• Matt Kemp’s three-run home run sends Dodgers to their latest win, 4-1 over Padres

    Matt Kemp’s three-run home run sends Dodgers to their latest win, 4-1 over Padres
    Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Ross Stripling throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Friday, May 25, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
    San Diego Padres starting pitcher Clayton Richard throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, May 25, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 25: Ross Stripli
  • CIF-SS baseball playoffs: Friday’s scores, updated semifinals schedule

    CIF-SS baseball playoffs: Friday’s scores, updated semifinals schedule
    Scores from Friday’s CIF-SS baseball playoff games, and the updated schedule.
    BASEBALL
    DIVISION 1
    Quarterfinals, Friday
    Bishop Amat 5, Cypress 2
    Foothill 3, Etiwanda 0
    Capistrano Valley 3, Dos Pueblos 2 (8 inn.)
    Quarterfinal, Saturday
    Gahr vs. Orange Lutheran, at Hart Park, 7 p.m.
    Semifinals
    Tuesday, May 29, 3:15 p.m.
    Foothill at Bishop Amat
    Capistrano Valley at TBD
    DIVISION 2
    Quarterfinals, Friday
    Beckman 7, Calabasas 2
    Camarillo 6, Sierra Canyon 0
    Yucaipa 5, Crescenta Valley 3
    Ayala 1, A
  • Sunny Hills shut out by Malibu in Division 5 baseball quarterfinals

    Sunny Hills shut out by Malibu in Division 5 baseball quarterfinals
    MALIBU – The fairy-tale postseason run for the one-time 1-10 Sunny Hills baseball team came to an end Friday with a 4-0 loss to Malibu in the CIF-SS Division 5 quarterfinals.
    Lancers starter Enoch Kim found himself facing a bases-loaded situation in the first inning. A wild throw to third base allowed the first run of the game to score. Later in the inning, Alec Morrison singled in another run.
    “Malibu put it on us in the first inning,” Sunny Hills coach Arlie&n
  • CIF-SS baseball playoffs: Friday’s scores, updated Tuesday schedule

    CIF-SS baseball playoffs: Friday’s scores, updated Tuesday schedule
    Scores from Friday’s games in the CIF-SS baseball playoffs, and the updated schedule for Tuesday.
    BASEBALL
    DIVISION 1
    Quarterfinals, Friday
    Foothill 3, Etiwanda 0
    Capistrano Valley 3, Dos Pueblos 2 (8 innings)
    Bishop Amat 5, Cypress 2
    Quarterfinal, Saturday
    Gahr vs. Orange Lutheran at Hart Park, Orange, 7 p.m.
    Semifinals
    Tuesday, May 29, 3:15 p.m.
    Foothill at Bishop Amat
    Capistrano Valley at TBA
     
    DIVISION 2
    Quarterfinals, Friday
    Beckman 7, Calabasas 2
    Camarillo 6, Sierra Canyon 0
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  • UCLA softball rallies past Arizona to advance to Women’s College World Series

    UCLA softball rallies past Arizona to advance to Women’s College World Series
    UCLA’s Kylee Perez scores the go-ahead run as she beats the throw to Arizona catcher Dejah Mulipola during Game 2 of their NCAA Super Regional on Friday night at UCLA’s Easton Stadium. The Bruins won 3-2 to advance to the Women’s College World Series for the fifth consecutive year. (Photo by Scott Varley, Contributing Photographer)
    UCLA’s Rachel Garcia pitches In game 2 of the NCAA Women’s College World Series Super Regional in Westwood on Friday, May 25, 2018. UCLA
  • Orange County high school schedule: Saturday, May 26

    Orange County high school schedule: Saturday, May 26
    The Orange County high school sports schedule for Saturday, May 26.
    BASEBALL
    CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
    Quarterfinals
    DIVISION 1
    Gahr vs. Orange Lutheran at Hart Park, Orange, 7 p.m.
    BOYS TENNIS
    CIF USTA SOCAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
    At Claremont Club, Claremont
    Final
    Harvard-Westlake vs. Peninsula, 1:30 p.m.
    BOYS VOLLEYBALL
    CIF SOCAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
    Finals
    DIVISION I
    Newport Harbor at Corona del Mar, 6 p.m.
    DIVISION II
    Classical Academy at Orange Lutheran, 6 p.m.
    DIVISION III
    Montgomery at Murrieta Valley, 6 p.m.
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  • Sim game Saturday will be a two-for-one – Clayton Kershaw and Rich Hill to throw

    Sim game Saturday will be a two-for-one – Clayton Kershaw and Rich Hill to throw
    LOS ANGELES — Rich Hill is going to hitch a ride with Clayton Kershaw on Saturday.
    Kershaw is scheduled to throw a simulated game, four innings and approximately 60 pitches to hitters, as possibly a final test before returning from the DL next week. Hill will join him and throw two or three simulated innings as well.
    “Rich is very antsy right now and wants to keep his arm in shape,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “He’s going to have it (the blister) covered as I
  • Gennady Golovkin vs. Canelo Alvarez rematch in jeopardy over money split

    Gennady Golovkin vs. Canelo Alvarez rematch in jeopardy over money split
    The rematch between middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez may not happen because of changing monetary demands by the Golovkin camp, Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez confirmed on Friday.Tom Loeffler, who promotes Golovkin, said that Golovkin this week gave him new marching orders that would significantly alter the agreed-upon numbers for what was supposed to be a May 5 rematch at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. That fight was canceled after Alvarez, who fights for Golde
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  • Bishop Amat stays hot, rolls past Cypress to reach Division 1 baseball semifinals

    Bishop Amat stays hot, rolls past Cypress to reach Division 1 baseball semifinals
    Bishop Amat’s Alonzo Zuniga, left, and Steven Loera collides as they look to catch a popup fly during a quarterfinals game of CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs against Cypress at Bishop Amat in La Puente on Friday, May 25, 2018. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)
    Bishop Amat’s Izeah Muniz celebrates after ground Cypress’ Nathan Nam for a game-ending double play during a quarterfinals game of CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Bishop Amat in La Puente on Friday, May 25, 2018.
  • Shuffle of homeless people from Anaheim motel prompts latest court hearing in Orange County civil rights lawsuit

    Shuffle of homeless people from Anaheim motel prompts latest court hearing in Orange County civil rights lawsuit
    U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter has spelled out exactly what he expects county and city leaders to present to him in early June when he convenes court again in the ongoing civil rights case over homeless people displaced from the Santa Ana River Trail.
    “I want sites,” the judge said at a hearing Friday, May 25, in Santa Ana that was hastily called to discuss the relocation of people from an Anaheim motel where they were sent to receive mental health services after the count
  • Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill: ‘I don’t care if the ball is juiced’

    Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill: ‘I don’t care if the ball is juiced’
    Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill, who is currently on the 10-day disabled list recuperating from a finger blister, has been outspoken about the changes he’s observed to the physical surface of baseballs during his career. He believes these changes have led directly to the blisters he and other pitchers have suffered in recent years.
    MLB commissioned an independent team of scientists to study the baseballs, and how the balls might have caused the home run rate to rise since 2015. The league releas
  • Aliso Niguel’s relay unit has gone from unnoticed to unbeatable

    Aliso Niguel’s relay unit has gone from unnoticed to unbeatable
    The Aliso Niguel boys 1,600-meter relay team hadn’t done much to be noticed through much of the season.
    That changed nearly two weeks ago at the CIF Southern Section Division 1 prelims when the quartet of Isaiah Darden, Andrew Koesel, Trevor Williams and Michael Phillippy finished in 3 minutes, 16.71 seconds to qualify first for the finals and establish the top time in the state this season.
    Then, at last Saturday’s CIF-SS Finals at El Camino College, Murrieta Mesa, which competed in
  • Lakers evaluate draft potential of Duke’s Grayson Allen, and not just for kicks

    Lakers evaluate draft potential of Duke’s Grayson Allen, and not just for kicks
    EL SEGUNDO — When it came to Grayson Allen, most college basketball observers could be lumped into two general categories: Those who found him easy to root against and, well, Duke fans.
    But now the controversial guard, with a legacy of legsweeps, is now auditioning for a job in the NBA. And any team that struggles to make shots from the perimeter and could stand to play with more edge might be inclined to take a look at the fiery Allen.
    Enter the Lakers, owners of the 25th pick in the firs
  • Hundreds of future citizens will be at polls in SoCal Election Day to help out non-English voters

    Hundreds of future citizens will be at polls in SoCal Election Day to help out non-English voters
    Nguyen Nguyen is not yet a citizen but she is excited about the upcoming election. She can’t vote, but the legal permanent resident can – and will – be a poll worker.
    Nguyen is among hundreds of legal non-citizen immigrants across Southern California gearing to volunteer on Election Day, June 5, thanks to a relatively new California law that allows those who hold so-called “green cards” to be poll workers.
    “I’m so excited and I’m curious to se
  • Chihuahua mix Penelope would fit right in to any adopter’s home

    Chihuahua mix Penelope would fit right in to any adopter’s home
    Breed: Chihuahua mix
    Age: 5 years
    Gender: Spayed female
    Size: 6 pounds
    Penelope’s story: Penelope was rescued from a shelter, where she had been discarded with no owner in sight. Tiny Penelope was scared in the shelter environment, but she caught the eye of a volunteer who visited her regularly. The volunteer offered to foster Penelope, who is now a Lovebug. Penelope has blossomed since being out of the shelter. She needs to gain a little weight, but we expect with regular meals she w
  • Eva Kilgore: Slick new Nail Lounge set to open in Huntington Beach on June 1

    The Red Polish Nail Lounge is scheduled to open Friday, June 1, in Huntington Beach. I peeked in the window last week and a nice guy working on finishing touches inside let me in for a few minutes.
    Wow. There’s one exciting room with dramatic lighting and posh pedicure chairs. The second room has slick nail stations and more dramatic décor.
    For the month of June they’re offering 30 percent off all services. There were no brochures or prices available when I
  • Industry mayor refuses to sign subpoena for Tres Hermanos records; colleagues outmaneuver him

    Industry mayor refuses to sign subpoena for Tres Hermanos records; colleagues outmaneuver him
    Industry Mayor Mark Radecki is refusing to sign off on a subpoena ordering a solar farm developer to turn over records showing how the company spent a $20 million loan, saying his colleagues should sit down with the developer and resolve their disputes in person.
    In response, the City Council voted early Friday to cut Radecki out of the process by giving Industry’s vice mayor, Cory Moss, authority to issue the subpoena instead.
    Radecki and ally Abraham Cruz did not attend the meeting.
    The
  • Police: Some crooks snatch up U-Haul trucks to use in their crimes

    Police: Some crooks snatch up U-Haul trucks to use in their crimes
    A series of police pursuits involving U-Haul vehicles in greater Los Angeles in recent months has highlighted what some in law enforcement say is an uptick in local crimes involving the company’s vehicles.
    Detectives in the San Fernando Valley suspect at least two burglary crews have used stolen credit-card numbers to rent the trucks through the company’s 24-hour self-service app, which gives customers access to lock boxes with keys for the vehicles without an employee present.
    The t
  • Trolleys to start moving people on busy Balboa Peninsula just in time for Memorial Day

    Trolleys to start moving people on busy Balboa Peninsula just in time for Memorial Day
    Riders take the Balboa Peninsula Trolley before the ribbon cutting ceremony for the service in Newport Beach, on Friday, June 16, 2017. The trolley makes 18 stops up and down the peninsula and will run on the weekends and on the Fourth of July. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)
    Newport Beach Councilwoman Diane Dixon talks about the new Balboa Peninsula Trolley in Newport Beach, on Friday, June 16, 2017. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume
  • What’s the most popular ride at the Disneyland resort?

    What’s the most popular ride at the Disneyland resort?
    John Mauro, Executive Producer of Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout! is pictured inside The Collector’s Fortress on Thursday, May 24, 2018. This Sunday, May 27, marks the one year anniversary of the popular attraction. (Joshua Sudock/Disneyland Resort)
    Fireworks signal the opening of Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout! during a ceremony at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, California, on Thursday, May 25, 2017.The free-fall attraction replaced The Twilight Zone
  • For CEOs, $11.7 million a year is just middle of the pack

    For CEOs, $11.7 million a year is just middle of the pack
    By Stan Choe, The Associated Press
    Chief executives at the biggest public companies got an 8.5 percent raise last year, bringing the median pay package for CEOs to $11.7 million. Across the S&P 500, compensation for CEOs is often hundreds of times higher than typical workers.
    The pay increase matches the bump that CEOs received in 2016, according to salary, stock and other compensation data analyzed by Equilar for The Associated Press.ICYMI: How much does your CEO make compared with you
  • Students form giant wave on the sand — and scoop up trash — for Kids Ocean Day at Huntington State Beach

    Students form giant wave on the sand — and scoop up trash — for Kids Ocean Day at Huntington State Beach
    Serena To, left, and Jessica Truong, both 10 from Peters Elementary in Garden Grove look for trash along Huntington State Beach during Kids Ocean Day. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
    Disney volunteer Mathew Gunnemann of Mission Viejo examines items kids found along Huntington State Beach as part of Kids Ocean Day. Behind them in the distance is Huntington Beach Pier. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsKids from Peters El
  • California fish market buys 70-pound octopus, names it Fred, sets it free

    California fish market buys 70-pound octopus, names it Fred, sets it free
    A 70-pound octopus named Fred sits in a holding tank at Giovanni’s Fish Market in MorroBay. (Derik Stokes/Giovanni’s Fish Market via AP)
    MORRO BAY — Giovanni’s Fish Market in Morro Bay, California, makes its money by selling seafood, but owner Giovanni DeGarimore made news this month when he bought a live 70-pound (32-kilogram) octopus — and set it free.
    DeGarimore tells The Tribune of San Luis Obispo he’s had a change of heart about selling or eating octopus
  • Reports of mail theft on the rise in Laguna Woods

    Reports of mail theft on the rise in Laguna Woods
    LAGUNA WOODS – Authorities are urging residents to take precautions after a recent rash of mailbox break-ins in Laguna Woods Village.
    The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said 11 incidents have been reported within the past 3 to 4 months, all in locations with centralized banks of locked mailboxes. Sheriff’s Investigator Peter Ada said the perpetrator is prying into the boxes to remove the mail, damaging the boxes.
    “We’re working with (Laguna Woods Village) securi
  • Police arrest Irvine man who reportedly robbed Newport Beach bank

    Police arrest Irvine man who reportedly robbed Newport Beach bank
    Police arrested a 55-year-old Irvine man who they say robbed a Newport Beach bank on Thursday morning, May 24.
    Shortly before 10:45 a.m. a man carrying a black bag gave a note to a Bank of America employee stating he had a gun and was robbing the bank, Newport Beach police said.
    Police arrested a 55-year-old man, shown here in surveillance video, who robbed a Newport Beach bank on Thursday morning, May 24.He last identified as Barry Buydens of Irvine. (Photo Courtesy of the Newport Beach Police
  • Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (May 18-25)

    Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (May 18-25)
    Restaurants and other food businesses closed by health inspectors in Orange County from May 18 to 25, 2018:
    Subway, 1106 Irvine Ave., TustinClosed: May 24
    Reason: Insufficient hot waterChina Bowl Express/Young Hawaiian BBQ, 5942 Edinger Ave., suite 106, Huntington BeachClosed: May 24
    Reason: Cockroach infestationYaho Grill, 9111 Valley View St., suite 105, CypressClosed: May 23 (report)
    Reason: Insufficient hot water
    Reopened: May 24 (report)Jizake Sushi, 488 E. 17th St., suite B105, Costa MesaC
  • Follow the ricochets: Those campaign ads may have hidden targets

    Follow the ricochets: Those campaign ads may have hidden targets
    In his year-and-a-half as California’s attorney general, Democrat Xavier Becerra has made a full-time job of fighting the Trump Administration—filing more than 30 lawsuits to defend the environment, immigrants, birth control access and more.
    Which makes it odd that when Becerra’s supporters bought TV time to air a campaign commercial for him, they chose the most Trump-boosting network around: Fox News.
    The ad spends 15 seconds describing Becerra in ways that likely re
  • ‘Shark Stories’ evening prompts dialogue about attacks, concerns and conservation

    ‘Shark Stories’ evening prompts dialogue about attacks, concerns and conservation
    It was a night filled with shark stories — tales of survival, conservation and mitigation -– a gathering to create a dialogue, as summer approaches, about the recent influx of sharks off the Southern California coastline.
    The Orange County Register hosted “Shark Stories” at the Aventura Ocean Club in Dana Point Thursday evening, May 24, bringing together for the first time shark survivors Leeanne Ericson, attacked off San Onofre a year ago, and Maria Korcsmaros, who this
  • Status Update: Medical marijuana manufacturer leases in Costa Mesa; JWA passenger traffic rises in April

    Status Update: Medical marijuana manufacturer leases in Costa Mesa; JWA passenger traffic rises in April
    Pivot Pharmaceuticals, a Vancouver-based biopharmaceutical company, has leased a manufacturing facility in Costa Mesa that will act as the U.S. headquarters for its medical marijuana subsidiary Pivot Naturals, according to a statement. (Image courtesy of the public domain)
    Anthony Tippins has been named president of CoolSys Energy Solutions in Brea. Tippins is founder of Axiom Energy Solutions, which CoolSys recently acquiredSoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMorteza Rahmatian has been named
  • ‘The 13th step’: Alcoholics Anonymous wrestles with subculture of sexual predators

    ‘The 13th step’: Alcoholics Anonymous wrestles with subculture of sexual predators
    Abram Tuvov had been sober so long that Alcoholics Anonymous members in Palm Springs just assumed he was a good guy.
    One female AA member who was new in town felt comfortable enough to go on an afternoon bicycle ride with him, even stopping at his house for waffles. The November 2014 outing ended with Tuvov, 72, raping the woman so viciously that she played dead until it was over.
    Tuvov, who lives minutes away from the woman, was convicted, but is out on $150,000 bail while awaiting sentenc
  • Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, back together after more than 30 years, will play two shows in Southern California

    Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, back together after more than 30 years, will play two shows in Southern California
    Todd Rundgren plays guitar during a Utopia show in Atlanta in April. The reunited band has two Southern California shows this week. (Photo by Richard Kerris)
    Todd Rundgren, second from right, Kasim Sultan, second left, and Willie Wilcox, left reunited this spring to tour again as Utopia. (Photo by Richard Kerris)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsTodd Rundgren plays guitar during a Utopia show in Atlanta in April. The reunited band has two Southern California shows this week. (Photo by Richar
  • California’s creative economy back to pre-recession job count, generating $407 billion

    California’s creative economy back to pre-recession job count, generating $407 billion
    California’s creative economy generated $407 billion and supported more than 1.6 million jobs in 2016 and it’s still picking up speed, according to a report by the Otis College of Art and Design.
    That figure represents about 15 percent of the Golden State’s $2.7 trillion economy.
    The study, compiled by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., shows creative industries fueled $141.5 billion labor income in 2016 through direct, indirect and induced jobs. That includes w
  • Lifeguards take advantage of massive surf to hone rescue skills as summer nears

    Lifeguards take advantage of massive surf to hone rescue skills as summer nears
    Lifeguards pick up a weighted buoy during a shore break rescue training using a watercraft off Huntington Beach as part of a four day training exercise on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
    Local city and state beach lifeguards gather on the beach during a break in training for various rescue situations using watercraft in Huntington Beach, as part of a four day exercise on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG
  • Artists are need for 6th annual Art Affair June 6 in Laguna Woods

    Artists are need for 6th annual Art Affair June 6 in Laguna Woods
    The Recreation and Special Event Department is excited to host the 6th Annual Art Affair, where Laguna Woods Village artists will showcase their works of art available for purchase and for the enjoyment of Village art lovers. The Art Affair will be held on Wednesday, June 6 from 2 to 6 p.m. at Clubhouse Two.
    While viewing the masterpieces, residents and their guests will enjoy free live jazz music performed by the Woods Combo, painting demos with Penni Rubin, 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., and compliment
  • Southern California’s workaholics: Skip vacation and check-in during time off

    Southern California’s workaholics: Skip vacation and check-in during time off
    Southern Californians, workaholics?
    Well, I’m willing to suggest that a new study of vacation habits strongly suggests the local workforce doesn’t live up to its “laid back” lifestyle.
    Job-placement specialists Accountemps surveyed workers in 28 major U.S. metropolitan areas about their plans for summer vacation. I decided to craft a “workaholism index” from the poll results using my trusty spreadsheet. I ranked the 28 regions on what share of employees would
  • Go big or go home: How to run for office in California when you’re not rich, famous or in office

    Go big or go home: How to run for office in California when you’re not rich, famous or in office
    Last winter, Vivek Viswanathan decided to run for California state treasurer. Then he decided to run across California. Literally run. From Sacramento to the Mexican border.
    At first glance, neither decision would seem like a particularly good idea.
    To become the state’s next chief money manager, Viswanathan — a 31 year old who has never campaigned for office, lacks broad name recognition and vows not to take money from corporations or political action committees — needs to int
  • 10 theater productions to see in Southern California this week (May 25-31)

    10 theater productions to see in Southern California this week (May 25-31)
    LOS ANGELES COUNTY
    “Bordertown Now”
    The veteran Southern California theater provocateurs of Culture Clash revisit their 1990s hit “Bordertown” with an updated look at the state of affairs along America’s southern border. Richard Montoya, Ric salina and Herbert Siguenza will tackle hot-button issues with their trademark sharp-edged satire. A community conversation will follow each performance.
    When: 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 30 and Thursday, May 31. Show runs throug
  • Here’s who’s playing the 2018 Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival

    Here’s who’s playing the 2018 Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival
    In addition to hot air balloons rising and falling in the skies above Temecula Valley Wine Country and flowing wine and beer, another element continues to be a big draw for crowds heading to the Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival: Music.
    Past performers include Bush, Dramarama, Daughtry, Chris Young and Cassadee Pope.
    Tyler Farr shown here performing on the Mane stage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio Sunday, April.30, 2017.Farr will perfor
  • Villaraigosa to visit Boyle Heights businesses as he pushes for high-wage jobs in campaign for governor

    Villaraigosa to visit Boyle Heights businesses as he pushes for high-wage jobs in campaign for governor
    LOS ANGELES — Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will visit four businesses on Cesar Chavez Avenue in Boyle Heights Friday and participate in a small business roundtable 11 days before the gubernatorial primary.
    Villaraigosa told City News Service he is running for governor because “we need a leader focused every single day on growing our economy and creating more high-wage jobs.”
    “We have so many unanswered needs, but we have one clear answer — create mo
  • Retail-restaurant roundup: More BLKdot coffee in Irvine; Carousel returns at Spectrum; Sprouts adds new features,

    Retail-restaurant roundup: More BLKdot coffee in Irvine; Carousel returns at Spectrum; Sprouts adds new features,
    Sprouts is remodeling three stores in the next two months, adding a salad bar, made-to-order sushi rolls and poke bowls and hot entrees and sides. The grocery store’s $4 sandwich specials and fan-favorite bulk bins are staying. (Photo courtesy of Sprouts)
    Sprouts is remodeling three stores in the next two months, adding a salad bar, made-to-order sushi rolls and poke bowls and hot entrees and sides. (Photo courtesy of Sprouts)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsBLKdot Coffee serves sandw
  • HOA Homefront: How much reserve money does our HOA need?

    HOA Homefront: How much reserve money does our HOA need?
    Q: I live in small resident-managed HOA. Our reserves are very low. Is there a minimum amount or percentage of reserves required by law? Also, is there a legal requirement for a regular audit? Is there a resource I can access for basic legal requirements for HOAs? My sense is we are not fully complying with regulations and laws. — F.S., Carlsbad
    A: There is no specific minimum percentage or amount of money required to be in an association’s reserve account, and the law does not
  • 30-year fixed mortgage rate reaches highest sustained increase in 40 years

    30-year fixed mortgage rate reaches highest sustained increase in 40 years
    What’s up with mortgage rates? Jeff Lazerson of Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel gives us his take.
    Rate news summary
    From Freddie Mac’s weekly survey: The 30-year fixed rate reached the highest sustained rate increase to start the year in the past 40 years. The 30-year fixed rate averaged 4.66 percent, 5 basis points higher than last week’s 4.61 percent. The 15-year fixed averaged 4.15 percent, worse by seven basis points compared to last week’s 4.08 percent.
    The Mortgag
  • Real estate news: Lee & Associates-Newport Beach close 2 sales for $19.3 million

    Real estate news: Lee & Associates-Newport Beach close 2 sales for $19.3 million
    Jim Snyder and Patrick Lacey of Lee & Associates-Newport Beach have closed the sale of 600-660 S. Placentia and 721-781 Kimberly Ave. in Placentia for $8.5 million. The 31,369-square-foot multi-tenant business park is knowns as the Placentia Corporate Center. (Courtesy of Lee & Associates-Newport Beach)
    Jim Snyder and Patrick Lacey of Lee & Associates-Newport Beach have closed the sale of 4000 Arden Dr. in El Monte for $10.8 million. The 10,594-square-foot building is leased to the D
  • What Netflix is streaming in June: Michelle Wolf’s new series, the return of ‘Marvel’s Luke Cage’ and ‘The Staircase’

    What Netflix is streaming in June: Michelle Wolf’s new series, the return of ‘Marvel’s Luke Cage’ and ‘The Staircase’
    Variety is the word for Netflix in June.
    Seeking a little action? “Marvel’s Luke Cage” returns for another season. Cage (Mike Colter) has become a hero in Harlem, but has to face a new threat. Cast members Simone Missick, Rosario Dawson, Alfre Woodard and Theo Rossi are back too, with the addition of Mustafa Shakir and Gabrielle Dennis.
    Need a good laugh? After Michelle Wolf drew some attention (as well as criticism) for hosting the White House Correspondents’ Associ
  • ‘The Empire Strips Back: A Star Wars Burlesque Parody’ invades Southern California next week

    ‘The Empire Strips Back: A Star Wars Burlesque Parody’ invades Southern California next week
    Russall Beattie has been fascinated with the art of burlesque since he was a teenager. The Australian show producer wasn’t so much into the burlesque revival that took off in the mid-’90s, but the burlesque of the late ’30s, early ’40s and its evolution into the ’50s-’60s. Still, when the revival came there wasn’t much of a scene in Australia, so he moved to the U.K. to start producing shows and has been working in burlesque now for 15 years.
    Beattie is
  • Segregation’s legacy persists across Southern California real estate, report shows

    Segregation’s legacy persists across Southern California real estate, report shows
    The high cost of housing in California and a legacy of long-banned discriminatory practices have a consequence many casual observers might overlook: segregation.
    Los Angeles and Orange counties are in a four-way tie for 10th-most segregated area among the nation’s largest metros, according to a new report from ApartmentList.com. The problem is less prevalent in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, despite a slight uptick in observed segregation in that region.
    The findings come from Apar
  • Adult and child hurt in Indiana middle school shooting; suspect in custody

    NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The latest on a possible shooting at an Indiana middle school (all times local):
    10:45 a.m.
    An official says an adult and a child were injured in a shooting at an Indiana middle school and were taken to hospitals in Indianapolis.
    Indiana University Health spokeswoman Danielle Sirilla said the adult victim in Friday morning’s attack at Noblesville West Middle School northeast of Indianapolis was taken to IU Health Methodist Hospital and the child was taken to
  • He watched his friends die in Vietnam. 50 years later, this judge returned to that same spot with their families

    He watched his friends die in Vietnam. 50 years later, this judge returned to that same spot with their families
    “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” – John 15:13
    The judge arrived nervously, sitting alone on a train with no idea what would happen when he walked outside the station.
    He told them he would be wearing a polo shirt and khaki pants.
    Would they want to hear his story? All of it? Even the parts that had haunted him for almost 50 years? Would they accept him? Would they resent him for bringing up something so uncomfortable? Or
  • Sandra Bullock once called it home: Oceanfront Sunset Beach house selling for $5.4 million

    Sandra Bullock once called it home: Oceanfront Sunset Beach house selling for $5.4 million
    The gated, two-story, Mediterranean home has hit the market again after selling in 2010 for $4.5 million. Take a tour in the slideshow.SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsShow Caption of Expand
    An oceanfront Sunset Beach house that made headlines when Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock called it home has hit the market at $5.4 million.
    Bullock’s ex-husband, reality TV personality Jesse James, sold the four-bedroom house for $4.5 million after their breakup in 2010.
    Built in 1976 and re
  • CIF SoCal boys volleyball regionals: Thursday’s scores, Saturday’s schedule

    CIF SoCal boys volleyball regionals: Thursday’s scores, Saturday’s schedule
    Scores from Thursday’s games in the CIF Southern California Regional playoffs for boys volleyball, and the updated schedule.
    BOYS VOLLEYBALL
    DIVISION I
    Semifinals, Thursday
    Corona del Mar def. Palisades 25-10, 25-18, 25-20
    Newport Harbor def. Loyola 25-16, 25-21, 25-16
    Final, Saturday, 6 p.m.
    Newport Harbor at Corona del Mar
    DIVISION II
    Semifinals, Thursday
    Orange Lutheran def. Cathedral/San Diego 25-20, 25-14, 19-25, 25-16
    Escondido Classical Academy def. Saddleback Valley Christian 17-25

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