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• Netherlands defeats Sweden in World Cup semifinal, will play U.S. in final

  03-07-2019 23:55
  
  Netherlands’ Sherida Spitse, front, fights for a header during the Women’s World Cup semifinal soccer match between the Netherlands and Sweden at the Stade de Lyon outside Lyon, France, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
  Netherlands’ Sherida Spitse, right, attempts to control the ball as Sweden’s Lina Hurtig watches during the Women’s World Cup semifinal soccer match between the Netherlands and Sweden at Stade de Lyon outside Lyon, France, Wednesda
  
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• Why Claim Jumper in Brea closed after 25 years

  03-07-2019 23:46
  
  After 25 years, Claim Jumper in Brea has closed.
  According to a statement from the restaurant’s owners, Kelly Restaurant Group, its last day was Sunday, June 30 and it was shuttered “due to a natural lease expiration and a significant increase in rent demands.”
  The restaurant group’s statement also said that the company was “committed to supporting our employees during this transition and have offered immediate transfers to any Claim Jumper or any of the 136 restaur
  
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• Former Chargers defender Chris McCain hopes for fresh start as MMA fighter

  03-07-2019 23:13
  
  On a gloomy afternoon in Long Beach, Chris McCain sat behind a Starbucks in disbelief at how much it costs to fill the gas tank of his 2012 Toyota Avalon.
  For the past four and a half months, McCain has been driving from his temporary home in Yorba Linda to his new job in Lakewood, a 45-minute commute in traffic that requires a fill-it-up gas tab of $60 every few days.
  Former NFL linebacker Chris McCain trains at the Team Bodyshop Gym in Lakewood on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. McCain is preparing fo
  
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• Boeing to pay $100 million to crash families, communities

  03-07-2019 22:54
  
  By David Koenig, The Associated Press
  Boeing said Wednesday that it will provide an “initial investment” of $100 million over several years to help families and communities affected by two crashes of its 737 Max plane that killed 346 people.
  The Chicago-based company said some of the money will go toward living expenses and to cover hardship suffered by the families of passengers killed in the crashes.
  Boeing faces dozens of lawsuits over the accidents. Relatives of passengers on a L
  
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• Kawhi-mania: NBA Twitter reacts as Leonard arrives in Toronto

  03-07-2019 22:45
  
  We all know Kawhi Leonard is a fun guy but he is also a quiet guy.
  Despite the reports that Leonard has asked suitors for ‘total silence’ during free agency, Toronto fans and media might have missed the memo.
  A local Toronto TV station tracked his arrival on a private aircraft with live video from a helicopter.
  Fans were spotted outside the Hazelton Hotel waiting for Leonard.This is the growing crowd outside the Hazelton Hotel in #Toronto where it's believed Kawhi Leonard is about to
  
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• Tommy La Stella removed from All-Star roster, while Angels recall Matt Thaiss

  03-07-2019 22:44
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas – Tommy La Stella, the Angels’ improbable All-Star, was removed from the active All-Star roster on Wednesday after fouling a ball off his right shin during Tuesday night’s game.
  Although the Angels have not officially announced a roster move to put La Stella on the disabled list, him being replaced on the All-Star roster would be an indication they expect him to be unavailable for at least a week.
  Tampa Bay Rays infielder Brandon Lowe was added to the roster in
  
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• Disney’s Grand Californian hotel poolside bar soft opens just in time for Fourth of July weekend

  03-07-2019 22:10
  
  A new poolside bar at the Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa soft opened just in time for the Fourth of July weekend with an upscale menu of bar bites, classic cocktails, California wines and local craft beers.
  The Craftsman Bar at the pool at The Grand Californian Hotel at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. The restaurant and bar had its soft opening today.
  (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  The Craftsman Bar at the pool at The Gra
  
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• Ducks add to their depth with signings of Anthony Stolarz, Jani Hakanpaa

  03-07-2019 21:43
  
  The Ducks made two moves to strengthen their depth Wednesday, when they signed goaltender Anthony Stolarz to a two-season, $1.5-million contract and Finnish defenseman Jani Hakanpaa to a one-year, $850,000 deal.
  Ducks general manager Bob Murray has a little more than $8 million worth of salary cap space available after signing Stolarz and Hakanpaa, which means he could make additional free agent signings in the days to come. It does not necessarily mean he will, though.
  Stolarz will be the third
  
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• Navy SEAL Edward ‘Eddie’ Gallagher receives maximum penalty for posing with corpse, a day after being acquitted of murder charge

  03-07-2019 21:34
  
  A day after decorated Navy SEAL Edward “Eddie” Gallagher was acquitted on murder charges, he was given the maximum sentence, Wednesday, July 3, for posing with a corpse of a teen ISIS fighter.
  The seven-man jury deliberated for about three hours at Naval Base San Diego and listened to a plea of mercy from Gallagher, who acknowledged he had “put a black eye on the two communities he loved the most — the U.S. Marine Corps and the Navy.”
  Gallagher received a penalty of
  
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• Same Same But Different festival offering limited-time military discount

  03-07-2019 21:31
  
  The Same Same But Different festival, which returns to the Lake Perris State Recreation Area Sept. 20-21, has announced a 50 percent off ticket deal for active duty military and veterans.
  Weekend general admission passes will be offered at half price, $72.50 before fees, through Sunday, July 7. For non-active military and veterans, a weekend general admission pass is $145 before fees.
  Sign up for our Festival Pass newsletter. Whether you are a Coachella lifer or prefer to watch from afar, get we
  
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• A visit to Hollywood & Highland isn’t complete without the characters on the boulevard

  03-07-2019 21:10
  
  The folks who dress like Disney characters, hawk CDs and try to sell sightseeing tours in front of Hollywood & Highland, the legendary Chinese Theatre and Oscars show-hosting Dolby Theatre may be some of our greatest local experts on tourist interaction. So, as summer heats up, we figured we’d ask some of them about the traditional vacation season and how they do what they do.
  As you might expect from such a wide variety of self-defined hustlers, the answers were as varied as the area&
  
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• Photos: Life on the streets of Hollywood is filled with characters like nowhere else

  03-07-2019 20:50
  
  Hollywood. There really isn’t any place like it.
  When you walk the fabled boulevard lined with the stars (of those long gone, and those still among us), you can’t help be amazed at the diverse group of people who live and who visit.
  MORE HOLLYWOOD: A visit to Hollywood & Highland isn’t complete without the characters on the boulevardSuperheros mingle with mortals along the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  A statue of a dinosaur atop the Ripley’s Believe It or Not mus
  
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• LA Galaxy faces Toronto FC looking to stop three-game home losing streak

  03-07-2019 20:46
  
  The goal for Galaxy coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto was to turn the Dignity Health Sports Park into a fortress, difficult for the opposition to find success.
  Through the first two months of the season, that’s exactly what it was, as the Galaxy won the first six at home, allowing just six goals.
  However, the Galaxy is still on six, having lost three consecutive at home entering tonight’s match-up with Toronto FC (7:30 p.m.; Spectrum SportsNet).
  Not only will the Galaxy be out to snap
  
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• New program offers hard-money mortgages at half the rate

  03-07-2019 20:42
  
  What’s up with mortgage rates? Jeff Lazerson of Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel gives us his take.
  Rate news summary
  From Freddie Mac’s weekly survey: The 30-year fixed rate averaged 3.75%, up 2 basis points from last week. The 15-year fixed rate averaged 3.18%, also up 2 basis points from last week.
  Loan application volume was unchanged from the week before, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.
  Bottom line: Assuming a borrower gets the average 30-year fixed rate on a conformi
  
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• Inverted yield curve, a reliable recession indicator, may fail this time, Realtor economist says

  03-07-2019 20:42
  
  The infallibility of the “inverted yield curve” in forecasting a recession may be at an end, the National Association of Realtor’s chief economist said recently.
  “This time could be different,” Lawrence Yun said after delivering a mid-year economic forecast that was devoid of the economic gloom economists were seeing a year ago.
  Recession, said Yun and three other economists, is not even on the horizon – despite the spring quarter inversion of short- and long-
  
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• VIDEO: Pipe-wielding man caught bashing in doors of 86-year-old Johnson Chapel AME Church in Santa Ana

  03-07-2019 20:37
  
  Police are searching for a man caught on surveillance video repeatedly striking with a large pipe the front doors of the Johnson Chapel AME Church in Santa Ana.
  Just before 8:40 a.m. on Tuesday, July 2, he destroyed the doors of the church, which is in the 1300 block of West 3rd Street, near First and Bristol streets.
  Police don’t know why.
  In the video, the man holds the long pipe and practices his aim as though winding up with a baseball bat. He proceeds to hit the double doors, aiming f
  
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• S&P 500, Dow industrials and Nasdaq close at record highs

  03-07-2019 20:18
  
  By Damian J. Troise, The Associated Press
  Investors extended a rally through a holiday-shortened day and pushed the S&P 500 index to its third straight record high close on Wednesday. Other major indexes also closed at record highs.
  The rally follows a slight easing of trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Both nations have agreed to refrain from new tariffs while they open a new round of negotiations. The development relieved some pressure on the market, though the trade war still loom
  
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• Best thing I ate: This pozole in Orange is a worthy Sunday tradition

  03-07-2019 20:03
  
  “When are you going to write about Taco Mesa?” a friend from Orange kept asking.
  She was talking about the one in her hometown, but I was thinking of the one in Costa Mesa, the only one of which I’d been to. I don’t dislike it, I told her, but whenever I’m craving Mexican food, Taco Mesa just isn’t top of mind. 
  Taco Mesa on Chapman in Orange (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Pozole is served on Sundays only at Taco Mesa in Orange (P
  
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• 10 theater productions to see in Southern California this week, July 5-11

  03-07-2019 19:48
  
  LOS ANGELES COUNTY
  ‘The Book of Mormon’
  The Tony Award-winning musical comedy by Robert Lopez, Trey Parker and Matt Stone about missionaries in Uganda. Recommended for adults (explicit language).
  When: Opens 7:30 p.m. July 9. Show runs 7:30 p.m. July 10-11; 8 p.m. July 12; 2 and 8 p.m. July 13; 1 and 6:30 p.m. July 14.
  Where: Kavli Theatre at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd.
  Tickets: $45-$139
  Information: 805-449-2787. bit.ly/2IKhn5o
  ‘C.S. Lewis Onsta
  
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• 5 years after his death, Ben Carlson’s lifeguard legacy lives on

  03-07-2019 19:33
  
  In his life, Ben Carlson was a hero who saved countless other lives guarding the Newport Beach coastline.
  In his death, Carlson’s legacy lives on.
  Five years after the Newport Beach lifeguard died during a rescue in big surf, on July 6, 2014, his influence is apparent not just in the coastal community he vowed to protect, but in the continued effort by friends and loved ones to make beaches around the world a safer place in his honor.
  “When we go out to the lifeguard stations, fewer
  
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• Trump insists he’s not dropping citizenship question effort

  03-07-2019 19:26
  
  By MARK SHERMAN and JILL COLVIN
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that he is not dropping efforts to include a citizenship question on the upcoming 2020 census, even as the U.S. Census Bureau has started the process of printing the questionnaire without it.
  “News Reports about the Department of Commerce dropping its quest to put the Citizenship Question on the Census is incorrect or, to state it differently, FAKE!” Trump said in a tweet. “We are absol
  
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• Edmen Shahbazyan hopes to keep evolving, and winning, at UFC 239

  03-07-2019 19:26
  
  So much for that sophomore slump.
  Fighting is not supposed to look that easy, especially if you’re the youngest male fighter in the UFC.
  Edmen Shahbazyan hopes the third time is still the charm as the Glendale middleweight takes on Welsh veteran Jack Marshman on Saturday at UFC 239 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
  “To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable,” 19th-century Irish poet Oscar Wilde once mused.
  Fortuna
  
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• First-time director Greg Kinnear reveals how he worked with himself as an actor: ‘I did not treat him very well’

  03-07-2019 18:15
  
  Actor Greg Kinnear says he knows he’s been lucky to have worked with many terrific filmmakers in his career, directors that include Richard Linklater, Paul Schrader and James L. Brooks, who guided Kinnear to an Academy Award nomination for his work in 1997’s “As Good As It Gets.”
  “I’ve always been humbled and wildly intimidated by the process,” Kinnear says. ” But the idea of being able to tell a story more personally like that was always intriguin
  
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• Marines who went to ‘hell and back’ nearly 10 years ago in Afghanistan rely on camaraderie, community to heal

  03-07-2019 18:00
  
  LAGUNA HILLS — Maj. Joe Patterson stood by his custom-designed motorcycle dedicated to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines — the Darkhorse Battalion.
  The bike’s fender and gas tank are covered with the names of 25 Marines who died during the battalion’s 2010 deployment to the Sangin District, in the Helmand Province of Southern Afghanistan.
  Patterson, a 1st lieutenant during that deployment, created the memorial bike so the Marines who died would be remembered and he could tell th
  
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• 144 new townhomes come to Lake Forest with prices starting under $600,000

  03-07-2019 18:00
  
  Lake Forest will get 144 new townhomes with prices starting under $600,000.
  Silveroak is Landsea Homes’s latest addition to its 543-home IronRidge community in Portola Hills. The builder has begun pre-sales for the project, which offers three plans ranging in size from 1,311 to 1,693 square feet of space with up to three bedrooms, three bathrooms, an outdoor deck and a two-car garage. Model homes will be ready for viewing later this year.
  Landsea says pricing will start from the high-$500,
  
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• Laguna Niguel’s commitment to being pet-friendly recognized with national certification

  03-07-2019 17:55
  
  Laguna Niguel loves animals! Behind so many of our doors, awaits our beloved and loyal furry friends which are true members of our families. As your mayor and the proud human to two golden retrievers — Bear and Cooper — I truly value our community’s commitment to being pet-friendly.  Your City Council is working to create a safe, fun, and active community for your pets. It is my great pleasure to announce that Laguna Niguel has been certified as a Better City for Pets by t
  
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• Casa Romantica exhibit features ocean life depicted in a 360-degree mural

  03-07-2019 17:43
  
  Visitors to Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens can experience life under the Pacific Ocean in new ways this summer by viewing “Casa Coastal: Levi Ponce,” a summer-long mural exhibition.
  The 360-degree mural experience inspires visitors with life-size illustrations of local, exotic and endangered ocean inhabitants.
  The exhibit is open daily through Sept. 8 (closed Mondays). General admission is $5; free to children ages 12 & under.
  IF YOU GO
  When: Tuesday-Thursday 11 a.m.-
  
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• Rebelution talks musical growth, fan loyalty and cannabis before kicking off the summer concert season at Pacific Amphitheatre

  03-07-2019 17:27
  
  For a handful of years now, reggae-rock band Rebelution has been a staple of the Pacific Amphitheatre Summer Concert Series during the run of the annual OC Fair in Costa Mesa. The quartet was so popular with the Southern California crowd that the venue extended the band’s stay, giving it two nights starting back in 2017.
  Rebelution returns this year to officially kickstart the 2019 Toyota Summer Concert Series at Pacific Amphitheatre on Friday, July 12 and Saturday, July 13 with its Good V
  
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• Gardening: Some plants are gifts that just keep giving

  03-07-2019 17:07
  
  In response to a column about so-called blanket bloomers – plants that completely cover themselves with flowers – I received the following email.
  “I love alyssum because it reseeds itself. When it is finished blooming I remove it, weed the flowerbed and then shake the removed alyssum over the flowerbed. The removed alyssum is full of seeds and my flowerbed is reseeded. It doesn’t take long for new plants to start to appear and not too long after that mature blooming plant
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Cancer isn’t as much fun as you might think it would be

  03-07-2019 17:03
  
  In case you missed last week’s column, I’ll just tell you that I’m back and meaner than ever. This might be a painful shock to some of you (and I’m sure you’ll email to tell me so because you always do) whereas others may actually be glad.
  I was off for 10 weeks dealing with a tiny inconvenience called cancer, during which a nearly monosyllabic and generally grumpy (at least to me) surgeon removed all my ladyparts and then sewed me back up. What is wrong with surgeo
  
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• From celebrations to conspiracies, the 50th anniversary of the moon landing remembered in a range of TV specials

  03-07-2019 16:48
  
  In 1965, a sentimental ditty called “Everyone’s Gone to the Moon” became a minor radio hit. At that time, no one had yet had landed on the lunar surface, but the United States was in a heated space race – in reality, a proxy war – with the Soviet Union.
  It was four years later – on July 20, 1969 – that Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the dusty surface of our nearest celestial neighbor to fulfill President John F. Kennedy’s stated go
  
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• Bubble Watch: Another automaker moves its headquarters out of Southern California

  03-07-2019 16:30
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: Another Japanese automaker is taking its U.S. corporate headquarters out of Southern California, the third to do so this century.
  The trend
  Mitsubishi Motors North America announced last month it would move its corporate headquarters from Cypress to Tennessee, a relocation impacting 200 office workers. This exit follows the Southern California departures of Toyota (2014, Torrance to
  
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• Radio: Is that an AM digital signal I hear? No, but it could be.

  03-07-2019 15:14
  
  One possible version of AM radio’s future was posted on a Facebook group called “I Love AM Radio.” It came from group member Steve West and was a recording of WWFD/Frederick, MD as received on a radio in Beacon Falls, CT. This is a driving distance of about 320 miles via I-95; as the crow flies it’s probably closer to 275. Still very impressive.
  Of course, long-distance AM radio reception is not new … people have been listening to distant stations since radio broad
  
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• ‘Helping Hands’ at John Wayne Airport reaches out to travelers with autism, dementia and other cognitive disabilities

  03-07-2019 15:00
  
  Jenny Arnold fretted about her family’s late June trip from their home in La Palma to Chicago.
  The traveling party included Arnold and her husband Anthony, their daughters Alexis and Aubrey, their son Jax, and an aunt. They planned to fly out of John Wayne Airport.
  The family had made long trips before but this would be the first since Jax, 4, endured a recent decline in his physical condition that left him unable to hold up the upper part of his body, including his head. A rare genetic di
  
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• Rouhani: Iran will enrich uranium to ‘any amount we want’

  03-07-2019 14:48
  
  By JON GAMBRELL and NASSER KARIMI
  TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s president warned European partners in its faltering nuclear deal on Wednesday that Tehran will increase its enrichment of uranium to “any amount that we want” beginning on Sunday, putting pressure on them to offer a way around intense U.S. sanctions targeting the country.
  The comments by President Hassan Rouhani come as tensions remain high between Iran and the U.S. over the deal, which President Donald Trump pulled
  
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• LAX workers to march giant birthday cake through terminals to demand union jobs

  03-07-2019 14:45
  
  LOS ANGELES — Union workers at Los Angeles International Airport were scheduled Wednesday to march a 6-foot-tall birthday cake through the terminals at the airport as a part of a rally to demand good union jobs, living wages and health care.
  Hundreds of union workers will gather near curbside check-in at Terminal 1 at 11 a.m. to call on airlines like Southwest and American to stop undermining worker standards by “switching good union jobs to irresponsible contractors,” like S.A
  
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• Airstrike hits Libyan detention center, killing 44 migrants

  03-07-2019 14:41
  
  By RAMI MUSA and SAMY MAGDY
  BENGHAZI, Libya — An airstrike hit a detention center for migrants near the Libyan capital early Wednesday, killing at least 44 people and wounding more than 130, the U.N. mission to the war-torn country said.
  The airstrike raises further concerns about the European Union’s policy of partnering with Libyan militias to prevent migrants from crossing the Mediterranean, which often leaves them at the mercy of brutal traffickers or stranded in squalid det
  
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• Successful Aging: Why do some medical practitioners make assumptions based on age?

  03-07-2019 14:03
  
  Q. I recently called my internist to make an appointment for a routine EKG. The receptionist asked the important initial questions: date of birth, then name. After I gave my date of birth which is 1942, she immediately transferred me to the nurse practitioner (NP). I left a message with her and did not get a call back. I called back the receptionist and asked if I were 35, would she have referred me to the NP. She indicated the referral was for those who had chronic conditions. I said I had none
  
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• 3 arrested after Seal Beach burglary suspects crash into fire hydrant in Westminster, flee on foot

  03-07-2019 08:57
  
  SEAL BEACH — Two men and a 17-year-old boy suspected of stealing nearly $14,000 worth of merchandise from an athletic shoe and clothing store in Seal Beach have been arrested after a vehicle pursuit that ended with a crash into a fire hydrant and foot chase, with one found hiding in a trash can, police said Tuesday.
  Officers recovered 280 pieces of clothing and accessories worth nearly $14,000 from a vehicle after a burglary in Seal Beach early Sunday. (Photo courtesy Seal Beach Police Dep
  
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• It’s 2019 and the American flag is now considered controversial

  03-07-2019 08:41
  
  Somewhere above us, the ghosts of the veterans of every war ever fought by the armed forces of the United States are shaking their heads and settling up on their bets.
  Did you have a bet on it, too? Check your tickets. If you had “2019” as the date that the American flag would be controversial on the Fourth of July, you’re a winner.
  After receiving a complaint from former NFL quarterback and paid Nike endorser Colin Kaepernick, Nike has pulled a new shoe design from the market.
  
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• Mexico outlasts Haiti in CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal

  03-07-2019 08:31
  
  Mexico forward Raul Jimenez (9) celebrates after scoring on a penalty kick in overtime during the team’s CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match against Haiti, Tuesday, July 2, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
  Haiti defender Jems Geffrard (6), midfielder Bryan Alceus (21), midfielder Mikael Gabriel Cantave (15) and midfielder Derrick Etienne, right, pause on the field after a CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match loss to Mexico Tuesday, July 2, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. Mexico won 1-0 in ov
  
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• Dodgers ride 5 straight two-out walks to another walk-off win over Diamondbacks

  03-07-2019 08:03
  
  A moment of silence for the Los Angeles Angels pitcher 27 year-old Tyler Skaggs who passed away on Monday prior to a MLB baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, July 02, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Enrique Hernandez #14 of the Los Angeles Dodgers dances with teammate Justin Turner in the dugout prior to a MLB baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diam
  
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• Former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca has died at age 94

  03-07-2019 06:46
  
  By Tom Krisher and Dee-Ann Durbin, AP Business Writers
  DETROIT — Lee Iacocca, the auto executive and master pitchman who put the Mustang in Ford’s lineup in the 1960s and became a corporate folk hero when he resurrected Chrysler 20 years later, has died in Bel Air, California. He was 94.
  Two former Chrysler executives who worked with him, Bud Liebler, the company’s former spokesman, and Bob Lutz, formerly its head of product development, said they were told of the death Tuesday
  
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• Grieving Angels return to action with emotional victory over Rangers

  03-07-2019 06:32
  
  Angels manager Brad Ausmus, left, and other members of the team observe a moment of silence to honor teammate Tyler Skaggs before Tuesday’s game against the Rangers in Arlington, Texas. The 27-year-old Skaggs died on Monday. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
  Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Trevor Cahill (53) reaches down to touch the number 45 on the back of the mound as he prepares to work against the Texas Rangers in the fifth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Tuesd
  
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• Will Clippers’ chemistry, toughness that appealed to Patrick Beverley attract Kawhi Leonard?

  03-07-2019 06:12
  
  “I never like to downplay any other team … in L.A.,” Clippers guard Patrick Beverley said, with the slightest of pauses, during an appearance Tuesday afternoon on ESPN’s “The Jump.”
  “But you know,” he added, “medical team, coach, players, top to bottom, you have to go with the Clippers. You have to. It’s ownership. And it’s no disrespect to anybody else, but top to bottom, they do the right things consistently, all the time.&rdqu
  
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• Report: Kawhi Leonard has asked suitors for ‘total silence’ during free agency

  03-07-2019 05:59
  
  In a league loaded with leaks, it’s telling that this summer’s most anticipated free agent has let few details seep out about his forthcoming decision.
  Kawhi Leonard still has to decide where he’s playing next season, but the 28-year-old has already achieved something unlikely: There’s little public insight into his process of choosing between the Toronto Raptors, the Lakers and the Clippers. That quiet even might be part of the pitch.
  The New York Times reported Tuesday
  
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• Eric Karros: Dodgers’ Joc Pederson has ‘done as well as anybody could expect’ at first base

  03-07-2019 05:33
  
  LOS ANGELES — Eric Karros holds the Los Angeles Dodgers record for most games played at first base with 1,579. Joc Pederson isn’t a threat to catch him. Tuesday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks marked Pederson’s ninth start at first base, all in the last two weeks.
  Karros didn’t expect Pederson’s transition to be easy.
  “To assume that you’re just going to go out there and play,” he said, “that’s unrealistic.”
  The Dodg
  
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• Clippers agree with Rodney McGruder on 3-year $15M deal, per report

  03-07-2019 05:16
  
  Rodney McGruder’s journey has led him to L.A., where the restricted free agent will be a Clipper, after reaching an agreement to sign a three-year, $15 million deal, per Yahoo’s Chris Haynes.
  The Clippers claimed McGruder, a 6-foot-4 guard, off waivers last April after he was waived by the Miami Heat, picking him up even though it was well past March 1, the last day a player can be waived by one team and remain postseason eligible for another team, leaving McGruder off the Clippers&r
  
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• Protect Golden State taxpayers, protect Proposition 13 for all

  03-07-2019 05:03
  
  Big changes in expenses are dangerous for those in commercial real estate development. We like to be able to predict our costs and plan for the future, because our projects often take years or even decades to pay off.
  Since 1978, residential and commercial real estate owners here in California have been able to predict, with certainty, our annual real estate taxes. That’s when voters passed Proposition 13, the constitutional amendment that provided new protections for both residential and
  
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• Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie show plenty of promise for U.S. in Gold Cup

  03-07-2019 04:46
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie are offering hope for the future of U.S. men’s soccer while contributing plenty to its present.
  After combining on the lone goal in a 1-0 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal victory over Curacao, the two 20-year-old midfielders will try to help the defending champion United States beat Jamaica in a Wednesday night semifinal. The winner plays for the title Sunday in Chicago against either Mexico or Haiti.
  U.S. coach Gregg B
  
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