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• Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings brings 25 new beach volleyball nets to Huntington Beach

  26-03-2019 23:54
  
  It all started on the sand in Huntington Beach.
  Casey Jennings pointed to the volleyball court where, in 2001, he first met and scrimmaged against his now-wife Kerri Walsh Jennings, who at the time was nervously trying out to see if she was a fit alongside Misty May-Treanor.
  Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings, right, poses for a photograph with Savannah Allison, 2, of Huntington Beach following a ceremony in which Jennings and her p1440 program donated 25 new volleyball nets to the court
  
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• Park Life: What’s up with the new Jurassic World ride and here’s how to fly the Millennium Falcon

  26-03-2019 23:46
  
  Welcome to the inaugural edition of Park Life, where we whisk you to the front of the line for all the news, events and excitement coming from Southern California Theme Parks. Please keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times — it’s going to be a fun ride.
  Riders will take on the roles of pilots, gunners or engineers on the Millennium Falcon: Galaxy’s Edge attraction in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland (Courtesy of Disney Parks)
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• Family wants help finding driver in fatal hit-and-run that killed La Mirada grandmother

  26-03-2019 23:28
  
  Sheriff’s Norwalk Station Capt. James Tatreau, made a plea to the public to help solve the Feb. 20, 2019 fatal hit-and-run of Maria “Carmen” Chavarria in La Mirada. Chavarria’s daughter, Jeannette Chavarria, her son-in-law, Erik Flores, and her husband, Juan Chavarria attended the March 26, 2019 press conference held outside the station.Two of Maria Chavarria’s grandchildren were also injured in the hit-and-run. (Photo by Ruby Gonzales, Whittier Daily News, SCNG)
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• Fight against invasive plants at Bolsa Chica Wetlands expands to nearby state beach

  26-03-2019 23:26
  
  Conservationists and weekend volunteers have toiled in the Bolsa Chica Wetlands for years, weeding out invasive plants and replanting native vegetation that has been squeezed out by the invaders.
  Those native plants are key to creating a habitat — with its attendant bird food of bugs and lizards — that has made the wetlands in Huntington Beach a thriving destination for more than 200 types of birds, including several endangered and threatened species.
  Now, these wildlife custodi
  
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• Almost half of older Americans have zero in retirement savings

  26-03-2019 23:23
  
  By Ben Steverman, Bloomberg
  The bad news is that almost half of Americans approaching retirement have nothing saved in a 401(k) or another individual account. The good news is that the new estimate, from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, is slightly better than a few years earlier.
  Of those 55 and older, 48 percent had nothing put away in a 401(k)-style defined contribution plan or an individual retirement account, according to a GAO estimate for 2016 that was released Tuesday
  
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• Residents of a mobile home park in Fullerton and Anaheim fear affect of rent increase on their limited incomes

  26-03-2019 22:55
  
  Nearly 400 residents of a senior mobile home park straddling the border of Fullerton and Anaheim face paying more than $200 extra in monthly rent for their lots starting June 1.
  Rancho La Paz Mobilehome Park was sold last month for $85 million, according to property records. Under Proposition 13, the sale led to the reassessment of the park’s annual property tax, to the tune of $800,000, leading to the rent increase, the new owner said.
  Homes in the Fullerton section of the Rancho La Paz M
  
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• University High students cheer assistant principal’s return from service in Afghanistan

  26-03-2019 21:38
  
  University High Assistant Principal Kris Kough got a welcome from students he didn’t expect.
  Students, along with school staff members, lined a main walkway Monday morning during their snack period cheering Kough as he walked the campus, having just returned to work following a nearly year-long deployment in Afghanistan.
  The Army National Guard colonel spend 10 months in Kandahar as a military adviser to the Afghanistan National Army.
  A student welcomes home University High Assistant Princ
  
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• It’s special-election day for California Senate in Long Beach, other cities along 710

  26-03-2019 21:25
  
  A large field of candidates from Long Beach and five other cities in south Los Angeles County are waiting to see voting returns tonight in a special election to fill a vacant seat in the California Senate.
  The special election in the state’s 33rd Senate district is being held to replace Ricardo Lara, a Democrat who left the Senate when he was elected insurance commissioner last November. Lara had two years remaining in his four-year term.
  Candidates to fill that seat include current and fo
  
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• Santa Ana ceramic company fined $250,000 after employee dies in machinery

  26-03-2019 21:19
  
  A Santa Ana ceramic manufacturing company has been issued more than $250,000 in fines following the death of an 18-year-old employee who was killed after being entangled in a clay machine that did not have any safety guards.
  The Department of Industrial Relations said Tuesday, March 26, that the safety guards on the industrial mixer, also known as a pug mill, had been removed from the machine and the employee had not been trained to use it at the time of the incident on Sept. 20, 2018.
  On that d
  
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• Superhero and comic fans unite in Mission Viejo

  26-03-2019 21:01
  
  Nichole Romero of Mission Viejo and her son Cannon Romero, 4, dressed as The Flash, look through their newly-bought comic books on a lawn outside the Mission Viejo Library during the city’s annual Comic-Con on Saturday, March 23, 2019. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  Anastasia Hunter, right, gives a presentation about “Storytelling Through Costuming and Cosplay” in a room at the Mission Viejo Library during the library’s annual Comic-Con on Saturday, M
  
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• House fails to override Trump veto over his border emergency

  26-03-2019 20:55
  
  By ALAN FRAM
  WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House fell short Tuesday in its effort to override President Donald Trump’s first veto, handing him a victory in his drive to spend billions more for constructing barriers along the Southwest border than Congress has approved.
  Lawmakers voted 248-181 in favor of overturning his veto, mostly along party lines, but that was 38 votes shy of the number needed for the required two-thirds majority.
  The outcome, not a surprise, enabled Tru
  
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• Maker of OxyContin reaches $270 million settlement in Oklahoma

  26-03-2019 20:43
  
  By KEN MILLER and GEOFF MULVIHILL
  OKLAHOMA CITY — The maker of OxyContin and the company’s controlling family agreed Tuesday to pay a groundbreaking $270 million to Oklahoma to settle allegations they helped create the nation’s deadly opioid crisis with their aggressive marketing of the powerful painkiller.
  It is the first settlement to come out of the recent coast-to-coast wave of nearly 2,000 lawsuits against Stamford, Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma that threaten to push the
  
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• How Orange County got its own dedicated Cousins Maine Lobster food truck

  26-03-2019 20:40
  
  It’s been six years since founders Jim Tselikis and Sabin Lomac appeared on ABC’s “Shark Tank.” In that time these cousins have seen Cousins Maine Lobster grow from an LA-based food truck into a national franchise now with a dedicated truck in Orange County. Seen here, lobster tacos. (Courtesy of Cousins Maine Lobster)
  It’s been six years since founders Jim Tselikis and Sabin Lomac appeared on ABC’s “Shark Tank.” In that time these cousins have see
  
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• Project should hasten Metrolink and Amtrak trips through south Orange County

  26-03-2019 20:39
  
  In about two years, thousands of Metrolink and Amtrak riders could spend less time every day sitting idly by near the Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo station.
  The Orange County Transportation Authority has started building a 1.8-mile passing track from the train station to San Juan Capistrano, just north of Trabuco Creek. The $34 million project along the county’s north-south rail corridor is expected to finish by the spring of 2021.
  The extra track will allow the nearly 60 Metrolink and Amtra
  
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• Panhe celebrates centuries of Native American culture in south Orange County

  26-03-2019 20:30
  
  Steve Garcia of San Diego, who also goes by Black Star Eyed Eagle, performs a traditional Eagle Dance during the annual Panhe, a Native American celebration of protection and preservation, at the San Mateo Campground in San Clemente on Sunday, March 24, 2019. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
  Panhe guests use cell phones to photograph a Red Tailed Hawk at a booth for the Orange County Bird of Prey Center at the San Mateo Campground in San Clemente on Sunday, March 24, 2019. (Ph
  
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• Lawmakers denounce plan to divert military money for wall

  26-03-2019 19:22
  
  By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS
  WASHINGTON  — House lawmakers on Tuesday denounced Defense Department plans to use military funds to pay for President Donald Trump’s border wall, telling Pentagon leaders the “unbelievably irresponsible” maneuver will threaten the agency’s future ability to shift money around when needed.
  Both Republicans and Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee said there is little support for tapping military construction proje
  
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• Taco Tuesday: An encore for al pastor on the outskirts of Orange

  26-03-2019 19:02
  
  Now that this place has been open for about a year and a half, Taqueria Los Olivos in Orange still feels like a best-kept secret. Unless you’re a trucker, you probably don’t find yourself driving this industrial stretch of Orange Olive Road very often, except when you’re searching for a good taco. 
  Orange County Food FinderWhere to find the best restaurant menu items in the areaAnd these are very good tacos. Succulent pork al pastor is sliced from a trompo and finished to
  
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• Auto skills could mean college scholarships for these teens

  26-03-2019 19:00
  
  Caleb Parham form Mission Viejo High inspects an engine during the Orange County Automobile Dealers Association’s 26th Annual Technology Competition, with auto tech high school students competing for $30,000 in college scholarships, Saturday March 23, 2019 at Hyundai Motor America in Fountain Valley. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
  Christian Martinez from Buena Park High looks over an engine during the Orange County Automobile Dealers Association’s 26th Annual Te
  
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• California Dungeness crab industry to stop fishing 3 months early in legal settlement to slow whale, turtle entanglements

  26-03-2019 18:30
  
  In what could become a global model to protect whales and sea turtles from becoming entangled in fishing gear, three groups on Tuesday, March 26, announced a settlement agreement that will close California Dungeness crab fishing for the season on April 15, three months earlier than usual.
  The agreement is the result of a nearly two-year litigation effort by the Phoenix-based Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental nonprofit that in 2017 sued the California Department of Fish and Wildli
  
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• Department of Education investigating USC, UCLA in college admissions scandal

  26-03-2019 18:29
  
  LOS ANGELES — UCLA and USC were among eight universities notified they were under investigation by the Department of Education in connection with the college admissions scandal, it was reported Tuesday.
  Investigators would be looking into whether the schools violated laws “governing the federal student financial aid programs” or other laws, according to a document reviewed by the political news website Politico.
  If violations are found, the schools could be penalized up to havi
  
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• Agua Caliente Casinos do away with Paradise Rewards Club, unveil new rewards program

  26-03-2019 18:26
  
  The Agua Caliente casinos in Rancho Mirage and Palm Springs have replaced their player’s club, the Paradise Rewards Club, with a new rewards program, the ACE Club.
  The ACE Club — ACE stands for Agua Caliente Experience — will allow guests to earn points on both gaming and non-gaming spending at either Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa Rancho Mirage or Agua Caliente Casino Palm Springs, formerly known as Spa Resort Casino. The previous program only let visitors earn points for gam
  
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• Dems cry foul as Trump calls for striking down ‘Obamacare’

  26-03-2019 18:13
  
  By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has told a federal appeals court it wants the entire Affordable Care Act struck down, an outcome that could leave millions uninsured and revive a winning political issue for Democrats.
  The administration, in a terse filing Monday with the court in New Orleans, said the entire health care law should be struck down as unconstitutional after Congress repealed its unpopular fines on people who remain uninsured.
  That position is a
  
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• Gavin Newsom defies California voters, denies justice for victims

  26-03-2019 18:00
  
  Gov. Gavin Newsom recently chose to ignore the will of Californians by signing an executive order placing a moratorium on the death penalty in California. Despite pledging to uphold the existing law during his campaign for governor, Newsom announced that he would not continue to implement the death penalty, even after speaking to the families of the victims. The change in policy will result in an immediate reprieve for all 737 inmates on California’s death row.
  I strongly oppose this irres
  
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• 10 ways Knott’s Berry Farm is better than Disneyland

  26-03-2019 18:00
  
  There is a bit of a rivalry between Knott’s Berry Farm and Disneyland and, while both parks do various things well, there are some things that clearly put the “friendliest place in the West” on top.
  Here are 10 to consider when you begin planning your next theme park excursion:
  1. Parking: It currently costs $20 a day (only $70 for the year for Knott’s passholders). There are two large lots and both are an easy walk from the Knott’s entrance, which is great if you n
  
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• All criminal charges dropped against ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett

  26-03-2019 17:36
  
  By AMANDA SEITZ and MICHAEL TARM
  CHICAGO — Prosecutors on Tuesday abruptly dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett, the “Empire” actor who was accused of lying to police about being the target of a racist, anti-gay attack in downtown Chicago, his attorneys said.
  Smollett’s attorneys said his record had “been wiped clean” of the 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was assaulted by two men. The actor insisted that he had “been tru
  
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• Writer rejoices in the sillier side of life

  26-03-2019 15:40
  
  Picture it: I’m taking my morning walk and happened upon one of those speed indicator machines. You know, they flash wildly if you’re going above the posted speed limit. My thoughts raced faster than my legs could go, answering my first curious question — that walking speeds could not be monitored. Drat! That would have been fun! Then I started mentally dialoguing with the machine (what are they called anyway?) wondering if people for the most part really do slow down or whethe
  
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• Pasadena family’s dog dies in airplane cargo hold

  26-03-2019 15:30
  
  PASADENA — The owners of a family pet are demanding answers Tuesday after their dog died during a flight from Europe to Los Angeles.
  Bear, a 5-month-old purebred Central Asian Shepherd, was found dead in the cargo hold of a KLM jet a week ago, ABC7 reported.
  According to KLM Dutch Royal Airlines, the puppy did not survive his transatlantic trip from Amsterdam to Los Angeles International Airport, where the plane arrived on March 19.
  The purebred had been en route from his birth home in Gre
  
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• 75 Playa Vista townhomes list for above $1 million, with half already sold

  26-03-2019 15:30
  
  townhomes atSeabluff in Playa Vista. (Courtesy: New Home Co.)
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  townhomes atSeabluff in Playa Vista. (Courtesy: New Home Co.)
  townhomes atSeabluff in Playa Vista. (Courtesy: New Home Co.)
  townhomes atSeabluff in Playa Vista. (Courtesy: New Home Co.)
  New Home Co. is developing 75
  
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• At Home, a mega-home-furnishings retailer launches in California in Lake Forest, then Poway, Long Beach, Temecula, Riverside

  26-03-2019 15:07
  
  A typical At Home store has 50,000 products. The fast-growing Texas-based home furnishings chain, At Home, has now officially entered the California market by opening in Lake Forest. (Jonathan Lansner, SCNG)
  Fast-growing Texas-based home furnishings chain, At Home, expects to open 80 stores in California. It has now officially opened its first one at Fotthill Ranch Towne Center in Lake Forest. (Jonathan Lansner, SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe stypical At Home store is half the si
  
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• Mueller Lite: Political Cartoons

  26-03-2019 15:00
  
  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.
  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.SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsCheck out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and
  
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• This Six Flags Magic Mountain coaster is getting scrapped and fans are cheering

  26-03-2019 14:33
  
  Usually, it’s news of new and upcoming rides that gets theme park fans cheering. But this week, many fans have been celebrating a ride closing, instead.
  Six Flags Magic Mountain confirmed over the weekend that it will remove its Green Lantern: First Flight roller coaster to replace it with another, as-yet-unannounced attraction. Green Lantern spun riders heels over head on a layout that looked more like one of those old Japanese pinball machines than a traditional roller coaster. It was th
  
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• The whole Ivory Tower is full of cracks

  26-03-2019 14:30
  
  March 12 was quite a day for higher education. On Capitol Hill, not one but two hearings were taking place; one on simplifying the form everyone who wants federal student aid must complete, the other on a very familiar theme: “Oversight of For-Profit Colleges: Protecting Students and Taxpayer Dollars from Predatory Practices.” But the headline grabber was the FBI’s exposure of a bribery and cheating scheme to get the progeny of the rich and famous&mdash
  
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• Ask the Lawyer: Is asset protection improper?

  26-03-2019 13:52
  
  Q: It has dawned on me it might not be a bad idea to take steps to protect our assets – to make them unavailable to others who might sue or make claim. Is there anything improper about doing so?
  -D.R., Tustin
  Ron Sokol
  A: Legitimate asset protection is legal, and may well be recommended in any given situation. Note, however, use of the word “legitimate.” Steps such as putting assets into a trust, a private retirement account, or a limited liability company, may be prudent. Ther
  
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• Bargain Hunter: Firehouse Subs is offering a catering discount

  26-03-2019 13:41
  
  Firehouse Subs is offering $10 off of any catering purchase of $100 or more through April 8. There are an assortment of catering menus with subs, salads, cookies, brownies, chips and drinks. You must print out the coupon found at bit.ly/2UC4XjK or show it on your smartphone to redeem the offer. For menus, locations and more information, go to www.firehousesubs.com.
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• Conor McGregor announces retirement from MMA

  26-03-2019 07:56
  
  Conor McGregor during the UFC 202 ceremonial weigh-ins at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV., Friday, August 19, 2016. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht/Los Angeles Daily News)
  Khabib Nurmagomedov submits Conor McGregor to retain the title during UFC 229 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. Friday, Oct. 6, 2018. (Photos by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsKhabib Nurmagomedov submits Conor McGregor to retain the title during UFC 229 at the T-Mobile Arena i
  
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• Kole Calhoun gets the first laugh, Dodgers the last in Freeway Series win over Angels

  26-03-2019 07:21
  
  Cody Bellinger #35 scores on a Chris Taylor (not pictured) of the Los Angeles Dodgers RBI triple against the Los Angeles Angels in the second inning of a preseason baseball game at Anaheim Stadium on Monday, March 25, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Kevan Smith #44 of the Los Angeles Angels scores past catcher Austin Barnes of the Los Angeles Dodgers on a RBI single by David Fletcher (not pictured) in the second inning of a preseason baseball gam
  
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• Orange County softball RBI leaders: Monday, March 25

  26-03-2019 06:57
  
  The Orange County high school softball RBI leaders through Sunday, March 24.Player, school
  RBI
  PA
  GP
  Emily Rush, Marina
  27
  61
  17
  Makena Tomlinson, Corona del Mar
  20
  60
  17
  Kendall Kelly, Newport Harbor
  19
  54
  17
  Hailey Gallegos, Whittier Christian
  19
  46
  14
  Rebeca Cabezas, Segerstrom
  18
  48
  16
  Madison Simon, Beckman
  18
  40
  12
  Devynn Basulto, El Modena
  17
  44
  13
  Liliana Navarro, Segerstrom
  16
  56
  17
  Emma Estep, Aliso Niguel
  16
  48
  16
  Marianna Ceja, Los Amigos
  16
  45
  
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• Alexander: Clock strikes midnight for NCAA’s Cinderellas

  26-03-2019 06:37
  
  The world according to Jim:
  • The new working definition of the second round of March Madness®: “Where the glass slipper shatters into tiny little pieces.”
  Those of us who love the, yes, Cinderella stories of the NCAA Tournament are sad as the week begins. When the Sweet Sixteen commences Thursday and Friday, the survivors are the usual suspects.
  • The unfortunate part? Two of the better stories in college basketball this year were Murray State’s Ja Morant and the
  
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• Aaron Donald, Philip Rivers, Chloe Kim among those honored at L.A. Sports Awards

  26-03-2019 06:18
  
  BEVERLY HILLS — Athletes, coaches, executives and the 10 best moments from 2018 took center stage during the 14th annual L.A. Sports Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Monday.
  Produced by the Los Angeles Sports Council, the commemoration (televised on Fox Sports Prime Ticket at a date to be determined) promoted the city’s sporting prominence.
  “Is this the best sports town in the world right now?” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti asked the city’s sports establishment. &l
  
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• Orange County baseball RBI leaders: Monday, March 25

  26-03-2019 06:14
  
  The Orange County high school baseball RBI leaders through Sunday, March 24.Player, school
  RBI
  PA
  GP
  Kyle Ashworth, Foothill
  17
  63
  16
  Cutter Clawson, Laguna Beach
  15
  66
  17
  Kolton Freeman, Laguna Beach
  15
  65
  17
  Isaac Ramirez, Sonora
  15
  64
  16
  Tyler Lay, La Quinta
  15
  48
  12
  Ketch Gannon, Foothill
  14
  60
  16
  Joseph Mena, Los Amigos
  14
  54
  15
  Wyatt Johnson, Kennedy
  14
  46
  13
  Anthony Leanos, Rancho Alamitos
  14
  42
  12
  Jonny Long, Orange
  14
  32
  8
  Nick Dietsch, Mission Vi
  
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• Jack Campbell gets 2nd shutout as Kings stun Western Conference-leading Flames

  26-03-2019 05:42
  
  The Kings’ Derek Forbort (24) celebrates his goal with teammates during the first period of their 3-0 victory over the Flames on Monday night in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)
  Los Angeles Kings’ Kurtis MacDermid, left, checks Calgary Flames’ Travis Hamonic during first-period NHL hockey game action in Calgary, Alberta, Monday, March 25, 2019. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Kings’ Drew Doughty,
  
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• Orange County baseball/softball highlights for Monday, March 25

  26-03-2019 05:41
  
  Highlights and top performers from the Orange County baseball and softball games on Monday, March 25.
  BASEBALL
  Monday’s baseball scoreboard
  Anaheim Lions Tournament
  No. 15 Foothill exploded for 18 runs against Peninsula in an 18-7 win in the Anaheim Lions Tournament. Kyle Ashworth, a Cal Poly commit, hit a home run, a triple, scored four times and drove in four runs for the Knights. Ketch Gannon hit a double, a triple and drove in three runs. Hudson Lehnertz hit a three-run double for Foot
  
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• New SoCal baseball league plays by 1886 Spalding rules

  26-03-2019 05:33
  
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  RIALTO – The Sir (umpire) took his customary spot 10 feet behind the pitcher, looking dapper in his top hat, black vest and white long sleeves.
  “Gentlemen,
  
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• Dodgers’ Kiké Hernandez ready to embrace single-position role

  26-03-2019 04:49
  
  ANAHEIM — It’s easy to forget, but in the two seasons before he became a Dodger, Justin Turner did not spend the majority of his innings in the field at any one position. In his first season in Los Angeles, Turner was a backup at first, second and third base. It wasn’t until Don Mattingly declared him the primary starter at third in 2015 that Turner knew which glove to bring to the field without first checking the lineup card.
  So it is for Kiké Hernandez in 2019. Last ye
  
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• Fryer’s Diamond Club: Orange County baseball standouts of the week, March 25

  26-03-2019 04:44
  
  Four Orange County baseball players who had outstanding games last week:
  Daniel Gaggiano, Trabuco Hills: Gaggiano, a junior, pitched a five-hitter in the Mustangs’ 1-0 win over San Clemente in a Sea View League game.
  Josh Hahn, Huntington Beach: He hit a grand slam in a Surf League win over Edison and contributed two hits in a league win over Los Alamitos. Hahn, who plays first base and pitches for the Oilers, signed with UCLA.
  Gavin Kennedy, Ocean View: This Cal State Fullerton-signed sen
  
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• Suspected LA crime ring members indicted in sales of drugs using the ‘Darknet’

  26-03-2019 04:39
  
  LOS ANGELES — Members of two alleged Los Angeles County crime rings are facing charges of using the Darknet to sell methamphetamine and other drugs nationwide, including shipment of a heroin-filled stuffed animal that led to a fatal overdose in Tennessee, federal prosecutors announced Monday.
  In a nine-count indictment returned last week in Los Angeles federal court, five members of the Los Angeles-based “Drugpharmacist” drug-trafficking organization — named for the monik
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Monday (3-25-19)

  26-03-2019 01:51
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Monday, March 25.
  BASEBALL
  SOFTBALL
  BOYS GOLF
  SEA VIEW LEAGUE
  San Juan Hills 205, Trabuco Hills 214
  San Juan Hills GC (par 36)
  Co-medalists: Tucker (SJH) 36, Beck (SJH) 36. Stout (TH) 39.
  Records: SJH 3-0, 5-2. TH 0-1, 4-6.
   
  
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• Orange County softball hits leaders: Monday, March 25

  26-03-2019 01:41
  
  Orange County softball hits leaders through Sunday, March 24.Player, school
  H
  AB
  BA
  GP
  Amerys Barshtak, Corona del Mar
  31
  52
  .596
  17
  Brooklyn Carreon, Whittier Christian
  25
  47
  .532
  14
  Alexandra Molina, Segerstrom
  24
  54
  .444
  17
  Liliana Navarro, Segerstrom
  24
  48
  .500
  17
  Leah Freeman, Newport Harbor
  24
  52
  .462
  17
  Ciara Briggs, Orange Lutheran
  24
  41
  .585
  13
  Eliana Gottlieb, Newport Harbor
  24
  35
  .686
  13
  Justine Boyle, Foothill
  23
  61
  .377
  20
  Emily Rush, Marina
  23
  54
  .426
  17
  Bella Martin
  
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• Here’s how to arm yourself as mosquito season lands early

  26-03-2019 01:20
  
  The Aedes mosquitoes are here to stay, arriving in Southern California from Asia, Central America, Australia, and the southern states of Texas, Louisiana and Florida.
  Aedes albopictus, the Asian tiger mosquito, arrived in Los Angeles County in 2011; Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, was recorded locally in 2014; and Aedes notoscriptus came in 2017.
  The Aedes mosquito made its first Orange County appearance in 2015, in both Mission Viejo and the northern parts of the county, but they have
  
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• Pacifica softball to honor fallen coach Mark Campbell before home game Tuesday

  26-03-2019 01:18
  
  An estimated 1,500 people gathered Sunday at the funeral service for Pacifica and Batbusters travel team softball coach Mark Campbell.
  Pacifica’s softball players were among those in attendance, but they will honor their beloved coach in their own way Tuesday as they play for the first time since Campbell died March 18. The Mariners will honor Campbell with an on-field ceremony at 3 p.m. before their Empire League opener against visiting Crean Lutheran, Pacifica athletic director Dave Mame
  
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