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49er Forever — DIG

Before becoming a two-time Super Bowl champion, Dan Bunz was just a talented high schooler figuring out what to do next with his career. “I graduated at 17,” Bunz said, still sounding a little surprised by it. “Lots of colleges recruited me but I was not that fired up to go to college. I had to study all the time.” His hero and inspiration for pursuing his athletic and academic journey was his older brother. Bunz started at UC Riverside but after the program was discontinued, he followed their c...
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LA Sports Through the Eyes of a Latino Student - CALN

At Cal State Long Beach, among the buzz of scooters riding by you, chatter in the crowd and chips falling from vending machines, there’s one person amongst the noise who will bring the energy of Los Angeles sports with him wherever he goes, Garrett Bishop, a proud Latino student where LA sports isn’t just a hobby, it’s his cultural identity. For Bishop, he was basically born in stadiums. LA sports were part of his upbringing long before he had any knowledge of what was going on other than differ...
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Before The Owners of Kinrose Creamery Could Plan Their Wedding, the Business Plan Came First

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. On the sun-drenched balconies at The Drift Hotel in Palm Springs, one porch in particular overlooked the rest. Maria and Moe could see the fun unfolding beneath them. Friends were making plans for coffee runs, family members were in the pool and lounging in cabanas. Across the courtyard, doors were propped open, transforming the property into a private 72 hour compound.“It felt like we were in this massive hous...
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A Three-Act Wedding In Williamsburg, With a Rain-Soaked Opening Scene

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Outside the doors of Radagast Hall in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, winds howled and rain lashed against the brick facades. A Nor’easter was busy attempting to barge in on a celebration. The storm was relentless, a scene that would usually result in a canceled production or at the very least a dampened spirit.Yet inside, the atmosphere radiated pure love and joy. For Samantha Thornhill and Jack Rupple, their romance...
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From a "Last First Date" to a Trip Around the World: These Newlyweds Had the Odds in Their Favor

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Beating the odds is, by its nature, very difficult. For Heather Peggs and George Igoe, the odds happened to be in their favor. Finding your soulmate on a dating app is tough. Getting called down on The Price is Right is uncommon. Winning big on Let’s Make a Deal to fund their honeymoon? That’s rare. Doing all three? Well, that’s got to be nearly impossible. Their story started on Hinge in October 2022. Heather...
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Built to Last: The Long Game Behind Hawke Media’s Success

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It’s one of L.A.’s fastest-growing companies. But marketing company Hawke Media was not an overnight success. Founder Erik Huberman overcame obstacles, upheld grit and utilized modern-day technology to expand. However, it didn’t happen overnight – the company’s rise, driven by its artificial intelligence (AI) platform Hawke AI, was nearly a decade in the making“It took us nine years to get that to market,” Hube...
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Creep it Real OC kicks off the spooky season - el Don News

About 3,000 horror fans celebrated their favorite time of year at the Heritage Museum of OC last weekend.


Attendees dressed up as Wednesday Addams, bought Scream shirts, munched on skeleton-themed esquites, posed on a replica of the Stranger Things couch, and met the voice actors from The Nightmare Before Christmas. 


For the fifth year, people dressed as Dracula, Beetlejuice, Terrifier and other frightening characters came together on Sept. 14-15 to kick off the spooky season at Creep it R...
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Friday Night Munchies is Santa Ana’s community-grown food market - el Don News

It’s 7 p.m. on a Friday and the sound of sizzling Filipino eggrolls, asada on the grill and cheese bubbling on tortillas fills a vacant lot on Bristol Street across from the Digital Media Center. 
As churros crackle in a pool of cooking oil and attendees chatter in line before buying their dinner, the sound is stifled by an exchange of laughter among the neighboring booths and trucks of about 60 vendors. At this weekly pop-up food fest, there is no competition. 

Somewhere amid the tents exertin...