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• NFL draft: Chargers select Notre Dame lineman Joe Alt with 5th pick

  26-04-2024 03:06 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — In the end, the Chargers didn’t trade the fifth pick in the NFL draft Thursday. They didn’t pick a standout wide receiver such as Malik Nabers of LSU to replace Keenan Allen or Mike Williams. They also didn’t get the chance to select Marvin Harrison Jr. of Ohio State, the fourth pick.
  The Chargers did take Joe Alt, a mammoth offensive lineman from Notre Dame, in keeping with the preferred method of operation of new General Manager Joe Hortiz and new Coach Jim
  
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• Recipe: How to make Easy Chipotle Chicken Tacos

  06-05-2024 19:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Chicken can make a delicious taco filling, but keep in mind that boneless, skinless chicken breasts can lack flavor bling. Poach the chicken breasts in a mixture augmented with minced chipotle chilies canned in adobo sauce; it adds flavor and aroma. The chicken comes out tender and delicious.
  Serve the filling with warm tortillas (two per taco), shredded cabbage (or lettuce), diced tomatoes, and avocado. Add cheese if you like; shredded pepper jack or crumbled queso fresco are favorites.
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• Hamas accepts cease-fire proposal for Gaza after Israel orders Rafah evacuation ahead of attack

  06-05-2024 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By SAM MEDNICK, JOSEF FEDERMAN and BASSEM MROUE
  JERUSALEM — Hamas announced Monday it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari proposal for a cease-fire to halt the seven-month-long war with Israel in Gaza, hours after Israel ordered about 100,000 Palestinians to begin evacuating from the southern city of Rafah, signaling that a long-promised ground invasion there could be imminent.
  There was no immediate comment from Israel on the deal, and details of the proposal have not yet been released. In re
  
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• Dozens detained in re-emergent protests, UCLA shifts back to ‘limited operations,’ virtual classes

  06-05-2024 19:31 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — UCLA has shifted back to “limited operations” and online classes on Monday, May 6, after protests re-emerged at the campus.
  “Operations limited today 5/6. All classes moving remote today due to ongoing disruptions,” an alert said, shortly after 10 a.m.
  Police detained multiple people who gathered in a campus parking garage, according to law enforcement. An apparent “sit-in” inside Moore Hall also disrupted classes, officials said.
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• Bay Area raises top Southern California wage hikes for 1st time in 3-plus years

  06-05-2024 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  “Swift swings” takes a quick peek at one economic trend.
  The number: Bay Area pay raises started 2024 above Southern California wage hikes for the first time since the pandemic-scarred summer of 2020.
  The source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at the quarterly Employment Cost Index. It tracks changes in private-industry pay nationwide and 15 big job markets, including a seven-county Southern California area and a 10-county Bay Area region.
  Quick analysis
  Bay Area wages rose at a 4.7% a
  
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• Laguna Bluebelt Coalition looking for photographs documenting a thriving ocean ecosystem

  06-05-2024 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  A group dedicated to preserving the ocean and the diverse ecosystem in Laguna Beach’s Marine Protected Areas is looking for photographers who’ve documented the area’s natural beauty and, through their photos, have helped gather evidence to show the statewide effort to protect coastlines is working.
  The Laguna Bluebelt Coalition holds an annual photo contest and is now accepting entries for its 13th iteration. The contest is open to professional and amateur photographers and is
  
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• Renters see chance of owning a home at record low, survey shows

  06-05-2024 18:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By Alex Tanzi | Bloomberg
  US renters are more pessimistic about their ability to ever own a home and households’ expectations of home-price growth has reaccelerated after falling last year, a new Federal Reserve Bank of New York survey showed.
  Amid elevated prices, high mortgage rates and difficulty saving money for a down payment, only about four in 10 renters think that they will be able to buy a home, the New York Fed said Monday. That’s the lowest level since the survey on consum
  
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• Duran Duran’s John Taylor says band’s Cruel World festival show ‘very sexy’

  06-05-2024 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By Thomas Crone
  The core of the set Duran Duran plans to play as headliners at Cruel World in Pasadena on Saturday, May 11 will be made up of songs the group made famous during the 1980s and 1990s.
  Those tracks by the band – including classic-era members Simon Le Bon (vocals), Nick Rhodes (synths), Roger Taylor (drums) and John Taylor (bass) – provide a crowd-pleasing selection of winners, cuts that are played virtually every time the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers take the stage.
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• Horror returns to the Inland Empire with Creep I.E. Aftermath

  06-05-2024 18:15 via ocregister.com
  
  The creeps are coming back to the Inland Empire for an aftermath of horror that’s combining monsters, pop culture and high flying luchadores in Ontario.
  Tickets are now on sale for the second annual Creep I.E. Aftermath at the Ontario Convention Center. The event is  expected to draw more than 10,000 fans of horror for three days of terror Sept. 20-22.
  “It’s not a smaller event, it’s a full-scale convention but the twist is we incorporate pop culture into it. So we n
  
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• Status Update: The District adds claw machine mecca, Dart Haus and soon simulated racing

  06-05-2024 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Just in time for summer break, The District at Tustin Legacy is adding three “experiential” play spaces for kids and adults.
  Dart Haus, a Nerf play arena, recently opened. Participants buy battle passes ranging from 30-60 minutes to all-day passes. The pass comes with Haus socks and rental safety glasses and “blaster” options. The arena includes obstacles and hiding spots, sure to keep your heart racing. Dart Haus is next to Luna Rossa, near the AMC movie theater.
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• Russia warns Britain and plans nuclear drills over the West’s possible deepening role in Ukraine

  06-05-2024 16:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid sharply rising tensions over comments by senior Western officials about possibly deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine.
  After summoning the British ambassador to the Foreign Ministry, Moscow warned that Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory with U.K.-supplied weapons could bring retaliatory strikes against British military facilities and equip
  
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• Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as judge warns of possible jail time

  06-05-2024 16:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ
  NEW YORK — The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial has fined him $1,000 for violating his gag order and sternly warned the former president that additional violation could result in jail time.
  The fine marks the second sanction for Trump for inflammatory comments about witnesses since the start of the trial last month. He was fined $9,000 last week for nine violations.
  Judge Juan M. Merchan warned M
  
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• Sacramento Snapshot: Legislative effort to protect adults from clergy abuse dies

  06-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A bill meant to criminalize clergy from engaging in sexual relationships with parishioners they counsel will not advance this year.
  Sacramento Snapshot
  Editor’s note: Sacramento Snapshot is a weekly series during the legislative session detailing what Orange County’s representatives in the Assembly and Senate are working on — from committee work to bill passages and more.
  From Sen. Dave Min, D-Irvine, the bill sought to bring California in line with several other stat
  
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• How tiny radio station KCLA is calling Los Angeles from its San Pedro transmitter

  06-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  KCLA has been on the air since at least 2015 — I wrote about it right here that year, though at the time it was more of a placeholder … a one-watt transmitter located somewhere on the Palos Verdes peninsula to make it legal for the FCC.
  But now the station is getting some street cred, due to a relocated transmitter, higher power, and a presence on social media. KCLA — originally slated to be a talk station with the call-letters meaning “Calling Los Angeles,” it has
  
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• Harbor-UCLA orthopedics chief was fired for accepting improper payments, patient misconduct

  06-05-2024 15:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Harbor-UCLA orthopedics chief Dr. Louis Kwong was fired for ogling the genitalia of anesthetized Black male patients, inappropriate sexual banter with female colleagues, and failing to report more than $738,000 in payments from a company whose products he routinely used during surgery, the Southern California News Group has learned.
  Kwong’s alleged dishonesty in concealing a six-year consulting gig with orthopedic device manufacturer Zimmer Biomet, which has a contract to outfit Los Angele
  
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• Columbia University cancels main commencement after protests that roiled campus for weeks

  06-05-2024 15:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By KAREN MATTHEWS
  NEW YORK — Columbia University is canceling its large university-wide commencement ceremony amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests but will hold smaller school-based ceremonies this week and next, the university announced Monday.
  “Based on feedback from our students, we have decided to focus attention on our Class Days and school-level graduation ceremonies, where students are honored individually alongside their peers, and to forego the university-wide ceremony that
  
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• Senior living: How to navigate age-related hyper-kyphosis

  06-05-2024 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Dr. Amandeep Bhalla, Guest columnist Hyper-kyphosis, a severe version of kyphosis — an excessive curvature of the thoracic spine commonly observed in senior adults — presents a significant challenge to many seniors.
  As many of my patients age, the natural curvature of the spine may gradually increase, leading to the development of this condition. Often referred to as Dowager’s hump or gibbous deformity, hyper-kyphosis can impact quality of life for affected seniors. Pat
  
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• Speaker Mike Johnson is playing a terrible hand dealt to him by Republican voters

  06-05-2024 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Some House Republicans have decided they will oust Speaker Mike Johnson. Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, among others, argue that the Democrats are already in control of the House by proxy, so make it reality. A sizable segment of the Republican base feels the same way. They lack the imagination to think of reality.
  It should be noted, first, this is emotional. We live in post-modern times, and people are no longer rational. People act based on emotion. Pa
  
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• Galaxy’s McCarthy, Sounders’ Frei stellar in scoreless draw

  06-05-2024 03:30 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — John McCarthy finished with five saves for the Galaxy and Stefan Frei stopped three shots for the Seattle Sounders as they played to a scoreless draw on Sunday.
  McCarthy had four saves and Frei stopped the only shot he faced in the first half.
  Frei became available to play for the Sounders (2-5-4) after the red card he received in a match against D.C. United last weekend was rescinded by an independent review panel.
  Seattle held the Galaxy’s Joseph Paintsil in check. The 26
  
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• Alexander: Dodgers sweep of Braves … is it a statement?

  06-05-2024 03:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) celebrates with first base coach Clayton McCullough (86) after a single during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Los Angeles, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
  Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani is out at second ahead of a throw to Atlanta Braves shortstop Orlando Arcia, right, during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Los Angeles, Sunday, May 5, 20
  
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• BeachLife music festival cut short amid high winds

  06-05-2024 03:06 via ocregister.com
  
  REDONDO BEACH — Thousands of music lovers filed peacefully, but disappointedly, out of the Seaside Lagoon BeachLife Festival grounds late Sunday afternoon as high winds forced officials to shut down the festival with a few hours left to go and several acts yet to perform.
  An announcement from festival officials posted on social media sites said: “It is with great sadness that we must cancel our programming at BeachLife this Sunday evening, due to a serious wind event that put the gen
  
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• BeachLife music festival attendees evacuated amid high-wind warning

  06-05-2024 03:06 via ocregister.com
  
  REDONDO BEACH — Thousands of music lovers filed peacefully, but disappointedly, out of the Seaside Lagoon BeachLife Festival grounds late Sunday afternoon as high winds buffeted the coast and the music event was put on pause for at least an hour.
  The call to evacuate the outdoor Redondo Beach concert site came at about 5 p.m., said Redondo Beach Police Sgt. Mark Valdivia.
  An evacuation order put on hold Day Three of Beachlife Festival on May 5, 2024. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributi
  
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• BeachLife attendees evaculated amid high wind warning

  06-05-2024 03:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Thousands of music lovers filed peacefully, but disappointedly, out of the Seaside Lagoon BeachLife festival grounds on Sunday as high winds buffeted the coast and the music event was put on pause for at least an hour.
  The call to evacuate came at about 5 p.m. said Redondo Beach Police Sgt. Mark Valdivia.
  “We’ve asked everyone to evacuate for at least an hour while we assess the situation,” Valdivia said.
  A wind advisory was in effect along the beach cities until 9 p.m. on
  
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• BeachLife fans discover new, local music

  06-05-2024 02:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The neck on one of the guitars he plays is as long as he his tall.
  But 12-year-old Saxon Weiss’s fingers moved furiously up and down that guitar neck on day three of the BeachLife festival, where talent and tenacity wasn’t just on display on the big stages.
  From the small Speakeasy stage on Sunday, the Palos Verdes Estates phenom wowed the standing-room only crowd, playing, by his account, about 96% original music.
  It was the local prodigy’s first time playing as the main act,
  
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• Thousands run the 20th OC Marathon

  06-05-2024 02:30 via ocregister.com
  
  After thousands of people ran the Hoag OC Marathon course on Sunday, they were celebrated with live music and fun at the finish line at the OC Fair & Event Center.
  It was a big weekend for runners with the annual marathon, as well as a half marathon, 5K and fun run for kids, and all for a good cause. Race director Gary Kutscher said the event has raised more than $9 million for charities over the last 20 years.
  Jason Yang of San Pedro captured the men’s marathon title, running it in 2:
  
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• Through a grueling spring, USC’s Duce Robinson is still pushing for a two-sport dream

  06-05-2024 01:16 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – One day in class this winter, with no assignment to occupy his mind, Duce Robinson turned to his computer and began to pen a letter to the NCAA.
  In a long-established bylaw, the organization allows student-athletes just 20 hours per week of “countable athletically related activities.” And Robinson had come to USC with grand dreams, a blue-chip prospect in both football and baseball, hell-bent on chasing both.
  Trying to squeeze every minute he could out of his elig
  
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• Stolen French bulldog ‘Diego’ reunited with Altadena family

  06-05-2024 01:04 via ocregister.com
  
  An Altadena family was reunited with their French bulldog Diego after he was stolen from a relative’s home in Pasadena only two weeks prior.
  Shortly after 1 p.m. on Saturday, Diego’s owner Dee DeLara said she received a phone call from the Pasadena Humane Society, stating that a nurse had turned him in after finding the 1-year-old dog tied to a post behind a hospital on Huntington Drive in Arcadia. Within 15 minutes after the call, Diego was reunited with his owners.
  “I’m
  
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• Shohei Ohtani powers Dodgers as they complete sweep of Braves

  06-05-2024 00:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) celebrates with first base coach Clayton McCullough (86) after a single during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Los Angeles, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
  Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani is out at second ahead of a throw to Atlanta Braves shortstop Orlando Arcia, right, during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Los Angeles, Sunday, May 5, 20
  
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• Shohei Ohtani homers twice as Dodgers complete sweep of Braves

  06-05-2024 00:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) celebrates with first base coach Clayton McCullough (86) after a single during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Los Angeles, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
  Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani is out at second ahead of a throw to Atlanta Braves shortstop Orlando Arcia, right, during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Los Angeles, Sunday, May 5, 20
  
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• Ohtani powers Dodgers as they complete sweep of Braves

  06-05-2024 00:54 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – On the first of Shohei Ohtani’s two home runs Sunday, the wait appeared to be the hardest part.
  Ohtani blasted a two-run home run in the first inning on a slow curveball and the Dodgers completed a three-game sweep by getting past left-hander Max Fried and the Atlanta Braves in a 5-1 victory.
  Ohtani then added the exclamation point with a 464-foot blast in the eighth inning for his first two-homer game in a Dodgers uniform. It was the 17th multi-homer game of his career
  
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