Day: May 14, 2022

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Santa Margarita’s record-setting time in the girls 400-yard freestyle relay last week looked like a warm-up on Friday. The Eagles clocked a much faster time during preliminaries at the CIF State swimming and diving championships at Clovis West High in Fresno. Santa Margarita…

By Victoria Johnson, Contributing writer They dance, they hop, they bounce. Their axles contort mechanically, allowing them to pop up and cruise along on three wheels — or even just two. Music blasts from their speakers as they roll along, preening, showing off custom paint jobs with intricate, radiant designs. These are lowriders all right…

Calling the issue “moot,” a judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit brought by the Orange County Board of Education against county and state school officials over the Orange County Department of Education’s 2019 budget. Orange County Superior Court Judge Martha K. Gooding ruled in favor of the defendants in the suit — Orange County…

For the third time this postseason, the Miami Heat find themselves in an extended waiting game. At the start of the playoffs, it was the wait before the Atlanta Hawks emerged from the play-in round as the first-round opponent. Before the second round, Erik Spoelstra’s team had to wait until the Philadelphia 76ers emerged from…

Just for good measure, the Orioles were presented another golden opportunity. Left-hander Gregory Soto entered out of the bullpen in the ninth inning and promptly hit the first two batters he faced, then walked the bases loaded with one out. And yet, once Soto was replaced by right-hander Will Vest, Baltimore did what Baltimore had…

As an expansion team, there is always a week of firsts, whether good or bad. For Angel City FC this week, it will attempt to avoid losing consecutive games as it visits the Washington Spirit (Paramount +, 2 p.m.). Angel City followed up its season-opening win over North Carolina with a 1-0 disappointing loss to…

There are 50 shades of Tony LaRussa, and we saw a few this week. There was Happy Tony before his Chicago White Sox opened a homestand Monday on the first summerlike night on the South Side, with Yoán Moncada and Joe Kelly back and his team riding a six-game winning streak. Their eight-game skid was…

As a mid-spring brush fire ate 20 homes in Laguna Niguel this week, part of the lesson seemed clear: There’s no such thing as a traditional fire season in California anymore. In a world changed by global warming, fires can pop up any time, even in months once considered wet enough to be fire safe.…

Giants first-round picks Kayvon Thibodeaux and Evan Neal both signed their rookie contracts on Saturday after rookie minicamp practice. Their deals are determined by their draft slots. Thibodeaux gets four years and $31.3 million fully guaranteed as the No. 5 overall pick. Neal receives four years and $24.5 million fully guaranteed as the No. 7…

OAKLAND — Joe Maddon is committed to playing the long game. After posting a lineup for the day portion of Saturday’s doubleheader that didn’t include Mike Trout, Anthony Rendon or Taylor Ward, Maddon explained that he wanted to keep his players fresh by keeping them on a regular schedule. They played a night game Friday,…

As a mid-spring brush fire ate 20 homes in Laguna Niguel this week, part of the lesson seemed clear: There’s no such thing as a traditional fire season in California anymore. In a world changed by global warming, fires can pop up any time, even in months once considered wet enough to be fire safe.…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Santa Margarita’s record-setting time in the girls 400-yard freestyle relay last week looked like a warm-up on Friday. The Eagles clocked a much faster time during preliminaries at the CIF State swimming and diving championships at Clovis West High in Fresno. Santa Margarita…

Just for good measure, the Orioles were presented another golden opportunity. Left-hander Gregory Soto entered out of the bullpen in the ninth inning and promptly hit the first two batters he faced, then walked the bases loaded with one out. And yet, once Soto was replaced by right-hander Will Vest, Baltimore did what Baltimore had…

For the third time this postseason, the Miami Heat find themselves in an extended waiting game. At the start of the playoffs, it was the wait before the Atlanta Hawks emerged from the play-in round as the first-round opponent. Before the second round, Erik Spoelstra’s team had to wait until the Philadelphia 76ers emerged from…

Calling the issue “moot,” a judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit brought by the Orange County Board of Education against county and state school officials over the Orange County Department of Education’s 2019 budget. Orange County Superior Court Judge Martha K. Gooding ruled in favor of the defendants in the suit — Orange County…

How will I water the corn? This was my first thought upon hearing that, as of June 1st, I will only be allowed to water my garden once a week unless my local water agency – the  Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, in my case – finds another way to reduce water consumption…

When all you have is a hammer, everything does indeed look like a nail. This is the best way to describe government officials’ unoriginal and often destructive thinking. No matter the problem du jour, the answer is always more government spending. But more spending requires more tax revenue, which is not always easy to acquire…

DOWNEY >> Twelve years ago, Corona del Mar boys lacrosse coach G.W. Mix and others lobbied the officials of CIF to have a playoff system for the sport. On Friday, his Sea Kings beat Foothill 10-4 at Downey High to become the first boys team from Orange County to win a CIF-Southern Section Division 1…

They continue to demonstrate the consummate home run or bust offense and have so far shown just marginal improvement in their base-running acumen which last year was among the sloppiest in the game. And yet there can be no mistaking this is a vastly better Yankee team than last season. A team that went into…

”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data. Buzz: Finding a cost of living “bargain” in California is becoming an even more elusive search, and only two of 26 metro areas in the state were not among…