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AVP Huntington Beach Open: Andy Benesh, Taylor Crabb win in debut as partners
Benesh and Crabb finish 5-0 and beat Chase Budinger and Miles Evans, 21-18, 23-21, in the men’s final. Brazil’s Thâmela Coradello and Victoria Lopes sweep Devon Newberry and Savvy Simo,…
Alexander: For Dodgers and Angels, it’s a tale of two franchises
The gulf between the teams looks massive after three Freeway Series routs, with the Dodgers rolling and the Angels searching for answers.
Newport Harbor and Huntington Beach get rematch in regional volleyball playoffs
The CIF Southern California Regional boys volleyball playoffs begin with a Newport Harbor-Huntington Beach rematch Tuesday.
There’s another mother worth celebrating
The Mother Road, Route 66, turns 100 this year
Some things just bring out the devil inside
Something wicked happens when some men get behind the wheel
Thousands celebrate community, love at 43rd annual Long Beach Pride Parade
The annual Long Beach Pride Parade took place on Sunday, May 17, with thousands of people lining Ocean Boulevard and more than 100 entries.
US-Mexico border wall construction is desecrating sacred sites, Indigenous leaders say
“This is sacred to us like a church for you all. The mountain is our healer, our psychologist,” said Meza Calles, a Kumeyaay Nation tribal leader who explains that in…
Trump administration promotes program to check voter eligibility. Critics fear a midterm purge
At least 67 million registrations, primarily from Republican-controlled states, have gone through a beefed-up verification program at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and tens of thousands of those have…
Drone strikes UAE nuclear plant as US and Iran signal they are prepared to resume war
“For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them,” U.S. President Donald Trump posted on social media.
Ukraine conducts large-scale drone strikes on Russia, killing 4 and wounding a dozen others
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the drone strikes, saying that they were “entirely justified.” Russia has repeatedly launched similar attacks on Ukraine’s capital and other cities during the war, and…