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Month: March 2021
California could get $150 billion from federal coronavirus relief bill
By ADAM BEAM | The Associated Press SACRAMENTO — The massive COVID-19 relief bill Congress approved Wednesday will pump more than $150 billion into California’s economy, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration said Wednesday, including a $26 billion windfall for the state’s already burgeoning budget surplus. Nearly half of the money will go to Californians directly in…
California could get $150 billion from federal coronavirus relief bill
By ADAM BEAM | The Associated Press SACRAMENTO — The massive COVID-19 relief bill Congress approved Wednesday will pump more than $150 billion into California’s economy, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration said Wednesday, including a $26 billion windfall for the state’s already burgeoning budget surplus. Nearly half of the money will go to Californians directly in…
UC Irvine women outlast UCSB in Big West Tournament thriller
UC Irvine sophomore Chloe Webb goes in for a layup during the third-seeded Anteaters’ 92-90 victory over seventh-seeded UC Santa Barbara in a Big West Tournament quarterfinal on Wednesday night at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Webb had 20 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals in the win. (Photo courtesy of UC Irvine…
Prince William says royals are ‘very much not a racist family’
By Angela Dewan and Schams Elwazer | CNN Prince William has denied the royal family is racist in his first public remarks since his brother Prince Harry, and his wife Meghan, made explosive claims in a TV interview. Asked by a reporter during a visit to a school in east London if the royals were…
Alexander: Ane Olaeta gives Cal Baptist women’s basketball Spanish flair
It might sound weird, but it actually took a series of failures for Jarrod Olson, the Cal Baptist women’s basketball coach, to realize what kind of competitor he had in Ane Olaeta. It’s easy to see now. Olaeta, a 5-foot-4 senior guard from Gernika-Lumo, Spain, was the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year this…
Burning questions as the Lakers begin the 2nd half of the regular season
Editor’s note: This is the Wednesday, March 10 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter from reporter Kyle Goon. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. NBA fans were greeted by the news on Wednesday that there are new jerseys being released for the second half of the season, and only…
Long Beach State women lose heartbreaker to Cal Poly in Big West tourney
Long Beach State’s Ma’Qhi Berry handles the ball during their Big West Tournament quarterfinal against Cal Poly late Wednesday night at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Cal Poly won, 61-60, on a basket in the final seconds. (Photo courtesy of Big West Conference) Cal Poly’s Sierra Campisano handles the ball during their Big West Tournament…
Long Beach State women lose heartbreaker to Cal Poly in Big West tourney
Long Beach State’s Ma’Qhi Berry handles the ball during their Big West Tournament quarterfinal against Cal Poly late Wednesday night at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Cal Poly won, 61-60, on a basket in the final seconds. (Photo courtesy of Big West Conference) Cal Poly’s Sierra Campisano handles the ball during their Big West Tournament…
Kings toss ingredients together, feast on Ducks
While the bread-and-butter elements of the Kings’ season were clicking once more, the main ingredients in their winning recipe on Wednesday night were an emergent former top prospect and a low-profile fill-in. An Anze Kopitar goal set up by Drew Doughty, a fortuitous tally by Dustin Brown, two power-play goals and a perfect penalty kill…
Adrian Kempe sizzles, Troy Grosenick saves, and Kings beat Ducks
Adrian Kempe (9) of the Los Angeles Kings prepares to take a shot to score a goal in the second period past Anaheim Ducks goalie John Gibson (36) in a game at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty,…
UC Irvine women outlast UCSB in Big West Tournament thriller
UC Irvine sophomore Chloe Webb goes in for a layup during the third-seeded Anteaters’ 92-90 victory over seventh-seeded UC Santa Barbara in a Big West Tournament quarterfinal on Wednesday night at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Webb had 20 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals in the win. (Photo courtesy of UC Irvine…
Alexander: Ane Olaeta gives Cal Baptist women’s basketball Spanish flair
It might sound weird, but it actually took a series of failures for Jarrod Olson, the Cal Baptist women’s basketball coach, to realize what kind of competitor he had in Ane Olaeta. It’s easy to see now. Olaeta, a 5-foot-4 senior guard from Gernika-Lumo, Spain, was the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year this…
Burning questions as the Lakers begin the 2nd half of the regular season
Editor’s note: This is the Wednesday, March 10 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter from reporter Kyle Goon. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. NBA fans were greeted by the news on Wednesday that there are new jerseys being released for the second half of the season, and only…
Huntington Beach boys water polo beats Newport Harbor in league for the first time since ’16
NEWPORT BEACH Some of the chatter going into the coronavirus-shortened water polo season pegged the Huntington Beach High boys as the best squad in Orange County. The Oilers provided support for that claim on Wednesday, March 10. Huntington Beach piled up six goals in the first period, never trailed and became the first Orange County…
OC skateboarder forced to kneel at gunpoint by off-duty sheriff’s investigator, lawsuit claims
An off-duty Orange County sheriff’s detective who pulled his gun on a teenager at a San Clemente skate park is being sued for alleged assault and civil rights violations. Investigator Mike Thalken, the Sheriff’s Department and the county were named in the suit filed Monday by skateboarder Max Chance III, who at 16 years old…
UK COVID-19 variant has significantly higher death rate, study finds
By Kate Kelland | Reuters LONDON – A highly infectious variant of COVID-19 that has spread around the world since it was first discovered in Britain late last year is between 30% and 100% more deadly than previous dominant variants, researchers said on Wednesday. In a study that compared death rates among people in Britain…
Report: Cuomo accused of groping aide at his residence
Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. — An aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the Democrat groped her in the governor’s residence, marking the most serious allegation among those made by a series of women against the embattled governor, according to a report published in a newspaper Wednesday. The Times Union of Albany reported that…
Winter storm expected to stick around through Thursday
A cold winter storm that brought rain and snow to Southern California on Wednesday, and caused a mudslide in Orange County’s canyon community, is expected to stick around another day before moving out of the area by the end of the week. Nicolai Aguilar, 11 from Norwalk, enjoys a sled ride down a small hill…
OC skateboarder forced to kneel at gunpoint by off-duty sheriff’s investigator, lawsuit claims
An off-duty Orange County sheriff’s detective who pulled his gun on a teenager at a San Clemente skate park is being sued for alleged assault and civil rights violations. Investigator Mike Thalken, the Sheriff’s Department and the county were named in the suit filed Monday by skateboarder Max Chance III, who at 16 years old…