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• Metrolink receives $59,000 grant for campaign to deter suicide on train tracks

  08-04-2021 23:51 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Metrolink announced Thursday that it has received a $59,000 federal grant to fund a campaign aimed at deterring people from committing suicide on its train tracks.
  Metrolink officials said suicides accounted for 40% of all incidents of trains striking pedestrians between 2017 and 2019.
  The grant from the Federal Railroad Administration will fund an outreach campaign focused on training and public engagement, along with targeted awareness efforts at four “hot spots&rdquo
  
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• Horse racing notes: Concert Tour headlines the Arkansas Derby

  08-04-2021 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANITA LEADERS
  (Through Thursday)
  JOCKEYS / WINS
  Flavien Prat / 82
  Juan Hernandez / 51
  Umberto Rispoli / 42
  Abel Cedillo / 35
  Joel Rosario / 29
  TRAINERS / WINS
  Bob Baffert / 29
  Philip D’Amato / 29
  Peter Miller / 26
  Richard Baltas / 23
  Doug O’Neill / 23
  DOWN THE STRETCH
  • The final two Kentucky Derby preps of the season are on tap Saturday. The Bob Baffert-trained Concert Tour is the even-money favorite in the Grade I Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park with Joel Rosario aboard.
  
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• One dead, at least five wounded in Bryan, Texas shooting

  08-04-2021 23:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By Dakin Andone and Hollie Silverman | CNN
  One person was killed and at least five others were wounded — four of them critically — in a shooting at an industrial park in Bryan, Texas, on Thursday afternoon, police said.
  A trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety was shot while pursuing the suspect, the department tweeted, and is in serious but stable condition.
  One person was later taken into custody in nearby Grimes County, Sheriff Donald Sowell told CNN, adding the incide
  
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• Breaking: Six people injured in shooting in Bryan, Texas

  08-04-2021 23:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By Dakin Andone and Hollie Silverman | CNN
  Police in Bryan, Texas, are searching for a suspect after six people were injured during a shooting at an industrial park on Thursday afternoon, according to Lt. Jason James of the Bryan Police Department.
  The victims were taken to a local hospital, but James could not speak to the extent of their injuries in a brief interview with CNN Thursday afternoon. He could not say whether all the victims had suffered gunshot wounds.
  The suspect in the shooting i
  
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• Breaking: Several injured in shooting in Bryan, Texas

  08-04-2021 23:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By Dakin Andone and Hollie Silverman | CNN
  Police responded Thursday to the scene of a shooting at an industrial park in Bryan, Texas, where they found “several victims,” according to Lt. Jason James of the Bryan Police Department.
  James could not speak to the extent of the victims’ injuries in a news conference Thursday afternoon. The victims had been taken to a local hospital, he said.
  The suspect in the shooting is at large, James said. He had no details or information about
  
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• At least 1 dead, four wounded in Bryan, Texas shooting

  08-04-2021 23:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By Dakin Andone and Hollie Silverman | CNN
  One person was killed and at least four others were wounded in a shooting at an industrial park in Bryan, Texas, on Thursday afternoon, police said.
  One person was later taken into custody in nearby Grimes County after a trooper was shot, Sheriff Donald Sowell told CNN, adding the incident may be connected to the industrial park shooting.
  “That’s what we understand. We (are) right in the middle of all this,” Sowell said.
  Bryan Police r
  
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• Ducks’ Trevor Zegras ‘just OK’ in return to minors to focus on center

  08-04-2021 23:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Trevor Zegras recorded an assist in his return to the Ducks’ AHL team, the San Diego Gulls, during a 4-2 loss Wednesday to the Ontario Reign at Great Park Ice in Irvine.
  The reviews were mixed of his first game in a shift back to his natural position as a center. He played left wing with the Ducks.
  “I thought he was just OK,” Gulls coach Kevin Dineen said in a postgame Zoom call. “There are a lot of details to the game no matter what position you’re playing and that
  
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• Search underway as man with gunshot wound found in Laguna Hills park

  08-04-2021 23:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Sheriff’s deputies detained three underage suspects and were searching for a fourth on Thursday, April 8, after finding a man shot at a park in Laguna Hills.
  It was shortly after 12:20 p.m. when deputies were called to a park near Paseo De Valencia and Alicia Parkway about a shooting victim, the department said.
  There deputies found a wounded man in his 30s, said Capt. Gene Inouye. The man was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
  Deputies saw three males ru
  
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• Man with gunshot wound found in Laguna Hills

  08-04-2021 23:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Sheriff’s deputies detained multiple people Thursday afternoon, April 8, after finding a male with a gunshot wound in Laguna Hills.
  Authorities were called at 12:30 p.m. about the wounded victim, who was found in the area of Paseo De Valencia and Alicia Parkway, the department said.
  It was not immediately known how many people were detained and how authorities connected them to the wounded victim. His age was not available.
  This is a developing story. Check back for updates.&
  
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• Male with gunshot wound found in Laguna Hills

  08-04-2021 23:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Sheriff’s deputies detained multiple people Thursday afternoon, April 8, after finding a male with a gunshot wound in Laguna Hills.
  Authorities were called at 12:30 p.m. about the wounded victim, who was found in the area of Paseo De Valencia and Alicia Parkway, the department said.
  It was not immediately known how many people were detained and how authorities connected them to the wounded victim. His age was not available.
  This is a developing story. Check back for updates.&
  
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• COVID: Countries worldwide hit new case, death toll records

  08-04-2021 23:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By Michelle R. Smith | Associated Press
  Ambulances filled with breathless patients lined up in Brazil as nations around the world set new records Thursday for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections. The disease surged even in some countries that have kept the virus in check.
  In the United States, Detroit leaders began making a plan to knock on every door to persuade people to get vaccine shots.
  Brazil this week became just the third country, after the U.S. and Peru, to report a 24-hour t
  
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• Disneyland will open Avengers Campus in June after a yearlong delay due to the pandemic

  08-04-2021 23:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney plans a June opening for the new Marvel super hero land that will see Spider-Man swinging across the sky, Doctor Strange conjuring up magic spells and Captain America fighting villains along rooftops.
  The new Avengers Campus themed land based on Marvel superhero stories will open on June 4 at Disney California Adventure, according to Disney officials.
  The announcement was made on Thursday, April 8 during a virtual press event hosted by Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh
  
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• U.S. Space Force division to be headquartered near Los Angeles airport

  08-04-2021 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Home to more than 25 aerospace companies, Southern California could enjoy a boost in the industry locally now that the U.S. Space Force plans to locate one of its three divisions near the Los Angeles airport.
  U.S. Space Force officials announced on Thursday, April 8, that its Space Systems Command – tasked with developing and buying space technologies – will operate at the Los Angeles Air Force Base’s Space and Missile Systems Center in El Segundo. The command is set to officia
  
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• Fryer: Throwing the shot put, discus put Mission Viejo’s Sara Pettinger on her preferred track

  08-04-2021 22:43 via ocregister.com
  
  When Sara Pettinger was thinking about trying out for the Mission Viejo track and field team she decided she preferred “field” over “track.”
  “I didn’t want to run,” she recalled. “So I was asked if I wanted to throw.”
  And throw, she does. Pettinger, a senior, is pursuing Mission Viejo school records in the shot put and the discus. The school has a storied history in track and field, including in the girls throwing events.
  Pettinger’s pe
  
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• Number of kids alone at the border at record high in March

  08-04-2021 22:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By Elliott Spagat and Alexandra Jaffe | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. government picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for President Joe Biden as he reverses many of his predecessor’s hardline immigration tactics.
  A complex mix of factors in the United States and Central America drove the increase. It has coincided with the Biden administration&
  
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• Kentucky Derby Super Six welcomes another Derby winner

  08-04-2021 22:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Our Kentucky Derby Super Six has a new face this week, courtesy of trainer John Sadler and owners Hronis Racing and Michael Talla.
  His name is Rock Your World, and he certainly did just that Saturday in the 84th running of the Santa Anita Derby when he ran off and hid by 4 1/4 lengths while stamping himself as one of the favorites for the 147th Kentucky Derby.
  Sadler had a plan all along, and it worked to perfection.
  “I look smart for about an hour,” the Long Beach native joked in th
  
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• Northern Ireland leaders seek calm after violence escalates

  08-04-2021 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By PETER MORRISON and JILL LAWLESS
  BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm Thursday after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other. It was the worst mayhem in a week of street violence in the region, where Britain’s exit from the European Union has unsettled an uneasy political balance.
  Crowds including children as young as 12 or 13 clashed across a concrete “pe
  
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• Mortgage rates dip to 3.13% ending rare 7-week jump

  08-04-2021 22:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Mortgage rates dipped in the past week, ending a seven-week upswing that ranks among the past half-century’s longest hikes.
  Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says its widely-watched 30-year loan rate dipped to an average 3.13% this week from 3.18% last week. The previous seven weeks of hikes pushed rates up 0.45 percentage points from 2.73% on Feb. 11. It’s part of a bounce up from a record low 2.65% set Jan. 7.
  My trusty spreadsheet, reviewing weekly data back to 1971, put the seven-week s
  
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• Coronavirus: Orange County reported 95 new cases and 19 new deaths as of April 8

  08-04-2021 22:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The OC Health Care Agency reported 95 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, April 8, increasing the cumulative total in the county to 251,611 cases since tracking began.
  There have been 1,516 new infections reported in the past 14 days.
  Another 19 new deaths were reported Thursday, raising the total number of COVID-19 fatalities to 4,810.
  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 process. T
  
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• Alexander: Lorenzo Burns prepares for NFL draft with expert advice

  08-04-2021 22:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Lorenzo Burns enters this month’s NFL draft with some things still to prove. He’s a smallish cornerback, 5-foot-10 and 183 pounds. He played just five games, as a graduate student, for an Arizona team that went 0-5 in a Pac-12 Conference whose athletes had less than half the opportunities, and thus half the game video, as their peers in the Southeastern, Atlantic Coast and Big 12 conferences.
  But Burns has one edge, maybe a fairly significant one. The Murrieta resident has had access
  
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• Homebuying Q&A: ‘Obvious seller’s market, somewhat to an extreme’

  08-04-2021 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jeff Ostrowski/Bankrate
  Longtime real estate broker Nick Bailey has experienced his share of ups and downs in the housing market, and he’s taking the real estate boom of the past year in stride.
  Bailey, chief customer officer at RE/MAX, one of the nation’s largest real estate brands, acknowledges that the coronavirus pandemic has skewed the usual patterns of supply and demand, while also straining affordability.
  “It’s an obvious seller’s market, somewhat to an ex
  
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• Miguel’s Jr. reopens dining rooms; Farmer Boys plans to do it on April 13

  08-04-2021 21:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Dining rooms are reopening at two Inland Empire-based restaurant chains as coronavirus restrictions ease.
  All of Southern California is in the orange tier of the state’s COVID-19 guidelines, which means dining rooms can open at 50% capacity. Riverside, San Bernardino counties moved into the orange tier this week, following recent moves by Los Angeles and Orange counties.
  Miguel’s Jr. has reopened its dining rooms at 50% capacity, but their hot sauce bars are closed, with staff h
  
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• Economy too hot? What 10 economists think

  08-04-2021 21:54 via ocregister.com
  
  What would it really mean for the economy to overheat? How would we know if the ominous warnings by several prominent economists were coming true?
  We asked 10 economists who have offered commentary from either side of the debate to lay out their arguments more precisely. The question we asked: What rate of inflation, using what measure, over what period of time — or other developments, such as swings in bond or currency markets — would indicate problematic overheating was underway?
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• Nonfungible tokens or NFTs: Neither miracle nor scam

  08-04-2021 21:46 via ocregister.com
  
  On Thursday, my colleague Kevin Roose sold a crypto token of a newspaper column for more than a half-million dollars. (For charity!) Someone paid $69 million for a digital file of a collage that anyone can view online.
  This is part of the mania of the moment in nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, and they are an example of people rushing to judgment about basically anything new and novel.
  I have some straight talk: The proliferation of NFTs will probably not be the world-changing revolution that its pr
  
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• Agency plan would postpone foreclosures until 2022

  08-04-2021 21:39 via ocregister.com
  
  How many homeowners are circling the drain, facing the risk of losing their homes from COVID-19 triggered job losses?
  How many jumped at the chance to sign-up for mortgage forbearances not knowing what might be around their income corner?
  And how many wrongfully took advantage of the CARES Act forbearance safety net, using their mortgage payment to buy stocks, real estate or Bitcoin?
  The question of how many need a lifeline is the great COVID-19 mortgage mystery.
  Government officials are assumin
  
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• UCI announces $1 billion raised in campaign for university’s future

  08-04-2021 21:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Roughly six years into a decade-long fundraising campaign seeking $2 billion for research, student scholarships and other initiatives, UC Irvine announced this week that half of its goal has been met.
  The $1 billion in donations raised so far is part of UCI’s Brilliant Future campaign – initiated in 2015 and launched publicly in 2019 – and has “contributed to the construction of new buildings and the creation of more than 140 new scholarships, fellowships and student awar
  
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• Orange County DA official mired in controversy as head of special prosecutions now wants to be a judge

  08-04-2021 21:16 via ocregister.com
  
  His proudest moment was the first time he introduced himself in court: “Ebrahim Baytieh for the people.”
  Baytieh, a senior assistant district attorney in Orange County, says he not only represents the people of California, but the people charged with crimes and their attorneys. He views himself as a champion for justice, not just for prosecutions. And a lot of the county’s high-profile, respected judges, trial attorneys and law enforcement leaders believe that version of B
  
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• USC guard Tahj Eaddy declares for NBA Draft

  08-04-2021 21:03 via ocregister.com
  
  After one season as a Trojan, Tahj Eaddy is turning pro.
  USC’s senior guard, who earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors this year after transferring from Santa Clara, declared for the NBA Draft on Thursday, announcing his decision via Instagram. Eaddy, 24, forgoes the extra year of eligibility the NCAA provided to all participants in the 2020-21 men’s basketball season.
  “I would like to thank the Trojans fans. From Day One, you guys have welcomed into the family with open arms an
  
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• Former Disneyland annual passholders complain about lack of priority ticket access for parks’ return

  08-04-2021 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland annual passholders accustomed to VIP treatment will miss out on the biggest perk of them all: Priority access to purchase theme park tickets and make advance reservations for the reopening of Disney’s Anaheim theme parks after a yearlong coronavirus closure.
  After blaming the death of the four decade-old annual pass program on the COVID-19 pandemic and promising to shower love on former annual passholders, Disneyland has left some members of its most loyal fan base feeling forgo
  
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• Disneyland annual passholders complain about lack of priority ticket access for parks’ return

  08-04-2021 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland annual passholders accustomed to VIP treatment will miss out on the biggest perk of them all: Priority access to purchase theme park tickets and make advance reservations for the reopening of Disney’s Anaheim theme parks after a yearlong coronavirus closure.
  After blaming the death of the four decade-old annual pass program on the COVID-19 pandemic and promising to shower love on former annual passholders, Disneyland has left some members of its most loyal fan base feeling forgo
  
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• Garden Party offers free resources, expert info for new gardeners and experienced green thumbs

  08-04-2021 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Looking for online resources and expert advice to make your gardening game grow? That’s just what the longtime gardening columnist Joshua Siskin delivered during the first installment of Garden Party, the new virtual series from the Southern California News Group.
  This free monthly series — broadcast via Zoom once a month — aims to provide tips and insights into getting the most joy and productivity out of your gardening experience. Hosted by SCNG’s “Frumpy Middle-A
  
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• Lance Armstrong’s son charged with sexual assault of 16-year-old

  08-04-2021 20:54 via ocregister.com
  
  AUSTIN  — The son of former cyclist Lance Armstrong was charged with sexual assault from 2018 when he was 18, according to a police arrest warrant.
  The alleged victim told police in November 2020 she was assaulted by Luke Armstrong after he drove her from a party to his father’s house. Because she was 16 at the time, Luke Armstrong has been charged with felony sexual assault of child.
  Luke Armstrong’s attorney said Armstrong, now 21, and the girl, now 19, were in a consens
  
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• Wrong-way driver on 91 Freeway hits big rig, arrested on suspicion of DUI

  08-04-2021 20:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The wrong way driver eventually crashed head-on with a big rig, said CHP Sgt. Matt Petrella. (Photo by OnScene TV)
  A man driving in the wrong direction on the 91 freeway early Thursday, April 8 in Anaheim was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after causing multiple crashes, according to the California Highway Patrol. (Photo by OnScene TV)
  Authorities investigate a scene wherea man driving in the wrong direction on the 91 freeway early Thursday, April 8
  caused multiple crashes,
  
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• Federal low-income housing grant doubles in size this year

  08-04-2021 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By Ashraf Khalil | The Associated Press
  Thanks to a coronavirus pandemic-fueled mortgage boom, states will get nearly $700 million in federal grants from a special program for low-income housing, more than double the amount distributed last year.
  It’s a boost that the Department of Housing and Urban Development says should produce a tangible leap forward in government low-income housing plans across the country.
  The Housing Trust Fund, administered by the department, will disburse the mone
  
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• Review: Chef Enrique Olvera’s Damian brings an outsider’s perspective to the Mexican table in California

  08-04-2021 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The name Enrique Olvera might not ring a bell for everyone. But to anyone who closely follows restaurant news beyond our own zip codes will likely perk up at the mention of Pujol, Olvera’s beautiful flagship in Mexico City. The chef is arguably the most famous culinary figure in Latin America, renown for modernizing Mexican cuisine by mining his country’s rich but often forgotten heritage. 
  Olvera’s profile has been rising in the U.S. over the last decade, having opened ve
  
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• Rock that looks like Cookie Monster ends up in Orange County

  08-04-2021 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  While most people know the iconic children’s show “Sesame Street” takes place in New York City, one of its beloved residents, Cookie Monster, was spotted in the mines of Brazil and is now here in Orange County.
  Recently, a rock that formed naturally with a design that is the spitting image of the famous googly eyed puppet surfaced online, becoming a viral sensation after its discovery. The rock has now made its way from Brazil to California and lies in the hands of a big Cookie
  
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• USC defensive line has job openings for those who want to hunt

  08-04-2021 19:41 via ocregister.com
  
  The USC defensive coaching staff feels like it missed on an opportunity to establish its cultural expectations last year. With spring football canceled due to the pandemic, it left too much game planning to be done in the fall to focus on much else.
  So this spring is a much-needed opportunity for the Trojans, and defensive line coach Vic So’oto took a little time during his press conference Thursday to flex on this point.
  Mid-answer to a question about establishing culture, So’oto sh
  
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• Expert says George Floyd died from lack of oxygen

  08-04-2021 19:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski and Tammy Webber | Associated Press
  MINNEAPOLIS — George Floyd died of a lack of oxygen from being pinned on his stomach with his hands cuffed behind him and his face jammed against the pavement, a medical expert testified Thursday at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.
  Floyd’s breathing while he was being held down by Chauvin and two other officers was too shallow to take in enough oxygen, which in turn damaged his brain and caused his
  
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• Daxon: Ready to Love Brea for a Day?

  08-04-2021 19:27 via ocregister.com
  
  You can love Brea every day, but this year we have four days to show our love by volunteering for an assortment of worthy projects on April 17 and 24 and May 1 and 8.
  Perhaps, you’ve participated in Love Brea Day in past years and painted fire hydrants, pulled weeds, organized storage bins at the senior center or dusted artifacts in the Brea museum on one day.
  Back then, Love Brea Day started with a big rally at the Brea Civic Center where volunteers picked up and put on their cool Love Br
  
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• COVID economy: California, US unemployment claims rise

  08-04-2021 19:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Unemployment claims in California shot to their highest level in three months, topping 145,000 filings last week, the government reported Thursday.
  California workers filed 145,400 initial claims for unemployment during the week that ended April 3, an increase of 39,000 from the 106,400 claims filed the prior week, the U.S. Labor Department said.
  Nationwide, jobless claims totaled 744,000 during the week ending April 3, up 16,000 from the week before.
  California now accounts for 19.6% — ab
  
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• Qualified immunity has produced a police accountability trainwreck

  08-04-2021 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Since 1871 the Civil Rights Act has held state and local officials—including police officers—legally liable for damages if their actions violate a citizen’s Constitutional rights.
  That’s until the Supreme Court punched a huge hole in the law, making it now nearly impossible to hold police officers accountable — even for acts that clearly violate the rights of citizens.  Such actions multiplied massively under the war on drugs.
  As part of that “war,”
  
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• 2 new airlines await Americans looking to fly somewhere

  08-04-2021 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID KOENIG | The Associated Press
  Americans are traveling in the greatest numbers in more than a year, and soon they will have two new leisure-oriented airlines to consider for those trips.
  Both hope to draw passengers by filling in smaller strands on the spider web of airline routes crisscrossing the United States.
  Avelo Airlines said Thursday that it will begin flying later this month to 11 destinations from Burbank, California. The startup plans to add other routes in the West as soon as
  
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• How to tell which critter is eating fruit out of your trees

  08-04-2021 19:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Some critter has been peeling & eating the rind off my lemons & leaving the fruit hanging on the tree. Same thing has happened to another neighbor’s avocados.
  I don’t know if it’s the neighborhood squirrels, an opossum, or rats. Next door neighbor’s dog did catch & kill an opossum recently. Have you ever heard of this?
  A: Squirrels, opossums, and rats can all wreak havoc in the garden, each in their own way. Squirrels will visit your fruit trees just as the
  
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• Anaheim Hills briefs: Students help Rotary Club pull off dog-friendly fundraiser

  08-04-2021 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Like many events last year, the annual Bark in the Park fundraiser sponsored by the Anaheim Hills Rotary Club was cancelled because of COVID-19 restrictions. However, the inspiration and assistance offered by students from Fairmont High School’s International Business Program has made it possible for Rotary members to host a virtual event this year.
  Registration will be through April 19 with the  winners revealed during an award ceremony via Zoom Room at 3 p.m., on April 2. The commun
  
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• UCLA men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin inks two-year contract extension 

  08-04-2021 19:08 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin put pen to paper on a two-year contract extension through the 2026-27 season Thursday, announced by first-year athletic director Martin Jarmond.
  The extension will be worth a guaranteed $4 million per year.
  In his second season at the helm, Cronin led the Bruins on a spirited run to the Final Four, which ended in a heartbreaking loss in overtime to No. 1-seeded Gonzaga,
  Cronin is 41-22 as the coach of the Bruins. The Final Four appearance was the pro
  
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• Lakers’ Talen Horton-Tucker suspended one game, will miss Miami game tonight

  08-04-2021 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The fracas with the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night will cost the already short-handed Lakers a key piece for their Thursday matchup in Miami.
  The NBA issued a one-game suspension Thursday morning for Talen Horton-Tucker for leaving the bench area during the minor melee sparked by a confrontation between Toronto’s O.G. Anunoby and L.A.’s Dennis Schröder. The Raptors’ DeAndre Bembry and Fred VanVleet were also suspended for the same reason, while Anunoby and Montrezl Harre
  
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• Biden tightens some gun controls, says much more needed

  08-04-2021 18:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, AAMER MADHANI and MICHAEL BALSAMO
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, in his first gun control measures since taking office, announced a half-dozen executive actions Thursday aimed at addressing a proliferation of gun violence across the nation that he called an “epidemic and an international embarrassment.”
  “The idea that we have so many people dying ever single day from gun violence in America is a blemish on our character as a nation,” Bide
  
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• Qué Vida Tacos opens in August in Newport with elegance, quick service

  08-04-2021 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  An affordable quick service taqueria with atmosphere and a full bar? Where is this magic spot?
  It’s called Qué Vida Tacos and it aims to open in early August with a spacious patio, cocktail lounge and “elevated” counter service.
  Que Vida Tacos aims to be a quick service taqueria and bar with the atmosphere of a full service restaurant. It’s slated to open early August in Newport Beach.(Courtesy of Hatch Design Group)
  Que Vida Tacos aims to be a quick service taqueri
  
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• The Eat Index: OC: 2 great OC burgers to try

  08-04-2021 18:29 via ocregister.com
  
  The Eat Index: OC is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Wednesdays. Subscribe here. 
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  Umami Bomb at SmörBurgers in Santa Ana (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  As new restaurants emerge, the smell of burgers and fries is in the air, and Brad A. Johnson has recommendations for two great ones.
  The first you’ll find at Station Craft in Dana Point, and the other is at 4th Street Market at Santa Ana. Brad shares what makes each special. Rea
  
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• SeaWorld San Diego will reopen with rides and coasters next week after year without thrills

  08-04-2021 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SeaWorld San Diego will bring back thrill rides and roller coasters next week after operating as a zoo, hosting food festivals and offering a once-in-a-lifetime drive-thru special event in an effort to keep the theme park partially open during the yearlong coronavirus pandemic.
  SeaWorld San Diego will fully reopen at limited capacity with rides, attractions and roller coasters on Monday, April 12, according to park officials.
  “We’re delighted to bring back some of the best thrill and
  
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