Anaheim news

• A new day for baseball in Anaheim: Harry Sidhu

  24-05-2019 23:38
  
  It is a new day in Anaheim, Orange County’s baseball city.
  We are in the early stages of working with the Angels on the team’s future in Anaheim. In doing so, we want to build on the benefits baseball brings for our residents and extend a legacy that has helped make Anaheim the most exciting city in Orange County.
  In 53 years of baseball here, we have celebrated an Angels World Series win, Nolan Ryan’s epic no-hitters and Vladimir Guerrero’s Baseball Hall of Fame ind
  
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• Carrots: The new poultry? California Pizza Kitchen gets creative with veggies

  24-05-2019 22:10
  
  California Pizza Kitchen is going “vegetable-forward” with its summer menu, including a meat-free take on its Original BBQ Chicken Pizza.
  The BBQ Heirloom Carrot Flatbread has most of the same ingredients as that signature menu item, according to a news release, except it’s made on flatbread and uses roasted carrots instead of chicken. It has the smoked Gouda, Parmesan cheese, charred red onions, cilantro, barbecue sauce, and ranch dressing.
  CPK’s website calls the f
  
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• Heisler: Lakers need one person in charge – and not Jeanie Buss

  24-05-2019 22:01
  
  For Lakers fans wondering when that return to glory is coming …
  Just wait until 2021 when they get Giannis Antetokounmpo!
  In the meantime, can you all just hang in there?
  It’s actually good for the Lakers that Antetokounmpo won’t be free for two years because it will take that long to fix their front office … or would if they had started … which they haven’t.
  As for the Lakers’ current ability to plan for the future, targeting Giannis so far off recal
  
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• Rep. Norma Torres, only House member from Central America, wants to fix border crisis with aid, not punishment

  24-05-2019 21:45
  
  Rep. Norma Torres looks at the Central American migrants flocking to the Mexican border in hopes of gaining asylum in the United States and sees her own reflection.
  When she was 5, Torres’ parents sent her from their home, in war-torn Guatemala, to live with an uncle in Whittier. She remembers the city as less diverse than it is today, and being “pretty much the only Latino family on our street.”
  She also says she understands how big a move it was to send her north.
  “I ca
  
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• Holiday closures: What’s open and closed on Memorial Day in Orange County

  24-05-2019 21:11
  
  If you want to give thanks for their service, Orange County is full of events on Memorial Day to honor those who have died defending our country, but taking care of some of life’s everyday chores on Monday, May 27, might be a little harder.
  Here are some of the things that will be closed on Monday, along with what might be open.
  Government offices will be shut down for Memorial Day, though law enforcement and emergency services will remain on duty.
  Post offices are closed and mail will not
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday May 24

  24-05-2019 20:53
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday May 24 at Santa Anita.
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• Discovery’s Zaslav, Disney’s Iger among highest paid CEOs

  24-05-2019 20:47
  
  Here are the highest paid CEOs in the S&P 500 index for 2018, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm.
  The AP’s compensation study covered 340 executives at S&P 500 companies who have served at least two full consecutive fiscal years at their respective companies, which filed proxy statements between Jan. 1 and April 30. Some companies with highly paid CEOs do not fit these criteria.
  Pay for chief executives rose to a median of $12 million last yea
  
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• Trump sends 1,500 troops to Middle East amid Iran tensions

  24-05-2019 20:45
  
  By SUSANNAH GEORGE and LOLITA C. BALDOR
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. will bolster its military presence in the Middle East with an additional 1,500 troops, President Donald Trump said Friday amid heightened tensions with Iran.
  Trump said the troops would have a “mostly protective” role as part of a build-up that began this month in response to what the U.S said was a threat from Iran without providing details or evidence.
  “We are going to be sending a relatively small number of
  
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• CEOs get $800,000 pay raise, leaving workers further behind

  24-05-2019 20:37
  
  By Stan Choe, The Associated Press
  Did you get a 7% raise last year? Congratulations, yours was in line with what CEOs at the biggest companies got. But for chief executives, that 7% was roughly $800,000.
  Pay for CEOs at S&P 500 companies rose to a median of $12 million last year, including salary, stock and other compensation, according to data analyzed by Equilar for The Associated Press. The eight-figure packages continue to rise as companies tie more of their CEOs’ pay to their sto
  
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• Seal Beach Pier to reopen 3 years after devastating fire

  24-05-2019 20:21
  
  Soak in the pristine view of colorful sunsets and gorgeous sunrises at the end of the iconic Seal Beach Pier. Take a long stroll, breathing in the salty ocean air.
  Cast a fishing line and try to catch dinner, or bring a camera to snap photos of surfers catching waves.
  An aerial photo of the end of the Seal Beach Pier on Friday, September9, 2016, five months after a fire destroyed a vacant Ruby’s Diner at the end of the pier on May 20, 2016.(File photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Regist
  
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• San Clemente project will help some homeless, but might push some renters to the street

  24-05-2019 20:16
  
  When tenants of the 17-unit Vista Del Mar apartments in San Clemente learned earlier this year that the longtime owner was selling the building, they braced for their below-market rents to go up — and the possibility that some who can’t afford the increase might have to move.
  But the notice they actually got a few weeks ago stunned them: All the tenants would be pushed to leave, and they’d be replaced by homeless people.
  The new owner of Vista Del Mar has leased the property on
  
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• Administration moves to revoke transgender health protection

  24-05-2019 20:07
  
  By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration proposed revoking Obama-era discrimination protections for transgender people in health care on Friday, a move LGBT groups fear will result in some Americans being denied needed medical treatment.
  The Health and Human Services Department released a proposed regulation that in effect says “gender identity” is not protected under federal laws that prohibit sex discrimination in health care.
  It fits into a backdrop o
  
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• Real estate news: Senior community Reata Glen opens in Rancho Mission Viejo; WeWork coming to Newport Beach

  24-05-2019 20:06
  
  Reata Glen, a senior living community in Rancho Mission Viejo, has welcomed its first residents.
  The community, with 480 units in 20 floor plans, is divided into three neighborhoods with various types of homes. Amenities include a movie theater, performing arts theater, a state-of-the-art fitness center and spa, an indoor pool, multiple dining venues, billiards and card rooms, gardening areas, and walking and cycling trails. (Courtesy of Reata Glen)
  Reata Glen, a senior living community in Ranch
  
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• Woman found dead inside Santa Ana apartment, homicide detectives investigating

  24-05-2019 20:00
  
  Police were investigating the homicide of a woman who was found dead in her Santa Ana apartment Friday morning, May 24, police said.
  Family members reportedly found the woman at around 7 a.m. and called police, said police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna. They responded to the home in the 1000 block of South Standard Avenue where they confirmed the woman’s death and searched inside but didn’t find anyone else there.
  Police did not detail how the woman, in her 20s, died, but investigators on sc
  
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• Soarin’ Over California returns to Disney California Adventure to relieve Disneyland crowding during Galaxy’s Edge opening

  24-05-2019 19:34
  
  Soarin’ Over California will return to Disney California Adventure for a limited month-long run the day after Galaxy’s Edge debuts to help divert visitors to Disneyland’s sister park and reduce the anticipated crowding brought on by Star Wars fans descending on the Anaheim theme park.
  The Soarin’ Over California hang gliding flight simulator will return to the Grizzly Peak section of California Adventure from June 1 to June 30, Disney announced.
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• When hospitals say no, where can uninsured patients find surgery?

  24-05-2019 19:09
  
  By Sammy Caiola, The USC Center for Health Journalism Collaborative
  Leticia isn’t sure where she is on the waitlist.
  She knows it’s been about seven months since she asked a pro bono surgery program for help with her aching left knee, and her doctor says it could be another half a year until her number comes up. She knows there are other patients in front of her who can’t afford the procedure, and who, like her, are depending on volunteer physicians to get their lives back on t
  
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• Buddy McGirt walking tall into Boxing Hall of Fame

  24-05-2019 19:06
  
  They said he couldn’t do it because he was too small. James “Buddy” McGirt did it, and then some.
  It’s not a big deal to become a world champion at 5-foot-6, unless one does so in the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions, where it’s normal for fighters to be 5-9 and taller.
  McGirt won world titles in both weight classes. His reward will be a place in the the International Boxing Hall of Fame, where he will be enshrined June 9 in Canastota, N.Y.
  McGirt, 55,
  
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• Hola Mexico Film Festival brings a diverse cinematic sampling to L.A.

  24-05-2019 18:51
  
  Say hello to the Hola Mexico Film Festival, the 11th edition of which returns to L.A. from May 31 to June 8.
  It’s the largest showcase of Mexican cinema outside of the country, and it offers a good overview of the nation’s vibrant and diverse movie scene (Mexico City is the largest production center in Latin America).
  The May 31 opening night gala at the Montalban Theatre in Hollywood will feature Alejandra Marquez Abella’s “Las Ninas Bien” (“The Good Girls&rd
  
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• Need a lift? The 36th annual Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival introduces 4 new elements along with a whole lot of music

  24-05-2019 18:46
  
  For one weekend every year the normally tranquil Lake Skinner Recreation Area at the edge of Temecula Valley Wine Country is transformed with a flurry of activity as thousands of people from throughout Southern California arrive to drink wine, listen to music and watch the spectacular glow of balloons against the evening sky.
  The Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival has evolved and grown over its 36 years, becoming the signature event of a burgeoning tourist region.
  This year in partic
  
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• Cal State Fullerton baseball sees streak of 27 consecutive NCAA tournaments end, trying to finish above .500

  24-05-2019 18:42
  
  FULLERTON — The most surprising statistic of the 2019 college baseball season is the end of Cal State Fullerton’s streak of playing in 27 straight NCAA tournaments. It surprised the Titans more than anyone.
  The Titans were expected to compete for the Big West Conference title again, and a handful of early-season wins against ranked and quality teams seemed to indicate that all was well.
  It was a 1-5 slump into March followed by a 2-14 slide in April that indicated the Titans were goi
  
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• Drummond: Yorba Linda still benefits from grant program thought up by President Nixon

  24-05-2019 18:36
  Appropriately, Richard Nixon’s boyhood home of Yorba Linda is one of 1,209 governmental jurisdictions nationwide participating this year in one of the signature ideas of Nixon’s presidential administration: the Community Development Block Grant program.
  Implemented on a bipartisan basis just months after Nixon left office in 1974, the block grants combined several separate federal programs designed to help low- and moderate-income areas or neighborhoods and income-qualified household
  
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• Intriguing Carson offensive lineman Shancco Matautia enrolls at Servite

  24-05-2019 18:02
  
  Intriguing sophomore offensive lineman Shancco Matautia of Carson (6-2, 300) has enrolled at Servite, Friars football coach Troy Thomas confirmed.
  Thomas said it’s unclear whether Matautia projects to be a starter in the fall but the coach is excited to see how he develops.
  “He’s definitely in the mix (at offensive line),” Thomas said of Matautia after the Friars’ recent college showcase. “I think he can play all positions. He’s very athletic. He’s
  
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• Prices for alien cocktails at Oga’s Cantina are as stiff as the drinks in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

  24-05-2019 17:50
  
  The prices at Oga’s Cantina in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will be as stiff as the drinks with beer flights costing $75, alien cocktails running as high as $42 and Blue Milk setting you back $13 at the intergalactic watering hole in the new Disneyland themed land.
  And the wretched hive of scum and villainy won’t take galactic credits. You’ll need to pony up cold, hard cash or put a sizeable dent in your credit card.
  The steep prices were revealed in an Oga’s Cantina dr
  
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• USC gynecologist preyed on Asian students, says confidential report

  24-05-2019 17:21
  
  LOS ANGELES — Former USC gynecologist Dr. George Tyndall showed signs of psychopathy and preyed on Asian students, according to a confidential report from a team of medical experts hired by the school to evaluate him.
  Despite the findings, the university did not fire Tyndall or report the findings to the Medical Board of California, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.
  Lawyers for the school instead chose to arrange an undisclosed deal that allowed Tyndall to resign with a sizeable fin
  
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• Navy veteran fights homeowners association after tree falls on his house

  24-05-2019 17:18
  
  The monster stood 78 feet tall. It measured just more than 40 inches across its midsection and scared them for decades. Looming. Throwing shade.
  In July 1996, they notified the authorities they were in danger. Lela Grossack pulled out the paperwork she kept, an official report she filed with the Casta Del Sol homeowners association more than 23 years ago.
  “I was afraid of it because it was so large,” Lela said.
  And it was sneaky. The Grossacks noticed the monster, which had hovered o
  
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• Graduation 2019: Thrown off course by the Vietnam War, Huntington Beach veteran finishes college at 71

  24-05-2019 17:15
  
   
  Graduate Joe Taylor at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson, CA, on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Taylor graduated with a bachelorÕs degree in business administration. The Huntington Beach resident had something to prove to himself, and a promise to fulfill to his twin 19-year-old granddaughters. A decorated Navy combat veteran, Taylor had been on the college track when he returned from the Vietnam War in 1972. However, the psychological effects of the war and the need to support his gro
  
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• Gold Star families: Tony Cordero was 5 when his dad was shot down over Vietnam — now he helps others who have suffered similar loss

  24-05-2019 17:00
  
  On this Memorial Day weekend, consider placing an extra chair at your table for the true guests of honor — men and women in uniform who gave it their all.
  But the chair isn’t just for the fallen. It’s also for the parents, spouses, sons and daughters who never had the chance to say goodbye to loved ones.
  As a 5-year-old, Tony Cordero couldn’t comprehend how his father could just vanish during a bombing mission over Vietnam.
  Even today, his father’s gravestone at Arl
  
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• Gas stations must make their prices for card purchases clear on signs

  24-05-2019 16:45
  
  Q. I got taken by a bait-and-switch scam one night recently at a gas station in Huntington Beach. Nice, bright letters on a sign said a gallon of gas was going for $3.89, and an unlit sign said it was $4.75 if you use a debit card. Total insane scam. Never saw the unlit sign that says $4.75! Well, guess who just paid more than $33 for seven gallons? Pay attention, folks. It’s ridiculous they are getting away with this.
  Matt Bustamante, Huntington Beach
  A. More than once Honk has stood next
  
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• Bubble Watch: California labor participation remains below average

  24-05-2019 16:36
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: California’s economic recovery hasn’t created enough quality job opportunities, leaving the labor participation rate below historical norms.
  Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
  Trend: My trusty spreadsheet — filled with some labor data from “Fred,” the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ database — tells me that in the first quarter, 62.8% of
  
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• Farley the Fiddler: Disneyland’s roping, joking, fiddling cowboy hangs up his spurs and heads for the sunset

  24-05-2019 15:33
  
  Disneyland’s Farley the Fiddler will be hanging up his spurs this holiday weekend after decades of entertaining generations of dedicated fans with music and laughter as the roping, joking, fiddling cowboy of Frontierland.
  Gary Francisco, better known to his legions of Disneyland fans as Farley the Fiddler, will retire from his daily Disneyland gig on Memorial Day after a half century of playing the comedic character.
  Dedicated fans knew they could always count on a little music and laughte
  
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• Trump moves to escalate the investigation of intel agencies

  24-05-2019 14:31
  
  By ZEKE MILLER
  WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump has directed the U.S. intelligence community to “quickly and fully cooperate” with Attorney General William Barr’s investigation of the origins of the multiyear probe of whether his 2016 campaign colluded with Russia.
  The move Thursday marked an escalation in Trump’s efforts to “investigate the investigators,” as he continues to try to undermine the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe
  
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• Trump expands Barr power over classified Russia probe info

  24-05-2019 14:31
  
  By ZEKE MILLER and ERIC TUCKER
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has granted Attorney General William Barr new powers to review and potentially release classified information related to the origins of the Russia investigation, a move aimed at accelerating Barr’s inquiry into whether U.S. officials improperly surveilled Trump’s 2016 campaign.
  Trump on Thursday directed the U.S. intelligence community to “quickly and fully cooperate” with Barr’s investiga
  
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• UK’s May to quit as Conservative leader, sparking contest for new prime minister

  24-05-2019 14:21
  
  By JILL LAWLESS
  LONDON  — Theresa May announced Friday that she will step down as U.K. Conservative Party leader on June 7, admitting defeat in her attempt to take Britain out of the European Union and sparking a contest to become the country’s next prime minister.
  She will stay as caretaker prime minister until the new leader is chosen, a process likely to take several weeks. The new Conservative leader will become prime minister without the need for a general election, and wil
  
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• College baseball: UC Irvine stays in Big West title hunt; UCLA clinches Pac-12 title

  24-05-2019 08:39
  
  UC Irvine scored 11 runs in the first two innings, giving starting pitcher Andre Pallante plenty of cushion to work with as the Anteaters won their series opener against host UC Riverside 11-4 on Thursday night and kept alive their hopes for a share of the Big West Conference title.
  UCI’s win, combined with Cal Poly’s 3-0 victory over visiting UC Santa Barbara tightened the conference race heading into the final two days of the season. The 12th-ranked Gauchos (44-8 overall, 18-4 Big
  
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• Boxer Daniel Franco suing Roc Nation Sports, Jay-Z

  24-05-2019 07:06
  
  Daniel Franco of Rancho Cucamonga sustained a serious brain injury during a knockout loss to Jose Haro in June 2017 in Iowa and nearly died, and now the retired featherweight boxer is suing his former promoter, Roc Nation Sports, for damages, according to ESPN.com.
  Roc Nation was founded by rap music mogul Jay-Z and he, too, is named in the suit, which claims negligence.
  According to the suit, which was filed Tuesday at Los Angeles Superior Court, Roc Nation was negligent in giving Franco three
  
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• Crean Lutheran golfer Tyler Guo is CIF SoCal Regional champion for second year in a row

  24-05-2019 04:57
  
  PASADENA – Tyler Guo didn’t expect to be back at Brookside Golf Club on Thursday holding another first-place trophy for winning the CIF/SCGA Southern California Regional Championship.
  The Crean Lutheran senior had been struggling this postseason, sometimes falling 10 strokes short of what he was able to do in the same tournaments a year ago.
  “But I have matured a lot through my playing style and mentally,” he said. “Now, when things don’t go my way, I manage t
  
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• Chapman baseball team well-armed going into NCAA Division III Super Regional

  24-05-2019 04:41
  
  Chapman University shortstop Jarod Penniman has a .302 batting average and a team-best 52 hits to go with his smooth fielding skills this season. The Panthers face Concordia (of Texas) in a best-of-three NCAA Division III Super Regional beginning Friday at noon at Hart Park. (Photo by Larry Newman, courtesy of Chapman Athletics)
  Chapman University’s Mack Cheli greets teammate Tristan Kevitch at home plate after Kevitch homered during a recent game. Cheli and Kevitch either lead the team or
  
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• Angels fans vent frustrations after pitchers get hammered by Twins

  24-05-2019 04:27
  
  #Yikes!
  Angels fans were understandably riled up by Thursday’s 16-7 loss to the Minnesota Twins at Angel Stadium, a defeat in which the home team’s pitchers equaled a franchise record by giving up eight home runs.
  The tale of the tape was frightening. Starter Matt Harvey (4 home runs allowed) and relievers Noe Ramirez (2) and Cody Allen (2) were severely bitten by the Twins’ long-ball binge. Of the eight homers, seven were reported to have traveled more than 400 feet. The avera
  
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• Festival Pass: 2 more lineups revealed for Southern California music festivals but another disappears for 2019

  24-05-2019 04:08
  
  Festival Pass is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Thursdays. But during prime festival season you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now.
  Festival Pass for Thursday, May 23
  Memorial Day Weekend is here, which means it’s time for Sirius XM to bring back its Yacht Rock station for the summer. I truly love yacht rock, and not in an ironic way.
  Give me Boz Scaggs (“Lowdown” should be on every party playlist); give me Christopher Cross (dude has hits for days); g
  
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• Corona del Mar’s Kyle Pham pulls upset en route to runner-up finish at CIF Boys Tennis Individual Championships

  24-05-2019 03:54
  
  Corona del Mar’s Kyle Pham hits a backhanded shot against Ian Freer of St. Francis in the CIF-SS individual tennis championships Thursday at Seal Beach Tennis Center. (Photo by Dan Albano, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Ian Freer of St. Francis clenches his fist after winning a point against Kyle Pham of Corona del Mar in the singles final at the CIF-SS individual championships at Seal Beach Tennis Center on Thursday. (Photo by Dan Albano, Orange County Register/SCNG) SoundThe gallery will r
  
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• LAFC’s 2018 game against Montreal was a breakthrough moment

  24-05-2019 03:45
  
  The last of six consecutive road matches to start Los Angeles Football Club’s inaugural season, a 5-3 victory at Montreal, produced enduring memories on both sides of the ball.
  “That’s still in my mind,” Montreal goalkeeper Evan Bush said. “We got beat up by them pretty good last year.”
  In the opening 45 minutes a hat-trick by star midfielder Ignacio Piatti marked his lone three-goal game with Montreal in 128 appearances since joining the team in 2014, giving
  
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• Santa Ana police to begin posting names, photos of those arrested and charged with prostitution related offenses

  24-05-2019 02:36
  
  People arrested in Santa Ana on suspicion of prostitution-related crimes will soon get some unwanted publicity, as police prepare to unveil a website naming and shaming those believed to be involved in the sex trade.
  Beginning Monday, the names and booking photos of individuals arrested and charged with “prostitution related offenses,” will adorn a new website run by the Santa Ana Police Department. The individual postings will stay online for 15 days before being removed, according
  
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• Ndamukong Suh bolts for Tampa Bay after one season in L.A.

  24-05-2019 02:30
  
  A year ago, when Ndamukong Suh agreed to a one-year deal to join the Rams amid their frenzy of offseason additions, his signing was viewed as the last piece of a potential championship puzzle.
  Now, after just a single season and a loss in the Super Bowl, the polarizing defensive tackle is headed elsewhere in search of a ring .
  The three-time All-Pro defensive tackle agreed to a one-year deal with the Buccaneers on Thursday, reportedly worth up to $10 million – or $4 million less than the R
  
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• Sparks waive Ashley Walker, Karlie Samuelson, trim season-opening roster to 12

  24-05-2019 02:12
  
  And then there were 144. And here in L.A, 12.
  On the final day of training camp, the Sparks waived veteran free agent forward Ashley Walker and Karlie Samuelson, a second-year guard from Southern California who played for the team last season.
  Thursday’s cuts bring the Sparks’ roster to a dozen players, the maximum permitted for each of the 12 WNBA teams, four of which begin the regular season on Friday.
  The Sparks open their season Sunday in Las Vegas, where they’ll debut rook
  
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• Lifeguards stage mock rescue to highlight dangers at the beach

  24-05-2019 02:05
  
  The four bodyboarders were sucked out to sea in a strong rip current that pulled them far beyond the breaking waves.
  A lifeguard noticed them struggling and grabbed his red buoy, swimming out to help with the rescue. Another guard, watching from a nearby tower, also sprung into action, before a yellow lifeguard boat and a personal watercraft zipped through the rough water to assist.
  A California State Parks Lifeguard swims to shore during a mock rescue just before the unofficial start of summer
  
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• Brian Allen says ‘redshirt’ season set him on path to become Rams starting center

  24-05-2019 02:02
  
  THOUSAND OAKS – Brian Allen, the Rams presumptive replacement at center, barely saw the field as a rookie. He appeared in four games. He snapped the ball just 36 times.
  Allen calls it a “redshirt year”, but contrary to what that moniker might suggest, the 23-year-old center couldn’t be happier about the way things worked out. As far as he’s concerned, not playing was the best thing that ever happened to his playing career.
  “To be honest, whenever this thing is
  
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• Some Santa Ana police officers to don vintage-inspired badges for city’s 150th anniversary

  24-05-2019 01:48
  
  Some Santa Ana police officers will soon sport a slightly different look: They’ll be wearing a vintage-inspired badge to celebrate the city’s 150th anniversary.
  “We knew we were coming up on the anniversary and people started asking ‘What are we going to do?’ and obviously the badge is symbolic,” police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said.
  Though police badges in Santa Ana are typically oblong and rounded, these are seven-pointed stars.
  “It’s designed to lo
  
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• Former King Slava Voynov’s year-long suspension to be lifted midseason

  24-05-2019 01:43
  
  An arbitrator assigned to the case of Slava Voynov announced Thursday that the one-year, league-wide suspension of the former Kings defenseman, for a domestic violence conviction in 2015 stemming from an October 2014 incident, would be lifted at the halfway point of next season, according to a statement released by the NHL and NHL Players’ Association.
  The suspension was to be through next season, but Shyam Das ruled Voynov should be given credit for having already served half of the one-y
  
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• Coastal Commission tells O.C. Harbor Patrol to return Newport docks to public use

  24-05-2019 01:43
  
  The Orange County Sheriff’s Department Harbor Patrol has shut down some public docking areas at its Newport Harbor headquarters despite being required to maintain them by state Coastal Act permits.
  The state Coastal Commission has responded with a letter calling on the Harbor Patrol to restore access to those areas, remove “Keep out” signs and extend the period that dinghies are allowed to tie up at docks.
  However, the commission and the Harbor Patrol are in talks about a remed
  
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• Matt Harvey allows 8 runs on 4 homers in Angels’ blowout loss to Twins

  24-05-2019 01:36
  
  The Twins’ Jorge Polanco (11) celebrates his two-run home run with teammate Max Kepler (26) during the second inning of Thursday’s game against the Angels at Angel Stadium. The Twins hit eight home runs in the 16-3 rout. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Matt Harvey throws to the Minnesota Twins during the second inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 23, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMin
  
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