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• OC United Way, supporters shatter Guinness record, assemble 6,136 hygiene kits in hour

  17-05-2024 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  In Sue Parks’ nightmare, she was abandoned to achieve an ambitious goal alone at Orange County United Way’s Women’s Philanthropy Fund Breakfast.
  In reality, the OC United Way president and CEO was joined by a ballroom full of helpers who assembled 6,136 hygiene kits with plenty of time to spare in their allotted hour Thursday morning at the Hyatt Regency Irvine, setting a mark recognized by the Guinness World Records.
  The number they beat: 5,900 by a group in Melbourne, Au
  
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• The IRS aims to topple a pillar of America’s economy

  01-06-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  There are well over 4 million partnerships in America, a business configuration that makes it possible for the nearly 30 million partners who own them to provide consumers with goods and services, hire more workers and contribute to the prosperity of our nation. In fact, a new study from the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council shows that partnerships in the core living expenditures sector contributed $1.3 trillion to our nation’s GDP in 2023.
  But new IRS efforts targeting partner
  
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• Know your rights or you will lose them

  01-06-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  If America’s schools are to impart principles of freedom and democracy to future generations, they must start by respecting the constitutional rights of their students
  Take the case of Lucas Hudson.
  With all the negative press being written about today’s young people, it’s refreshing to meet a young person who not only knows his rights but is prepared to stand up for them.
  Lucas is a smart kid, a valedictorian of his graduating class at the Collegiate Academy at Armwood High Sc
  
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• Rats! How to keep them out of your home and garden after spring rains

  01-06-2024 15:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. I have noticed a lot of rat activity in my garden this spring – more than I’ve ever seen! What can I do to at least keep them out of my house? 
  The heavier rains earlier this year have caused the local vegetation to thrive, including the weeds. As if that weren’t bad enough, now we have an explosion in the rat population.
  The biggest concern with rats is indeed keeping them out of your house. They are awful in the garden but can do far more damage to your home. They can
  
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• Crime victims may get fewer services as federal aid drops. States weigh how to help

  01-06-2024 15:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Amanda Hernández And Jennifer Shutt | Stateline.org (TNS)
  Groups that assist crime victims across the United States are bracing for significant financial pain after the amount available from a major federal victim services fund plunged $700 million this year.
  Congress recently lowered spending to $1.2 billion from the fund, which provides grants to nonprofit and local programs across the country.
  This latest round of cuts has sparked widespread concern among district attorney’s offi
  
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• Newsom’s tiny home promises remain empty

  01-06-2024 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  One of the best ideas for quickly housing California’s homeless population is to build tiny homes on vacant lots in commercial and industrial areas. AP reported that the homes can be assembled in as little as 90 minutes – and can provide emergency housing more quickly than other options. It’s such a good idea that Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged $30 million in state funds to build 1,200 of them.
  “We need to focus more energy and precision on addressing encampments. There’
  
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• Moving back home to save for a house: How to make it work

  01-06-2024 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By Barbara Marquand | NerdWallet
  After starting a career in engineering in Boynton Beach, Florida, Moisey Abdurakhmanov was renting a home with friends when he decided he wanted his own place.
  “I realized I was basically paying somebody else’s mortgage every month,” he recalls.
  So when the lease was up, he moved back home with his parents, saved every dime he could and bought a house five months later in January 2021 — “easily one of the best decisions I’ve ma
  
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• What the land of Lincoln tells us about Southern California

  01-06-2024 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  My recent travels took my wife and I to the upper Midwest where we witnessed the nuptials of our dear friend’s daughter. We found ourselves in the land of Lincoln — Illinois and Wisconsin.
  You may be wondering what a trip to the Midwest has to do with Southern California commercial real estate. Please indulge me as I recap a few lessons learned.
  One of the most striking aspects of our visit was the strong sense of community and local support in the Midwest.
  Small towns thrive on mutu
  
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• Larry Wilson: RFK Jr.’s Jim Crow fetish for bad Dixie

  01-06-2024 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Sometimes it’s harder to forgive a politician’s oddball, eccentric, merely mean-spirited positions, even when they are expressed offhand and are not the main plank in the platform, than it is their fundamental beliefs.
  Robert Kennedy Jr.’s fundamental belief, other than his past main plank of thinking that the tens of millions of lives saved by the miracle of medical vaccines in the last century are all part of some dangerous conspiratorial fraud.
  Whatever, would be the proper
  
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• Projections vs. scenarios, and why politicians should care

  01-06-2024 08:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Congressional Budget Office projections provide valuable insights into how a big chunk of your income is being spent and reveal the long-term consequences of our government’s current fiscal policies — you may endure them, and your children most certainly will. Yet, like most other projections looking into our future, these numbers should be taken with a grain of salt. So should claims that CBO projections validate anyone’s fiscal track record.
  So much can and likely will happen
  
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• Inflation hits California families hardest. It’s shaping their views on the economy

  01-06-2024 08:04 via ocregister.com
  
  On paper, the U.S. economy seems to be doing well with historically low unemployment. Yet most Americans have a sour view in recent polls, with stubborn inflation in living costs cited as the reason for that pessimism.
  “As the 2024 general election begins in earnest, voters’ assessment of the economy and of the candidates’ ability to manage it will, as usual, have a strong impact on the outcome of the race,” Brookings Institute stated in a recent analysis of economic atti
  
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• Dodgers never find their groove in loss to Rockies

  01-06-2024 06:59 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — It seemed like the right spot for the Dodgers to continue building the momentum they rediscovered at the end of a six-game road trip.
  Put Walker Buehler on the mound against the Colorado Rockies, an opponent they have owned at home in recent years, and start off the brief three-game homestand on the right foot before heading back out on the road.
  So much for that.
  Buehler gave up three earned runs, the Dodgers’ bats struggled for most of the night, and they limped to a
  
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• Angels lose to Mariners despite Jo Adell’s game-tying, pinch-hit grand slam

  01-06-2024 06:52 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — While Angels fans wait for the team to “learn how to win,” as Manager Ron Washington says frequently, they are getting plenty of experience in finding new ways to lose.
  Left-hander Matt Moore gave up a tie-breaking home run to Ty France in the eighth inning of the Angels’ 5-4 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.
  That in itself would not have made for a unique script in this forgettable Angels season. The twist was that Moore gave up the homer to cost th
  
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• Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Saturday, June 1, 2024

  01-06-2024 06:22 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Terry Turrell, Eddie Wilson and Kevin Modesti. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
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• Dodgers welcome back Evan Phillips, DFA struggling Elieser Hernandez

  01-06-2024 04:45 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t technically a present, but Dodgers manager Dave Roberts gladly welcomed back closer Evan Phillips on the skipper’s 52nd birthday.
  Phillips was activated off the injured list on Friday. He had not played since May 3 because of a strained right hamstring.
  “Evan worked really hard to get back,” Roberts said. “Having a guy at the back end that you trust, who was off to a really good season at this point, I’m just really excited.&rdquo
  
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• LAFC players credit club’s strong culture as an ‘oasis’ amid troubling times

  01-06-2024 04:12 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s a lot happening in the world and people have opinions.
  That’s why Los Angeles Football Club head coach Steve Cherundolo, a self-described news junkie, is surprised that the “very busy” events of the day, both home and abroad, haven’t come up more often in conversations between the organization’s players, coaches and staff.
  “And that’s the beauty of professional sports, and, more particular, LAFC,” Cherundolo said. “This is an oa
  
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• Angels rookie Nolan Schanuel says he’s getting more comfortable at the plate

  01-06-2024 03:41 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — Even though the numbers show that Nolan Schanuel is still riding something of a rollercoaster, the Angels’ rookie first baseman doesn’t feel that way.
  Schanuel was lugging a 3-for-27 slump into this weekend’s series in Seattle, but he had gone 11 for 33 just before that. Despite the vastly different results, Schanuel said he has felt good about his swing lately.
  “I feel like I got a little unlucky the last week,” Schanuel said Friday, before he was s
  
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• UC Irvine baseball walks off Nicholls State after blowing 8-run lead in NCAA regional opener

  01-06-2024 03:12 via ocregister.com
  
  CORVALLIS, Oregon — Caden Kendle’s two-out, two-run single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted UC Irvine to a wild, 13-12 victory over Nicholls State on Friday afternoon at the Corvallis Regional of the NCAA Tournament. Nicholls erased an early 9-1 deficit and then took a 12-11 lead in the top of the inning.
  The Colonels got their dramatic, three-run blast from first baseman Edgar Alvarez with one out in the ninth. But Nicholls State reliever Devin Desandro
  
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• Pelicans to defer Lakers’ 1st-round draft pick from Anthony Davis trade until 2025

  01-06-2024 02:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers, as expected, will have the No. 17 overall pick in the upcoming NBA draft.
  The New Orleans Pelicans had the choice to use or defer the pick for one more year as part of the Anthony Davis trade in 2019. This is the last of three first-round picks the Lakers owe to the Pelicans in the deal. The Times-Picayune was the first to report the decision on Friday.
  Instead of having the Lakers’ first-round pick in the June 26-27 draft, the Pelicans will receive the Lakers’ first-roun
  
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• Corky: Three more to be added to the Surfers’ Hall of Fame

  01-06-2024 02:21 via ocregister.com
  
  I was pleased to receive the announcement of the inductees into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame for 2024.
  This year the surfing greats who are getting the nod are Hawaiians Ilima Kalama and Jamie O’Brian, along with the excellent Huntington Beach local star Jeff Deffenbaugh.  A solid lineup for sure.
  The induction ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. on Aug. 2 in the plaza at the corner of Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway in front of Huntington Surf & Sport.   The event is op
  
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• First cannabis retail shop opens in Laguna Woods

  01-06-2024 02:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The first legal cannabis retail shop in South Orange County has opened, adding Laguna Woods to the short list of cities in the region that have allowed local sales.
  Laguna Woods was the first city to pass an ordinance allowing medical marijuana dispensaries in 2008, but with pushback and few commercial storefronts even available or landlords interested in renting it would be years before serious conversation happened about a store opening.
  Guests check out the variety of cannabis products during
  
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• Florida deputy who shot Black airman has been fired

  01-06-2024 01:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By Terry Spencer | Associated Press
  A Florida sheriff on Friday fired a deputy who fatally shot a Black airman at his home while holding a handgun pointed to the ground, saying the deputy’s life was never in danger and he should not have fired his weapon.
  Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden fired Deputy Eddie Duran, who fatally shot Senior Airman Roger Fortson on May 3 after responding to a domestic violence call and being directed to Fortson’s apartment.
  Body camera video shows that w
  
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• Marian Robinson dies at 86; Michelle Obama’s mother lived with first family at White House

  01-06-2024 01:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By Darlene Superville | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died. She was 86.
  Mrs. Robinson’s death was announced by Michelle Obama and other family members in a statement that said “there was and will be only one Marian Robinson. In our sadness, we are lifted up by the extraordinary gift of her life.”
  She was a widow a
  
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• Santa Margarita Catholic High 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

  01-06-2024 01:22 via ocregister.com
  
  The da Graca family from left: Kathy, Heather, graduate Haley, and Ralph, pose for photos, following the Santa Margarita Catholic High School commencement at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Thanh Thai Nguyen, Auxiliary Bishop, Diocese of Orange, speaks during the commencement of Santa Margarita Catholic High School at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SC
  
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• Community calls for more sand, less boulders for OCTA’s track protection plans

  01-06-2024 01:12 via ocregister.com
  
  A community outcry against big boulders being placed on the beach in San Clemente grew louder Thursday evening, with a crowd calling for the use of more sand as a buffer as the Orange County Transportation Authority plans new projects to protect a key rail line that runs oceanfront in sections of the town.
  A standing-room-only crowd of about 150 people filled City Hall for a listening session hosted by the OCTA, which owns the train tracks through Orange County, including a 7-mile section in San
  
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• Mike Tyson’s health episode causes Jake Paul fight postponement

  01-06-2024 00:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Mike Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul has been postponed after the 57-year-old Tyson fell ill on a flight last weekend.
  Tyson and Paul said Friday that they will announce a new fight date next week. They were scheduled to meet July 20 in Arlington, Texas.
  Tyson became nauseous and dizzy during the final hour of a flight from Miami to Los Angeles last Sunday, and his plane was met by first responders who attended to the former heavyweight champion. Tyson’s camp attributed the episode to a
  
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• 25 years of NOON: Diane Williams on the shock, suspense and surprise of stories

  01-06-2024 00:04 via ocregister.com
  
  The stories come in the mail, actual postage-paid physical submissions, not email. Diane Williams, pen in hand, reads them at her kitchen table.
  For the past 25 years, Williams has been the force behind NOON, an art and literary journal that has featured the work of writers including Lydia Davis, Roxane Gay, R.O. Kwon, Tao Lin, Ottessa Moshfegh, Sam Lipsyte and more.
  Williams, who co-founded NOON with Christine Schutt, is the author of 11 books of stories including “I Hear You&rs
  
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• Troy High Graduation 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

  31-05-2024 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Graduate Sarah Kim has her photo taken with her friend Evan Torres following Troy High School High School’s graduation ceremony held at the Fullerton Union High School stadium on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Photo by Frank D’Amato, Contributing Photographer)
  Family members raise letters spelling the name of their graduate during Troy High School High School’s graduation ceremony held at the Fullerton Union High School stadium on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Photo by Frank D’Amato
  
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• US women’s soccer coach Emma Hayes ready for 1st game

  31-05-2024 23:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Emma Hayes said the groundwork has been completed ahead of her debut with the U.S. women’s national team. Now it’s all about the details.
  Hayes will be on the sidelines with her team for the first time Saturday when the United States plays a friendly match against South Korea in Commerce City, Colorado.
  Hayes was named U.S. coach in November but she finished out the Women’s Super League season with Chelsea before joining her new team in-person. Assistant Twila Kilgore coached t
  
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• Why did Irvine finance a report for a state veterans cemetery in Anaheim Hills?

  31-05-2024 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine officials discussed this week a nearly $60,000 technical review  — funded by the city — of a proposed veterans cemetery in Gypsum Canyon in Anaheim Hills — a cemetery that will ultimately be financed largely by the state.
  The discussion left some Irvine residents and Councilmember Tammy Kim questioning why Irvine paid for a review of a project happening miles away.
  The answer winds from Orange County’s long history without a veterans cemetery and Irvine Counci
  
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