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• How a French Ph.D. dissertation became a Southern California beach read

  29-04-2024 22:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Originally from Paris, Elsa Devienne spent a year studying at UCLA in the late ‘00s. With a gig as a dog sitter in Santa Monica, she had affordable rent and the chance to visit the local beaches.
  “I remember, first of all, being wowed by this incredible landscape, the beauty of the Pacific Ocean,” Devienne, now based in Manchester, U.K., recalls on a recent video call. But she says the heavily built-up areas around the beaches “shocked” her. “You could find pa
  
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• Proposed pay raises, benefits for police would cost Santa Ana $27 million over 3.5 years

  14-06-2024 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  The Santa Ana Police Officers Association has negotiated an immediate 4% raise along with additional pay increases in a contract that will be presented to the City Council for approval on Tuesday, June 18.
  The proposed contract is estimated to cost about $27.2 million over the next three and a half years. Members would get an additional 4% increase in 2025 and in 2026 to their base salaries. If approved, the contract would be effective retroactively back to Jan. 1 and through June 30, 2027.
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• Fun times in store for Mr. Irrelevant Jaylen Key this month

  14-06-2024 22:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Mr. Irrelevant will go jet skiing when he is in Orange County in a couple of weeks.
  He is, after all, a Jet.
  Jaylen Key was the last player selected in the NFL Draft in April when the New York Jets took him with the 257th and final choice of the draft. That makes Key the latest Mr. Irrelevant, the star of Irrelevant Week that begins June 23.
  Irrelevant Week was started in 1976 by Paul Salata, who played at USC and in the NFL and had some bit parts in a few major motion pictures before becoming a
  
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• Nick Rice allowed to coach ‘future Katy Ledeckys’ despite criminal charge

  14-06-2024 21:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Last October 26, 52 of the fastest and most promising teenage female swimmers in America gathered on the pool deck of the Olympic Training Center aquatic facility in Colorado Springs for the start of USA Swimming’s Girls National Select Camp.
  The purpose of the camp in large part was to identify and prepare a new generation of medal contenders for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles or perhaps in a case or two even the Paris Olympics later this summer; to find the next Katie Ledecky or L
  
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• Nick Rice allowed to coach ‘future Katie Ledeckys’ despite criminal charge

  14-06-2024 21:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Last October 26, 52 of the fastest and most promising teenage female swimmers in America gathered on the pool deck of the Olympic Training Center aquatic facility in Colorado Springs for the start of USA Swimming’s Girls National Select Camp.
  The purpose of the camp in large part was to identify and prepare a new generation of medal contenders for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles or perhaps in a case or two even the Paris Olympics later this summer; to find the next Katie Ledecky or L
  
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• LAX road-rage incident ends with elderly woman being knocked out

  14-06-2024 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Police released surveillance video today in hopes of generating tips from the public as they try to locate two men who assaulted a woman who was checking her baggage curbside at Los Angeles International Airport.
  According to police two men got involved in a fistfight outside the airport around 9:25 a.m. May 31 stemming from a road rage incident. During that fight, they knocked the victim — described as an “elderly passenger” — to the ground, knocking her unconscious.
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• AI startup Perplexity wants to upend search business but new outlets say it’s ripping them off

  14-06-2024 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By Matt O’Brien and Sarah Parvini | The Associated Press
  The artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has raised tens of millions of dollars from the likes of Jeff Bezos and other prominent tech investors for its mission to rival Google in the business of searching for information.
  But its AI-driven search chatbot is already facing challenges as some news media companies object to its business practices. It is also competing against tech giants Google, and now Apple, which are increas
  
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• Chargers sign WR Praise Olatoke, a former sprinter at Ohio State

  14-06-2024 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The Chargers on Friday signed wide receiver Praise Olatoke, a former sprinter at Ohio State who is part of the NFL’s International Pathway Program. Olatoke, who was born in Nigeria and raised in Scotland, played club football while also competing on the Buckeyes’ track and field team.
  Olatoke ran 10.27 seconds for 100 meters during the 2022 outdoor season, earning first team All-Big Ten honors. He joins defensive lineman CJ Okoye as the Chargers’ members of the International Pa
  
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• JSerra’s Ryder Dodd is the Orange County Boys Athlete of the Year

  14-06-2024 19:52 via ocregister.com
  
  ORANGE COUNTY BOYS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR 2023-24
  JSerra senior water polo player Ryder Dodd practices at the school in San Juan Capistrano, CA on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Name: Ryder Dodd
  School: JSerra
  Year: Senior
  Sport: Water polo
  Notable highlights: Ryder Dodd scored 103 goals to lead JSerra to CIF Southern Section and CIF Southern California Regional championships in the highest divisions.
  The Lions finished the season 30-0, the first
  
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• Esperanza’s Taylor Shumaker is the Orange County Girls Athlete of the Year

  14-06-2024 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  ORANGE COUNTY GIRLS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR 2023-24
  All-County softball player Taylor Shumaker of Esperanza, who also played on the school’s flag football team, is pictured at Pacifica High School in Garden Grove on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Name: Taylor Shumaker
  School: Esperanza
  Year: Senior
  Sports: Softball, flag football
  Notable highlights: Taylor Shumaker encountered her share of questions when she joined Esperanza’s inaugural flag
  
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• A USC commit, a cleat filled with peanuts, and the war for Gus Cordova’s reputation

  14-06-2024 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Gus Cordova didn’t kill anybody. That is the inarguable truth.
  A horde of faceless voices across the nation still claim attempted murder, the reputation he can’t escape.
  Cordova announced Tuesday night that he had fully shut down his recruitment, a sworn loyalty to a USC program that has been nothing but kind, according to his mother Shane. And his future beckons, a 6-foot-5, 250-pound defensive end commit in USC’s class of 2025 with a mean burst off the edg
  
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• Power demand expected to double by 2040 thanks to AI and EVs, PG&E’s CEO says

  14-06-2024 19:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By Mark Chediak and Will Wade | Bloomberg
  California’s biggest utility sees power demand doubling by 2040, driven by artificial intelligence, electric cars and other efforts to electrify more of the economy, according to PG&E Corp.’s top executive.
  PG&E is equipped to meet that surge in demand without significantly adding to its fleet of power plants, Chief Executive Officer Patti Poppe said Friday in an interview on Bloomberg Television. That’s because the utility&rsqu
  
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• Power demand expected to double by 2040 thanks to AI and EVs, PG&E ‘s CEO says

  14-06-2024 19:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By Mark Chediak and Will Wade | Bloomberg
  California’s biggest utility sees power demand doubling by 2040, driven by artificial intelligence, electric cars and other efforts to electrify more of the economy, according to PG&E Corp.’s top executive.
  PG&E is equipped to meet that surge in demand without significantly adding to its fleet of power plants, Chief Executive Officer Patti Poppe said Friday in an interview on Bloomberg Television. That’s because the utility&rsqu
  
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• Wells Fargo fires over a dozen staffers for faking their keyboard activity

  14-06-2024 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By Hannah Levitt | Bloomberg
  Wells Fargo Co. fired more than a dozen employees last month after investigating claims that they were faking work.
  The staffers, all in the firm’s wealth- and investment-management unit, were “discharged after review of allegations involving simulation of keyboard activity creating impression of active work,” according to disclosures filed with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
  “Wells Fargo holds employees to the highest standards
  
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• Temu luring more repeat customers than eBay, pressuring Amazon

  14-06-2024 19:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By Spencer Soper | Bloomberg
  Less than two years after its US debut, Chinese e-commerce upstart Temu is attracting more repeat shoppers than eBay Inc., an e-commerce pioneer that has been around for almost three decades.
  An April survey of 1,000 consumers found that 34% of respondents buy something from Temu at least once a month, edging out eBay’s 29%. Amazon.com Inc. remains the stand-out leader, with more than three of four respondents saying they shop there at least once
  
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• Boeing discloses 787 fastener issue as FAA steps up scrutiny

  14-06-2024 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Julie Johnsson, Allyson Versprille | Bloomberg News (TNS)
  Boeing Co. said it’s inspecting undelivered 787 Dreamliners after discovering that fasteners were incorrectly installed on a section of the carbon-composite aircraft, underscoring the heightened scrutiny on quality lapses at the embattled manufacturer.
  The issue is the latest to come to light as U.S. regulators ramp up oversight of Boeing following a near-catastrophe with another jet model, the 737 Max, earlier this year. The U.S. F
  
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• Surf City is the perfect place to celebrate International Surfing Day

  14-06-2024 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s all about sharing the stoke.
  International Surfing Day lands on Saturday, June 15, putting a spotlight on surf culture and giving people an excuse to take a pause in their busy lives to ride a few waves.
  Surfrider Foundation and partners started the day in 2005 to raise awareness and support for the world’s beaches and coastal environment, according to the San Clemente-based nonprofit. This year, more than 200 events are expected to take place around the world.
  International Sur
  
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• Are tiny homes a cost-effective solution for homelessness? This nonprofit thinks so

  14-06-2024 18:42 via ocregister.com
  
  DignityMoves CEO Elizabeth Funk thinks that for the most part, the public agencies and nonprofits tasked with solving homelessness are going about it all wrong.
  From the federal government on down, the focus — and the funding — has long centered on moving homeless people directly into permanent housing. The problem with that strategy, as Funk sees it, is there simply aren’t enough affordable homes available, and building new units takes years and can cost $1 million per door.
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• Gervonta Davis defends title against Frank Martin in battle of unbeatens

  14-06-2024 18:28 via ocregister.com
  
  LAS VEGAS — Even when others had the microphone at their news conference, Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Frank Martin couldn’t help themselves.
  They carried on a seemingly endless conversation Wednesday that ended only when Davis pretended to take a swing at Martin as they posed side by side for photos. Martin flinched and Davis left the podium laughing.
  Whether Davis has the last laugh Saturday night will be determined when the undefeated fighters, both 29, face each other fo
  
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• Record-high orange juice prices expected to continue due to disease, extreme weather

  14-06-2024 18:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By DEE-ANN DURBIN and TATIANA POLLASTRI (AP Business Writer)
  MOGI GUACU, Brazil (AP) — Orange juice prices have always been volatile, falling when bumper harvests create an oversupply of oranges and rising when frost or a hurricane knocks out fruit trees.
  But the record-high prices the world is seeing for OJ right now may be on the table for a while, since the diseases and extreme weather ravaging orange groves in some top-producing countries aren’t easily resolved problems.
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• Laguna Beach High Graduation 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

  14-06-2024 18:02 via ocregister.com
  
  A graduate celebrates during the Laguna Beach High School graduation ceremony in Laguna Beach on Thursday, June 13, 2024. (Photo by Claire Nguyen, Contributing Photographer)
  Graduates toss their caps in the air during the Laguna Beach High School graduation ceremony in Laguna Beach on Thursday, June 13, 2024. (Photo by Claire Nguyen, Contributing Photographer)
  Eric Bartlett, center left, hugs his daughter Caroline Bartlett after the Laguna Beach High School graduation ceremony in Laguna Beach on
  
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• CSUF symposium examines the use of artificial intelligence in higher education

  14-06-2024 17:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Educators from multiple universities shared their insights and research on expanding the use of artificial intelligence in higher education in a daylong symposium hosted by CSUF’s Office of Academic Affairs
  The April 30 seminar, “All AI 2024 – Envision Tomorrow:  Exploring AI’s Role in Higher Education,” at the Pollak Library consisted of three tracks – AI Changes in the Curriculum, AI Pedagogy Changes and AI Knowledge Base – and was divided into 22
  
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• US men’s roster set for Copa America after LAFC’s Timothy Tillman cut

  14-06-2024 17:40 via ocregister.com
  
  CHICAGO — Midfielder Timothy Tillman was cut from the United States roster for the Copa America on Friday, getting the team down to the 26-player limit for the tournament.
  Tillman was in the U.S. training camp for the past two weeks but the 25-year-old didn’t play in a pair of warmup games, a 5-1 loss to Colombia last weekend and a 1-1 draw against Brazil on Wednesday. He will return to Major League Soccer’s LAFC.
  U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter kept forward Josh Sargent, who didn&r
  
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• Universal Studios Hollywood offers 2-for-1 ticket deal during peak summer season

  14-06-2024 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Universal Studios Hollywood is offering a buy-one-get-one-free deal during the peak summer season — but that free second ticket comes with a catch.
  The Universal Studios Hollywood 2-for-1 ticket deal is good now through Dec. 18.
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here.
  ALSO SEE: 4 reasons why Universal won’t launch Fast & Furious coaster until 2026
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• Anaheim Elementary School District picks Jesse Chavarria as its new superintendent

  14-06-2024 17:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim Elementary School District has selected Jesus “Jesse” Chavarria as its new superintendent.
  Chavarria, who has been serving as an assistant superintendent in the district for the past four years, will take on the new role on July 1.
  Chavarria has been a part of the AESD community for over 25 years in various roles, including as a teacher, vice principal, principal and transportation director. Before his time with AESD, he worked for the South Whittier School District for five
  
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• Irvine’s Great Park Live debuts with tribute band, first commercial acts to play this fall

  14-06-2024 17:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Live outdoor music returns to Irvine Friday at the new Great Park Live, an amphitheater that can seat 5,000 guests.
  The large grassy lawn in front of the stage will also host The Layover, a food and beverage court that will serve alcohol and that will open to the public on weekends starting July 6.
  Officials say The Layover will be a great option for parents to sip on a drink or kids to get some food between sporting events on the nearby fields. Currently, families have to drive out of the park
  
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• Some good news on street drug deaths

  14-06-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The fact that there were over 100,000 drug overdose deaths in the United States last year should sadden, and appall, all Americans.
  But, all things being relative, and because humans need hope in order to make progress, the oddly good news is that there was actually significant progress on the 2023 numbers versus the overdose deaths of 2022.
  Last month, the National Center for Health Statistics announced: “Provisional data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics indicate the
  
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• HOA Homefront: 14 things I wish all HOA attorneys knew

  14-06-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  This is the final installment in a five-part series on HOA roles.
  Today’s column is about HOA attorneys.
  1. Being an HOA attorney is not simply a job. Being trusted to guide communities is an honor and a sacred obligation.
  2. Clients need answers, not just options. It is helpful to explain the benefits and drawbacks of the various options, but they require you to tell them which is best.
  3. It’s OK to say no. The paramount obligation of the HOA attorney is to provide ethical and comp
  
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• Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on gun accessories used in 2017 Vegas massacre

  14-06-2024 16:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINDSAY WHITEHURST (Associated Press)
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that allows semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns and was used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
  The high court’s conservative majority found that the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it reversed course and banned bump stocks after a gunman in Las Vegas attacked a country music fes
  
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• Is your city manager one of 14 in California to make $500,000? Find out

  14-06-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Think of city managers as the train conductors of democracy. They’re the CEOs charged with carrying out an elected city council’s (occasionally warped, confused or conflicting) vision — which can be an extremely arduous task.
  We’ve been looking at public pay and pensions lately — city councils and mayors, other elected officeholders, special district workers, retirees — and a nudge from on high steered us toward city manager compensation.
  Remember Barbara &ldq
  
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