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Dodgers hoping to get ‘a shot in the arm’ from Mookie Betts’ return
Betts was activated from the injured list on Monday after missing 32 games with an oblique injury. The Dodgers sent Alex Freeland to Triple-A with Betts’ return.
UC Irvine men’s volleyball falls to Hawai’i in NCAA championship match
The unseeded Anteaters start strong, but the second-seeded Rainbow Warriors regroup to win in four sets, 15-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-20, for their third national title in the past six years.
Opener plan fails, as Angels let game get away before Alek Manoah enters
Manoah pitches five scoreless innings, but three relievers combine to give up seven runs before he enters the game, and the Angels lose to the Guardians, 7-2.
LeBron James’ pregame routine is familiar as uncertainty swirls ahead of Lakers’ potential finale
The NBA’s all-time leading scorer was perhaps playing his final game with the Lakers and/or the final game of his 23-year career on Monday at Crypto.com Arena with the season…
Love Placentia marks a decade of volunteers showing care for their town
More than a dozen OC communities now participate in the Love Our Cities campaign,
Garden Grove football coach Matt LemMon resigns after two seasons
Garden Grove went 4-16 under LemMon, who plans to move to the Oakland area and work in high school administration.
Trump administration cancels rule that made conservation a ‘use’ of public lands
Industry groups and their Republican allies in Congress strongly opposed the rule and had lobbied to repeal it.
Sand project at Capistrano Beach pulls from quarry to add to beach before busy summer season
It's the third project to get underway in recent years to try and salvage the eroded beach in Dana Point.
Year-long investigation in Riverside County leads to 42 arrests of suspects accused of distributing or using child sex abuse materials
Officials called the year-long investigation Operation Volcano.
Iron Honor is a slight 9-2 favorite for the Preakness
There’s no telling who will be the bettors’ choice by the time the starting gate opens on Saturday in a wide-open race that does not include Kentucky Derby winner Golden…