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• Angels GM Perry Minasian waits patiently for market to get moving

  11-01-2021 21:51 via ocregister.com
  
  If it feels to you like the Angels have been too quiet this winter, you’re not alone.
  General manager Perry Minasian is right there with you in wishing he had been able to cross more items off his to-do list in his first two months on the job, although he understands it’s been quiet industry-wide. Uncertainties about finances during the pandemic have likely contributed to the slow pace of activity.
  “It’s been a different offseason,” Minasian said on Monday. “I
  
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• Dione Barbosa makes UFC debut thanks to dreams and determination

  04-05-2024 01:46 via ocregister.com
  
  The past four years of Dione Barbosa’s life can be described as geometrical, going full circle into an Octagon.
  The former Brazil Judo National Team member embarked on an ambitious dream less than four years ago in pursuit of a pro MMA career. She left Brazil and moved to Huntington Beach to live and train with MMA star and countrywoman Cris Cyborg, helping the Grand Slam champion prepare for her Bellator featherweight title defenses while honing her own skills for her future in the sport.
  
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• Big Bear Lake before and after a 15-foot increase in water depth thanks to winter storms

  04-05-2024 01:40 via ocregister.com
  
  After hitting record lows two years ago due to drought, Big Bear Lake reported a 10-foot increase in its water level in December 2023 and new data shows it’s risen even higher the first four months of 2024.
  In December 2022, the water level at Big Bear Lake was just below 55 feet, officials said. Two consecutive winters brought heavy storms in early 2023 and 2024, resulting in significant rainfall and snowpack that have helped restore the lake after water levels hit a record low in late 20
  
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• Potential candidates for Lakers’ head coaching job

  04-05-2024 01:09 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers fired head coach Darvin Ham on Friday, ending his two-season tenure at the helm.
  Here are a few of the potential candidates for the Lakers’ vacant head coaching position:
  David Adelman, Denver Nuggets assistant coach
  Adelman, the son of Hall of Famer Rick Adelman, is the lead assistant coach for the defending NBA champions and has been on Coach Michael Malone’s staff since the 2017-18 season.
  Adelman, 42, joined the Minnesota Timberwolves as a player development coach in 2
  
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• The Sand Bar, Sammy Hagar’s Cabo Wabo extension, opens in Huntington Beach

  04-05-2024 00:55 via ocregister.com
  
  One year after opening Cabo Wabo Beach Club inside the Waterfront Beach Resort in Huntington Beach, Sammy Hagar, the restauranteur and noted frontman of such aural outfits as Van Halen and Montrose, has softly opened the Sand Bar, a beachside extension of his nearby restaurant.
  The Sand Bar, located a stone’s throw from the sand, features a 2,100-square-foot patio with 100 seats, which offers full-service dining. Counter service is also available for to-go meals.
  Menu highlights include su
  
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• OC man who organized ‘fighters’ for Jan. 6 riot gets home detention and probation

  04-05-2024 00:55 via ocregister.com
  
  A Ladera Ranch entrepreneur who teamed up with a former Orange County police chief and four Inland Empire-based members of an extremist group to travel to the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection was sentenced Friday, May 3 to three years of probation, including six months of home detention.
  Russell Taylor previously accepted a plea deal in which he admitted to conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding and testified against Alan Hostetter, a former La Habra police chief-turned yoga in
  
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• Willie Calhoun batting 4th for Angels because Ron Washington says young players aren’t ready

  04-05-2024 00:42 via ocregister.com
  
  CLEVELAND — Journeyman Willie Calhoun found himself hitting in the cleanup spot in his first game with the Angels on Friday.
  “I took some names and put them in a hat and shook them up and he came out fourth,” Manager Ron Washington said.
  After the assembled media chuckled, Washington added: “Seriously. You think I’m joking.”
  Washington went on to explain that he actually wrote some names on pieces of paper and threw them on his bed. He also had Jo Adell and Lo
  
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• Admired by all, Homeboy leader Father Boyle gets Presidential Medal of Freedom

  04-05-2024 00:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Father Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries — the largest gang intervention and re-entry program in the world — was honored by President Joe Biden with the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, on Friday, May 3.
  Officials at Homeboys Industries said in a statement that Father Greg, as he is widely known, “exemplifies the transformative power of compassion, forgiveness, and second chances. For nearly forty years, Father Greg has empowered hundreds
  
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• Trampas Canyon Reservoir hits major milestone ahead of schedule

  04-05-2024 00:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A “lake” has formed in south Orange County, with migrating birds resting in the cool water, deer and even the occasional mountain lion spotted along its shore.
  “It really is a pretty setting,” said Donald Bunts, general manager of the Santa Margarita Water District. “The wildlife is totally enjoying it.”
  Bunts and his folks are celebrating its fullness – it has for the first time reached 90% capacity – because the body of water is actually a reserv
  
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• 5 things to know about Saturday’s NCAA men’s volleyball final in Long Beach

  03-05-2024 23:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The NCAA men’s volleyball title game is set — and it should be a thriller.
  No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 Long Beach State, two of the best volleyball teams in the country, will square off on Saturday afternoon, May 4, at the Walter Pyramid, with the national championship on the line.
  The Bruins (25-5) are searching for their second title in a row. The Beach (27-2) are looking for their first since going back-to-back in 2018-19.
  It should be an intense game, with the Walter Pyramid, on the LBS
  
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• Cinco de Mayo: You might be surprised how long it’s been celebrated in the U.S.

  03-05-2024 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla, which took place on May 5, 1862.
  It is not observed as a national holiday in Mexico, but schools in Puebla, where the battle took place, are closed for the day.
  Mexico’s Independence Day is Sept. 16.
  A report published by the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture said the observance of Cinco de Mayo in the U.S., started in California in 1863 in response to the resistance to French rule in
  
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• LAFC strives for consistency and points in San Jose

  03-05-2024 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Through the first third of the MLS regular season, the Los Angeles Football Club, on the whole, has been average.
  That’s the assessment of LAFC head coach Steve Cherundolo, whose team enters its 11th matchday this weekend situated fifth in the Western Conference and ninth in the Supporters’ Shield race with 15 of a possible 30 points.
  While April yielded a positive stretch for Cherundolo’s players, who went unbeaten after a three-loss March, ups-and-downs as a group and individ
  
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• Alexander: Lakers firing Darvin Ham was predictable, but is that it?

  03-05-2024 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Darvin Ham was the definition of Fired Coach Walking for weeks, as it turns out. Even 47 regular-season victories, good enough only for the play-in round in a rugged Western Conference, weren’t enough to save a second-year coach from the expectations of a legacy franchise and its entitled fan base.
  But the shame shouldn’t lie so much in Ham’s dismissal, made official with a one-paragraph statement by vice president/GM Rob Pelinka at 11:15 Friday morning, as it is in the process
  
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• Removing 750 LA County probation officers from field duties sparks court delays, diminished oversight

  03-05-2024 22:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles County probation officials claim the loss of 750 officers from their field offices is creating frustration, long court delays and a lack of oversight for thousands of convicted criminals in the region.
  Roughly 250 of the officers were temporarily reassigned in March to the county’s troubled, understaffed juvenile halls as part of a desperate — but ultimately successful — gambit to stave off the state’s impending shutdown of its two largest facilities. Simultan
  
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• Some EV battery rules loosen, potentially making more cars eligible for tax credits

  03-05-2024 22:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By Tom Krisher and Matthew Daly | | The Associated Press
  The U.S. government on Friday loosened some rules governing electric vehicle tax credits, potentially making more EVs eligible for credits of up to $7,500 but leading critics to accuse the Biden administration of helping China.
  The Treasury Department announced final regulations for the credits under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, giving automakers more time to comply with some provisions about where battery minerals can come from.
  The
  
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• The Book Pages: Why this weekend matters to readers

  03-05-2024 22:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Everybody knows why we become readers.
  For all the events, right?
  OK, that’s probably not the main reason, but it’s one of the benefits of being a reader in Southern California. There are tons of events to rouse us from our cozy chairs and reading forts, and this weekend offers three promising ones.
  Patrons come and go at the Michelle Obama Library in North Long Beach on Thursday, November 9, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
  Festival of AAPI Books (FAB) Lo
  
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• Your fridge is a place where fresh food goes to die. That doesn’t have to happen

  03-05-2024 22:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Laura Yuen | Star Tribune (TNS)
  MINNEAPOLIS — Do you feel ashamed when you toss out rotting food? Maybe it’s a produce bag of slimy green onions decomposing in the bowels of your fridge. Or a forgotten bin of leftovers that would have made a terrific reheated lunch, if only you had noticed it earlier.
  Related ArticlesRemnants of bird flu virus found in pasteurized milk, FDA saysOrange-cream vs. pumpkin spice: Could we see a new seasonal flavor champ?Pizza City Fest returns to downtow
  
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• Aetna agrees to settle lawsuit over fertility coverage for LGBTQ+ customers

  03-05-2024 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By Tom Murphy | The Associated Press
  Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the health insurer of discriminating against LGBTQ+ customers in need of fertility treatment.
  Under the deal announced Friday, the insurer will make coverage of artificial insemination standard for all customers nationally and work to ensure that patients have equal access to more expensive in-vitro fertilization procedures, according to the National Women’s Law Center, which represented plaintiffs in th
  
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• Israel’s actions in Gaza do not amount to genocide but that’s beside the point

  03-05-2024 21:48 via ocregister.com
  
  It has been reported that the International Criminal Court is preparing arrest warrants for possible war crimes against Israeli leadership including President Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. This comes at a time when protesters in university campuses across the US are calling for an end to Israel-Hamas war, claiming among other things, that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. 
  The case for calling what the Israeli military is doing “geno
  
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• Ex-employees file class action lawsuit against Pirch, claiming illegal layoffs

  03-05-2024 21:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Former employees of Pirch, the high-end kitchen furnishing store that filed for bankruptcy last month, have filed a class-action lawsuit against the retailer.
  In the lawsuit, filed Wednesday, former Pirch worker Liza Rogers and others in the class allege that Pirch failed to follow state and federal laws when it laid them off abruptly several weeks ago.
  Pirch did not respond to a request for comment.
  Also see: Pirch, luxury kitchen retailer, sued for unpaid rent and inventory, totaling $5 m
  
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• U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and wife indicted over ties to Azerbaijan

  03-05-2024 21:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and SEAN MURPHY
  WASHINGTON — Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges and taken into custody Friday in connection with a U.S. Department of Justice probe into the couple’s ties to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
  From 2014 to 2021, Cuellar, 68, and his wife accepted nearly $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijan-controlled energy company and a bank in Mexico, and in exchange, Cuellar agreed
  
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• No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 Long Beach State vie for NCAA men’s volleyball title

  03-05-2024 21:24 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH — The Walter Pyramid on the campus of Cal State Long Beach has donned a number of hats this week, and the 30-year-old arena has worn them well.
  The Pyramid will show itself off again Saturday afternoon when the top-seeded UCLA and second-seeded Long Beach State men’s volleyball teams collide in their nationally televised NCAA Championship match.
  The defending champion Bruins (25-5) and the Beach (27-2) split their regular-season matches in February, each winning in four se
  
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• CIF-SS boys lacrosse playoffs: Friday’s schedule for the Orange County teams

  03-05-2024 21:15 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-SS BOYS LACROSSE PLAYOFFS
  Friday’s schedule
  DIVISION 1
  Quarterfinals, 5 p.m. unless noted
  Corona del Mar at St. Margaret’s, 7 p.m.
  Westlake at Mater Dei
  Santa Margarita at Loyola
  JSerra at Foothill
  DIVISION 2
  Quarterfinals, 5 p.m. unless noted
  Huntington Beach at Trabuco Hills
  San Clemente at Agoura
  DIVISION 3
  Second round, 5 p.m. unless noted
  Woodbridge at Village Christian, 4 p.m.
  Simi Valley at Northwood
  Compton at University
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• Protests: UCLA faculty echo students, allege leaders disregarded protesters’ safety

  03-05-2024 21:14 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA classes again shifted online Friday, as the campus continued to reel in the aftermath of a sprawling pro-Palestinian protest this week that sparked a mammoth police response and more than 200 arrests. Questions smoldered about the university’s response to the encampment and the counter protests that sparked violent overnight clashes.
  Across Southern California, from neighboring USC to Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange counties, demonstrations large and small continued, fueled by de
  
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• CIF-SS boys volleyball playoffs: Saturday’s schedule for the CIF-SS semifinals

  03-05-2024 21:06 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-SS BOYS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
  Saturday’s schedule
  DIVISION 1
  Round 3 of pool play
  POOL A
  Newport Harbor (1-1) at Loyola (2-0), 6 p.m.
  Mater Dei (0-2) at Huntington Beach (1-1), 6 p.m.
  POOL B
  Corona del Mar (2-0) at Mira Costa (2-0), 6 p.m.
  Edison (0-2) at Tesoro (0-2), 6 p.m.
  DIVISION 2
  Semifinals, 6 p.m.
  Redondo at Beckman
  Santa Margarita at Servite
  DIVISION 3
  Semifinals, 6 p.m.
  El Dorado at San Clemente
  Long Beach Poly at St. Margaret’s
  DIVISION 4
  Semifinals, 6 p.m.
  Pasadena Poly
  
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• Sam Ash Music closing all stores, 7 in Southern California

  03-05-2024 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Sam Ash Music, the 100-year-old retailer that stoked the musical aspirations of countless shoppers, announced Thursday, May 2 “with a heavy heart” that it was closing all 42 stores nationwide.
  The New York-based company said in a social media post that store sales would begin Friday. “This unfortunate news also presents a fantastic opportunity for great deals,” the company wrote on Facebook.
  It offered no other reason for the closures.
  Sam Ash has seven stores in Californ
  
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• Are midwives and doulas the answer to keeping more Black babies alive?

  03-05-2024 20:55 via ocregister.com
  
  This is part of a series of South Florida Sun Sentinel articles exploring maternal health care.
  It is 2 a.m. when Brianca Spence slips behind the wheel of her car. The drive to the nearest hospital can stretch as long as an hour, and feel like an eternity when she’s rushing to guide an expecting mother through childbirth.
  As labor unfolds, Spence will translate the harsh demands of a nurse on duty into calming guidance. She will encourage the woman to ask for pain medication when she needs
  
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• Mandatory reporting laws meant to protect children get another look

  03-05-2024 20:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Kristin Jones | KFF Health News (TNS)
  More than 60 years ago, policymakers in Colorado embraced the idea that early intervention could prevent child abuse and save lives. The state’s requirement that certain professionals tell officials when they suspect a child has been abused or neglected was among the first mandatory reporting laws in the nation.
  Since then, mandatory reporting laws have expanded nationally to include more types of maltreatment — including neglect, which now accou
  
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• UC Irvine, Chapman University Gaza solidarity encampments continue

  03-05-2024 20:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Two Orange County pro-Palestinian encampments, one at UC Irvine and the other at Chapman University, continued on Friday, with no signs the protestors will be forced out or that the schools will move forward with the students’ demands.
  UC Irvine and Chapman students and other protesters are calling on the universities to divest from companies with ties to Israel and weapon manufacturers. The on-campus encampment at UCI of around 20 tents entered its fifth day – tents first went up on
  
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• Mortgage rate forecast for May 2024: No break for homebuyers

  03-05-2024 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Jeff Ostrowski | Bankrate.com (TNS)
  As homebuyers grapple with record prices this spring, mortgage rates have also crept up. On a 30-year fixed loan, the average rate was 7.39% as of May 1, according to Bankrate’s survey of large lenders, marking three straight months of 7% rates.
  Blame inflation. It’s still stubbornly elevated, rising to 3.5% in March, and that’s led to dialed-back expectations about how quickly the Federal Reserve cuts rates this year
  
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