Compiling my year-end lists always makes me realize how many areas in which I'm not an expert. Jazz, Latin music, down-tempo electronica, Finnish Christian mystical jams... there are so many icebergs out there, and I've hardly touched their tips. I...

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The War on the Floor Future Stars games on Saturday night at Sierra Canyon had lots of stars. In the boys' game for players who will be seniors, Max Hoetzel of Calabasas scored 23 points, Lewis Stallworth of Hart had...

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Santa Ana Mater Dei went 7-0 and defeated West Hills Chaminade, 14-13, in the championship game of the seven on seven Dana Hills passing tournament on Saturday. Quarterback Chase Forrest and defensive back-receiver Jonathan Lockett were the standouts for

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Sylmar is going to be a team to watch over the next three seasons building around sophomore quarterback Clarence Williams. The Spartans just picked up receiver Anthony Muse, who played at Alemany as a freshman before playing at Corona Centennial...

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Eagerly-awaited report exonerates everyone with Rod Blagojevich contacts just in time to be ignored for the holidays.

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Bellflower St. John Bosco is ranked No. 6 in the MaxPreps preseason top 25 national football rankings. Concord De La Salle is No. 1. Also making the list are Corona Centennial at No. 10, Gardena Serra at No. 11 and...

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A two-strike RBI single by Roberto Ramos, his third single of the game, drove in Jose Haros for the tie-breaking run in the bottom of the sixth inning to lift San Fernando (33-3) past Cleveland, 2-1, in the City Section...

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There was talent throughout the lineup, and Gardena Serra (28-5) celebrated at Dodger Stadium on Friday, winning its first baseball championship with an 8-1 victory over Mira Costa in the Southern Section Division 3 final. Dominic Smith was dominant on...

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Khalfani Muhammad of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame became the third male in state history to win both the 100 and 200 in consecutive years when he took first place in the 200 in 20.86 seconds Saturday at the CIF track...

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Gardena Serra ended Friday's CIF state preliminaries the same way it started them: by winning a relay. The Cavaliers' foursome of Ronny Hall, Adoree' Jackson, Darrell Fuery and Lloyd Sicard ran 3:13.68 to clock the fastest qualifying time in the...

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Oxygen Media today released the results of a survey about 18- to 34-year-old women's relationships to outer beauty versus inner beauty. According to the poll, nearly 25% of women would rather win "America's Next Top Model" than the Nobel Peace..

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SOCCER/FOOTBALL LEGEND: India withdrew from the 1950 World Cup because they were not allowed to play barefoot. India surprised the world with their performance in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. The Indian national football team, with every p

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SOFTBALL SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION 1 Semifinals, Tuesday Norco 3, Garden Grove Pacifica 2 Corona Santiago 6, Yorba Linda 0 DIVISION 2 Semifinals, Tuesday Lakewood 8, Millikan 1 Chino 2, Oaks Christian 1 (9) DIVISION 3 Semifinals, Tuesday Righetti 14, La..

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Los Angeles Long Beach East L.A./Pasadena Thousand Oaks MORE: Westside | Orange County | San Fernando Valley | Inland Empire | Ventura | San Diego

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"Mermaids: The Body Found," which aired over the weekend as part of Animal Planet's "Monster Week," revealed a true TV abomination. An unnatural hybrid that was as disturbing as it was gruesome. A freak whose very existence threatens u

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Chief White House writer Jon Favreau has reportedly apologized to his boss's new Cabinet member.

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Helped by 3.1 wind and the competitive setting of the Southern Section track and field championships, defending state champion Khalfani Muhammad of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame won the Division 3 100 meters on Saturday in a personal-best time of 10.33...

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With quarterback Brad Kaaya on target, West Hills Chaminade won its division of the Valley College seven on seven passing tournament on Saturday, defeating Orange Lutheran in the semifinals and Palmdale in the final. The Eagles are loaded in the...

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The two most dominant boys' volleyball programs in the City Section, Palisades and Granada Hills, face off on Saturday at 5 p.m. at Los Angeles Roybal in the City Section Division I championship match. It's the third consecutive year the...

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The team of the future beat the team no one thought was going to lose. With one blink, Mater Dei, the dominant baseball team in Southern California all season, was beaten by Huntington Beach, 2-1, in a Southern Section Division...

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