Month: May 2022

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. ENCINO — JSerra junior Andrew Lamb was honored by the small exchange he had with his coach in the sixth inning with the game knotted at one apiece against Harvard-Westlake. “Coach (Brett) Kay told me to do something special,” Lamb recalled. “He…

The Dodgers’ Justin Turner watches the flight of his game-tying two-run home run as Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Jeurys Familia, left, shows his frustration during the ninth inning on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler throws to the plate during the first inning of their game against…

COSTA MESA >> Competition among friends can be an intriguing yet difficult task to tackle. In a battle that pitted two colleagues, Tesoro’s boys volleyball coach Pat Eaton and Servite coach Matt Marrujo, and their respective programs against each other, it was the Titans who came out on top. Tesoro beat the top-seeded Friars in…

CYPRESS – With the pressure on, Villa Park’s Gavin Grahovac came through with a big hit, and he did it twice Friday in the CIF-Southern Section baseball playoffs. The senior slugged a home run to start the game and then hit a go-ahead, two-run home run in the seventh inning to lead Villa Park to…

Twenty-six years. Sixteen coaches. Ten general managers, including Dale Tallon twice and one set of brothers, Bryan and Terry Murray. There were five owners, not counting the group of eight investors briefly fronted by beloved Miami quarterback Bernie Kosar, who said hockey was his, “first and special love” before fading away to the bigger wallet…

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…

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…

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…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. ENCINO — JSerra junior Andrew Lamb was honored by the small exchange he had with his coach in the sixth inning with the game knotted at one apiece against Harvard-Westlake. “Coach (Brett) Kay told me to do something special,” Lamb recalled. “He…

CYPRESS – With the pressure on, Villa Park’s Gavin Grahovac came through with a big hit, and he did it twice Friday in the CIF-Southern Section baseball playoffs. The senior slugged a home run to start the game and then hit a go-ahead, two-run home run in the seventh inning to lead Villa Park to…