Lakers’ NBA Cup Group Play for 2024 schedule finalized - Anaheim news - NewsLocker (2024)

The Lakers’ NBA Cup Group Play opponents in their request to repeat as In-Season Tournament champions have been known for the last month.
And on Tuesday, the details of their schedule were revealed.
The Lakers will host the Utah Jazz on Nov. 19 (7:30 p.m.) and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Nov. 29 (7 p.m.; ESPN), and travel to San Antonio for a matchup against the Spurs on Nov. 15 (4:30 p.m. PT; ESPN) and Phoenix for a game against the Suns on Nov. 26 (7 p.m.; TNT).
All 30 teams were random

Driver’s licenses and state IDs coming to mobile devices

Soon, more Californians will be able to have their driver’s license or state ID cards in their digital wallets, as well as their pocket or purse.
For state residents, this means the convenience of being able to show driver’s licenses and state IDs in their Apple Wallet and Google Wallet at select online retail businesses and TSA airport security checkpoints, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week.
“We’re trying to scale up identities so that they’re safe, privacy pre

Here’s a drought-tolerant fruit tree that you can plant right now

5 things to do in the garden this week:
1. Fruit trees. Plant a Chinese date tree (Zizyphus jujube). It does fine when planted this time of year. Chinese date is an extremely drought-tolerant tree, more so than any other locally grown fruit tree, and possesses two distinctive qualities that set it apart from other fruit trees. It has shiny green foliage and a columnar growth habit. It does have thorns but these are small and easily forgotten when you taste the fruit. Unlike the familiar dates wh

Five years later, La Habra condo complex sinkhole is getting repaired

A massive sinkhole at a La Habra condominium complex will soon be no more, local leaders declared Thursday, Aug. 15, by lifting the first dirt into the wide trench, signaling the start of construction that will repair the collapse from five years ago.
A storm channel running underneath a grassy area between two rows of homes in the Coyote Village condo complex collapsed in early 2019 after heavy rainfall, exposing a huge hole just feet from residents’ doors. Efforts to figure out who shoul

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Flashing blue lights just off of the freeway — what are they for?

Q. What do the flashing blue lights off to the side of the freeway mean? They flash at the end of long poles, perhaps near construction materials. There is one at the Pacific Coast Highway exit on the southbound 5 Freeway in the Dana Point-Capistrano Beach area.
– Mike Chamberlin, San Clemente
A. What you are likely seeing, Mike, are mobile security units protecting construction equipment or other stuff. Honk spotted such a unit in a Home Depot parking lot.
LVT, or LiveView Technolog

What’s it like inside Amazon’s San Bernardino air hub?

R2-D2 would feel right at home in Amazon’s San Bernardino air hub.
Inside the online commerce waypoint, Roomba-like robots called drives roll up to Robins — robotic arms that snatch parcels from a conveyor belt. The drives then move single file in tightly spaced rows guided by floor-embedded barcodes.
The air hub known as KSBD — an international code for the airport housing the center — handles at least 18,000 shipments an hour in a quest to deliver consumer goods swiftly

These photos show how Amazon’s San Bernardino air hub works

Amazon’s air hub at San Bernardino International Airport is a major link between online shoppers throughout the U.S. and the goods they order.
In July, we toured the air hub — the online retailer’s third busiest in the nation — to see what happens inside.
From robots to roaring jets, here’s what we saw.
Automated robots called drives quickly move packages Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at Amazon’s San Bernardino air hub. The roughly 660,000-square-foot facility is Am

Crean Lutheran and Capistrano Valley deliver explosive plays in football scrimmage

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.Subscribe nowMISSION VIEJO — Capistrano Valley quarterback Tommy Acosta showed off his arm early with a deep touchdown pass. New Crean Lutheran running back Caleb Bey Jr. answered with an explosive scoring run.
The Cougars and Saints also impressed on defense during their scrimmage at Capistrano Valley High on Thursday night.
The combination of offensive and defensive plays provided a bit more insight into two t

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Del Mar horse racing consensus picks for Friday, August 16, 2024

The consensus box of Del Mar horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Terry Turrell, Eddie Wilson and Kevin Modesti. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Friday, August 16, 2024.
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Real Housewives of Orange County: Spats, spills and stepping right into it

“The Real Housewives of Orange County” this week picks up the day after the previous episode as most of the housewives are assessing the damage done the night before.
Katie Ginella is hungover, and she’s not the only one.
Shannon Storms Beador is wobbling on her axis somewhere between shaken and angry after a harsh exchange with Tamra Judge.
And Emily Simpson’s wondering if she went too hard at Jenn Pedranti for living large while being broke.
“If you owe a bunch of

Sparks blown out by Liberty in first game after Olympic break

LOS ANGELES — Facing one of the WNBA’s best teams in the first game after the Olympic break was not a recipe for the struggling Sparks to begin building momentum.
The Sparks trailed by as many as 40 points in the second half on their way to a 103-68 blowout loss to the New York Liberty on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena.
It was the Sparks’ largest losing margin of the season and their second-lowest point total through the first 25 games.
Rae Burrell led the Sparks (6-19) wit

Thousands flock to Intuit Dome opening, as Bruno Mars performs at LA Clippers’ new Inglewood home

The wait is finally over.
Intuit Dome, the state-of-the-art basketball arena and concert venue, is now open.
The $2 billion facility — the new home to the L.A. Clippers — held its grand opening on Thursday, Aug. 15, with a ribbon cutting ceremony, complete with a star-studded red carpet, and ultimately the sounds of Grammy winner Bruno Mars, who performed the first of two concerts to christen the new L.A.-area venue.
Intuit Dome is the newest addition to Inglewood’s Hollywood P

Chargers QB Justin Herbert ‘on track’ in recovery from foot injury

EL SEGUNDO — Right on schedule, quarterback Justin Herbert took off the walking boot he’s worn for two weeks to protect a plantar fascia injury in his right foot. When he might practice or play again remained uncertain Thursday afternoon, but “it felt like progress,” Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh said.
Harbaugh had few details to add, as has been his method of operation during training camp. Harbaugh did say that Herbert was “on track,” for whatever that was wor

Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, Aug. 15

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, Aug. 15
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THURSDAY’S SCORES
BOYS WATER POLO
NONLEAGUE
Rancho Alamitos 15, Pioneer 12
Tustin 17, Godinez 8
Segerstrom 16, La Quinta 1
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
ANN KANG INV

Laguna Woods couple found dead in Irvine hotel room in apparent murder-suicide, police say

An elderly couple from Laguna Woods was found dead inside a hotel room in Irvine on Thursday in what appears to be a murder-suicide, Irvine Police Sgt. Karie Davies said.
The couple, a roughly 85-year-old man and 70-year-old woman, had checked into the Marriott Irvine Spectrum two days earlier and were supposed to check out Thursday afternoon.
Hotel staff checked on the couple around 2:30 p.m. and found them dead inside their room, Davies said.
No gun or knife was found inside the room, police s

Orange County sues Viet America Society leaders, including Supervisor Andrew Do’s daughter

The nonprofit Viet America Society and some of its leadership, including the daughter of county Supervisor Andrew Do, “brazenly plundered” millions of dollars in COVID relief funds to buy properties and make lavish purchases, alleges a lawsuit filed Thursday by the county of Orange.
The suit accuses the charity, CEO Peter Ahn Pham, Rhiannon Do and other associates of committing breach of contract, conspiracy and constructive fraud, among other complaints. The suit says these would be

County of Orange files lawsuit against Viet America Society and affiliates

Orange County filed a lawsuit against Viet America Society Thursday afternoon, Aug. 15, accusing group members of using COVID relief money for “personal gain,” including the purchase of six properties, among them a Tustin house purchased in 2023 by Rhiannon Do, daughter of Supervisor Andrew Do.
In the suit, county officials accuse the group, its CEO Peter Pham, Rhiannon Do and other affiliates of committing a breach of contract, conspiracy, and constructive fraud, among other complai

USC’s wide receivers preach selflessness in a crowded room

LOS ANGELES — Jay Fair never really had a handshake with someone before he came to USC.
Sure, he might’ve slapped hands with a fellow receiver, back when he was at Auburn. But not like this.
After finding a rhythm with veteran Kyron Hudson on Thursday, Fair has checked off individual, customized handshakes with every wideout in USC’s room. He still lags behind. Sophom*ores Zachariah Branch and Ja’Kobi Lane have between 15 and 20 with various members of the program.
There i

Journalism Preservation Act to make Big Tech pay for news survives key hearing

A bill to make Google and Facebook owner Meta pay publishers for news they present on their platforms survived its passage through a state legislative chamber where potential laws often go to die.
Assembly Bill 886 would compel the technology giants to pay negotiated annual, lump-sum fees into a fund for news outlets, or enter mediation or arbitration and negotiate paying media companies a share of their digital-ads revenue.
On Thursday, the bill made it through the notoriously deadly suspense f

Trader Joe’s opens Friday in Ladera Ranch

Orange County’s newest Trader Joe’s opens at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 16 in Ladera Ranch.
The 14,985 square foot store has been taking shape in a shuttered Staples office supply store at 27542 Antonio Parkway. It’s the 193rd in California.
The Monrovia-based grocery chain quietly added eight new Southern California stores to its website in May. At that time, the company’s public relations manager, Nakia Rohde, said there was no timeline for the store openings.
The Ladera store

Westminster City Councilmember Amy Phan West formally censured

The Westminster City Council majority this week censured Councilmember Amy Phan West for “unacceptable conduct.”
The council voted 3-2 on Wednesday night, Aug. 14, in favor of the censure with Phan West and Councilmember NamQuan Nguyen opposed.
“You can censure me, that’s fine. Bring it on, I welcome it,” Phan West said to her colleagues before the vote.
Talk of making a formal declaration of disapproval first arose during the council’s June 12 meeting, when C

605 Freeway plan won’t destroy homes; has wider lanes linked to other freeways

A revised, less dramatic 605 Freeway improvement project — far different from four years ago — will no longer seek to destroy any homes but could add another carpool lane and multiple feeder lanes to relieve the freeway’s bottlenecks with the 60, 5, 10 and 105 freeways, LA Metro officials reported.
Proponents say the two biggest goals are to cut some congestion and reduce the high number of accidents on the 27.4-mile-long eastern Los Angeles County freeway that carries 300,000

Lakers’ 2024-25 schedule features fewer back-to-backs, Michael Cooper’s jersey retirement

After a road-heavy start to last season, the Lakers’ 2024-25 schedule will be more balanced from the outset, have fewer back-to-backs and include a jersey retirement.
The NBA released the regular-season schedules on Thursday, with an Opening Night matchup and JJ Redick’s Lakers coaching debut coming against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Oct. 22 at Crypto.com Arena.
The matchup against the Timberwolves will kick off a three-game homestand to start the season, which includes games agai

Hollywood Gavin Newsom is ready for his close-up. Or is he?

Hollywood Gavin Newsom is ready for his close-up.
Now that he has entered the lame duck phase of his governorship, Newsom has developed a sudden interest in improving the quality of official photographs documenting his activities.
“Unlike nearly all of his predecessors and gubernatorial counterparts, the real story here is that Governor Newsom did not have a dedicated photographer for over five years,” wrote the governor’s director of communications, Izzy Gardon, in an em

Man accused of killing 13-year-old in Santa Ana, injuring teen bystander pleads not guilty

A 27-year-old man accused of killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring a 16-year-old bystander during a midday drive-by shooting in front of a Santa Ana elementary school pleaded not guilty on Thursday, Aug. 15, to special-circ*mstances murder.
Raymond Mario Jimenez, a Santa Ana resident, also plead not guilty to attempted murder for the June 5, 2024, shooting that killed Daniel Vargas and injured an older teen.
The killing — which police previously indicated is believed to have been gang-rel

What can medieval literature tell us about modern conspiracy theories? Quite a lot, Fullerton professor says

She studies medieval literature, yet her research is as relevant today as ever.
Cal State Fullerton professor Elise Wang is one of 28 scholars across the country selected for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program, one of the nation’s most prestigious grants for social science and humanities researchers examining pressing societal issues.
So, what can someone studying Chaucer tell us about America in 2024?
It turns out quite a bit, Wang would say.
Her book project, which she will work on

Refinance applications jump 35% as rate drop encourages homeowners

Mortgage rates dipped for the second week in a row, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, stirring an avalanche of refinance borrowers.
Refinance applications jumped 35% in a week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.
“Rates on both 30- and 15-year fixed rate mortgages decreased for the second consecutive week, and combined with the previous week’s rate moves, spurred another strong week for application activity as borrowers with higher rates took the opportunity to re

Rams QB Matthew Stafford sits out practice with hamstring tightness

THOUSAND OAKS — Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford was held out of practice Thursday after experiencing hamstring tightness on Wednesday.
“He just felt a little something so we were being smart with him,” head coach Sean McVay said, adding that Stafford is expected to practice next week.
Stafford was pulled halfway through Wednesday’s joint practice with the Dallas Cowboys, ceding first-team reps to backup Jimmy Garoppolo.
Garoppolo again was leading the Rams’ first-

Dodgers’ bullpen can’t hold lead as Brewers rally to split series

MILWAUKEE — There must be something in those cheese curds.
Stripped of Christian Yelich (injured), Corbin Burnes (traded last winter) and Josh Hader (traded in midseason 2022), the Milwaukee Brewers’ roster features more spunk than star power. But they are spinning some kind of Midwestern magic to be vying for one of the top two seeds in the National League.
The Brewers scored three times in the eighth inning Thursday night, coming from behind to beat the Dodgers 6-4 and split their

Manhattan Beach Open: Women’s defending champs seeking smoother sailing

Last year at the Manhattan Beach Open, Julia Scoles and her partner Betsi Flint made history. The pairing came in as the No.1 seed but fell to the No. 32 team in the tournament. After that setback, they made a dramatic run through the Contenders Bracket and became the first No. 1 seed to lose in the first round and then go on to win the historic event.
“I’m a huge believer anyone can win on any given day,” Scoles said. “There’s so much depth in America talent-wise,