Santa Margarita girls soccer coach Eddie Huerta resigns after three seasons

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Santa Margarita girls soccer coach Eddie Huerta, who guided the Eagles to three playoff appearances in as many seasons and a Trinity League title, has “regretfully” resigned, he said Thursday. “It’s with a heavy heart that I regretfully resign,” he said in a…

Biden to call China’s Xi to discuss Russia, economic issues

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will speak Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss ongoing economic competition between the two countries and Russia’s war against Ukraine. White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced the upcoming phone call in a Thursday statement that said it’s “part of our ongoing efforts to maintain open lines…

Lawsuit accuses LAPD officers of erroneously detaining ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ driver at gunpoint

A Black crew member for the television show “Grey’s Anatomy” is accusing a pair of Los Angeles Police Department officers of racially profiling him when they forced him out of the production van he was driving and attempted to arrest him in front of his coworkers, apparently believing he had stolen the vehicle. In a…

Asian shares retreat as oil climbs back above $100

By ELAINE KURTENBACH BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Friday after Wall Street extended a rally into a third day and oil prices pushed higher, surpassing $105 per barrel. Tokyo and Sydney advanced while Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul declined. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for more help for his country…

Cal State Fullerton knows facing Duke, Coach K in NCAA Tournament is ‘a different animal’

Cal State Fullerton basketball coach Dedrique Taylor tries to approach every game as just that – a game. Limit the distractions. Spend less time preparing for the other team and more preparing his own. Remind his players that every game starts 0-0 and the baskets are always 10 feet high. But even Taylor, who will…

Russia’s onslaught continues amid optimism over talks

By ANDREA ROSA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces destroyed a theater in Mariupol where hundreds of people were sheltering Wednesday and rained fire on other cities, Ukrainian authorities said, even as the two sides projected optimism over efforts to negotiate an end to the fighting. The airstrike ripped apart the center of the once-elegant…

Fastest Way to Convert Images to Other Formats on Mac

Did you know that you can convert images from one format to another natively on your Mac, that too, without using online image editing software or desktop editing tools like Photoshop or Gimp, etc. And the best thing about this feature is that either you’re converting images in bulk or just one image, you can…

Tyger Campbell, UCLA fend off Akron in NCAA Tournament opener

UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr., right, blocks a shot by Akron forward Mikal Dawson, left, during the first half of their NCAA Tournament first-round game on Thursday night in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer) UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. (24) shoots as Akron guard Garvin Clarke (11) looks on during the first half of a…

Los Alamitos’ Carson Fox returns to competition after cancer fight, leg amputation

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Carson Fox is back. The Los Alamitos sophomore who had his left leg amputated above the knee last year because of a rare cancer returned to high school competition Thursday by racing the 100 meters in a track meet against visiting Corona del…

Cal State Fullerton knows facing Duke, Coach K in NCAA Tournament is ‘a different animal’

Cal State Fullerton basketball coach Dedrique Taylor tries to approach every game as just that – a game. Limit the distractions. Spend less time preparing for the other team and more preparing his own. Remind his players that every game starts 0-0 and the baskets are always 10 feet high. But even Taylor, who will…

Biden to call China’s Xi to discuss Russia, economic issues

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will speak Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss ongoing economic competition between the two countries and Russia’s war against Ukraine. White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced the upcoming phone call in a Thursday statement that said it’s “part of our ongoing efforts to maintain open lines…

Lawsuit accuses LAPD officers of erroneously detaining ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ driver at gunpoint

A Black crew member for the television show “Grey’s Anatomy” is accusing a pair of Los Angeles Police Department officers of racially profiling him when they forced him out of the production van he was driving and attempted to arrest him in front of his coworkers, apparently believing he had stolen the vehicle. In a…

Russia’s onslaught continues amid optimism over talks

By ANDREA ROSA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces destroyed a theater in Mariupol where hundreds of people were sheltering Wednesday and rained fire on other cities, Ukrainian authorities said, even as the two sides projected optimism over efforts to negotiate an end to the fighting. The airstrike ripped apart the center of the once-elegant…

What’s at stake in the Russia-Ukraine war

As Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine entered its fourth week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the United States Congress on Wednesday. President Zelensky expressed gratitude for America’s generosity, while also calling on the U.S. to “do more” to aid his country. He underscored the global significance of the conflict, and indicated that a Ukrainian victory…

Clippers, though not a team to complain, could do without play-in

LOS ANGELES – One thing that Tyronn Lue’s team is not going to do, is complain. Not often, anyway. That chin-up, stiff-upper-lip forward march has helped his Clippers navigate challenges big and small these past two seasons. Take last season’s stringent COVID-19 health and safety measures: “No excuses,” Lue said then. “Whatever the NBA puts…

UCLA vs. Akron basketball: Live updates for NCAA Tournament first round game

Jaime Jaquez Jr. and UCLA return to the NCAA Tournament for a second consecutive season. Jaquez is among the Bruins to return to Westwood after the team reached the Final Four last year. The Bruins are listed as the fourth seed in the East Region. They are also one of seven ranked teams in that…

How to Use the CD Command in Linux

Short code for Change Directory the cd command is use to switch from current directory to other directory in the operating system. General syntax for cd command: $ cd [DIRECTORY…] Go to immediate parent directory cd .. This command will get your from current directory to a directory before this. Example: Getting from /Documents/dir_1/dir_2/ to…