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• McDonald’s will bring back its Shamrock Shake on Feb. 19

  05-02-2020 19:12 via ocregister.com
  
  McDonald’s is bringing back its Shamrock Shake this winter for the first time since 2017 and introducing a McFlurry version of the minty dessert as well.
  The Oreo Shamrock McFlurry adds cookie pieces to the mix, which is vanilla soft serve colored bright green with a minty favor.
  The fast food giant is marking the 50th anniversary of the Shamrock Shake, which first appeared on its menus nationwide in 1970.
  The launch date is Feb. 19, according to a news release.
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• All-Orange County softball team: Taylor Shumaker, Brynne Nally receive top honors

  05-06-2024 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
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  Esperanza’s Taylor Shumaker led Orange County softball in home runs this season with 18. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
  PLAYER OF THE YEAR
  Taylor Shumaker, Esperanza, Senior
  The glowing reviews from opposing coaches about Esperanza’s Taylor Shumaker began about a month into the softball season. The praise continued at a steady pace.
  “Sh
  
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• Tax returns, lavish gifts and loans: Bill from Rep. Katie Porter would require presidents disclose more financial info

  05-06-2024 18:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Up to 12 years’ worth of presidents’ and vice presidents’ tax returns would be public information under new legislation from Rep. Katie Porter.
  Named the Presidential Ethics Reform Act, Porter, D-Irvine, alongside Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, said the legislation is aimed at providing “full honesty and transparency from presidents and vice presidents” to “restore Americans’ trust in government.”
  The Presidential Ethics Reform Act would
  
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• What you need to know before you go to a national park this summer

  05-06-2024 17:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Thinking about visiting a national park this summer? You’d better take a look to see if there are any new rules for visiting, such as advance reservations to enter or drive the most popular roads.
  The National Park Service has tightened access at the most popular of the 63 national parks to reduce crowding and traffic jams, which have become worse as visitor counts have soared.
  A timed-entry reservation system has been put into effect, with the goal of spreading out visitation throughout t
  
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• Dedicated to others: CSUF’s Bhasera named Outstanding Senior

  05-06-2024 17:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By Larry Urish, contributing writer
  The word “unbuntu” refers to an African values system that stresses the intimate relationship between individuals and their social and physical surroundings. Often translated as “I am because we are,” it serves as a reminder that people are continually shaped by their connection with others.
  Recent Cal State Fullerton graduate Joshua Bhasera learned to embrace unbuntu at an early age, and the concept underscores much of who he is and wh
  
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• Review: ‘Holmes & Watson’ extracts new perspectives on familiar characters

  05-06-2024 17:44 via ocregister.com
  
  We all know about whodunnits. But a who-is-it, well, that’s a little less elementary.
  “Holmes & Watson,” newly opened at Laguna Playhouse, takes Sherlock Holmes and multiplies the world’s most famous detective by three, each of three men claiming to be him.
  This time it’s up to biographer/fanboy John Watson, M.D. to deduce who is and who isn’t, why everyone is sequestered in a Scottish island mental asylum on a proverbial dark and stormy night and what the
  
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• Buena Park will hold a special election for vacant City Council seat

  05-06-2024 17:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Following the resignation of Councilmember Jose Trinidad Castañeda in late May, Buena Park will hold a special election in November to fill the vacant seat.
  In a special meeting on Thursday, May 30, the City Council unanimously supported holding a special election consolidated with the 2024 presidential election on Nov. 5, city clerk Adria Jimenez said.
  That means the vacant seat in District 2, which Castañeda was elected to serve, will be left unfilled until the results of the Nov
  
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• Boeing launches NASA astronauts for the first time after years of delays

  05-06-2024 17:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARCIA DUNN | AP Aerospace Writer
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Boeing launched astronauts for the first time Wednesday, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for NASA.
  A pair of NASA test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule for the International Space Station, the first to fly the new spacecraft.
  The trip by Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams was expected to take 25 hours, with an arrival Thursday. They will spend just over a week at the orbiting lab before cli
  
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• Try eating this 2-pound cinnamon roll in 20 minutes, dares a Costa Mesa eatery

  05-06-2024 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  This is big.
  From Pulp Juice Bar’s gallon-sized boba bag to El Tepeyac’s six-pound honker of a burrito, oversized dishes make for a thrilling moment at the table. Not only do they provide choice fodder for social media, racking up likes and hearts for dopamine-starved diners, the impressive dishes also help restaurants gain more customers. One of the most impressive specimens is a two-pound cinnamon roll found at a Costa Mesa’s Plums Cafe.
  The inspiration for the sugar-and-spic
  
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• Sheriff Bianco humiliates himself, again

  05-06-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  “I think it’s time we put a felon in the White House,” declared Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco in a video posted to Instagram. It’s certainly not the first time the controversial sheriff has sought plaudits from MAGA world, but it’s a bad look for one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the state.
  Bianco, while in uniform, declared his support for Trump following Thursday’s conviction of the former president.
  “I think it’s time that in
  
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• 25 years later, ‘Run Lola Run’ remains a miracle, its director and star say

  05-06-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  On its surface, the 1998 German film “Run Lola Run” is an action thriller.
  Lola, played by Franka Potente in her breakthrough role, has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks to save her boyfriend Manni’s life. So off she goes, running almost nonstop through Berlin, trying to find a way to get the money, and get to Manni, before the criminal he owes pulls the trigger.
  But that’s where the trappings of traditional action films fall away and director Tom Tykwer&lsq
  
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• Fullerton School District adds new sports-focused program for students

  05-06-2024 16:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Fullerton School District’s student-athletes will have access to a new program next year designed to help them compete at an elite level while maintaining academic commitments.
  The Performance Academy Sports Program will offer sixth- through eighth-grade students the flexibility to train in their chosen sport through a partnering sports academy while continuing their education in person.
  The program is a “balanced solution,” said FSD Superintendent Rob Pletka, for students seek
  
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• Santa Ana ordered by court to amend noncitizen voting ballot measure language

  05-06-2024 16:35 via ocregister.com
  
  An OC Superior Court judge has ordered Santa Ana to update the ballot language for a measure about extending voting to noncitizens following a lawsuit filed last month that alleged the wording would be misleading to voters.
  Last fall, a majority of the Santa Ana City Council approved of asking local voters in the Nov. 5 election whether or not noncitizens should be allowed to vote in city elections.
  The ballot language the council approve is: “Shall the city of Santa Ana city charter be am
  
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• City of Santa Ana ordered by court to amend noncitizen voting ballot measure language

  05-06-2024 16:35 via ocregister.com
  
  An OC Superior Court judge has ordered Santa Ana to update the ballot language for a measure about extending voting to noncitizens following a lawsuit filed last month that alleged the wording would be misleading to voters.
  Last fall, a majority of the Santa Ana City Council approved of asking local voters in the Nov. 5 election whether or not noncitizens should be allowed to vote in city elections.
  The ballot language the council approve is: “Shall the city of Santa Ana city charter be am
  
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• D-Day 80th anniversary: Sgt. Walt Ehlers description of the landing at Omaha Beach

  05-06-2024 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  His longest day
  Walt Ehlers (Jebb Harris, Staff photographer, file)
  June 6, 2024, will mark the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the largest seaborne invasion in history. Here’s one soldier’s account of what it was like to land on Omaha Beach during the fierce battle.
  Reporters note: The interviews for this graphic were conducted in 2004 for the 60th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. I had the privilege to interview Walt Ehlers on several occasions about his experiences wi
  
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• Frumpy Mom: I wonder why no one wants my advice

  05-06-2024 16:04 via ocregister.com
  
  I have some lovely, well-meaning friends who delight in giving me advice. Not for me, because my life is already perfect. But advice they think I should pass along to my young adult children.
  Now, Oscar Wilde said it best: The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
  You know this, I know this, and yet we can’t help giving advice. We just aren’t very good at taking it.
  When my two beautiful children were young, I didn’t give advice.
  
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• Twenty years after Reagan’s death, leaders examine the power of his principles

  05-06-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Republican Party has transformed dramatically since President Ronald Reagan died on June 5, 1994, posing an important question for the new generation of conservative leaders — how can they use his principles to meet the challenges of today?
  It’s a query that expert panelists will grapple with on Wednesday afternoon during the 20th anniversary celebration of Reagan’s passing, being held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley where Reagan and his
  
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• Former Chapman law dean, Trump attorney John Eastman challenges license loss

  05-06-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  John Eastman vowed to appeal the State Bar Court’s decision to yank his law license over efforts to keep Donald Trump in power in 2020 — “lawfare” and “a travesty of justice,” he called the proceedings against him — and it’s finally official.
  On Friday, May 31, Eastman asked the independent court handling attorney discipline cases to review the decision against him by Judge Yvette Roland.
  In March, Roland concluded that Eastman, former dean of Chap
  
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• Former Chapman law dean and Trump attorney Eastman challenges license loss

  05-06-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  John Eastman vowed to appeal the State Bar Court’s decision to yank his law license over efforts to keep Donald Trump in power in 2020 — “lawfare” and “a travesty of justice,” he called the proceedings against him — and it’s finally official.
  On Friday, May 31, Eastman asked the independent court handling attorney discipline cases to review the decision against him by Judge Yvette Roland.
  In March, Roland concluded that Eastman, former dean of Chap
  
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• D-Day 80th anniversary: A look at the paratrooper mission in Normandy

  05-06-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on D-Day, made up of major forces from the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada and 12 other Allied nations. Some 23,400 airborne troops landed in Normandy from 822 aircraft and gliders. It was the largest amphibious invasion and the largest paratrooper assault in history.
  The U.S. 82nd Infantry Division was redesignated and the 101st was activated Aug. 15, 1942, as the Army’s first airborne divisions. The 11th, 13th and 17th Airborne Divisions were activate
  
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• 20 years after Reagan’s death, leaders examine the power of his principles

  05-06-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Republican Party has transformed dramatically since President Ronald Reagan died on June 5, 1994, posing an important question for the new generation of conservative leaders — how can they use his principles to meet the challenges of today?
  It’s a query that expert panelists will grapple with on Wednesday afternoon during the 20th anniversary celebration of Reagan’s passing, being held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley where Reagan and his
  
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• On war in Gaza, ‘people are talking past each other,’ deepening the divide

  05-06-2024 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Almost from the beginning, when more than a dozen Pomona College students occupied Marston Quad in late March, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, some critics have expressed confusion, even astonishment over the student-led protests that made headlines this spring:
  • “If even a small percentage of our university students are voicing support for Hamas terrorists and cheering the death, rape and torture of Israelis, then it’s time to ask what on Earth are our academic institutions
  
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• Two all-league girls basketball players transfer to San Clemente

  05-06-2024 08:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowAll-league guards Andrea Rico of Capistrano Valley Christian and Quinsey Bryan of Crean Lutheran have enrolled at San Clemente, Tritons girls basketball coach Kerri Husbands confirmed Tuesday.
  The 5-foot-10 Rico earned second-team all-San Joaquin League honors last season as a junior. She played at El Toro before transferring to Capistrano Valley Christian.
  The 5-foot-10 Bryan was selected first-team all-
  
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• Angels defeat Padres for their first home series win this season

  05-06-2024 06:23 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The Angels were able to sleep soundly Tuesday night and not just because they gave blankets to everybody in attendance.
  Zach Neto’s go-ahead two-run double in the seventh inning sent the Angels to a 4-2 victory over the San Diego Padres and the team’s first home series win in 10 tries this season.
  For two months, opponents streamed into Angel Stadium only to get stronger with more victories than defeats. Health plans don’t treat visitors this well.
  This time, th
  
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• Anaheim Councilmember Natalie Rubalcava beating recall effort in Tuesday night returns

  05-06-2024 05:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim Councilmember Natalie Rubalcava was surviving a recall effort in returns released Tuesday night after polls closed, fending off efforts from a labor union that sought to unseat her from office.
  Voters were rejecting the recall effort by 54% in the last results the OC Registrar of Voters Office posted for the night Tuesday.
  Rubalcava, in a statement provided after polls closed, said she was encouraged by the early returns.
  “I’m proud of the diverse coalition our campaign built
  
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• Anaheim Councilmember Natalie Rubalcava beating recall effort in early returns

  05-06-2024 05:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim Councilmember Natalie Rubalcava is surviving a recall effort in early returns released Tuesday night shortly after polls closed, fending off efforts from a labor union that sought to unseat her from office.
  The OC Registrar of Voters Office posted a first round of results showing voters rejecting the recall effort by a fair amount.
  Rubalcava is serving her first term on the City Council after being elected in November 2022 with 58% of the vote. She received endorsements in her campaign a
  
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• USWNT beats South Korea as teenager Lily Yohannes scores in her debut

  05-06-2024 04:44 via ocregister.com
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. — Sixteen-year-old Lily Yohannes scored in her national team debut and the United States defeated South Korea, 3-0, in an exhibition on Tuesday night.
  Crystal Dunn and Sophia Smith also scored for the U.S., playing its second game under Coach Emma Hayes.
  Hayes was named coach last November but remained in Europe to finish the season with Chelsea. She replaced Vlatko Andonovski, who stepped down after the U.S. was knocked out of the Women’s World Cup last summer in the
  
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• 19-year-old man shot to death in Santa Ana

  05-06-2024 04:02 via ocregister.com
  
  A 19-year-old man was shot to death in Santa Ana, authorities said Tuesday.
  The shooting victim was later identified as Angel Junior Vuelvas, the Santa Ana Police Department reported.
  Officers responding about 6:40 p.m. Monday to a report of a shooting in the 1100 block of South Poplar Street located Vuelvas on the ground suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
  Paramedics rushed him to a hospital, where he died from his gunshot wounds.
  A motive for the shooting was not available though it appear
  
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• Bestselling books this week at Southern California’s independent bookstores

  05-06-2024 03:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, June 2, 2024. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. The Women: Kristin Hannah
  2. The Paris Novel: Ruth Reichl
  3. All Fours: Miranda July,
  4. James: Percival Everett
  5. Table for Two: Fictions: Amor Towles
  
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• Celtics stars Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown feel better equipped for 2nd NBA Finals trip

  05-06-2024 03:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer
  BOSTON — For almost the entirety of their time together in Boston, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown have been linked.
  They were drafted by the Celtics third overall in back-to-back years.
  They possess similar skillsets – two explosive and skilled wing players with an ability to score from nearly every spot on the court.
  And they both have been central to the success of a Celtics team that has reached the NBA Finals for the second time in three seasons.
  
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