Orange County softball stat leaders through April 19

• April 22, 2025

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Orange County softball stat leaders through Saturday, April 19.

To be included, teams must have their stats up to date on the MaxPreps.com leaderboards.

BATTING AVERAGE

RUNS BATTED IN

RUNS

EARNED-RUN AVERAGE

STRIKEOUTS

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Kings blow 4-goal lead but beat Oilers on last-minute goal in Game 1

• April 22, 2025

LOS ANGELES — The Kings squeezed a blowout and a squeaker all into the first game of their opening-round playoff series at Crypto.com Arena on Monday night, beating the Edmonton Oilers, 6-5, in a contest that saw them storm to a 4-0 lead, only to break a 5-5 tie with 41 seconds to play.

Edmonton eliminated the Kings from the past three postseasons and in the first two of those series, the Kings also won Game 1. A key difference from last year’s clash, apart from home-ice advantage for the NHL’s best home team, has been the special teams battle. The Kings won that Monday with two power-play goals and nothing allowed shorthanded, though they did cede two six-on-five markers in a 36-second span during the dying embers.

“We could have made it less dramatic, but credit to them,” Kings coach Jim Hiller said. “We had to do it late.”

Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Wednesday night, in the same place and at the same time.

Phillip Danault, who scored eight goals all season, deposited two on Monday, including the game-winner in the final gasps of a contest that left the crowd breathless. Andrei Kuzmenko and Adrian Kempe posted matching totals of a goal and two assists. Kevin Fiala and Quinton Byfield each tallied and added a helper. Darcy Kuemper stopped 20 shots in his first playoff start since raising the Stanley Cup with Colorado in 2022.

Edmonton captain Connor McDavid burst forth with a goal and three primary assists. Leon Draisaitl and Corey Perry picked up a goal and an assist apiece. Mattias Janmark scored and Evan Bouchard had three helpers. Stuart Skinner made 24 saves.

The Kings exalted with 41.1 seconds showing on the game clock.

Vladislav Gavrikov knocked down McDavid’s pass and cleared the defensive zone before Trevor Moore skated down the puck and found a trailing Danault. His effort looked more like a 12-6 knuckle curveball than a wrist shot and it might have grazed Warren Foegele, but like the win, it counted.

“I got all of it,” Danault joked. “It was a great play from (Moore). I think it might have hit Foegele. Just a great play, a great drive by (Moore), so, we’ll take it.”

“It was a little bit scary, there were ups and downs, big time, being up 4-0 and them coming back, and, you know, they have their offensive machine,” he continued. “We have to learn from this, but we’ll take the win and move on.”

In some ways, it was a tale of two games, with Edmonton scoring all its goals in the final 20:05 on Monday after being dominated for essentially two whole periods.

Edmonton scored twice with the extra attacker after having killed off two full minutes of two-man disadvantage.

McDavid scored the equalizer himself, driving the net and knifing the puck past Kuemper with 1:28 left.

He had weaved into the low slot and slipped the puck by a prone Drew Doughty to set up Hyman’s redirection 36 seconds earlier.

“It’s the playoffs. This group has been through games like this, numerous times,” Hyman said. “Sometimes games aren’t scripted like you think they’re gonna go and you have to find a way to win. We fell short today, which sucks, but we have a history of bouncing back and I’m sure we’ll play a lot better in Game 2.”

The Oilers have reached the conference finals, the second round and Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final after their previous victories over the Kings, spearheaded by McDavid and Draisaitl.

“We have some really talented players who can will us back in the game and they did that,” Hyman said.

At the 7:43 mark of the third period, McDavid had his second pivoting primary assist, this one to Perry. He spun off Gavrikov this time and captain Anže Kopitar on the prior effort, perhaps the two strongest men in black and silver.

After Hyman illegally checked Brandt Clarke in the head and Jake Walman cross-checked Danault in the face, the Kings had their first two-man advantage and their second power-play goal of the night. It was Kempe serving up Fiala’s one-timer from high in the right circle. Kempe and Kuzmenko, who had the secondary assist, both earned their third points of the evening.

Kuzmenko, 29, played in his first playoff game in what Kopitar called “a great debut.”

Edmonton got its second goal off of Janmark’s crease-crashing effort 2:19 into the third period.

The Oilers went 16 minutes with a shot on goal and had just 10 through 40 minutes, but their 10th got them on the board with 4.7 seconds showing on the second-period clock.

McDavid drop-stepped off Kopitar to force an abrupt defensive rotation, opening up Draisaitl for a one-timer from the right circle. McDavid and Draisaitl now have 74 points in 19 playoff games against the Kings over four postseasons, nearly four combined points per contest.

That softened the blow from two middle-frame goals for the Kings.

At the 14:47 mark, Bouchard’s Teddy Ruxpin-soft clearing attempt was gobbled up by Kempe, who nearly scored unassisted. Instead, he had to await a recovery and Kuzmenko’s feed for a goal that sent the Swede skipping across the ice with his tongue out like Michael Jordan.

“He’s an unbelievable player, he’s one of the most underrated players league-wide,” Kopitar said. “Come playoff time, he’s got that little edge that he plays with that’s very encouraging and also very contagious throughout the lineup.”

Bouchard served up another pizza, this time to Byfield in the slot. He slid the puck a few inches to Danault, whose wrist shot made it 4-0. Byfield and Fiala had applied forecheck pressure to key the sequence.

In the opening salvo, Byfield made it 2-0 when he knocked Doughty’s shot out of the air with his glove and shoveled it toward the net, where it banked home off of Skinner’s back with 33 seconds left.

It only took 2:49 of this year’s series for the Kings to score more power-play goals than they did in all five playoff games last season (0 for 12). Fittingly, it was Kuzmenko, the trade deadline bargain who has become an offensive catalyst.

The Kings’ five-forward unit overwhelmed the Oilers to the point that Fiala’s seam pass could have been deflected home by Byfield almost as easily as it was by Kuzmenko at the back post.

“It was great timing to get the first one out of the way, get the crowd into it, get the guys into it,” Fiala said. “Everybody was hyped up.”

After the game, Byfield was quick to point out that Monday’s match served as yet another reminder that “no lead is safe in the playoffs.”

“We were up 4-0,” Byfield said. “Obviously, we’ve got to do a better job of closing that game out, but a win’s a win.”

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Kawhi Leonard, Clippers hold off Nuggets in Game 2, even series

• April 22, 2025

DENVER — Through two games, one thing is clear. Nothing is going to come easy in a first-round playoff series between the Clippers and the Denver Nuggets.

After ending up on the wrong side of an overtime thriller in the series opener on Saturday, the Clippers rode a 39-point effort from star forward Kawhi Leonard to a 105-102 victory in Game 2 on Monday night, swiping home-court advantage in the best-of-seven series as it shifts to Los Angeles for the next two games.

Leonard powered the Clippers across the finish line Monday, authoring a vintage performance in a game that featured 18 lead changes and 12 ties. The 33-year-old two-time NBA Finals MVP shot 15 for 19 from the field (4 for 7 from 3-point range), hit a pair of midrange basket late and came up with a steal in the final minute.

“This is what Kawhi lives for, you know, trying to get to this point where he’s healthy for the playoffs. We know if we’ve got a healthy Kawhi, we can win any series,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. “That just shows what he’s capable of doing. … Tonight, we needed every bit of it.”

Leonard stole a Nikola Jokic pass with 37 seconds left, but James Harden missed at the other end and the Nuggets’ Christian Braun grabbed the defensive rebound with 11 seconds left. The Nuggets had two looks at a game-tying shot, but Braun was long on a 3-point attempt with six seconds left, then Jokic grabbed the rebound but also missed a 3-point try with one second remaining.

Games 3 and 4 are Thursday night and Saturday afternoon at the Intuit Dome, where the Clippers went 30-11 during the regular season.

James Harden had 18 points and seven assists, Ivica Zubac had 16 points and 12 rebounds and Norman Powell added 13 points for the fifth-seeded Clippers.

“Kawhi had it going. So at that point, you just sit back and you figure out, ‘How can you impact the game?’” Harden said. “It was a big-time game; Norm hit some big-time shots in that fourth quarter, (Zubac), (Kris Dunn) had some offensive rebounds – it was a team effort.”

The Clippers haven’t lost back-to-back games since March 2-4, a stretch of 23 games, and they handed Nuggets coach David Adelman his first loss in five games since replacing Michael Malone in a stunning move on the eve of the playoffs.

Jokic had his 19th career playoff triple-double for the fourth-seeded Nuggets (26 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists), but he had seven of his team’s 20 turnovers and missed four of his 10 free-throw attempts. Jamal Murray had 23 points and six assists. Michael Porter Jr., held to three points in Game 1, had 15 points and 15 rebounds, and Russell Westbrook contributed 14 points off the bench.

The midrange shots were working early and often for Leonard. He hit his first six shots, missed a pull-up jumper early in the second quarter and didn’t miss again until early in the fourth.

Leonard scored 12 of his points in the first quarter. Late in the period, he backed down Murray on the baseline as the Canadian flamboyantly defended. Leonard spun into help, but knocked down the 11-footer anyway, taking the air out of the Ball Arena crowd.

He had 21 points by halftime and only missed one of his 10 shots before the break. He deflated the Denver crowd again at the halftime buzzer, making a ridiculous pull-up 3-pointer with two defenders tightly on him to break a 52-all tie.

“It feels like he didn’t miss a shot,” Harden said. “His shot-making ability is elite.”

Good thing, too, because Leonard’s teammates were a combined 26 for 66 from the field (39%).

With timely baskets down the stretch, Leonard kept the Clippers locked in a back-and-forth game. He also took better care of the ball, turning it over just once compared to his seven giveaways in Game 1.

“I made shots tonight, shot a little bit more than I did last game, but it wasn’t about that,” said Leonard, who had 12 points in the fourth quarter. “Some of my turnovers last game was just being aggressive, trying to save the ball or getting rebounds and getting pushed out of bounds. … Just wanted to come out and get a win.”

After appearing in just two playoff games over the last two years, Leonard is healthy and looking like his old self after he missed the first 34 games of the season because of lingering issues with his surgically repaired knees.

“I’m just happy I’m able to move, you know, coming out of the game feeling well,” Leonard said. “I sat and watched these playoff games the last two years, so yeah, to be front-line out there, it feels good.”

The Nuggets had nothing but praise for Leonard.

“To his credit, he was awesome tonight,” Adelman said.

“He just got to his spots,” Murray said. “And even when we’re there he made some tough shots. He had a night. He got going and he was tough to stop.”

In the series opener, the Clippers committed 20 turnovers to Denver’s 11. That script flipped on Monday, but Lue thinks there’s still improvements to be made.

“We still had some bad turnovers, like some unforced turnovers. We’ve got to be better,” Lue said. “We understand they’re going to play different defenses, but to me, if we just take the time and execute the way we can execute, we can get any shot we want. … It’s going to be a back-and-forth chess match.”

Of Jokic’s six first-half field goal attempts, five were from behind the arc. Midway through the third quarter, his frustration started to boil over. After a Leonard basket at the 8:07 mark, Jokic was visibly upset with teammates, then a couple of possessions later, he hooked and elbowed Zubac for an offensive foul. A few minutes later, he missed a pair of free throws.

The Clippers used a 9-2 run to lead 87-81 early in the fourth, but the Nuggets answered (getting a pair of Westbrook 3-pointers along the way) to retake the lead. The Clippers went back up by four with 5:16 left on a Powell floater.

Jokic split a pair of free throws and Porter hit a 3-pointer off a turnover to tie it before Porter sank a go-ahead free throw (but missed the second) with 3:31 left.

Zubac’s layup and Leonard’s 10-foot jumper gave the Clippers a 100-97 lead before Murray and Powell traded 3-pointers, leaving the Clippers ahead 103-100 with 1:30 left. Jokic’s two free throws with 1:16 left cut the deficit to one before Leonard hit another jumper with 54.1 seconds remaining, setting up the drama of the final possessions.

Things became heated with 5:18 left in the third quarter. Murray was called for a foul when he grabbed Powell around the waist. Powell reacted with a swipe at Murray, and both teams and coaches came out to try to defuse the situation.

Braun, Powell and Dunn were given technical fouls.

INJURY UPDATE

Porter sprained his left shoulder in the closing minutes when he turned the ball over and hit the floor with Dunn rolling over him in the scramble. Porter grimaced while getting dressed afterward and said he hoped that his shooting in L.A. won’t be affected being that it was his left shoulder.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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Person found on ‘elevated surface’ inside Trump Tower in New York is arrested, police say

• April 22, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Police arrested a 30-year-old person inside Trump Tower on Monday after getting a report of a disorderly person on an “elevated surface” inside the building, authorities said.

New York City Police responded at around 4:30 p.m. to the skyscraper where President Donald Trump keeps a penthouse. The tower also houses private condominiums, restaurants, shops, and a soaring public atrium that is open to tourists.

Independent journalists on the scene posted video of security officials evacuating people from the atrium and police officers later exiting the building. The officers were wearing helmets and safety harnesses of the kind used by emergency responders who specialize in rescuing people from high places.

The NYPD’s emergency service unit took the person into custody without further incident, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear what charges the person might face and the incident remains under investigation, police said.

Trump Tower has been the scene, over the years, of protests, bomb scares and the occasional stunt. A person tried to scale the building in 2016 and got to the 21st floor before officers dragged him in.

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1 suspect arrested in killing of man trying to stop shoplifters in South El Monte

• April 22, 2025

Detectives caught one of the suspects in the killing of a Garden Grove man who was run over when he tried to stop shoplifters who stole a box of masks from his brother’s South El Monte store, authorities announced Monday, April 21.

The 16-year-old boy, who is the suspected driver, was arrested on suspicion of murder outside his home on Friday, April 18, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Michael Modica said. He didn’t say where the teen lives.

Investigators are still trying to identify other suspects who were seen in the car during and after the crime. Initially, detectives thought there were three suspects in the car. Now they believe there were more.

The theft happened April 9 at Giant Discount at 2039 Durfee Ave. Kourosh “Steve” Yaghoubi  and his brother chased the shoplifter into the parking lot.

They got into an altercation with the suspect and another suspect who got out of a car. The suspects entered the car, ran over the 63-year-old Yaghoubi and then drove off.

Yaghoubi died in the parking lot.

Detectives found the blue sedan several hours later at the registered owner’s home, Modica said. It was unoccupied. The lieutenant declined to say what city or community the car was located.

The car’s owner is related to the 16-year-old suspect, he said.

Modica didn’t go into details on how they identified the teen as the one who was driving the car. The teen was taken to a juvenile facility, he said.

Authorities asked anyone with information about the case to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tipsters can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or go to lacrimestoppers.org

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‘Merciful,’ ‘revolutionary’ Pope Francis mourned by faithful throughout Southern California

• April 22, 2025

Local Catholics mourning the death of Pope Francis are paying their respects to the beloved Latin American pontiff, who was known for his compassionate — at times polarizing — views on issues from immigration and LGBTQ+ inclusion, to climate change and support for vaccinations.

Vatican officials announced Francis’ death early Monday, April 21, at 88 years old. The 266th pontiff was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and became the first Pope for the Americas whose native language was Spanish.

The faithful from around Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland Empire expressed their sorrow, and prayed for clarity in the divinely inspired process of electing the next leader of the Holy See.

L.A. Archbishop José H. Gomez prayed for the late Holy Father in a solemn Monday Mass honoring the late Francis, who was elected to the papal seat as the Bishop of Rome in 2013. At the Mass — amidst other clergy, a portrait of Francis and a host of white flower decorations — Gomez shared a personal reflection and memories of celebrating a private Mass in the papal residence.

“He was like a wise father and an older brother to me,” Gomez told parishioners at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown L.A. “I’m going to miss him big time — I’m sure we all will.”

Pomona resident Richard Carmona brought a bouquet of flowers, which he left at the base of Francis’ portrait inside the cathedral.

“I was compelled to come pay my respects to someone who’s been quite a leader, especially for the marginalized, and in my case, especially the gay community,” Carmona, 47, said.

A self-appointed “recovering Catholic,” Carmona initially left the church because of “exclusionary attitudes” toward LGBTQ+ people, he said. But he credited the willingness to return to some traditions of the Catholic faith to Pope Francis, and other religious institutions where he doesn’t feel judged as a gay person.

“He’s opened a lot of doors and begun a lot of conversations, breaking old traditions that may have been antiquated,” Carmona said, calling Francis “a breath of fresh air.”

Like others at the Mass, Carmona expressed hope that the next pontiff will continue to have a welcoming stance to people from all walks of life.

“Everybody always looks forward toward progress and inclusion, especially in light of the scandals and things that have tarnished the Catholic faith,” Carmona said.  “I hope whoever precedes him continues the tradition and open-mindedness that Pope Francis had.”

An emotional Rachel Salazar, from Los Angeles, came to Monday’s Mass to pay her respects. She credited Francis for her teenage children still being a part of the Catholic faith on their own.

“He embraced a wider swath of Catholics and populations that maybe generally weren’t embraced, or didn’t feel as welcome before him,” Salazar said. “For me, it’s really important that (my kids) be accepted as who they are. And (Francis) was very good about accepting everyone… now, faith is something that they’ve continued to embrace for themselves. I think the Pope played a large part in that.”

LGBTQ+ Catholics and allies expressed their admiration for the late Pope who, some said, did more for their community than any other.

Bill Chapman, co-chair of the Catholic Ministry with Lesbian and Gay Persons, a ministry in the L.A. Archdiocese that supports LGBTQ+ people, said the Pope was “all about doing the work of Jesus in accepting everyone, finding the dignity in each person, and acknowledging all are welcome at God’s table and in God’s church.”

Chapman and co-chair Peggy Ehling said they were still processing their grief, along with others feeling this “great loss” of the “pastor for wounded souls.”

“He was basically a big, huge bundle of joy and love and compassion, and we’ve lost so much (of that) from the planet right now,” Chapman said. “All of us now need to step up and help fill the void that he left.”

Elizabeth Taylor facilitates a group of LGBTQIA+ Catholics at St. Dominic’s Church in Eagle Rock. She said that group members “all have a great fondness for the Pope, how he supported them and cared about them on a very loving level.”

“It is known that many Catholic priests do bless same-sex marriage … they feel it is important about caring about the person, as Jesus did. You have to have a heart. And that’s who Pope Francis was. He had a heart,” Taylor said. “It was not necessarily (about) looking at dogma. He looked at the whole person — not only to the LGBTQIA+ community, but to the immigrant community as well.”

Mario Marovic, of Newport Beach, was somber as he visited Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Newport Beach to say prayers and light a candle after hearing the news. Though he knew the Pope had health issues, he was shocked to learn of his death. He believes Francis set the foundation for a future leader to come in and continue the “good work” he has done.

Marovic said the Pope was “revolutionary” in the centuries-old Catholic faith tradition.

“He understood the culture of society, and did a really good job understanding what the church needed to adapt to the current time.”

Maria Lozono, from Rancho Cucamonga, attended a noon daily Mass with a friend at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Chino. She reflected on Francis’ legacy, describing the Holy Father as “a figure of compassion.”

“He was called merciful because he would always talk about mercy—to connect us. His first encyclical was about mercy, too,” Lozono said. “He taught us a lot. He loved everyone, you know, regardless of your religion. I think if he was still here he would say: ‘Love one another. Love one another’.”

Ontario resident Maria Andrade described the loss like “losing my grandfather.”

“It was a surprise—I woke up around 4 a.m., checked my phone, and saw it on YouTube,” Andrade said. “I didn’t believe it at first. It’s a very sad day for us all.”

Kelly Verduzco, who began attending Our Lady of Guadalupe Church last year, reflected on the Pope’s influence in bringing Catholics closer to their faith.

“I feel like he brought a lot of people closer to God, and I was one of them,” she shared. Francis was someone “who cared a lot, who knew how to talk about Christ, and who connected with people—even those outside the Church. He was well loved, especially in the Latino community. People really felt like he was there for them.”

Jeanette Morrow, principal of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School in Riverside, said that the school community has been praying for Francis since his health started to decline.

“He’s been welcoming in a way that hasn’t been so apparent with past popes, which I feel is the true message of Jesus,” said Morrow. “It’s a voice that people need to hear in today’s world. They need to know they’re welcomed, that they’re included and that they’re loved. And I believe that’s who he was, that he was about the message of Jesus.”

Gustavo Chamorro, a parishioner at Our Lady of the Assumption in San Bernardino, expressed hopes that “whoever gets elected is someone who can bring unity.”

“I think one of the things I admired about Pope Francis was his outreach to other faiths, under this belief that we’re all in this together,” Chamorro said. “It’s definitely a sad moment for us Catholics.”

Visiting the Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove on Monday morning were Rebecca Plumier and her husband. Plumier, who was raised Protestant, grieved the Pope’s death, while recognizing the vast influence he had on the world.

“I don’t think you have to be Catholic to observe Jesus Christ and the people that are taking care of him,” Plumier said. Pope Francis “was an incredible man with an incredible heart. He cared about his people, he was humble, he was courageous. I feel honored to have had him in my life, because I feel like he was in my life.”

Annie Phan-Luong, a longtime parishioner at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Dana Point, prayed a rosary with her sons after hearing the news Monday. She said it was “fitting” that the Holy Father’s death was on Easter Monday, on the day after he made his final public appearance at St. Peter’s Basilica and blessed thousands of visitors.

“Not that he chose to go that day, but that God called him home, especially after his message yesterday of hope and peace and renewal. It was actually really beautiful, if you think of it that way,” Phan-Luong said.

She believes what made Pope Francis so significant was his embrace of  “radical love.”

“He walked the walk and talked the talk,” she said. “I know there was a lot of criticism from a lot of people within the church… even if some of the things he said were controversial and people didn’t agree with him, because they didn’t fall on the side of the coin he was on, that just didn’t matter, because I think he just really embodied our Catholic faith.”

Phan-Luong is praying for whomever might be named the Catholic Church’s next leader — a process she said is “a little bit unknown,” or for some, “worrisome.”

“There was a long time of stability under Pope John Paul II,” she said. “Pope Benedict came in, and he was very traditional and resigned, and then Pope Francis came, and it was a total 180 from that. I think right now his message of love and serving others is great, but I also don’t know where we’re headed. Having the unknown is a little scary.”

Staff writers Victoria Ivie, Steve Scauzillo, Beau Yarbrough, Arianna Clay, Erika Ritchie, Gladys Vargas, Paul Bersebach and Allyson Vergara contributed to this report. 

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Coachella 2025: Inside look at the stylish new Red Bull Mirage

• April 22, 2025

Red Bull has been a partner with the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for 20 years, but this year, they provided festivalgoers with an elevated hospitality experience that included Nobu sushi and spicy watermelon margaritas.

The Red Bull Mirage debuted at Coachella 2025, it’s first of five years that the multi-level installation will be at the Empire Polo Club during both weekends. It’s the first time a structure like this has debuted at the music festival.

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If you’re curious what the new Red Bull Mirage is at Coachella 2025, we got a behind the scenes look at the building and what’s on each floor. Visit the link in our bio for more Coachella 2025 updates. #coachella #coachella2025 #redbull #redbullmirage @Red Bull #nobu #nobushi

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But what exactly is the Red Bull Mirage, and how can Coachella attendees visit it during the three-day festival?

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The Red Bull Mirage is located across from the Quasar Stage. On the exterior of the installation is a beverage area, where guests can purchase unique Red Bull cocktails and mocktails, including a Red Bull summer slushie, a Red Bull spicy watermelon margarita and a Red Bull bellini. There is also a DJ booth so that attendees can jam out as they cool down in the shade with their beverages.

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The first level of the Red Bull Mirage offers a unique dining opportunity for festivalgoers as Red Bull has brought the high-end restaurant Nobu to the Empire Polo Club. Anyone who attends Coachella, regardless of their wristband, is able to make a reservation to dine at Nobu. Those who are able to book a reservation will enjoy a 14-course omakase meal. The experience is limited as there are only 18 seats available at a time, with a 50-minute turnaround. There is also a Red Bull bar on this level that serves beverages similar to those available outside of the Red Bull Mirage. There is also plenty of outdoor seating on this level for those who want to watch sets on the Quasar stage.

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The Red Bull Mirage debuted at Coachella 2025 for its first of five years at the annual music and arts festival in Indio, California. The space is a unique way to view performances from the Quasar stage. Additionally there’s a Nobu restaurant on the first level that all festival goers can make a reservation for during the three day music and arts festival at the Empire Polo Club. Learn more about the Red Bull Mirage at the link in our bio. #coachella #coachella2025 #redbull #redbullmirage #quasarstage

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The second level is for friends and family. On Saturdays and Sundays, this level featured surprise DJ sets including DJ PEE .WEE, aka Anderson .Paak, and social media personality turned DJ, Tinx. It also has its own balcony and Red Bull bar.

The third and final level of the 20,000+ square-foot Red Bull Mirage is designated for artists and VIPs. This level has an indoor portion with seating, providing guests a nice place to cool down. There is also an additional beverage menu on this level, which includes Champagne, wine, beer, seltzer and hard liquor in addition to the Red Bull beverages. Food-wise, there is a Nobu package for $3,000, Crab & Caviar for $1,500, Nobu Chicken Tenders and Truffle Parm Fries for $500 and caviar service for $600. The balcony on this level gives those fortunate enough to visit a unique 360° view of the Empire Polo grounds, where Coachella takes place.

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Orange County baseball stat leaders through April 19

• April 22, 2025

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Orange County baseball stat leaders through Saturday, April 19.

To be included, teams must have their stats up to date on the MaxPreps.com leaderboards.

BATTING AVERAGE

RUNS BATTED IN

RUNS

EARNED-RUN AVERAGE

STRIKEOUTS

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