Day: March 20, 2022

By BETH HARRIS INDIAN WELLS — Rafael Nadal faced down the future and emerged victorious, outlasting Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 Saturday night to reach the BNP Paribas Open final and improve to 20-0 this year. The 21-time major champion threw his head back, smiled and raised both arms in triumph after escaping…

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department rescue helicopter crashed Saturday afternoon in the San Gabriel Mountains while traveling to a vehicle collision scene, officials said. A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department helicopter crashed Saturday in the San Gabriel Mountains above San Dimas and Glendora. (Image from ABC7 video) It went down around 4:30 p.m. near…

By The Associated Press ROME — Pope Francis has paid a visit to some of the Ukrainian children who escaped the Russian invasion and are currently being treated at the Vatican’s pediatric hospital in Rome. The Vatican says the Bambino Gesu hospital is currently tending to 19 Ukrainian refugees, and that overall some 50 have…

LeBron James #6 of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kyle Kuzma #33 of the Washington Wizards hug after an NBA game at Capital One Arena on March 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) Russell Westbrook #0 of the Los Angeles Lakers grabs a loose ball against the Washington Wizards during the…

The consensus box of Santa Anita picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for races on Sunday March 20, 2022. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter and get the…

cp is a utility command to copy file or directory. It’s invoked at least with two arguments; the source file or directory, and the destination to copy the source. It can be used to copy one or multiple source of files and directories. General syntax for cp command: $ cp [OPTIONS] [SOURCE…] [DESTINATION…] Duplicating a…

By The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — In peacetime, Ukraine has a thriving surrogate industry, one of the few countries where foreigners can get Ukrainian women to carry their pregnancies. Now at least 20 of those babies are stuck in a makeshift bomb shelter in Ukraine’s capital, waiting for parents to travel into the war…

A mountain lion was spotted Saturday near the crossing of Marguerite Parkway and Alicia Parkway near Lake Mission Viejo, Mission Viejo officials said. The Mission Viejo Animal Services Center reported that there was no incident involving the animal and after 45 minutes in the area, the lion swam across the lake toward the Mollorca Condominium…

GLENDALE, Ariz. — An era came to a close Friday night. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was at dinner when he got a call from Kenley Jansen. The franchise’s all-time saves leader, one of only 30 pitchers in baseball history with over 300 saves and one of only two pitchers in baseball history to reach 1,000…

PORTLAND, Ore. — On Thursday, UCLA looked tight, maybe even nervous, as they escaped first-round embarrassment and beat Akron. The Bruins that came to play Saturday were nothing of the sort. Jaime Jaquez Jr. showed killer instinct. No Saint Mary’s guard could stay in front of Tyger Campbell. And Johnny Juzang showed flashes of the…

1. If you are planting a new garden or evaluating an existing one this spring in terms of its water needs, consider drip irrigation options. You can now acquire underground drip tubing for around 50 cents a foot. Emitters are embedded in the tubing at 12 or 18-inch spacing. With such a system, evaporative water…

By The Associated Press ROME — Pope Francis has paid a visit to some of the Ukrainian children who escaped the Russian invasion and are currently being treated at the Vatican’s pediatric hospital in Rome. The Vatican says the Bambino Gesu hospital is currently tending to 19 Ukrainian refugees, and that overall some 50 have…

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department rescue helicopter crashed Saturday afternoon in the San Gabriel Mountains while traveling to a vehicle collision scene, officials said. A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department helicopter crashed Saturday in the San Gabriel Mountains above San Dimas and Glendora. (Image from ABC7 video) It went down around 4:30 p.m. near…

1. If you are planting a new garden or evaluating an existing one this spring in terms of its water needs, consider drip irrigation options. You can now acquire underground drip tubing for around 50 cents a foot. Emitters are embedded in the tubing at 12 or 18-inch spacing. With such a system, evaporative water…

GLENDALE, Ariz. — An era came to a close Friday night. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was at dinner when he got a call from Kenley Jansen. The franchise’s all-time saves leader, one of only 30 pitchers in baseball history with over 300 saves and one of only two pitchers in baseball history to reach 1,000…

PORTLAND, Ore. — On Thursday, UCLA looked tight, maybe even nervous, as they escaped first-round embarrassment and beat Akron. The Bruins that came to play Saturday were nothing of the sort. Jaime Jaquez Jr. showed killer instinct. No Saint Mary’s guard could stay in front of Tyger Campbell. And Johnny Juzang showed flashes of the…

By The Associated Press MARIUPOL — Evacuations from Ukraine’s besieged cities proceeded Saturday along eight of 10 humanitarian corridors, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said, with a total of 6,623 people were evacuated, including 4,128 from Mariupol who were taken northwest to Zaporizhzhia. Russian forces pushed deeper into the besieged and battered port city of…

Chargers coach Brandon Staley said it was more coincidence than reactionary when asked about the teams in the AFC West stockpiling on pass rushers to defend the star quarterbacks in the loaded division. Coincidence or not, the Chargers landed star edge rusher Khalil Mack to chase someone like new Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson. Coincidence or…

LOS ANGELES — Natalie Chou scored a game-high 19 points and made five 3-pointers as the UCLA women’s basketball team defeated UC Irvine, 61-48, in a first round of the WNIT on Friday night at Pauley Pavilion. Chou, a senior, finished 6 for 9 from the field, going 5 for 7 from behind the arc. IImar’I…

The Rams are trading Robert Woods to the Tennessee Titans, taking advantage of their surplus at the wide-receiver position but losing an L.A. product who was popular with teammates and fans. The Rams couldn’t confirm the trade was taking place until it is official, which it wasn’t yet Saturday afternoon. According to ESPN, in return…