Fire destroys old Ruby"s Diner and damages Seal Beach Pier

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Flames erupted Friday morning at Seal Beach Pier, destroying the old Ruby"s Diner andsending a column of smoke over the area.

The fire began just after 7:30 a.m. at the end of the pierin the 900 block of Ocean Avenue in Seal Beach.

Flames were spotted under the pier, with fire extending to the abandonedrestaurant, said Capt. Larry Kurtz of the Orange County Fire Authority.

At least 70 firefighters and eight fire boatstackledthe flames as they swept through the 1950s-themeddiner. By 9 a.m., most of the flames had been extinguished.

"There is some involvement to the pier but not too much," he said ."Pier inspectors will look at the integrity of the wood and determine what repairs need to be made in order for it to be safe to the public again."

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The Orange County Sheriff"s Department sent a harbor patrol boatto help fight the blaze, spokesman Lt. Mark Stichter said and the Long Beach and Los Angeles County fire departments also assisted.

The Seal Beach Pier has been damaged and destroyed several times over the decades by storms and fire. In 1983, the pier was damagedwhen huge storm waves cresting beneath it lifted 1,140 feet of the 1,835-foot deckoff its pilings. The pier, an iconic part of the city"s identity,was rebuilt with the help of private donations. The new pier was built of wood to preserve its historic look. Fire damaged the pier in 1992 and 1994, but each time it was restored.

The restaurant closed in 2013 after operating at the pier for25 years.

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At the time, Seal Beach officials saidthe restaurant chain had decided not extend its agreement with the city.

Seal Beach later declared the restaurant a public nuisance due to "multiple deficiencies and unsafe conditions," the Long Beach Press-Telegram reported.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

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9:29 a.m.: This story was updated with more information about Ruby"s Diner and the Seal Beach Pier.

This story was originally posted at 8:22 a.m.

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Christina Milian Shows A Lot Of Skin Performing Jennifer Lopez"s Waiting For Tonight On Lip Sync Battle -- Watch!

Christina Milian performs Jennifer Lopez"s "Waiting For Tonight" | Lip Sync Battle

Lip Sync Battle"s second season is sadly coming to an end but not before a few more AH-Mazing performances!

On this week"s episode of the hit musical competition show, Christina Milian is facing off against Grandfathered"s Josh Peck and the songstress is ready to flaunt her moves!

Video: Keith Urban & Nicole Kidman Adorably Lip Sync The Fighter To Each Other!

That"s because Christina decided to bust out some srsly sexy choreography while performing Jennifer Lopez"s***t song Waiting For Tonight! J.Lo would be proud!

Ch-ch-check out the AH-Mazing preview of Milian"s performance (below) and let us know who you"ll be rooting for!

Make sure you catch LSB when it airs Thursdays at 10:00 p.m. EST on Spike TV!

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Jalen Ramsey, No. 5 overall pick, suffers small meniscus tear

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- For the second offseason in a row, the Jacksonville Jaguars" first-round draft pick went down with a knee injury, but the one that cornerback Jalen Ramsey suffered isn"t as serious as the one that cost defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. his 2015 season.

The Jaguars said Ramsey suffered a small tear to the meniscus in his right knee during Phase 2 of the conditioning program May 6-7. A source told ESPN"s Adam Schefter that Ramsey was hurt during a drill but didn"t know it at the time. Ramsey"s knee was sore after practice, the source said, leading to an MRI the next day that revealed the small tear.

Sources said that Ramsey is being told there are two possible courses of surgical treatment -- one that would keep him out four to six weeks, and one that would keep him out four to six months.

He will have a second opinion next week with Dr. James Andrews, which will help him determine which course to pursue.Depending on that opinion, he could miss some of training camp, but the Jaguars believe he will be ready for Week 1 against the Green Bay Packers, a source said.

Ramsey was the fifth overall pick in last month"s draft.He is still unsigned, but this injury will not be a factor in his new deal, a source told Schefter.

The Jaguars begin organized team activities Monday. Ramsey was expected to start at corner this season opposite Davon House.

This isn"t his first injury to the right knee. Ramsey needed microfracture surgery on it during high school, ending his sophomore season before it even began.

A Florida State football source told ESPN"s Adam Caplan that Ramsey did not have any issues with his right knee during his time with the Seminoles.

The Jaguars, meanwhile, lost Fowler for the 2015 season after he suffered a torn left ACL less than an hour into the first day of the team"s rookie minicamp. The Jaguars scaled back this year"s minicamp -- they instead called it an orientation -- by focusing more on conditioning and position-specific drills, partly because of what happened to Fowler.

Ramsey isn"t the Jaguars" only draft pick with a knee issue.

Linebacker Myles Jack was one of the most talented defensive players in the draft but slid into the second round because of concerns about his surgically repaired right knee. Jack tore his lateral meniscus off the bone in September and missed the rest of the season at UCLA.

Jack told the New York Post the day before the NFL draft that he could potentially need microfracture surgery, and there have been reports that Jack also has a degenerative defect in the knee that may cause the cartilage and bone to separate.

The Jaguars" medical staff thoroughly checked out Jack"s knee, and the team felt confident enough in the medical reports to move up two spots in the second round to draft Jack with the 36th overall pick.

Information from ESPN"s Adam Schefter and Dan Graziano was used in this report.

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LeBron"s Cavs are doing something in these playoffs that Jordan"s Bulls never did

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The Eastern Conference playoffs this year havent been nearly as exciting as the Western Conference, so its understandable that a lot of the focus has been on the Warriors, Spurs and Thunder.

But LeBron James and the Cavaliers are sneakily putting together one of the greatest starts to a postseason ever.

The Cavaliers have started the playoffs 9-0, something no Michael Jordan Bulls team ever accomplished. The 1990-91 Bulls did go 15-2 in the playoffs on the road to a title, but stumbled in the second round, dropping a game to the 76ers.

Similarly, the 1995-96 Bulls went 15-3 in the playoffs, but dropped a second round game to the New York Knicks.

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Both the 1989 and 2001 Lakers playoff runs went longerthan this years Cavaliers start, with the 1989 Lakers run made strange by the fact that they started the playoffs 11-0 before being swept in the Finals by the Detroit Pistons.

The 2001 Lakers set the gold standard for playoff runs, sweeping the first three rounds and only dropping one game in the Finals to the 76ers.

The longest NBA playoff win streak ever belongs to the 1999 Spurs team, which won 12 straight, but did so after dropping a game in their opening series to the Timberwolves.

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Kanye West leaves Ellen DeGeneres speechless: "I"m sorry for the realness"

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"Well, it"s not daytime television anymore," Ellen DeGeneres said Thursday on her show after a rambling, nearly unbroken, nearly 6-minute oration by her guest, Kanye West.

"We"re gonna take a break," she added, looking for the right words after she"d managed to sneak in only a few dozen of them during West"s lengthy monologue.

After working to pry more than a few words out of the rapper as she quizzed him about his kids and whether he regretted anything he"d ever tweeted, the host brought up his appeal to Mark Zuckerberg for $1 billion in funding, which West acknowledged might have been more successful had he approached the Facebook founder on, well, Facebook, instead of Twitter.

"Give me one example, the ideas," DeGeneres said, "because maybe someone watching will give you the money."

And Kanye was off to the races.

We"re in a Renaissance period where people have multiple talents, he said, name-checking "12 Years a Slave" director Steve McQueen. He brought up his parents and their credentials, saying he was raised to make a difference. He quoted Rakim and said he was raised on Phife Dawg and hip-hop.

"Are you connecting?," the shoe designer asked after dismissing those who measure contributions to society by tracking sales and radio play. "Picasso is dead. Steve Jobs is dead. Walt Disney is dead. Name somebody living that you can name in the same breath as them.

"Don"t tell me about being likeable. We"ve got a hundred years here. We"re one race, the human race, one civilization. We"re a blip in the existence of the universe, and we"re constantly trying to pull each other down. Not doing things to help each other. That"s my point. It"s like I"m shaking talking about it. I know it"s daytime TV, but I feel that I can make a difference while I"m here. I feel that I can make things better through my skill set. I"m an artist, and I feel that I can make things better through my skill set. I"m a artist. Five years old, art school. PhD, Art Institute of Chicago."

He has a condition where he sees sound, he said. "Everything that I sonically make is a painting. I see it. I see the importance I see the importance and the value of everyone being able to experience a more beautiful life."

West dropped more names, mentioning a dinner with President Obama and Leonardo DiCaprio, the latter of whose conservation efforts were apparently taken more seriously than West"s work in the world of fashion design.

"But," Mr. Kim Kardashian said, "I remember going to school, like, in fifth grade, and wanting to have a cool outfit ....

"I called the head of Payless [ShoeSource]. I"m like, "I want to work with you. I want to take all this information that I"ve learned from sitting at all these fashion shows and knocking on all these doors and buying all these expensive clothes and I want to take away bullying." "

It"s like I"m shaking, talking about it. I know it"s daytime TV, but I feel that I can make a difference while I"m here.

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At this point, someone in the control booth apparently remembered to hit the "applause" button, because the audience had basically been taking it all in silently for a while.

"There was a time Michael Jackson couldn"t get his video on MTV because he was considered to be "urban." The Michael Jackson," West said. "So I literally have to be the Michael Jackson of apparel in order to break down the doors for everyone who will come after I"m gone, after I"m dead. After they call me Wacko Kanye. Isn"t that so funny, that people point fingers at the people who have influenced us the most?"

At this point, DeGeneres was as she had been for an eternity in talk-show time sitting motionless except for blinking and occasionally wetting her lips as if to speak. But there had been no room to speak.

"I"m sorry, daytime television," West said to the audience. "I"m sorry for the realness."

Cue applause. Time to go to commercial.

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Did Kevin Durant cuss out Dion Waiters in OKC loss to Warriors? (video)

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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Dion Waiters (3) smiles next to forward Kevin Durant (35) and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) during the first half of Game 2 of the NBA basketball Western Conference finals in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, May 18, 2016. (AP)

Kevin Durant and Dion Waiters seemed to have a little disagreement during Oklahoma City"s 118-91 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night.

During the second quarter, Durant appeared to be mouthing an expletive to the former Syracuse University star player as they walked over to a team huddle during a timeout.

Durant signaled for a pass as he cut under the basket, but Waiters didn"t pass him the ball.

A smiling Durant was acknowledging the fact Waiters passed him the ball late, leading to a contested jumper that went in, so he let him hear about it.

"Hey man, f*** you. F** you. Pass me the f***ing ball," Durant appears to tell Waiters.

The exchange may have been light-hearted as Durant later put his arm around Waiters once they reached the huddle.

With that bucket, Durant had 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting, and Oklahoma City was only down two, but he would add just eight more points as the Thunder got blown out.

When Steph Curry scores 15 points in the span of two minutes, there isn"t much you can do about that (and might inspire a few more curse words).

Durant finished with 29 points. Waiters had seven points and three assists in 29 minutes against the Warriors.

Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals is Sunday at Oklahoma City. The series is tied at 1-1.

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FSU coach: Jaguars" top draft pick Jalen Ramsey a special talent

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Long before he joined the Jaguars and promised to make an instant impact, Jalen Ramsey did the same upon arriving at Florida State before the 2013 season.

He said, Coach, Im going to start from Day One, Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher said. I said, If youre the best player, you will [start], but realize Deion [Sanders] took four games to start. Jalen said, I dont care.

Ramsey started at cornerback as a freshman before moving to free safety on a Florida State defense that led the nation in fewest points allowed (12.1 per game) and won the national championship.

Twenty-eight years after Sanders was drafted fifth overall by Atlanta, Ramsey, who moved back to cornerback in 2014-15, went No. 5 to the Jaguars.

Fisher (in place of defensive backs coach Charles Kelly) spoke with the Times-Union about Ramsey.

Question: Ramsey was a true freshman playing free safety on a defense laden with future NFL players (Telvin Smith, Lamarcus Joyner, Timmy Jernigan, Terrence Brooks, Ronald Darby and Christian Jones) that eventually won the national title. Was the moment ever too big for him in 2013?

Answer: No, it really wasnt. Theres a difference between arrogance and confidence. He carried himself with a lot of confidence and he believed in his ability. The thing I thought always separated him was his ability to mentally compartmentalize everything that was happening and then learn from it and process it during the game. He did that from the get-go.

The Jaguars coaches have raved about Ramseys football smarts. How rare was that aspect of his game when he arrived at Florida State?

Instincts are something you naturally have. He has the football instincts/IQ, but he also has pure intelligence. Darby was banged up early [in 2013] and that was one of the reasons Jalen got to start at corner, but he would have been on the field somehow anyway. We put him at corner, he starts there and then he moves positions..

After playing free safety as a freshman, what was the reasoning behind moving Ramsey to covering the slot receiver in 2014?

We felt we could use his versatility more [inside]. Sometimes, tall guys [Ramsey is 6-foot-1] have a tough time there, but he had the quickness and agility to cover the little guys. And he was very physical at the point of attack on run plays because he was playing like an outside linebacker and teams liked to run at him. The other thing he was a very dynamic blitzer.

Playing in that new role, did Ramsey pick things up quicker than you and the coaches thought he would?

Yes, he did. But everything hes ever done, hes [adjusted quickly]. He will embarrass guys in practice if theyre not ready.

Ramsey said he got his practice habits from current Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith. Sound right?

Theres no doubt. The way that 2013 team practiced with Telvin, Lamarcus and that whole group of guys on defense and then there was Jameis [Winston], Rashad [Greene], Devonta [Freeman] and [Kelvin] Benjamin on offense practice was crazy.

Ramsey was on the move again as a junior, playing outside corner. Is that his ideal home in the NFL?

It starts there because if you have a true cornerback with his size who can match up against big receivers, thats a huge advantage. Most big guys dont have his strength or agility. And then if you want to match him up in nickel, he can play the little guy. His ability to play corner at this size makes him special.

Wednesday: UCLA linebackers coach Scott White on second-round pick Myles Jack.

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Source: http://jacksonville.com/sports/football/jaguars/2016-05-17/story/jaguars-top-draft-pick-jalen-ramsey-special-talent

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