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40,000 still evacuated as crews try to head off possible chemical tank explosion in Garden Grove
A roughly one-mile buffer has been set up around the tank, where the trouble began on Thursday.
By changing women’s lives, the pill changed the nation
The pill helped give birth to modern America. Known by one simple word, the revolutionary oral contraceptive — approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 66 years ago this…
Orange County voters can now cast their ballots in person
Nearly 40 vote centers around Orange County open Saturday, in addition to the dozens of ballot drop boxes around the county.
When to go principal to principal in commercial real estate
Transactions can collapse over comments that had nothing to do with price, timing or terms.
Behavior of teen in mosque shooting led police to seize family guns a year before attack
Teen killer who shot three at San Diego mosque was flagged for neo-Nazi beliefs; guns seized.
Orange County scores and player stats for Friday, May 22
Scores and stats from Orange County games on Friday, May 22
CIF-SS baseball playoffs: Friday’s quarterfinals scores, schedule for semifinals
All of Friday's scores and the updated schedule for the CIF-SS semifinals on Tuesday.
Dodgers’ Will Smith getting ‘a little bit of a break to re-set’ amid slump
Smith has just four hits in his past 27 at-bats and only one extra-base hit in his past 12 games. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says Dalton Rushing will start two…
UCLA baseball rallies past Purdue to reach Big Ten Tournament semifinals
The top-seeded Bruins tie it with two runs in the bottom of the eighth, then complete a 4-3 walk-off win on Mulivai Levu’s sacrifice fly. UCLA will face fifth-seeded USC…
UCLA softball stifles Central Florida in NCAA Super Regional opener
Senior pitcher Taylor Tinsley limits UCF to one run on three hits in five innings, and the Bruins hit three more home runs to begin the best-of-three series with a…