Day: July 17, 2022

Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks has been added to the American League All-Star team, Major League Baseball announced Sunday. Hendriks is 1-2 with a 2.35 ERA, 45 strikeouts, 18 saves and a 0.95 WHIP in 30 relief appearances this season. He’s an All-Star for the third time in his career, also making it in…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now MISSION VIEJO — Mission Viejo clinched the unofficial title as the best high school 7-on-7 team in Southern California by capturing its South County tournament on Saturday. The Diablos even muscled their way to the top of the linemen competition but one questioned…

The Chicago Cubs find themselves in an unfamiliar position. For the first time in seven years, they own a top-10 pick in the MLB draft. The No. 7 selection Sunday marks their highest since 2014, when the Cubs chose Kyle Schwarber at No. 4. The pick became part of a three-draft stretch that also produced…

It’s a weekend filled with fun in the sun and in the surf, a beach festival that puts a spotlight on the sea. The annual San Clemente Ocean Festival features serious competition along with lighthearted fun for all ages in the form of a two-day coastal community tradition that kicked off in the 1970s. Ian…

With Anaheim planning to balance its budget with borrowed money for the next few fiscal years, Councilman Jose Moreno wants to let city voters decide whether to put a 2% tax on tickets to theme parks and other large venues – a move that could potentially raise from $55 million to $82 million a year…

With persistently high case rates, and new extra-contagious omicron strains, what exactly are you supposed to do now in the growing eventuality that someone in your home tests positive for COVID-19? Can you and others in your home avoid infection? And when are you in the clear? The answers to some of these questions have…

EUGENE, Ore. — Fred Kerley was 12 when he got his first tattoo. It was a birthday present to himself and he paid a street artist in the central Texas town of Taylor $200 to ink the Bible verse “Psalm 104” over his right rib cage so he could hide the tattoo from the disapproving…

When UC-Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies conducted one of its periodic pollsof California voters early this year, it discovered that just 36% of them believed that the state is “moving in the right direction” while 54% had a negative view. The positive feelings about the state had declined by 10 percentage points from a previous…

LAS VEGAS — Kyle Allman Jr. scored 26 points, sinking a go-ahead 3-pointer with 31 seconds left, and the Miami Heat rallied past the Clippers, 86-83, in the NBA Summer League finale for both teams on Saturday night. Jay Scrubb had 16 points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals for the Clippers (2-3), while…

It’s a weekend filled with fun in the sun and in the surf, a beach festival that puts a spotlight on the sea. The annual San Clemente Ocean Festival features serious competition along with lighthearted fun for all ages in the form of a two-day coastal community tradition that kicked off in the 1970s. Ian…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now MISSION VIEJO — Mission Viejo clinched the unofficial title as the best high school 7-on-7 team in Southern California by capturing its South County tournament on Saturday. The Diablos even muscled their way to the top of the linemen competition but one questioned…

LAS VEGAS — Kyle Allman Jr. scored 26 points, sinking a go-ahead 3-pointer with 31 seconds left, and the Miami Heat rallied past the Clippers, 86-83, in the NBA Summer League finale for both teams on Saturday night. Jay Scrubb had 16 points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals for the Clippers (2-3), while…

With persistently high case rates, and new extra-contagious omicron strains, what exactly are you supposed to do now in the growing eventuality that someone in your home tests positive for COVID-19? Can you and others in your home avoid infection? And when are you in the clear? The answers to some of these questions have…

EUGENE, Ore. — Fred Kerley was 12 when he got his first tattoo. It was a birthday present to himself and he paid a street artist in the central Texas town of Taylor $200 to ink the Bible verse “Psalm 104” over his right rib cage so he could hide the tattoo from the disapproving…

Q: Ira, do the Heat have their replacement for P.J. Tucker? – Theo. A: It’s interesting, because instead of being asked if the Heat have a starting power forward, the questions often have come in this form, as if the only type of player Erik Spoelstra will accept at the four is a 3-point-shooting, defensive-minded,…

For someone who has been involved in this position as often as anyone in baseball, Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias is not a huge fan. “It’s a heck of a thing, picking 1-1,” Elias said last week. “I don’t really like doing it.” Having the first overall pick in the Major…

Government secrecy protects sources and methods, but it can also protect liars and conceal abuse of power. So it’s concerning that Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, has pushed through an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that will conceal evidence related to certain military deployments within the U.S. Schiff’s amendment states that “any information obtained…

Recording artist Bad Bunny hits during the second inning of the All-Star Celebrity Softball Game on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG) Recording artist Bad Bunny runs to first base during the second inning of the All-Star Celebrity Softball Game on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Keith Birmingham,…

On May 19, the Texas Rangers released Matt Carpenter from their Triple-A team because they didn’t see a place for him on their big-league roster. The decision was described as mutual, and when Carpenter opted out of his deal with the Rangers, there was no guarantee that he’d ever step on a big-league field again.…

With persistently high case rates, and new extra-contagious omicron strains, what exactly are you supposed to do now in the growing eventuality that someone in your home tests positive for COVID-19? Can you and others in your home avoid infection? And when are you in the clear? The answers to some of these questions have…