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• Dodgers’ Stan Kasten says team will extend netting to protect fans

  24-06-2019 23:50
  
  The Dodgers will be extending the netting at Dodger Stadium to protect fans from foul balls like the one that hit a young fan in the head during Sunday’s game.
  Dodgers team president and CEO Stan Kasten discussions have been ongoing since last year when the netting was extended to the far ends of the dugouts and plans will be announced “in the next couple weeks” to extend the netting even farther.
  “We have been talking for some time with different providers and looking at
  
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• Jamaican soccer team faces Curacao with first place in group at stake in CONCACAF Gold Cup

  24-06-2019 23:35
  
  LOS ANGELES — After consecutive runner-up finishes in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, Jamaican men’s national team soccer coach Theodore Whitmore proclaimed the 2019 edition of the tournament as a must-win.
  There is still some work to be done to get back to the finals, however, starting with tonight as the Reggae Boyz attempt to advance out of Group C with a positive result.
  Jamaica is tied with El Salvador on four points and Curacao is in third on three points as the teams head to Banc of Ca
  
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• Making a difference can start with a simple idea

  24-06-2019 23:19
  
  Shark Tank celebrated its 10th season on television this year. Even with a marketing degree, I’ve learned plenty about leveraging equity, difficulties getting “shelf space” and a host of other issues that could make or break a deal between an interested investor and a hopeful entrepreneur. What I enjoy most, though, are the back stories—what prompted the idea and what’s been done getting it to market. Often when a deal is struck, the business owner is overcome with
  
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• Purple & Bold: Former Laker Josh Hart sounds off after trade to Pelicans

  24-06-2019 23:07
  
  Editor’s note: This is the Monday, June 24 edition of the Purple & Bold newsletter. To get the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.
  Josh Hart is the kind of man who doesn’t hide when he has something on his mind.
  Through two years with the Lakers, the 24-year-old guard became a sure bet in the locker room to speak candidly. As far back in December, he made the intriguing comments that an opponent played “the right way” after a night in which LeBron James took a bar
  
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• Corona woman died in Ortega Highway motorcycle crash

  24-06-2019 22:55
  
  A Corona woman who died in a three-motorcycle crash Sunday on Ortega Highway was a passenger aboard a bike that was struck as two other motorcyclists braked as they came up on stopped traffic due to a previous accident, the California Highway Patrol said.
  The 51-year-old woman died at the scene of the crash that happened just before 11 a.m. Sunday on the highway, west of El Cariso Village, authorities said.
  Her name will not be released until family is notified. Ortega Highway — Highway 74
  
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• Artwork created by crew chief of truck-racing team among 10 added to Newport Beach Sculpture Garden

  24-06-2019 22:46
  
  ÒHurricaneÓ by Ray Katz at Civic Center Park in Newport Beach on Saturday, June 22, 2019. Ten new sculptures have been added to the Sculpture Exhibition at the park. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
  Spectators walk around at Civic Center Park in Newport Beach on Saturday, June 22, 2019. Ten new sculptures have been added to the Sculpture Exhibition at the park. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsCity of Newport Be
  
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• Dave Serrano returns to Big West as new baseball coach at CSUN

  24-06-2019 21:41
  
  Cal State Northridge hired Dave Serrano to be its new baseball coach, the school announced  Sunday, replacing Greg Moore, who was let go at the end of May, after a six-year stint.
  Serrano is no stranger to California, serving as the head coach for UC Irvine from 2005-07 and Cal State Fullerton from 2008-11 before serving as the head coach at the University of Tennessee until 2017. His last position was with the University of West Virginia as a pitching coach.#CSUN Announces Dave Serran
  
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• 11,000 U.S. airline catering workers vote to authorize a strike

  24-06-2019 20:45
  
  Catering workers who service flights at Los Angeles International Airport and other airports nationwide have voted to authorize a strike as they lobby for higher wages and more affordable healthcare.
  The employees, who prepare, pack and deliver food and beverages served aboard flights for American, Delta, United and other airlines, are members of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and Unite Here unions.
  They are employed by the
  
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• Warner Bros. taps BBC Americas chief as first female CEO to run the Burbank-studio

  24-06-2019 20:32
  
  BURBANK – WarnerMedia today named BBC Studios Americas president Ann Sarnoff as the new CEO of Warner Bros., making her the first woman to lead the company in its 96-year history.
  “It is a privilege to join a studio with such a storied history,” Sarnoff said. “Warner Bros. has been an industry leader for decades and is known for creating many of the most iconic film, television and gaming properties. I accept this position excited by the opportunity to work with the most
  
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• U.S. women knock out Spain to reach World Cup quarterfinals

  24-06-2019 20:01
  
  United States’ Samantha Mewis, front, duels for the ball with Spain’s Virginia Torrecilla during the Women’s World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Spain and United States at Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims, France, Monday, June 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
  Spain’s Patri Guijarro, left, jumps for the ball with United States’ Julie Ertz during the Women’s World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Spain and United States at Stade Auguste-Delaune in Re
  
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• Truck driver charged with 7 homicides in motorcycle crash

  24-06-2019 19:40
  
  By MICHAEL CASEY
  CONCORD, N.H. — The driver of a truck in a crash that killed seven motorcyclists has been charged with seven counts of negligent homicide.
  The New Hampshire attorney general’s office says 23-year-old Volodymyr Zhukovskyy was arrested Monday morning at his home in West Springfield, Massachusetts.
  He is expected to make a court appearance Monday afternoon in Springfield.
  A man who answered the phone at the home of Zhukovskyy’s family and would identify himself on
  
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• 5 of the best moments from Hootie & The Blowfish’s Group Therapy tour

  24-06-2019 19:22
  
  Whatever was keeping Hootie & The Blowfish from performing together for the past decade or so, the band finally figured it all out last year and announced its official return to the road, dubbed the Group Therapy Tour, with Canadian rockers Barenaked Ladies in tow.
  The jaunt hit FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine on cool and clear Sunday night and the packed house happily relived the ’90s and sang along to each and every song, plus a few fun covers delivered by Hootie & The Blowfish
  
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• Trump signs order imposing sanctions on Iran supreme leader

  24-06-2019 19:06
  
  By DEB RIECHMANN and KEVIN FREKING
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday targeting Iran’s supreme leader and his associates with financial sanctions, the latest action the U.S. has taken to discourage Tehran from developing nuclear weapons and supporting militant groups.
  The sanctions follow Iran’s downing of a more than $100 million U.S. surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz. Trump pulled back from the brink of retaliatory military
  
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• Angels look to rotation to spark ‘a meteoric rise’ in 2nd half run to contention

  24-06-2019 18:57
  
  ANAHEIM — As the Angels approach the halfway point of the season, they are nearly halfway to being the team they want to be.
  With Andrelton Simmons ready to return any day now, the Angels lineup will soon be complete. What separates them from being true contenders, however, is the pitching, specifically the starters.
  “I feel like on any good team the starting pitching is good, end of story,” Tyler Skaggs said. “If the starting pitching is good, you’re going to win a
  
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• High court strikes down ‘scandalous’ part of trademark law on free speech grounds

  24-06-2019 18:53
  
  By JESSICA GRESKO
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court struck down a section of federal law Monday that prevented businesses from registering trademarks seen as scandalous or immoral, handing a victory to California fashion brand FUCT.
  The high court ruled that the century-old provision is an unconstitutional restriction on speech. Between 2005 and 2015, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ultimately refused about 150 trademark applications a year as a result of the provision. Those wh
  
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• For Turkey’s Erdogan, a challenge in former stronghold

  24-06-2019 18:39
  
  By DEREK GATOPOULOS and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
  ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hasn’t lost many elections since the conservative party he co-founded took control of the government in 2002. But the party’s rare defeat in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, was a political and personal setback for the country’s leader.
  Opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu’s win Sunday in a repeat vote for mayor broke the lock the president’s Islamist-rooted party l
  
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• LA County deputy, killed at Alhambra Jack in the Box, is remembered today in downtown LA ceremony

  24-06-2019 18:38
  
  A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was fatally shot in a fast-food restaurant in an apparent random, unprovoked attack is being remembered on Monday, June 24, at a funeral and procession in downtown Los Angeles.
  Hundreds of people, many of them law enforcement officers, gathered Monday morning at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels to mourn Deputy Joseph Solano.
  Deputy Joseph Solano died June 12, 2019 two days after he was shot in the head at a Jack in the Box in Alhambra. Solano wa
  
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• Don’t want to wait in line? Tickets on sale now for Disney’s new Lion King movie

  24-06-2019 18:21
  
  If you’re looking forward to seeing Disney’s new highly anticipated Lion King movie with its live action characters, good news. You can go without lining up, even on opening day, July 19, if you buy your advance tickets now from Fandango.
  The ticket seller just put advance tickets on sale this morning at many of its theaters. With reserved seating, this means ticket-holders can avoid the typical lines for opening day and other times as well, slide into the theater with a ticket in ha
  
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• Watch: See the Dodgers walk-off home runs in 3 consecutive games

  24-06-2019 18:12
  
  The Dodgers’ historic weekend featured three consecutive walk-off home runs by rookies. Relive them all below:Remember when the #Dodgers were the first team in MLB history to have rookies hit walk-off homers in two straight games? That’s so yesterday. pic.twitter.com/g5K4mwlS4Y
  — Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 24, 2019Here’s the first on Friday, by Matt Beaty:NOBODY PUTS BEATY IN A CORNER. pic.twitter.com/BH17d2Osa7
  — Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 22, 201
  
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• Status Update: BCBG/Maxazria opens at the Outlets at Orange; mobile pet shops shift to brick and mortar

  24-06-2019 17:00
  A BCBGMAXAZRIA factory store has opened at The Outlets at Orange.
  Mall operators tell us it’s the first and only factory store in the Orange County market for the retail brand. The store is between Aeropostale and the Ann Taylor factory store.
  The outdoor mall has seen some changes in recent months. In February the popular tapas restaurant Tu Tu Tango shuttered after 21 years in operation. A Columbia Sportswear store will take its place this fall. Construction work is ongoing now at the si
  
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• American citizen from Orange County sentenced to 12 years in Vietnam

  24-06-2019 16:44
  
  A Vietnamese American man from Orange County was sentenced to 12 years in prison after a court found him guilty of “attempting to overthrow the state,” Reuters and other news agencies reported Monday.
  Michael Nguyen, 55, pleaded guilty at his trial – which lasted about four hours – and asked that his sentence be reduced so he could reunite with his family, attorney Nguyen Van Mieng told Reuters.
  Nguyen, whose full name is Michael Phuong Minh Nguyen, will be deported after
  
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• What’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge like when it’s not limited to reservations? Here’s what the internet had to say

  24-06-2019 15:56
  
  Monday, June 24, was the first day That Star Wars Galaxy’s edge did not require a reservation and people were already getting ready to ride The Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, imbibe on drinks at Oga’s Cantina and build their own light saber.
  Around 5 a.m. some eager guests had already arrived to the park in hopes of being some of the first people inside the land. They were given a handout with some pointers, including that they should have the most updated version of the Disneylan
  
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• Crowds light at Disneyland for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge as reservation period ends

  24-06-2019 15:52
  
  Disneyland employees nearly outnumbered the die-hard Star Wars fans who lined up before 6 a.m. Monday, June 24, to be the first to enter Galaxy’s Edge after the initial reservation-only period ended.
  Although all guests are now able to enter Galaxy’s Edge for the first time after the 24-day reservation period, very few fans rushed to get in line to see the new 14-acre land first thing Monday morning.
  One reason was that guests could make reservations to get into two marquee attractio
  
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• ‘American Idol’ runner-up Alejandro Aranda announces nationwide tour as Scarypoolparty

  24-06-2019 15:30
  
  Alejandro Aranda, who almost instantly sold-out the seven summer shows he announced last month after finishing second on “American Idol,” on Monday revealed plans for a fall tour that includes 30 shows across the nation in October and November.
  Aranda, who’d performed in Southern California under the name Scarypoolparty before going on “Idol,” is also reclaiming that name. The tour announcement bills the fall shows as “Alejandro Aranda is Scarypoolparty.&rdquo
  
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• Mexico tops Martinique to reach Gold Cup quarterfinals

  24-06-2019 07:16
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Mexico coach Gerardo Martino wasn’t particularly pleased with his team’s play Sunday night, even after it went unbeaten in CONCACAF Gold Cup group play to advance to the quarterfinals with a 3-2 win over Martinique.
  His team only converted three of 24 shots on goal and nearly squandered a two-goal lead in the closing minutes.
  “I’m not happy,” Martino said. “When we are being pressured like (at the end of the game) we always try to take
  
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• Angels’ Shohei Ohtani said he’d like to compete in HR Derby, if he’s asked

  24-06-2019 06:38
  
  ST. LOUIS — If Major League Baseball wants Shohei Ohtani in the Home Run Derby, Ohtani says he’s willing to give it a shot.
  However, Ohtani conceded that hasn’t discussed the possibility with the Angels, who may have concerns about the added demands on his surgically repaired right arm.
  Ohtani’s power displays in batting practice are legendary, so there is no question he’d put on a good show on July 8 in Cleveland. Major League Baseball invites the participants, som
  
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• Alexander: Don’t let the Dodgers’ kids get hot … oops, too late

  24-06-2019 06:11
  
  LOS ANGELES — Maybe it goes back to spring training in Arizona, and those afternoons when the starters would come out around the sixth inning and those who had been keeping score to that point gave up and tossed their pencils aside.
  If you’re surprised about Matt Beaty and Kyle Garlick and Will Smith, and the contributions they’ve provided to the best team in baseball at this moment, it means you probably weren’t watching closely enough at Camelback Ranch.
  “We saw i
  
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• Tyler Skaggs helps Angels to victory in final game of Albert Pujols’ return to St. Louis

  24-06-2019 04:57
  
  Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs throws a pitch during first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday, June 23, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)
  Los Angeles Angels’ Luis Rengifo, right, is tagged out at home by St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, left, during the sixth inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 23, 2019, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsSt. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher M
  
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• Threats of ICE sweep – sooner or later – have Southern California immigrant community on edge

  24-06-2019 04:55
  
  President Donald Trump’s announcement last week that “millions of illegal aliens” would be rounded up on Sunday, June 23 sent panic through Southern California’s immigrant community. News that he delayed the sweep for a couple of weeks did little to lessen fears.
  “The president’s tweet about deportation increased the already existing fear that my family and I endure daily,” said Lancaster resident Diana, 18, who declined to give her last name. “We&
  
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• Alexander: Girl hit by foul ball at Dodger Stadium, and it’s time to take immediate action

  24-06-2019 04:46
  
  A young fan holds ice to her head after being hit with a foul ball hit by Los Angeles Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Sunday, June 23, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, right, talks with Cody Bellinger after Bellinger hit a fan with a foul ball during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Sunday, June 23, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark
  
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• Whicker: Santa Anita finally gets to the finish line, then trips over it

  24-06-2019 04:16
  
  The final day of what has been a tumultuous spring meet at Santa Anita Park in which 30 horses have died, in Arcadia, Calif., on Sunday, June 23, 2019. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
  Aaron Gryder gives the thumbs-up after riding Ruby Bradley to first place during the Melair Stakes on the final day of the spring meet at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., on Sunday, June 23, 2019. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsAaron Gr
  
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• Santa Anita’s fatality-filled racing season ends with questions left unanswered

  24-06-2019 03:50
  
  The final day of what has been a tumultuous spring meet at Santa Anita Park in which 30 horses have died, in Arcadia, Calif., on Sunday, June 23, 2019. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
  Aaron Gryder gives the thumbs-up after riding Ruby Bradley to first place during the Melair Stakes on the final day of the spring meet at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., on Sunday, June 23, 2019. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsAaron Gr
  
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• Sparks extend losing streak to four games

  24-06-2019 03:33
  
  PHOENIX — Leilani Mitchell scored 22 points in her first start of the season and the Phoenix Mercury handed the Los Angeles Sparks their fourth-straight loss with an 82-72 victory Sunday.
  Briann January and DeWanna Bonner scored 15 points each, Brittney Griner had 13 and Essence Carson 11 for the Mercury (3-5), who had lost three straight. Griner blocked two shots for 588, breaking a tie with Lauren Jackson for third in league history.
  Candace Parker and Chiney Ogwumike led the Sparks (4-6
  
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• Confident U.S. team faces Spain in Women’s World Cup knockout stage

  24-06-2019 02:36
  
  REIMS, France — Spain coach Jorge Vilda says part of the challenge in facing the United States is making sure his players aren’t intimidated by the defending Women’s World Cup champions.
  Spain faces the top-ranked U.S. team Monday at 9 a.m. PT (on FS1) in Reims, marking the first time La Roja will appear in the knockout round at the World Cup.
  “We need to insure that it doesn’t get in our head. We’ve had the right level of competition, and we hope that tomorro
  
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• Will Smith becomes third Dodgers rookie in three games to hit walkoff homer

  24-06-2019 01:52
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Will Smith hits a two-run walkoff home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Sunday, June 23, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Chris Taylor, right, hits a three-run home run as Colorado Rockies catcher Tony Wolters, left, watches along with home plate umpire Paul Emmel, center, during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 23, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)Sou
  
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• Angels working to cut down on major league worst total of wild pitches

  24-06-2019 01:31
  
  ST. LOUIS — A common sight this Angels season has been a baseball skipping away from the plate while an opposing runner takes another 90 feet.
  The Angels lead the major leagues with 51 wild pitches, 13 more than any other team, coming into Sunday’s games. Although a wild pitch is, by definition, mostly the responsibility of the pitcher, it seems that catcher Jonathan Lucroy has been behind the plate for a disproportionate amount.
  Lucroy has been behind the plate for 40 wild pitches a
  
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• After heroin addiction cost him his legs, Matthew Brewer finds purpose through sports

  24-06-2019 01:17
  
  Matthew Brewer of Huntington Beach, who lost his legs after a heroin overdose, is adjusting his prothesis before competing in the 200 meter race during the Angel City Games at UCLA on Saturday, June22, 2019.
  (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
  Matthew Brewer of Huntington Beach, who lost his legs after a heroin overdose, is warming up for the 200 meter race during the Angel City Games at UCLA on Saturday, June22, 2019.
  (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gal
  
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• 1 dead in Ortega Highway crash in Riverside County

  24-06-2019 00:38
  
  One person died and another had to be airlifted for treatment late Sunday morning following a two-motorcycle crash on Ortega Highway near Ortega Oaks, site of the San Juan Loop trailhead and the landmark Ortega Oaks Candy Store in Riverside County, authorities said.
  A earlier crash on the highway, about three miles to the northeast, may have contributed to the second, fatal one.
  The California Highway Patrol log said the fatal crash southwest of Lake Elsinore was reported just before 11 a.m. and
  
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• Author Judith Krantz, known for her steamy best-selling romance novels, dies at 91

  24-06-2019 00:06
  
  LOS ANGELES — Writer Judith Krantz, whose million-selling novels such as “Scruples” and “Princess Daisy” engrossed readers worldwide with their steamy tales of the rich and beautiful, died Saturday at her Bel-Air home. She was 91.
  Krantz’s son Tony Krantz, a TV executive, confirmed her death by natural causes on Sunday afternoon. He said he’d hoped to re-create the “Scruples” mini-series before she died but it is still in the works.
  “Sh
  
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