Mira Costa captures CIF wrestling title

The rebuilding of Mira Costa’s wrestling program peaked Saturday at Redondo Union High School when the top-seeded Mustang’s dominated their opponents to win the CIF-Southern Section Southern Division Dual Meet Championship. “We felt confident we could win the title,” Mira Costa head coach Jimmy Chaney said. “Our higher finish than [second seeded] Shadow Hills at […]

Mira Costa’s rugby title defense comes to an end

In a rematch of a 26-26 regular-season game played three weeks earlier, Mira Costa’s rugby team was overmatched by St. John Bosco in a Southern California State Championship semifinal match played Saturday at UCLA. The defending-champion Mustangs fell behind 10-0 and pulled to within 15-12 before the Braves ran away with a 44-17 victory. St. […]

The logic of illogic: Charlie Beck and Waze

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck wants the crowdsourced traffic app Waze to remove its notifications of police locations because, he believes, it threatens their lives. Knowing these locations, he says, will enable people who wish to do ill to police, such as occurred in New York City when two officers were assassinated as […]