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• Comic-Con 2019: ‘The Walking Dead’ cast surprises zombie horde at Petco Park

  20-07-2019 23:48
  
  Hundreds of bloody zombies showed up at Petco Park early Saturday morning for AMC’s official “The Walking Dead” walker horde photo op as part of the 50th annual Comic-Con International in San Diego. Those that signed up to participate donned their best zombie (or walker, as they’re referred to on the show) get-ups and moaned and grunted their way down a special red carpet.
  Once inside the stadium, they were greeted by “Talking Dead” host Chris Hardwick and act
  
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• Comic-Con 2019: Can you find Waldo in the Gaslamp Quarter crowd?

  20-07-2019 23:27
  
  Today — Saturday, July 20 — is a big day for Waldo from the beloved children’s book series “Where’s Waldo?“
  First, it’s National Where’s Waldo Day! Secondly, the new animated series from DreamWorks based on the book premieres on Universal Kids. And thirdly, a group of Waldos is descending on San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter outside of Comic-Con International to mark the occasions.
  “DreamWorks Where’s Waldo” is based around a 12-y
  
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• Long Beach police arrest 3 in suspected illegal gambling bust in MacArthur Park neighborhood

  20-07-2019 23:20
  
  Three people were arrested after a search warrant led to the discovery of illegal gambling machines, firearms and ammunition in the MacArthur Park neighborhood of Long Beach Friday night, July 19, authorities said.
  About 9 p.m., Long Beach officers served a search warrant at a home in the 1400 block of Cherry Avenue and found a large group of people inside, Department spokeswoman Jennifer De Prez said.
  While conducting the search, officers found four large illegal gambling machines, four firearm
  
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• Comic-Con 2019: Former CIA agents explain 6 ways to conduct and evade surveillance

  20-07-2019 23:03
  
  Who better to tell a rapt San Diego Comic-Con crowd how to follow people and evade surveillance than a pair of ex-CIA spooks come in from the cold.
  A pair of former spies with “The Agency” told a Comic-Con audience at the San Diego Convention Center how to “hypothetically” conduct and escape surveillance — for storytelling purposes in spy novels, scripts and comics.
  The Spy and Espionage Tech panel at Comic-Con featured espionage experts, detectives and former spies
  
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• Comic-Con 2019: ‘The Walking Dead’ bourbon whiskey is strong enough to help you survive the zombie apocalypse

  20-07-2019 22:22
  
  When the zombie apocalypse inevitably hits, we’re all going to want a stiff drink to prepare for the chaos ahead.
  To help us all calmly accept our impending doom or prepare the masses for battle, “The Walking Dead” will be releasing its own line of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.
  A select horde was invited to Harbor House in San Diego on Friday, during the 50th Annual Comic-Con International, to sample the Spirits of The Apocalypse libation, which was strong at 47% ABV, eart
  
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• British Open: Ireland’s Shane Lowry takes 4-shot lead

  20-07-2019 22:15
  
  PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The cheers grew louder and Shane Lowry kept getting better Saturday in the British Open.
  He made two straight birdies around the turn at Royal Portrush to break out of a four-way tie for the lead. The Irishman made three straight birdies toward the end of the third round, each shot better than the previous one. He walked off the Dunluce Links with an 8-under 63, the 54-hole record at the British Open and a four-shot lead over Tommy Fleetwood.
  The first British
  
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• DirecTV customers lose access to CBS and KCAL in compensation dispute

  20-07-2019 21:43
  
  LOS ANGELES — DirecTV customers across Southern California have lost access to CBS and KCAL indefinitely in a fee dispute between CBS Corp. and AT&T, which owns the satellite provider.
  Beginning minutes after 11 p.m. Friday, when a contract between the two sides expired, the following message appeared on the screens of DirecTV viewers who selected either channel:
  “CBS has removed this channel from your lineup despite our request to keep it available to you. We share your frustrat
  
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• This Comic-Con busker plays Star Wars, Harry Potter and Pokemon parody songs to cosplayers

  20-07-2019 21:38
  
  What better way to make a little extra cash at San Diego Comic-Con than to pick up your guitar and play a few songs about the Legend of Zelda, Star Wars, Harry Potter and Pokemon on the streets of San Diego.
  Garrett Snook stood in the middle of the blocked-off Fifth Avenue under the Gaslamp Quarter archway sign and entertained Comic-Con fans heading to the San Diego Convention Center across the street.
  “I’m doing nerdy parodies of songs,” said Snook, 29, of Los Angeles. “
  
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• Rams, Chargers team up to help put athletic trainers in high schools

  20-07-2019 21:34
  
  MANHATTAN BEACH — California State Assemblyman Rob Bonta traveled down from his East Bay district in the Bay Area to Mira Costa High School on Saturday morning to deliver a message to 150 high school students attending a sports medicine mentoring program.
  “We have a safety problem in the state of California,” Bonta said.
  The issue is unique to California, the only state that does not regulate the profession of athletic trainers, which introduces the risk of unlicensed trainers
  
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• Photos: The human tales at Long Beach’s inaugural Legacy Triathlon showcase the athletic will to persevere

  20-07-2019 20:48
  
  More than 750 athletes and para-athletes competed in the inaugural Legacy Triathlon and Toyota USA Paratriathlon National Championships at Alamitos Beach Saturday, July 20, 2019. (Hunter Lee, Press-Telegram)
  The inaugural Long Beach Legacy Triathlon and Toyota USA Paratriathlon National Championships kicked off at Alamitos Beach on Saturday morning with more than 750 athletes and para-athletes of different ages and skill levels pushing their bodies and will to the limits.
  Athletes in the Legacy
  
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• The need to release body camera footage

  20-07-2019 20:00
  
  Body camera footage is playing a critical role in shedding light on what happened during the July 5 officer-involved shooting in Fullerton that resulted in the death of 17-year-old Hannah Williams, due to a new California law that I authored, AB748, which took effect July 1.
  Modeled after the policy at the Los Angeles Police Department, AB748 requires law enforcement to release body camera footage within 45 days of a critical incident, which is defined as use of force that causes death or great
  
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• ‘Man on Moon!’ Here’s the newspaper cover story from July 21, 1969

  20-07-2019 19:42
  
  “Man reached the moon Sunday at 1:17:45 p.m., PDT. Then, for the first time, he set his foot on the soil of an alien world.”
  So began a UPI story on the front page of the Orange County Register – and many other newspapers – on July 21, 1969.
  The story recounts the famous sights that the world watched on TV.
  “It was Armstrong’s left foot – shod in a space boot 6 inches wide, 13 inches long, and with a zig-zag sole tread – that impacted first,”
  
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• Tour de France: Julian Alaphilippe still leads after first big climb

  20-07-2019 19:15
  
  LA MONGIE, France — When the team of Geraint Thomas was in its pomp at the Tour de France, a time trial followed by a big mountain stage would have been playgrounds for Sky – now in new colors as Ineos – to take cycling’s greatest race by the scruff of the neck and leave everyone else fighting for second place.
  Not this year.
  Thomas, the defending champion, cracked on Saturday on the Tour’s first encounter with a climb to above 2,000 meters (6,500 feet), exposing un
  
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• Alexander: When the Galaxy’s Zlatan Ibrahimović talks, don’t doubt him

  20-07-2019 19:02
  
  Los Angeles Galaxy fans react at the end of an MLS match against the Los Angeles FC at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. on Friday July 19, 2019.Los Angeles Galaxy won 3-2 over the Los Angeles FC.(Photo by Raul Romero Jr, Contributing Photographer)
  Los Angeles Galaxy forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic (9) reactsafter scoring a goal against the Los Angeles FC during the first half an MLS match at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. on Friday July 19, 2019.(Photo by Raul Romero Jr, Con
  
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• Comic-Con 2019: Why fans love ‘Steven Universe’ and how it embraces the LGBTQ community

  20-07-2019 19:00
  
  With bright primary colors, themes of togetherness and friendship and catchy songs, the animated Cartoon Network television show “Steven Universe” has become a favorite among young viewers. But its examples of inclusion and acceptance have found a staunch and loyal following among adults, as well.
  “I never had a show like this for me as a child, and that means a lot to me,” creator Rebecca Sugar said Friday during a panel discussion about the show at Comic-Con Internation
  
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• Audiences young and old flock to The Forum in Inglewood for Queen’s The Rhapsody Tour

  20-07-2019 18:42
  
  Queen has long had cross-generational appeal because of the timelessness of its hits, but it was still surprising to see just how many high school and college age teens were at The Forum in Inglewood on Friday evening, July 19, for the first of the band’s two shows.
  Those younger audience members rushed to get selfies against the backdrop of lyrics from “Bohemian Rhapsody” that were written on the columns around the venue, and they cheered just as hard as their adult counterpar
  
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• Magnolia football seeking donations after fire destroys equipment

  20-07-2019 18:15
  
  Magnolia’s football program is seeking financial donations to replace equipment destroyed by a fire this week at its on-campus storage building.
  Football coach Desmond Hernandez said sleds, step-over bags, shields and speed and agility equipment were destroyed by the fire on July 17.
  The school’s lower-level football teams lost their game-day scoreboard and field markers, Hernandez added.
  The third-year coach said Magnolia’s track and field and soccer programs also were affecte
  
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• Comic-Con 2019: These kids’ wheelchairs are being transformed into Batmobiles and other fantastic designs

  20-07-2019 18:12
  
  The notion of inclusive cosplay at San Diego Comic-Con extends to wheelchairs decked out to look like the Batmobile, the “Back to the Future” DeLorean and Wonder Woman’s Invisible Jet.
  Magic Wheelchairs creates custom-made wheelchair “costumes” that add a movie-quality outer shell themed to popular comic book and super hero characters — or even Harry Potter.
  “Kids tell us what they want,” said Magic Wheelchair outreach director Scottie Foertmeyer.
  
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• The news avoiders have opted out

  20-07-2019 18:00
  
  NPR in May changed the long-familiar theme music to its “Morning Edition” newscast.
  After 40 years of hearing B.J. Leiderman’s original score every weekday, you were either sick of it, or, for sticks in the mud such as yours truly, flummoxed at the very idea of messing with a good thing.
  But I’ll get over it. Especially ‘cause the new, poppy, synthy thing is just a rewrite of the old tune anyway. Same chord progression; a few tweaks.
  The reason for the move by the p
  
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• Once Upon a Time in the LBC will be a West Coast party and honor the late Nipsey Hussle

  20-07-2019 17:21
  
  With the downtown Long Beach coastline in the background and hip-hop royalty on the lineup, there’s going to be no party like this West Coast party.
  Snoop Dogg is leading the way and he has some of hip-hop’s finest behind him, plus a few young up-and-comers as well as soul and R&B legends for Once Upon a Time in the LBC, a sold-out music festival that returns to where the roots of West Coast hip-hop flourished for a July 27 and 28 weekend show.
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• Newport Beach Fire Department to get new chief after national search

  20-07-2019 17:00
  
  Jeff Boyles started at the Newport Beach Fire Department as a firefighter at age 27. Now 46, he’s in line to become the department’s next fire chief.
  Pending a final review of his contract, Boyles will take over the role from Chief Chip Duncan who will retire Monday, July 22 after serving the department since 1987. Duncan became fire chief in December 2016.
  “I think my breadth, depth and experience and background in all the positions including paramedic, captain, battalion chie
  
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• Comic-Con 2019: Everything we saw and did and wrote on Day 2

  20-07-2019 17:00
  
  San Diego Comic-Con is big enough to offer both real Tom Cruise — who brings fans the trailer for “Top Gun: Maverick” — and a celebrity lookalike Tom Cruise who hangs out at the San Diego bar and restaurant made famous by the first film.
  Comic-Con International contains multitudes, dude.
  On day 2, we saw or experienced or wrote about things as varied as Orlando Jones’ monster dance party in the streets of San Diego as well as the monster dancing in the pathways of t
  
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• Pedestrian hit, killed crossing Beach Boulevard in Huntington Beach

  20-07-2019 16:45
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH – A 59-year-old man crossing Beach Boulevard in Huntington Beach, apparently outside a crosswalk, was hit by a car on Friday night and later died, police said.
  At 10:49 p.m., officers responded to a crash near Blaylock Drive and found the pedestrian on the sidewalk, said Sgt. Eric Warken of the Huntington Beach Police Department.
  He sustained major trauma and was transported to the UCI Medical Center, where he died, Warken said.
  The man, from Midway City, was crossing Beac
  
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• Del Mar consensus picks for Saturday July 20

  20-07-2019 16:44
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Saturday July 20 at Del Mar.
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• Comic-Con 2019: This Christian comic book organization is not against your Harry Potter fandom

  20-07-2019 16:23
  
  Shelley Mulock says it is not uncommon for people who stop at the Christian Comic Arts Society booth at San Diego Comic-Con to be confused at first about what or who they are.
  “A lot of people come up and ask, ‘Are you with those guys outside?’” she says of the sign-waving protesters outside the convention each year who try to steer fans away from the Batman and toward the Big Guy Upstairs.
  “And we’re not,” says Mulock, who is wearing a Vampire Coffin Co
  
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• Who pays when buyers must wait to move into their new home?

  20-07-2019 16:03
  
  With contingencies more of the norm in today’s market, the timing and logistics of moving becomes a puzzle.
  Depending on how many houses are selling and how many people are moving from one to the next, it can be something of a challenge to make sure no one is left with their belongings in the front yard of their new home because the current occupants were unable to move into their new home.
  Let’s say you have four closings tied together, with proceeds from the first sale needed to cl
  
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• One giant leap backwards for mankind

  20-07-2019 16:00
  
  Today, July 20, we commemorate and celebrate the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s epic walk on the moon; a triumph of vision, courage, genius and national commitment almost inconceivable today when we can’t get our roads and bridges repaired or prevent people from living under freeway overpasses.
  It’s not possible to communicate the excitement, pride and sheer joy every American felt to those of you born too late to witness the remarkable events of the summe
  
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• OC Fair 2019: Things to do today, July 20

  20-07-2019 15:42
  
  Headed to the fair today? Here are some things to know.
  Hours: 11 a.m. to midnight
  Admission: $14 adults; $7 ages 60 and older, $7 ages 6 to 12; free 5 and younger
  Deals:From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. general admission is $7 and it takes half the number of tickets for a carnival ride.
  Free admission for veterans and active-duty military with ID.
  Ride the $4 round-trip OC Fair Express bus service and get $4 admission; find locations throughout Orange County at ocfairexpress.com. Parking is free. Buses ru
  
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• Comic-Con 2019: ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ stars say recent earthquakes have them rethinking survival skills

  20-07-2019 15:00
  
  Just hours after being told that the show had been renewed for a sixth season, cast members of AMC’s “Fear the Walking Dead” hit the press room at Comic-Con International in San Diego on Friday with big smiles.
  The spin-off of wildly popular zombie-filled drama, “The Walking Dead,” has become a stand-alone sensation. It even has experienced successful crossovers with both Morgan Jones (played by Lennie James) and Dwight (Austin Amelio) making the jump from the mothe
  
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• 6 ways to close your commercial real estate deal faster

  20-07-2019 15:00
  
  Two weeks ago in this space, I discussed the reasons a commercial real estate deal was taking so long to close. As promised, today I will discuss ways to close your commercial real estate deal faster. Our discussion two weeks ago focused on several areas that I will use as a framework for today’s conversation.
  Search: Before you search, give some real thought to all of the solutions to your space needs, whether it’s- staying put and re-working your layout, outsourcing a portion of yo
  
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• How to handle your taxes in a blended family

  20-07-2019 14:00
  
  This is part two of a series of 5 articles discussing the following case hypothetical from the various professional perspectives:
  A and B are about to be married. A has two kids from a previous marriage. B has one child from a previous marriage. They plan to have children together. A receives child support from an ex-spouse. A’s mother also lives with them and helps to care for the children. B’s only child works in B’s business and both A and B hope their joint child(ren) will
  
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• Comic-Con 2019: George Takei draws from personal experiences in Japanese internment camps for ‘The Terror: Infamy’

  20-07-2019 08:52
  
  AMC’s series “The Terror” infuses the supernatural with real life history.
  The first season followed the crews aboard the British Royal Navy polar exploration ships and their lost expedition to the Arctic in 1845. The new season, however, is dubbed “The Terror: Infamy” and features an all-new cast, writers and creators and focuses on the United States during World War II.
  This time around it follows the story of Japanese-Americans being forced into internment camps.
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimović’s magic throws LAFC off its game in El Tráfico loss to Galaxy

  20-07-2019 08:40
  
  Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Jonathan dos Santos (8) recovers the ball against Los Angeles FC midfielder Mark-Anthony Kaye (14) during the first half an MLS match at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. on Friday July 19, 2019.(Photo by Raul Romero Jr, Contributing Photographer)
  Los Angeles Galaxy forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic (9) reactsafter scoring a goal against the Los Angeles FC during the first half an MLS match at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. on Friday July 19, 2019.
  
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• Comic-Con 2019: Senator Cory Booker walks convention floor, hangs out with ‘Star Trek’ fans

  20-07-2019 08:21
  
  Presidential candidate hopeful Senator Cory Booker let his inner geek out when he toured the San Diego Convention Center exhibit hall floor on Comic-Con International Friday, July 19.
  News that the Democratic candidate was heading to the pop-culture convention first appeared earlier Friday in a tweet from his national press secretary, Sabrina Singh..@CoryBooker heads to @Comic_Con today and will be geeking out. He will see ya there! #SDCC pic.twitter.com/oRcHpiXVct
  — Sabrina Singh (@sabrin
  
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• Hyun-Jin Ryu’s latest gem leads Dodgers past Marlins

  20-07-2019 07:39
  
  The Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger, right, yells at himself after striking out during the fourth inning of Friday’s game against the Marlins at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JULY 19:Justin Turner #10 of the Los Angeles Dodgers argues his strikeout with home plate umpire Jim Reynolds, as manager Dave Roberts #30 attempts to intervene, during the first inning at Dodger Stadium on July 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty I
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores a hat trick to lead Galaxy past LAFC

  20-07-2019 07:26
  
  Los Angeles Galaxy forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic (9) reacts after scoring a goal against the Los Angeles FC during the second half an MLS match at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. on Friday July 19, 2019.Los Angeles Galaxy won 3-2 over the Los Angeles FC.(Photo by Raul Romero Jr, Contributing Photographer)
  Los Angeles Galaxy defender Diego Polenta (3) fights for the ball against Los Angeles FC forward Carlos Vela (10) during the first half an MLS match at Dignity Health Sports Park in C
  
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• Mike Leake takes perfect game into ninth inning in Mariners’ 10-0 rout of Angels

  20-07-2019 06:56
  
  Angels pitcher Jaime Barria, right, sits in the dugout next to a jersey bearing the number of former Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, who died earlier this month, during the first inning of Friday’s game against the Mariners in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
  Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani looks from the dugout as he waits for an at-bat during the first inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)SoundThe gallery
  
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• Comic-Con 2019: That dancing horror creature wandering the floor hopes to be a monster hit

  20-07-2019 06:07
  
  The monster dreamed up by Kevin Huckabee drew a crowd as it walked among the mortals on the exhibition hall floor at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday.
  And that was even before the monster started bustin’ moves to the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rappers Delight.”
  Then, with a hip, hop, a hippie to the hippie, the monster really lured in them in, his sweet popping-and-locking and green-glowing eye sockets an irresistible combination.
  It was so irresistible that security showed up, becau
  
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• California leads the nation in naturalized citizens

  20-07-2019 06:05
  
  In 2017 in California, nearly twice as many people became naturalized citizens than in the state with the second most, New York. Of the more than 700,000 people that were naturalized that year, the median time spent as a lawful permanent resident was eight years.
  Naturalized citizens by year 
  Number naturalized by state, fiscal year 2017
  Regions of origin, fiscal years 2008–2017
  Thirty-seven percent of people who were naturalized in 2017 were born in North America, followed by 36% bor
  
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• 50 years after the first moonwalk we look back at the Apollo 11 mission and to the future

  20-07-2019 05:51
  
  Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first person setting foot on the moon. Here’s a look back at all 12 astronauts who walked there and when we might return.On the moon
  The word “astronaut” is derived from Greek and means “space sailor.” There have only been 12 people to sail through space, leave their ship and walk on the moon. Here’s a breakdown of the moonwalkers during the Apollo missions from 1969 to 1972.Next giant leap
  NASA is returning to the moon
  
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• Whicker: Keith Thurman brings advantages against Manny Pacquiao, including time

  20-07-2019 04:51
  
  Boxer Keith Thurman weighs-in at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas NV. Friday, July 19,2019. Keith Thurman will be fighting Manny Pacquiao for the WBA Super World Welterweight Championship Saturday July 20 at MGM Grand Garden Arena. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)
  Boxer Manny Pacquiao weighs-in at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas NV. Friday, July 19,2019. Manny Pacquiao will be fighting Keith Thurman for the WBA Super World Welterweight Championship Saturday July 20 at MGM Gra
  
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• Dodgers trying to find days off for regulars after challenging trip

  20-07-2019 04:14
  
  LOS ANGELES — Smothering humidity, a series of rain delays and a frustrating delay on the flight home due to a mechanical error made the Dodgers grateful to be back home in California ahead of the weekend’s three-game series with the Miami Marlins, even after taking four of seven from the Phillies and Red Sox.
  “We’ll take that,” pitcher Ross Stripling said, “but obviously it’s nice to be back here in 70 degrees and sunny L.A.”
  But the rigors of the
  
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• Trump blew a chance to follow in Reagan’s footsteps

  20-07-2019 04:12
  
  SACRAMENTO ­— As a kid, I lived in a heavily Jewish and Italian neighborhood in Philadelphia and then moved to the suburbs. My Dad fled Nazi Germany. My mom’s family fled the Russian pogroms. There were plenty of immigrants all around us but, in our circles, there was one kind of person that was unusually hard to find: a Republican.
  Our families shared many ideas consistent with Republicanism, but we didn’t know actual Republicans. My parents weren’t fans of the party
  
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• Rams coach Sean McVay on Jimmy Kimmel: Recent engagement, Super Bowl loss and more

  20-07-2019 03:28
  
  Rams coach Sean McVay appeared on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday night, chatting about his recent engagement, his team’s loss to the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, an ingenious prank he pulled on a friend/rival coach, and more.
  Scroll down to view the video: View this post on InstagramWe’ve been enjoying this amazing vacation so much I haven’t had the time to make this post but… The man of my dreams, my best friend and the love of my life asked me t
  
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• Longtime Anaheim public servant Irv Pickler dies at 98

  20-07-2019 02:36
  
  Irv Pickler didn’t grow up in Anaheim, but after moving his young family here in 1956, he threw himself wholeheartedly into his new community.
  Pickler, a decorated World War II veteran who served on the Anaheim City Council and numerous city and nonprofit boards throughout his life, died July 17. He was 98.
  Born in Massachusetts in 1921, Isadore “Irv” Pickler was drafted into the Army and then switched to the Air Force, where he flew 35 missions over Germany as a bombardier dur
  
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• State Farm to close Irvine offices, laying off 156 workers

  20-07-2019 02:14
  
  The State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. is closing its Michelson Drive facility in Irvine in August and laying off 156 employees.
  In a June 26 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification sent to the state Employment Development Department, Employee Relations Manager Beth Stuckey said the layoffs will take place Aug. 31 and are expected to be permanent.
  “The entire facility will be closed as a result of this action,” Stuckey said. “No bumping rights exist for employees.
  
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• Comic-Con is all about giving back to the fans for Orlando Jones

  20-07-2019 02:10
  
  Orlando Jones very well may be the hardest working man at Comic-Con International.
  When he’s not leading the SyFy drumline down the streets of the Gaslamp Quarter several times a day, the actor can be found hosting throwback karaoke featuring songs from the ‘80s and ‘90s or trivia trolleys. He also somehow found time to participate in Comic-Con panels at the San Diego Convention Center.
  Wearing a full Pac-Man suit, Wonder Woman bracers and carrying a bullhorn, Jones jumped, dan
  
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• 3 sentenced for violence at Virginia white nationalist rally

  20-07-2019 01:57
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Three members of a white supremacist group were sentenced Friday to between two and three years in prison for punching, kicking and choking anti-racism protesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia and political rallies in California.
  Members of the now-defunct Rise Above Movement were caught on camera assaulting counterprotesters before a planned “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in August 2017.
  Benjamin Daley, Michael Miselis and Thomas G
  
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• Angels designate Matt Harvey for assignment

  20-07-2019 01:44
  
  SEATTLE — The Angels ended the Matt Harvey experiment on Friday, designating the veteran pitcher for assignment seven months and a day after they signed him to a one-year contract.
  Harvey, 30, an All-Star early in his career with the New York Mets, never provided the value the Angels hoped for after they signed him to an $11 million salary in the offseason. He went 3-5 with a 7.09 earned-run average. He allowed six runs Thursday in his latest start, a 6-2 loss to the Houston Astros.
  Harvey
  
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• Chris Riegel suspended by USA Gymnastics in 2015 for inappropriate comments

  20-07-2019 01:19
  
  Former U.S. champion Chris Riegel was suspended by USA Gymnastics for three years in 2015 after admitting making inappropriate comments to a teenage female gymnast, the Southern California News Group has learned.
  Riegel’s membership was suspended in February 2015 for “behavior (that) was inconsistent with our safe sport policies” following a USA Gymnastics investigation into “allegations of sexual misconduct” specifically “that Riegel engaged in inappropriate
  
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