Month: May 2022

The Miami Dolphins aren’t done adding talent to the roster this offseason, and they just landed a three-time Pro Bowl pass rusher. Melving Ingram is signing with the Dolphins, according to a league source on Sunday. Ingram, who can play both defensive end and outside linebacker and visited Miami in April, has made his mark…

By DAVID BRANDT PHOENIX — It was no surprise when Luka Doncic looked ready for Game 7, calmly draining his first three shots to give the Dallas Mavericks an early lead. The stunner came over the next two hours: The top-seeded Phoenix Suns had no response. Doncic scored 35 points, Spencer Dinwiddie added 30 and…

Orange County has been the scene of several mass or spree attacks, including Sunday’s shooting in Laguna Woods that left one person dead and five others injured, four critically. Before Sunday, the most recent mass shooting in Orange County was at a real estate office in Orange on March 31, 2021. Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez was…

A deadly shooting Sunday at a church just outside the gates of Laguna Wood Village, the massive retirement community in south Orange County, has shaken its residents. Though law enforcement officials have just begun their investigation into the motive of the shooting that killed one and injured five, it appears to have taken place during…

The Zamboni hadn’t even finished its final turns on the ice after Saturday’s Game 7 defeat in Edmonton when the Kings already began looking ahead to next season. On one hand, their loss marked the final game for franchise icon Dustin Brown, but on the other, 10 different Kings made their postseason debuts in the…

Chicago Cubs prospect Ed Howard is facing a lengthy absence. The shortstop suffered a significant hip injury Tuesday at High-A South Bend. The Cubs are still gathering information on the injury and determining the next steps. Howard hit the ground awkwardly after trying to avoid being tagged on an errant throw to first base. It’s…

CHICAGO — Nestor Cortes said it has been a little different. On the last road trip, he was hungry and grabbed an apple to eat in the dugout. It went viral, and last week he filmed a spot at MLB Network with the apple. During the last homestand, he was out in the bullpen and…

A shooting at a church in Laguna Woods left multiple people wounded Sunday, May 15 The shooting was reported at 1:25 p.m. on the 24000 block of El Toro Road, Orange County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie Braun said. Preliminary reports indicated more than one person was hit. Deputies and Orange County Fire Authority paramedics were responding.…

The Miami Dolphins aren’t done adding talent to the roster this offseason, and they just landed a three-time Pro Bowl pass rusher. Melving Ingram is signing with the Dolphins, according to a league source on Sunday. Ingram, who can play both defensive end and outside linebacker and visited Miami in April, has made his mark…

The Zamboni hadn’t even finished its final turns on the ice after Saturday’s Game 7 defeat in Edmonton when the Kings already began looking ahead to next season. On one hand, their loss marked the final game for franchise icon Dustin Brown, but on the other, 10 different Kings made their postseason debuts in the…

Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Roe v. Wade in 1973, politicians on all sides have had a free ride on the issue of abortion. They could comfortably take positions that would never attract majority support, knowing they would never have to vote on actual legislation embodying those views. This allowed…

Let’s test your Orange County economic memory! Who doesn’t need a refresher course on the ups and downs of the local housing market — a key driver behind those swings? The online tool in the box below lets you guess what happened in Orange County after 2004 with unemployment, median sales prices, purchase activity and…

Citing the vile online manifesto attributed to the Buffalo shooter, Gov. Hochul on Sunday urged social media companies to crack down on hate speech — calling the sites “instruments of evil.” “I’m calling on the CEOs of all the social media platforms to examine their policies and to be able to look me in the…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now BOYS SWIMMING CIF State swimming championships At Clovis West High, Fresno Team results: 1. Loyola 217.5, 2. Santa Margarita 177.5, 3. Palo Alto 158, others: 11. Northwood 62, 12. Sonora 55, 13. San Juan Hills 51, 20. Laguna Hills 37 200-yard medley relay…

Everything everyone — by which I mean the wrong ones, the NIMBYs — says about housing in Southern California is always wrong. A favorite trope, loved by letter-to-the-editor writers, who just make things up — sorry, letter-writers, whose gemlike prose I edit and publish every day — is that the coming of more and more…

Let’s test your Orange County economic memory! Who doesn’t need a refresher course on the ups and downs of the local housing market — a key driver behind those swings? The online tool in the box below lets you guess what happened in Orange County after 2004 with unemployment, median sales prices, purchase activity and…

Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Roe v. Wade in 1973, politicians on all sides have had a free ride on the issue of abortion. They could comfortably take positions that would never attract majority support, knowing they would never have to vote on actual legislation embodying those views. This allowed…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now BOYS SWIMMING CIF State swimming championships At Clovis West High, Fresno Team results: 1. Loyola 217.5, 2. Santa Margarita 177.5, 3. Palo Alto 158, others: 11. Northwood 62, 12. Sonora 55, 13. San Juan Hills 51, 20. Laguna Hills 37 200-yard medley relay…

Everything everyone — by which I mean the wrong ones, the NIMBYs — says about housing in Southern California is always wrong. A favorite trope, loved by letter-to-the-editor writers, who just make things up — sorry, letter-writers, whose gemlike prose I edit and publish every day — is that the coming of more and more…

Chicago Cubs prospect Ed Howard is facing a lengthy absence. The shortstop suffered a significant hip injury Tuesday at High-A South Bend. The Cubs are still gathering information on the injury and determining the next steps. Howard hit the ground awkwardly after trying to avoid being tagged on an errant throw to first base. It’s…