Big rig tosses carrots near Grapevine, sparks fire
A big rig lost control on a steep downgrade of the northbound 5 Freeway near the Grapevine on Sunday, spilling a load of carrots and sparking a 150 acre brush fire, authorities said.The accident...
View ArticleAngels reliever Jordan Walden's whirlwind weekend takes him to big leagues
Forgive Jordan Walden if his head is spinning a bit Monday morning. By the time he wakes up in Orange County he will have covered some 4,650 air miles on three flights, each landing in a different time...
View ArticleReliever Kevin Jepsen rejoins Angels after missing Saturday's game
Kevin Jepsen will be back in the Angels' bullpen -- and the right-hander expects to be available to pitch -- Sunday night against the Minnesota Twins after being sent back to the team hotel before...
View ArticleIranian American weddings too over-the-top?
Shahbal Shabpareh and his band Black Cats — a top Iranian American pop group — have performed American hits with a Persian twist at upper-crust Iranian celebrations almost weekly for years. They've...
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Australian Will Power wins IndyCar race in Sonoma
Australian Will Power drove to a dominant win Sunday at the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma to widen his lead in the IndyCar championship standings with four races remaining in the season. Driving the No....
View ArticlePan Pac open water swimming: Chip Peterson, Christine Jennings win
Dad is a marine biologist. His older brother started swimming first, and even his two Labrador dogs, of course, like swimming. So you could say Chip Peterson was born to be in water for long periods of...
View ArticleApartment complex evacuated as Torrance police search for gunman [Updated]
Torrance police are searching for a shooting suspect they believe to be at large in an apartment complex where he allegedly shot and wounded another man Sunday afternoon. [Updated at 7:31 p.m.: Police...
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Live review: Crowded House at Club Nokia
Neil Finn’s current version of the band lets its jam-happy instincts get the better of it. Close to the bottom of a list of things you want to see at a Crowded House show is a jam session. Formed in...
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Live review: Rock the Bells still tolls for 1993
Old school’s in session as Snoop Dogg, Wu-Tang Clan and A Tribe Called Quest party likes it’s 1993 at San Bernardino’s hip-hop hoedown. For a large swath of its audience, hip-hop’s center of gravity...
View ArticleAngels blanked by Twins, 4-0, and fall eight games out in AL West
The Angels were eight games back in the American League West when they left for a six-game trip to Boston and Minnesota, and after Sunday night's 4-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, they...
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