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• Palestine protests: UCLA opens inquiry, USC president in talks with protesters

  30-04-2024 22:48 via ocregister.com
  
  On Wednesday, UCLA announced it was investigating alleged attempts by protesters to block student access to class, while at USC President Caroline Folt entered the second day of talks with student protesters.
  University leaders at UCLA have ordered protesters to take down the metal barriers they were using to control foot traffic in and around Royce Quad, where the ‘Palestine Solidarity Encampment’ is now, on April 30, in its sixth day.
  An Israel supporter flys the Israeli flag at UC
  
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• Bobby Miller progressing toward return – creating a dilemma for Dodgers

  22-05-2024 03:17 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Planning for the future is part of the job. But Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes breaks out in a wide smile and laughs at the question of how the Dodgers will integrate Bobby Miller back into their starting rotation when the young right-hander is ready to return from the injured list.
  The Dodgers’ five-man rotation of Tyler Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, James Paxton, Gavin Stone and Walker Buehler are all currently healthy and pitching well lately. Right-hander Land
  
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• Garden Grove selects Matt LemMon of Tamalpais as football coach

  22-05-2024 03:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowGarden Grove has hired Matt LemMon of Tamalpais in Northern California as its football coach, the Argonauts and Garden Grove Unified announced Tuesday.
  LemMon, 32, led Tamalpais, located in Mill Valley, the past seven seasons. He guided the school to an 8-4 record last season and a trip to the second round of North Coast Section Division 3 playoffs.
  Tamalpais finished third in the challenging Marin County
  
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• Pride 2024: 8 Los Angeles hotels offering discounts and perks for June’s celebration

  22-05-2024 02:59 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’re looking for a place to stay after partying at Pride this June, LA’s hotels are offering a range of perks.
  Pride is a celebration and commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan and the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally. Long Beach got a head start with its Pride parties in Marina Green Park on Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19. West Hollywood also already launched festivitie
  
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• LA County asks state to fund free legal services for immigrant students at all 23 CSU campuses

  22-05-2024 02:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANUSHA SHANKAR
  The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors directed its lobbying staff Tuesday to advocate for the preservation of state funding for the California State University Immigration Legal Services Project, which is facing the potential of its annual $7 million in funds being cut to $1.8 million.
  Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May budget revision released on May 10 included about $33 million in proposed cuts to programs that fund local service providers offering free legal support for im
  
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• Ron Washington expresses confidence in Angels closer Carlos Estévez

  22-05-2024 01:14 via ocregister.com
  
  HOUSTON — Angels manager Ron Washington was crystal clear in his assessment of Carlos Estévez and his current role with the team.
  “He’s our closer,” Washington said before Tuesday’s game against the Houston Astros.
  Estévez has been shaky for most of the season, carrying a 5.17 ERA through his first 15 games. He picked up the save on Monday night, but he allowed a run and he would have allowed another if not for right fielder Jo Adell robbing a homer.
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• 3 men face federal charges tied to theft of $800,000 in stolen checks from post offices

  22-05-2024 01:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Three men face mail theft, bank fraud and other federal charges with authorities accusing them of stealing mail from post offices throughout Southern California and about $800,000 from victims by depositing stolen checks and immediately withdrawing the cash.
  They ran a scheme from November 2022 to August 2023, U.S. Postal Inspection Service officials said, working with four juveniles and others who provided bank-account information.
  One of the men and one of the juveniles first deposited a stole
  
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• Bill advances in Sacramento to make social media pay for harm to California kids

  22-05-2024 01:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Social media platforms may be held financially liable for harm caused to California’s minors thanks to a bill authored by Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal, D-Long Beach.
  AB 3172 would impose financial liabilities on large social media companies if a court finds that they knowingly offered products or design features that resulted in harm to minors.
  The bill secured a major victory on Monday by clearing the state Assembly with across the aisle support. It now heads to the state Senate for a vo
  
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• Kids form human art on the sand to spell message for environmental change

  22-05-2024 00:54 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s all about creating a ripple, with the hope that children who learn about the environment will share the message with their friends and family, and they, too, will care for the coast in their own way.
  About 1,000 students from 12 inland schools throughout Anaheim, Garden Grove, Orange, Santa Ana and Fullerton visited Huntington State Beach on Tuesday, May 21, to help spruce up the beach and share a message on the sand using their bodies to form the words “Make Ripples,” as
  
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• QB Matthew Stafford at OTAs as Rams stay quiet on contract talks

  22-05-2024 00:29 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — As the Rams jogged out onto the field for their second day of OTAs, a red No. 9 jersey was among them.
  Quarterback Matthew Stafford has been present and has participated through the Rams’ first two days of OTAs this week, despite some concerns about the structure of his contract.
  Stafford declined to speak to reporters through a Rams spokesperson Tuesday, and head coach Sean McVay was short when discussing the talks between the sides after practice.
  “Out of resp
  
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• Rams RB Kyren Williams to miss OTAs with foot injury

  22-05-2024 00:19 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — Rams running back Kyren Williams was working with the training staff at the start of practice Tuesday before joining his teammates on the sidelines in street clothes.
  The third-year back injured his foot during offseason workouts, head coach Sean McVay said, so he will be kept off the field for the entirety of OTAs and the June minicamp. Williams is expected to be back in time for training camp in July.
  “It’s probably good,” McVay joked. “That maniac
  
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• Riley Keough files suit to stop ‘fraudulent’ Graceland sale

  22-05-2024 00:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By Adrian Sainz | Associated Press
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Elvis Presley’s estate is fighting what it says is a fraudulent scheme to auction off Graceland to the highest bidder.
  An auction had been scheduled for Thursday this week, but a Memphis judge blocked it after Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough sought a temporary restraining order and filed a lawsuit, court documents show.
  A public notice for a foreclosure sale of the 13-acre estate in Memphis posted earlier in May said Prom
  
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• Sunkist Elementary students paint new mural: ‘If you can dream it you can do it’

  21-05-2024 23:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Fifth-grader Faith Hernandez, 10, ran toward a wall after school on a sunny afternoon in May, eager to begin painting a new mural with her schoolmates at Sunkist Elementary, the second  large art piece for the campus.
  “The most exciting part is being able to paint something that I got to see people paint last year,” Faith said. “I feel I get a special part in something I really like.”
  Faith’s instructor for the day was local artist Carla Roque. She, along with
  
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• American Airlines blames 9-year-old girl for being filmed in plane bathroom: ‘Shocking and outrageous’

  21-05-2024 23:41 via ocregister.com
  
  American Airlines, facing lawsuits after a flight attendant allegedly filmed girls using plane bathrooms, is blaming a 9-year-old girl for being secretly recorded.
  The airline in a new court filing is arguing that the young girl should have known that the airplane toilet contained a recording device.
  “Defendant would show that any injuries or illnesses alleged to have been sustained by Plaintiff, Mary Doe, were proximately caused by Plaintiff’s own fault and negligence,” Americ
  
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• Aliso Viejo man was childhood friend of UPS driver he’s accused of shooting to death

  21-05-2024 23:10 via ocregister.com
  
  The man suspected of fatally shooting a United Parcel Service driver on his route in Irvine last week was on disability from the company and a childhood friend of the victim, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said on Tuesday, May 21.
  Rhean Jalipa Fontanoza, 46, of Aliso Viejo was arrested over the weekend after he spent days in a hospital following his Thursday standoff in Orange with police while barricading in a pickup truck just hours after officials said he shot and killed E
  
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• 70 years since Brown V. Board of Education and California still has work to do

  21-05-2024 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  May 17th marked the 70th anniversary since the landmark decision in Brown V. Board of Education ostensibly eradicated racial segregation in public schools. Yet, in 2024, many states’ education systems, including California’s, are still stuck in the past due to residential assignment. It’s time state policymakers eliminate residential assignment and address sharing for good by mandating statewide open enrollment so the Brown decision can finally live up to its full potential.&nb
  
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• Have a berry fun time at the 2024 Strawberry Festival in Garden Grove

  21-05-2024 22:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The Garden Grove Strawberry Festival marks its 64th anniversary with four days of fun this weekend.
  A highlight of the festival is always the parade, which on Saturday will kick off at 10 a.m. and travels Chapman Avenue, Euclid Avenue and down by Garden Grove High. The parade will feature floats, equestrian groups, marching bands and more.
  The festival launches with an opening reception on Friday and continues through Memorial Day. It takes place along Main Street and up to Euclid Avenue. There
  
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• Defense rests without ex-President Trump taking the witness stand in his New York hush money trial

  21-05-2024 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JILL COLVIN and COLLEEN LONG
  NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers rested their defense Tuesday without the former president taking the witness stand in his New York hush money criminal trial, moving the case closer to the moment when the jury will begin deciding his fate.
  “Your honor, the defense rests,” Trump lawyer Todd Blanche told the judge. Trump’s team concluded with testimony from a former federal prosecutor who had been cal
  
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• Orange County softball Top 25: Pacifica finishes No. 1 after claiming record ninth CIF-SS title, May 21

  21-05-2024 22:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe final Orange County softball rankings for 2024.
  Notable this week: Pacifica, the top-ranked team in Orange County entering the season, finishes No. 1 after defeating Orange Lutheran 3-0 in the CIF-SS Division 1 final. It was the Mariners’ Southern Section record ninth title. … Orange Lutheran, which moved to No. 1 after the Carew Classic, slips one spot to No. 2.
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• Orange County softball final Top 25: Pacifica finishes No. 1 in 2024

  21-05-2024 22:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe final Orange County softball rankings for 2024.
  Notable this week: Pacifica, the top-ranked team in Orange County entering the season, finishes No. 1 after defeating Orange Lutheran 3-0 in the CIF-SS Division 1 final. … It was the Mariners’ second Division 1 title in a row and their record ninth title overall … Orange Lutheran, which moved to No. 1 after the Carew Classic, sli
  
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• Shakira, Enrique Iglesias and Los Tigres Del Norte headline the third annual Besame Mucho Festival

  21-05-2024 22:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Get ready to grab your tío, botas and sombrero because Bésame Mucho, the ultimate multi-generational, multi-genre Latino music fest is returning to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday, December 21.
  The single-day event, which debuted in 2022, will again include pop, Regional Mexican, merengue, cumbia and rock en Español acts performing across four stages dubbed Besa, Pop, Classicas and Banda.
  This year’s headliners include Colombian Latin pop sensation and Grammy
  
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• Upcoming state audit targets California’s housing mandates

  21-05-2024 22:10 via ocregister.com
  
  California housing regulators are demanding that cities statewide develop meticulous plans to add 2.5 million affordable and market-rate homes by the end of the decade — but some local officials say the process sets them up for failure.
  Frustrated mayors and city councilmembers say the new planning requirements are needlessly confusing and that regulators have been slow to review the plans that have been submitted. They argue the convoluted process is leaving some cities vulnerable to unfa
  
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• What are the betting odds for first Donald Trump-Joe Biden debate?

  21-05-2024 21:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Todd Dewey | Las Vegas Review-Journal (TNS)
  LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to participate in two presidential debates. The first one will take place June 27 at CNN’s studios in Atlanta.
  The betting line on which candidate will win the first debate opened at pick’em at BetOnline.ag, an offshore sportsbook that operates illegally in the U.S. The two were each listed at -120.
  Heavy action on Trump caused the book to make him
  
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• Orange County boys athlete of the week: Jagger Snitko, Beckman

  21-05-2024 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County boys athlete of the week:
  Name: Jagger Snitko, Beckman
  School: Beckman
  Sport: Baseball
  Year: Junior
  Noteworthy: His two-out single in the bottom of the eighth inning drove in the winning run for the Patriots in their 2-1 win over St. John Bosco in the CIF Southern Section Division 3 championship game. The shortstop had two of the Patriots’ six hits in the game and was involved in turning three double plays during the week that included a 3-0 win over Los Alamitos in the s
  
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• 4 reasons why Universal won’t launch Fast & Furious coaster until 2026

  21-05-2024 21:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Ride enthusiasts will have to wait much longer than expected to climb aboard the new Fast & Furious roller coaster now that Universal Studios Hollywood has announced the state-of-the-art attraction won’t debut until 2026.
  The Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster will feature 360-degree rotating coaster vehicles designed to look like drifting race cars from the street racing film franchise that has earned $7 billion at the worldwide box office.
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• 3 reasons why Universal won’t launch Fast & Furious coaster until 2026

  21-05-2024 21:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Ride enthusiasts will have to wait much longer than expected to climb aboard the new Fast & Furious roller coaster now that Universal Studios Hollywood has announced the state-of-the-art attraction won’t debut until 2026.
  The Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster will feature 360-degree rotating coaster vehicles designed to look like drifting race cars from the street racing film franchise that has earned $7 billion at the worldwide box office.
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• Why finance scams target older adults, and how to protect yourself

  21-05-2024 21:27 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kimberly Palmer | NerdWallet
  While financial fraud can happen to anyone, older adults face unique challenges when it comes to scams, which are increasingly common among that age group.
  Losses due to scams targeting those age 60 or older ballooned to $3.4 billion last year, an increase of 11% over the previous year, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. The average amount lost was $33,915.
  Tech support scams were reported to be most common among this demographic, follow
  
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• Why one New York health system stopped suing its patients

  21-05-2024 21:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Noam N. Levey | (TNS) KFF Health News
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Jolynn Mungenast spends her days looking for ways to help people pay their hospital bills.
  Working out of a warehouse-like building in a scruffy corner of this former industrial town, Mungenast gently walks patients through health insurance options, financial aid, and payment plans. Most want to pay, said Mungenast, a financial counselor at Rochester Regional Health. Very often, they simply can’t.
  “They’re scared. Th
  
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• How to manufacture a border crisis

  21-05-2024 21:21 via ocregister.com
  
  When you read about the border crisis, small words make a big difference. You’ve likely heard about the surge in migrant “encounters” at the border. And there are a lot of these—more than 2.1 million in fiscal year 2023[1] —so it’s a handy way for the agency to request a bigger enforcement budget. 
  But here’s the thing: an “encounter” is any person who is questioned by agents, or anyone whose documentation is run through the system. It&r
  
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• UN halts all food distribution in Rafah after running out of supplies in the southern Gaza city

  21-05-2024 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  By SAMY MAGDY, LEE KEATH and TIA GOLDENBERG
  CAIRO — The United Nations said Tuesday it suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity. It also said no aid trucks entered in the past two days via a floating pier set up by the U.S. for sea deliveries.
  The U.N. has not specified how many people have stayed in Rafah since the Israeli military began its intensified assault there two weeks ago, but apparently several hundred thousand people
  
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