By The Associated Press ROME — Priests, nuns and other people living in community settings are among the vaccination priority groups permitted under Italy’s revised national rollout. The country’s Piedmont region is going a step further by opening a special vaccine center just for the leaders of religious communities. Medical personnel at the Cottolengo hospital…
Day: April 4, 2021
No. 1 Mater Dei holds off No. 2 Servite in Trinity League ‘barn burner’
SANTA ANA — Mater Dei maintained the upper hand in its football rivalry with Servite on Saturday, April 3 but the Friars showed the gap might be closing. The Monarchs, ranked No. 1 in Orange County, never trailed but needed until the final play to secure a 24-17 victory in a hard-fought Trinity League game…
Dodgers place Tony Gonsolin on IL with shoulder injury
Dodgers right-hander Tony Gonsolin has been placed on the Injured List with shoulder inflammation. Gonsolin pitched 3 2/3 innings in the first Freeway Series game against the Angels on March 28 but had not pitched since the season started. But Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Gonsolin had been bothered by the shoulder discomfort for “a…
Alexander: Jalen Suggs created a March Madness memory
UCLA guard Tyger Campbell (10) drives up court ahead of Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs (1) during the first half of a men’s Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game, Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Gonzaga forward Drew Timme, left, and UCLA forward Cody Riley fight for…
Singing hymns through masks, Christians mark pandemic Easter
VATICAN CITY — Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with the faithful spaced apart in pews and singing choruses of “Hallelujah” through face coverings on a second Easter Sunday marked by pandemic precautions. From vast Roman Catholic cathedrals to Protestant churches, worshippers followed regulations on the coronavirus. In some European countries, citizens lined…
Congregants gather among the trees for Easter celebration
With the early morning sunlight filtering through the trees of the Oak Canyon Nature Center, the congregants of Canyon Hills Presbyterian Church cautiously gathered to celebrate Easter. Early risers met in the canyon for a sunrise service, others bundled in warm clothes for an 8 a.m. service, the church’s band Godsend joining in the worship.…
Easter and the triumph over worldly power
For reasons having more to do with modern secular culture and commerce than religious significance, Christmas is more elaborately celebrated. But for believing Christians, Easter is the centerpiece of the faith. It marks the improbable miracle that God’s messenger in human form was killed by the agents of the powers of this world, yet rose…
Easter and the triumph over worldly power
For reasons having more to do with modern secular culture and commerce than religious significance, Christmas is more elaborately celebrated. But for believing Christians, Easter is the centerpiece of the faith. It marks the improbable miracle that God’s messenger in human form was killed by the agents of the powers of this world, yet rose…
Alexander: Jalen Suggs created a March Madness memory
UCLA guard Tyger Campbell (10) drives up court ahead of Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs (1) during the first half of a men’s Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game, Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Gonzaga forward Drew Timme, left, and UCLA forward Cody Riley fight for…
Alexander: Jalen Suggs created a March Madness memory
UCLA guard Tyger Campbell (10) drives up court ahead of Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs (1) during the first half of a men’s Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game, Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Gonzaga forward Drew Timme, left, and UCLA forward Cody Riley fight for…
Alexander: Jalen Suggs created a March Madness memory
UCLA guard Tyger Campbell (10) drives up court ahead of Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs (1) during the first half of a men’s Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game, Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Gonzaga forward Drew Timme, left, and UCLA forward Cody Riley fight for…
Alexander: Jalen Suggs created a March Madness memory
UCLA guard Tyger Campbell (10) drives up court ahead of Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs (1) during the first half of a men’s Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game, Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Gonzaga forward Drew Timme, left, and UCLA forward Cody Riley fight for…
Gambrell, Sharks hold off Kings late
Los Angeles Kings center Trevor Moore, right, celebrates his goal with defenseman Austin Strand, left, and defenseman Kurtis MacDermid during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) San Jose Sharks center Tomas Hertl, right, tries to get a…
No. 1 Mater Dei holds off No. 2 Servite in Trinity League ‘barn burner’
SANTA ANA — Mater Dei maintained the upper hand in its football rivalry with Servite on Saturday, April 3 but the Friars showed the gap might be closing. The Monarchs, ranked No. 1 in Orange County, never trailed but needed until the final play to secure a 24-17 victory in a hard-fought Trinity League game…
Alexander: Jalen Suggs created a March Madness memory
UCLA guard Tyger Campbell (10) drives up court ahead of Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs (1) during the first half of a men’s Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game, Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Gonzaga forward Drew Timme, left, and UCLA forward Cody Riley fight for…
Alexander: Jalen Suggs created a March Madness memory
UCLA guard Tyger Campbell (10) drives up court ahead of Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs (1) during the first half of a men’s Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game, Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Gonzaga forward Drew Timme, left, and UCLA forward Cody Riley fight for…
Alexander: Jalen Suggs created a March Madness memory
UCLA guard Tyger Campbell (10) drives up court ahead of Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs (1) during the first half of a men’s Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game, Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Gonzaga forward Drew Timme, left, and UCLA forward Cody Riley fight for…
Gambrell, Sharks hold off Kings late
Los Angeles Kings center Trevor Moore, right, celebrates his goal with defenseman Austin Strand, left, and defenseman Kurtis MacDermid during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) San Jose Sharks center Tomas Hertl, right, tries to get a…
Fryer: Not the prettiest Mater Dei-Servite football game, but still special
It wasn’t the smoothest Mater Dei-Servite football game. There were too many penalties for that. But it was a heck of a battle, which is what a Mater Dei-Servite game should be. It had what we’ve seen in these games for decades: the fierce, hand-to-hand combat along the interior lines, the body-slam tackles, the three-dimensional…
Memories in the Making
The artwork of Laguna Woods resident Mike Farkas is featured in an online, virtual art exhibit and silent auction presented by Alzheimer’s Orange County (AlzOC). The nonprofit’s 2021 Memories in the Making Collection was created by program participants like Farkas, who has two watercolors in the show. The online auction opened Thursday, April 1. A…