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• Orange County suffers nation’s 10th biggest population outflow: 20,104 more exits that arrivals

  25-06-2019 03:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County last year had 20,104 more people leave than move in, the 10th-worst net outmigration among the nation’s big counties.
  That’s what I learned when I filled my trusty spreadsheet with fresh Census population data for the 176 largest counties, places with 400,000 residents or more as of July 1, 2018. Domestic net movement comprises moves to or from elsewhere in California or the nation.
  Taking the county population into account — 3.19 million, No. 6 in the U.S. &mdash
  
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• Top Orange County swimming times entering CIF-SS Division 2 prelims, May 1

  02-05-2024 02:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange County’s leading times, and select others, entering the CIF-SS Division 2 prelims on May 1:
  BOYS SWIMMING
  200-yard medley relay (O.C. record 1:29.01 Santa Margarita ’23) SM 1:30.22
  200 free (O.C. record 1:33.26 Shoults ’16) Maksymowski (Nor) 1:36.47
  200 IM (O.C. record 1:45.42 Okubo ’14) Verdolaga (SM) 1:48.49, Lee (Nor) 1:49.82
  50 free (O.C. record 19.69 Cavic ’0
  
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• What led to escalating tensions, violence at UCLA protests

  02-05-2024 02:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Conflict erupted out on UCLA’s campus in the late hours of Tuesday night as pro-Israel counter protesters attacked members of the “Palestinian Solidarity Encampment” and law enforcement failed to reestablish peace until around 4 a.m., prompting the university to cancel all classes on Wednesday, May 1.
  UCLA leadership is now under fire for its slow response to quell last night’s attack, which Gov. Gavin Newsom declared “unacceptable” and UCLA Chancellor Gene Bl
  
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• Tick-tock to chaos: Timeline of escalating tensions at UCLA with protests

  02-05-2024 02:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Conflict erupted out on UCLA’s campus in the late hours of Tuesday night as pro-Israel counter protesters attacked members of the “Palestinian Solidarity Encampment” and law enforcement failed to reestablish peace until around 4 a.m., prompting the university to cancel all classes on Wednesday, May 1.
  UCLA leadership is now under fire for its slow response to quell last night’s attack, which Gov. Gavin Newsom declared “unacceptable” and UCLA Chancellor Gene Bl
  
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• Sparks see Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson as keys to ‘core four’

  02-05-2024 02:00 via ocregister.com
  
  TORRANCE — With less than a week on the job in the WNBA, it is only natural that Sparks rookies Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson are still trying to figure things out. The lottery picks are working hard to position themselves in the organization’s “core four” players, a concept detailed by first-year general manager Raegan Pebley on Wednesday at the team’s media day at El Camino College.
  “I’m still figuring that out to be frank. I think we’re with
  
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• Big rigs in California are getting cleaner — but can long-range targets for trucks be met?

  02-05-2024 01:58 via ocregister.com
  
  By Rob Nikolewski | San Diego Union Tribune
  California policymakers want to clean up the emissions spewed by the trucking industry — and they’ve passed mandates and established targets to get there.
  The federal government recently followed up, creating its own set of national guidelines that are staggered by year and truck classification.
  With California at the forefront, adoption is gaining ground among vehicles that travel around 200 miles or less per day — what’s calle
  
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• Blinken presses Hamas to seal cease-fire with Israel, says ‘the time is now’ for a deal

  02-05-2024 01:44 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW LEE, SAMY MAGDY and SAM MEDNICK
  JERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hiked up pressure on Hamas on Wednesday to accept the latest proposal for a cease-fire with Israel, saying the “time is now” for an agreement that would free hostages and pause the nearly seven months of war in Gaza.
  But a key sticking point appeared to remain — whether the deal would completely end Israel’s offensive as Hamas has demanded.
  Blinken met with Israeli leaders
  
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• Highway collapse in southern China leaves at least 24 dead

  02-05-2024 01:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Associated Press
  BEIJING — A section of a highway collapsed early Wednesday in southern China, sending cars tumbling and leaving at least 24 people dead, according to state media.
  Eighteen cars fell down a slope after a 17.9-meter (58.7-foot) long section of the highway collapsed, according to a statement from authorities in Meizhou city in Guangdong province. The incident occurred around 2 a.m.
  The death toll had risen to 24 by Wednesday afternoon, according to China’s official Xinh
  
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• SpaceX launch set for Thursday morning from Vandenberg

  02-05-2024 01:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Start the countdown — SpaceX will launch the Maxar 1 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday, May 2, with a 14-minute window for the launch opening at 11:36 a.m.
  If needed, a backup opportunity for the launch will be available at the same time on Friday, May 3.
  About eight minutes after lift-off, Falcon 9’s first stage will land on SpaceX’s Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg and there is the possibility that residents
  
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• Angels fail to cash in on opportunities in 2-1 loss to Phillies

  02-05-2024 01:08 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Just when the Angels found enough pitching to slow down the Philadelphia Phillies’ dangerous lineup, they couldn’t find a big hit.
  The Angels wasted a solid performance on the mound in a 2-1 loss to the Phillies on Wednesday afternoon.
  Starter Patrick Sandoval gave up both runs on a second-inning single, but then he didn’t give up anything else through five innings. Four Angels relievers then shut out the Phillies.
  The Angels had opportunities to do damage again
  
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• B-52s’ Kate Pierson lists her Airstream retreat in Mojave Desert for $452K

  02-05-2024 00:57 via ocregister.com
  
  The trailers are fully hooked up and equipped. (Photo by Shafik Wahhab | Shafik Photography)
  The property comprises two parcels for a total of 10 acres and comes with six well-appointed Airstreams, including one filled with B-52s memorabilia. (Photo by Shafik Wahhab | Shafik Photography)
  The 10-acre property on the market for $452,000 includes six fully hooked up and equipped vintage Airstream trailers. (Photo by Shafik Wahhab | Shafik Photography)
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  Kate Pierson of The B-52
  
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• Trump calls judge ‘crooked’ after facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order

  02-05-2024 00:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, SCOTT BAUER and MICHELLE L. PRICE
  WAUKESHA, Wis. — Donald Trump returned briefly to the campaign trail Wednesday and called the judge presiding over his hush money trial “crooked” a day after he was held in contempt of court and threatened with jail time for violating a gag order.
  Trump’s remarks at events in the battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan were being closely watched after he received a $9,000 fine for making public statements abo
  
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• ‘Nickelodeon’ producer Dan Schneider sues over portrayal in ‘Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV’

  02-05-2024 00:48 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Embattled children’s television producer Dan Schneider, whose rise to fame guiding programming at Nickelodeon was chronicled in the recent docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against the series producers, saying the show falsely implies that Schneider sexually abused children who worked on his various shows.
  The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit, which was submitted Wednesday but is still being processed
  
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• CPUC voting soon on $24 fixed monthly charge for California electricity bills

  02-05-2024 00:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By Rob Nikolewski | San Diego Union-Tribune
  The California Public Utilities Commission will soon vote on one of the most contentious pieces of legislation that recently passed through the state legislature — Assembly Bill 205, which lowers rates but also establishes a monthly fee on residential electricity bills paid by customers of the state’s investor-owned utilities.
  Under a proposed decision issued last month by one of the commission’s administrative law judges, electricity
  
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• As Californians mitigate wildfire threats, why is there still an insurance crisis?

  02-05-2024 00:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Spend any time thinking or talking about insurance in California these days and you’re bound to hear the word “mitigation.”
  Fire officials, lawmakers, insurance agents and others are asking homeowners  to help lower the risk of devastating wildfires by making improvements to their properties — in some cases at great expense — and often in the context of trying to hang on to their insurance policies. The state has spent about $3.7 billion on forest manageme
  
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• Duane Eddy dies at 86; legend of ‘twang’ guitar inspired scores of musicians

  01-05-2024 23:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Associated Press
  NEW YORK — Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock ‘n’ roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians, has died at age 86.
  Eddy died of cancer Tuesday at the Williamson Health hospital in Franklin, Tennessee, according to his wife, Deed Abbate.
  With his raucous rhythms, and back
  
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• Woodbridge’s Unified swimmers set pace with new inclusion events at CIF-SS championships

  01-05-2024 23:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowIRVINE — Coach Marcus Natividad’s eyes sparkle with excitement as he scans his neatly printed practice schedule, which includes a picture of him wearing sunglasses and a whistle.
  The 2023 graduate of Woodbridge High helps guide his alma mater’s Unified Sports swimming team, the same program that he left his mark on as a competitor.
  Natividad was the swimmer who went from covering the 50-
  
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• 3 Michelin Star dishes you should try on the Paseo menu at Downtown Disney

  01-05-2024 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Chef Carlos Gaytan keeps three dishes on the menu at his new Paseo restaurant in Downtown Disney that hark back to a decade ago when his Chicago restaurant Mexique was honored with a Michelin Star.
  A trio of Gaytan’s new restaurant concepts held a grand opening ceremony on Wednesday, May 1 at Downtown Disney. The new Paseo restaurant, Centrico courtyard bar and Tiendita grab-and-go stand take over spaces formerly occupied by Catal restaurant, Uva bar and Sprinkles cupcake bakery.
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• After months of delays and decades of waiting, fluffy sand is being delivered in San Clemente

  01-05-2024 23:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Beachgoers who visit the San Clemente Pier area this summer should see some extra towel space on the sand.
  While the grains are a bit darker in color – sediment pulled from the bottom of the ocean off Surfside Beach about 30 miles away – the soft sand is a welcome sight for the coastal city grappling with severe erosion that has shrunk its beaches in recent years.
  The US Army Corps of Engineers-led sand replenishment project got underway again late last week after months of snags. in
  
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• 4.1-magnitude quake centered near Corona jolts Southern California

  01-05-2024 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  A 4.1-magnitude earthquake centered on the border of Orange and Riverside counties was felt throughout much of Southern California on Wednesday, May 1, afternoon.
  The earthquake struck at 12:49 p.m. about six miles southwest of Corona, the U.S. Geological Survey said, placing the epicenter in the mountains between the counties.
  People in inland and coastal Orange County, as well as Temecula, Perris, Corona, Riverside, Los Angeles and Santa Clarita, among other locations, reported to the United S
  
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• Active shooter neutralized outside Wisconsin middle school

  01-05-2024 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By Todd Richmond | Associated Press
  MOUNT HOREB, Wis. — Witnesses described children fleeing amid the sound of gunshots near a Wisconsin middle school where authorities said an active shooter was “neutralized” outside the building Wednesday. There were no reported injuries to those inside the school.
  For panicked kids and their parents, the incident was terrifying. Parents described children hiding in closets, afraid to communicate on their cell phones, and one middle schooler
  
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• Bad Religion, Black Flag, The Jesus Lizard, more announced for Garden Amp shows

  01-05-2024 22:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Punk rockers who prefer the sweaty intimacy of a smaller venue are in for a treat ahead of the No Values Festival at the Pomona Fairplex on Saturday, June 8.
  The Garden Amp in Garden Grove announced a series of shows that will include some legendary bands who are also scheduled to play one of the biggest punk fests in recent years.
  Bad Religion and Slaughterhouse will perform on Thursday, June 6, followed by Black Flag, The Bronx, Deviates and Overexposure on Friday, June 7 and The Jesus Lizard,
  
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• Angels’ Kevin Pillar appreciates returning to Southern California

  01-05-2024 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — At around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Kevin Pillar was an unemployed baseball player, sitting at home in Arizona, playing with his son.
  Then his phone rang, and within five hours he was in the clubhouse at Angel Stadium, with a spot on the Angels roster.
  “It’s kind of a crazy day, but exciting,” Pillar said Wednesday, before he started in left field for the Angels.
  Pillar, a 35-year-old who is in his 12th big-league season, was released over the weekend by the Chicago W
  
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• New battlegrounds emerge in California’s endless housing conflict

  01-05-2024 22:45 via ocregister.com
  
  At least once a month a new front opens in California’s political guerrilla war between state and local officials over housing.
  The Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom have issued a steady stream of laws and regulations aimed at forcing the state’s nearly 500 cities to embrace housing development, particularly apartments for low-income families.
  Communities that shun such housing, saying it degrades the bucolic ambience of their neighborhoods, respond by dragging their feet, chall
  
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• Trump beats Biden in every swing state, new poll shows

  01-05-2024 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  A new Emerson College/The Hill swing state poll shows President Joe Biden behind in seven battleground states that could prove as decisive in the next general election as they did in 2020.
  According to the poll, Biden trails former President Donald Trump by three points or more in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, and has gained very little ground over the last several months of campaigning, despite out-raising his Republican rival and managing to k
  
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• Exposed to Agent Orange at US bases, veterans face cancer without VA compensation

  01-05-2024 22:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Hannah Norman, KFF Health News, Patricia Kime | KFF Health News (TNS)
  As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, Dean Osborn spent much of his time in the oceanside woodlands, training on soil and guzzling water from streams and aquifers now known to be contaminated with cancer-causing pollutants.
  “They were marching the snot out of us,” he said, recalling his year and a half stationed on the base, from 1979 to 1980. He also remembers, not so fondly, the poison oak per
  
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• Steve Garvey and other statewide GOP candidates have no shot until Top Two is repealed

  01-05-2024 22:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Republicans have a problem. They can’t get above 40% in statewide elections. 
  The Public Policy Institute of California’s first poll since the March Senate primaries found: Rep. Adam Schiff 61%, retired baseball player Steve Garvey 37% and “don’t know” at 2%. 
  Republican friends keep telling me, “I think Garvey can hit a home run.” But the poll confirms what I’m telling them. He’ll be lucky to get 40%. 
  In 2022, here were the s
  
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• How to help your loved one navigate the costs of dementia care

  01-05-2024 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kate Ashford | NerdWallet
  People with dementia who live in long-term care facilities are spending a significant portion of their income each month on care, according to an October 2023 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA). The study found that the median adult with dementia in an assisted living facility spent nearly all of their income (97%) each month on care, and those with dementia living in nursing homes spent 83% of their income each month
  
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• Laguna Beach survey setting the stage for higher taxes

  01-05-2024 21:39 via ocregister.com
  
  One of the tricks that tax-and-spend politicians like to use when they want to raise taxes rather than, say, provide public services more efficiently is to send out a community survey asking residents about their preferences. This way, when a city puts a tax-raising measure on the ballot council members can say, “We’re just asking the People what they want.”
  The latest Orange County city to take this cynical approach is Laguna Beach. The council voted unanimously last month to
  
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• Traveling this year? Here’s what you need to know about TSA PreCheck, CLEAR Plus and Global Entry

  01-05-2024 21:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By Hira Qureshi, The Philadelphia Inquirer
  PHILADELPHIA — There’s one thing everyone dreads when making their way to the airport: a long security line. Luckily, there are workarounds to expedite the process and get you to your gate in time for a preboarding treat.
  Whether you’re jetting off to visit the Philly-themed bar in Tokyo or heading home after adventures abroad, programs like Global Entry, TSA PreCheck, and CLEAR PLUS can help travelers members move through the line fas
  
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