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• Coronavirus: 146 new cases, four new deaths reported in Orange County on March 31

  31-03-2021 22:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The OC Health Care Agency reported 146 new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, March 31, increasing the cumulative total in the county to 250,683 cases since tracking began.
  There were 1,502 new infections reported in the last 14 days.
  There were also four additional deaths reported Wednesday, raising the total number of COVID-19 fatalities to 4,744.
  The data on deaths in the county is compiled from death certificates or gathered through the course of case investigations and can take weeks to
  
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• Spike in sick, starved brown pelicans has wildlife care center in need

  04-05-2024 04:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Brown pelicans have been coming in starved, dehydrated and in desperate need of care, officials with the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center said as they made a plea for support from the community.
  A mass stranding of the species seen over the last few weeks, with birds found throughout Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, has rescue teams worried and quickly running out of supplies, said Debbie McGuire, executive director of the center in Huntington Beach.
  “They are all comin
  
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• Pitzer College to release financial information demanded by pro-Palestine students

  04-05-2024 04:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Pitzer College will disclose information about its financial investments, officials said Friday, as pro-Palestinian students continued to call for the institution to stop doing business with Israel or companies that support its actions in Gaza.
  In a memo released Friday, May 3, Pitzer officials said President Strom C. Thacker and Board of Trustees Chairperson Donald P. Gould agreed to the financial disclosure after meeting with three undisclosed students and a faculty member that morning.
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• LA County Fair kicks off season with ‘Stars, Stripes, and Fun’

  04-05-2024 04:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The farm animals have arrived, the deep-fried delights are being served, and good ol’ classic fair fun is now underway.
  Yep, the LA County Fair kicked off Friday evening, May 3, for its 102nd year of celebrations.
  Americana will be in focus through the month-long run at Fairplex in Pomona as this year’s theme “Stars, Stripes, and Fun” pays homage to history and the communities in Southern California.
  From the Ferris wheel to the Garden Railroad and roller skating to repti
  
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• José Soriano, young hitters lead the way in Angels’ victory over Guardians

  04-05-2024 04:05 via ocregister.com
  
  CLEVELAND — José Soriano demonstrated immediately that he had corrected what was going so horribly the last time he pitched.
  One start after Soriano’s control was so bad he didn’t make it out of the second inning, he threw 14 of 17 first-inning pitches for strikes.
  It was the encouraging beginning to six scoreless innings in the Angels’ 6-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night.
  Soriano, a 25-year-old who was moved to the rotation this year because t
  
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• Dodgers’ Walker Buehler looking forward to return from Tommy John surgery

  04-05-2024 03:52 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — After nearly two years away, a major surgery that repaired two parts of his elbow and countless hours of rehab, Walker Buehler craves one thing the most as he gets set to take a major league mound again on Monday.
  Success and adulation can wait. What Buehler yearns to feel again is the jolt of energy he gets from pitching at the highest level.
  That is expected to come, first from the home crowd when he faces the Miami Marlins. He wants to square off against the best players a
  
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• Despite an uncertain future, Kings think they have ‘the perfect team’

  04-05-2024 03:10 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — On some alternate plane of reality, the Kings would have had a skate before Game 6 of their first-round playoff series against the Edmonton Oilers on Friday morning.
  In the here and now, they were taking physicals while soaking in the gloom of being eliminated by the same opponent for a third straight season, leaving them adrift in a sea of uncertainty.
  “I fully expected to be playing in a game today again, and we’re not. Now I’m going to go home, my kids are
  
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• Canelo Alvarez, Jaime Munguia unusually polite to each other ahead of bout

  04-05-2024 02:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer
  LAS VEGAS — Given the significance of two Mexican fighters facing each other on Cinco de Mayo weekend, Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia have been especially respectful of each other heading into Saturday night’s bout.
  Much more so than what typically would be expected of a title fight when those going against each other often create fake controversies to gin up pay-per-view sales.
  Alvarez saved most of his venom for his former promoter, Oscar De La H
  
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• Kentucky Derby wide open after Fierceness and Sierra Leone

  04-05-2024 02:35 via ocregister.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fate has not been kind to Mike Repole in the Kentucky Derby. The outspoken owner is 0 for 7, although he is perhaps best known for his two champions that never made the starting gate.In 2011, Uncle Mo was scratched the day before the race because of a gastrointestinal infection. Last year, Forte was scratched the morning of the race due to a bruised right front foot.
  Now, the self-made billionaire from Queens, New York, is back with Fierceness, the morning-line favorite f
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Friday, May 3

  04-05-2024 02:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Friday, May 3
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  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  FRIDAY’S SCORES
  BASEBALL
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  Round 1
  DIVISION 3
  Fountain Valley 4, Trabuco Hills 3
  DIVISION 5
  Segerstrom 1, South Pasadena 0
  DIVISION 7
  Oxford A
  
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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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