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• Fullerton residents donate masks, gloves to help St. Jude battle coronavirus

  24-03-2020 21:47 via ocregister.com
  
  When Fullerton residents recently started asking how they could help their local hospital, St. Jude Medical Center, to prepare for an anticipated surge of patients with the coronavirus, a donation drive was born.
  Starting Monday, March 23, and continuing at least the rest of this week, the hospital is putting out bins where residents and businesses with extra supplies of surgical masks and gloves, goggles, face shields and disinfecting wipes can drive up, drop the items off and be on their way.
  
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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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• Murder victims’ families come together to grieve their losses at a vigil in Riverside

  25-04-2024 09:37 via ocregister.com
  
  A woman whose son was fatally shot along with his date in a Corona movie theater in 2021 on Wednesday evening recalled during a remembrance ceremony her family’s grief and urged other family members of crime victims to honor their memories.
  Catherine Barajas spoke during the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office’s annual National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Candlelight Vigil in front of the Riverside County Historic Courthouse.
  “The grieving that we do, that fa
  
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• Anze Kopitar’s OT goal lifts Kings past Oilers in Game 2, ties series

  25-04-2024 07:39 via ocregister.com
  
  The Kings’ Drew Doughty (8) scores a goal on Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner during the first period of Game 2 of their first-round playoff series on Wednesday night in Edmonton, Alberta. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  The Kings’ Drew Doughty celebrates his goal during the first period of Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night in Edmonton, Alberta. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
  Kings defenseman Drew Dough
  
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• Anze Kopitar scores in OT as Kings beat Oilers in Game 2 to tie series

  25-04-2024 07:39 via ocregister.com
  
  EDMONTON, Alberta — In recent history, Game 2’s haven’t been pleasant playoff experiences for the Kings against the Edmonton Oilers, but they were able to change that history on Wednesday night.
  Anze Kopitar scored just 2:07 into overtime, firing a wrist shot past Stuart Skinner’s glove and into the top corner on a breakaway to give the Kings a 5-4 victory in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series at Rogers Place.
  Kopitar picked up the puck near the Edmonton blue
  
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• Tesoro, Canyon capture softball league titles in dramatic fashion

  25-04-2024 06:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowAs Loula-Rae McNamara induced a soft popup to third base, the Tesoro pitcher began to jump with excitement. Catcher Kennedy Proctor followed suit, and soon the rest of their teammates leaped for joy on the softball field at Mission Viejo on Wednesday.
  One of most competitive league races in Orange County had been settled, and by a relatively new contender.
  McNamara retired seven of the final eight batters
  
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• Newport Harbor sweeps Mater Dei in first round of CIF-SS boys volleyball playoffs

  25-04-2024 06:49 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH – It was the first match of the CIF Southern Section boys volleyball playoffs so of course every player was excited.
  Maybe too excited.
  “Early on there were some unforced errors by both sides,” said Newport Harbor coach Andrew Mabry. “Certainly by us.”
  Newport Harbor settled down soon enough to beat Mater Dei in three sets, 25-21, 25-20, 25-23, at Newport Harbor High in the first round of CIF-SS Division 1 pool play.
  The eight-team Division 1 playoffs
  
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• Man likely headed to state mental facility after admitting to killing his father in Westminster

  25-04-2024 05:20 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A 38-year-old Westminster man pleaded guilty to killing his father, but because an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday he was insane at the time he is expected to be committed to a state mental health facility.
  Johnson Loc has been charged with one count of murder in the killing of 66-year-old Thinh Loc, according to Westminster police. But he accepted a plea deal to admit a felony count of voluntary manslaughter, according to court records.
  Based on medical repo
  
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• 59th Congressional Cup gets underway in Long Beach waters

  25-04-2024 04:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The 59th Congressional Cup, considered the grandfather of match racing, kicked off its weeklong competition on Wednesday, April 24, with a record 12 crews trying to don the crimson blazer that goes to the winners.
  The regatta, which begins with a single round-robin, takes place off the Long Beach coast, near Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier, with each crew sailing a Catalina 37 yacht.
  After the round-robin, there will be a repechage – meaning those who didn’t qualify for the knockout r
  
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• Review: Pixar parade dancers outshine lackluster floats at Disneyland resort

  25-04-2024 04:09 via ocregister.com
  
  The new Pixar parade at Disney California Adventure got me dancing and humming along with the energetic performers and contagious soundtrack even if the floats left me underwhelmed.
  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 California Adventure and host of new themed food and drinks at both parks.
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• Why companion planting in the garden creates more effective growth

  25-04-2024 03:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By Laura Sampson
  Companion planting is a method of gardening that involves placing plants close together for mutual benefit. It’s a permaculture tactic and a practice as old as agriculture itself. Using this method can vastly improve your harvests while also protecting soil health.
  The practice of companion planting is rooted in the understanding that certain plants can enhance the growth, flavor and health of nearby plants. By strategically pairing plants, gardeners can create an ecosyste
  
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• Dodgers’ offense turns tables on Nats starter Jake Irvin in second look

  25-04-2024 03:35 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — The distance between Gavin Lux and his days as a hot prospect tearing through the Dodgers’ farm system has grown long, stretched out by a season lost to a major knee injury and a .148 start in his comeback this season.
  But Dodgers manager Dave Roberts gave the still-young infielder a vote of confidence before Wednesday’s game, saying it’s too soon to overreact to a slow start or cut Lux’s playing time. Anything less than 150 plate appearances is not &ld
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday, April 24

  25-04-2024 03:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Wednesday, April 24
  Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  WEDNESDAY’S SCORES
  BASEBALL
  PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
  Sage Hill 2, Laguna Hills 1
  NONLEAGUE
  Estancia 4, Pacifica Christian 3
  Est: Humphries 1-3, 2B, R, Lef
  
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• Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani ready for trip to Toronto – this time

  25-04-2024 02:35 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — Shohei Ohtani will be on a plane to Toronto on Thursday – and this time it really isn’t a drill.
  “I was just following the news,” Ohtani said through his interpreter when he was reminded of the drama last December when media reports had him signing with the Toronto Blue Jays, prompting a surge in flight-tracker web site traffic as a private jet made its way from Orange County to Toronto.
  “I knew I wasn’t on that flight. So I was curious too.
  
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• California senators demand feds address sexual abuse complaints in LA County juvenile facilities

  25-04-2024 02:22 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler are demanding the federal Department of Justice intervene to address a litany of sexual abuse allegations and other wrongdoing in Los Angeles County’s juvenile camps.
  More than 600 former detainees have filed lawsuits since December 2022 alleging they were sexually abused or harassed while in custody in the county’s juvenile facilities. The allegations date back as far as 1972.
  In a letter Tuesday, April 23, to Attorney General Merrick Garl
  
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• OC jury to decide whether 2015 quadruple killing was a murder plot or planned deal gone wrong

  25-04-2024 02:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Was it an illicit business deal gone wrong or a planned violent culmination of a feud over unpaid debts and control of a lucrative drug-trafficking operation? An Orange County jury will soon have to decide what led to three men being killed and burned in an SUV in a suburban Orange neighborhood and a fourth shot to death on a drive to Fontana.
  Jury deliberations will soon begin in the trial of Raul Gastellum Flores, the only suspect to face trial thus far for his role in an alleged sprawling mur
  
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