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• KFI’s John & Ken: Remembering their early radio days as music DJs

  30-06-2020 18:34 via ocregister.com
  
  John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou — you know them as John and Ken — are the hugely popular afternoon drive team that helped build KFI (640 AM) into the tale radio juggernaut that it is.
  They arrived in Los Angeles in 1992, and except for a small stint doing mornings at KABC (790 AM), they have held been KFI’s afternoon stars, maintaining dominance in their time slot for most of their nearly three decades here.
  They are the guys that can drive you nuts. John is actually much like me,
  
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• Photos: See rare sight as solar storm brings northern lights to Southern California

  11-05-2024 17:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Viewing the northern lights is a bucket-list life experience, a magical sight people travel to far, remote parts of the world to get a glimpse of — and even then, everything needs to line up just right.
  Some lucky people who were up in the early-morning hours throughout Southern California at about 2 a.m. got to witness the rare visual of  Aurora Borealis turning the sky a bright pink for just a few hours, a green glow dancing just above the skyline’s horizon.
  “This is abs
  
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• Swanson: On Mother’s Day, Sparks’ Dearica Hamby deserves a bouquet

  11-05-2024 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  TORRANCE — This Mother’s Day, let’s give Dearica Hamby her flowers.
  Dearica, Mama, you are appreciated.
  This woman didn’t just give us an all-time sports moment: Her steal and one-legged, 38-foot buzzer-beater-type heave 7.6 seconds before the buzzer in a Las Vegas Aces’ 2019 elimination game. Delirium. Oh, how things will work out unexpectedly.
  She also stood up for herself – and, by proxy, for working moms more broadly, any of us who has had our livelihood a
  
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• Ballots out in recall election of Anaheim Councilmember Natalie Rubalcava

  11-05-2024 17:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim residents in the city’s District 3 will decide if Councilmember Natalie Rubalcava should be recalled from office with election day coming on June 4.
  Ballots have been mailed out for the election, where a labor union is leading the effort to oust her from office. Only residents living in the central Anaheim District 3, which includes the downtown area, can cast a ballot. Enough signatures were collected to force the public vote on the question of recall.
  In its argument for the reca
  
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• Alexander: Tyler Glasnow has established himself as Dodgers’ ace

  11-05-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO — By now, there should be no question. Tyler Glasnow, the guy the Dodgers acquired last winter and then signed to a five-year, $136,562,500 contract extension, has been a bargain so far. A steal, really.
  He is the ace. With a pitching staff that’s basically regenerating itself and will undoubtedly look a lot different, and likely even better, when all of its pieces are in place, the 6-foot-8 Glasnow has taken command at the top of the rotation.
  He was magnificent Friday nig
  
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• It takes $349,200 income to buy an Orange County home, 3.5 times the US salary

  11-05-2024 16:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange Countians need 3.5 times the annual income of a U.S. homebuyer to qualify for a typical house.
  A homebuyer would have to make $349,200 to buy the county’s $1.37 million median-priced, existing single-family home in the first quarter, according to affordability stats from the California Association of Realtors.
  My trusty spreadsheet found this mortgage-qualifying standard grew by $99,200, or 40%, since 2022’s first quarter. That’s when the Federal Reserve started its war
  
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• Susan Shelley: Did anyone in the Biden administration ever pass an economics class? Maybe not.

  11-05-2024 16:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Watching President Joe Biden sit for an interview always reminds me of “University Days,” a chapter in the great American humorist James Thurber’s 1933 autobiography, “My Life and Hard Times.”
  Thurber tells the story of a fellow student in his economics class who was one of Ohio State University’s outstanding football players, a tackle named Bolenciecwcz. “In order to be eligible to play it was necessary for him to keep up in his studies, a very difficul
  
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• Newsom finally aligns with Legislature’s gloomier budget outlook, blaming ‘massive volatility’

  11-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  When Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a 2024-25 state budget in January, he declared that the state faced a $38 billion deficit and chided journalists for citing wider projections in the gap between income and outgo from the Legislature’s budget analyst.
  Nevertheless, state legislative analyst Gabe Petek stuck by his guns and a month later increased his deficit estimate during a three-year “budget window” to $73 billion, citing a $24 billion shortfall in revenue estimates over the pe
  
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• How much do your mayor and city councilmembers make? Check it out

  11-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Can any amount of money make those meetings about potholes, permits, policy and public pay worth it? Can dollars and cents salve wounds inflicted by steady streams of verbal invective during public comment sessions?
  It’s been a while since we sliced and diced pay data for elected mayors and city councilmembers, and as we’re helping a Corona del Mar High School student understand the glitz and glamour of accountability journalism, we figured a few hours with Excel spreadsheets might b
  
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• “Happy Mother’s Day, mom. I miss you,” he says amid tears and laughs

  11-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  For all the mothers we miss. For all the love they gave us.
  Hey, mom, it’s me, your firstborn checking in on Mother’s Day. I’ve been meaning to call. Yeah, I know, you’ve heard that one before.
  So, how is it up there in heaven? As good as they say? I’m turning 80 this year. Any chance you could put in a good word for me, just in case?
  Dad passed away last year, a year after you did.
  I hate to ask, but did he make it in? I know you always felt it was touch and go. He
  
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• Why this rainbow-colored succulent will make a bold statement in your garden

  11-05-2024 15:57 via ocregister.com
  
  From the moment I first saw it, I have been in love with it. 
  Its large, rainbow-colored obovate foliage — scarlet, gold, and bluish-green — makes a dramatic statement. Added to the delight of having it glow in your garden is its disdain for water since it is a drought-tolerant succulent plant. 
  The botanical gem I refer to is flapjack or paddle plant (Kalanchoe luciae). Like nearly all succulents species — with the exception of cactuses, which are indigenous to the w
  
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• Larry Wilson: The fight to keep a free press free

  11-05-2024 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  When we were in our early 20s — that period when you’ve graduated from college, and are figuring out what to do — Susan Seager and I were copy messengers in the grand old Los Angeles Times building downtown.
  Really three buildings patched together over many decades, Times Mirror Square took up the entire block between Spring, Broadway, First and Second. It was an amazing maze, and the old and the new edifices were patched together with doors and hallways that sometimes it seeme
  
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• What you need to know about Southern California avocado trees

  11-05-2024 15:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. The house I rent has a mature avocado tree in the yard that produces big beautiful avocados that never seem to ripen. I’ve tried putting them in a brown paper bag and they turn dark but are hard as a rock. Any suggestions?
  There are different types of avocados that will grow and produce in Southern California, and each type will ripen at a different time. The trick is to figure out what type of avocado tree you have.
  Mexican avocados, such as Bacon, Duke, and Mexicola, are somewhat cold
  
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• What the Southeast teaches us about commercial real estate

  11-05-2024 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Semi-annually, an organization called Society of Industrial and Office Realtors – SIOR – gathers to compare notes on what’s happening around the country.
  This year’s soirée is in Florida and begins today, and I’ll have more on this year’s spring conference in next week’s column.
  However, having not seen places like Savannah, Charleston, and Hilton Head, we decided to get our wanderlust on and cover some turf.
  The weather cooperated as beautifully
  
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• Diamond Club: Capistrano Valley’s Addy Day wins voting for top playoff performers in softball

  11-05-2024 11:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowA closer look at the top vote getter in Dan Albano’s poll for best performers in the first week of the softball playoffs:
  Name: Addy Day
  High school: Capistrano Valley
  Position: Right field
  Year: Junior
  Noteworthy: Day highlighted a strong postseason by hitting a walk-off, two-run home run in a 4-2 victory against Marina in the CIF-SS Division 1 wild card round. It was Day’s first home ru
  
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• Ayala baseball team knocks off Anaheim Canyon to reach Division 2 semifinals

  11-05-2024 10:30 via ocregister.com
  
  CHINO HILLS — When the Ayala baseball team lost to Anaheim Canyon in a tournament game April 3, it was a low point of the season.
  The rematch was far from a low point for the Bulldogs.
  Ayala advanced to the CIF Southern Section Division 2 semifinals with a 7-4 victory Friday over Canyon in a quarterfinal game at Ayala High School.
  The Bulldogs (15-11-1) play at Moorpark in the semifinals Tuesday.
  ‘We hit an ugly patch and it’s been fun to see them turn the page,” Ayala co
  
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• St. Margaret’s boys lacrosse back on top with win over Loyola in CIF-SS Division 1 final

  11-05-2024 09:07 via ocregister.com
  
  ORANGE — Before the CIF-SS took over the playoff system in lacrosse in 2020, St. Margaret’s was the reigning US Lacrosse Southern Section champion.
  After a five-year championship drought, the St. Margaret’s boys lacrosse team beat Loyola 10-9 Friday at El Modena High to win its first CIF-SS Division 1 championship.
  St. Margaret’s (20-2) was ranked No. 1 in the CIF-SS poll all season and did not lose a game to a Southern Section team. The Tartans beat Corona del Mar and Ma
  
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• Samueli Academy boys volleyball team sweeps Riverside Poly, wins first section title in school history

  11-05-2024 07:52 via ocregister.com
  
  RIVERSIDE — Samueli Academy boys volleyball Henry Pena knew his team was going to have to handle the heat that Riverside Poly junior opposite hitter Weston Werner has been known to bring.
  Riverside Poly’s Nova Camacho #12 and Porter McMcandless #32 jump up to block Samueli Academy’s David Zarate #10 shot during the CIF Southern Section Division 6 boys volleyball championship match Friday, May 10, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Foulk Contributing Photographer)
  Riverside Poly’s Nov
  
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• Baseball playoffs roundup: Los Alamitos beats Mission Viejo; Beckman, Buena Park reach semifinals

  11-05-2024 07:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Jake Evans’ double in the bottom of the eighth inning drove in the winning run for Los Alamitos in a 2-1 win over Mission Viejo in a CIF Southern Section Division 3 baseball quarterfinal at Los Alamitos High on Friday.
  The Griffins (24-7) will be home against Beckman (23-6-1) in the semifinals Tuesday.
  Jack Lorenz pitched six innings in which he gave up one earned run to Mission Viejo (17-14). Ryan Deck pitched the final two innings to get the win.
  Damon Valdez went 3 for 3 and Cole Belfan
  
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• CIF-SS baseball playoffs: Friday’s scores, updated schedule for Tuesday’s semifinals

  11-05-2024 06:40 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-SS BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
  DIVISION 1
  Quarterfinals, Friday
  Huntington Beach 3, Santa Margarita 2
  Orange Lutheran 9, La Mirada 4
  Tuesday, semifinals, 3:15 p.m. unless noted
  Huntington Beach at Corona
  Harvard-Westlake vs. Orange Lutheran at Hart Park, Orange, 6 p.m.
  DIVISION 2
  Quarterfinals, FridayAyala 7, Canyon 4
  Moorpark 2, Crean Lutheran 1
  DIVISION 3
  Quarterfinals, Friday
  Los Alamitos 2, Mission Viejo 1
  Beckman 6, Newbury Park 1
  Tuesday, semifinals, 3:15 p.m. unless noted
  Beckman at Los Alamito
  
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• Carlos Estévez suffers 3rd blown save of season in Angels’ loss to Royals

  11-05-2024 06:25 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Closer Carlos Estévez spoiled what had been an outstanding night for Angels pitchers on Friday.
  Estévez entered with the Angels working on a shutout, but he gave up a two-run homer to the Kansas City Royals’ Adam Frazier in a game the Angels lost, 2-1.
  Estévez recorded the first out of the ninth, but then he gave up a single to MJ Melendez. He threw a 2-and-0 fastball on the inner half to Frazier, who yanked it just inside the right field pole.
  It was t
  
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• Huntington Beach baseball tops Santa Margarita in eight innings in Division 1 quarterfinals

  11-05-2024 06:23 via ocregister.com
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH – The Huntington Beach baseball team was one strike away from the end of its season Friday.
  The Oilers trailed Santa Margarita by one run in the bottom of the eighth inning. There were two outs and an 0-2 count on Trevor Goldenetz.
  Goldenetz slashed a line drive to drive in Jeff Burden and John Petrie and give Huntington Beach a 3-2 victory over the Eagles in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinals at Huntington Beach High.
  The Oilers (23-8) will play at Corona (
  
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• Padres snap Dodgers’ 7-game win streak on walk-off single by Luis Arraez

  11-05-2024 06:11 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO — They were striking out all over the Gaslamp Quarter on Friday night – presumably in the bars, too.
  Starting pitchers Tyler Glasnow and Michael King combined to strike out 21 batters over the first seven innings at Petco Park while allowing just three hits between them – one by Glasnow (a solo home run), two by King (soft singles).
  The San Diego Padres put together the game-winning rally in the bottom of the ninth inning, walking off with a 2-1 victory over the Dodge
  
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• Orange Lutheran baseball rallies past La Mirada in CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs

  11-05-2024 05:56 via ocregister.com
  
  NORWALK — The Orange Lutheran baseball relied on game-changing momentum from junior first baseman Josiah Hartshorn’s three-run home run in the third inning to rally past La Mirada 9-4 in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinals at Glenn High Friday.
  Hartshorn’s big game included a two-RBI single in the sixth, which gave him a game-high five RBIs.
  “It felt pretty good,” Hartshorn said. “I kind of knew it (was a home run) the second it left and the boys
  
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• Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Saturday, May 11, 2024

  11-05-2024 05:51 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Terry Turrell, Eddie Wilson and Kevin Modesti. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Saturday, May 11, 2024.
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• Long Beach State retires former Angels star Jered Weaver’s number

  11-05-2024 05:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Former Angels pitcher Jered Weaver, right, speaks with his family by his side during his Long Beach State jersey retirement ceremony on Friday night at Blair Field. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Long Beach State baseball players look on as former Angels pitcher Jered Weaver, not pictured, speaks during his Long Beach State jersey retirement ceremony on Friday night at Blair Field. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
  Former Angels pitcher Jered Weaver gestu
  
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• University, JSerra and Foothill claim CIF-SS championships in boys tennis

  11-05-2024 05:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowREDLANDS — University and Corona del Mar renewed their boys tennis rivalry Friday by clashing in the CIF-SS Open Division final for the third consecutive season.
  The Trojans’ rackets, however, played the same, championship tune.
  Bolstered by three freshmen starting in singles and a strong doubles lineup, University won its third consecutive title with an 11-7 triumph at the University of Redla
  
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• University, JSerra and Foothill boys tennis teams win CIF-SS championships

  11-05-2024 05:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowREDLANDS — University and Corona del Mar renewed their boys tennis rivalry Friday by clashing in the CIF-SS Open Division final for the third consecutive season.
  The Trojans’ rackets, however, played the same, championship tune.
  Bolstered by three freshmen starting in singles and a strong doubles lineup, University won its third consecutive title with an 11-7 triumph at the University of Redla
  
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• Stealing bases just another elite skill for Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts

  11-05-2024 04:22 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO — The race to 30-30 is on.
  Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts are 1-2 in stolen bases among the Dodgers. One was expected to be there. The other is surprising himself.
  With Ohtani not able to pitch this season, the expectation was that he would run the bases more aggressively since he didn’t have to save his energy for the mound. It has played out that way. He went into this weekend’s series in San Diego leading the Dodgers with nine stolen bases (tied for ninth in the Na
  
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• At UCLA Law graduation, a moment of celebration in aftermath of historic campus unrest

  11-05-2024 03:50 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA Law School’s celebrated its 73rd commencement on Friday, May 10, the first since unrest erupted at the campus earlier this month in major clashes and protests over the war in Gaza and a growing outcry over the university’s response.
  But the historic turmoil on the Westwood campus appeared to be set aside, at least for the moment, inside the school’s iconic Pauley Pavilion, as long lines of smiling law school graduates, clad in black robe and caps, filed in for the ceremony
  
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