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• Anna Piercy, longtime Anaheim Union High School District trustee, has died

  13-05-2024 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Anna Piercy, longtime Anaheim Union High School District trustee and former Cypress mayor, is being remembered for her decades of service to educating local school children.
  Piercy died on May 6 at age 80. She had been battling cancer.
  Before joining the school board, Piercy worked in the AUHSD for more than 37 years. She started her career in education in 1968 as a seventh-grade geography, art and reading teacher at Trident Junior High School, then worked as a speech, drama and art teacher at O
  
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• NBA Finals: Celtics’ Kristaps Porzingis hurts Mavericks in several ways

  07-06-2024 23:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer
  BOSTON — The Mavericks couldn’t figure out how best to utilize big man Kristaps Porzingis during his three seasons in Dallas.
  Three years later, the Mavericks now have a big Porzingis problem in the NBA Finals.
  Dallas coach Jason Kidd said before the start of the series that he didn’t think Porzingis received nearly enough praise for his ability as a shot blocker and someone who can alter opponents’ shots.
  The 7-footer did both in his ro
  
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• NBA Finals: Boston’s Kristaps Porzingis hurts Dallas in several ways

  07-06-2024 23:39 via ocregister.com
  
  BOSTON — The Mavericks couldn’t figure out how best to utilize big man Kristaps Porzingis during his three seasons in Dallas.
  Three years later, the Mavericks now have a big Porzingis problem in the NBA Finals.
  Dallas coach Jason Kidd said before the start of the series that he didn’t think Porzingis received nearly enough praise for his ability as a shot blocker and someone who can alter opponents’ shots.
  The 7-footer did both in his rousing return to the court in Boston
  
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• Orange City Council to take another stab at budget cuts as new fiscal year fast approaches

  07-06-2024 23:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange City Council will hold a special budget review Tuesday as the seven-member board scrambles to address a financial crisis before a new fiscal year starts in July.
  The city is facing a $19 million budget deficit, and staffers say Orange could deplete its reserves in under two years without corrective action. But in recent conversations, the council has struggled to find consensus about how to slash the gap between revenue and expenses, even as they raise the possibility of cutting cheri
  
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• Stanley Cup Final: Edmonton and Florida are far apart in every way

  07-06-2024 23:28 via ocregister.com
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. — By the time he was old enough to watch NHL games growing up in Sweden, Oliver Ekman-Larsson began dreaming about playing in the Stanley Cup Final.
  Now he’s here, a member of the Florida Panthers in a series against the Edmonton Oilers that marks the furthest distance between two teams in a final in NHL history. That would not have mattered to that kid yearning to be in this spot.
  “I would probably go back and forth to Sweden if I got a chance to play in the Stan
  
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• World Oceans Day: Here’s an oceans quiz and a tour of the ocean zones

  07-06-2024 23:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Going deep
  Saturday, June 8, is the 15th World Oceans Day.
  Mapping the seafloor
  The oceans cover over 70% of the Earth’s surface. The marine ecosystem is the largest and most abundant in the world. But most of the ocean is permanently dark and incredibly difficult to observe. As of 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had mapped slightly more than 23% of the seafloor in great detail, and even less has been explored with underwater cameras or submersibles. Mapping the s
  
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• Push for defibrillators in schools becomes personal

  07-06-2024 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Ariel Cohen | (TNS) CQ-Roll Call
  Matthew Mangine and Rep. Andy Barr are tied together by unimaginable loss and one singular, horrible date: June 16, 2020.
  That’s the day Mangine, a dad from northern Kentucky, lost his 16-year-old son, who collapsed at a soccer practice and later died from a cardiac event. It’s also the day Barr’s wife, Carol, collapsed on a Zoom call and later died, also from a cardiac event. She was 39.
  Last month, Mangine went to Barr’s Washington, D.C.
  
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• The Audible: On the NBA Finals, Dan Hurley’s status, and ‘Clipped’

  07-06-2024 22:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Jim Alexander: Watching last night’s first game of the NBA Finals in Boston, my mind kept drifting back to the “Memorial Day Massacre.” Remember? Game 1 of the 1985 Finals, with the Lakers so desperate to avenge the previous June’s loss to the Celtics but getting, well, massacred at the start of the next year’s series. The final was 148-114, and I remember journeyman Scott Wedman being made to look like a Hall of Famer in waiting that afternoon, going 11 for 11 from
  
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• Angel City FC returns from break against defending champ Gotham FC

  07-06-2024 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Angel City Football Club went into the international break with a scoreless draw against San Diego Wave FC.
  The club returns with a cross-country trip to New Jersey face Gotham FC, the first of consecutive road games for Angel City.
  “Any time you come off of an international break for both teams and for everybody this weekend, you just don’t know what you’re going to get,” ACFC coach Becki Tweed said. “You haven’t had time to work with your internationals. The
  
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• After 41 years, Pat Sajak makes his final spin tonight as host of ‘Wheel of Fortune’

  07-06-2024 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By KAITLYN HUAMANI
  LOS ANGELES — After 41 years and over 8,000 episodes, Pat Sajak’s final turn as the renowned host of “Wheel of Fortune” will air tonight — Friday, June 7.
  In a farewell message released ahead of Friday’s episode airing, Sajak thanked the viewers of the beloved game show for granting him the “incredible privilege to be invited into millions of homes, night after night, year after year, decade after decade.”
  He noted that he always
  
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• Belmont Stakes might be the best Triple Crown race this year

  07-06-2024 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Horse racing history of all kinds is being made Saturday in the final Triple Crown race of the year.
  The Belmont Stakes is taking place at venerable Saratoga Race Course for the first time in the venue’s vaunted 161-year history. And while there is no chance at a 14th Triple Crown champion, the third leg features the winners of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes for the first time since 2013.
  Five weeks since Mystik Dan finished a nose ahead of Sierra Leone in the Derby and three week
  
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• French Open: Swiatek goes for 3-peat against underdog Paolini

  07-06-2024 21:54 via ocregister.com
  
  PARIS — The contrasts between the French Open finalists are obvious: Iga Swiatek, who turned 23 last week, already owns four Grand Slam titles, including three in Paris. Jasmine Paolini, 28, had never been past the second round at any major tournament until this season.
  Entering Saturday, Swiatek is on a 20-match winning streak at Roland Garros as she pursues a third consecutive championship on the red clay, and the Polish star’s career record at the place is 34-2. Paolini was 3-5 at
  
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• How a Depression-era law could be used to make booze cheaper

  07-06-2024 21:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By Matt Egan
  Federal regulators are planning to use a rarely enforced law from the Great Depression to allege America’s largest alcohol distributor is unfairly pricing wine and spirits, a person familiar with the matter told CNN.
  A looming Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits would be aimed at lowering costs for consumers — in this case on alcohol — and ensuring mom-and-pop shops have a level playing field against big chain
  
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• Where Disneyland hid all 52 Pizza Planet trucks during Pixar Fest — and how to find them

  07-06-2024 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The Pizza Planet delivery truck that has popped up as an Easter Egg in nearly every Pixar animated movie has now been hidden in Disneyland attraction queues, restaurants, shops and even in the middle of rides as part of a treasure hunt throughout Pixar Fest.
  Disney artists have transformed 52 of the familiar yellow Toyota pickup trucks with a rocket on the roof into artwork designed to blend into its surroundings throughout Disneyland, Disneyland California Adventure and Downtown Disney.
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• All-Orange County boys track and field: Dana Hills’ Evan Noonan is the athlete of the year

  07-06-2024 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  ALL-COUNTY BOYS TRACK AND FIELD 2024
  ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
  Evan Noonan, Dana Hills. Junior
  Evan Noonan was Orange County’s best in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters a year ago as a sophomore.
  How could he get even better in his junior year at Dana Hills?
  “I worked most on mental improvement,” Noonan said “I worked on my mental toughness and reworking my subconscious mind. … Getting rid of the doubt concept.”
  No doubt, Noonan did that. He was even better in the 1,
  
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• If an Amazon review makes you laugh, are you more likely to buy?

  07-06-2024 20:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Erin McCarthy | (TNS) The Philadelphia Inquirer
  Ever found yourself laughing at your computer or phone screen while reading a review for a rudimentary product on Amazon?
  Perhaps for the “Wolf Moon Shirt” that went viral in 2009 or the banana slicer, a product for which there was no demand (“For decades I have been trying to come up with an ideal way to slice a banana,” reads a top review).
  Maybe for the lift-a-flap book Where Is Baby’s Belly Button? (One popular rev
  
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• In memory of David Boaz, an honorable champion of liberty

  07-06-2024 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  David Boaz, who served over four decades at the libertarian Cato Institute, passed away on Friday, June 7 after a battle with cancer.
  “David made an incalculable contribution to building Cato into the respected institution and voice it is today, as well as to the ‘mainstreaming’ of libertarianism as a legitimate political philosophy worthy of a seat at the table in all of the nation’s policy debates,” wrote Cato president and CEO Peter Goettler in a post announcing
  
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• California law bars ex-LAPD officer Mark Fuhrman, who lied at OJ Simpson trial, from policing

  07-06-2024 20:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By STEFANIE DAZIO | Associated Press
  LOS ANGELES  — Former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman who was convicted of lying on the witness stand in the O.J. Simpson trial three decades ago, is now barred from law enforcement under a California police reform law meant to strip the badges of police officers who act criminally or with bias.
  Fuhrman, who is white, was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown
  
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• What Ron Swanson can teach us about tax reform

  07-06-2024 20:17 via ocregister.com
  
  In a Season 4 episode of Parks and Recreation, protagonist Leslie Knope struggles to balance her job at the Pawnee Parks Department, her campaign for city council, and her obligations to her friends. After a series of hijinks, sage Parks Department head Ron Swanson suggests Leslie take some leave at work to focus on her campaign. As Swanson tells her, “Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.”
  When it comes to tax reform in 2025, Congress should take Ron Swanson’s advice
  
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• Biden reelection campaign launches push for Republican votes

  07-06-2024 20:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Dave Goldiner | New York Daily News
  NEW YORK — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has reportedly launched an outreach effort aimed at wooing Republican voters amid some signs of GOP discontent with former President Donald Trump.
  A former aide to #NeverTrump ex-Rep. Adam Kinzinger has been tapped to lead the so far unnamed Republican outreach effort, which will focus on identifying and promoting GOP surrogates for Biden and messages that may win over a slice
  
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• Mark Meadows arraigned in Arizona fake Trump electors scheme

  07-06-2024 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Dave Goldiner | New York Daily News
  Ex-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows pleaded not guilty Friday in an Arizona court on charges tied to the so-called fake electors plot to overturn former President Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 election.
  Meadows was charged with engineering the scheme to falsely certify that Trump won the battleground state when it was really carried by President Joe Biden.
  The nine felony charges Meadows faces, including fraud, forgery, con
  
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• French Open: Carlos Alacaraz tops Sinner in five sets to reach final

  07-06-2024 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz reached his first French Open final by beating Jannik Sinner 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Friday, making the 21-year-old from Spain the youngest man to reach a Grand Slam title match on three surfaces.
  Alcaraz won the U.S. Open in 2022 on hard courts, Wimbledon in 2023 on grass and now will play for the championship on the red clay at Roland Garros.
  The No. 3-seeded Alcaraz will face Alexander Zverev or Casper Ruud in Sunday
  
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• Why Maisie Dobbs author Jacqueline Winspear says it’s time to end the series

  07-06-2024 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs novels immerse you so deeply into 20th-century British life that you could get lost in the past.
  Just ask the author.
  “I was sitting in my office, working away; air conditioning was on. I’m in London on a foggy, cold day in winter, and I thought I’d better stop for a bite to eat,” says Winspear during a Zoom interview a few days before the June 4 publication of her latest book, “The Comfort of Ghosts.” “I came out
  
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• Orange High Graduation 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

  07-06-2024 19:22 via ocregister.com
  
   
  Along with fellow graduates, Galadriel Bello, left, fills out her name card before the start of the Orange High School graduation ceremony in Orange on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  A graduate does a little celebrating after receiving her diploma during the Orange High School graduation ceremony in Orange on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  A graduate looks to have her cap stand out at the Orange
  
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• Former President Trump’s Newport Beach visit means road closures, traffic impacts

  07-06-2024 19:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump is headed to Newport Beach’s Harbor Island on Saturday, June 8 — and that means road closures and expected traffic delays for residents of the Bayside Harbor Island communities.
  Bayside Drive, from Jamboree Road to Pacific Coast Highway, will be closed to motorists from 7 a.m. to around 3 p.m. on Saturday, according to the city’s plans. Local residents will be able to access the road, but only with proof of an address, like a photo ID or passport.
  
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• Alexander: Woe, Canada! 30 years without a Stanley Cup

  07-06-2024 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The world according to Jim:
  • Is the Curse of Marty McSorley going to end in the next couple of weeks? …
  • OK. Maybe it’s not officially a thing. But the facts remain: The Montreal Canadiens beat the Kings for the Stanley Cup in 1993, and the series turned late in regulation in Game 2 when Canadiens coach Jacques Demers asked for a measurement of McSorley’s stick. The Kings, moments away from taking a 2-0 series lead on Candiens home ice, were penalized. Montreal sco
  
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• George Gascón: The state must not cut funding for victim services

  07-06-2024 18:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles County is facing a dire situation. At a time when we should be promising to do better for victims of violent crime, Sacramento may make their lives dramatically worse. A proposed state budget would cut 45 percent in Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding to statewide victim services organizations, as well as threaten victim services provided by our office’s Bureau of Victim Services. If the Legislature and the governor do not step in to help backfill a massive budget shortfall, vi
  
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• Recapping Cal State Fullerton’s outstanding moments in 2023-24

  07-06-2024 17:48 via ocregister.com
  
  There came redemption in two sports, riding shotgun with continued excellence. Speaking of continued excellence, there was more of that sprinkled about as well.
  When you look back on the 2023-24 Cal State Fullerton athletic season, you’ll find breakout performances interspersed with the arrival of new stars — interspersed with the return of names Titans’ sports fans recognize on sight.
  Megan Delgadillo and Tegan Andrews, welcome back to prominence.
  Roberto Ordonez, Davina Xanh,
  
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• Group managing the Headlands pushes back on Dana Point’s daily trail use hours

  07-06-2024 17:44 via ocregister.com
  
  An environmental group with a mission to preserve the endangered Pacific pocket mouse and manage lands on the Dana Point Headlands is appealing a recent decision by Dana Point’s Planning Commission to allow daily trail use on its land.
  In May, the commission approved a development permit setting hours for the Bluff Top Trail, which runs across the large rock outcropping covered with coastal sage and other native plants. The land is home to the mice — in 2022, there were 77 — &n
  
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• Project Rebound graduates most students since inception at Cal State Fullerton

  07-06-2024 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Last month, 35 students who participated in Project Rebound at Cal State Fullerton graduated — a number higher than any other year since the program began on the campus in 2016.
  Project Rebound helps people who come out of prison earn college degrees and take their next steps toward a career or further education.
  The program was begun in 1967 in San Francisco by John Irwin, a formerly incarcerated man who’d served five years for robbing a gas station. He earned college credits in Sol
  
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