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Raiders knocked out of playoffs by San Dimas
SAN DIMAS – It was just a day where nothing went the way of the Sonora baseball team in a 19-5 loss to San Dimas in the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs, Friday afternoon at San Dimas High. Aided by a couple errors, the Saints (26-6) put up 12 runs on 11 hits [...]
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Lady Highlanders edge out Peninsula, advance to CIF semifinals
By Nathan Percy La Habra Journal ROLLING HILLS ESTATES—Despite being in a higher division, the results for the La Habra softball team remain the same as it advances to the CIF-SS Division 3 semifinals after a 1-0 road victory over Palos Verdes Peninsula, Thursday afternoon. Adjustments were key for La Habra offensively, as evidenced by [...]
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Raiders overcome early mistakes to get past La Canada in CIF playoffs
By Jeremiah Girard La Habra Journal The Sonora Raiders advanced to the third round of the CIF Baseball Playoffs, with an 8-5 victory over the La Canada High Spartans, Tuesday, at Sonora. The Raiders struggled early with six errors, which accounted for four unearned runs. However, the Spartans added five errors of their own. “When [...]
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Lady Highlanders edge Downey, advance to quarterfinals
By Ariel Tsuchiyama La Habra Journal DOWNEY—The 3-2 victory over the Downey Vikings on Tuesday afternoon extends La Habra’s win streak to twelve and advances them to the CIF quarter finals. The Highlanders (22-8, 9-1) jumped on the Vikings early as Taylor Pierce started off the top of the third inning with the first Highlander [...]
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La Serna too much for Highlanders to overcome in playoffs
By Nathan Percy La Habra Journal After pounding out 10 hits for nine runs in the Wild Card round, the La Habra baseball team failed to replicate that performance in a 4-1 loss to La Serna in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs, Friday afternoon at La Serna High. La Serna’s Ryan [...]
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LH Community celebrates its Citrus Fair
Posted on 11 May 2013
By Daniel Hernandez La Habra Journal Thousands of local residents gathered on La Habra Boulevard last week to celebrate an important agricultural era in the past time of the city. And though the region’s economics no longer depends on the harvesting of oranges and lemons, the La Habra Area Chamber of Commerce, observing the dawn [...] Continue Reading
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Highland Riders put on horse show at The Park
Posted on 11 May 2013
By Daniel Hernandez La Habra Journal In a gated oval ring at The Park in La Habra Heights, horses mounted with young riders — predominantly female — trot in fluid motion at the sound of a judge’s command. The young athletes are part of the Highland Riders equestrian club who competed Saturday in the first [...] Continue Reading
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Heralds helping the community
Posted on 11 May 2013
By Jay Seidel La Habra Journal Train cars filled with costumes, props, sets, building material, paint and assorted other theatrical items were cleaned out, organized and inventoried Friday morning by the junior class of Whittier Christian High School. The work was part of the community service day that students from WCHS participate in each year. [...] Continue Reading
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WCHS has ‘Much Ado’ about Shakespeare on campus
Posted on 11 May 2013
By Sarah Negrete La Habra Journal In celebration of poet and English playwright William Shakespeare’s birthday, theater students and teachers of Whittier Christian High School dedicated four days of performing “Much Ado About Nothing” on outdoor campus grounds from April 23 to April 26 for $7 each day. The campus opened each performing day before [...] Continue Reading
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Perpetual Vogue: Open for business once again
Posted on 11 May 2013
By Christina Ledesma La Habra Journal Perpetual Vogue is back in business after recovering from severe water damage. On March 5, about 11:30 at night, Clarissa Parashar heard the bad news. The owner of Perpetual Vogue received a phone call from the La Habra Police Department that a car struck a fire hydrant and water [...] Continue Reading
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A dedicated friend and family member; Richard Nicholson 1959-2013
Posted on 28 April 2013
Even in the midst of his battle with cancer, Richard Nicholson wouldn’t let a friend or coworker in need down. He spent four hours on the phone helping a coworker at General Mills while he himself waited to go into surgery. This dedication was no surprise to those who knew Rick. The La Habra resident [...] Continue Reading
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Francis named new LH Heights mayor
Posted on 21 April 2013
By Daniel Hernandez La Habra Journal Absent the expected excitement and division of a usual meeting, Heights’ councilmembers in a unanimous vote Thursday evening selected Councilman Roy Francis as the new mayor. In the last city gathering about a month ago Councilman Brian Bergman led the call and generated buzz among the group to postpone [...] Continue Reading
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Heights looks to enter joint emergency operations with Downey
Posted on 21 April 2013
By Daniel Hernandez La Habra Journal The La Habra Heights council members voted unanomously to enter into contract negotiations with the Downey Joint Powers Communications Center at a scheduled council meeting Thursday evening, justifying the increase in costs with superior emergency dispatch quality. JPCC Fire Communications Supervisor Tracy Gonzales illustrated the effectiveness of her dispatch [...] Continue Reading
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Washington students train statewide educators at technology conference
Posted on 20 April 2013
By Jay Seidel La Habra Journal In a room filled with educators looking for the next big thing in classroom technology at a state, four students from Washington Middle School captivated the teachers’ attention as they explained how they put together their iPad-based presentation. The students, part of Teri Jackson’s class, demonstrated the process in [...] Continue Reading
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Exhibit honors La Habra’s citrus history
Posted on 20 April 2013
By Nicole Anderson La Habra Journal A new exhibit has been set up in the La Habra Historical Museum that tells the story of farmers who began the orchards within the city of La Habra. With genuine artifacts at each display, visitors will learn the practices of farmers and how they learned by trial and [...] Continue Reading
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