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• Man killed by Metrolink train in Santa Ana, police say

  19-01-2017 16:39 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – A man was killed early Wednesday after being struck by a Metrolink train in Santa Ana, authorities said.
  The incident was reported around 2:50 a.m. in the 2300 block of North Lincoln Avenue, said Santa Ana police Cmdr. Matt Brown....
  
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• U.S. Open: Scottie Scheffler brushes off being a ‘target’; Jon Rahm (foot) withdraws

  12-06-2024 02:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer
  PINEHURST, N.C. — Scottie Scheffler took two minutes to celebrate a big win at the Memorial, and then it was on to the next challenge – even though the next one is among the biggest in golf.
  He arrived at Pinehurst No. 2 for the U.S. Open wearing a target he has had on since he began his latest tear that left no doubt who’s the best in golf right now. Scheffler has won five of his last eight tournaments – the Masters, The Players Championsh
  
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• Pier jump gives junior lifeguards thrilling start to summer

  12-06-2024 02:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Some kids stood nervously looking down, soaking in the sight of the sea below before taking the plunge, while others jumped without hesitation from the San Clemente Pier.
  Junior guard programs at beach towns across the region are kicking off, a rite of passage in coastal communities and a way for youngsters to learn ocean safety. Thousands of kids and teens will spend summer days learning about CPR and first aid, how to recognize if someone is in danger and how to understand ocean dynamics such
  
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• Biden plan to lower Medicare drug costs risks empty shelves, pharmacists say

  12-06-2024 01:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Months into a new Biden administration policy intended to lower drug costs for Medicare patients, independent pharmacists say they’re struggling to afford to keep some prescription drugs in stock.
  “It would not matter if the governor himself walked in and said, ‘I need to get this prescription filled,’” said Clint Hopkins, a pharmacist and co-owner of Pucci’s Pharmacy in Sacramento, California. “If I’m losing money on it, it’s a no.”
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• Bird flu tests are hard to get. So how will we know when to sound the pandemic alarm?

  12-06-2024 01:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Stanford University infectious disease doctor Abraar Karan has seen a lot of patients with runny noses, fevers, and irritated eyes lately. Such symptoms could signal allergies, covid, or a cold. This year, there’s another suspect, bird flu — but there’s no way for most doctors to know.
  If the government doesn’t prepare to ramp up H5N1 bird flu testing, he and other researchers warn, the United States could be caught off guard again by a pandemic.
  “We’re making
  
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• What retail apocalypse? Shopping centers are back

  12-06-2024 01:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Shopping center landlords have found themselves in a wholly unfamiliar position: For the first time in 20 years, demand for retail space outstrips supply.
  That demand has soared recently and, after years of muted construction and a purge of weak-performing properties, met a retail market with less available space. Properties that survived the purge signed up tenants that would draw more shoppers and give them more reason to linger. That meant more restaurants and venues that promote recreational
  
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• New research explores how a short trip to space affects the human body

  12-06-2024 01:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN | AP Science Writer
  DALLAS — Space tourists experience some of the same body changes as astronauts who spend months in orbit, according to new studies published Tuesday.
  Those shifts mostly returned to normal once the amateurs returned to Earth, researchers reported.
  Research on four space tourists is included in a series of studies on the health effects of space travel, down to the molecular level. The findings paint a clearer picture of how people — who don&r
  
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• NBA Finals: Mavericks need more long shots to fall against Celtics in Game 3

  12-06-2024 01:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer
  DALLAS — Luka Doncic’s message is simple for the struggling 3-point shooters around him, and with Dallas trailing Boston 2-0 while coming home for the NBA Finals.
  “Just one thing: Keep shooting,” the Mavericks superstar said. “We all believe in those shots. That’s how we came to the Finals. That’s how we played the whole season. We believe in those guys.”
  Dallas faces several daunting numbers going into Game 3 on
  
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• State Parks Week: A chance to explore, learn about the outdoors in Southern California

  12-06-2024 01:21 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s no denying that Southern California’s vast outdoor space is a valued commodity, especially in recent years, as a place people can explore, learn and relax in nature.
  State Parks Week kicks off on Wednesday, June 12, offering special activities and opportunities for people to get out to their favorite places, whether they be the ocean or one of the region’s lakes, nearby deserts or forests, or some of the many hiking trails or campgrounds available in the parks system.
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• In-N-Out Burger says it raised prices because of minimum wage increase

  12-06-2024 01:04 via ocregister.com
  
  In-N-Out Burger has confirmed TV reports that it has raised its prices in California.
  California’s minimum wage hike for fast food workers, which kicked in on April 1, was a factor in the price hike, according to Chief Operating Officer Denny Warnick.
  “On April 1st, we raised our prices incrementally to accompany a pay raise for all of the Associates working in our California restaurants,” he said in a statement. “The price increase was also necessary to maintain our
  
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• 19-year-old man arrested in fatal shooting in Santa Ana

  12-06-2024 00:54 via ocregister.com
  
  A 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting another man in Santa Ana last week, authorities said.
  Around 6:45 p.m. on June 3, 19-year-old Angel Junior Vuelvas was found lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds by officers responding to a report of a shooting in the 1100 block of South Poplar Street, the Santa Ana Police Department said.
  Vuelvas, a Santa Ana resident, was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
  The suspect, Gabriel Gutierrez, also of Santa An
  
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• ER patient put in a straitjacket after revealing he is a celebrity. Now he’s suing

  12-06-2024 00:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Four Tops singer Alexander Morris is suing a Michigan hospital and two of its employees after he was assumed to be mentally ill because he told them he was a member of the famed Motown group.
  Morris filed a racial discrimination suit Monday in federal court concerning his treatment on April 7, 2023, at Ascencion Macomb-Oakland Hospital, in the Detroit suburb of Warren.
  Morris, then 62, had gone to the emergency room because he experienced chest pain and shortness of breath while visiting a daugh
  
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• Mexico’s tactic to cut immigration to US? Wear out migrants

  12-06-2024 00:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By Megan Janetsky and Félix Márquez | Associated Press
  VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — “Here, again.”
  Yeneska García’s face crumbled as she said it, and she pressed her head into her hands.
  Since fleeing crisis in Venezuela in January, the 23-year-old had trekked through the Darien Gap jungle dividing Colombia and Panama, narrowly survived being kidnapped by a Mexican cartel and waited months for an asylum appointment with the United States that never came. Sh
  
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• ‘Vanderpump Rules’ star Tom Schwartz loves drag and loves brunch. Join him for both in Anaheim

  12-06-2024 00:18 via ocregister.com
  
  With Pride Month in full swing throughout Southern California, Bravo TV’s “Vanderpump Rules” star Tom Schwartz is set to host a drag brunch at the House of Blues in Anaheim on Sunday, June 16.
  “Anaheim/OC! I love drag. Love brunch. I Love drag brunch. Utterly honored to host my first ever drag brunch with some of my favorite queens @hobanaheim with @prysm_events from West Hollywood and Orange County! Redeeming myself for #VPR season 5 episode 17,” Schwartz posted on
  
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• Nearly half of UC Irvine bachelor’s degrees earned by first-generation students

  11-06-2024 23:54 via ocregister.com
  
  UC Irvine will bestow more than 11,000 degrees this year, with a weekend of celebrations ahead as it hosts commencement ceremonies from Friday, June 14, through Monday, June 17, at the Bren Events Center.
  This academic year, UCI will grant more than 9,300 undergraduate degrees, 1,100 master’s degrees and 550 doctorate degrees.
  Nearly half of those receiving bachelor’s degrees are first-generation college students, university officials said. In addition, UCI, a federally designated Hi
  
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• Christen Press trains with Angel City FC for first time since 2022

  11-06-2024 23:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Christen Press returned to training Tuesday morning with Angel City FC, a big step in her recovery after she has been sidelined since tearing her ACL two years ago.
  The rehabilitation process has been long and included four surgeries.
  Press’ last action for Angel City came in the game she suffered the injury, a 3-2 win over Racing Louisville on June 11, 2022. She scored in the 36th minute and was subbed off in the 66th after going down with a knee injury.
  She has trained individually throu
  
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• Rams and Matthew Stafford finish offseason camp without a new deal

  11-06-2024 23:22 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — The Rams walked off the field at Cal Lutheran for the final time Tuesday. As minicamp – cut a day short by head coach Sean McVay – came to a close, the Rams said goodbye to the temporary facility that they have operated out of for the past eight years, ahead of a move this summer to Woodland Hills.
  “It’s been great,” McVay said. “We’ll probably just pick this facility up and go plant it at Woodland Hills and then we’ll see whe
  
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• Stranded kitesurfer rescued from secluded cove after spelling ‘HELP’ with rocks

  11-06-2024 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  A kitesurfer stranded on a North Coast beach successfully signaled his distress Sunday afternoon with the help of a pile of rocks.
  Cal Fire responded around 4:15 p.m. to a cove south of Davenport Landing Road after a private helicopter called 911 to report seeing “HELP” spelled out in rocks on the beach, according to the fire agency.
  The kitesurfer, who was not injured but merely required rescue, was airlifted off the beach to safety, according to a Cal Fire CZU Unit social media pos
  
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• All-Orange County boys golf: Anaheim Discovery Christian’s Zuxu Wu is the player of the year

  11-06-2024 22:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowALL-COUNTY BOYS GOLF TEAM 2024
  PLAYER OF THE YEAR
  Zuxu Wu, Anaheim Discovery Christian, Senior 
  Anaheim Discovery Christian’s Zuxu Wu was playing the best golf of his career when his coach considered a spiritual calling.
  Coach Victor Chayasirisobhon, also the school’s principal and pastor, wanted to baptize Wu but wondered if the full-immersion ceremony would distract the senior from his
  
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• Swanson: Denied by Dan Hurley, the Lakers’ next coach can’t be JJ Redick

  11-06-2024 22:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers are fishing for a coach. Again.
  Shocking, I know, but even with all the trawling they’ve done over the past few years – they’ve caught and released six full-time head coaches since 2011 – there are still other fish in the sea. A few good ones, actually.
  I say give the Lakers a little credit on this latest expedition; they cast their line hoping to catch the biggest fish swimming. Thought they had him, thought they’d successfully lured in two-time reigning
  
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• Deputy kills woman in Corona during struggle with man for lawman’s gun

  11-06-2024 22:26 via ocregister.com
  
  A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy on Tuesday, June 11, shot to death a woman who the department said was aiding a man in a fight for that deputy’s gun in Corona.
  The woman was taken to a hospital, where she died, a sheriff’s news release said.
  The deputy was hospitalized with what were described as moderate injuries. He was later released, said Sgt Wenndy Brito-Gonzalez, a sheriff’s spokeswoman.
  The man suffered minor injuries, the release said.
  Neither the man nor the
  
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• Pimco warns of more regional bank failures on property pain

  11-06-2024 22:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By Laura Benitez | Bloomberg
  Pacific Investment Management Co. in Newport Beach expects more regional bank failures in the US because of a “very high” concentration of troubled commercial real estate loans on their books.
  “The real wave of distress is just starting” for lenders to everything from malls to offices, John Murray, Pimco’s head of global private commercial real estate team, said in an interview. His division sits within Pimco’s $173 billion alterna
  
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• Ikea lost $5,000 when each worker quit. So it began paying more. Here’s what happened

  11-06-2024 22:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By Matthew Boyle
  Ikea’s workers were quitting in droves in the US. In the UK and Ireland, half of all new hires were leaving before their first anniversary. Globally, each departure cost Ikea $5,000 or more to replace.
  To stem the bleeding, the Swedish furniture behemoth needed to figure out what was making its store workers so unhappy — and fix it fast. By 2022, more than 62,000 employees were departing a year for various reasons, equating to about a third of its workforce
  
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• Strength of US economy will support global growth of 2.6% this year, World Bank says

  11-06-2024 22:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By Paul Wiseman | The Associated Press
  The World Bank upgraded its outlook for the global economy Tuesday, estimating that it will expand 2.6% this year on the strength of sustained growth in the United States.
  The bank’s latest outlook marks an increase from the 2.4% growth for 2024 it had predicted in January. And it would match the global economy’s 2.6% expansion in 2023.
  But the agency cautioned that global growth remains sluggish by past standards, that the poorest countries are
  
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• When is a verbal threat a criminal act? Ask the lawyer

  11-06-2024 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I have two questions: We were at the beach, and a dispute broke out with a guy nearby. He said we stepped on his towel, got sand on his food, and he threatened to “take me out.” He made a number of hostile gestures.  We thought he was going to attack, in fact that he was crazy, so we moved to another, distant location. But, is what that guy did criminal?
  L.A., Hawthorne
  Ron Sokol
  A: Freedom of expression is a protected right, pursuant to the First Amendment of the United Stat
  
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• Thousands of Amazon Flex drivers file claims for unpaid wages, other losses

  11-06-2024 22:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By Haleluya Hadero | The Associated Press
  Thousands of delivery drivers filed legal claims against Amazon on Tuesday, alleging the company’s classification of them as independent contractors instead of employees has led to unpaid wages and other financial losses.
  Two law firms spearheading the action said about 15,860 Amazon Flex drivers have submitted arbitration claims with the American Arbitration Association, where 453 similar cases are already being litigated.
  Amazon’s Flex prog
  
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• 3 steps to take after transferring a balance to a new credit card

  11-06-2024 22:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jae Bratton | NerdWallet
  Of the debt held by the major credit card issuers, 82% of that amount is revolving — that is, carried over from month to month — according to the 2023 Consumer Credit Card Report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The same report found that 1 in 10 personal credit card accounts are charged more in interest and fees than is paid toward the principal each year.
  When you’re paying so much just in interest, credit card debt can feel like an i
  
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• Disneyland president remembers ‘kind’ and ‘gentle’ employee who died after backstage accident

  11-06-2024 21:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Club 33 manager Bonnye Lear is being remembered by her fellow Disneyland employees as a kind, gentle and caring person who was thoughtful, graceful and full of joy.
  Disneyland Resort President Ken Potrock sent a letter to employees on Monday, June 10 sharing the “heartbreaking” news of the death of Lear, who died last week after a tragic accident at the Anaheim theme park.
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• Disneyland president remembers ‘kind’ and ‘gentle’ employee killed in backstage accident

  11-06-2024 21:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Club 33 manager Bonnye Lear is being remembered by her fellow Disneyland employees as a kind, gentle and caring person who was thoughtful, graceful and full of joy.
  Disneyland Resort President Ken Potrock sent a letter to employees on Monday, June 10 sharing the “heartbreaking” news of the death of Lear, who was killed last week in a tragic accident at the Anaheim theme park.
  Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern Cal
  
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• Mark Wahlberg officially opens Flecha, his new Huntington Beach restaurant

  11-06-2024 21:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Actor-turned-restaurateur Mark Wahlberg appeared at the grand opening of Flecha, his nearly 10,000-square-foot Mexican-American restaurant in Huntington Beach, on Saturday, June 8.
  Guests were treated to a gratis selection of menu items, cocktails, cigars and music. Wahlberg worked behind to bar to mix cocktails for thirsty guests and talk about his new culinary venture. A birthday cake was also given to the big boss to celebrate his June 5 birthday.
  The grand opening celebration included a bles
  
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