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• Dodgers complete pillaging of Pirates with another win

  26-05-2019 23:42
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Joc Pederson (31) is greeted by Max Muncy (13) as he returns to the dugout after hitting a solo home run off Pittsburgh Pirates’ Montana DuRapau during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, May 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Joc Pederson rounds second after hitting a solo home run off Pittsburgh Pirates’ Montana DuRapau during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, May 26, 2019. (AP Ph
  
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• Long slump forcing Kike’ Hernandez to ’embrace the grind’

  26-05-2019 23:18
  
  PITTSBURGH – This isn’t exactly how Kike’ Hernandez’s dream job was supposed to go.
  After an extended apprenticeship in a utility role, Hernandez finally started this season with an every-day position as the Dodgers’ primary second baseman. While his defense at second has been exceptional, he has dipped into a deep slump offensively.
  “Not swinging at strikes. Ball not falling for hits,” Hernandez summarized. “That’s a bad combination.”
  
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• Simon Pagenaud and Penske win Indianpolis 500 sprint to finish

  26-05-2019 22:40
  
  Simon Pagenaud, of France, celebrates after winning the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sunday, May 26, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
  Simon Pagenaud, of France, celebrates after winning the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sunday, May 26, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSimon Pagenaud, of France, celebrates after winning the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar auto r
  
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• Tornadoes rake 2 Oklahoma cities, killing 2 and injuring 29

  26-05-2019 22:28
  
  By TIM TALLEY and SUE OGROCKI
  EL RENO, Okla. — A tornado leveled a motel and tore through a mobile home park near Oklahoma City overnight, killing two people and injuring at least 29 others before a second twister raked a suburb of Tulsa more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) away, authorities said Sunday.
  The first tornado touched down in El Reno, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Oklahoma City, late Saturday night. It crossed an interstate and walloped the American Budget Value Inn be
  
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• Angels Matt Harvey explains why he didn’t disclose latest injury: ‘It’s me being stubborn’

  26-05-2019 21:54
  
  ANAHEIM –  When he was pitching for the New York Mets three years ago, Matt Harvey toiled at his craft with numbness in his right hand for months. He finally told his manager his arm was “dead” in July 2016. Diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome, Harvey had surgery to remove a rib that same month.
  Perhaps it’s no surprise Harvey didn’t tell reporters he felt something in his upper back after his last start.
  “It’s me being stubborn and trying to fi
  
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• Bart Starr, 1960s Green Bay quarterback, dies at 85

  26-05-2019 21:41
  
  By ARNIE STAPLETON | AP Pro Football Writer
  Bart Starr was an ordinary quarterback until teaming with Vince Lombardi and serving as the catalyst for the powerhouse Green Bay Packers teams that ruled the 1960s and ushered in the NFL as America’s most popular sport.
  The quarterback’s graceful throws helped turn a run-heavy league into a passing spectacle, yet it’s a run for which he’s most famous: the sneak that won the famed “Ice Bowl” in 1967.
  Starr died Sunda
  
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• Impeach Trump? Most 2020 Democrats tiptoe past the question

  26-05-2019 21:05
  
  By ELANA SCHOR and JUANA SUMMERS
  WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in Congress have argued that impeaching President Donald Trump is a political mistake as the 2020 election nears. Most of the candidates running to succeed him seem to agree, for now.
  Fewer than one-third of the 23 Democrats vying for the nomination are issuing calls to start the impeachment process, citing evidence in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report they believe shows Trump obstructed justice. Most others, incl
  
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• Video: Homeless man saves stranded baby shark near popular San Clemente surf spot

  26-05-2019 21:04
  
  A homeless man was camping in a public space with an oceanview, despite a sign that warns that camping is not allowed. (Photo courtesy of Carson Grier)
  Carson Grier snapped a photo of the man’s tent, posted just feet from a sign warning there was no camping allowed along the beachfront bluff overlooking a popular surf spot in San Clemente.
  He was shocked the homeless man would still set up camp on a walkway with the view of the pier north of T-Street, just days after the city pushed to enf
  
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• The Party of Government rules California

  26-05-2019 21:02
  
  If you’re looking for a moment that illustrates California’s unique form of political corruption, consider that public employee unions are furnishing the offices of our new lieutenant governor. In fairness, they were asked to do so – by the lieutenant governor herself.
  California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis has raised about $300,000 for the nonprofit, “Committee to Support the Office of the Lt. Governor.” Most of that money came from government unions, according to ne
  
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• Santa Ana Unified wrong to attempt charter money grab

  26-05-2019 20:49
  
  In March of this year, each one of our schools was contacted by Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) officials and informed that, for nearly two decades, SAUSD had neglected to collect enough money from schools in the district — including charter schools — to cover the costs of providing special education services to Santa Ana students. We were each given invoices that, collectively, total $20 million and that failure to agree to pay would result in the district withholding fund
  
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• Countries to watch as divided Europe chooses its parliament

  26-05-2019 20:43
  
  BRUSSELS — As voters in all 28 European Union countries elect a new shared parliament, here are some key races to watch in the battle to fill the 751 seats in the European Parliament:
  ITALY
  Italy’s anti-migrant, anti-Islam interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has been campaigning hard to boost his right-wing League party to become the No. 1 party in Italy and possibly Europe.
  Salvini has been using his hard-line credentials to expand a parliamentary group of European populists that alr
  
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• Tax hikes fall by wayside, but trouble is on horizon

  26-05-2019 20:40
  
  Name any problem and most of the majority party’s lawmakers have, as the late Baltimore journalist H.L. Mencken quipped, the same “easy solution” that’s “neat, plausible, and wrong.” That “solution” is to create government programs and fund them with tax increases.
  We’re often struck by the California Legislature’s lack of creativity.  California has a remarkable budget surplus that has topped $21 billion as of the governor’s
  
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• Firefighters quickly douse Stanton house fire

  26-05-2019 20:09
  
  Firefighters put out a fire at a Stanton home in less than 30 minutes on Sunday, May 26 and no one was injured, authorities said.
  Orange County firefighters were dispatched just past 10:15 a.m. to the 7700 block of Santa Catalina Avenue on reports of a single story home with smoke and fire showing from the rear of the structure, Capt. Cameron Rossman said.
  Approximately 30 firefighters fought the blaze, which was inside the house, from the front and rear of the structure and knocked down the fir
  
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• Here’s who’s playing the 2019 Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival

  26-05-2019 20:05
  
  The sight of glowing hot air balloons and the chance to sample an assortment of wines are obvious draws for people who visit the Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival, but perhaps just as important as those elements is the music.
  There will be plenty of alternative rockers and country crooners playing the main stage and wine stage for the event’s 36th year. Here’s a run down of the big acts for each night.
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• Murray Gell-Mann, physicist who peered at particles and saw the universe, dies at 89

  26-05-2019 19:39
  
  Murray Gell-Mann, who transformed physics with his preternatural ability to find hidden patterns among the tiny particles that make up the universe, earning a Nobel Prize, died on Friday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 89.
  Jenna Marshall, a spokeswoman for the Santa Fe Institute, where he held the title of distinguished fellow, announced his death.
  Much as atoms can be slotted into the rows and columns of the periodic table of the elements, Gell-Mann found a way, in 1961, to classify
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Sunday May 26

  26-05-2019 18:28
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Sunday May 26 at Santa Anita.
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• 17-year-old passenger is 2nd person dead in Silverado crash

  26-05-2019 18:00
  
  SILVERADO — A 17-year-old passenger was the second victim to die on Saturday when a sedan veered off Silverado Canyon road and struck a tree.
  The passenger, Colton Mondy of Garden Grove, was identified Sunday morning by the Orange County Coroner’s office.
  Coroner’s investigator Kelly Keyes said Mondy died at 6:48 a.m. Saturday at UCI Medical Center. She did not know where Mondy had been sitting in the car.
  The crash in the area of Santiago Canyon and Hicks Haul roads occurred j
  
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• Southern California United Methodist congregations on the brink of schism over national church’s stance on homosexuality

  26-05-2019 17:00
  
   When Molly and Dawn Molt moved to Laguna Hills in 1993 the biggest challenge they faced was finding a church that would accept a lesbian couple and their child.
  “I called 11 churches and all of them rejected us,” Dawn Molt said. “Some said they’d accept our son, but not us. But, we wanted a church that would take our whole family, not one that would tell our child his parents were going to hell.”
  Laguna Beach United Methodist Church was the 12th phone number M
  
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• Analysis: What the new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge means for Disneyland, Anaheim and the greater Disney universe

  26-05-2019 15:33
  
  Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge places the Walt Disney Company at a high-stakes Sabacc table surrounded by alien gamblers in a disreputable cantina where the entertainment conglomerate is about to make a $1 billion bet that intergalactic travelers are desperate to step foot into a Star Wars spaceport on the outer rim of the galaxy.
  That might seem like an awful lot of galactic credits to push into the pot in this winner-take-all Star Wars game. But chances are Disney’s big bet is a sure thi
  
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• Newport Harbor’s Elbettar finishes second in shot put at CIF State Championships

  26-05-2019 08:03
  
  CLOVIS – If Newport Harbor junior Aidan Elbettar was going to win a medal at the CIF State Track and Field Championships on Saturday, it looked like the discus represented his best opportunity.
  But during Friday’s prelims at Buchanan High, Elbettar did not qualify for Saturday’s finals in the discus. He fouled on two of his three throws. Elbettar did qualify for the finals in the shot put, not his stronger event.
  Skyler Magula of Marina reacts after vaulting 14Õ.11&Oacut
  
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• UCLA tennis sweeps NCAA doubles championships

  26-05-2019 07:58
  
  UCLA tennis swept the NCAA doubles titles Saturday, marking the first time since 1988 that a single school won both the men’s and women’s doubles titles in the same year. The Bruins were the last to achieve the doubles sweep.
  Senior Maxime Cressy and sophomore Keegan Smith completed an undefeated season with straight-set 6-3, 6-4 win over Alabama’s Patrick Kaukovalta and Mazen Osama to win the men’s program’s third doubles title in the past four years.
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• Wolves top Gulls as Max Legace scores first goal by goalie in AHL playoff history

  26-05-2019 07:44
  
  SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Gulls were pushed to the brink of elimination from the Calder Cup playoffs, dropping a 5-2 decision Saturday to the Chicago Wolves in Game 5 of the Western Conference final that featured the first goal by a goaltender in AHL postseason history.
  The victory gave the Wolves a 3-2 lead in the best-of-7 series. Game 6 is Monday at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The winner of the series between the Ducks’ AHL team and the Vegas Golden Knights’ affili
  
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• Angels beat Rangers with two runs in the ninth inning, end five-game losing streak

  26-05-2019 07:41
  
  Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs throws during the first inning of the team’s baseball game against the Texas Rangers on Saturday, May 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Texas Rangers left fielder Hunter Pence makes a catch on a ball hit by Los Angeles Angels’ Albert Pujols during the sixth inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 25, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Angels’
  
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• Angels’ Matt Harvey to miss at least two starts with upper back strain

  26-05-2019 06:58
  
  ANAHEIM – The Angels trimmed their starting rotation from six to five before it became an issue.
  Matt Harvey was placed on the 10-day injured list with an upper back strain Saturday, two days after the right-hander threw 2 2/3 disastrous innings against the Twins and summarily declared himself healthy. He’ll miss at least two starts.
  Harvey did not make himself available to reporters Saturday. Manager Brad Ausmus said he only became aware of Harvey’s injury after Thursday&rsquo
  
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• Hyun-Jin Ryu’s scoreless streak ends but Dodgers do double duty in win

  26-05-2019 06:48
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu delivers in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Saturday, May 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
  Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts watches from the dugout steps during the sixth inning of the team’s baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Saturday, May 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsPittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Joe Musg
  
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• Santa Ana dance instructor charged in sexual assault of teen student

  26-05-2019 06:22
  
  SANTA ANA — A dance instructor who coaches teenagers for quinceanera celebrations is being accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student in the city of Orange, authorities said Friday.
  Jesus Alamilla Caballero, 46, of Santa Ana, is charged with a felony count of lewd or lascivious acts on a child 14 or 15. He is scheduled to be arraigned in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana May 31.
  Jesus Alamilla Caballero, 46, of Santa Ana, was charged with a felony count of lewd or lascivious acts o
  
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• UCLA softball advances to Women’s College World Series

  26-05-2019 05:41
  
  LOS ANGELES — Megan Faraimo lasted only two batters in her first postseason start. The freshman hung her head as she walked to the dugout last weekend.
  Six days later, she walked out of the circle with a six-run lead and a standing ovation as the Bruins inched closer to their fifth straight Women’s College World Series.
  The second-seeded Bruins clinched their spot in the WCWS with a 7-2 Super Regional win over James Madison at Easton Stadium on Saturday. UCLA, which is chasing its fi
  
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• Move down in order has helped Corey Seager mentally, if not his batting average

  26-05-2019 05:19
  
  PITTSBURGH — Corey Seager visited his old home Saturday night.
  With Justin Turner out of the Dodgers lineup, Seager moved up to third in the batting order. It was only the second time since May 7 that Seager had batted higher than fifth.
  Through his first three seasons with the Dodgers, Seager was a fixture at the top of the lineup, usually batting second, occasionally third. But Dodgers manager Dave Roberts dropped him in the lineup hoping it would lessen the pressure on Seager who has st
  
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• College baseball: Chapman beats Concordia Texas to advance to DIII College World Series

  26-05-2019 05:10
  
  Chapman’s Jarod Penniman is welcomed into the dugout after making a diving stop of a hard hit ball againstConcordia University (of Texas) during the NCAA Division III Super Regional at Hart Park in Orange on Saturday, May 25, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Concordia’s Carson Cox throws out Chapman’s Brad Shimabuku from his knees in the eighth inning of the NCAA Division III Super Regional at Hart Park in Orange on Saturday, May 25, 2019. (Photo by
  
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• New summer rides from Knott’s, Universal, Six Flags and SeaWorld set to do battle with Disney’s Star Wars land

  26-05-2019 04:38
  
  The new theme park rides coming to Southern California this summer bring together a jaw-dropping collection of mega-movie franchise attractions, record-setting roller coasters, first-of-a-kind thrill rides and a journey down a rushing river.
  But this summer will be dominated by an 800-pound-gorilla from a galaxy far, far away. The new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge land will leave Disneyland’s competitors struggling to keep up and get noticed in the competitive Southern California theme pa
  
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• Photos: California State Track and Field Championships Gallery 1

  26-05-2019 02:58
  
  The CIF State Track and Field Championship at Buchanan High School on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in Clovis, California.
  Kailen Smith of Diamond Bar leaps at 6′.05″ in the high jump during the CIF State Track and Field Championships at Buchanan High School on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in Clovis, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Jachin Clarke vaults 14Õ.11Ó in the pole vault during the CIF State Track and Field Championships at Buchanan High Schoo
  
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• O.C.-based title insurer First American Financial may have leaked hundreds of millions of bank, mortgage records

  26-05-2019 00:43
  
  By Noah Buhayar and Nathan Crooks
  First American Financial Corp., one of the largest U.S. title insurers, may have allowed unauthorized access to more than 885 million records related to mortgage deals going back to 2003, according to a security researcher.
  The flaw was outlined Friday in an article by Brian Krebs, a cybersecurity expert. Digitized records including “bank-account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts and driver
  
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• Everything you need to know about Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge coming to Disneyland this summer

  26-05-2019 00:35
  
  Disneyland visitors venturing to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge this summer can pilot the Millennium Falcon, build their own lightsabers and belly up to a cantina bar for an alien cocktail all while trying to avoid detection by a bounty hunter looking for the galactic credits owed a space pirate.
  The immersive and interactive Star Wars experiences will be part of the new $1 billion Galaxy’s Edge land opening May 31 at the Anaheim theme park.
  Galaxy’s Edge will be set in the Black Spi
  
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• Go inside Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge with this interactive graphic and map

  26-05-2019 00:15
  
  It is a period of unrest on the Star Wars planet of Batuu on the outer rim of a galaxy far, far away.
  Resistance rebels have set up a secret base camp outside Black Spire Outpost, the setting for the new 14-acre land at Disneyland.
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  First Order troops control a sector of the remote spaceport village.
  Two massive E-ticket rides, a cantina, themed
  
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• Huntington Beach’s Kanoa Igarashi wins major surf contest in Bali

  26-05-2019 00:00
  
  Kanoa Igarashi, of Huntington Beach, is hoisted up in victory after winning the Corona Bali Protected, his first World Surf League World Tour victory. (Photo by Matt Dunbar/WSL via Getty Images)
  Kanoa Igarashi, who grew up in Huntington Beach, advances to the semi finals of the 2019 Corona Bali Protected after winning Quarter Final Heat 4 at Keramas on May 25, 2019 in Bali, Indonesia. (Photo by Matt Dunbar/WSL via Getty Images)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsKanoa Igarashi of Japan wins th
  
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