• Green sea turtle rehabbed by Aquarium of the Pacific released into the wild

    Green sea turtle rehabbed by Aquarium of the Pacific released into the wild
    The green sea turtle waddled his way into the San Gabriel River in Seal Beach, set free into the ocean.
    For about six months, the sea turtle has been cared for by a team at the Aquarium of the Pacific, fed fish and plants and other nutritional meals. An injured front flipper has since healed and now, the turtle will have to fend for itself in nature, out in the open ocean where she belongs.
    A subadult sea turtle heads out to sea after being released by staff of the Aquarium of the Pacific in Sea
  • What the land of Lincoln tells us about Southern California

    What the land of Lincoln tells us about Southern California
    My recent travels took my wife and I to the upper Midwest where we witnessed the nuptials of our dear friend’s daughter. We found ourselves in the land of Lincoln — Illinois and Wisconsin.
    You may be wondering what a trip to the Midwest has to do with Southern California commercial real estate. Please indulge me as I recap a few lessons learned.
    One of the most striking aspects of our visit was the strong sense of community and local support in the Midwest.
    Small towns thrive on mutu
  • Larry Wilson: RFK Jr.’s Jim Crow fetish for bad Dixie

    Larry Wilson: RFK Jr.’s Jim Crow fetish for bad Dixie
    Sometimes it’s harder to forgive a politician’s oddball, eccentric, merely mean-spirited positions, even when they are expressed offhand and are not the main plank in the platform, than it is their fundamental beliefs.
    Robert Kennedy Jr.’s fundamental belief, other than his past main plank of thinking that the tens of millions of lives saved by the miracle of medical vaccines in the last century are all part of some dangerous conspiratorial fraud.
    Whatever, would be the proper
  • Projections vs. scenarios, and why politicians should care

    Projections vs. scenarios, and why politicians should care
    Congressional Budget Office projections provide valuable insights into how a big chunk of your income is being spent and reveal the long-term consequences of our government’s current fiscal policies — you may endure them, and your children most certainly will. Yet, like most other projections looking into our future, these numbers should be taken with a grain of salt. So should claims that CBO projections validate anyone’s fiscal track record.
    So much can and likely will happen
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  • Inflation hits California families hardest. It’s shaping their views on the economy

    Inflation hits California families hardest. It’s shaping their views on the economy
    On paper, the U.S. economy seems to be doing well with historically low unemployment. Yet most Americans have a sour view in recent polls, with stubborn inflation in living costs cited as the reason for that pessimism.
    “As the 2024 general election begins in earnest, voters’ assessment of the economy and of the candidates’ ability to manage it will, as usual, have a strong impact on the outcome of the race,” Brookings Institute stated in a recent analysis of economic atti
  • Dodgers never find their groove in loss to Rockies

    Dodgers never find their groove in loss to Rockies
    LOS ANGELES — It seemed like the right spot for the Dodgers to continue building the momentum they rediscovered at the end of a six-game road trip.
    Put Walker Buehler on the mound against the Colorado Rockies, an opponent they have owned at home in recent years, and start off the brief three-game homestand on the right foot before heading back out on the road.
    So much for that.
    Buehler gave up three earned runs, the Dodgers’ bats struggled for most of the night, and they limped to a
  • Angels lose to Mariners despite Jo Adell’s game-tying, pinch-hit grand slam

    Angels lose to Mariners despite Jo Adell’s game-tying, pinch-hit grand slam
    SEATTLE — While Angels fans wait for the team to “learn how to win,” as Manager Ron Washington says frequently, they are getting plenty of experience in finding new ways to lose.
    Left-hander Matt Moore gave up a tie-breaking home run to Ty France in the eighth inning of the Angels’ 5-4 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.
    That in itself would not have made for a unique script in this forgettable Angels season. The twist was that Moore gave up the homer to cost th
  • Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Saturday, June 1, 2024

    Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Saturday, June 1, 2024
    The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Terry Turrell, Eddie Wilson and Kevin Modesti. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
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  • Dodgers welcome back Evan Phillips, DFA struggling Elieser Hernandez

    Dodgers welcome back Evan Phillips, DFA struggling Elieser Hernandez
    LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t technically a present, but Dodgers manager Dave Roberts gladly welcomed back closer Evan Phillips on the skipper’s 52nd birthday.
    Phillips was activated off the injured list on Friday. He had not played since May 3 because of a strained right hamstring.
    “Evan worked really hard to get back,” Roberts said. “Having a guy at the back end that you trust, who was off to a really good season at this point, I’m just really excited.&rdquo
  • LAFC players credit club’s strong culture as an ‘oasis’ amid troubling times

    LAFC players credit club’s strong culture as an ‘oasis’ amid troubling times
    There’s a lot happening in the world and people have opinions.
    That’s why Los Angeles Football Club head coach Steve Cherundolo, a self-described news junkie, is surprised that the “very busy” events of the day, both home and abroad, haven’t come up more often in conversations between the organization’s players, coaches and staff.
    “And that’s the beauty of professional sports, and, more particular, LAFC,” Cherundolo said. “This is an oa
  • Angels rookie Nolan Schanuel says he’s getting more comfortable at the plate

    Angels rookie Nolan Schanuel says he’s getting more comfortable at the plate
    SEATTLE — Even though the numbers show that Nolan Schanuel is still riding something of a rollercoaster, the Angels’ rookie first baseman doesn’t feel that way.
    Schanuel was lugging a 3-for-27 slump into this weekend’s series in Seattle, but he had gone 11 for 33 just before that. Despite the vastly different results, Schanuel said he has felt good about his swing lately.
    “I feel like I got a little unlucky the last week,” Schanuel said Friday, before he was s
  • UC Irvine baseball walks off Nicholls State after blowing 8-run lead in NCAA regional opener

    UC Irvine baseball walks off Nicholls State after blowing 8-run lead in NCAA regional opener
    CORVALLIS, Oregon — Caden Kendle’s two-out, two-run single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted UC Irvine to a wild, 13-12 victory over Nicholls State on Friday afternoon at the Corvallis Regional of the NCAA Tournament. Nicholls erased an early 9-1 deficit and then took a 12-11 lead in the top of the inning.
    The Colonels got their dramatic, three-run blast from first baseman Edgar Alvarez with one out in the ninth. But Nicholls State reliever Devin Desandro
  • Pelicans to defer Lakers’ 1st-round draft pick from Anthony Davis trade until 2025

    Pelicans to defer Lakers’ 1st-round draft pick from Anthony Davis trade until 2025
    The Lakers, as expected, will have the No. 17 overall pick in the upcoming NBA draft.
    The New Orleans Pelicans had the choice to use or defer the pick for one more year as part of the Anthony Davis trade in 2019. This is the last of three first-round picks the Lakers owe to the Pelicans in the deal. The Times-Picayune was the first to report the decision on Friday.
    Instead of having the Lakers’ first-round pick in the June 26-27 draft, the Pelicans will receive the Lakers’ first-roun
  • Corky: Three more to be added to the Surfers’ Hall of Fame

    Corky: Three more to be added to the Surfers’ Hall of Fame
    I was pleased to receive the announcement of the inductees into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame for 2024.
    This year the surfing greats who are getting the nod are Hawaiians Ilima Kalama and Jamie O’Brian, along with the excellent Huntington Beach local star Jeff Deffenbaugh.  A solid lineup for sure.
    The induction ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. on Aug. 2 in the plaza at the corner of Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway in front of Huntington Surf & Sport.   The event is op
  • First cannabis retail shop opens in Laguna Woods

    First cannabis retail shop opens in Laguna Woods
    The first legal cannabis retail shop in South Orange County has opened, adding Laguna Woods to the short list of cities in the region that have allowed local sales.
    Laguna Woods was the first city to pass an ordinance allowing medical marijuana dispensaries in 2008, but with pushback and few commercial storefronts even available or landlords interested in renting it would be years before serious conversation happened about a store opening.
    Guests check out the variety of cannabis products during
  • Florida deputy who shot Black airman has been fired

    Florida deputy who shot Black airman has been fired
    By Terry Spencer | Associated Press
    A Florida sheriff on Friday fired a deputy who fatally shot a Black airman at his home while holding a handgun pointed to the ground, saying the deputy’s life was never in danger and he should not have fired his weapon.
    Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden fired Deputy Eddie Duran, who fatally shot Senior Airman Roger Fortson on May 3 after responding to a domestic violence call and being directed to Fortson’s apartment.
    Body camera video shows that w
  • Marian Robinson dies at 86; Michelle Obama’s mother lived with first family at White House

    Marian Robinson dies at 86; Michelle Obama’s mother lived with first family at White House
    By Darlene Superville | Associated Press
    WASHINGTON — Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died. She was 86.
    Mrs. Robinson’s death was announced by Michelle Obama and other family members in a statement that said “there was and will be only one Marian Robinson. In our sadness, we are lifted up by the extraordinary gift of her life.”
    She was a widow a
  • Santa Margarita Catholic High 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

    Santa Margarita Catholic High 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony
    The da Graca family from left: Kathy, Heather, graduate Haley, and Ralph, pose for photos, following the Santa Margarita Catholic High School commencement at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
    Thanh Thai Nguyen, Auxiliary Bishop, Diocese of Orange, speaks during the commencement of Santa Margarita Catholic High School at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SC
  • Community calls for more sand, less boulders for OCTA’s track protection plans

    Community calls for more sand, less boulders for OCTA’s track protection plans
    A community outcry against big boulders being placed on the beach in San Clemente grew louder Thursday evening, with a crowd calling for the use of more sand as a buffer as the Orange County Transportation Authority plans new projects to protect a key rail line that runs oceanfront in sections of the town.
    A standing-room-only crowd of about 150 people filled City Hall for a listening session hosted by the OCTA, which owns the train tracks through Orange County, including a 7-mile section in San
  • Mike Tyson’s health episode causes Jake Paul fight postponement

    Mike Tyson’s health episode causes Jake Paul fight postponement
    Mike Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul has been postponed after the 57-year-old Tyson fell ill on a flight last weekend.
    Tyson and Paul said Friday that they will announce a new fight date next week. They were scheduled to meet July 20 in Arlington, Texas.
    Tyson became nauseous and dizzy during the final hour of a flight from Miami to Los Angeles last Sunday, and his plane was met by first responders who attended to the former heavyweight champion. Tyson’s camp attributed the episode to a
  • 25 years of NOON: Diane Williams on the shock, suspense and surprise of stories

    25 years of NOON: Diane Williams on the shock, suspense and surprise of stories
    The stories come in the mail, actual postage-paid physical submissions, not email. Diane Williams, pen in hand, reads them at her kitchen table.
    For the past 25 years, Williams has been the force behind NOON, an art and literary journal that has featured the work of writers including Lydia Davis, Roxane Gay, R.O. Kwon, Tao Lin, Ottessa Moshfegh, Sam Lipsyte and more.
    Williams, who co-founded NOON with Christine Schutt, is the author of 11 books of stories including “I Hear You&rs
  • Troy High Graduation 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

    Troy High Graduation 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony
    Graduate Sarah Kim has her photo taken with her friend Evan Torres following Troy High School High School’s graduation ceremony held at the Fullerton Union High School stadium on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Photo by Frank D’Amato, Contributing Photographer)
    Family members raise letters spelling the name of their graduate during Troy High School High School’s graduation ceremony held at the Fullerton Union High School stadium on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Photo by Frank D’Amato
  • US women’s soccer coach Emma Hayes ready for 1st game

    US women’s soccer coach Emma Hayes ready for 1st game
    Emma Hayes said the groundwork has been completed ahead of her debut with the U.S. women’s national team. Now it’s all about the details.
    Hayes will be on the sidelines with her team for the first time Saturday when the United States plays a friendly match against South Korea in Commerce City, Colorado.
    Hayes was named U.S. coach in November but she finished out the Women’s Super League season with Chelsea before joining her new team in-person. Assistant Twila Kilgore coached t
  • Why did Irvine finance a report for a state veterans cemetery in Anaheim Hills?

    Why did Irvine finance a report for a state veterans cemetery in Anaheim Hills?
    Irvine officials discussed this week a nearly $60,000 technical review  — funded by the city — of a proposed veterans cemetery in Gypsum Canyon in Anaheim Hills — a cemetery that will ultimately be financed largely by the state.
    The discussion left some Irvine residents and Councilmember Tammy Kim questioning why Irvine paid for a review of a project happening miles away.
    The answer winds from Orange County’s long history without a veterans cemetery and Irvine Counci
  • President Biden endorses latest Gaza cease-fire proposal

    President Biden endorses latest Gaza cease-fire proposal
    By Aamer Madhani, Chris Megerian and Darlene Superville | Associated Press
    WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding, nearly 8-month-old Mideast war.
    Biden added that Hamas is “no longer capable” of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel as he urged Israelis and Hamas to come to a deal to release the re
  • Galaxy looks to wrap busy week with win in Chicago

    Galaxy looks to wrap busy week with win in Chicago
    The Galaxy opened their second three-game week with consecutive home wins over the Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas.
    Saturday’s final game is on the road against the Chicago Fire, a team near the bottom of the Eastern Conference. The Galaxy (7-2-7, 28 points) enters Saturday in second place in the Western Conference.
    “The group’s target was nine points this week,” Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said. “So there’s a lot to play for.”
    Having the chance to complete th
  • Onetime FBI’s ’10 most wanted’ suspect arrested by Long Beach police on child molestation charges

    Onetime FBI’s ’10 most wanted’ suspect arrested by Long Beach police on child molestation charges
    A former Boeing engineer who at one point landed on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list for five years after fleeing to Canada was arrested by Long Beach police on child molestation charges shortly after he was released from federal prison, where he served a 20-year sentence for a child pornography conviction, authorities said Friday, May 31.
    Richard Steve Goldberg, now, 78, was originally wanted by Long Beach police in 2001 after an investigation into allegations that h
  • One’s a nurse, one’s an electrician, one’s on Team USA — meet 5 OC grads with big plans

    One’s a nurse, one’s an electrician, one’s on Team USA — meet 5 OC grads with big plans
    Orange County is in the height of graduation season, with thousands of seniors celebrating the end of their high school careers and, for many, making summer plans before the start of college, whether it be at a local community campus or off to a four-year school.
    But while their friends take a breather before hitting the books again, these high school graduates have a post-school plan that is a lot less traditional, but indicate a bright future ahead.
    One already has a job as a nurse, another ha
  • 17-year-old Tustin High School graduate headed to play with Army National Guard Band

    17-year-old Tustin High School graduate headed to play with Army National Guard Band
    For 17-year-old Aaron Rodriguez-Herrejon, joining the Army was an idea that intrigued him as a kid, he said, but one he kept hidden in the back of his mind.
    “I guess the patriotism that comes with being in the military,” he said of what drew him. “I would always see videos of just how it’s like to be in the military and the pride of it. That kind of interested me.”
    But the intimidation the institution might give off to an outsider looking in, and the assumption that
  • This Kennedy High grad had her nurse assistant job before her diploma

    This Kennedy High grad had her nurse assistant job before her diploma
    Deborah Okbaab, a recent John F. Kennedy High School graduate, is already a certified nurse assistant, successfully completing all requirements for her license and landing a paid position while still a student.
    Okbaab participated in Kennedy’s Patient Care Pathway, a specialized program designed to immerse students in the medical field through hands-on experience. Along with her other high school courses she was getting a comprehensive introduction to health care while engaged in clinical

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