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ORANGE COUNTY SOFTBALL TOP 10
1. Los Alamitos, 16-3
The Griffins went toe-to-toe with national No. 1 Norco in the Carew Classic semifinals, falling short in a potential Division 1 championship preview by a 1-0 score.
2. Orange Lutheran, 16-3
The Lancers finished second in the Carew Classic, dropping the championship game to Norco, 4-0.
3. La Habra, 11-6
Janelle Rodriguez’s seventh-inning, go-ahead two-run home run against Mission Viejo served as one of the highlights of the Carew Classic.
4. Mission Viejo, 14-5
The Diablos went 4-1 at the Carew Classic and will have this week off before returning to the field next week against San Clemente.
5. Santa Margarita, 19-3
The Eagles – ranked No. 2 in CIF-SS Division 2 poll – take on Rosary on Tuesday before breaking for a two weeks.
6. Huntington Beach, 8-7
The Oilers looked to turn a corner at the Carew Classic with Grace Uribe pitching better and transfer Morgan MacBeath also becoming eligible.
7. Mater Dei, 17-6
The Monarchs topped La Serna, 3-0, to win the Alan Dugard Softball Classic over the weekend.
8. Canyon, 12-7
The Comanches will play a nonleague game against Cypress on Thursday afternoon.
9. Pacifica, 10-7
Tuesday’s league game against Western is the Mariners lone outing this week.
10. Capistrano Valley, 11-7
The Cougars went 2-3 at the Carew Classic, but will look to bounce back with a pair of nonleague games against San Juan Hills and Tesoro this week.
CIF-SS SOFTBALL POLLS
(Selected by the CIF-SS Softball Advisory Committee)
DIVISION 1
1. Norco
2. Los Alamitos
3. Orange Lutheran
4. Mission Viejo
5. Mater Dei
6. Oaks Christian
7. Valencia/Valencia
8. La Habra
9. Canyon
10. Pacifica
Others: Santiago/Corona
DIVISION 2
1. Gahr
2. Santa Margarita
3. Riverside Poly
4. Agoura
5. St. Lucy’s
6. Villa Park
7. Simi Valley
8. Camarillo
9. Rio Mesa
10. Upland
Others : Rosary, La Quinta/La Quinta, La Serna
DIVISION 3
1. Murrieta Mesa
2. Newbury Park
3. Ayala
4. Redlands
5. Los Altos
6. Centennial/Corona
7. California
8. La Mirada
9. Ramona
10. Knight
Others: Patriot, Arroyo Grande, Cerritos, Paso Robles, Cajon, El Dorado
DIVISION 4
1. Aquinas
2. Savanna
3. Palm Desert
4. Paramount
5. San Jacinto
6. Mira Costa
7. Segerstrom
8. San Juan Hills
9. San Marcos
10. Valencia
Others: Edgewood
DIVISION 5
1. West Torrance
2. Alemany
3. Heritage Christian
4. South Torrance
5. Fillmore
6. Maranatha
7. Templeton
8. South El Monte
9. Sultana
10. Lompoc Cabrillo
Others: Colony, La Reina, Godinez
DIVISION 6
1. Santa Paula
2. Sierra Canyon
3. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
4. Webb
5. Santiago
6. Mary Star of the Sea
7. St. Anthony
8. Schurr
9. Flintridge Sacred Heart
10. Carpinteria
Others: Desert Christian Academy, ACE, Hawthorne MSA
DIVISION 7
1. Village Christian
2. Mountain View
3. Santa Ynez
4. Animo Leadership
5. Century
6. Mayfield
7. Covina
8. Connelly
9. Carnegie
10. Santa Rosa Academy
Others: AAE, Leuzinger, St. Mary’s Academy, Public Safety Academy, Campbell Hall
CIF-SS BASEBALL POLLS
(Selected by the CIF-SS Baseball Advisory Committee)
DIVISION 1
1. Huntington Beach
2. South Hills
3. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
4. Harvard Westlake
5. Orange Lutheran
6. Vista Murrieta
7. Valencia/Valencia
8. Mater Dei
9. West Ranch
10. El Toro
Others: Servite, Chaminade, Corona, Redlands East Valley, Millikan
DIVISION 2
1. St. John Bosco
2. Newbury Park
3. Crescenta Valley
4. La Mirada
5. Moorpark
6. Simi Valley
7. Glendora
8. Etiwanda
9. Corona del Mar
10. Rio Mesa
Others : Beckman, Murrieta Valley, Thousand Oaks, Trabuco Hills
DIVISION 3
1. Righetti
2. Don Lugo
3. El Segundo
4. Quartz Hill
5. Sierra Canyon
6. Charter Oak
7. Roosevelt
8. Palos Verdes
9. Cantwell Sacred Heart
10. Canyon
Others: Paso Robles, Sage Hill, Camarillo
DIVISION 4
1. Maranatha
2. Temecula Valley
3. Capistrano Valley Christian
4. Grace Brethren
5. Shadow Hills
6. Glenn
7. Serra
8. Hemet
9. Cathedral
10. Tahquitz
Others: Wilson/Hacienda Heights, Montclair
DIVISION 5
1. Oak Hills
2. Campbell Hall
3. La Canada
4. Century
5. North Torrance
6. Katella
7. Templeton
8. Pacifica/Oxnard
9. Grand Terrace
10. Chaffey
Others: Hillcrest, Garden Grove, Lompoc
DIVISION 6
1. Southlands Christian
2. Viewpoint
3. Rancho Christian
4. Webb
5. Rancho Mirage
6. St. Anthony
7. Eastside
8. Pasadena Poly
9. Dunn
10. Pomona
Others: None
DIVISION 7
1. Boron
2. Faith Baptist
3. Whitney
4. Lennox Academy
5. Chadwick
6. Arrowhead Christian
7. Einstein Academy
8. San Jacinto Valley Academy
9. Upland Christian
T10. Carnegie
The economies of Southern California’s metropolitan areas grew late last year at their slowest pace since 2010, a series of government indexes show.
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis monitors the economic health of 50 major U.S. metropolitan areas with indexes that track 12 business yardsticks. The Economic Conditions Indexes date to 1990.
The region’s four metro areas all saw significant dips in year-over-year growth in these indexes compared with both the previous-year expansion pace and performance since the Great Recession ended. Last year’s sluggish business pace has been blamed on pre-election jitters with some evidence showing a modest rebound since Election Day.
Here’s what quarterly averages of the condition indexes tell us about the slowdown in Southern California business activity in the third quarter. For perspective, the average annualized gain in these indexes back to 1990 is 2.6 percent:
- Los Angeles-Orange County: Southern California’s slowest metro area, with 2.2 percent average annual growth vs. 4.5 percent a year earlier and 3.5 percent average since 2010. This was the slowest three months of L.A.-O.C. growth since 2010’s first quarter.
- Riverside-San Bernardino: Grew at a 2.5 percent average yearly pace vs. 4.8 percent a year earlier and 4.1 percent average since 2010. Slowest growth since 2010’s fourth quarter.
- San Diego: 2.7 percent growth vs. 4.3 percent a year earlier and 3.8 percent average since 2010. Slowest growth since 2010’s fourth quarter.
- Ventura County: 2.9 percent average growth vs. 4 percent a year earlier and 4.2 percent average since 2010. Slowest growth since 2010’s third quarter.
Orange County transportation officials on Monday, April 10, approved nearly $35 million in funding from the county’s half-cent transportation sales tax for 18 projects aimed at widening busy roads and synchronizing traffic signals.
The Orange County Transportation Authority board also unanimously approved Measure M funds for the cities of Anaheim, Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Irvine, Mission Viejo, Orange and San Clemente.
Among the 13 widening projects are Warner Avenue from Main Street to Orange Avenue in Santa Ana, Lincoln Avenue from East to Evergreen streets in Anaheim and the intersection of University and Ridgeline drives in Irvine. Bear Street in Costa Mesa and four other projects were awarded funds for signal synchronization.
“This is just bread and butter OCTA stuff, this is great to see,” OCTA board chairman Michael Hennessey said.
In August, the OCTA issued a call for projects for about $32 million for the Regional Capacity Program that provides funding for capital improvements to congested streets, roads, intersections and interchanges, and $8 million for the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program, which funds multi-jurisdictional signal projects along county streets.
In October, OCTA received 16 applications for the capacity program and staff recommended 13 projects — eight for intersection improvements and five for street widening — for $32.2 million in total funds. All five applicants for the synchronization program adding up to $2.5 million and involving 85 signals were accepted, and the remaining money will be rolled over for the call for projects to be awarded in 2018.
The staff recommendations passed unanimously, and OCTA board member Lori Donchak drew attention to the Ortega Highway project “being an important next step in south county mobility programs.”
Some street/intersection projects awarded funds:
$14,278,770: Orange County’s Cow Camp Road Construction
$8,586,900: Warner Avenue improvements from Main Street to Orange Avenue in Santa Ana
$1,950,000: Orange County’s Ortega Highway widening improvements
$1,724,024: University and Ridgeline drives intersection improvement in Irvine
$1,167,244: Bristol Street and Memory Lane intersection improvements in Santa Ana
Five projects awarded funds for traffic signal synchronization:
$917,280: 19 signals at Gilbert and Idaho streets in Fullerton
$515,656: 20 signals at Olympiad and Felipe roads in Mission Viejo
$494,752: 14 signals on Bear Street in Costa Mesa
$378,166: 29 signals on Irvine Boulevard in Irvine
$192,686: 5 signals at Camino Vera Cruz in San Clemente
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: Louis Vuitton is set to host a dinner at the Louvre Museum on Tuesday to unveil its collaboration with artist Jeff Koons on a series of bags featuring works by great masters, including the world’s most famous painting: Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.”
Bernard Arnault, chairman and chief executive officer of Louis Vuitton parent company LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is to cohost the affair with Jean-Luc Martinez, president of the Louvre Museum, which is home to the da Vinci painting and countless other masterpieces.
Koons is expected to attend alongside a host of celebrities, including Louis Vuitton friends and brand ambassadors Jennifer Connelly, Michelle Williams, Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Catherine Deneuve.
The Masters collection of bags and small leather goods follows in the footsteps of Vuitton’s previous collaborations with art world stars including Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami and Richard Prince.
In addition to the “Mona Lisa,” it will feature works by Peter Paul Rubens, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Titian and Vincent van Gogh transposed on Vuitton bags such as the Speedy, the Keepall and the Neverfull.
Koons has copied masterpieces in his own work — namely in his “Gazing Ball” paintings shown at the Gagosian Gallery in New York in 2015 — and
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NEW YORK — Wes Gordon is the latest young designer to hit the pause button on his signature collection, as he moonlights for another company.
For the past few weeks, Gordon has been consulting at Carolina Herrera, and he will continue to do so for the time being. Both Gordon and a Herrera spokeswoman declined to discuss the potential of a more permanent role at the company. Asked if he hoped that it would develop into a creative directorship, Gordon said Monday, “That’s never even been discussed. It’s way premature or presumptuous for me to say that.”
Gordon said of his own women’s collection, “It’s on pause. We didn’t do a collection last season. The company still exists. We’re just sort of assessing the model and what the plan and strategy is for that business.”
WWD described his most recent collection — spring 2017 — as “utterly romantic, but in a modern way.” Skipping a presentation last fall, Gordon went with a five-minute, three-act film shot by Margaret Zhang featuring twins Amalie and Cecilie Moosgaard.
Regarding his work at Herrera, his first assignment focused on the bridal collection, and he has since turned his attention to resort. He will be on hand when the bridal collection is
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In round four of Michael Kors’ Glamour Games, the designer faces off with Blake Lively in a match of their own personal trivia. Some example true-or-false questions: Lively’s first kiss was when she was 20 years old; Kors’ company was this close to being called Chooch Anderson; was Lively’s girlhood crush Tom Hanks or David Letterman?; and did Kors do Jell-O shots with J. Lo?
“Blake and I have been friends for a long time and she always makes me laugh,” said Kors. “I knew our fans would enjoy learning more about her, and she definitely has a competitive side, so inviting her to be a part of Glamour Games was really a no-brainer. Her sense of humor and sunny disposition are infectious. I think the video will make people everywhere smile. She brings charm and optimism — not to mention amazing hair and style — to everything she does.”
The video goes live on Kors’ social channels today. Kors launched Glamour Games in 2015 with the designer and Gigi Hadid playing Pictionary. For the second round in 2016, he played “Guess the Fashion Icon” with Lily Aldridge. For the third installment of the Glamour Games, Kors faced off with Kate Hudson in the “Fave Game,” in
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