Category: Los Alamitos

Fun Things to Do in Orange County This Mother’s Day Weekend

May 11, 2023
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Mother’s Day at Anaheim Marketplace Celebrate Mom’s special day with the entire family at the Anaheim Marketplace. Festivities include live music, scrumptious food, and a free flower to the first 100 mothers to arrive at the event. Anaheim Indoor Marketplace at 1440 S. Anaheim Blvd., Anaheim. Saturday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Free. For more…

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International Competition Places Orange County Pizza Chef as One of World’s Best

April 24, 2023
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An Orange County restauranter has won 5th place in the United States’ largest pizza competition held in Las Vegas in March. Pizzaiolo Landon Pietrini of Los Alamitos’ Pietrini Pizza Napoletana restaurant took home the award for his Margherita Pizza competing against 71 other chefs in his division at the STG Neapolitan Pizza Competition March 30….

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2 Horses Die From Training Injuries at Los Alamitos

January 14, 2023
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CYPRESS, Calif.—Two racehorses died in the past week after suffering injuries while training at Los Alamitos Race Course, state horse racing officials said. Alsalam, a 3-year-old colt who had not yet competed in a race, died Jan. 9, according to the California Horse Racing Board. His last official workout was Dec. 27, according to the…

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2 Horses Die From Racing Injuries at Los Alamitos

January 3, 2023
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CYPRESS, Calif.—Two racehorses died at Los Alamitos Race Course over New Year’s weekend, one of them after winning her race, state horse racing officials said. Famous Miss Kitty, a 3-year-old filly with 10 races and three first-place finishes in her career, won Dec. 31’s ninth race at the Cypress track, but “was injured past the…

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‘They Saved My Life’: Orange County Shelter Helps Pregnant Women in Need

November 21, 2022
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CYPRESS, Calif.—Alissa Creech was ordered by her then-partner to abort her baby after finding out she was pregnant earlier this year. After she refused, he cut all ties with her. “I couldn’t even take care of myself at the time, let alone my son,” Creech, 20, told The Epoch Times. As one of many helpless…

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Horse Dies After Race at Los Alamitos; 2nd Death in Last 4 Days

November 1, 2022
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CYPRESS, Calif.—Another racehorse has died at Los Alamitos—the second fatality at the Cypress track in four days—state horse racing officials confirmed. Apollitical Jet, a 2-year-old sorrel gelding with eight career starts and two victories, finished eighth in a 10-horse field on Oct. 30’s 10th race and was vanned off the course after the race. He…

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Another Racehorse Dies From Training Injury at Los Alamitos

October 29, 2022
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CYPRESS, Calif—Another racehorse has died at Los Alamitos, state horse racing officials have confirmed. January Magic, a 2-year-old colt with just one race in his career, died Oct. 27 after suffering a training injury, according to the California Horse Racing Board. He is the ninth horse to die from a racing or training injury at…

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Orange County Eighth Grader Reaches Fourth Round of National Spelling Bee

June 1, 2022
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LOS ALAMITOS, Calif.—A middle school student from Orange County, California, advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee after advancing through three rounds of spelling—but stopped in the fourth round on June 1. Jason Khan, an eighth-grader attending McAuliffe Middle School in Los Alamitos, misspelled lepper, a horse skilled in jumping. However, he…

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California Science Camp Accused of Allowing Biological Male Counselors in Female Elementary Students’ Cabins

February 22, 2022
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LOS ALAMITOS, Calif.—A group of parents is drawing attention to an overnight science camp that allegedly allowed their fifth-grade daughters to sleep in the same cabins with biological male camp counselors who use “they/them” pronouns. Liz Sanzaro, a mother of a fifth-grade daughter who attended Camp Pali, an outdoor science school in Running Springs, California,…

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Los Alamitos Launches Holiday Voucher Program to Assist Small Businesses

November 8, 2021
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LOS ALAMITOS, Calif.—As holiday shopping begins, Los Alamitos, California, is pushing residents to shop locally by providing each household with a $50 voucher for a local business. Each household within the city will receive $50 worth of “Los Al Bucks” beginning the first week of November. Residents can spend the vouchers at participating stores from…

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