
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• Woman hospitalized after falling off horse during Swallows Day Parade in San Juan Capistrano

  24-03-2019 00:09
  
  A woman was hospitalized after taking a tumble off a horse in a staging area at the Swallows Day Parade in San Juan Capistrano Saturday, March 23, authorities said.
  A woman was hospitalized after taking a fall off a horse after it had been startled in the staging area of the Swallows Day Parade route Saturday, March 23. (Courtesy of Barton B Mac Leod)
  A woman was hospitalized after taking a fall off a horse after it had been startled in the staging area of the Swallows Day Parade route Saturday,
  
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