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• Actor Depardieu will stand trial on sexual assault charges

  30-04-2024 02:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By Oleg Cetinic and Barbara Surk | Associated Press
  PARIS — French actor Gérard Depardieu will face a criminal trial in October over the alleged sexual assaults in 2021 of two women on the set of a film, prosecutors announced Monday.
  The 75-year-old actor, who previously has denied any wrongdoing, was detained for questioning by police in Paris for several hours earlier Monday. His lawyer, Christian Saint-Palais, later declined to comment to reporters other than to say that the acto
  
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• CIF-SS champion Pacifica among O.C. softball teams opting out of SoCal regional

  21-05-2024 03:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowCIF-SS Division 1 champion Pacifica is among the Orange County softball teams that have opted out of the upcoming CIF SoCal Regional, Mariners coach Tony Arduino said Monday after a meeting with players.
  “We decided not to do it,” he said. “It was a team decision.”
  Pacifica (27-2), which claimed its second consecutive Division 1 crown on Friday, joins automatic qualifiers Orange Lu
  
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• Several 7-Eleven stores robbed across LA, Orange counties, possible suspects arrested

  21-05-2024 02:59 via ocregister.com
  
  A crew of robbers late on Sunday, May 19 targeted at least four 7-Eleven convenience stores across Los Angeles and Orange counties, and possibly more, as police continue to investigate the apparent crime spree.
  Over about a half hour, a group of five men barged into three different 7-Eleven stores located in North Orange County: Two in Anaheim and one in Fullerton, police said.
  At every location, the group jumped over the front counter, grabbed cash boxes and cigarettes, then fled outside to a w
  
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• Santa Margarita baseball accepts spot in CIF regional playoffs, joining Huntington Beach, Orange Lutheran

  21-05-2024 02:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Margarita is going to the CIF Southern California Regional baseball playoffs.
  The Eagles were invited because Corona and Harvard-Westlake opted not to compete in the playoffs that begin May 28.
  Corona defeated Harvard-Westlake in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship game Saturday. Both teams announced their intention to not participate in the regional.
  The CIF State organizes and manages the CIF SoCal Regional, and it offers 20 invitations to CIF-SS teams. The spots are awarded
  
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• Chargers’ Denzel Perryman has fun with first impressions of Jim Harbaugh

  21-05-2024 01:42 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Denzel Perryman spoke Monday about signing with the Chargers as a free agent in March, about coming home to the franchise that drafted him in the second round in 2015. He talked about being the grizzled veteran among a linebacker corps dominated by young players.
  He fretted about feeling nervous in front of a cluster of reporters, with bright lights shining on him and cameras focused upon him. He said he was happy wearing uniform No. 6 for the first time after wearing No. 52 f
  
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• Orange County communities plan 2024 Memorial Day tributes to sacrifice

  21-05-2024 01:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County communities have a number of events planned for Memorial Day to honor the ultimate sacrifice of those who died while in service to our country.
  Here are some of the events scheduled on Memorial Day, May 27, unless otherwise indicated.
  Anaheim: There will be a flag presentation, a wreath-laying ceremony and speakers at 11 a.m. at the Anaheim Cemetery, 1400 E. Sycamore St. The ceremony will be held in front of the community mausoleum. Arrive early or bring a lawn chair. Information:
  
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• Mountain lion spotted in L.A.’s Griffith Park, more than 1 year after P-22’s death

  21-05-2024 01:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Get ready for the sequel.
  For 10 years, the mountain lion known as P-22 was the first wild cat to call Los Angeles’ Griffith Park home, becoming a celebrity with a television series, biographies, his own Twitter (now X) handle, street murals and museum exhibits. His story inspired co-existence between modern humans and wild animals.
  Now, about 1 1/2 years after his death before Christmas 2022, another mountain lion has arrived in the park, captured on video inside the 4,314-acre urban oasi
  
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• Mountain lion spotted in L.A.’s Griffith Park, 1 1/2 years after P-22’s death

  21-05-2024 01:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Get ready for the sequel.
  For 10 years, the mountain lion known as P-22 was the first wild cat to call Los Angeles’ Griffith Park home, becoming a celebrity with a television series, biographies, his own Twitter (now X) handle, street murals and museum exhibits. His story inspired co-existence between modern humans and wild animals.
  Now, about 1 1/2 years after his death before Christmas 2022, another mountain lion has arrived in the park, captured on video inside the 4,314-acre urban oasi
  
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• Lawsuit against OC Registrar of Voters, Board of Supervisors challenges use of vote centers

  21-05-2024 01:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Every election year, thousands of Orange County voters flock to vote centers to carry out their civic duty, but a lawsuit is challenging whether the convenience of having multiple choices of locations that open for days ahead to cast a ballot breaks California election law.
  That’s what three registered Republican voters in Orange County are alleging in a lawsuit recently filed against OC Registrar of Voters Bob Page and the five members of the OC Board of Supervisors, Secretary of State Sh
  
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• Angels’ Anthony Rendon says he’s healing ‘slowly’

  21-05-2024 00:56 via ocregister.com
  
  HOUSTON — Just over a month after he tore his hamstring, Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon is still slowly rehabbing with no timeframe for a return.
  “Just trying to play it by ear and push it as much as possible and hope for the best,” Rendon said on Monday. “Come back as soon as possible.”
  Rendon said he just began walking on an incline on a treadmill.
  “It’s coming along slowly,” he said. “We’ve been doing rehab. That’s the ext
  
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• Sparks to face Mystics still seeking their first win of season

  21-05-2024 00:55 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Sparks will again look to win their first game of the 2024 WNBA season when they square off against the Washington Mystics on Tuesday night at Long Beach State.
  The Sparks (0-2) are led by two-time All-Star forward Dearica Hamby, who is averaging a double-double with 24.5 points and 11.5 rebounds and had a game-high 29 points and nine rebounds in the team’s 89-82 loss to the Las Vegas Aces on Saturday.
  Despite a pair of losses, the Sparks were competitive against th
  
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• Orange County baseball final Top 25: Orange Lutheran finishes No. 1 in 2024

  21-05-2024 00:43 via ocregister.com
  
  The final Orange County high school baseball rankings of the 2024 season.
  Notable this week: Orange Lutheran started the season at No. 1 in the rankings and finishes at No. 1, having won the Trinity League championship and advancing to the CIF Southern Section Division 1 semifinals. … Huntington Beach finishes at No. 2 after beating Santa Margarita in the Division 1 quarterfinals. … Beckman reaches the Top 10 after beating St. John Bosco to win the CIF Southern Section Division 3 c
  
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• San Clemente earns three-peat US Board Riders national title

  21-05-2024 00:23 via ocregister.com
  
  It seems having Lower Trestles as your home break helps as a training ground for surfers to lay claim to the best in the nation.
  The San Clemente Board Riders Club earned its third consecutive US Board Riders National Championship win at Lower Trestles on Saturday, May 18, following a dominating performance to also clinch the coveted SURFER West Coast Board Riders Wheat Cup Championship a day earlier.
  The three-day event brought together about 350 surfers from around the state and country to com
  
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• Alex Ramirez named soccer coach at Servite

  21-05-2024 00:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Alex Ramirez is the new boys soccer coach at Servite, the school announced Monday.
  Ramirez coached soccer at Savanna the past 17 seasons. He led Savanna to its first Orange League title this past season. The Rebels advanced to the CIF Southern Section Division 4 semifinals and Ramirez was selected Orange League coach of the year.
  He also coaches with the Irvine Pateadores Soccer Club.
  Ramirez replaces Eddie Soto, who resigned last month. Soto coached the Friars to two CIF-SS and two CIF Southern
  
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• Vote now: Albano’s Diamond Club Top 10 performers from the CIF-SS softball finals

  20-05-2024 23:44 via ocregister.com
  
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  Dan Albano’s top performers from the CIF-SS softball championships.
  (Notes: The poll will close Wednesday at midnight. Poll results may not display on website but will be posted along with a profile of the winner on Friday, May 24)
  Kaniya Bragg, Pacifica, Sr.
  The UCLA-bound shortstop hit a solo home run to opposite field with one out in the sixth inning and scored two runs in the Mari
  
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• Alexander: Ontario’s season is over, but what about Kings’ future?

  20-05-2024 23:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Ontario Reign’s Tyler Madden react after losing to Coachella Valley Firebirds in Game 3 of the AHL Calder Cup playoff series at Toyota Arena on Sunday May 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
  LA Kings mascot, Bailey,waves a towel during Game 3 of the AHL Calder Cup playoff series between Ontario Reign and Coachella Valley Firebird at Toyota Arena on Sunday May 19, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
  Coachella Valley Firebirds fans celebrate after de
  
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• FDIC chairman Martin Gruenberg says he’ll leave job after report of toxic workplace

  20-05-2024 23:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By Katanga Johnson | Bloomberg
  Martin Gruenberg will step down as head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. after findings of a toxic work environment put the regulator at the center of a heated political fight and fueled calls for his removal.
  Gruenberg, 71, has faced mounting pressure following a scathing report detailed allegations of harassment and discrimination at the bank regulator during his tenure. Those findings earlier this month by law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
  
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• Renting forever toward a strong financial future

  20-05-2024 22:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Moving back and forth from Tennessee to Alaska, Michael Rogers and his wife Christy have twice been stuck simultaneously paying a mortgage and rent. Once, in 2006, the situation dragged on for eight months, finally ending when they sold their house in Tennessee for $20,000 below what they’d paid for it.
  Other adventures in homeownership ended well — the couple doubled their money after selling a fixer-upper. Then later, with another property, they had to pay out $30,000 to fix a muds
  
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• Downtown Disney store closes after a decade to make room for new shop

  20-05-2024 22:30 via ocregister.com
  
  A Downtown Disney destination for sandals and flip-flops for more than a decade has shut its doors to make room for a new shop that may soon be selling trendy backpacks sporting Disney designs or delectable bath soaps shaped like donuts and cupcakes.
  The California Sole shoe and sandal store closed in early May at the Downtown Disney outdoor shopping mall next to Disneyland.
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• CDC issues heat protection guidelines ahead of summer travel period

  20-05-2024 22:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Donald Wood | TravelPulse (TNS)
  As travelers set out on their summer vacations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a new Heat and Health Initiative to protect Americans from heat exposure.
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• Ivan Boesky, stock trader convicted in insider trading scandal, dead at 87

  20-05-2024 21:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Ivan F. Boesky, the flamboyant stock trader whose cooperation with the government cracked open one of the largest insider trading scandals in the history of Wall Street, has died at the age of 87.
  A representative at the Marianne Boesky Gallery, owned by Ivan Boesky’s daughter, confirmed his death. No other details were given.
  The son of a Detroit delicatessen owner, Boesky was once considered one of the richest and most influential risk-takers on Wall Street. He had parlayed $700,000 from
  
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• Financial fraud at California’s community colleges

  20-05-2024 21:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic exposed California’s fiscal mismanagement in countless ways, most spectacularly in the payment of more than $30 billion — some estimates put the total as high as $55 billion —in fraudulent unemployment benefits. But another category of fraud could quickly balloon to numbers nearly that high unless more is done to stop it.
  We’re referring to the enrollment of vast numbers of “bots” in California’s community college classes, and their
  
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• Medicaid ‘unwinding’ decried as biased against disabled people

  20-05-2024 21:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Daniel Chang | (TNS) KFF Health News
  Jacqueline Saa has a genetic condition that leaves her unable to stand and walk on her own or hold a job. Every weekday for four years, Saa, 43, has relied on a home health aide to help her cook, bathe and dress, go to the doctor, pick up medications, and accomplish other daily tasks.
  She received coverage through Florida’s Medicaid program until it abruptly stopped at the end of March, she said.
  “Every day the anxiety builds,” said Saa, who
  
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• Virtual medicine: How has telehealth improved the lives of people with substance disorders?

  20-05-2024 21:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Hanna Webster | (TNS) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  From the driver’s seat of his parked truck, Lewis recalled what it felt like to take opioids.
  He was prescribed Vicodin after getting his wisdom teeth removed at age 15, he says, which jumpstarted an addiction he’s battled for nearly two decades. (Lewis’ last name has been omitted for concerns regarding his medical privacy.)
  “I just remember it took all the worries away,” said the Pennsylvania native during a September i
  
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• The Second Annual Chase for Business Make Your Move Summit is Coming to Southern California June 10-12

  20-05-2024 21:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California is known for its sunshine and beautiful Pacific beaches, but it also boasts one of the largest business outputs in California’s economy. In fact, the region produced nearly $1.6 trillion worth of goods and services in 2022. While only six counties make up the SoCal region, the business landscape represents 7% of the nation’s total businesses, with its business output only slightly smaller than the rest of the entire state.
  Southern California offers ample opportun
  
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• Nathan Lane recalls ‘The Lion King’ origins ahead of Hollywood Bowl anniversary event

  20-05-2024 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Nathan Lane laughs when asked what he recalls about creating the role of Timon, the mischievous meerkat, in the 1994 animated film “The Lion King.” Timon, along with his happy-go-lucky warthog pal Pumbaa, befriend the young lion Simba in the movie.
  “I do remember we were then performing in ‘Guys and Dolls,’ so we would go in early sometimes to record,” Lane says of himself and Ernie Sabella, who played Pumbaa to Lane’s Timon. “While we were re
  
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• Looking for some ‘Bridgerton’ vibes? Try out these Southern California afternoon tea spots

  20-05-2024 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Dearest gentle reader, do you have an idle afternoon, a posh celebration or, of course, want to give a nod to the newest season of the Netflix hit “Bridgerton”? There are a lot of reasons you might be searching for the perfect establishment to enjoy a sip of tea.
  Often known for their lush interiors, gorgeous glassware, delicious appetizers and peaceful settings, tea houses offer a unique dining experience that’s perfect for most occasions. And, luckily, Southern California has
  
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• Newsom finally acts to slow insurers’ exit

  20-05-2024 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Amid an insurance crisis that pushed property insurers to exit California’s market, Gov. Gavin Newsom penned an executive order that “urges Insurance Commissioner (Ricardo) Lara to take swift action to address issues with the insurance market and expand coverage options for consumers.”
  Well, the words “swift action” apparently don’t mean the same thing to the state Department of Insurance as they do to the rest of us. Newsom issued that order in September 2023
  
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• America’s obsession with race is a double-edged sword

  20-05-2024 19:53 via ocregister.com
  
  The concept of race can be a valuable tool in analyzing social structures, but we must also keep in mind the consequences of being overzealous in its application.
  During the latter half of the 20th century, the progressive sentiment about race and the Civil Rights movement was that we should look beyond outward appearances and resist granting too much importance to race. Martin Luther King Jr. famously endorsed the view, stating in his 1963 speech, “I have a dream that my four little child
  
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• Should public colleges offer classes in agitation, protest?

  20-05-2024 19:43 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s a question central to the commencement cancellations, protest encampments and building takeovers that have been significant features of college life across California and America this spring:
  Should taxpayers fund college classes in agitation and protest, currently offered on many campuses?
  No one knows exactly how many products of these classes have populated the protests and arrest rolls this spring, but bet on there being a significant number.
  Not every campus offers such classes t
  
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