• Laguna Woods actors stir up mystery, magic, old-fashioned fun

    Laguna Woods actors stir up mystery, magic, old-fashioned fun
    On a recent cool, autumn-like day, a monster was spotted in the Village.
    But don’t be alarmed: The creature wasn’t scaring anyone — at least not yet. He was taking part in a dress rehearsal Saturday, Oct. 24, for the Village Theatre Guild’s production of “The Johnny Carson Show 2020 Edition,” a series of skits, songs, comedy, magic and a tribute to Veterans Day.
    The show takes place Saturday, Nov. 7, from 2 to 4 p.m., in the parking lot of Clubhouse 5. It&rsqu
  • AHL targets Feb. 5 for start of coronavirus-delayed 2020-21 season

    AHL targets Feb. 5 for start of coronavirus-delayed 2020-21 season
    The American Hockey League said Wednesday it would target Feb. 5 for the start of its coronavirus-delayed 2020-21 season, a delay of more than two months from its initial return-to-play plan and a possible hint of a further delay of the NHL’s opening night.
    The AHL, the top developmental league for the NHL, originally said it would resume play Dec. 4. AHL commissioner Scott Howson made the announcement after the league’s board of governors met earlier Wednesday. There was no mention
  • San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid sells for $650 million

    San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid sells for $650 million
    By Noah Buhayar | Bloomberg
    The Transamerica Pyramid, a fixture of San Francisco’s skyline for decades, has a new owner.
    A group led by New York developer Michael Shvo’s namesake company and Deutsche Finance America said on Wednesday that it had completed its previously announced acquisition of the building from Aegon NV. The purchase price was $650 million for the 48-story tower and the surrounding complex, including a redevelopment site and a park with a grove of mature redwood tre
  • Youth sports foundation golf event raises scholarship funds

    Youth sports foundation golf event raises scholarship funds
    COVID-19 could not stop the Orange County Youth Sports Foundation from doing what it usually does: raise money for college scholarships and other opportunities for local kids.
    The OCYSF this month held its Scramble for Kids Golf Tournament that created money for four college scholarships. The event also gathered enough funds to send 1,000 kids to an Angels game in the 2021 season and to send more to an after-school sports camp.
    OCYSF president John Ursini said, “In spite of the pandemic, w
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  • Park Life: Disney and Universal consider legal action and Disney California Adventure to partially reopen

    Park Life: Disney and Universal consider legal action and Disney California Adventure to partially reopen
    Will Disney and Universal sue the state? When can California theme parks reopen? Where can you eat and shop on Buena Vista Street? Find all the latest theme park news in the Park Life newsletter.
    Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here.
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    The California Attractions and Parks Association says the state’s large theme parks are considering legal action over new reopenin
  • Alexander: This year is ‘Next Year,’ but Dodgers shouldn’t suffer any dropoff

    Alexander: This year is ‘Next Year,’ but Dodgers shouldn’t suffer any dropoff
    Even after the crowning triumph, the magical night that was 32 years in the making, the business of baseball doesn’t stop.
    This email clattered into the inbox Wednesday morning: “MLBPA News Release – 147 Players Become XX(B) Free Agents 10.28.2020.”
    These are the players who, with six years of major-league service and expiring contracts, automatically became free agents the moment the World Series ended.
    The list will change in weeks to come as other players’ option
  • Study finds 12% of Orange County residents had coronavirus by summer

    Study finds 12% of Orange County residents had coronavirus by summer
    A carefully designed study of blood samples from Orange County residents found that 12% had coronavirus antibodies — meaning their immune systems had fought the virus at some point — an infection rate more than seven times higher than official case counts suggest.
    Rates were highest among Latino residents and low-income adults, and lowest among non-Latino White and Black residents and those earning more than $100,000 a year.
    The results also suggest that the virus is extraordinarily
  • Former DHS official Miles Taylor says he is ‘Anonymous’

    Former DHS official Miles Taylor says he is ‘Anonymous’
    By Kevin Freking and Zeke Miller | Associated Press
    WASHINGTON — A former Trump administration official who penned a scathing anti-Trump op-ed and book under the pen name “Anonymous” made his identify public Wednesday.
    Miles Taylor, a former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security says in a tweet: “Donald Trump is a man without character. It’s why I wrote ‘A Warning’ … and it’s why me & my colleagues have spoken out against
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  • USC football training camp breakdown: defensive backs

    USC football training camp breakdown: defensive backs
    Injuries and youth put a ceiling on the potential of USC’s defensive backs in 2019, when the Trojans ranked 96th in the FBS in passing yards allowed per game. But with another year of experience across the secondary, there is reason to be optimistic about the USC pass defense in 2020.
    Here’s a breakdown of where USC stands at defensive back:
    Key returnees: Briton Allen (So.), Olaijah Griffin (Jr.), Dorian Hewett (So.), Talanoa Hufanga (Jr.), Greg Johnson (Jr.), Kaulana Makaula (R-Fr.
  • MLB will investigate Justin Turner for returning to field; Dodgers cleared to travel

    MLB will investigate Justin Turner for returning to field; Dodgers cleared to travel
    ARLINGTON, Texas — A little over a week ago with the World Series about to begin, Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner praised MLB players for behaving responsibly and making it possible for the 2020 season to be played to its conclusion despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.
    “It’s ultimately a testament to the players for being responsible and making good choices and doing everything we had to do to ensure that the season was able to go on,” Turner said then.
  • MLB reprimands Justin Turner for returning to field; teams not cleared to travel

    MLB reprimands Justin Turner for returning to field; teams not cleared to travel
    ARLINGTON, Tex. >> One night after being removed from a World Series game but returning to the field for the post-game celebration, Justin Turner is under investigation by Major League Baseball and could be subject to discipline for his actions.
    “Immediately upon receiving notice from the laboratory of a positive test, protocols were triggered, leading to the removal of Justin Turner from last night’s game,” the MLB commissioner’s office outlined in a statement rele
  • MLB reprimands Justin Turner for returning to field; Dodgers cleared to travel

    MLB reprimands Justin Turner for returning to field; Dodgers cleared to travel
    ARLINGTON, Texas — A little over a week ago with the World Series about to begin, Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner praised MLB players for behaving responsibly and making it possible for the 2020 season to be played to its conclusion despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.
    “It’s ultimately a testament to the players for being responsible and making good choices and doing everything we had to do to ensure that the season was able to go on,” Turner said then.
  • How to have breakfast at Tiffany’s South Coast Plaza: Wait until December

    How to have breakfast at Tiffany’s South Coast Plaza: Wait until December
    Tiffany & Co. has announced that it will relocate within South Coast Plaza, double the size of its store and add a Blue Box Café, coming in December, to the Costa Mesa shopping center. It’s the second location of the restaurant, which has a New York counterpart on Fifth Avenue that opened in 2017 but is temporarily closed.
    The entire Tiffany’s space in Costa Mesa will be 12,000 square feet with design features that include furniture in its signature blue hue, a Wheat Leaf
  • Disneyland installs 23,000+ coronavirus safety measures to prepare for reopening

    Disneyland installs 23,000+ coronavirus safety measures to prepare for reopening
    Disneyland plans to install more than 23,000 coronavirus health and safety measures to prepare for the eventual reopening of the Anaheim theme park resort now that California has issued guidelines for the state’s major tourist destinations to return to full operation.
    Disney will roll out thousands of COVID-19 sanitization stations, protective barriers and warning signs by the time Disneyland, Disney California Adventure and Disney’s three Anaheim hotels fully reopen alongside Downto
  • Seven Dodgers among players who become free agents following World Series

    Seven Dodgers among players who become free agents following World Series
    The Dodgers waited 32 years to win a World Series. But the business side of Major League Baseball waits for nothing.
    Seven Dodgers were among the 147 players who became free agents the morning after the conclusion of the World Series – third baseman Justin Turner, outfielder Joc Pederson, infielder/outfielder Kiké Hernandez and pitchers Blake Treinen, Alex Wood, Pedro Baez and Jake McGee.
    More players will become free agents in the next two months as options are exercised or decline
  • Seven Dodgers among players who become free agents following the World Series

    Seven Dodgers among players who become free agents following the World Series
    The Dodgers waited 32 years to win a World Series. But the business side of Major League Baseball waits for nothing.
    Seven Dodgers were among the 147 players who became free agents the morning after the conclusion of the World Series — Joc Pederson, Kiké Hernandez, Blake Treinen, Alex Wood, Pedro Baez, Jake McGee and Justin Turner.
    More players will become free agents in the next two months as options are exercised or declined and teams choose to non-tender others. Here is the full
  • USC special teams coming together under new coordinator Sean Snyder

    USC special teams coming together under new coordinator Sean Snyder
    If ever there was a year to get creative with how to hone your craft, it’s 2020. Sometimes that means getting chased off of neighborhood fields while working on kicking, as USC’s Chase McGrath did this summer. Other times, it’s Damon Johnson and his father tying a tire to a tree as a target for long snapping.
    That extends to coaches, too, as USC special teams coordinator Sean Snyder has discovered in training camp.
    “I’ve been able to challenge myself in creativity,
  • Prop. 15 may do to California’s economy what the pandemic hasn’t

    Prop. 15 may do to California’s economy what the pandemic hasn’t
    There is a good chance you used to get your haircut at a place like Cut and Dry Barbershop.
    Locally owned and operated, I was there a few months ago chatting with Joeferson Gawaran, a proud Marine Corps. veteran who started the parlor from scratch. He has struggled through the ups and downs of California’s COVID-19 regulations, but there is a new obstacle on the November ballot that further threatens the existence of millions of small businesses like Joeferson’s.
    If the pandemic hasn
  • Migrants quickly expelled by Trump try repeatedly to cross border

    Migrants quickly expelled by Trump try repeatedly to cross border
    By ELLIOT SPAGAT | Associated Press
    TECATE, Calif. — Edgar Alexis Lopez looks well-rested in photos he took before crossing the border illegally in mountains east of San Diego, flashing a wide grin in clean jeans.
    Six hours later, the 24-year-old Mexican construction worker was out of water, exhausted after climbing over the border wall and convinced he would faint. Abandoned by his smuggling guide, he and his father called for help.
    A rescue helicopter couldn’t land in the steep ter
  • Magnolia football coach Thavis Miller resigns as family prepares to move to Texas

    Magnolia football coach Thavis Miller resigns as family prepares to move to Texas
    Magnolia High is again seeking a football coach. Servite and Buena Park are seeking to fill major voids on their basketball rosters.
    That’s how significant the upcoming departure of the Miller family will be for Orange County high school sports.
    Thavis and Brittany Miller and their six children are moving Sunday to Texas, where Brittany, a former softball star at Pacifica, was recently hired as an assistant softball coach at Texas Tech, Thavis confirmed Wednesday, Oct. 28.
    Brittany had bee
  • Philadelphia calls for National Guard after 2 nights of unrest

    Philadelphia calls for National Guard after 2 nights of unrest
    By Claudia Lauer | Associated Press
    PHILADELPHIA — A tense Philadelphia braced for more demonstrations Wednesday over the police killing of a Black man following two nights of protests that set off clashes with police and break-ins of stores on the other side of the city.
    The death of Walter Wallace Jr., who was fatally shot by police Monday after authorities say he ignored orders to drop a knife, came amid already heightened tensions in the battleground state just days before the election
  • Magnificent African songbird turning heads, invading nests, in Southern California

    Magnificent African songbird turning heads, invading nests, in Southern California
    In mating season, the male pin-tailed whydah’s tail can grow to three times its body length, giving it one of the most striking appearances of any wild bird in Southern California.
    But the beautiful African songbird shouldn’t even be here. And that’s where the drama begins.The female lays its eggs in the nests of other bird species, leaving it to the foster parents to try to feed two sets of hatchlings. The sole identified host species in Southern California is the scaly-breast
  • Homes evacuated by Silverado, Blue Ridge fires worth $6.4 billion

    Homes evacuated by Silverado, Blue Ridge fires worth $6.4 billion
    Firefighters are working to protect Orange County homes with average market values adding up to $6.4 billion, according to Realtor.com.
    The Silverado and Blue Ridge wildfires this week have forced evacuations from some pricey real estate. Realtor.com analysts used county evacuation maps to find 7,152 owned homes — with an average value of $900,000 — in the neighborhoods with mandatory exits as of Wednesday morning. The analysis did not include valuations for any commercial real estat
  • Orange County homebuying hits 15-year high

    Orange County homebuying hits 15-year high
    Orange County’s homebuying rebound continued in September with sales hitting a pace not seen since 2005.
    A study by DQNews of closed transactions in Orange County from September shows a market fueled by historically low interest rates, coronavirus-led urges for more space, and a limited inventory for house hunters to choose from …
    • 3,769 homes sold, existing and new — up 29.8% in a year. Last time a September had more sales was 15 years ago. Year to date there have been
  • Louisiana readies for Hurricane Zeta’s arrival

    Louisiana readies for Hurricane Zeta’s arrival
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    By Kevin McGill, Stacey Plaisance and Rebecca Santana | Associated Press
    NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Zeta was speeding toward storm-weary Louisiana with top winds of 90 mph (150 kph), forecast to strike the coast as a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday afternoon. New Orleans, where a pump system failure raised flood risks, was squarely in its path.
    Workers closed one of the
  • Review: Ghost kitchens are everywhere, but are they good?

    Review: Ghost kitchens are everywhere, but are they good?
    It’s almost dinnertime, and once again I find myself frantically scrolling through menus on delivery apps like Doordash and Grubhub. I pause whenever I come across a nearby restaurant that I’ve never heard of. 
    “Hmm,” I think. “Where exactly is Rhea Mommy’s Kitchen?”
    Brad A. Johnson’s Best Places to Eat 2020Where to eat in Orange County in 2020: A guide to the best places
    Top 5 hottest new restaurants of the year in Orange County: OC’s B
  • Anaheim’s Chain Reaction saved from permanent closure after overwhelming support from bands and fans

    Anaheim’s Chain Reaction saved from permanent closure after overwhelming support from bands and fans
    After announcing its closure on social media last week, Anaheim’s all-ages concert venue Chain Reaction revealed it will be able to keep its lease and the lights on thanks to the generosity and support of dozens of bands and thousands of fans.
    Last week, venue owner and Fearless Records president Andy Serrao said he had made the tough call to negotiate out of his lease; without the ability to host live events, the 250-capacity club was hemorrhaging money since it shut down back in March du
  • Toyota adds 1.5M vehicles to US recall for engine stalling

    Toyota adds 1.5M vehicles to US recall for engine stalling
    Toyota is adding 1.5 million U.S. vehicles to recalls from early this year to fix fuel pumps that can fail and cause engines to stall.
    The company says the latest recall brings the total to 3.3 million Toyota and Lexus brand vehicles that need to be repaired.
    The recall affects more than 40 vehicles dating to the 2013 model year covering much of the Toyota and Lexus model lineup.
    Toyota said in a statement Wednesday that the fuel pumps can suddenly stop operating, and that can cause the vehicles
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers finish the job with the 2020 World Series Championship

    The Los Angeles Dodgers finish the job with the 2020 World Series Championship
    If you’re living in Los Angeles this week, you’re not sleeping – whether you’re a Dodger fan or not. If you love the boys in blue, then watching game 6 was a place we knew too well. And when it was all over, you probably jumped out of your seat and screamed loud enough for the neighbors to hear. If you’re a fan of any other team, then hopefully, you were able to get some sleep with the constant reminder that the Dodgers won with every firework in the city going off.
  • Passenger slaps bicyclist from moving minivan, both die: ‘Open murder’ charges filed

    Passenger slaps bicyclist from moving minivan, both die: ‘Open murder’ charges filed
    A Las Vegas man has been arrested, accused of being the minivan driver whose passenger fell out a window while leaning to slap a bicyclist, police said.
    Both the passenger and the bicyclist died, and the driver did not stop.
    The Clark County Coroner identified the bicyclist as Michelle Weissman, 56, and the passenger as Giovanni Medina Barajas, 20. Friends told the Review Journal that Weissman had been a front-desk manager at the Eastside Cannery casino.
    The arrested man is Rodrigo Cruz, 22, sai
  • Voters face three union-business conflicts this November

    Voters face three union-business conflicts this November
    The Capitol’s most enduring conflict pits California business interests against a quartet of liberal factions — unions, environmental groups, consumer advocates and personal injury attorneys.
    Annually, the four present their legislative agendas via bills authored by allied Democratic legislators, generally seeking more spending, more regulation and/or more opportunities for litigation.
    Annually, business and employer lobbies mount opposition to the quartet’s measures, claiming
  • Voters face three union-business conflicts

    Voters face three union-business conflicts
    The Capitol’s most enduring conflict pits California business interests against a quartet of liberal factions — unions, environmental groups, consumer advocates and personal injury attorneys.
    Annually, the four present their legislative agendas via bills authored by allied Democratic legislators, generally seeking more spending, more regulation and/or more opportunities for litigation.
    Annually, business and employer lobbies mount opposition to the quartet’s measures, claiming
  • World Series: Dodgers players and fans share reaction after Game 6 win

    World Series: Dodgers players and fans share reaction after Game 6 win
    Some Dodgers fans took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles to celebrate a World Series title on Tuesday night.  Fireworks went off across Southern California. Here’s the social media reaction after the franchise’s first World Series championship since 1988.
    Player reaction:THE JOB IS FINISHED!!!!!  This one's for you LA – the City of Champions!  Enjoy the hell out of it, but you know these boys aren't done chasing rings!!! pic.twitter.com/rifShjVtke
    &mdas
  • When will big-name stars return to Southern California casinos after coronavirus?

    When will big-name stars return to Southern California casinos after coronavirus?
    Together, J Balvin, Pitbull, Mary J. Blige, Ke$ha and the Hollywood Vampires sound like they should be on a poster for a festival lineup somewhere. In 2019, they were among the big-name stars who played Southern California’s casino showrooms.
    However, in 2020, nearly all plans for an encore were dashed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
    Many of Southern California’s tribally-owned casinos with entertainment venues, including Casino Pauma; Fantasy Springs Resort Casino; Harrah&rsquo
  • Happy (legal) Halloween: It’s Creepy vs. The Creeps in LA horror-comics lawsuit

    Happy (legal) Halloween: It’s Creepy vs. The Creeps in LA horror-comics lawsuit
    LOS ANGELES — The copyrights holder of Creepy magazine, a horror-comics magazine that lived for decades on newsstands, is suing the owner/publisher of The Creeps magazine in Los Angeles for alleged trademark infringement, according to court papers obtained Wednesday, Oct. 28.
    The suit, filed in federal court on Tuesday by New Comic Company LLC, alleges that Richard J. Sala’s The Creeps is a “knock-off” version of now-defunct Creepy magazine, which was launched in 1964 by
  • Firefighters make big progress on Silverado fire, reaching 25% containment

    Firefighters make big progress on Silverado fire, reaching 25% containment
    Firefighters have been able to lock down 25% of the Silverado fire’s perimeter and, overnight, kept the fire from expanding beyond the 13,354 acres it had consumed largely east of Irvine.
    The wind-driven blaze started on Monday and quickly forced tens of thousands of Irvine and Lake Forest residents to leave their homes as thick smoke blanketed the sky. During the intense race to quell the blaze on its first day, two firefighters were seriously burned and on Tuesday remained in critical co
  • Stock rout deepens; S&P 500 drops nearly 3%, Dow down 800

    Stock rout deepens; S&P 500 drops nearly 3%, Dow down 800
    By Stan Choe | The Associated Press
    Stocks around the world are tumbling Wednesday on worries the worsening pandemic will mean more restrictions on businesses and drag down the economy.
    The S&P 500 was down 3.10% in midday trading on Wall Street, heading for a third straight loss. It’s already down 5% this week, threatening to post its biggest weekly fall since March. That’s when the market was in the midst of selling off as strict lockdowns around the world choked the economy in
  • Blue Ridge fire doesn’t grow, but containment jumps to 16%

    Blue Ridge fire doesn’t grow, but containment jumps to 16%
    As the Blue Ridge fire entered its third day on Wednesday, Oct. 28, on the edge of Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange counties it was holding at 14,334 scorched acres but firefighters were able to get 16% of it contained.
    It continued to threaten homes – an estimated 20,100, with evacuation orders left in place for parts of Yorba Linda, Brea, Chino Hills and the Sleepy Hollow area of Chino.
    Orange County Fire Authority officials reported earlier in the week that 10 homes in Yorba Linda h
  • Fierce and fearless, Charlotte McConaghy’s ‘Migrations’ takes readers on an incredible journey

    Fierce and fearless, Charlotte McConaghy’s ‘Migrations’ takes readers on an incredible journey
    By Caitlin Hicks
    You like this character, you want to go on this journey with her, and then she says: “I’ve decided to die.”
    It’s only page 27.
    Beautiful and emotional, “Migrations” is a story for the ages, a meditation on what connects us throughout our evolutionary history. Without sentimentality, Charlotte McConaghy takes the reader on a searing emotional roller coaster right to the edge of the abyss, and then she pushes.
    A wild woman who will leap without
  • Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: My bathroom is overrun with ants. And not in a good way

    Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: My bathroom is overrun with ants. And not in a good way
    So I walked into my bathroom this morning, and what do you think I found?
    Things in disarray and piled on the floor? Well, yes, but we’re not going to talk about that now.
    Bottles of pills and supplements covering every visible surface? Yes, but, again, pay attention here, we’re not going to talk about that.
    What I found that didn’t belong there were ants. Lots and lots of them. I don’t know why ants like my bathroom, there really isn’t anything there for them. But
  • Whatever happens Tuesday, life will get better: John Stossel

    Whatever happens Tuesday, life will get better: John Stossel
    Worried about Tuesday?
    Remember: The most important parts of life happen outside politics.
    Love, friendship, family, raising children, building businesses, worship, charity work — that is the stuff of life! Politicians get in the way of those things. But despite the efforts of power-hungry Republicans and Democrats, life gets better.
    You may not believe that. Surveys show most people think life is getting worse.
    But it isn’t, as Marian Tupy and Ron Bailey point out in their new book,
  • Alexander: Maybe the way the Dodgers won was poetic justice

    Alexander: Maybe the way the Dodgers won was poetic justice
    Maybe this is how it had to happen.
    Maybe, after all of those years of pitching changes that didn’t work, home runs that crushed dreams and endless ammunition for second-guessers, the Dodgers would finally win a championship because of the other manager’s unforced error.
    Those who follow the Tampa Bay Rays, whether they actually attend games in St. Petersburg or not, will be arguing and bemoaning and hashing over this moment for a good long time to come: Rays manager Kevin Cash comin
  • Whicker: Dodgers’ Series clincher was an ensemble production

    Whicker: Dodgers’ Series clincher was an ensemble production
    Victor Gonzalez didn’t have to be there.
    He was a Tommy John survivor, a left-hander who let his frustration drive him out of baseball and back to Mexico, not even a face in the burgeoning Dodger crowd. A year ago he was just hoping the Dodgers would protect him on their 40-man roster. They did and, on Tuesday, he was there.
    Austin Barnes didn’t have to be there.
    He was a converted second baseman from Arizona State, not particularly laden with baseball tools, a useful backup catcher
  • Dodgers’ long journey to first World Series title in 32 years

    Dodgers’ long journey to first World Series title in 32 years
    ARLINGTON, Texas — Thirty-two years is a long time.
    Long enough for Dodgers fans to wonder if this day might never come. And it nearly didn’t.
    From Oct. 20, 1988 when Orel Hershiser threw the last pitch of the Dodgers’ five-game World Series victory over the Oakland A’s until Tuesday night, when Julio Urias did the same against the Tampa Bay Rays – a franchise that didn’t even exist in 1988 – the Dodgers and their fans went into the winter year after yea
  • Dodgers’ journey to first World Series title in 32 years

    Dodgers’ journey to first World Series title in 32 years
    ARLINGTON, Texas — Thirty-two years is a long time.
    Long enough for Dodgers fans to wonder if this day might never come. And it nearly didn’t.
    From Oct. 20, 1988 when Orel Hershiser threw the last pitch of the Dodgers’ five-game World Series victory over the Oakland A’s until Tuesday night, when Julio Urias did the same against the Tampa Bay Rays – a franchise that didn’t even exist in 1988 – the Dodgers and their fans went into the winter year after yea
  • Justin Turner tests positive for coronavirus just before Dodgers clinch title

    Justin Turner tests positive for coronavirus just before Dodgers clinch title
    For nearly two months, Major League Baseball continued amid a pandemic, including its last month with the players all tucked safely in a bubble.
    It almost worked perfectly.
    Justin Turner was pulled in the eighth inning of the Dodgers’ World Series clinching victory on Tuesday night after MLB officials learned that he had tested positive for the coronavirus.
    It snapped a 58-day stretch in which no major league player tested positive, according to figures released by the sport.
    “It&rsq
  • Mookie Betts’ baserunning puts the Dodgers over the top

    Mookie Betts’ baserunning puts the Dodgers over the top
    Call Mookie Betts the World Series MVP: Most Valuable Pest.
    The Dodgers’ leadoff hitter made another heads-up play on the basepaths Tuesday, scoring the run that broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth inning on a routine ground ball to first base. It proved to be the winning run in the Dodgers’ series-clinching 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 6 of the World Series.
    Betts shot a double into the left-field corner with one out against reliever Nick Anderson, sending Austin Barnes to t
  • Dodgers’ Corey Seager pulls rare double as World Series and LCS MVP

    Dodgers’ Corey Seager pulls rare double as World Series and LCS MVP
    ARLINGTON, Texas — Corey Seager hit a rare October double, becoming Most Valuable Player of the World Series after earning the honor for the National League Championship Series.
    Just as Orel Hershiser did when the Dodgers won their previous World Series title in 1988.
    Seager batted .400 with two home runs, five RBIs and six walks against the Tampa Bay Rays, including a sixth-inning grounder that allowed Mookie Betts to speed home from third base with the go-ahead run on Tuesday night in Ga
  • Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw finally wins elusive World Series title

    Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw finally wins elusive World Series title
    ARLINGTON, Texas — Clayton Kershaw stood in the Dodgers’ bullpen in right-center field, watching Austin Barnes glove the final pitch, the one from Julio Urías that gave the Dodgers their first World Series title since 1988.
    Kershaw had finally become a champion, just like Sandy Koufax, Fernando Valenzuela and Orel Hershiser before him. The mission took 13 years in the majors, 15 since the Dodgers made him the seventh pick in the 2006 amateur draft.
    The left-hander raised both
  • Workers uncover human remains in Santa Ana

    Workers uncover human remains in Santa Ana
    A Santa Ana public works crew found human remains Tuesday, Oct. 27, while doing work on a sewer line below a sidewalk, prompting an investigation.
    The crew was doing sewer line work when they found the bones in the 1600 block of West Borchard Avenue about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Santa Ana Police Department Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said. A representative of the Orange County Sheriff’s-Coroner’s Department determined the bones were human.
    Last month, human remains that were more than a century

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