04-08-2024 09:24 via ocregister.com
Terence Crawford, left, fights Israil Madrimov during a super welterweight championship boxing match in Los Angeles, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Terence Crawford walks to the ring before a super welterweight championship boxing match against Israil Madrimov in Los Angeles, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Terence Crawford, left, fights Israil Madrimov during a super welterweight championship boxing match in Los Angeles, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (AP Pho
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Months after their arrests, UC Irvine students’ fates remain uncertain
07-08-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
Shenai Aini’s life, for two months, has been in limbo.
Aini, 21, was arrested on May 15 during a confrontation between police and pro-Palestine protesters at UC Irvine. Of the 47 people arrested that day, 26 were students.
The allegations against Aini touch on trespassing and failing to disperse; violations of school policies. She is not accused of any violent behavior, and says her involvement in the protests was simply an act of free speech, a guaranteed right.
School officials say the p
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Frumpy Mom: Pack light and avoid those rotten fees
07-08-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
This column is about how to pack for a trip, so if you never go anywhere, you might want to flip to the crossword and come back next week.
You’re still here? OK, then, don’t blame me.
People who know I travel the world with only a tiny case are constantly asking me how I do it. Then, they invariably insist as if it were a law of physicsthat this would be utterly impossible for them, because they need to bring every outfit they own, 12 pairs of shoes and 40 pounds of hair produc
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Viet America Society will refuse OC officials’ demand for return of $2.2 million, says nonprofit’s lawyer
07-08-2024 15:50 via ocregister.com
Despite recent demands from Orange County officials, Viet America Society will not return $2.2 million in COVID-relief funds after repeatedly missing county deadlines to show the money was properly spent, the organization’s lawyer said Tuesday, Aug. 6.
Sterling Scott Winchell, attorney for Viet America Society, said the group’s leadership has no intention of refunding the money directed to it for a meal program in 2020 and 2021 by First District Supervisor Andrew Do.
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Clayton Kershaw looks better, but Brusdar Graterol is injured in Dodgers’ loss to Phillies
07-08-2024 07:22 via ocregister.com
LOS ANGELES — With the top spot in the National League on the line and Clayton Kershaw piling up zeroes, Tuesday resembled so many high-energy nights of the past 17 years as the sun began to set.
Nighttime changed the mood entirely.
With an earthquake giving Dodger Stadium a light rumble in the seventh inning and a possum running along the right field wall in the ninth there was plenty of action, just not from the Dodgers’ offense.
One strike away from five scoreless innings, Kershaw
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Santa Margarita wide receiver Jonah Smith encouraged by recovery from broken tibia
07-08-2024 07:19 via ocregister.com
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.Subscribe nowSanta Margarita wide receiver Jonah Smith, a UCLA commit who broke a tibia bone in June, is progressing well in his recovery and hopes to play later this season.
“It feels good to be out (of) the (protective) boot and moving,” Smith said this past weekend.
Smith, a junior who transferred from Mater Dei, had surgery on his leg on June 20. He estimates that he has about seven weeks of rehabilita
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5.3 magnitude earthquake centered near Lamont shakes Southern California
07-08-2024 06:42 via ocregister.com
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake was reported in Kern County on Tuesday evening, followed by a 4.5 aftershock that reached neighboring counties, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The quake occurred at 9:09 p.m. on Aug 6, with the epicenter located roughly 14 miles northeast of Lamont. The 5.3 magnitude earthquake was followed by a 4.5 aftershock about a minute later, according to the USGS.
The earthquake was reportedly felt as far as Los Angeles and Riverside County. People reported the shaking
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5.2 magnitude earthquake centered near Lamont shakes Southern California
07-08-2024 06:42 via ocregister.com
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake was reported in Kern County on Tuesday evening, followed by a 4.5 aftershock that reached neighboring counties, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The quake occurred at 9:09 p.m. on Aug 6, with the epicenter located roughly 14 miles northeast of Lamont. The 5.2 magnitude earthquake was followed by a 4.5 aftershock about a minute later, according to the USGS.
The earthquake was reportedly felt as far as Los Angeles and Riverside County. People reported the shaking
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Southern California longboarders Tilly, Jensen win US Open of Surfing titles
07-08-2024 04:09 via ocregister.com
It was a Southern California sweep for surfers who won this week’s Huntington Beach Longboard Classic, with Dana Point native Rachael Tilly claiming the women’s title and Oceanside’s Taylor Jensen winning the men’s division.
The action on Tuesday, Aug. 6, to end the contest had a slow start with thick fog putting the surfing on hold during the early-morning hours. But the contest heated up as the weather did, with the world-class longboarders taking to the water for the f
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Skydiving instructor and student killed in Perris after “dust devil” caused turbulent landing
07-08-2024 03:52 via ocregister.com
A 28-year-old tandem skydiving instructor and her student died from injuries sustained in a hard landing after encountering a “dust devil” as they descended toward Perris Valley Airport.
The accident occurred Friday, Aug. 2, around 2:30 p.m. in an open field on the 2000 Block of Goetz Road. No equipment issues were reported and the skydive, which includes a free fall and parachute deployment, appeared normal, according to witness reports. As the pair prepared to land, they were struc
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Mookie Betts expected to rejoin Dodgers’ lineup next week
07-08-2024 03:46 via ocregister.com
LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts will indeed experience some change when he returns to the Dodgers’ active roster next week, it is just not exactly the change that was expected.
Manager Dave Roberts said Betts will be operating out of the No. 2 spot in the Dodgers’ lineup, instead of the leadoff spot, when he comes back from a broken hand, likely Monday for the start of a four-game road series against the Milwaukee Brewers.
What will not be changing is where Betts will play on the fi
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‘Big light in this dark world’: Friends mourn disabled Irvine man who police say was stabbed by ex-caretaker
07-08-2024 03:06 via ocregister.com
The caregiver accused of fatally stabbing his disabled, former client in the victim’s Woodbridge home Monday did so “out of the blue,” having no known dispute with the man, Irvine police said on Tuesday, August 6.
The suspect, Aaron Matthew Shindle, 47, crashed his gold Honda Odyssey minivan into the garage door before entering the house and stabbing John Alexander Bash III, to death, authorities said.
“According to what we know, there was no beef,” Sgt. Karie Davie
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‘A very big light in this dark world’: Friends mourn disabled Irvine man who police say was stabbed by ex-caretaker
07-08-2024 03:06 via ocregister.com
The caregiver accused of fatally stabbing his disabled, former client in the victim’s Woodbridge home Monday did so “out of the blue,” having no known dispute with the man, Irvine police said on Tuesday, August 6.
The suspect, Aaron Matthew Shindle, 47, crashed his gold Honda Odyssey minivan into the garage door before entering the house and stabbing John Alexander Bash III, to death, authorities said.
“According to what we know, there was no beef,” Sgt. Karie Davie
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Rams WR Puka Nacua avoids long-term injury to knee
07-08-2024 02:49 via ocregister.com
THOUSAND OAKS — Rams receiver Puka Nacua was not at practice on Tuesday as the Rams moved training camp back to Cal Lutheran, but there was good news on his injury front.
Nacua is considered week-to-week with a knee injury, head coach Sean McVay said, but the expectation is that the Pro Bowl receiver will be ready to practice ahead of and play in the Rams’ season opener against the Detroit Lions.
Nacua landed on the knee while going up for a touchdown catch during the Rams’ joi
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Chargers’ offense struggles with Justin Herbert sidelined
07-08-2024 02:47 via ocregister.com
EL SEGUNDO — Greg Roman’s offense took a beating during the Chargers’ joint practice this past Sunday with the Rams. Quarterback Easton Stick struggled to move the ball against the Rams’ defense, misfiring on throws to his wide receivers. Max Duggan and Casey Bauman didn’t fare a whole lot better.
A drop in execution and efficiency was to be expected when starter Justin Herbert was sidelined Thursday by a plantar fascia injury. Stick, Duggan and Bauman aren’t
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Topanga home of Virginia T. Norwood, ‘the mother of Landsat’ imaging, seeks $2.3M
07-08-2024 02:37 via ocregister.com
The living room. (Photo by Neue Focus)
The open-plan living space off the kitchen. (Photo by Neue Focus)
The dining room. (Photo by Neue Focus)
Virginia T. Norwood in 2016, just days before her 89th birthday. (Photo by Gail Ginder)
The kitchen. (Photo by Neue Focus)
The kitchen in the one-bedroom guest house. (Photo by Neue Focus)
The longtime Topanga home of aerospace engineer Virginia T. Norwood, on 1.68 acres near Red Rock Park, is on sale for $2.25 million. (Photo by Neue Focus)
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LAFC gets home-field edge for Leagues Cup clash with Austin FC
07-08-2024 02:31 via ocregister.com
Austin FC goalkeeper Brad Stuver doesn’t mind the boos that come his way at BMO Stadium.
They remind him of fans back in the Texas state capital chanting “Stuuuuuu.”
Stuver would obviously prefer to host the Los Angeles Football Club at Q2 Stadium on Wednesday night instead of acting like people are rooting for him, but the competition guidelines for the 2024 Leagues Cup have dictated otherwise.
While Austin FC won its group with six points, beating Mexican powerhouses Pumas by
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Angel City FC’s Summer Cup run ends in the semifinals
07-08-2024 02:31 via ocregister.com
Angel City Football Club’s run in the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup ended Tuesday.
Gotham FC’s Delanie Sheehan’s goal in the 48th minute stood up as the winner, handing Angel City a 1-0 defeat at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City in the first semifinal. Gotham will face either the Kansas City Current or North Carolina Courage in the final Oct. 25.
Gotham had won the two meetings with ACFC in the regular season, both by 2-1 scores.
“I think we created momentum, we had the ba
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Disco lights, fog machine decorate trespassers’ makeshift home at Great Park’s former Marine station
07-08-2024 02:11 via ocregister.com
A makeshift living space featuring numerous amenities and packed with allegedly stolen items at the former Marine Corps Air Station at the Great Park in Irvine was dismantled after authorities discovered it last week.
Disco lights, a fog machine and sound-proofed walls for an apparent music recording studio decorated the hangar that two men were found to be living inside the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro base on Friday, Aug. 2, according to the Irvine Police Department. The living spac
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Olympics schedule: What to watch on Wednesday, Aug. 7
07-08-2024 01:41 via ocregister.com
A’ja Wilson and the United States women’s basketball team can move closer to their record eighth-consecutive Olympic gold medal Wednesday at the Paris Olympics, while Lin Yu-ting competes in boxing.
See the full schedule of events and read more on what to watch below:
Women’s basketball reaches knockout stage
Sabrina Ionescu #6 and Breanna Stewart #10 of Team United States high five while Napheesa Collier #11 and A’Ja Wilson #9 of Team United States look on during a Women
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Laguna Beach’s Rebel Omakase wins its first Michelin star
07-08-2024 01:37 via ocregister.com
While Laguna Beach isn’t lacking for visitors, one of its destination restaurants will soon attract even more — gleaming, as it is, from a new Michelin star.
Rebel Omakase in Laguna Beach, chef-owner Jordan Nakasone’s intimate sushi spot tucked away inside a Forest Avenue shopping plaza, took home the coveted accolade on Monday, Aug. 5. The Michelin Guide crowned Nakasone’s three-year old eatery with one star, giving both the noted chef and the coastal enclave its first c
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Gov. Walz tells Redlands-based Esri he’s driven by data
07-08-2024 01:29 via ocregister.com
A month before he became presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris‘s running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz spoke in Southern California, making the case that a geography geek’s love of data and analysis is the key to effective government.
“What you’re doing here is hard,” Walz told attendees at Esri’s User Conference, held July 15-19 in San Diego. It was one of the last times he spoke publicly before becoming a campaign surrogate and then run
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Aging Glen Helen Rehabilitation Center in Devore temporarily closing for renovations
07-08-2024 01:10 via ocregister.com
The aging Glen Helen Rehabilitation Center in Devore will temporarily close to undergo renovations, transferring its 303 inmates to other jails across San Bernardino County and reassigning its staff, the Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday, Aug. 6.
The closure will occur over the next several months, but sheriff’s officials would not disclose a precise date because of safety concerns.
Inmates and staff are expected to largely be relocated to the High Desert Detention Center in Ade
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Billy Bean, openly gay ex-player and MLB VP, dies at 60
07-08-2024 01:06 via ocregister.com
NEW YORK — Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, has died. He was 60.
MLB released a statement confirming his death. Bean died at home on Tuesday after a yearlong fight with acute myeloid leukemia.
The former Santa Ana High and Loyola Marymount standout played in six big league seasons from 1987 to 1995, making his debut with the Detroit Ti
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Father-son duo finish quest to visit every presidential gravesite with Nixon, Reagan stops
07-08-2024 01:00 via ocregister.com
TJ Fallon started visiting U.S. presidential gravesites during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
“I did it out of complete boredom after being furloughed from my job,” the New Jersey native said.
Four years later, not only has he visited all 39 presidential gravesites at least twice, but — as of this week — his son, Henry, 10, has also seen them all.
On Monday, Henry of Brick, NJ, likely became the youngest person ever to check off the feat of paying homage to
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Lawmaker wants to ban California schools from serving food with Red 40, other dyes
07-08-2024 00:27 via ocregister.com
A state lawmaker from the San Fernando Valley has resumed his push for a bill that would ban public schools in California from serving food or beverages containing synthetic food dyes such as Red 40 that child health advocates say can harm developing brains and cause neurobehavioral problems.
Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, D-Encino, is the author of Assembly Bill 2316, the California School Food Safety Act, which proposes to prohibit food containing six synthetic food dyes – Red 40, Yellow
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Stocks bounce back after their worst drop in nearly 2 years
07-08-2024 00:22 via ocregister.com
By STAN CHOE
NEW YORK — A rising tide swept stocks higher, and calm returned to Wall Street after Japan’s market soared earlier Tuesday to claw back much of the losses from its worst day since 1987.
The S&P 500 climbed 1% to break a brutal three-day losing streak. It had tumbled a bit more than 6% on a raft of concerns, including worries the Federal Reserve had pressed the brakes too hard for too long on the U.S. economythrough high interest ratesin order to beat inflation.
The D
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Angels’ Luis Rengifo to miss rest of season after wrist surgery
07-08-2024 00:07 via ocregister.com
NEW YORK — It’s been quite an eventful summer for Luis Rengifo.
The Angels announced after Tuesday’s game against the New York Yankees was rained out that Rengifo underwent right wrist surgery, ending his season. The Angels did not release the exact type of surgery, but Rengifo is expected to be ready to by the start of spring training.
Rengifo, 27, was in the midst of an All-Star-caliber season when he first hurt his right wrist on July 3 in Oakland.
He spent about three weeks
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Amit Elor claims gold to make U.S. Olympic wrestling history
06-08-2024 23:58 via ocregister.com
PARIS — As she processed winning an Olympic gold medal, American wrestler Amit Elor still felt like that little girl just starting out in the sport.
Perhaps it’s because she’s not so far removed from that point.
Elor, just 20 years old, defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim Zhumanazarova 3-0 on Tuesday in the 68-kilogram final at the Paris Games to become the youngest Olympic wrestling gold medalist in U.S. history, male or female.
“I’m still in disbelief,” said
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Disneyland firefighters dethrone Davy Crockett champs in canoe races
06-08-2024 23:44 via ocregister.com
The decades-long reign of the Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes team in the annual Disneyland employee canoe races has come to an end with the Disneyland Fire Department wresting the crown away from the perennial favorites on their home turf.
Disneyland crowned a new champion on Thursday, Aug. 1 before the Anaheim theme park opened to the public as the team made up of Disneyland firefighters hoisted the Fastest on the River trophy.
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