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Serge Ibaka in his element as Clippers’ tone-setter - L.A. Focus News
Serge Ibaka isn’t a shy guy. The Clippers’ charismatic 6-foot-10 center appears on postgame Zooms in runway-ready attire, he’s featured on the recently released single, “Champion,” by popular French rapper Ninho, and he turned his passion for cooking into a web series, “How Hungry Are You?” Put the
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UTLA members ‘overwhelmingly’ vote to refuse to return to in-person work until all conditions met - L.A. Focus News
Los Angeles Unified teachers and other school employees represented by the local teachers union drew a line in the sand this week by voting overwhelmingly to refuse to return for in-person work if officials make it mandatory before all three conditions the union has asked for to ensure schools
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Coronavirus: Hospitalizations in L.A. County down to 89% with 422 new cases and six new deaths reported, March 15 - L.A. Focus News
Los Angeles public health officials reported 422 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,210,663 as of Monday, March 15. Officials said there were six new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 22,475 deaths since tracking began. According to official
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Grammys 2021: Taylor Swift and Beyoncé make history while Billie Eilish and H.E.R. get big wins - L.A. Focus News
History was made: With her four wins tonight, Beyoncé now has the most Grammys of any singer ever while Taylor Swift became the first woman to win the Grammy for album of the year three times when 'Folklore' earned that honor on Sunday's 63rd Grammy Awards. Swift, who had previously won album of
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USC men’s basketball falls to Utah as Trojans enter free fall - L.A. Focus News
Remember way back last week, when USC men's basketball was off to its best start in 47 years? What a distant recollection that seems now. Since, the 19th-ranked Trojans have lost three of four, including Saturday's 71-61 defeat to Utah, the first time USC has lost consecutive games this year, and
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Clippers back from break, aim to reestablish good habits - L.A. Focus News
Time will tell, but perhaps the All-Star break came just when the Clippers needed it. “It came at kind of a perfect time, actually,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said Wednesday, via Zoom, before practice. “Just get our guys healthy, just get away from the game a little bit, take a step back and see
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Rams trading defensive end Michael Brockers to Lions - L.A. Focus News
A trade sending Rams defensive end Michael Brockers to the Detroit Lions was in the works Tuesday night. Brockers, 30, a 2012 first-round draft choice who was the dean of the Rams’ defense, had five sacks in 2020, his most since 2013. He was one of the Rams’ team captains and a vocal leader of
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New York cinemas reopen after almost a year - L.A. Focus News
By Jake Coyle | Associated Press NEW YORK — After growing cobwebs for nearly a year, movie theaters in New York City reopen Friday, returning film titles to Manhattan marquees that had for the last 12 months instead read messages like 'Wear a mask' and 'We'll be back soon.' Shortly after noon at
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Ducks defensemen Cam Fowler, Kevin Shattenkirk reach milestone together - L.A. Focus News
ANAHEIM — Cam Fowler and Kevin Shattenkirk first met in the summer of 2008, at a Team USA camp for the upcoming World Junior Championship. They were teenagers at the time, hoping to make a good impression on the coaching staff. Days, weeks and years passed and they became good friends, golfing
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LA City Council committee questions authors of report that criticized LAPD’s protest response - L.A. Focus News
Los Angeles city leaders, rattled by a blistering assessment of the police department's response to the civil unrest spurred by the death of George Floyd last year, sought out more answers and details from the report's authors on Wednesday, March 17. The 101-page report, released last
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Tiger Woods returns to Florida to recover from car crash - L.A. Focus News
By DOUG FERGUSON Tiger Woods is back at home in Florida to resume his recovery from career-threatening leg injuries he suffered when his SUV ran off a road and down a hill in Rancho Palos Verdes suburbs last month. “Happy to report that I am back home and continuing my recovery,” Woods said in
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‘It’s been exhausting, tiring, maddening’: A year of tumult for LA restaurants during pandemic - L.A. Focus News
When health officials declared a global pandemic nearly a year ago, Carey Ysais was forced to make some painful decisions to keep the lights on at his North Hollywood restaurant. Almost overnight, the owner of a sushi restaurant and bar Kahuna Tiki saw how his sales plummeted, forcing him to lay
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Coronavirus: Each county tier level and vaccination totals in California on March 9 - L.A. Focus News
As of Tuesday, March 9, the California Department of Public Health's Vaccine Dashboard shows about 14.6 million doses have been shipped throughout the state (2.6 million more than last week) and of those, 10.6 million have been administered (up 1.3 million from last week). According to
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Clippers clobbered by Pelicans in New Orleans - L.A. Focus News
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High school football scores and photos from games Friday, March 12 - L.A. Focus News
The scores and photos from the high school football games on Friday, March 12. FOOTBALL SCORES Edison 55, Trabuco Hills 7 La Habra 35, Chaminade 16 Los Alamitos 59, Millikan 0 Corona del Mar 38, Palos Verdes 21 Servite 42, Damien 6 Crean Lutheran 10, Sonora 9 Mayfair vs. Santa Margarita Antelope
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Home-finance startup beginning Southern California operations - L.A. Focus News
Knock, an innovative lender that helps homeowners buy a new home before selling their old one, has entered the Southern California market, the company announced Thursday, March 4. The New York-based company said it launched operations in Los Angeles last week, then opened in seven additional areas
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La Habra tops Chaminade in successful impromptu football game  - L.A. Focus News
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. WEST HILLS - It had been 477 days since La Habra High played a football game. The Highlanders were preparing to play Mission Viejo on Friday night in a highly anticipated contest to welcome high school football
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Adrian Kempe sizzles, Troy Grosenick saves, and Kings beat Ducks - L.A. Focus News
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Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 1,838 new cases, 144 new deaths and 103 fewer hospitalizations as of Feb. 26 - L.A. Focus News
Los Angeles public health officials reported 1,838 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,189,232 as of Friday, Feb. 26. Officials said there were 144 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 21,241 deaths since tracking began. According to official
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DEA warns of phone scammers impersonating agents, demanding money - L.A. Focus News
The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning that telephone scammers have been impersonating DEA agents in an attempt to extort money or steal personal identifiable information. A new public service announcement says the DEA will never phone to demand money or ask for personal information. There
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Alleged ghost gun maker arrested in Van Nuys, weapons seized in Hollywood - L.A. Focus News
Detectives in Van Nuys tracked a man suspected of making and selling ghost guns to gang members and arrested him on Friday, serving a search warrant that yielded a cache of weapons and weapon manufacturing equipment. Los Angeles Police Department officials said they arrested 30-year-old Dalton
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Unions blast District Attorney George Gascón’s hiring of controversial prosecutor - L.A. Focus News
Unions representing Los Angeles County prosecutors and law enforcement officers are blasting District Attorney George Gascón's hiring of controversial Deputy Public Defender Tiffiny Blacknell, a political supporter who has described police officers as 'barbarians' and advocated abolishing
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Ducks squander early lead, give up 6 consecutive goals in blowout loss - L.A. Focus News
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UCLA cruises past Utah, regains top spot in Pac-12 - L.A. Focus News
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Surge in anti-Asian hate crimes raises fears in Southern California - L.A. Focus News
For several weeks last April, Garden Grove resident Linda Nguyen didn't leave her home. She worked remotely. She ordered her groceries and food online. She didn't take walks in the neighborhood. What Nguyen says 'paralyzed' her was not the coronavirus. It was the fear that she, like many other
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Still perfect: Team LeBron wins 2021 NBA All-Star Game - L.A. Focus News
ATLANTA (AP) — Even in the strangest NBA All-Star Game of them all, LeBron James was still the perfect captain. Team LeBron showed off its high-flying and long-range skills during a dominating run to close out the first half, setting up a 170-150 romp over Team Durant in the league’s 70th midseason
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Hoornstra: What’s left to learn from Jackie Robinson’s life? Plenty - L.A. Focus News
The website Goodreads.com lists 393 books with Jackie Robinson in the title. We do not lack for information about the most transcendent baseball player – the most transcendent athlete – in American history. What we lack is patience. In our haste to reduce Robinson to an uncomplicated icon, we tend
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Georgia House passes GOP bill rolling back voting access - L.A. Focus News
By Ben Nadlet and Anila Yoganathan | Associated Press ATLANTA — Republican lawmakers in Georgia muscled legislation through the state House on Monday that would roll back voting access, over the objection of Democrats and civil rights groups gathered at the Capitol to protest. The bill comes after
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Cal Petersen helps Kings extend win streak to 6 games - L.A. Focus News
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LAUSD reaches tentative agreement with teachers union on timetable to reopen schools - L.A. Focus News
Starting in mid-April, Los Angeles Unified’s youngest learners and students with disabilities would be able to return to campus for in-person instruction, while students in middle and high school could return for additional support services at the end of April, if a tentative agreement reached
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