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• Chargers not for sale, Dean Spanos and siblings say

  01-04-2021 23:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Dean Spanos, the controlling owner of the Chargers, along with siblings Michael Spanos and Alexis Spanos Ruhl, said in a statement Thursday that they’re prepared to buy their sister’s share of the team and that the outcome of her court-filed petition won’t affect control of the NFL franchise.
  The petition by Dea Spanos Berberian, who currently owns 15% of the Chargers, is seeking instruction by a California state court for how to manage the 36% share owned by the family’s
  
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• Long Beach City Council to consider shipping Queen Mary responsibility to harbor department

  01-04-2021 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Long Beach’s City Council will discuss next week whether to ask the Port of Long Beach and its harbor commission to take on oversight of the troubled Queen Mary.
  Urban Commons, the company holding a 66-year lease for the ship and surrounding land, is part of a bankruptcy filing by Eagle Hospitality Trust. Company officials have said the lease with the city of Long Beach, which owns the ship, will be auctioned off in the next month or so.
  The landmark ship, its hotel, restaurants and meetin
  
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• Rob Bonta is a champion of government greed

  01-04-2021 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Assemblyman Rob Bonta as state attorney general, subject to legislative confirmation. Billed as the first Filipino American to hold the post, Bonta would also be the first attorney general who believes that California can keep taxing people for 10 years after they leave the state.
  The Oakland Democrat was the prime mover of AB 2088, the California Wealth Tax, which, had it passed, would have slapped a 0.4 percent tax on the portion of a taxpayer&rs
  
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• Coronavirus tracker: California reported 40 fewer hospitalizations with 2,325 new cases and 148 new deaths as of Wednesday

  01-04-2021 23:08 via ocregister.com
  
  According to the end-of-day totals from California public health websites for Wednesday, March 31, there were 2,325 new cases of the coronavirus reported statewide, bringing the total number of cases there have been to 3,643,534.
  The 14-day average of new cases daily is 2,613, a 93.8% decline from the Jan. 16 high of 42,468.
  There were 148 new deaths reported Wednesday, for a total of 58,819 people in California who have died from the virus.  The 14-day average of new daily deaths is 175, a
  
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• Amoeba Records opens the doors to its massive new store in Hollywood

  01-04-2021 23:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Brown paper still covered the windows of the new Amoeba Records on Wednesday, blocking passersby on Hollywood Boulevard from any glimpse of the new store before its opening on Thursday.
  But inside Amoeba, which closed abruptly due to the pandemic and then saw its plans for a fall reopening stuck like a needle skipping on a scratched record, a gleaming new palace of music, books, movies, and merchandise awaited the shoppers to come.
  Related: How Southern California record stores are spinning the
  
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• David Fletcher, Angels agree to 5-year, $26M deal

  01-04-2021 22:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels have guaranteed that they can keep fan-favorite David Fletcher around a little longer.
  The Angels on Thursday signed Fletcher to a five-year, $26 million deal, with options for a sixth and seventh year that could push the value to $41 million. Fletcher would have been eligible for free agency after four more seasons, so the Angels could now keep him for up to three years beyond that.
  His deal equals the contract that Cleveland Indians third baseman Jose Ramirez signed when he had
  
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• David Fletcher and Angels agree to 5-year, $26M deal

  01-04-2021 22:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels have agreed to a five-year, $26-million deal with David Fletcher, with options that could make it a seven-year deal, according to sources.
  Fletcher, 26, would have been eligible for free agency following the 2024 season, but now the Angels have him under control through the 2027 season if they exercise both options.
  Fletcher has established himself as outstanding defensive player and fixture at the top of the lineup. He hit .319 with a .376 on-base percentage in 2020.
  More to come on
  
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• Wild, wicked Wedge wakes up from winter slumber

  01-04-2021 22:37 via ocregister.com
  
  For months, the beast has been been calm in its winter slumber.
  But with the season’s first big swell rolling in from the southern hemisphere, the wild and wicked Wedge woke up from its hibernation, delivering sizable waves that drew eager riders.
  A surfer jumps off his board as a wave crashes onshore at the Wedge in Newport Beach at sunrise on Thursday morning, April 1, 2021, as the season’s first sizable south swell hits the coast. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/S
  
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• Dream Shake needs strong Santa Anita Derby showing to get to Kentucky

  01-04-2021 22:35 via ocregister.com
  
  After Dream Shake won his debut at Santa Anita by 4 3/4 lengths on Feb. 7, beating the highly regarded Bezos and seven others in the process, hopes were high when he made his second career start in the Grade II San Felipe Stakes on March 6.
  Facing a pair Bob Baffert Kentucky Derby hopefuls, Life Is Good and Medina Spirit, the Twirling Candy colt didn’t disgrace himself, finishing third in the seven-horse field. He didn’t pack much of a punch in the stretch, but he ran well enough to
  
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• Coronavirus: Orange County reported 81 new cases and 11 new deaths as of April 1

  01-04-2021 22:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The OC Health Care Agency reported 81 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, April 1, increasing the cumulative total in the county to 250,764 cases since tracking began.
  There were 1,587 new infections reported in the last 14 days.
  There were also 11 additional deaths reported Thursday, raising the total number of COVID-19 fatalities to 4,755.
  The data on deaths in the county is compiled from death certificates or gathered through the course of case investigations and can take weeks to proce
  
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• Horse racing notes: Beautiful Gift, Moraz rematch in Santa Anita Oaks

  01-04-2021 22:16 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANITA LEADERS
  (Through Thursday)
  JOCKEYS / WINS
  Flavien Prat / 75
  Juan Hernandez / 50
  Umberto Rispoli / 39
  Abel Cedillo / 34
  Joel Rosario / 29
  TRAINERS / WINS
  Bob Baffert / 26
  Philip D’Amato / 26
  Peter Miller / 25
  Richard Baltas / 23
  Doug O’Neill / 22
  WEEKEND STAKES AT SANTA ANITA
  Saturday
  • $750,000 Grade I Santa Anita Derby, 3-year-olds, 1 1/8 miles
  • $400,000 Grade II Santa Anita Oaks, 3-year-old fillies, 1 1/16 miles
  • $200,000 Grade II Royal Heroine Stakes,
  
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• Horse racing: Beautiful Gift and Moraz meet again in Santa Anita Oaks

  01-04-2021 22:16 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANITA LEADERS
  (Through Thursday)
  JOCKEYS / WINS
  Flavien Prat / 75
  Juan Hernandez / 50
  Umberto Rispoli / 39
  Abel Cedillo / 34
  Joel Rosario / 29
  TRAINERS / WINS
  Bob Baffert / 26
  Philip D’Amato / 26
  Peter Miller / 25
  Richard Baltas / 23
  Doug O’Neill / 22
  WEEKEND STAKES AT SANTA ANITA
  Saturday
  • $750,000 Grade I Santa Anita Derby, 3-year-olds, 1 1/8 miles
  • $400,000 Grade II Santa Anita Oaks, 3-year-old fillies, 1 1/16 miles
  • $200,000 Grade II Royal Heroine Stakes,
  
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• Wall Street closes higher, pushing S&P 500 past 4,000 points

  01-04-2021 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA
  Stocks are closing broadly higher on Wall Street, pushing the S&P 500 past 4,000 points for the first time. Big Tech companies like Microsoft led the gains. The benchmark index climbed 1.1%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 2.6%. Smaller companies continued to outpace the rest of the markets. Companies that would benefit from greater sales of electric vehicles rose after President Joe Biden outlined various measures to support their use as part of his massiv
  
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• Mental health workers, not police, should responses to mental health crises

  01-04-2021 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  We learned recently about the tragic loss of Angelo Quinto, a 30-year-old Navy veteran and Antioch resident who died after family members called 911, hoping to get him help.
  Angelo had a history of anxiety and depression, and his family worried that he was behaving erratically – in part by hugging them too tightly – and that he might harm himself or others.
  According to news reports, Angelo’s mother was holding him when police arrived. They took him from his mother, turned
  
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• Alexander Volkov expected to make Ducks debut Friday vs. Coyotes

  01-04-2021 21:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Alexander Volkov skated Thursday with the Ducks for the first time since they acquired him March 24 from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Volkov formed a youthful line with left wing Max Comtois and center Isac Lundestrom, and they could be teamed together for Friday’s game against the Arizona Coyotes.
  Comtois, 22, and Lundestrom, 21, were with Rickard Rakell for three games until Rakell suffered an apparent head injury when he fell to the ice during the Ducks’ 3-2 victory Sunday over the Bl
  
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• “Dry lightning” prompts warning to stay out of ocean, lakes in Southern California

  01-04-2021 21:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The National Weather Service issued a beach hazard statement to warn people in Southern California to stay out of the water due to “dry lightning” concerns.
  The statement, issued at 9:17 a.m. by the NWS, was sent out because of the possibility off isolated thunderstorms along the beaches, but the warning also extends into lakes or rivers in the mountain regions, said Casey Oswant,  meteorologist for NWS in San Diego, which covers the Orange County and San Bernardino Mountain are
  
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• Orange community shaken by shooting that killed 4

  01-04-2021 21:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Shock and concern are echoing around Orange on Thursday, April 1, following a shooting that killed four.
  “That part of Orange is really, really safe,” said Mike Alvarez, a former councilman who represented the area where police say a man shot six people – including a child – at an office complex on West Lincoln Avenue early Wednesday evening.
  The immediate area includes a single-family neighborhood, a townhome development and gas stations on two corners of the major inter
  
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• How much higher can home prices go?

  01-04-2021 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Today, the successful Southern California home-bidders formula seems to start out offering perhaps 10% over the homes list price, slapping down beaucoup bucks as the down payment, waiving the appraisal contingency (no requirement that the property has to appraise at or above the sale price), closing the transaction faster than you can blink and of course adding an escalation clause (I will see your other offers of X and raise mine by Y).
  The inventory shortage is driving prices over the brink.
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• 2nd man dies from wounds sustained in Long Beach shooting in February

  01-04-2021 20:50 via ocregister.com
  
  A second man has died as a result of a February shootout in a Long Beach home, authorities said this week.
  Byron Miller, 51, of Buena Park died in a hospital on March 21, nearly a month after he was shot in the 300 block of East 25th Street, near Long Beach Boulevard, in a shooting that left another man dead and a woman injured, police said.
  Lavelle Brandon, 45, of Long Beach died at a hospital hours after the late-morning shooting on Feb. 23, police said. A 49-year-old woman was also struck by
  
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• Don’t freak out if you get these side effects from a Covid-19 vaccine. They can actually be a good sign

  01-04-2021 20:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By Holly Yan | CNN
  With millions more Americans getting vaccinated every day, some have complained about fever, fatigue and other ailments they weren’t expecting.
  Don’t panic, doctors say. Side effects from Covid-19 vaccines won’t last long. And they’re actually proof that your immune system is working the way it’s supposed to. (Though vaccines are still very effective even without side effects.)
  Here are some of the most common side effects from Covid-19 vaccines,
  
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• Myanmar still mired in violence 2 months after military coup

  01-04-2021 20:35 via ocregister.com
  
  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Protesters in Myanmar on Thursday marked two months since the military seized power by again defying the threat of lethal violence and demonstrating against its toppling of the country’s democratically elected government.
  Security forces have been unable to crush the massive public resistance to the Feb. 1 coup despite their use of escalating violence, including routinely shooting protesters. International efforts including sanctions imposed by Western nations
  
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• Review: Here are two great new burgers to try in Orange County

  01-04-2021 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  As restaurants slowly emerge from hibernation, it’s starting to smell like burger season. Here are two new burgers worth sampling. 
  Crush Burger at Station Craft in Dana Point (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  More from Brad A. JohnsonHow to gain 5 pounds in a week (hint: lots of pie)
  This new Mexican restaurant has an old soul
  Go for the Korean barbecue, stay for the intestines
  These are the 10 best coffee roasters in Orange County
  Heritage Barbecue is pure Texa
  
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• USC defense focusing on work ethic, forcing turnovers

  01-04-2021 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  At this moment in the spring ball season, USC defensive coordinator Todd Orlando is hesitant to name any standout players, or even to judge a player’s ability before he puts on pads.
  What he can pinpoint, though, is the culture he wants to build.
  “For us, it’s tough, disciplined, united,” Orlando said. “What we’re trying to preach is that every day you come in there, it’s fourth-and-inches and game on the line. If you train that way and maybe you fall sh
  
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• US allows 2 more over-the-counter COVID-19 home tests

  01-04-2021 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW PERRONE
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials have authorized two more over-the-counter COVID-19 tests that can be used at home to get rapid results.
  The move by the Food and Drug Administration is expected to vastly expand the availability of cheap home tests that many experts have advocated since the early days of the outbreak. The announcement late Wednesday comes as U.S. testing numbers continue to slide, even as the number of new coronavirus infections is rising again.
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• Floyd’s girlfriend recalls their struggles with addiction

  01-04-2021 19:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVE KARNOWSKI, AMY FORLITI and TAMMY WEBBER
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd’s girlfriend tearfully told a jury Thursday the story of how they met — at a Salvation Army shelter where he was security guard with “this great, deep Southern voice, raspy” — and how they both struggled mightily with an addiction to opioids.
  “Both Floyd and I, our story, it’s a classic story of how many people get addicted to opioids. We both suffered from chronic pai
  
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• To avoid blackouts, California’s installing more big batteries than all of China

  01-04-2021 19:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By David R Baker | Bloomberg
  With summer’s heat approaching, California’s plan for avoiding a repeat of last year’s blackouts hinges on a humble savior – the battery.
  Giant versions of the same technology that powers smart phones and cars are being plugged into the state’s electrical grid at breakneck speed, with California set to add more battery capacity this year than all of China, according to BloombergNEF.
  It will be the biggest test yet of whether batteries ar
  
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• California Supreme Court upholds ruling in USOPC athlete safety case

  01-04-2021 19:41 via ocregister.com
  
  The California Supreme Court Thursday ruled that a lower court was correct in ruling that the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee did not have a legal responsibility to protect athletes.
  The court also said the 2nd District court was correct that national governing bodies could be held liable in sexual abuse cases.
  The Supreme Court ruling could have major ramifications for NGBs in California where a recent law opens a new window of statute of limitations in sexual abuse cases.
  The Supreme Cou
  
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• Six Flags Magic Mountain reopens: What it’s like to be in a theme park again

  01-04-2021 19:37 via ocregister.com
  
  The simple joy of riding a roller coaster returned after more than a year of coronavirus closures as Six Flags Magic Mountain became one of the first amusement parks in California to reopen amid declining COVID-19 cases and increased vaccinations.
  Magic Mountain reopened on Thursday, April 1 for season passholders and members after a 383-day closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic that stretched from March 14, 2020 to March 31, 2021.
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s ne
  
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• Biden’s tax plan will burden ordinary Americans, too

  01-04-2021 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Politicians betray their campaign promises all the time. So, it’s no surprise to see President Joe Biden go back on his word that, in spite of his plan to significantly hike taxes to pay for a portion of a massive increase in spending, nobody earning less than $400,000 annually would suffer a tax increase. But this flip-flop is just the tip of the iceberg.
  During the presidential campaign, then-candidate Biden declared that if someone makes less than $400,000, they wouldn’t face any
  
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• Accused Orange shooter had ‘business and personal’ relationship with victims, police say

  01-04-2021 19:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Less than a day after a man fatally shot and killed four people including a child in Orange, police said the attack appeared to be motivated by previous personal and business relationships among the suspect and victims.
  The attack was not a random one, Orange police Lt. Jennifer Amat told a crowd of reporters Thursday morning.
  “This appears to be an isolated incident … and we believe everyone knew each other,” Amat said.
  Authorities confirmed one man, two women and a 9-year-ol
  
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• New and reopening Las Vegas restaurants include buffet, Raiders sports bar

  01-04-2021 19:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Even amid the pandemic, Southern California’s casinos have continued to revamp dining spaces and open new restaurants. A similar state of constant culinary evolution also happens in Las Vegas’ casino resorts.
  Major properties are always trying to one up each other with hip new restaurants with cutting-edge themes, backed by celebrity chefs. There are a lot of new places to check out and old favorites that are back online (with a twist).
  Like many places across the country, dining in
  
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• Girls Basketball Preview: Top 10 teams for the 2021 season

  01-04-2021 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  The first Orange County girls basketball rankings for the 2021 spring season.
  GIRLS BASKETBALL TOP 10
  (Records through March 31)
  1. Mater Dei (2-0): The Monarchs return four starters, plus some quality depth with Ayana Johnson and Lani White, from a team that won the CIF Open Division title. They also added talented freshmen Gabby Robinson and Emily Shaw.
  2. Orangewood Academy (0-0): The reigning CIF Division 2AA champion added transfers Hannah Stines of Troy, a first-team All-County selection l
  
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• Girls Basketball Preview: Top players to watch in 2021

  01-04-2021 18:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County’s top girls basketball players to watch during the 2021 spring season.
  TOP PLAYERS
  Meaali’i Amosa, Mater Dei, F: The Pepperdine-bound senior is one of the top post players in the county but also look out for dynamic, junior wing Soleil Montrose.
  Kaylee Byon, Rosary, G: The shifty junior owns the reins after the graduation of guards Asia Avinger and Nicole Rodriguez.
  Brooke Demetre, Mater Dei, F: The well-rounded, Stanford-bound senior looks to cap a stellar career with
  
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• Girls Basketball Preview: Yorba Linda rebounding from COVID-19 tragedy with perspective

  01-04-2021 18:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Yorba Linda High’s girls basketball team is returning to competition with a quiet strength and well-balanced perspective after enduring one of Orange County’s first tragedies of the pandemic.
  Coach Teiko Ikemoto remains the leader of a tight-knit squad, which includes her daughters Katie and Kristi, nearly one year after the death of her husband and the girls’ father, Klete Ikemoto of Anaheim Hills, from COVID-19 on April 2, 2020. The couple’s seventh-grade daughter Kelse
  
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• What stock bubble? Some argue ‘It’s different’ this time

  01-04-2021 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By Vildana Hajric, Claire Ballentine and Lu Wang
  Everywhere you look, there’s a valuation lens that makes stocks look frothy. Also everywhere you look is someone saying don’t worry about it.
  The so-called Buffett Indicator. Tobin’s Q. The S&P 500’s forward P/E. These and others show the market at stretched levels, sometimes extremely so. Yet many market-watchers argue they can be ignored, because this time really is different. The rationale? Everything from Federal Re
  
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• George Floyd’s girlfriend recounts the couple’s drug use

  01-04-2021 18:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVE KARNOWSKI, AMY FORLITI and TAMMY WEBBER
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd’s girlfriend cried on the witness stand Thursday as she told the story of how they first met in 2017 at a Salvation Army shelter where Floyd was a security guard with “this great Southern voice, raspy.” She also recounted how they both struggled with opioid addiction.
  “Both Floyd and I, our story, it’s a classic story of how many people get addicted to opioids. We both suffered fr
  
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• What missing bark on a guava tree means

  01-04-2021 18:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: In the past few years, several sycamore trees died in the green belt near me. Last year, my apricot tree and then peach tree died.
  I believe the causes are the same, as I read from news: some fungus infection caused by bark beetles. I noticed on the bark there are small holes and they tend to align longitudinally along the branches. I left a few trimmed guava tree branches against my fence, and found in 3 months, these dry branches are full of tiny holes and pulverized under its bark.
  I remov
  
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• Trinity League Football Podcast: Mater Dei-Servite preview, newcomers emerge

  01-04-2021 18:34 via ocregister.com
  
  https://www.buzzsprout.com/34776/8252842.mp3
  It’s Mater Dei-Servite week in football, so get ready for the rivalry game and No. 1 vs. No. 2 in Orange County by listening to the latest Trinity League Football Podcast. Listen to the episode here, and subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts to get every episode as they publish.
  This week in Part 2 of their show, Dan Albano and Scott Barajas preview the Mater Dei-Servit
  
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• Cooking with Judy: What’s an Easter table without eggs?

  01-04-2021 18:28 via ocregister.com
  
  If we tried to find the most appropriate symbol on the Easter table, we couldn’t do better than the egg.
  From ancient times a symbol of new life, the egg is thought to be associated with pagan traditions celebrating spring. Christians link eggs to Christ’s resurrection, with the empty shell symbolizing the empty tomb.
  Sara Moulton’s fancy stuffed eggs use some crème fraîche and truffle oil. (Courtesy of Lucy Schaeffer)
  Decorating them began at least in the 13th cen
  
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• Latest updates on the Orange shooting

  01-04-2021 18:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Latest updates on the Orange shooting
  
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• Bubble Watch: ‘Double-doubles’ may upset Southern California homebuying

  01-04-2021 18:25 via ocregister.com
  
  “Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead.
  Buzz: There’s yet another sign of Southern California homebuying’s insanity — the rare “double-double” condition. In fact, we’ve had double-double sales patterns for six straight months through February — the longest streak since 2004.
  Source: What’s a “double-double? My trusty spreadsheet, filled with 34 years of DQNews/CoreLogic
  
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• Mortgage outlook: April rates begin to grow

  01-04-2021 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By Holden Lewis, NerdWallet
  I predict that mortgage rates will be higher at the end of April than at the beginning, with ups and downs in between, and that the overall increase will be less than a quarter of a percentage point.
  ‘Immunity euphoria’
  A rapidly growing economy is usually accompanied by rising interest rates. As consumers and businesses spend more, prices go up. As prices move upward, lenders charge higher interest rates.
  The economy is expected to continue expanding thi
  
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• Merkel: ‘A quiet Easter’ needed to counter rising infections

  01-04-2021 18:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By FRANK JORDANS
  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked citizens Thursday to consider the strain that nurses and doctors are under as they care for a rising number of COVID-19 patients and help them by respecting social distancing and other rules over Easter.
  Germany’s disease control agency reported 24,300 newly confirmed cases in the past day, and 201 deaths. The head of the Robert Koch Institute has warned that the country is seeing a third surge in infections fueled
  
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• George Floyd’s girlfriend recalls the first time they met

  01-04-2021 18:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEVE KARNOWSKI, AMY FORLITI and TAMMY WEBBER
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd’s girlfriend cried on the witness stand Thursday as she told the story of how they first met in 2017 at a Salvation Army shelter where Floyd was a security guard with “this great Southern voice, raspy.” She also recounted how they both struggled with opioid addiction.
  “Both Floyd and I, our story, it’s a classic story of how many people get addicted to opioids. We both suffered fr
  
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• High court: Charlottesville can remove Confederate statues

  01-04-2021 18:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW BARAKAT and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s highest court ruled Thursday that the city of Charlottesville can take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017.
  The state Supreme Court overturned a Circuit Court decision in favor of a group of residents who sued to block the city from taking down the Lee statue and a nearby monument to fellow Gen. Thomas J.
  
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• Justices uphold FCC’s easing of local media ownership limits

  01-04-2021 18:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK SHERMAN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld federal regulators’ decision to ease ownership limits on local media, rejecting a claim that the change would hurt minority and female ownership.
  The court said the Federal Communications Commission acted reasonably in 2017 when it modified rules that predated the internet.
  The old rules prohibited a single entity from owning a radio or TV station and a daily newspaper in the same media market. They al
  
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• Wall Street moves higher, pushing S&P 500 over 4,000 level

  01-04-2021 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAMIAN J. TROISE
  Stocks were moderately higher Thursday, helped by a rise in technology companies as well as smaller companies, which would benefit from a quickly growing economy.
  The S&P 500 rose 0.8% as of 11:44 a.m. Eastern, crossing the 4,000-point mark for the first time. The benchmark index is coming off its fourth straight quarterly gain.
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 124 points, or 0.4%, to 33,105 and the technology-heavy Nasdaq jumped 1.4%. The Russell 2000 index of small
  
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• Donald Trump Jr. buys mansion 20 miles from Mar-a-Lago

  01-04-2021 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle are now Florida home owners.
  The Palm Beach Post reports that the couple spent $9.7 million this week to buy a 11,000-square-foot (1,000-square-meter), six-bedroom, 11-bath mansion in the town of Jupiter, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the Mar-a-Lago compound where former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump are living.
  The home is in the exclusive and gated Admirals Cove community and on
  
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• Biden plan would spend $16B to clean up old mines, oil wells

  01-04-2021 17:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW DALY
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion plan to transform America’s infrastructure includes $16 billion to plug old oil and gas wells and clean up abandoned mines, a longtime priority for Western and rural lawmakers from both parties.
  Hundreds of thousands of “orphaned” oil and gas wells and abandoned coal and hardrock mines pose serious safety hazards, while causing ongoing environmental damage. The administration sees the longstanding
  
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• The Eat Index: OC: Why Brad baked pies for seven days in a row 🥧

  01-04-2021 17:53 via ocregister.com
  
  The Eat Index: OC is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Wednesdays. Subscribe here.Main CourseCoconut cream pie from The Flaky Apple Pie Co. in Costa Mesa (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)How do you gain five pounds in a week if you’re critic Brad A. Johnson? The answer is pie — and lots of it.
  Brad recently tried new Costa Mesa ghost kitchen Flaky Apple Pie Company and savored many of the fruit-filled pies, but not every one was a blue ribbon
  
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