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Anaheim resident appears in semifinals of Dwayne Johnson’s “Titan Games” Thursday on NBC

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Kara Lazauskas, left, leads students at Community Charter Early College in a group high-five Wednesday. Lazauskas, who was on hand to help motivate students, will compete in the semifinals on Dwayne JohnsonÕs ÔTitan GamesÕ Thursday. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Kara Lazauskas motivates students during their workout period at Community Charter Early…

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Why cities, counties may turn to the state political watchdog to enforce local campaign finance issues

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Cities and counties across California are reaching out to the state’s political watchdog about possibly enforcing their campaign finance and ethics ordinances under a new law that took effect on Jan. 1. The law, modeled after an arrangement San Bernardino County has had with the California Fair Political Practices Commission since 2013, essentially allows local agencies…

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‘Social butterfly’ Eva Kilgore, who wrote about Huntington Beach and beyond for the Orange County Register, dies at 67

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For decades, Eva Kilgore documented the goings-on around Huntington Beach and environs in her weekly Orange County Register column. But, ever involved in community events, she was far from just an observer. “Eva was a big-time social butterfly,” said her longtime friend and colleague Curt Seeden. “Everybody knew and loved her.” Kilgore, 67, died suddenly…

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2 dead, 6 injured in separate crashes fleeing Border Patrol agents

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Two men were killed and a woman was critically injured Tuesday evening when their vehicle crashed into a semi truck and careened down an embankment while fleeing from a Border Patrol agent in Otay Mesa, authorities said. The crash happened just before 6:20 p.m. near Otay Mesa Road and Sanyo Avenue,…

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Big rig fully engulfed in fire on 91 Freeway in Long Beach

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LONG BEACH — A big rig caught fire Wednesday morning on the eastbound 91 Freeway in Long Beach, prompting the closure of an off-ramp until further notice. About 4:30 a.m., the California Highway Patrol responded to the eastbound Artesia Freeway at the Cherry Avenue off-ramp and located the semi with its tractor brake line on…