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• MLB: 30 teams in Arizona to end coronavirus hiatus just a ‘potential option’

  07-04-2020 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s just an idea.
  Multiple sources reported Monday that Major League Baseball and its players’ union had discussed a plan to start the 2020 season as early as May by moving all 30 teams to Arizona where games would be played in the 10 spring training ballparks there as well as the Arizona Diamondbacks’ home stadium, Chase Field, and possibly college facilities. No fans would be allowed and players would live in virtual isolation — going only from the ballpark to their ho
  
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• For immigrant workers who die in US, a body’s journey home is one last struggle

  02-05-2024 19:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Nearly two decades after Maynor Suazo Sandoval left Honduras seeking American prosperity, he will finally make the long-awaited trip home.
  Suazo Sandoval was a month from his 39th birthday when he and five other highway workers fell to their deaths March 26 as the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed.
  His return soon to Central America will allow his mother, Emerita, to lay her youngest child to rest in his native soil. People plan to meet Suazo Sandoval’s body at the airport in San Pedro Su
  
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• New Key Bridge estimated to be completed by fall 2028, cost up to $1.9B, officials say

  02-05-2024 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Maryland transportation officials said Thursday that they expect to replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge with a new span in just over four years.
  The project to replace the span of Interstate 695 by fall of 2028 is estimated to cost between $1.7 and $1.9 billion, Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld said Thursday.
  Plans to replace the 1.6-mile bridge have been in flux since the span collapsed into the Patapsco River early March 26, when a support column was struck by a massive c
  
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• The US is building a pier off Gaza to bring in humanitarian aid. Here’s how it would work

  02-05-2024 19:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By LOLITA C. BALDOR (Associated Press)
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and allies are scrambling to pull together a complex system that will move tons of humanitarian aid into Gaza by sea. Nearly two months after President Joe Biden gave the order, U.S. Army and Navy troops are assembling a large floating platform several miles off the Gaza coast that will be the launching pad for deliveries.
  But any eventual aid distribution — which could start as soon as early May — will rely on a
  
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• Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Friday, May 3, 2024

  02-05-2024 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Del Mar picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Eddie Wilson and Kevin Modesti. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Friday, May 3, 2024.
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• ‘What have we done?’ Lawyer describes shock at possible role in Trump’s 2016 victory

  02-05-2024 19:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK, PHILIP MARCELO, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ
  NEW YORK — A lawyer who negotiated a pair of hush money deals at the center of Donald Trump’s criminal trial recalled Thursday his “gallows humor” reaction to Trump’s 2016 election victory and the realization that his hidden-hand efforts might have contributed to the win.
  “What have we done?” the attorney Keith Davidson texted the then-editor of the National Enquirer, which had buried s
  
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• Discount Disneyland tickets for as little as $50 a day available all summer

  02-05-2024 19:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland has dropped ticket prices to as little as $50 a day for the entire summer stretching from the springtime Pixar Fest to Halloween Time in the fall with multi-day ticket offers that can serve as mini annual passes for those not willing to splurge on an expensive Magic Key pass.
  The 2024 Disneyland summer ticket offer is good for three-day, one-park tickets for visits between June 10 through Sept. 26.
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• Israel-Hamas war a thorny issue for Southern California Democrats

  02-05-2024 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Want to make a Democrat running for office squirm? Ask about Gaza.
  The Israel-Hamas war and the related campus unrest, including the Tuesday night, April 30, violent clash between protesters and counterprotesters at UCLA, are delicate issues for Southern California Democrats on the November ballot.
  Side with Israel and risk alienating young voters and far-left activists. Sympathize with Palestinians and student protesters and risk the wrath of Jewish voters and the deep-pocketed American Is
  
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• Dunn: Wedding bells for Newport Beach councilmember, Cowboys fan

  02-05-2024 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Newport Beach Mayor Pro-Tem Joe Stapleton didn’t need to star in the television series “The Bachelor” to find his dream girl.
  Stapleton, a diehard Dallas Cowboys fan who grew up in Tucson and played youth football for many years on a Cowboys team, was enjoying dinner one night at The Pacific Club in Newport Beach, where he serves on the board of directors, when a cousin mentioned that she knew a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and that the two of them should meet.
  They did &n
  
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• Daxon: No strike for Brea teachers

  02-05-2024 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  After weeks of talks and negotiations, even ones including outside mediators, the Brea Olinda Teachers Association and the Brea Olinda Unified School District have finally agreed on salary terms for the teachers.
  So there is no chance of the teachers walking picket lines instead of walking into their classrooms.
  “I am pleased to share the teachers agreed to a 2-year agreement, pending board approval on May 9,” Superintendent Brinda Leon said via email.
  What the teachers agreed to acc
  
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• States rethink data centers as ‘electricity hogs’ strain the grid

  02-05-2024 18:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Kevin Hardy | Stateline.org (TNS)
  State Sen. Norm Needleman championed the 2021 legislation designed to lure major data centers to Connecticut.
  The Democratic lawmaker hoped to better compete with nearby states, bring in a growing industry, and provide paychecks for workers tasked with building the sprawling server farms.
  But this legislative session, he’s wondering if those tax breaks are appropriate for all data centers, especially those with the potential to disrupt the state&
  
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• Orange County high school wins national restaurant championship

  02-05-2024 18:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Battling against 400 students from 48 states, four students from the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana won top honors at this year’s National ProStart Invitational, the country’s largest high school culinary and restaurant management contest.
  Emily Leo, Max Madsen, Tira Smith and Cynthia Zhou of Orange County School of the Arts from Santa Ana took first place in the restaurant management category. The group will split a share of scholarships totaling $200,000. Winners wer
  
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• Biden says ‘order must prevail’ during campus protests over the war in Gaza

  02-05-2024 18:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRIS MEGERIAN
  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday defended the right to protest but insisted that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face unrest over the war in Gaza.
  “Dissent is essential for democracy,” he said at the White House. “But dissent must never lead to disorder.”
  Tensions have been building for days as demonstrators refuse to remove campus encampments and administrators turn to police to clear them by for
  
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• Mortgage rates rises to highest level since Thanksgiving

  02-05-2024 18:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The average rate on a 30-year mortgage climbed this week to its highest level in more than five months, pushing up borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers in what’s typically the housing market’s busiest stretch of the year.
  The rate rose to 7.22% from 7.17% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.39%.
  When mortgage rates rise, they can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers. That limits how much homebuyers can afford at
  
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• UCLA resumes ‘limited’ operations after police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment; Dozens detained

  02-05-2024 18:42 via ocregister.com
  
  A historic, weeklong protest at UCLA in solidarity with war-battered Gaza was over Thursday morning, May 2, just hours after waves of police in riot gear dismantled demonstrators’ massive encampment outside Royce Hall and detained dozens from a crowd estimated in the low thousands.
  By daybreak, some students, a few draped in and carrying Palestinian flags, were returning to the site, but by 8:15 a.m., groups of LAPD officers were clearing them out from the Quad area near the campus’s
  
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• Tortilla Jo’s owner working on ‘many opportunities’ at Downtown Disney

  02-05-2024 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The restaurant group behind the recently shuttered Tortilla Jo’s Mexican-style cantina is working on several opportunities at Downtown Disney as the company fights off competition from one of its fiercest rivals.
  “We are working with Disney on many opportunities throughout Downtown Disney and through their new vision,” Patina Restaurant Group President John “JK” Kolaski said.
  Patina Restaurant Group President John “JK” Kolaski at Paseo in Downtown Disney
  
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• UCLA spring football review: What we learned about the Bruins

  02-05-2024 18:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The UCLA football program has finished its first spring camp with DeShaun Foster at the helm.
  Here are a few things we’ve learned after watching and observing how things played out in recent weeks:
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  Foster has not only been up to the task of retaining the talent on the roster since taking over the program, but he’s also emphasized engaging the UCLA community.
  Foster has followed through on a vision he’s put into motion with the introduction of a Friday Night Lights
  
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• Why campus protesters aim for anonymity with face masks, checkered Palestinian kaffiyehs

  02-05-2024 18:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Over the past week, Fabiola, a sophomore at Columbia, joined an encampment on her university’s quad, risked suspension and disrupted campus life, all in an effort to draw attention to the Palestinian cause.
  She describes stopping Israel’s deadly siege of the Gaza Strip as a moral duty — an urgent imperative around which she has reoriented her life.
  But as she participated in one of the most visible protests on the planet last week, Fabiola decided to hold one very important thi
  
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• Mother’s Day 2024: Restaurants serving brunch and more

  02-05-2024 18:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Mother’s Day isn’t just one brunch and done.
  Restaurant reservation company OpenTable looked into its data for 2023 and concluded it was last year’s biggest holiday, followed by the day before, with many women dining out more than once with kids, friends or by themselves.
  The holiday is popular across the board, but particularly with Generation Z and Millennials, the company said in a news release.
  Steaks, sweets and specialty drinks are among the offerings at chain restaurants
  
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• What the campus protesters and their critics get right and wrong

  02-05-2024 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  As the academic year draws to a close, protests have broken out on college campuses across the country. Students are protesting Israel’s actions in Gaza. Generally, they are calling for the United States government to stop arming and funding the war and, in the meantime, for their universities to divest from Israeli businesses.
  The current spate of protests can be drawn back to April 17, when the president of Columbia University was brought before Congress to testify about antise
  
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• Lagging revenue continues to drive California budget deficit as deadline nears

  02-05-2024 17:58 via ocregister.com
  
  As the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a 2024-25 state budget approaches, the good news for Gov. Gavin Newsom is that all-important income tax revenues in April slightly exceeded the administration’s $16.3 billion assumption.
  Even so, the bad news is that overall revenues from income, sales and corporate taxes are still running $6 billion behind what Newsom’s January budget projected for the current fiscal year, meaning that cumulative deficit will be substantially more
  
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• Nearly 2 miles of street in Irvine will be free of cars this Saturday

  02-05-2024 17:46 via ocregister.com
  
  For several hours this weekend, there will be zero cars on nearly two miles of roadway along Barranca Parkway and Harvard Avenue in Irvine.
  Instead, runners, walkers, cyclists and skaters — and maybe even some four-legged friends — will power down that stretch from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 4.
  Dubbed “CicloIrvine,” the car-free open streets event will be Irvine’s first.
  Map of the CicloIrvine route. (Courtesy of Irvine)
  The event will feature live musi
  
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• CicloIrvine event will see nearly 2 miles of Irvine streets free of cars

  02-05-2024 17:46 via ocregister.com
  
  For several hours this weekend, there will be zero cars on nearly two miles of roadway along Barranca Parkway and Harvard Avenue in Irvine.
  Instead, runners, walkers, cyclists and skaters — and maybe even some four-legged friends — will power down that stretch from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 4.
  Dubbed “CicloIrvine,” the car-free open streets event will be Irvine’s first.
  Map of the CicloIrvine route. (Courtesy of Irvine)
  The event will feature live musi
  
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• Longtime homebuilder credits CSUF education for career, philanthropic work

  02-05-2024 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  In honor of their accomplishments in their respective fields and their service and support of the university, Cal State Fullerton recognized four Distinguished Alumni and two Honorary Alumni on Feb. 24 as the 2024 CSUF Vision & Visionaries Award recipients. Established in 1994, the biennial awards are the highest honors presented by CSUF to alumni and community supporters.
  Growing up in Placentia, the emerging campus of Cal State Fullerton was a “backyard playground” for Scott Co
  
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• Will California hobble the US railroad industry?

  02-05-2024 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  American federalism is struggling. Federal rules are an overwhelming presence in every state government, and some states, due to their size or other leverage, can impose their own policies on much or all of the country. The problem has been made clearer by an under-the-radar plan to phase out diesel locomotives in California. If the federal government provides the state with a helping hand, it would bring nationwide repercussions for a vital, overlooked industry.
  Various industry and advocacy gr
  
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• Gudetama Cafe, dedicated to Sanrio’s lazy egg character, opening in Buena Park

  02-05-2024 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Drenched in the yellow hue of its yolky animated hero, Gudetama Cafe, based on Sanrio’s lazy egg character, will open its doors in Buena Park on Saturday, May 4.
  While the menu has yet to be revealed for the upcoming Buena Park location, Gudetama Cafe’s international locations serve salad, soups, sandwiches and, of course, eggs — many of which come with Gudetama’s face somewhere on the meal.
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• Housing approved for two aging commercial properties in Newport Beach near John Wayne Airport

  02-05-2024 17:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Two older commercial buildings near John Wayne Airport are set to be torn down, and developers plan to turn them into condominiums and apartments with a percentage of each set for affordable housing.
  The Newport Beach City Council recently approved the proposals, voting to override the Orange County Airport Land Use Commission determination earlier this month that the projects were “inconsistent” with the land-use plan in the airport zone.
  In January, the commission found that &ldquo
  
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• Angels’ Mickey Moniak looks to take advantage of opportunity provided by Mike Trout’s injury

  02-05-2024 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  CLEVELAND — The door is open for Mickey Moniak.
  When Mike Trout went down with a torn meniscus, Moniak became the Angels’ primary center fielder, at least against right-handed pitchers.
  After struggling in limited playing time for much of the first month, Moniak is going to get an extended chance to show if he can repeat what he did last year.
  “I just didn’t feel my best,” Moniak said, referring to the start of the season, “but over the last week, definitely f
  
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• New Santa Ana POA president wants to ‘rebrand’ organization

  02-05-2024 17:11 via ocregister.com
  
  The Santa Ana Police Officers Association’s new president, John Kachirisky, said he wants to “rebrand” the organization and get the community to see the union in a more “positive light.”
  Following the exit of former union leader Gerry Serrano in late July, Kachirisky, who was previously vice president, is filling in to finish the president’s two-year term, which ends in December when elections will be held again.
  Under Serrano’s leadership, the POA filed
  
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• The Iron Sheik threatened to kill him. Years later, a road trip would reunite them.

  02-05-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  On the day after Christmas in 1983, the wrestler known as The Iron Sheik won the World Wrestling Federation belt, beating the champion Bob Backlund in a classic “heel” vs “babyface” match at Madison Square Garden.
  Brad Balukjian, a gangly, socially awkward elementary schooler, loved the Iron Sheik, a villainous character known to wave an Ayatollah Khomeini flag while screaming “Death to America” at matches. So in 2005, Balukjian was set to become the official
  
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