Month: July 2022

On the eve of the opening of the Secondary Transfer Window, the Galaxy announced the acquisition of midfielder Gastón Brugman. Brugman, 29, joins the Galaxy from Italian Serie B club Parma Calcio. He spent the 2021-22 season on loan at Real Oviedo in Spain La Liga 2. He played in 34 games, with three goals…

By Jason Morris and Sara Murray | CNN Attorneys representing Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham say that he intends to challenge the subpoena that he was issued by an Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. “Senator Graham plans to go to court, challenge…

LOS ANGELES — A UCLA study shows selected patients with appendicitis who have outpatient antibiotic management can avoid surgery and hospitalization, it was announced Wednesday. Dr. David Talan, professor of emergency medicine and of medicine/infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, is the co-principal investigator of the study that recommends the…

The last time Allie Quigley participated in the 3-point contest, she was booed. It wasn’t because of a poor performance last year. Quite the opposite. It was because she went in front of a raucous crowd at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas after winning the competition and declared she wasn’t going to compete in…

Despite what you think about doing freelance jobs being a profession where you call all the shots, you would often find yourself failing to take breaks between each incoming project because money is waiting to be made. Eventually, you start falling sick often, feel moody or reluctant to get out of bed (does this remind…

Flamin’ Hot Cheetos will burn their way into people’s hearts at this year’s OC Fair, opening Friday, July 15 in Costa Mesa. The crunchy snack has been pulverized and used to spice up fair foods for a few years now, and the trend is continuing in 2022 as food concessioners strive to come up with…

LOS ANGELES — A UCLA study shows selected patients with appendicitis who have outpatient antibiotic management can avoid surgery and hospitalization, it was announced Wednesday. Dr. David Talan, professor of emergency medicine and of medicine/infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, is the co-principal investigator of the study that recommends the…

This editorial board takes a back seat to no one in our advocacy for open records so the public can hold accountable our public officials. Yet it’s one thing for the government to post public information about its inner workings and quite another for it to post personal data it collects about Californians. On June…

Flamin’ Hot Cheetos will burn their way into people’s hearts at this year’s OC Fair, opening Friday, July 15 in Costa Mesa. The crunchy snack has been pulverized and used to spice up fair foods for a few years now, and the trend is continuing in 2022 as food concessioners strive to come up with…

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Carlos Santana collapsed during a concert on July 5 in Michigan. The first-tier guitar great and longtime Bay Area resident was performing at the famed Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkson, located just outside of Detroit, when he reportedly took ill and fell on stage during his band Santana’s…

Despite what you think about doing freelance jobs being a profession where you call all the shots, you would often find yourself failing to take breaks between each incoming project because money is waiting to be made. Eventually, you start falling sick often, feel moody or reluctant to get out of bed (does this remind…

As the Ravens trudged off the practice fields in Owings Mills last month, headed for their summer break, it was easy to imagine what the team could be in January but harder to project who it might have in September. The Ravens’ top offensive tackle was missing. So were their top two running backs. And…

PITTSBURGH — Aroldis Chapman touched 102 miles an hour with his fastball Tuesday night and pitched his first perfect inning since April 30. That was the lefty fireball thrower the Yankees were hoping to get back after he spent five weeks on the injured list with ankle tendinitis. “I mean, that’s more in line with…

The Chicago White Sox are looking to receive an offensive boost, reinstating left fielder Eloy Jiménez from the injured list before Wednesday’s game against the Minnesota Twins. Jiménez has been on the IL since April 24 with a right hamstring tendon tear. He suffered the injury the previous day trying to beat a throw to…

ARENBERG PORTE DU HAINAUT, France — Australian rider Simon Clarke won a crash-marred fifth stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday while Wout van Aert clung onto the leader’s yellow jersey despite coming off his bike. The big winner though was Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar, who kick-started his bid to win a third straight…

Something seemed off with Chicago Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks early in his start Tuesday night. The veteran is known for his command and doesn’t light up the radar gun, but when Hendricks threw a sinker clocked at 83.8 mph in the first inning of the Cubs’ 8-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers, it was notable.…

PITTSBURGH — Aroldis Chapman touched 102 miles an hour with his fastball Tuesday night and pitched his first perfect inning since April 30. That was the lefty fireball thrower the Yankees were hoping to get back after he spent five weeks on the injured list with ankle tendinitis. “I mean, that’s more in line with…

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Carlos Santana collapsed during a concert on July 5 in Michigan. The first-tier guitar great and longtime Bay Area resident was performing at the famed Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkson, located just outside of Detroit, when he reportedly took ill and fell on stage during his band Santana’s…

Despite what you think about doing freelance jobs being a profession where you call all the shots, you would often find yourself failing to take breaks between each incoming project because money is waiting to be made. Eventually, you start falling sick often, feel moody or reluctant to get out of bed (does this remind…

Something seemed off with Chicago Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks early in his start Tuesday night. The veteran is known for his command and doesn’t light up the radar gun, but when Hendricks threw a sinker clocked at 83.8 mph in the first inning of the Cubs’ 8-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers, it was notable.…