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• Child actor Hannah Marks grew up to write and star in ‘Banana Split.’ Oh, and she directs now, too

  24-03-2020 17:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Hannah Marks turned 24 while directing her first feature film – though she says she looked even younger than that.
  “So definitely, in the first few days, people did not realize I was one of the directors,” Marks, who is now 26, says of “After Everything,” the 2018 release she co-wrote and co-directed with Joey Power.
  “Like, there were a few days of people asking me to get them coffee and stuff, and I was like, ‘I can’t; I’m busy. I gotta dire
  
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• Anaheim briefs: Mark your calendar for Cinco De Mayo Fiesta

  25-04-2024 19:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The community is invited to La Palma Park on May 2 through May 5 for Fiesta United’s Anaheim Cinco De Mayo Fiesta.
  There will be rides, games, food, music and more family fun for four days.
  The fiesta is the nonprofit group’s oldest continual celebration held in Orange County. For more information, visit fiestaunited.org
  Yoga and picnic at the Packing District
  Don’t miss a Pranayama Picnic at the Anaheim Packing District on April 27.
  The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. until 12
  
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• Pro-Palestinian encampment is building on UCLA campus

  25-04-2024 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  One day after nearly 100 people were arrested following pro-Palestine protests on the campus of USC, a similar protest began early today on the Westwood campus of UCLA, with participants forming an encampment of tents outside Royce Hall.
  Several dozen protesters were sitting inside the encampment, which was established around 4 a.m., according to reports from the scene. Organizers of the “Palestine Solidarity Encampment,” similar to their counterparts at USC, issued a list of demands
  
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• Drummond: Black Gold Golf Club reporting another year of record revenue

  25-04-2024 19:19 via ocregister.com
  
  A “second year in a row with record-setting revenues” and outstanding debt “still on tract to be completely paid off” by June 2030 are two key elements of the annual financial report for Yorba Linda’s city-owned Black Gold Golf Club viewed by the City Council earlier this month.
  The report from club General Manager Rich Cessna noted the facility was voted best in the county by The Orange County Register readers for the first time in the club’s 23-year history,
  
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• TikTok has promised to sue over the potential US ban. What’s the legal outlook?

  25-04-2024 19:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS (AP Business Writer)
  NEW YORK (AP) — Legislation forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell the video-sharing platform or face a ban in the U.S. received President Joe Biden’s official signoff Wednesday. But the newly minted law could be in for an uphill battle in court.
  Critics of the sell-or-be-banned ultimatum argue it violates TikTok users’ First Amendment rights. The app’s China-based owner, ByteDance, has already promised to sue, callin
  
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• ‘Together Forever’ fireworks return to Disneyland with new and familiar touches

  25-04-2024 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The “Together Forever” fireworks show returning to Disneyland for Pixar Fest has been plussed-up just enough to seem somewhat new for hard-core fans paying attention to the details and somewhat familiar for casual fans looking for a nostalgic warm hug from the past.
  Pixar Fest kicks off on Friday, April 26 and runs through Aug. 4 with the returning “Together Forever” fireworks show at Disneyland, the new Better Together parade and Club Pixar dance party at Disney Californ
  
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• Cooking with Judy: Mother’s Day memories include maple walnut cake

  25-04-2024 18:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Mother’s Day will be bittersweet this year.
  Again.
  My mom passed away 13 years ago at 93 and had had a wonderful life … well, as wonderful as it could have been, having lost my dad at the age of 52. But her resilience got her through. As she used to say, “Judy, I’m alone, but I’m not lonely.”
  My mother was the most reliable person I’ve ever known. When I was in high school, she knew the names of all my classmates, which came in handy in case of party cr
  
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• Cal Poly Humboldt closed through the weekend as student protests continue

  25-04-2024 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Wednesday marked the third day students continued to occupy Siemens Hall at Cal Poly Humboldt. Barriers were reinforced, more tents were put up Tuesday and students collected gear for facing tear gas.
  A couple of dozen people are estimated to be barricaded inside the building while others have joined them outside, at some points in the hundreds.
  Students outside speculated Wednesday night would mean another conflict with police, who initially responded in droves to drive out the protesters Monda
  
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• Big Sur Highway 1 repair work hitting its stride

  25-04-2024 18:10 via ocregister.com
  
  SALINAS – With its eye on a May 27 reopening of the roadway, Caltrans reports that it continues to advance on repairs to stabilize the edge of the roadway at the Rocky Creek slip-out which occurred nearly a month ago and has reduced access to Big Sur to locals and essential workers only.
  “We’re definitely increasing our confidence, not only in the repair strategy, but hitting our stride in doing the work,” said Caltrans District 5 Emergency Manager Zeke Dellamas at the We
  
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• Israel-Hamas war: Has Hamas bet correctly?

  25-04-2024 18:05 via ocregister.com
  
  What to say about the widespread pro-Hamas protests? Protesters block the highway leading to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Protesters stop traffic on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. A mob of protesters chanting “Senate can’t eat until Gaza eats” march in the Dirksen Senate Office Building and cause the cafeteria to shut down. Something like that used to be called “insurrection.” Pro-Hamas protesters in Dearborn, Michigan, chant not on
  
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• What does Orange County’s presidential primary data suggest about Biden and Trump’s chances?

  25-04-2024 18:02 via ocregister.com
  
  More Orange County voters cast ballots for former President Donald Trump in the primary election than for President Joe Biden — but political experts say that doesn’t exactly spell trouble for the incumbent president.
  Trump received the most votes in Orange County, 236,456, of the nearly 40 people on the presidential primary ballot, ahead of Biden only by about 18,500 votes.
  But other factors contribute to success in a presidential general election — like higher turnout among y
  
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• Biden or Trump? Check out this map to see who OC primary voters picked — and where

  25-04-2024 18:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Want to know who Orange County voters picked for president in the 2024 presidential primary? You can use the map below to find out.
  Tap or hover over a precinct to see how people there voted. Click or tap a candidate’s name to see where they received the most votes. You can also zoom into a specific region on the map using the feature on the bottom right.
  Related: What does Orange County’s presidential primary data suggest about Biden and Trump’s chances?
  The grayed-out areas r
  
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• These are some of the oldest restaurants in Orange County

  25-04-2024 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Owning and operating a restaurant isn’t for the weak.
  Licenses. Labor. Permits. Taxes. Gentrification’s unyielding homogenization. Food trend impermanence (remember molten chocolate cakes?). Myriad hurdles make breaking even during the first year cause for uncorking Champagne. But some lucky stalwarts have been around for decades, defining dining culture while weathering figurative and literal storms that keep people coming back for more.
  While not as numerous as Los Angeles or San F
  
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• Endlessly’s trainer wants to skip the Kentucky Derby

  25-04-2024 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  ARCADIA – Almost all of America’s top thoroughbred trainers spend the winter and spring trying to get their best 3-year-olds into the Kentucky Derby, planning the way in like cat burglars casing the Louvre.
  Michael McCarthy, this year, is different. He’s trying to keep his best young horse out of the Kentucky Derby.
  The horse is Endlessly, one of two California colts who have qualified for the May 4 race, the other western hope being Santa Anita Derby winner Stronghold.
  Endless
  
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• California charter school battles intensify as education finances get squeezed

  25-04-2024 17:58 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s public schools, with nearly 6 million students, are feeling the financial impacts of a quintuple whammy.
  Billions of federal dollars to cushion the impacts of COVID-19 have been exhausted, school closures during the pandemic magnified declines in enrollment, chronic absenteeism has worsened, inflation is increasing operating costs, and the state budget is plagued by a huge deficit.
  Since the state largely finances schools based on their attendance, many local districts are see
  
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• New approach has Angels’ Jo Adell primed for extended playing time

  25-04-2024 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Back in the first week of the season, Jo Adell was at the plate in Miami, with an 0-and-2 count. There was one out, and a runner at third base.
  Adell punched a fly ball into right field, making a routine out but driving in a run.
  That snapshot illustrated the progress for a player who might, finally, be finding his footing in the majors.
  “Absolutely,” Adell said, recalling that moment. “Just slow the game down, look at what the situation was. There was a chance
  
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• Shirley Dettloff, former Huntington Beach mayor and longtime civic leader, dies at 88

  25-04-2024 17:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Former Huntington Beach mayor and longtime civic leader Shirley Dettloff, who successfully fought to preserve the Bolsa Chica wetlands and wrote the city’s 1996 statement on human dignity, died on Tuesday at age 88.
  Her husband, Bob Dettloff, 91, said she died of a heart attack Tuesday morning. Dettloff had been engaged in Huntington Beach politics for decades and was most known for her work on environmental issues around the city.
  “I love this town and I want the very best for it,&r
  
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• $5.6 million in refunds going to Ring customers in video privacy settlement

  25-04-2024 17:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By Wyatte Grantham-Philps |  The Associated Press
  The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with Amazon-owned Ring, which was charged with failing to protect private video footage from outside access.
  In a 2023 complaint, the FTC accused the doorbell camera and home security provider of allowing its employees and contractors to access customers’ private videos. Ring allegedly used such footage to train algorithms wit
  
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• SURFscape trade show focusing on surf, outdoor adventure is beachfront in Huntington Beach

  25-04-2024 16:44 via ocregister.com
  
  A beachfront trade show this weekend will bring brands big and small out to Huntington Beach to showcase the latest surf and outdoor products and experiences, a way for the growing number of surfers to test out and check out the latest offerings for their adventures.
  SURFscape, a free consumer expo now in its second year and put on by the Surf Industry Members Association, is a two-day event kicking off Saturday, April 27, that will have everything from merchandise displays, demos, seminars, mus
  
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• California schools may be required to provide kosher and halal meals

  25-04-2024 16:44 via ocregister.com
  
  California schools may soon need to provide halal and kosher meal options for students.
  Dubbed the Halal and Kosher School Meals Act, a proposed bill in the California Legislature would require schools to provide kosher or halal meals if more than 5% of their students request such.
  Both kosher and halal meals follow specific Jewish and Islamic dietary practices, respectively, for how food is prepared and served. For kosher meals, dairy and meat cannot be mixed, and only certain animals can be ea
  
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• Stop the ’emergency spending’ charade already

  25-04-2024 16:32 via ocregister.com
  
  This week, Congress advanced four separate bills with $95 billion in funding for Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific allies and the domestic submarine industrial base. This funding has been debated for months, with much of it intended for wars that have been going on — and likely will continue — for a while. In other words, it’s not new or surprising. Yet once again, it will be labeled “emergency spending,” a tool allowing legislators to double down on their fiscal irresp
  
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• San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy to stand trial on alleged Mongols affiliation, gun offenses

  25-04-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy suspected of affiliating with the Mongols and possessing illegal weapons to benefit the outlaw motorcycle gang was ordered Wednesday, April 24, to stand trial.
  Superior Court Judge Alexander R. Martinez acknowledged, however, that due to the complexity of the case against Christopher Bingham and the legal issues involved, he expects his ruling to be challenged.
  “I am sure that whatever decision this court makes is going to be appealed by the o
  
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• Bad news for California renters: New apartment plans drop to 10-year low

  25-04-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The hopes of California tenants that a wave of apartment construction might provide more rent relief may be fizzling in early 2024.
  Construction plans for multifamily housing plunged to a 10-year low, my trusty spreadsheet found after peeking at quarterly California building permit patterns from the Census Bureau complied by the St. Louis Fed. Multifamily housing is primarily apartments plus certain ownership condos or townhomes.
  California permits approved for multifamily housing in the first q
  
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• New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial

  25-04-2024 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL SISAK (Associated Press)
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with “egregious” improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case.
  “We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against p
  
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• Knott’s Berry Farm extends Boysenberry Festival for 2 more weekends

  25-04-2024 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The Knott’s Berry Farm annual food festival that pays tribute to the little berry that started it all will stick around for a few extra weeks if you haven’t gotten your fill of boysenberry for this year just yet.
  The final weekend of the 2024 Boysenberry Fest was set to wrap up on Friday, April 26 through Sunday, April 28 — but Knott’s will extend the seasonal event for two more weekends on May 3-5 and May 10-12.
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• Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction overturned by New York appeals court

  25-04-2024 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL SISAK
  NEW YORK — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with “egregious” improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case.
  “We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the co
  
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• Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 NY rape conviction overturned due to ‘egregious errors’

  25-04-2024 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL SISAK
  NEW YORK — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with “egregious” improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case.
  “We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the co
  
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• Unemployment debt still plagues California budget

  25-04-2024 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Four years after COVID-19 spiked joblessness, California still is finding it difficult to pay the now estimated $21 billion owed the federal government for what’s called Advances to State Unemployment Funds. The debt largely was run up during the unemployment spike during COVID-19 and was worsened by massive fraud.
  According to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Fiscal Data site as of April 23, that was by far the highest debt among the states, with New York at $7.5 billion, Connecticut
  
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• Ferragamo Flag Football League is coming to Orange

  25-04-2024 14:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Taking into account a shared goal of growing relationships within the community, Santiago Canyon College and former NFL quarterback Vince Ferragamo have partnered to establish a flag football league for youngsters, with the games being played at Santiago Canyon College.
  The Ferragamo Flag Football League, a noncontact football league for boys and girls of all skill levels in grades 1 through 8, kicks off a four-week summer season starting July 19. An eight-week fall season will follow beginning
  
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• Home prices have topped inflation for 6 decades

  25-04-2024 13:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Franklin Schneider | Wealth of Geeks
  A new study from Clever Real Estate shows home prices have risen faster than inflation for the past six decades, locking many younger Americans out of homeownership.
  Millennials have taken a lot of criticism for financially lagging behind previous generations, but it may not be their fault. After adjusting for income, homes are almost twice as expensive for millennials today than they were for baby boomers in their 30s, according to a 2024 analysis from Cleve
  
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