OC Fair has announced more performances for its 2022 Toyota Summer Concert Series at Pacific Amphitheatre including R&B legend Smokey Robinson, who just made his debut on the Palomino Stage the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio last weekend. Robinson will headline Pacific Amphitheatre on Aug. 12 ($40-$80). Electronic-pop artist, violinist and dancer Lindsey Stirling…
Month: May 2022
Sparks’ roster crunch means Amanda Zahui B. won’t play this year
The Sparks’ tough 2021 season – which ended without a playoff appearance for the first time since 2011 – did a lot to inform how Derek Fisher approached his second offseason as the team’s general manager. For one thing, he realized the Sparks desperately needed more players with the ability to go and get a…
CIF-SS boys tennis playoffs: Wednesday’s scores, schedule for Friday, May 6
Scores from the CIF-SS boys tennis playoffs Wednesday, and the updated schedule for Friday’s matches. CIF-SS BOYS TENNIS PLAYOFFS OPEN DIVISION Quarterfinals, Friday, 3 p.m. Harvard-Westlake at University Peninsula at Woodbridge Palos Verdes at Calabasas Claremont at Corona del Mar DIVISION 1 First round, Wednesday West Ranch 11, Newbury Park 7 Arcadia 16, West Torrance…
‘Circa’ author Devi S. Laskar talks writing, healing and growing up in an immigrant community
Heera, the young adult protagonist of Devi S. Laskar’s “Circa,” often seems haunted as she watches one person after another in her life die or disappear. The facts of the novel are not autobiographical, but the story was born out of Laskar’s suffering and loss including a close friend who died of leukemia. In 2010,…
Orioles prospects Adley Rutschman, DL Hall receive call-up to Triple-A Norfolk, joining team in Nashville
Top Orioles prospects Adley Rutschman and DL Hall will join Triple-A Norfolk during a road series in Nashville on Friday, the Tides announced, continuing their progression towards the majors. Rutschman, the top-ranked prospect in baseball, was on track to begin the season on the major league roster with the Orioles before a right tricep strain…
O.C. institution John Moorlach mulls next steps
John Moorlach in John Wayne’s booth at Gulliver’s Restaurant in Irvine. (Photo by Teri Sforza) This was John Wayne’s favorite booth, the server says. It’s all dark and rustic and Jolly Old England; the Duke himself gazes from a framed portrait over the table, pensive beneath his cowboy hat. The server wrests the table from…
Dave Hyde: Happy birthday to Victor Oladipo — and it’s the Miami Heat counting their blessings
Here came another heartwarming chapter in the Victor Oladipo Story. Yes, it’s a capital letter now. A Story. Put it in the Disney motif of wholesome lessons and positive themes and, as the Miami Heat playoffs progress, ever-expanding possibilities. It just keeps getting better. Oladipo had 10 fourth-quarter points to close the Miami Heat’s Game…
Trabuco Hills’ Noah Taylor sizzles in home pool at CIF Division 3 swimming prelims
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now MISSION VIEJO — Noah Taylor used his home-pool knowledge and sprinting speed Thursday to capitalize on Trabuco Hills’ shift to Division 3 for the CIF Southern Section swimming prelims. Racing in his club team’s pool, the Biola-bound senior qualified second in the 100-yard…
Huntington Beach swimmer Caden Cunningham stays positive after freak, season-ending injury
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now MISSION VIEJO — Huntington Beach standout sprinter Caden Cunningham seemed to have several reasons to be downcast at the CIF Division 1 swimming prelims Wednesday. Sidelined with a broken hand from a freak injury suffered at the Wave League finals last week, the…
Sparks begin what they hope will be a ‘redemptive season’
TORRANCE – Who among them doesn’t have something more to prove? Not a one, to hear the Sparks tell it. “Every person in this room has a chip on their shoulder,” forward Chiney Ogwumike said. Every person, and collectively, the franchise. Jordin Canada, the new Sparks guard, gave a glimpse of this season’s slogan at…
Todd Spitzer’s unjust approach to justice fails the mentally ill and the homeless
When someone is arrested, the district attorney wields tremendous power in deciding whether charges are brought and what penalties are sought. These decisions have far-reaching implications for our safety and our quality of life, as involvement in the criminal justice system is a key driver of homelessness. The current district attorney’s approach endangers us and…
Angels’ Shohei Ohtani dominates in his Fenway Park mound debut
BOSTON — Shohei Ohtani put on quite a show in his first outing at Fenway Park, the ballpark that Babe Ruth once called home. Ohtani struck out 11 in seven scoreless innings in the Angels’ 8-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday afternoon. Ohtani also hit two balls off the fence, both of…
Dave Hyde: Happy birthday to Victor Oladipo — and it’s the Miami Heat counting their blessings
Here came another heartwarming chapter in the Victor Oladipo Story. Yes, it’s a capital letter now. A Story. Put it in the Disney motif of wholesome lessons and positive themes and, as the Miami Heat playoffs progress, ever-expanding possibilities. It just keeps getting better. Oladipo had 10 fourth-quarter points to close the Miami Heat’s Game…
Todd Spitzer’s unjust approach to justice fails the mentally ill and the homeless
When someone is arrested, the district attorney wields tremendous power in deciding whether charges are brought and what penalties are sought. These decisions have far-reaching implications for our safety and our quality of life, as involvement in the criminal justice system is a key driver of homelessness. The current district attorney’s approach endangers us and…
Huntington Beach swimmer Caden Cunningham stays positive after freak, season-ending injury
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now MISSION VIEJO — Huntington Beach standout sprinter Caden Cunningham seemed to have several reasons to be downcast at the CIF Division 1 swimming prelims Wednesday. Sidelined with a broken hand from a freak injury suffered at the Wave League finals last week, the…
O.C. institution John Moorlach mulls next steps
John Moorlach in John Wayne’s booth at Gulliver’s Restaurant in Irvine. (Photo by Teri Sforza) This was John Wayne’s favorite booth, the server says. It’s all dark and rustic and Jolly Old England; the Duke himself gazes from a framed portrait over the table, pensive beneath his cowboy hat. The server wrests the table from…
‘Circa’ author Devi S. Laskar talks writing, healing and growing up in an immigrant community
Heera, the young adult protagonist of Devi S. Laskar’s “Circa,” often seems haunted as she watches one person after another in her life die or disappear. The facts of the novel are not autobiographical, but the story was born out of Laskar’s suffering and loss including a close friend who died of leukemia. In 2010,…
Stadium deal won’t salvage Anaheim’s mistake
Supporters of Anaheim’s sale of Angel stadium received two pieces of good news in the last couple of months, as a Superior Court judge and the state removed the remaining hurdles to the sale. We’re disappointed with the result, believing the terms of the deal – and the secretive nature of the negotiations – are…
Secretary of State Blinken tests positive for COVID
By Paulk LeBlanc and Jennifer Hansler | CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. “Blinken tested positive for COVID-19 this afternoon via a PCR test. The Secretary is fully vaccinated and boosted against the virus and is experiencing only mild symptoms,”…
It’s time to fix rising gas prices: Jay Obernolte
Over the past several months, gas prices have spiraled to new heights here in California’s 8th District and across the country. I have heard from countless people in our district who are suffering as a result, and countless more who are desperately seeking relief. Some seek to place blame, but most just want to know…