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• California governor rolls back more openings due to virus

  01-07-2020 21:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By ADAM BEAM
  SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered a three-week closure of bars and indoor operations of restaurants certain other businesses in Los Angeles and 18 other counties as the state deals with increasing cases of COVID-19. The governor’s order Wednesday also covers indoor operations of movie theaters, wineries, tasting rooms, family entertainment centers, zoos, museums and cardrooms. The governor says the counties encompass more than 70% of California’
  
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• 33 free fun things to do in Southern California in May

  01-05-2024 18:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Yes, the sun is finally out, so let’s go and enjoy it!
  Here’s our list of fun things to do in May that are really free! (And really fun.)
  FREE ON CERTAIN DATES
  The Queen Mary’s historic Observation Bar, featuring its Art Deco lounge, reopened to the public on Friday, May 19, 2023, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
  The Queen Mary, Long Beach (Tuesdays): Enjoy free ship admission on Tuesdays in May during the “Meet me at the Mary&rdqu
  
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• California’s population growth: ‘We’re back!’

  01-05-2024 17:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Three years ago, as COVID-19 ravaged the nation, California’s population did something it had not done in the state’s recorded history: It fell.
  At the time, the state, the most populous in the nation, had just under 40 million people. The decline, while a blow, was not unexpected. Growth had been slowing for some time. The Trump administration had put the brakes on legal immigration. The pandemic was cutting a brutal swath through the state, particularly among seniors. As remote-wor
  
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• San Juan Capistrano’s Arroyo Birdhouse Park re-opens after renovations

  01-05-2024 17:49 via ocregister.com
  
  San Juan Capistrano‘s newly renovated Arroyo Birdhouse Park is ready for new nests.
  The city reopened the park last week after taking it over from the community in November to update birdhouses and enhance the landscape. The park, a local fixture for decades, is known for its eclectic birdhouses, handmade statues and various mementos contributed by residents over the years.
  The newly-redone Arroyo Bird Park next to the San Juan Creek Trail in San Juan Capistrano, CA, on Tuesday, April 30,
  
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• California’s endless housing conflicts grow

  01-05-2024 17:41 via ocregister.com
  
  New fronts constantly open in California’s political guerrilla war between state and local officials over housing.
  The Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom have issued a steady stream of laws and regulations aimed at forcing the state’s nearly 500 cities to embrace housing development, particularly apartments for low-income families.
  Communities that shun such housing, saying it degrades the bucolic ambience of their neighborhoods, respond by dragging their feet, challenging the state&
  
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• Fans react to the Bee Guy at Dodgers game

  01-05-2024 17:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Tuesday’s Dodgers game against the Diamondbacks was delayed by nearly two hours after a bee colony took over the netting near home plate at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.
  Related: Diamondbacks sting Dodgers’ bullpen for extra-inning win
  But for many fans watching from both at home and in person there was plenty of anticipation about what to do about the bees.
  Enter beekeeper Matt Hilton.MVP has arrived pic.twitter.com/yLeB6KDH8Z
  — Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) May 1, 2024H
  
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• Dana Point Film Festival has 40 hours of ocean and surf movies, beach parties, music and more

  01-05-2024 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Dana Point Film Festival is all about celebrating the ocean – whether it’s the preservation of the sea, putting a spotlight on creatures who call it home, or showcasing its waves as a surfer’s playground.
  The second annual The Endless Summer + Dana Point Film Festival this weekend showcases more than 40 hours of film and entertainment at various locations throughout the city, including three nights of free community events with screenings and music at Salt Creek Beach Park
  
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• Trump has never won a general election in OC. That may be due to election skepticism, a new poll finds

  01-05-2024 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump may need to court Orange County residents who aren’t yet registered to vote if he wants to win the county in November.
  If those 357,000 or so eligible voters register by the Oct. 21 deadline to participate in Election Day, Trump might be able to pull ahead of President Joe Biden in Orange County. But if the election were held today, Biden would beat Trump by eight points, according to a UC Irvine poll released this month.
  That in part means Trump — who l
  
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• Selena Gomez hangs out with LA chefs in her new Food Network series

  01-05-2024 16:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Triple-threat Selena Gomez — singer, actor and Instagram influencer — will be working on another skill, cooking, in her new Food Network show, “Selena + Restaurant.”
  In the show, she is coached by high-profile LA chefs including Wolfgang Puck.
  The series will premiere in two half-hour episodes airing at 7 and 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 2.
  In the first episode, Gomez will visit Puck’s Cut steakhouse in Beverly Hills, where she will go through two initiation tests bef
  
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• University chaos is the direct consequence of prioritizing collectivism and identity politics

  01-05-2024 16:45 via ocregister.com
  
  On April 25, the University of Southern California informed the Class of 2024 that the school was canceling the main stage commencement ceremony, which would have brought together 65,000 people to celebrate the graduates’ achievement.
  “For those who have never attended a graduation (like many students this year), we’ve created a gallery of photos from ceremonies of previous years so you can see how joyful and special these are,” the statement said.
  USC may have
  
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• Los Angeles zoning police know how to kill a party

  01-05-2024 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Children love the front-yard treehouse that Rick Polizzi built for his daughters at their Sherman Oaks home in 2000. The zoning police hate it.
  Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety inspectors have targeted the structure for years. They initially flagged Polizzi for crowd violations when he turned the three-story treehouse into a Halloween attraction called “Boney Island.” Families came from miles away each year to see the special effects.
  Polizzi won three Primetime Emm
  
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• Should Orange County’s Board of Education increase its size? State legislators take up the issue

  01-05-2024 16:15 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Board of Education could see some structural changes should legislation in Sacramento be successful.
  Co-authored by Sens. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, and Dave Min, D-Irvine, the proposed bill would expand the Orange County Board of Education from five members to seven as well as shift the elections for the board seats from the March primary to the November general election.
  Newman said the proposed changes to the board are “long overdue.”
  “Since the last ti
  
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• Frumpy Mom: Why Cinco de Mayo is an American holiday

  01-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  I’m pretty sure I was a Mexican in my last life, because I’ve always had this deep affinity for our neighbor to the south.
  I love most everything about Mexican culture, including the wide variety of regional cuisines, the friendliness of the people, the darn tasty adult beverages, the fascinating ruined ancient cities, the vibrant colors, the charming colonial towns with their cobblestone streets and the many gorgeous landscapes of the mountains and sea.
  Not to mention that any count
  
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• President Biden doesn’t know how to make government work

  01-05-2024 15:45 via ocregister.com
  
  President Joe Biden says, “I know how to make government work!”
  You’d think he’d know. He’s worked in government for 51 years.
  But the truth is, no one can make government work.
  Biden hasn’t.
  Look at the chaos at the border, our military’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, the rising cost of living, our unsustainable record-high debt …
  In my new video, economist Ed Stringham argues that no government can ever work well, because “even
  
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• Recounting the votes shouldn’t be so expensive

  01-05-2024 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The cost of recounts in California elections has become unreasonably high, and it’s a problem that the Legislature should address, because public confidence in the accuracy of vote totals is essential to the functioning of democratic government.
  A recount in Congressional District 16, covering parts of the Bay Area counties of Santa Clara and San Mateo, is costing more than $300,000. Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is in the lead, about 8,000 votes ahead of Assemblymember Evan Low and S
  
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• Larry Wilson: Opening a window to more Pasadena al fresco dining

  01-05-2024 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Hooray, hooray, it’s the first of May, outdoor …
  Well, never mind. But here in the springiest of the spring months, the time has also come for al fresco dining to get a boost, and thanks to a decision in late April by the Pasadena Planning Commission, it looks like it’s going to be happily easier going forward to nosh out of doors in the Crown City.
  The commission “voted unanimously to propose that the City Council codify three emergency measures that streamlined the rev
  
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• Newsom runs away from state’s issues, again

  01-05-2024 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Not another junket.
  Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced he’ll speak at a May 15-17 climate conference at Vatican City.
  Remember his trip to China last October when he met with President Xi Jinping and other Communist Party officials?
  The aspiring future president essentially greenwashed the Chinese Community Party for the sake of boosting his profile.
  Newsom, if he wanted to show leadership, would have used the opportunity to condemn the Communist police state for its abuses of the
  
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• Violent clashes break out among opposing protest factions at UCLA; ‘situation got out of control’

  01-05-2024 09:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Pro-Israel counter-protesters clashed Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning with demonstrators in the pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA, with violence breaking out just hours after UCLA had declared the  “Palestine Solidarity Encampment” unlawful.
  As sporadic violence in the quad continued for about two hours, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky posted on social media at 1:13 a.m. “the situation on UCLA’s campus is out of control and is no longer safe.
  
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• Violent clashes break out among opposing protest factions at UCLA; councilwoman says situation got out of control

  01-05-2024 09:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Pro-Israel counter-protesters clashed Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning with demonstrators in the pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA, with violence breaking out just hours after UCLA had declared the  “Palestine Solidarity Encampment” unlawful.
  As sporadic violence continued for more than 2 1/2 hours, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky posted on social media “the situation on UCLA’s campus is out of control and is no longer safe.”I am at the
  
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• Diamondbacks sting Dodgers’ bullpen for extra-inning win

  01-05-2024 08:35 via ocregister.com
  
  PHOENIX — When Matt Hilton was sitting at his 6-year-old son Levi’s tee ball game in Surprise on Tuesday night, he had no idea the game at Chase Field would bee delayed.
  But he wound up getting the save.
  A swarm of bees gathered atop the screen behind home plate just before the scheduled game time for the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks.
  “I got a call about five minutes before game time, from our senior manager of events. She doesn’t usually call me about that time, so I
  
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• Corona del Mar boys volleyball beats Tesoro, moves closer to CIF-SS final

  01-05-2024 07:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Corona del Mar’s Daniel Booker, center, celebrates after denying three shots near the end of Corona del Mar’s victory over Tesoro 3-1. Tesoro vs. Corona del Mar in the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Corona del Mar High School on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
  Corona del Mar took a big step Tuesday toward playing in another CIF Southern Section boys volleyball championship.
  The Sea Kings defeated Tesoro in four sets, 25-14, 21-25, 25-17, 2
  
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• Fountain Valley softball finds positives after falling to Upland in CIF-SS playoff thriller

  01-05-2024 06:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowFOUNTAIN VALLEY — There were tears of disappointment. Thoughts of what could have been. And in the end, recognition of a special senior class.
  The playoffs have a way flooding both sides of the win-loss column with emotion, and that was the case Tuesday on the Fountain Valley softball field.
  The Barons experienced the sting of a 7-6 loss to Upland in eight inning in a Division 3 wild-card game full
  
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• Angels blow 9th-inning lead in loss to Phillies

  01-05-2024 06:36 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The Angels received a pair of gut punches on Tuesday.
  One came in the afternoon, when they learned they would be without injured Mike Trout for an extended period of time. The second was hours later, when they coughed up a late two-run lead in a 7-5 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.
  The Angels rallied from an early three-run deficit to take a two-run lead in the sixth, but the good feelings were short-lived. They gave up one run in the eighth and then Carlos Estevez yielded thre
  
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• Dark Harbor will once again rise for Halloween at the Queen Mary

  01-05-2024 06:00 via ocregister.com
  
  There are dark times ahead for the Queen Mary, and this is great news for the ship and fans of horror events.
  After being canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ship’s widely popular Dark Harbor Halloween haunt event and festival is returning to the Queen Mary this year on select nights from Sept. 20 through Nov. 2.
  According to ship officials, it will replace Shaqtoberfest, a Halloween event conjured up by former Los Angeles Lakers all-star Shaquille O’Neal that took
  
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• Dodgers-Diamondbacks delayed by bee swarm at Chase Field

  01-05-2024 05:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer
  PHOENIX — A swarm of bees created quite a baseball buzzkill in the desert – and gave Arizona Diamondbacks fans a new hero.
  The start of Tuesday night’s game between the Dodgers and the Diamondbacks was delayed nearly two hours after a bee colony swarmed the top of the protective netting behind home plate.
  Matt Hilton turned into the star of the night for removing the bees, earning a brief slice of stardom and the nod to throw out the ceremonial
  
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• Ryan Brasier latest arm subtracted from Dodgers’ bullpen mix

  01-05-2024 04:51 via ocregister.com
  
  PHOENIX — The Dodgers’ bullpen has been giving up fewer hits recently. But that group keeps taking hits.
  The latest they’ll have to absorb is the loss of Ryan Brasier, likely for as much as two months. Brasier suffered a strained calf muscle during a pre-game workout on Monday. Unfortunately for Brasier, it was a familiar feeling.
  “I was doing some sprints. Felt it blow up in my calf,” said Brasier, who had the same injury to his left calf in 2021.
  “That was a
  
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• Long Beach State men’s volleyball sweeps Belmont Abbey to reach NCAA semifinals

  01-05-2024 04:34 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH — The Long Beach State men’s volleyball team wasn’t going to be left behind on Tuesday evening.
  Second-seeded Long Beach recovered from a slow start to sweep seventh-seeded Belmont Abbey, 25-18, 25-14, 25-11, in an NCAA Tournament quarterfinal match at the Walter Pyramid.
  LBSU (26-2) advanced to the semifinals for the third straight season and will play the winner of a match between third-seeded Grand Canyon and sixth-seeded Ohio State on Thursday afternoon.
  Long Bea
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday, April 30

  01-05-2024 02:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Tuesday, April 30
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  TUESDAY’S SCORES
  SOFTBALL
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  Wild-card Round
  DIVISION 5
  Ocean View 2, Santa Clara 1
  DIVISION 6
  Calvary Chapel/SA 17, Calvary Chapel/Downey
  
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• Little Saigon remembers Black April with traditional ceremony

  01-05-2024 02:15 via ocregister.com
  
  In a solemn ceremony, the Little Saigon community remembered Black April on Tuesday, April 30.
  The day marked the 49th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and South Vietnam on April 30, 1975, to North Vietnamese troops.
  A Westminster ceremony included a poem recitation, prayers, traditional songs and the laying of a wreath at Sid Goldstein Freedom Park.
  Cmdr. Bill Drinnin with the Westminster Police Honor Guard, takes part in Westminster’s Black April Remembrance Ceremony on Tuesday, April 3
  
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• Testimony begins in hearings tied to misconduct allegations in OC murder prosecution

  01-05-2024 02:05 via ocregister.com
  
  A former Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigator on Tuesday denied that he personally mishandled evidence related to a jailhouse snitch that was withheld from defense lawyers, resulting in the unraveling of a murder conviction.
  William Beeman, a former member of the sheriff’s Special Operations Unit, was the first person to take the stand in a special hearing held for a judge to determine whether a former high-level Orange County prosecutor, who is currently a judge, improper
  
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