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• UFC 239: Jorge Masvidal wishes historic 5-second KO of Ben Askren was more

  07-07-2019 23:49
  
  LAS VEGAS — It was the fastest knockout in UFC history, but Jorge Masvidal wanted more.
  The Miami welterweight, who had a war of words with Ben Askren leading up to Saturday’s main-card bout Saturday at UFC 239 at T-Mobile Arena, let a flying knee do the talking for him when it rendered the undefeated Askren unconscious in just five seconds.
  Photos: UFC 239 action from Las Vegas
  After sprinting across the Octagon and crushing the former Olympic wrestler, who had ducked down in an eff
  
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• Megan Rapinoe makes one more bold statement in World Cup final

  07-07-2019 22:52
  
  LYON, France — A Women’s World Cup stirred by heated debates on politics, pay and technology saw the narratives fused in Sunday’s final by the undisputed and outspoken star of the tournament: Megan Rapinoe.
  By opening the scoring with a penalty awarded after a video review, Rapinoe claimed a sixth goal and — thanks to her assists — finished as the top scorer of the most-watched FIFA women’s tournament.
  Winning the Golden Boot provided the pink-haired player re
  
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• The Damned and X deliver a terrific one-two punk rock punch at Pacific Amphitheatre

  07-07-2019 21:23
  
  The Damned came to town on a 40th anniversary tour for their third album, “Machine Gun Etiquette” on Saturday, while the the classic L.A. punk band X, who played before the British punk legends, is still a year from the 40th birthday of its debut “Los Angeles.”
  So you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a nostalgic night at the Pacific Amphitheatre when these two played, and sure, there was a lot of gray hair in the vintage punk band T-shirt-wearing crowd in Costa Mes
  
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• Emergency responders from around the state will stick around in Ridgecrest

  07-07-2019 21:20
  
  Emergency fire crews and equipment from around the state will remain on standby in the Ridgecrest area for the near future, “in case something happens,” Kern County Fire Department Battalion Chief Dionisio Mitchell said.
  A town hall meeting was underway late Sunday afternoon in Ridgecrest at the Kerr-McGee Community Center at 100 W. California Ave. in the city, the same location as a Red Cross shelter that reported providing service for at least 340 people since it opened Thursday. S
  
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• Emergency responders are sticking around in Ridgecrest

  07-07-2019 21:20
  
  Emergency fire crews and equipment from around the state will remain on standby in the Ridgecrest area Sunday, “in case something happens,” Kern County Fire Department Battalion Chief Dionisio Mitchell said.
  A town hall meeting was scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday in Ridgecrest at the Kerr-McGee Community Center at 100 W. California Ave. in the city, the same location where the Red Cross reported serving 140 people Saturday evening. Several agencies are expected to be on hand to answer re
  
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• Another legislative attack on transparency

  07-07-2019 21:00
  
  Just two weeks ago, this column exposed the abject lack of transparency in the state budget process. But the way the Legislature enacts its spending plan is just one of many ways Sacramento politicians attack transparency.
  In recent years, taxpayer advocacy groups have pushed for greater disclosures in local bond and tax measures. These efforts received bipartisan support as they were simply good government bills. Assembly Bill 809 and AB 195 were authored by Assemblyman Jay Obernolte in 2015 an
  
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• U.S. women’s soccer team wins World Cup with 2-0 victory over Netherlands

  07-07-2019 18:56
  
  United States’ Rose Lavelle, rear, and United States’ Alex Morgan celebrate after scoring their side’s second goal during the Women’s World Cup final soccer match between US and The Netherlands at the Stade de Lyon in Decines, outside Lyon, France, Sunday, July 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
  United States’ Megan Rapinoe looses the ball to Netherlands’ Desiree Van Lunteren, left, during the Women’s World Cup final soccer match between US and The Nether
  
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• How designer Margee Drews dramatically changed Laguna Beach’s Las Brisas without a complete makeover

  07-07-2019 18:21
  Summertime in Laguna Beach means Pageant of the Masters, beach days and margaritas on the patio at Las Brisas. Year-round the ocean-front restaurant is one of Orange County’s favorite places to hang and locals are pretty possessive about it. So how does management proceed when it’s time to remodel? Tastefully and carefully.Background: Two years ago Las Brisas was given a long overdue renovation. But a sea change has come  from Cypress-based parent company Xperience XRG restauran
  
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• Clippers cut Sindarius Thornwell, Tyrone Wallace, who saw limited action but found ways to contribute

  07-07-2019 18:05
  
  The Clippers officially waived Sindarius Thornwell and Tyrone Wallace on Saturday, per the NBA.com’s transactions page.
  That leaves the Clippers with 12 players on their roster, including second-round rookie guard Terrance Mann, who stuffed the stat sheet Saturday in his first Summer League game against the Lakers.
  “Gotta love free agency,” Thornwell, a 25-year-old guard/forward, tweeted late Friday night, when the Clippers rocked the NBA with the news that they’d come to
  
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• Government unions ignore waste while making mountains out of molehills

  07-07-2019 18:01
  
  Ever wonder why government agencies like the DMV make simple chores like registering a vehicle a lot more frustrating, and expensive, than they need to be, or why the lines are so long?
  Mariam Noujaim, longtime hard-working California DMV employee and Egyptian immigrant was frustrated about those things too, but when she fought to improve things, she ran headlong into unresponsive supervisors and union bosses.
  “I had a huge idea about America,” Mariam told us. “In Egypt I could
  
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• Waving the white flag on patriotism

  07-07-2019 18:00
  
  America’s birthday has come and gone, our 243rd, which is a long time until you do the math.
  At 102-years of age, actor Kirk Douglas has been alive for 42 percent of our nation’s history. Another Douglas, me, has been around for about 25 percent.
  While 243 might be old by human standards, it still makes the United States one of the younger nations. Iceland has been around for a thousand years. China for 5,000. Egypt? Well, you get the point. So maybe we can chalk up this year’s
  
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• Los Alamitos consensus picks for Sunday July 7

  07-07-2019 17:35
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Sunday July 7 at Los Alamitos.
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• World Cup Live updates: United States vs. Netherlands in the women’s final

  07-07-2019 17:06
  
  The United States women’s soccer team will play Netherlands for a chance to win its second straight World Cup. It would also be the team’s fourth title since 1991 but Netherlands hopes to play the spoiler in its first finals appearance.
  The match begins at 8 a.m. PT on Fox.
  Follow along for live updates of the finals.
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• California can’t afford to be an economic one-trick pony

  07-07-2019 17:00
  
  For the past decade, the soaring stock prices and nosebleed valuations of Silicon Valley’s IPOs and unicorns has been a boon for California, helping create a record budget surplus of almost $22 billion.
  Yet this bonanza has occurred just as the state’s overall job creation, once among the country’s leaders, has slowed to a more middle of the road status, well below the rates for key competitors such as Nevada, Arizona, Washington State and Texas. On a GDP basis, according to th
  
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• Sanders’s student loan debt proposal a bad idea: Letters

  07-07-2019 11:00
  
  The proposal to eliminate student loan debt by presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is nothing more than an audacious attempt to buy the youth vote by promising future monetary rewards in exchange for supporting his candidacy.
  College students are among the best and brightest that our country has to offer, and some of the recent graduates profiled in the paper have accomplished so much. They all clearly understand compound interest and hopefully have enough of a moral compass to understand that
  
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• Photos: UFC 239 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas

  07-07-2019 07:40
  
  Amanda Nunes (red) knocks outHolly Holm (blue) during UFC 239 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV Friday, Saturday, July 6, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Amanda Nunes (red) throws a punch at Holly Holm (blue) during UFC 239 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV Friday, Saturday, July 6, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsAmanda Nunes (red) knocks outHolly Holm (blue) during UFC 239 at the T-Mobile A
  
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• Photos: UFC 239

  07-07-2019 07:40
  
  Amanda Nunes (red) knocks outHolly Holm (blue) during UFC 239 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV Friday, Saturday, July 6, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Amanda Nunes (red) throws a punch at Holly Holm (blue) during UFC 239 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV Friday, Saturday, July 6, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsAmanda Nunes (red) knocks outHolly Holm (blue) during UFC 239 at the T-Mobile A
  
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• At Summer League, remade Lakers and Clippers size each other up

  07-07-2019 07:35
  
  LAS VEGAS — Darrell Bailey, dressed in the familiar red-and-blue blazer that has made him one of the most recognizable Clipper fans in the NBA, wanted a word with the King.
  He stood from his seat behind the scoring table at Thomas and Mack Center, and waited for a quiet moment in the ongoing Summer League game between the Lakers and Clippers. He aimed his hands at LeBron James, sitting courtside by the far baseline.
  “LEBRON!,” he screamed hoarsely, causing a stir of laughter, &
  
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• Dodgers’ offense stays still in loss to Padres

  07-07-2019 07:21
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Kenta Maeda throws during the first inning of the team’s baseball game against the San Diego Padres on Saturday, July 6, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger warms up in the batter’s circle during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Saturday, July 6, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Dodgers starting pi
  
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• UFC 239: Jon Jones retains title with split decision over Thiago Santos

  07-07-2019 07:17
  
  Jon Jones (red) defeats Thiago Santos by split decision to retain the Light HeavyweightChampionship during UFC 239 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV Friday, Saturday, July 6, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  Jon Jones (red) defeats Thiago Santos by split decision to retain the Light HeavyweightChampionship during UFC 239 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV Friday, Saturday, July 6, 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)SoundThe gallery wi
  
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• LAFC makes more history in dominant win over Vancouver

  07-07-2019 06:50
  
  LOS ANGELES — LAFC keeps doing things that aren’t normal for expansion franchises. At least, not this quickly.
  With a dominant 6-1 win over Vancouver at Banc of California Stadium on Saturday behind two goals from MVP candidate Carlos Vela, LAFC became the fastest team to reach 100 points in MLS history in the post-shootout era, reaching the mark in 53 games. It joins Atlanta as the only team to reach the benchmark before the end of the franchise’s second season.
  It a
  
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• US men also seek soccer title, face Mexico for Gold Cup

  07-07-2019 06:43
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Remember the U.S. men’s soccer team?
  It’s also playing for a trophy on Sunday, taking on Mexico at Soldier Field in the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean.
  Gone from the national sports consciousness since its October 2017 loss at Trinidad and Tobago ended a streak of seven straight World Cup appearances, the men’s program is trying to regroup under new coach Gregg Berhalter.
  The American women pl
  
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• UFC 239: Amanda Nunes blasts Holly Holm with 1st-round KO

  07-07-2019 06:19
  
  LAS VEGAS — Behold the baddest woman on the planet.
  Double champion Amanda Nunes secured her place in MMA lore with a first-round head kick knockout of former bantamweight champion Holly Holm in the co-main event at UFC 239 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
  Nunes has now vanquished nine consecutive opponents and every single woman to hold the bantamweight belt – Miesha Tate, Ronda Rousey and now Holm.
  And in her last fight, she became the first female double champion in UFC history with
  
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• Whicker: Clippers, Lakers can’t just have eyes for each other

  07-07-2019 05:11
  
  A quick survey among 28 NBA teams indicated they still plan to participate in the 2019-20 season.
  It will not be the El Segundo City Championship, not automatically.
  The Denver Nuggets return intact, with Nikola Jokic ready to carry forward his playoff averages of 25 points, 13.8 rebounds and 8.4 assists. No introductions and adjustments are necessary. The Nuggets should fly out of the gate.
  Portland will be just as good, Utah markedly better. Philadelphia tilted the East by signing Al Horford,
  
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• Team president says Dodger Stadium is earthquake safe

  07-07-2019 05:02
  
  LOS ANGELES — About an hour before game time each night, a video plays on the two scoreboards above the right- and left-field pavilions explaining the evacuation plan at Dodger Stadium in case of emergency.
  Only a small fraction of the night’s crowd is usually in the seats when the video plays. But those fans might have been paying closer attention Saturday night after the 7.1 Ridgecrest quake a night earlier was felt throughout the stadium during the fourth inning of the Dodgers-Pad
  
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• Life is tough in Trona – and a pair of quakes just made it tougher

  07-07-2019 04:34
  
  TRONA – California’s biggest earthquake in two decades has made one of the most precarious communities in the state even more so.
  Even before the July 4 6.4 earthquake and Friday’s 7.1 quake, the former company town of Trona was a ghost town, with vacant homes outnumbering occupied ones on many streets. With a population of less than 2,000, it’s dwarfed by nearby Ridgecrest, with its modest population of 29,000, just over the Kern County line.
  A woman who wished not to be
  
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• Giovani dos Santos finds a new home with Club America

  07-07-2019 02:40
  
  Former Galaxy forward Giovani dos Santos has a new team and home.
  Dos Santos, who had his contract bought out by the Galaxy in March, signed with Club America in Liga MX, the club announced Saturday.
  The contract is reportedly for two years. // @OficialGio will #FlyWithUspic.twitter.com/1KB8VYPGGK
  — Club América EN (@ClubAmerica_EN) July 6, 2019It will be the first stop in Mexico for Dos Santos, who has played on three Mexican World Cup squads. He was born in Monterrey, Mexico.
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• Sparks on the verge of becoming first WNBA team to win 500 games

  07-07-2019 02:16
  
  The Sparks could get to 500 on Sunday.
  No, not .500, as in even for the season. Two consecutive convincing victories already have leveled their ledger at 6-6.
  They could earn the franchise’s 500th win and make WNBA history as the first team to do so.
  Along with the New York Liberty and Phoenix Mercury, the Sparks are one of the WNBA’s three remaining original teams, dating back 23 years. They enter Sunday’s 2 p.m. game at Staples Center against the Washington Mystics with an al
  
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• President Trump sends a message to world’s tyrants

  07-07-2019 02:00
  
  As President Donald Trump took the stage to deliver the Fourth of July speech that ABC, CBS and NBC piously refused to broadcast to their audiences, it was a little after 6:30 p.m. in Washington, D.C., and a little after 3 in the morning in Tehran.
  It was about 7:15 a.m. in Pyongyang, North Korea, and almost 2 a.m. in Damascus, Syria.
  In Moscow, it was just past 2:30 in the morning. In Beijing, not quite 7 a.m.
  Certainly by lunchtime on Friday, the whole world had seen the highlights. And if any
  
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• UFC 239: Live updates from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas

  07-07-2019 01:48
  
  Two of the brightest stars at one of the premier MMA gyms in the sport hope to shine on the UFC 239 main card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
  Jon Jones defends his light heavyweight title against Thiago Santos. Former bantamweight champion Holly Holm looks to reclaim the belt back from Amanda Nunes.
  The longtime teammates, Jones and Holm, are fighting on the same card for the first time.
  Edmen Shahbazyan, the Glendale middleweight, takes on Welsh veteran Jack Marshman.
  In the days leading up to
  
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• How the USA is approaching World Cup final and its legacy

  07-07-2019 01:40
  
  By ANNE M. PETERSON
  LYON, France (AP) — The United States is about to conclude its summer in France with an opportunity to further cement its place as the best team on the international stage.
  The U.S. faces the Netherlands on Sunday for the Women’s World Cup championship. A victory would give the Americans a second straight title and their fourth overall, more than any other nation
  “I’m like a kid in the candy story right now,” U.S. star Megan Rapinoe said. “
  
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• Sweden edges England for 3rd place in World Cup

  07-07-2019 01:14
  
  By DANIELLA MATAR
  NICE, France (AP) — Kosovare Asllani set Sweden on its way to a 2-1 victory over England for third place in the Women’s World Cup on Saturday night but the midfielder almost didn’t play in the bronze medal match.
  Asllani was taken off the field on a stretcher during Wednesday’s semifinal loss to the Netherlands following a head injury and was taken to hospital. And the 29-year-old revealed that as late as Friday she was told that she wouldn’t be ab
  
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• UFC 239: Julia Avila debuts with victory over Pannie Kianzad

  07-07-2019 01:09
  
  LAS VEGAS — Julia Avila had a heck of UFC debut.
  The Los Angeles native took it to Pannie Kianzad for all three rounds to earn the unanimous decision in the opening bout at UFC 239 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
  The judges scored it 30-27, 30-26, 30-26 for the “Raging Panda,” who has won three in a row.
  Avila (7-1) got the better of the exchanges in the first two rounds, especially against the cage, before dropping Kianzad early in the third and smothering her on the mat for mo
  
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• UFC 239: Edmen Shahbazyan taps Jack Marshman in just over a minute

  07-07-2019 01:09
  
  LAS VEGAS — The Edmen Shahbazyan hype train shows no signs of slowing down.
  Coming off a 38-second victory in March, the 21-year-old Glendale middleweight needed just a little mroe than a minute to tap out Welsh veteran Jack Marshman at UFC 239 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
  After a few exchanges on the feet, Shahbazyan (10-0) took Marshman down and began to aggressively drop punches. That led to Shahbazyan getting his opponent’s back and hooking him arm under his chin. The end came
  
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• Run-swim race is a perfect tribute to fallen Newport Beach lifeguard Ben Carlson

  07-07-2019 00:51
  
  As a junior lifeguard instructor, Ben Carlson was known for pushing his students — especially during challenging run-swim races that started from the Balboa Pier.
  Chris Carlson, father of Ben Carlson, cheers on competitors during a race in his son’s memory on Ben Carlson Day in Newport Beach on Saturday, July 6, 2019. Carlson was a Newport Beach lifeguard killed in the line of duty five years ago while making a rescue in big surf. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG
  
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• Angels’ Justin Upton to rest tight quad through the All-Star break

  07-07-2019 00:45
  
  HOUSTON — It seems that Justin Upton’s All-Star break has started early.
  Upton was not in the lineup for the third straight game on Saturday, and he said the plan is to give him Sunday off, too, which will allow him more than a week for his tight left quad to improve.
  Upton, who came out of Wednesday’s game with the injury, said he felt “good” on Saturday, but the team wouldn’t even let him try to run.
  “At this point they want to give me as much time as
  
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• Los Alamitos cancels racing on Thursday

  07-07-2019 00:27
  
  Los Alamitos vice president Jack Liebau’s worst fears came true Saturday when the Orange County race track was forced to cancel Thursday’s card because of a lack of entries.
  What was supposed to be a 12-day Summer Thoroughbred Festival had already been cut to 10 days weeks earlier, and Thursday’s cancellation makes it a nine-day meet.
  “I’m not surprised, but I’m disappointed,” Liebau said.
  In an interview with the Southern California News Group on the ev
  
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• Serena Williams goes 2-for-2 at Wimbledon

  07-07-2019 00:21
  
  WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Serena Williams walked into her news conference at Wimbledon holding her phone, a cold bottle of water and a statistics sheet that reinforced what was clear from watching her third-round singles victory Saturday:
  She is as close to being back to her best as she’s been in a while.
  Williams, hampered for much of this season by injuries or illness, took a step forward against 18th-seeded Julia Goerges, a powerful hitter in her own right who lost to the American
  
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