• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Sept. 12-20)

    Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Sept. 12-20)
    Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Sept. 12 to Sept. 20:
    M Bakery, 13038 Chapman Ave., Garden GroveClosed: Sept. 19
    Reason: Rodent infestationBirrieria Nochistlan, 1628 S. Standard Ave., Santa AnaClosed: Sept. 17 (report)
    Reason: Cockroach infestation
    Reopened: Sept. 18 (report)El Picante, 1610 S. Standard Ave., Santa AnaClosed: Sept. 17 (report)
    Reason: Cockroach infestation
    Reopened: Sept. 18 (report)Beba’s, 1
  • Which festivals, shopping centers, beaches and restaurants are the ‘Best of OC’?

    Which festivals, shopping centers, beaches and restaurants are the ‘Best of OC’?
    Plenty of Orange County denizens have their own favorite spots for shopping, dining and the other activities that make this a great place to live.
    But who doesn’t love a “best of” list, whether to discover new accolade-winning places to try and things to do, or to debate over which really should have taken the top prize?
    Enter the Orange County Register’s 26th annual Best of Orange County awards, which reflect the collective wisdom of more than 35,000 ballots cast by Regi
  • The bullet train’s mismanaged land problem

    The bullet train’s mismanaged land problem
    It’s hard to believe, but the benighted bullet train project isn’t done going backward.
    This time, it’s a crazy quilt of land-use problems driving up costs, bringing even the much-diminished line to a grinding halt.
    According to the Los Angeles Times, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is now the owner of everything from rental units to toxic waste dumps on purchased land, yet lacks enough contiguous parcels to proceed with the most basic construction.
    The debacle is the
  • City apologizes to daughter for removing her mom’s memorial bench – blamed for attracting homeless – without notifying her

    City apologizes to daughter for removing her mom’s memorial bench – blamed for attracting homeless – without notifying her
    Last week – on Friday the 13th, she wryly emphasizes – Stephanie Patin Ladsous happened to drive past her neighborhood library on the way to the dry cleaner. Automatically, she glanced to admire her late mother’s memorial bench, mounted in early July outside the Huntington Beach Main Street Branch.
    But the 1,000-pound bench had vanished. All that was left was the concrete slab it once sat upon.
    Mark Diaz, a homeless man is tucked away behind brush a few yards away from a memori
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  • When Trump visits California, he’s visiting Reagan Country

    When Trump visits California, he’s visiting Reagan Country
    Some pundits might be a little confused by President Trump’s visit to supposedly “solid blue” California this week, but those of us who know this great state and our President as well as I do aren’t surprised at all.
    California remains, at its core, Reagan Country. For all the lunacy that is bandied about along the left coast, much of California is still quintessential red America — even in the crowded metro areas. If you don’t believe me, just look back at th
  • Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s goal surge coming at right time for the Galaxy

    Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s goal surge coming at right time for the Galaxy
    When the Galaxy needed a big performance, last Sunday, Zlatan Ibrahimovic delivered.
    It is a role that the club has come to expect from him in his short stint in the U.S.
    “He backs everything up,” Galaxy defender Daniel Steres said of Ibrahimovic. “Anything he does, it doesn’t surprise me at all.”
    Ibrahimovic scored a hat trick as the Galaxy walloped Sporting Kansas City, 7-2, Sunday. In the process he set a new club single-season goal record (26) to give him 48 goa
  • California State University system’s math problem

    California State University system’s math problem
    The education bureaucrats in California have a public-relations problem. State education officials sold the Common Core K-12 academic standards to skeptical parents with the officials’ promise that kids would be “college- and career-ready.”  California State University administrators sold abolition of remedial classes to incoming students and their parents with the administrators’ promise that without having to take these classes, students would graduate from college
  • Sparks hope to rebound in WNBA playoff series against after falling behind 0-2

    Sparks hope to rebound in WNBA playoff series against after falling behind 0-2
    The Connecticut Sun shoved the Sparks onto the ropes Thursday night, subduing their star, imposing their will and sending L.A. on its way home* the long way ahead of Game 3 in best-of-five semifinal series.
    *home, on Sunday: The Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State. 
    Trailing 0-2, the Sparks will need to go on a three-game winning streak if they’re to save their season, a run that will have to start at the Pyramid and not at Staples Center, which the team temporarily will vacate on acco
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  • UCLA vs. Washington State: TV info, scouting report, prediction

    UCLA vs. Washington State: TV info, scouting report, prediction
    UCLA vs. No. 19 Washington State
    When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday
    Where: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington
    TV/Radio: ESPN / AM 570
    Records: UCLA (0-3); Washington State (3-0)
    Washington State statsQB Anthony Gordon: 96-122, 1,324 yards, 12 TDs, 2 INTs
    RB Max Borghi: 26 carries, 202 yards, 4 TDs
    WR Brandon Arconado: 23 catches, 308 yards, 1 TD
    LB Jahad Woods: 24 tackles, 2 pass break ups, 1 forced fumble
    DB Bryce Beekman: 18 tackles, 1 forced fumble, 0.5 sacks
    Washington State injury report: OUT: WR Ja
  • Emmys 2019: ‘Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ lead this year’s major races

    Emmys 2019: ‘Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ lead this year’s major races
    The announcements of the best comedy and drama series of the year are sure to add some, well, comedy and drama to the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards. Here’s a look at the nominees in both categories. To see which one wins, tune in to Fox/Channel 11 on Sunday, Sept. 22, at 5 p.m.
    Comedy Series
    “Barry” (HBO): There certainly was no sophomore slump for the dark hitman comedy, which earned 17 nominations including ones for Bill Hader and Henry Winkler, last year’s trophy winners
  • Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes at its stores

    Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes at its stores
    By Anne D’Innocenzio, The Associated Press
    Walmart said Friday it will stop selling electronic cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam’s Clubs following a string of mysterious illnesses and deaths related to vaping.
    The nation’s largest retailer, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, said that it will complete its exit from e-cigarettes after selling through its current inventory.
    The move is due to “growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity” regarding vapi
  • This new Adam Levine-themed slot machine has ‘Moves Like Jagger’

    This new Adam Levine-themed slot machine has ‘Moves Like Jagger’
    Not everybody has “Moves Like Jagger,” but a new video slot machine at San Manuel Casino does.
    The Highland casino recently announced the addition of IGT’s  Adam Levine Video Slots to its gaming floor. The game, located in the Rockin’ Casino area between Just Barbeque (JBQ) and Rock & Brews, not only lets fans pick from a selection of the singer’s famous hits as they place bets — including tracks such as “Sugar” and “One More Ni
  • Corky Carroll: When shorter got popular and the great “v-bottom” disaster

    Corky Carroll: When shorter got popular and the great “v-bottom” disaster
    Yes kids, today is going to be one of my ventures back through time and space to the beginning of what has been called “the shortboard revolution.”
    This joyful period began in roughly late 1966, and the bulk of the “evolving” took place through the early 1970s before it tapered off and became more of a general consistent slow progress of “tweaking,” leading up to today’s high-flying, speed surf machines.
    One of the great stories from that period was the
  • Man illegally grew marijuana and stole electricity to power the operation, Fountain Valley police say

    Man illegally grew marijuana and stole electricity to power the operation, Fountain Valley police say
    A 52-year-old Garden Grove man was arrested this week after authorities found a marijuana-growing operation in a Fountain Valley home.
    After getting a complaint about the possible illicit activity, detectives from the Fountain Valley Police Department started an investigation on Tuesday, Sept. 17, police said Thursday. That day they searched a home in the 16000 block of Sycamore Street and seized 311 marijuana plants.
    Apart from the illicit grow, a Southern California Edison investigator respond
  • Why this Long Beach museum is honoring the dead with a new exhibit

    Why this Long Beach museum is honoring the dead with a new exhibit
    Day of the Dead arrives early in Long Beach with an exhibition at the Museum of Latin American Art that celebrates the memory of the departed and their lasting legacy called “De Generacion a Generacion: A Subconscious Lineage.”
    The art exhibition runs Sept. 25-Oct. 10 and includes paintings, collages, textiles, sculptures and mixed media pieces by 17 local artists as well as altars to celebrate those who have passed with a focus on how their lives continue to impact the present.
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  • Rachel Klemek of Blackmarket bakeries in Costa Mesa and Santa Ana will compete on Food Network’s ‘Chopped’

    Rachel Klemek of Blackmarket bakeries in Costa Mesa and Santa Ana will compete on Food Network’s ‘Chopped’
    On the heels of Shachi Mehra’s television debut on Tuesday Sept. 10, Rachel Klemek has announced that she will compete on Food Network’s ‘Chopped’ show on Tuesday, Oct. 15.
    Klemek, an accomplished pastry chef who graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley, and has worked at Melisse in Los Angeles, is the chef-owner of bakeries in Santa Ana, Costa Mesa and San Diego. She’ll appear on Season 43’s Episode 11 titled, “Sweets Showdown: Ca
  • Marine Corps releases list of charges against fired commander of 1st Reconnaissance Battalion at Camp Pendleton

    Marine Corps releases list of charges against fired commander of 1st Reconnaissance Battalion at Camp Pendleton
    Lt. Col. Francisco Zavala, former commanding officer of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion at Camp Pendleton, will face charges relating to alleged domestic violence in a preliminary hearing scheduled for October, the Marine Corp announced this week.
    Zavala, 43, was relieved of his command on May 7 by Major Gen. Robert F. Castellvi, commander of the 1st Marine Division, after he lost “trust and confidence” in Zavala’s ability to lead. Zavala is presently assigned to the 1st Marin
  • Real estate news: At Home-Petsmart property in Lake Forest sells for $22.5 million

    Real estate news: At Home-Petsmart property in Lake Forest sells for $22.5 million
    A 121,883-square-foot portion of Foothill Ranch Towne Center occupied by At Home and Petsmart in Lake Forest has been sold for $22.25 million to an unidentified family trust, according to Newmark Knight Frank.
    NKF Vice Chairman Pete Bethea and Senior Managing Directors Rob Ippolito and Glenn Rudy represented the seller Foothill Ranch LLC.The 1 million-square-foot shopping center at 36532 Towne Center Drive is anchored by Walmart and Target.
    The portion sold by the NKF team is fully occupied by f
  • HOA Homefront: Is my patio an exclusive-use common area? (Part 3)

    This is part three in a series on exclusive-use areas in HOAs. Part 1: What, where is an “exclusive use common area?” and Part 2: How exclusive is an exclusive-use area? 
    Q: I was interested in your recent answer that a club’s storage space would not be considered exclusive use common area. Statewide there are thousands of HOAs with swim teams, tennis teams and bridge clubs using HOA facilities. Surely this is also permissible if the board gives its blessing? — L.Q.,
  • Siri and Alexa: the new blackmailing babes

    Siri and Alexa: the new blackmailing babes
    The snoop sisters are back. Siri and Alexa are those personal assistants living in our phones and homes who have surreptitiously been recording our most intimate moments and XX-rated potty mouths, especially those people who scream out loud #*&%$ at the TV or when a certain despicable politician appears or when she sees his tweets.
    So the famous digital mukluks issued joint statements. In case you missed their sort of mea culpa last week, the companies made this confession:
    “Apple, Goo
  • Most of the homeowners only need to lend some land for the 405 widening, not give it up

    Most of the homeowners only need to lend some land for the 405 widening, not give it up
    Q. Honk: What’s happening on the 405 Freeway in the Westminster area where the widening is taking place? The temporary wall is right up to the homes. Have they lost their backyards permanently?
    – Lisa Springer, Huntington Beach
    A. For $1.9 billion, the motoring public is getting two lanes in each direction on the 405, the longest one heading both ways from the 605 Freeway in Seal Beach on Long Beach’s edge to the 73 in Costa Mesa.
    That takes some space, but transportation offic
  • Mission Viejo invites nonprofit groups to enter annual scarecrow contest

    Mission Viejo invites nonprofit groups to enter annual scarecrow contest
    Mission Viejo is seeking nonprofit organizations including churches, scouts, schools and charities to participate in the city’s third annual Scarecrow Contest for display at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center in October.
    More than 50 scarecrows will be placed in public locations throughout the community Oct. 8-30. Each scarecrow will be tagged with the organization’s name and will remain on display during the popular Walk Against Drugs and Hometown Halloween events.
    The
  • Disney Aspire tuition program sends Disneyland employees to college for free: ‘It changes your entire life’

    Disney Aspire tuition program sends Disneyland employees to college for free: ‘It changes your entire life’
    Disneyland employee Willy McKenna’s job in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will save him 40,000 galactic credits on his master’s degree in a galaxy far, far away.
    The Disney Aspire tuition assistance program covers the total cost of McKenna’s $40,000 University of Denver master’s degree and offers free college education to 90,000 of the company’s employees.
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  • Orange County, following Costa Mesa’s lead, may regulate sober living homes

    Orange County, following Costa Mesa’s lead, may regulate sober living homes
    Asserting that local governments have the right to protect the character of single-family neighborhoods, the Orange County Board of Supervisors soon will consider tougher rules for addiction treatment facilities and sober living homes.
    Modeled after Costa Mesa’s ordinance — which faced ferocious legal challenges but was upheld by the courts — Supervisor Don Wagner hopes the county’s version will serve as a model for local governments throughout California.
    “Essentia
  • New York Mayor Bill de Blasio drops 2020 presidential bid

    New York Mayor Bill de Blasio drops 2020 presidential bid
    By KAREN MATTHEWS
    NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday ended his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
    De Blasio struggled to gain traction in a sprawling field of Democrats seeking the presidency. He announced his decision in an MSNBC interview.
    “I feel like I’ve contributed all I can to this primary election, and it’s clearly not my time,” de Blasio told the hosts of “Morning Joe.” ”So I’m going to end
  • Braden Crabtree throws two TD passes as Ocean View tops Estancia

    Braden Crabtree throws two TD passes as Ocean View tops Estancia
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCOSTA MESA — Ocean View improved its record to 3-1 by defeating Estancia 12-7 on Thursday night at Orange Coast College, but Seahawks coach Luis Nunez was not impressed by his team’s performance.
    “Like I told the kids,” Nunez said, “we’re not a good football team right now, we haven’t showed anybody how good we can be. There’s talent on this football team and yo
  • Magnolia football takes another inspired step by defeating Santiago

    Magnolia football takes another inspired step by defeating Santiago
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowGARDEN GROVE — Magnolia’s football team took another inspired step in the right direction Thursday.
    Judging by the cheers coming from the Sentinels’ bus after a hard-fought 20-14 victory against Santiago, perhaps they took multiple steps at Garden Grove High.
    Juniors Joseph Lariz and Lloyd Marshbanks combined to rush for 292 yards and two touchdowns and junior safety Joseph Padilla intercept
  • Nathan Lomeli takes turn leading as El Modena football defeats El Dorado

    Nathan Lomeli takes turn leading as El Modena football defeats El Dorado
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSANTA ANA – El Modena senior quarterback Nathan Lomeli had rushed for only 23 yards this season before Thursday’s game, and 22 of those came in one game.
    He rushed for 156 yards and a touchdown Thursday in the Vanguards’ 34-17 win over El Dorado in a nonleague game at Segerstrom High.
    El Modena quarterback Nathan Lomeli dives into the end zone for the score against El Dorado in the first qua
  • Tustin struggles after hot start, loses to Ayala

    Tustin struggles after hot start, loses to Ayala
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowTUSTIN — Tustin could not sustain a hot start against Ayala’s football team on Thursday night, and the Tillers wound up falling to the Panthers 35-21 at Tustin High.
    The Titans (2-3) allowed 29 consecutive points over 15 minutes of game time and could not recover.
    “Something we’ve talked about all season, and even back in the offseason, not letting things snowball,” Tustin coach
  • OCVarsity Student Sections: The Asylum, Titan Army get The Manny Challenge for Week 4

    OCVarsity Student Sections: The Asylum, Titan Army get The Manny Challenge for Week 4
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowAs you probably know, I cover student sections all over Southern California at SoCalStudentSections.com.
    Finding 10 legit student sections each week in Los Angeles or San Diego can be a hassle. In the Inland Empire, too.
    Maybe it’s because I’m an O.C. kid, but you can easily find 10-15 outstanding student sections in Orange County every week.
    So I’d like to say to the Orange County student s
  • High school football: Thursday’s scores, Sept. 19

    High school football: Thursday’s scores, Sept. 19
    Scores from the Orange County Week 4 high school football games Thursday, Sept. 19.
    O.C. SCORES & STATS
    FOOTBALL
    NONLEAGUE
    Katella 50, University 0
     
  • How lung disease in teens is bringing the vape industry more scrutiny

    How lung disease in teens is bringing the vape industry more scrutiny
    E-cigarette products are being investigated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after 530 cases of lung injury (as of Sept. 19) reported from 38 states and 1 U.S. territory and 8 deaths have been reported.
    It is illegal for people under the age of 21 in California to purchase e-cigarettes or other tobacco products, but teens are still getting them. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a recent report from the CDC found that e-cigarette use rose from 1.5% to 21% among
  • Angels routed as Yankees clinch AL East title with 100th win

    Angels routed as Yankees clinch AL East title with 100th win
    Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Andrew Heaney delivers against the New York Yankees during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
    New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka delivers against the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsLos Angeles Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons (2) throws out New York
  • Rams’ Cory Littleton, Bryce Hager went from outside chances to starting inside linebackers

    Rams’ Cory Littleton, Bryce Hager went from outside chances to starting inside linebackers
    THOUSAND OAKS — Cory Littleton threw a challenge at his fellow inside linebacker before the Rams’ last game. Bryce Hager almost caught it.
    “I said, ‘Bryce, it’s your turn to get a pick this time,’ ” said Littleton, who had intercepted a pass the week before.
    Lo and behold, the second pass of Sunday’s game from New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees was jarred loose from receiver Jared Cook by the Rams’ Eric Weddle. Hager, flying into the p
  • Ex-NFL player who helped launch Ronald McDonald houses applauds Orange County expansion

    Ex-NFL player who helped launch Ronald McDonald houses applauds Orange County expansion
    Fred and Fran Hill have attended opening day for many a Ronald McDonald House.
    The couple, whose oldest daughter had childhood leukemia and later died in her early 40’s, was instrumental in the start of the respite houses, which since the early 1970s have grown from a single home in Philadelphia to become an international network. The Hills learned first-hand about the benefit of having supportive lodging away from home but close to the hospital where a child is being treated.
    So it was no
  • Sun out-physical Sparks to take 2-0 lead in WNBA semifinal series

    Sun out-physical Sparks to take 2-0 lead in WNBA semifinal series
    Sparks head coach Derek Fisher shows his frustration after his team misses a free-throw attempt during the second half of Game 2 of their WNBA semifinal series against the Connecticut Sun on Thursday in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
    The Sparks’ Chelsea Gray, right, shoots over the Connecticut Sun’s Jasmine Thomas during the first half of Game 2 of their WNBA semifinal series on Thursday in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsThe
  • A girl’s illness and her dad’s perseverance were inspiration for the first Ronald McDonald House

    A girl’s illness and her dad’s perseverance were inspiration for the first Ronald McDonald House
    This story was first published in the Register in 2004.
    Kim Hill’s right arm trembles. She can’t move her legs or her left arm. Brain tumors and cancer have stolen much of her life, leaving her in an Orange nursing home.
    The tumors have robbed the 37-year-old of clarity of mind, a part of her skull, and the pleasure of riding horses and raising her 16-year-old son, Andrew.
    What the tumors can’t touch is Kim Hill’s legacy. Nor that of her father.
    Kim Hill poses with Ronald
  • Defendants from San Fernando Valley and Orange County accused of billing taxpayers $7 million in bogus Medi-Cal claims

    Defendants from San Fernando Valley and Orange County accused of billing taxpayers $7 million in bogus Medi-Cal claims
    Prosecutors have accused four people from the San Fernando Valley and a doctor from Seal Beach who worked at a clinic in Los Angeles of creating fake medical records and running a $7 million scheme to defraud Medi-Cal.
    Hilda Haroutunian, 60, of Sun Valley, owned and operated Los Angeles Community Clinic, 1830 W Olympic Blvd. She has been indicted along with four other people who worked at the business.
    Haroutunian and Dr. Keyvan Amirikhorheh, 59, of Seal Beach; Lorraine Watson, 56, of Valley Vil
  • Festival Pass: See Ice Cube and the ‘Harlem Shake’ hitmaker at this weekend’s fests

    Festival Pass: See Ice Cube and the ‘Harlem Shake’ hitmaker at this weekend’s fests
    Festival Pass is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Thursdays. But during prime festival season you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now.
    Festival Pass for Thursday, Sept. 19
    Good afternoon, festival friends! What are you listening to lately? I just wrapped up the audiobook of Keith Richards’ autobiography so I’ve been in a Stones mood, but since the passing of Eddie Money and Ric Ocasek I’ve been diving into their work.
    I am really glad I got the chance to&
  • Chargers’ Mike Williams understands DeAndre Hopkins comparisons, but disagrees

    Chargers’ Mike Williams understands DeAndre Hopkins comparisons, but disagrees
    COSTA MESA — Mike Williams has been hearing the DeAndre Hopkins comparisons for years.
    He gets it. Both played wide receiver at Clemson. They’re tall, athletic and have a large catch radius – or to put it simply – throw the ball in their direction and they often come down with it.
    Williams appreciates the high praise, but he disagrees with the comparison. The Chargers’ wide receiver strives to achieve what his good friend has done the past seven seasons with the Hou
  • Cancer survivor Troy Merizan shows Brea Olinda how to overcome adversity

    Cancer survivor Troy Merizan shows Brea Olinda how to overcome adversity
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowBREA — Brea Olinda football coach Robb Perrance stood atop a short bench in mid-July as he prepared to introduce his team to a young man making a surprise appearance at practice. With the enthusiasm of a music conductor on opening night, the coach’s arms swung and pointed to his right.
    “He’s backkkkkk,” Perrance hollered as he pointed to Troy Merizan, calmly standing outside the
  • McKinzie tops Breeders’ Cup Classic contenders, but others fall off ballot

    McKinzie tops Breeders’ Cup Classic contenders, but others fall off ballot
    How times have changed.
    Five of the horses I ranked in my Breeders’ Cup Classic Top 10 only 11 weeks ago weren’t on the ballot I submitted this week.
    For various reasons, Catalina Cruiser, Seeking the Soul, Gift Box, Catholic Boy and Tacitus fell out of my Top 10 and were replaced by Code of Honor, Preservationist, Improbable, Yoshida and Higher Power.
    McKinzie got my No. 1 vote this week. I had him at No. 7 in my July 5 column. Twenty-five other voters had McKinzie atop their ballot
  • Airbnb says it will go public in 2020

    Airbnb says it will go public in 2020
    By Dee-Ann Durbin, The Associated Press
    Airbnb Inc. said Thursday it plans to go public in 2020, a long-awaited move by the home-sharing company that is both loved and reviled for its disruption of the hotel business.
    Airbnb disclosed the news in a brief statement. It didn’t give a target date for the initial public offering or say why it thinks the timing is right. Airbnb was valued at $31 billion last year, according to Renaissance Capital, which researches IPOs.
    San Francisco-based Airb
  • UFCW reaches agreements with grocery pharmacists, Stater Bros. workers

    UFCW reaches agreements with grocery pharmacists, Stater Bros. workers
    Pharmacists at Southern California’s major supermarkets and workers at 172 Stater Bros. stores have reached separate agreements on new union contracts.
    The tentative contract for pharmacists at Albertsons, Vons and Ralphs was announced Tuesday, Sept. 17 on the website of United Food and Commercial Workers’ Local 1167, which represents Inland Empire workers. The contract with Stater Bros. employees was posted Wednesday.
    Both contracts must be ratified by the union’s rank and fil
  • Snacks, medicine from the sky: Walgreens to launch drone delivery test

    Snacks, medicine from the sky: Walgreens to launch drone delivery test
    By Tom Murphy, The Associated Press
    Walgreens and a Google affiliate are testing drone deliveries that can put drugstore products on customer doorsteps minutes after being ordered.
    Snacks like Goldfish Crackers or gummy bears as well as aspirin for sick kids will be delivered starting next month in Christiansburg, Virginia, by a 10-pound drone flying as fast as 70 miles per hour, the companies said Thursday.
    Customers will be able to order from a list of more than 100 items that includes individ
  • September Disneyland Resort Reporter: Calendar

    September Disneyland Resort Reporter: Calendar
    Available for a Limited Time
    • Hyperspace Mountain• “Main Street Electrical Parade”• “Happy Haunts Materialize –The Art of Haunted Mansion” at the Disney GallerySeptember 17–October 31
    The separately ticketed Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party on 20 select nights.October 4
    Last day to try the three new flavors created by Anaheim fifth-grade students at Salt & Straw scoop shop.
    November 8
    The holiday season begins at Disneylan
  • Recipe Corner: Professor Phineas Plump’s Cure-All Fritters Royal Street Veranda, Disneyland Park

    Recipe Corner: Professor Phineas Plump’s Cure-All Fritters Royal Street Veranda, Disneyland Park
    Haunted Mansion has transformed into its annual holiday theme—Haunted Mansion Holiday. The seasonal attraction features favorite characters from “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas,” and of course, a gingerbread creation in the Grand Hall. This year’s gingerbread house celebrates the Haunted Mansion’s recent 50th anniversary. One of the mansion’s hitchhiking ghosts has revealed the recipe for his cure-all fritters, currently offered at Royal Str
  • Outlets at San Clemente welcomes fall with a pop-up market, pumpkin patch and more

    Outlets at San Clemente welcomes fall with a pop-up market, pumpkin patch and more
    Outlets at San Clemente will host a fall bazaar Saturday, Sept. 21, and Sunday, Sept. 22. Admission is free.
    The community can celebrate the arrival of autumn with a pop-up makers’ market featuring more than 30 local vendors, photos with a 16 1/2-foot jack-o’- lantern, fun at the pumpkin patch and special offers at more than 65 stores and eateries.
    IF YOU GO
    When: 10 a.m-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday
    Where: Outlets at San Clemente, 101 W. Vista Hermosa, San Clemente
    Infor
  • Dallas Eakins says Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf is on board with new plan

    Dallas Eakins says Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf is on board with new plan
    IRVINE — Dallas Eakins has plenty of items on his to-do list before he steps behind the bench for the Ducks’ season-opening game Oct. 3 against the Arizona Coyotes at Honda Center. Getting captain Ryan Getzlaf to buy into his plan for the Ducks’ renovation effort isn’t one of them, though.
    For starters, the Ducks’ new coach doesn’t like the term “buy in.” For another thing, he doesn’t believe he has to “sell” anyone on anything, n
  • Traveland USA, once the place to buy an RV in Irvine, will become a modern, ‘village-like’ office park

    Traveland USA, once the place to buy an RV in Irvine, will become a modern, ‘village-like’ office park
    About seven years after closing Traveland USA in Irvine, the Irvine Co. is following through with plans to build a modern office park where millions of dollars worth of RVs were once sold.
    For the nearly 40 years until it closed in 2012, Traveland off Sand Canyon Avenue adjacent to the 5 freeway was a one-stop RV mall that attracted families with its frontier theme, duck pond and even a restaurant that opened in 2011. But the RV businesses suffered from economic slumps and fluctuating gas prices

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