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• Massive fentanyl bust highlights the opioid’s fast-growing threat in Orange County, authorities say

  19-10-2019 02:12 via ocregister.com
  
  A large seizure of fentanyl by sheriff’s deputies this week yielded almost half the amount of the deadly opioid snagged by authorities in Orange County during all of 2018 – a sign the drug is quickly growing into a substantial threat to the public, officials said.
  Investigators confiscated about 18 pounds of fentanyl on Wednesday, Oct. 16, with a street value of more than $1.25 million, along with a loaded semi-automatic handgun, five pounds of heroin, a half-pound of methamphetamine
  
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• Sparks look forward to new era with newcomers and veteran starting lineup

  14-05-2024 02:13 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The rebuilding Sparks are entering a new era and do not have a bonafide superstar on the team’s roster for the first time in the franchise’s history, as the organization is focused on the development of rookie forwards Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson, the No. 2 and No. 4 overall picks in the 2024 WNBA Draft.
  Gone are the days of two-time WNBA champion Lisa Leslie, who played for the Sparks from the league’s inaugural season in 1997 until 2009. Toward the en
  
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• Red Lobster abruptly closes dozens of restaurants around US

  14-05-2024 01:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By Nathaniel Meyersohn | CNN
  Struggling Red Lobster is abruptly closing at least 48 of its restaurants around the country, according to a leading restaurant liquidator.
  TAGeX Brands is conducting an online auction of Red Lobster kitchen equipment, furniture and other contents at restaurants closing. The auction begins Monday and continues through Thursday, according to company founder Neal Sherman.
  Red Lobster locations in Sacramento, Buffalo, Orlando, Jacksonville and other cities were listed a
  
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• ‘Oversupply bubble’ for Inland Empire warehouses?

  14-05-2024 01:18 via ocregister.com
  
  An Inland Empire glut of underused warehouses is contributing to valuation pressures for Sun Life Financial Inc.’s US investment properties.
  The Toronto-based insurer and asset manager said its US real estate holdings were worth $1.3 billion at the end of the first quarter, down 15% from a year earlier and 4.6% from the previous three months. After a strong performance last year, it was mark-to-market valuations for the firm’s US industrial properties that were the biggest negative f
  
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• Are mortgage companies a major economic risk?

  14-05-2024 01:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Nonbank mortgage companies, which increasingly dominate the sector, pose unique risks and vulnerabilities that can weaken financial stability, according to a new Financial Stability Oversight Council report.
  The FSOC on Friday released its first study of the threats introduced by nonbank mortgage firms, which have escaped the strong regulation reserved for traditional banks despite displacing them in the market. In 2022, nonbanks originated about two-thirds of mortgages and serviced most of them
  
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• Report: Lakers will begin contacting head coach candidates soon

  14-05-2024 01:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers are expected to take a significant step in their search for a new head coach soon.
  ESPN reported on Monday that the Lakers will start contacting coaching candidates “in the coming days.”
  The report, which cited unnamed sources, added that the Lakers’ initial focus will be on assistants and former NBA head coaches they aren’t as familiar with before mentioning the initial interview list is expected to include assistant coaches such as the Miami Heat’s Chri
  
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• LA County has put 66 probation officers on leave for misconduct since January

  14-05-2024 00:53 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles County Probation Department announced Monday, May 13, that 66 probation officers have been placed on administrative leave in the last five months for alleged misconduct, including excessive force, drug possession and sexual abuse.
  The department released the figure as part of an effort to “regain public trust as it roots out employees who cultivate or contribute to a culture of violence, drug use, neglect and sexual misconduct in the nation’s largest probation agency,
  
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• Actor and comedian Bill Hader to deliver Chapman University commencement address

  14-05-2024 00:47 via ocregister.com
  
  As a staple of “Saturday Night Live” for eight years, Bill Hader is used to delivering remarks off the cuff. On Friday, he’ll try his hand at a very different type of speech: Chapman University’s commencement address.
  Hader will also receive an honorary doctorate degree during the ceremony at Wilson Field.
  In his remarkable career, Hader, 45, has racked up 29 Emmy nominations and three wins. Since leaving SNL in 2013, he has taken on numerous acting, directing and product
  
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• Wide receiver DJ Chark Jr. looking for an opportunity with Chargers

  14-05-2024 00:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Chargers cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. goes through drills during an offseason workout at the team’s practice facility on Monday in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Chargers wide reciever Jaelen Gill makes a catch as he goes through drills during an offseason workout at the team’s practice facility on Monday in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Chargers offensive linemen go through drills during an offseason workout at t
  
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• Bob Baffert’s Muth opens as Preakness favorite; Derby winner Mystik Dan draws No. 5 post

  14-05-2024 00:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEPHEN WHYNO (AP Sports Writer)
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan drew the No. 5 post position in the Preakness on Monday looking to sweep the first two legs of horse racing’s Triple Crown, though he’s not favored to do so.
  Bob Baffert-trained Muth, just inside Mystik Dan in the No. 4 post, opened as the 8-5 morning line favorite Monday. Baffert, who was barred from the Derby because of Churchill Downs’ ban on him that was extended, is also saddling No
  
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• Car slams into Garden Grove home and kills occupant; DUI suspected

  14-05-2024 00:37 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A 35-year-old Riverside man was behind bars Monday on suspicion of a fatal crash into a Garden Grove residence early Sunday.
  The suspect, whose name authorities would not release, crashed a 2019 Toyota Camry into a residence in the 11800 block of Magnolia Street about 1:55 a.m. Sunday, according to police. The victim was identified as 40-year-old Janet Carrillo.
  Police received multiple calls of a hit-and-run, and when officers arrived, witnesses pointed to the suspect, who lef
  
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• David Sanborn dies at 78; Grammy-winning musician ‘put the saxophone back into Rock ’n Roll’

  14-05-2024 00:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By Lisa Respers France | CNN
  David Sanborn, an influential saxophonist, who found success across the genres of pop, R&B, jazz and more, died Sunday.
  He was 78.
  “It is with sad and heavy hearts that we convey to you the loss of internationally renowned, 6 time Grammy Award-winning, saxophonist, David Sanborn,” reads a statement on his social media accounts. “Mr. Sanborn passed Sunday afternoon, May 12th, after an extended battle with prostate cancer with complications.&rdquo
  
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• Netflix star and chef Roy Choi to receive honorary doctorate from Cal State Fullerton

  14-05-2024 00:29 via ocregister.com
  
  He’s a a Netflix star, New York Times bestselling author and the visionary founder behind a one-of-a-kind gourmet food truck movement.
  On May 22, chef Roy Choi will be able to add to his illustrious resume that he’s a recipient of an honorary doctorate of fine arts from his alma mater, Cal State Fullerton. Choi will also deliver the 2024 commencement address to the university’s College of Business and Economics.
  This Titan of the culinary arts graduated from Cal State Fullerto
  
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• LAFC hires Neil McGuinness as technical director

  14-05-2024 00:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Neil McGuinness, of Scotland, has been hired as the first technical director in Los Angeles Football Club history.
  The role was called director of soccer operations until last Christmas – when Marco Antonio Garcés departed to become sporting director of La Liga’s Celta Vigo – because in Latin America “technical director” is essentially the same thing as coach.
  Whatever is in a title, it’s the duties that matter.
  McGuinness spent the last five years in t
  
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• Previews of the CIF Southern Section baseball semifinals Tuesday

  14-05-2024 00:21 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF SOUTHERN SECTION BASEBALL SEMIFINALS
  TUESDAY
  DIVISION 1
  Huntington Beach (23-8) vs. Corona (28-3)
  Where, when: Corona High, 3:15 p.m.
  Outlook: Huntington Beach will try to reach the CIF-SS finals for the first time since 2015. The Oilers beat Santiago of Corona, Villa Park and Santa Margarita in the first three rounds of the playoffs. Junior right-hander Tyler Bellerose (1.03 ERA) is scheduled to be the starting pitcher against Corona. Junior outfielder Trevor Goldenetz, a Texas Christian Un
  
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• ‘We’re going to be a problem:’ New-look USC roster is confident in Eric Musselman

  14-05-2024 00:14 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — For the majority of his time in the transfer portal, Saint Thomas heard the same pitch, regardless of school crest.
  Don’t play for Eric Musselman.
  Dozens of programs reached out once Thomas hit the portal out of Northern Colorado, as would be expected for a 6-foot-7 forward who’d just averaged 19.7 points a game. Thomas took a visit to Arizona State and to SMU, who’d just imported Andy Enfield and USC’s old coaching staff. But they were all playing fro
  
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• USC-UConn women schedule Elite Eight rematch for Dec. 21 on FOX

  13-05-2024 23:53 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Among the rows of drooped heads in a silent locker room April 1, within the stunned tears that fell after a season-ending loss to UConn, a clear reality was established for USC women’s basketball: these Huskies were the standard.
  They’d simply out-executed the Trojans in the second half of their Elite Eight clash a month ago, transcendent junior Paige Bueckers getting to her spots and keying UConn to an 80-73 win that slammed the brakes on USC’s NCAA Tournam
  
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• Orange County softball Top 25: Orange Lutheran and Pacifica to settle No. 1 ranking in CIF final, May 13

  13-05-2024 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThis week’s Orange County softball rankings.
  Notable this week: No. 1 Orange Lutheran and No. 2 Pacifica will play the rubber game of season-series Friday in the CIF-SS Division 1 final. The teams have split two games. … JSerra leaps four spots to No. 5 after reaching the Division 1 semifinals.
  ORANGE COUNTY SOFTBALL TOP 25
  1. Orange Lutheran (21-3): Second baseman Mya Diaz went 7 for 11 with
  
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• Anna Piercy, longtime Anaheim Union High School District trustee, has died

  13-05-2024 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Anna Piercy, longtime Anaheim Union High School District trustee and former Cypress mayor, is being remembered for her decades of service to educating local school children.
  Piercy died on May 6 at age 80. She had been battling cancer.
  Before joining the school board, Piercy worked in the AUHSD for more than 37 years. She started her career in education in 1968 as a seventh-grade geography, art and reading teacher at Trident Junior High School, then worked as a speech, drama and art teacher at O
  
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• To avoid ‘catastrophic loss,’ beloved Wayfarers Chapel will be dismantled starting this week

  13-05-2024 23:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Faced with imminent destruction, historic Wayfarers Chapel will be deconstructed beginning this week as the land continues to move at a pace not seen in decades in areas of Rancho Palos Verdes and on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
  It was 73 years to the day, said Wayfarers Executive Director Dan Burchett at a May 13 press conference, that the glass and redwood place of worship and city icon opened on Mother’s Day.
  “The accelerating destruction of Wayfarers Chapel, caused by the Portugue
  
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• Review: ‘Alma’ at Anaheim’s Chance Theater is an intimate portrait of the immgrant experience

  13-05-2024 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  “Alma,” a heartfelt two-character drama, which opened this weekend on Chance Theater’s smaller stage, is an intimate look inside how a larger social issue — the stresses of  undocumented immigration — tests the fabrics and bonds within a two-person family.
  In the play’s Orange County premiere, a hard-working mid-30s mother from Mexico, and her high school daughter, a culturally Americanized U.S. citizen, grapple with challenges affecting their future whil
  
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• Kings face the prospect of losing Matt Roy and Viktor Arvidsson to free agency

  13-05-2024 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The past three Kings seasons were defined by additions, but they may now be facing a pair of vital subtractions.
  Defenseman Matt Roy and winger Viktor Arvidsson will be eligible to become unrestricted free agents on July 1 if agreements aren’t reached before then.
  Roy proved his worth through steadiness and consistency, missing just one game in the past two seasons, for the birth of his child. Arvidsson may have better established his value through absences: in the 2022 playoffs against Ed
  
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• GM’s Cruise to start testing robotaxis in Phoenix area

  13-05-2024 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  General Motors’ troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit said Monday it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board.
  Cruise said that during the testing, it will check the vehicles’ performance against the company’s “rigorous” safety and autonomous vehicle performance requirements.
  Testing will start in Phoenix and gradually expand to Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler and Paradise Valley, the company said. The vehicle
  
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• As Newsom takes harder look at state spending, he should slash climate spending

  13-05-2024 21:04 via ocregister.com
  
  When Jerry Brown was governor, a reporter at a press conference asked him why he was trimming social programs. “Because that’s where the money is,” Brown said, repeating Willie Sutton’s answer when he was asked why he robbed banks. The Willie Sutton Rule suggests that the best way to get what you want is via the most direct path.
  Since January, California’s budget deficit has been estimated from between $27.6 billion and $73 billion, depending on whose figures you t
  
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• Meow Wolf forced to reveal secret Los Angeles location

  13-05-2024 21:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Meow Wolf has been forced to reveal its secret Los Angeles location a little sooner than expected as news began getting out that the genre-defying immersive art experience was heading to a West Los Angeles movie theater.
  Meow Wolf Los Angeles will build its latest interactive art installation in the Cinemark movie theater complex at the Howard Hughes Los Angeles outdoor shopping mall in West L.A.
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• Tesla rehires some Supercharger workers weeks after Musk’s cuts

  13-05-2024 20:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By Dana Hull and Ed Ludlow | Bloomberg
  Tesla Inc. has begun hiring back some of the almost 500 members of its Supercharging team that Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk dismissed late last month.
  Chief among the personnel who have returned is Max de Zegher, the director of charging for North America, according to people with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. De Zegher was one of the top managers after Rebecca Tinucci, the senior director M
  
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• US airlines suing Biden administration to keep certain fees hidden

  13-05-2024 20:50 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. airlines are suing to block the Biden administration from requiring greater transparency over fees that the carriers charge their passengers, saying that a new rule would confuse consumers by giving them too much information during the ticket-buying process.
  The U.S. Transportation Department said Monday it will vigorously defend the rule against what it called “hidden junk fees.”
  American, Delta, United and three other carriers, along with their industry trade group, sued the T
  
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• Dr. Cyril Wecht, celebrity pathologist who argued more than 1 shooter killed JFK, dies at 93

  13-05-2024 20:49 via ocregister.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dr. Cyril Wecht, a pathologist and attorney whose biting cynicism and controversial positions on high-profile deaths such as President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination caught the attention of prosecutors and TV viewers alike, died Monday. He was 93.
  Wecht’s death was announced by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, which did not disclose a cause or place of death, saying only that he “passed away peacefully.”
  Wecht’s almost
  
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• Breakthrough therapies are saving lives. Can we afford them?

  13-05-2024 20:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Harnessing the body’s own cells to fight disease, long a medical dream, is finally a reality.
  Now comes the bill.
  Last month, Stanford became the first hospital in the nation to use a new $515,000 cell therapy to treat a patient with advanced melanoma. A related approach, costing $420,000 to $475,000, is offering hope to patients with lethal blood cancers.
  Meanwhile, cells fixed by gene therapy can slow, even stop, the progression of intractable diseases like sickle cell or beta thalassemi
  
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• Mental Health Awareness Month: How to talk to kids when violent events happen

  13-05-2024 20:36 via ocregister.com
  
  When caregivers can’t shield kids from incidents of extreme violence around the world or near home, a Boston Medical Center psychiatrist explains to patients, talking openly about it may actually help.
  “A lot of parents feel they have to have all of the answers prepared before they have a conversation with a kid about violence that may be happening in their community, as well as in other communities they may be hearing about in the news,” said Dr. Christine Crawford, an adult,
  
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