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• Police chief: Kneeling on Floyd’s neck violated policy

  05-04-2021 22:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By AMY FORLITI and TAMMY WEBBER
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis police chief testified Monday that now-fired Officer Derek Chauvin violated departmental policy in pinning his knee on George Floyd’s neck and keeping him down after Floyd had stopped resisting and was in distress.
  Continuing to kneel on Floyd’s neck once he was handcuffed behind his back and lying on his stomach was “in no way, shape or form” part of department policy or training, “and it is c
  
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• Providence, Blue Shield of California reach tentative contract deal

  08-05-2024 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  A months-long contract spat between Providence and Blue Shield California may be coming to an end.
  Blue Shield of California last week rescinded a “termination notice” issued to Providence in October 2023 that would have yanked insurance coverage for thousands of patients in its network as of June 1.
  Providence on Wednesday, May 8 told its 110,000 members in an email that a tentative agreement with the healthcare insurer had been reached that “would ensure many Blue Shield memb
  
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• Politicians keep shifting blame as California’s homelessness crisis worsens

  08-05-2024 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Over the last half-decade, state government has spent about $24 billion to ameliorate California’s worst-in-the-nation homelessness crisis. Local governments and private charities have spent countless billions more.
  Despite those immense expenditures, the number of unhoused Californians has continued to increase to more than 181,000 in the latest federal census. It’s not only the most of any state but the highest ratio vis-a-vis population, and 28% of the national total.
  The data imp
  
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• Americans pivot to leftovers, buying less food at stores, Pringles maker says

  08-05-2024 20:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By Deena Shanker | Bloomberg
  Americans have been buying less food at supermarkets amid persistent inflation, and the head of the maker of Pringles chips and Cheez-It snacks thinks he’s figured out a major factor behind the change.
  Kellanova Chief Executive Officer Steve Cahillane isn’t seeing “volume destruction,” in which Americans would actually eat significantly less, he said in a call with investors Thursday. Rather, they’re incorporating new behaviors, such as
  
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• Why Los Angeles Dodgers great Clayton Kershaw agreed to a new biography

  08-05-2024 20:36 via ocregister.com
  
  When Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw walked off the mound in Game One of the 2017 World Series, he had to be feeling good about his effort. Coming into that game, Kershaw had a 7-7 postseason record in his seven major league seasons, but against the Houston Astros that steamy night he’d given up just one run over seven innings while striking out 11 in a dominating win. But it was short-lived: Less than a week later, in Game Five, Kershaw would get lit up by the Astros, giving up si
  
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• GM ending production of Chevy Malibu, switching production to EV Bolt

  08-05-2024 20:29 via ocregister.com
  
  General Motors Co. will halt production of the Chevrolet Malibu sedan this fall at its Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas to prep for production of the new Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle, the automaker confirmed Wednesday.
  Production of the Cadillac XT4 small SUV will continue until the plant is shut down next year to retool for production of the Bolt.
  GM previously announced it would invest about $390 million in Fairfax to make the Ultium-based Bolt. The previous generation Bolt, built at GM&rsq
  
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• World extends run of heat records for an 11th month in a row

  08-05-2024 20:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Eamon Akil Farhat | (TNS) Bloomberg News
  April was the Earth’s 11th consecutive month of record-breaking heat, with warmer weather already sweeping across Asia and a hotter-than-usual summer expected in Europe.
  The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said last month’s temperatures globally were 1.58C (2.8F) above historical averages and marked the hottest April on record. The past 12 months have been 1.61C higher than pre-industrial temperatures, exceeding the 1.
  
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• US pauses arms shipment to Israel over Rafah invasion plans

  08-05-2024 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Jordan Fabian and Galit Altstein | Bloomberg News (TNS)
  The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel over concerns about a potential military offensive on the Gazan city of Rafah, which President Joe Biden opposes, according to a senior administration official.
  The delivery was supposed to contain 3,500 bombs, split roughly evenly between 2,000-pound (907-kilogram) and 500-pound explosives, the official, granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter, said.
  The U.S. is worried about the damage
  
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• Month-old kitten rescued from Metro C (Green) Line train

  08-05-2024 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A good Samaritan helped save a month-old kitten who was abandoned aboard a Metro C (Green) Line train.
  The kitten, now named Eloise, was discovered Monday by a Metro rider who alerted the train operator, according to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
  Eloise was safely transported by Metro personnel to the spcaLA South Bay Pet Adoption Center in Hawthorne, where she was examined by medical staff and appeared to be in good condition.
  Eloise was taken to spca
  
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• Jeffrey Jackson, president of Orange County Realtors, dies at 65

  08-05-2024 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Jeffrey Jackson, president of the Orange County Association of Realtors, died May 1 after a reoccurrence of cancer. He was 65.
  Jackson, who was also senior risk manager at Realty ONE Group, recently told colleagues and friends that he was undergoing treatment for a return of skin cancer he thought he had beaten 15 years ago. He was elected to a one-year term as the association’s president in July 2023.
  Jackson moved to California in 2010 from Indiana, where he started a legal career after
  
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• Who owns that apartment? California agency says it will take millions to find out

  08-05-2024 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Who is the flesh-and-blood landlord with a city-spanning portfolio of apartments concealed behind an obscurely-named limited liability company? Who is the proprietor of a local restaurant, hotel or regional car wash chain shrouded beneath a corporate veil?
  Who actually owns what in California?
  For three years a coalition of anti-eviction advocates, unions, legal aid organizations, affordable housing boosters, workers rights groups and pro-transparency activists have been demanding that the state
  
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• Worsening weather is igniting a $25 billion market

  08-05-2024 20:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Sam Potter | Bloomberg News (TNS)
  Marty Malinow’s mom never could get her head around what her son did for a living. To friends, she said he was “a stockbroker that does something with the weather.” Malinow couldn’t really object — he knew most people had no clue about financial contracts based on things like sunshine, rainfall and wind.
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• Anxiety over squatters, fueled by TikTok, inspires a wave of legislation

  08-05-2024 20:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Robbie Sequeira | Stateline.org (TNS)
  Across various news channels and outlets, a visceral fear of some property owners — that an unwanted guest could move into their vacant home, refuse to leave, and then claim ownership — has been a trending story.
  These squatter horror stories have reached a fever pitch in the past month after a migrant TikTok influencer, Venezuelan national Leonel Moreno, encouraged people to squat in homes across the United States. Moreno was arrested 
  
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• Meta will let advertisers create campaigns using new generative AI tools

  08-05-2024 20:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Kurt Wagner | Bloomberg News (TNS)
  Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms Inc. is testing new tools that will let advertisers create marketing material, including images and messaging, using generative AI prompts.
  If an advertiser uploads a photo of their product, Meta’s artificial intelligence tools can now generate new, different images of that product for marketing purposes. That feature is already live for some advertisers. In the coming months, marketers will also be abl
  
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• US rents climbed 1.5 times faster than wages in last four years

  08-05-2024 19:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Alex Tanzi | (TNS) Bloomberg News
  Rents in most major U.S. metropolitan areas have risen some 1.5 times faster than wages in the last four years, according to an analysis by Zillow Group Inc.
  Nationwide, rents climbed 30.4% while incomes expanded 20.2% from 2019 to 2023, data from Zillow, StreetEasy and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show. Florida, a migration hot spot, had some of the most dramatic differences — Tampa and Jacksonville have seen rents surge more than three times quicker th
  
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• Santa Ana students get lessons in bike safety from Stormtroopers, otters and more

  08-05-2024 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  A student gets a high five from Ollie the giant-river otter during ‘Bike to School Day’ at McFadden Institute of Technology in Santa Ana, CA on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Ollie is one of the mascots of the Santa Ana parks and recreation department. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Rachel Rolnicki, with CHOC, fits a student for a free helmet during ‘Bike to School Day’ at McFadden Institute of Technology in Santa Ana, CA on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (Photo
  
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• Republicans renew push to exclude noncitizens from the census that helps determine political power

  08-05-2024 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE SCHNEIDER (Associated Press)
  Some Republicans in Congress are pushing to require a citizenship question on the questionnaire for the once-a-decade census and exclude people who aren’t citizens from the count that helps determines political power in the United States.
  The GOP-led House on Wednesday was expected to vote on the Equal Representation Act which would eliminate noncitizens from the tally gathered during a census and used to decide how many House seats
  
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• Record wave of Americans fled big cities for small ones in 2023

  08-05-2024 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By Michael Sasso | Bloomberg
  Score a victory for Mayberry. America’s small towns, like the iconic setting of television’s The Andy Griffith Show from the 1960s, saw more in-migration in 2023 than larger areas for the first time in decades.
  The remote work boom that prompted Americans to flee urban areas for mountain hamlets and seaside towns during the pandemic continued at least through last year, according to University of Virginia demographer Hamilton Lombard. An estimated 291,400
  
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• Trump invited to get $54,000 in unclaimed property. Florida CFO says money could help fight ‘very, very nasty people.’

  08-05-2024 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The state of Florida has $54,000 with former President Donald Trump’s name on it.
  The money, held by the state’s Division of Unclaimed Property, might not seem like a lot amid the $100 million that the former president has reportedly paid in legal bills since leaving office in 2021.
  Then again, he has been selling custom shoes and taking a cut of Bible sales in recent months. Every bit of income helps, right?
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• Trump invited to get $54,000 in unclaimed Florida property

  08-05-2024 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The state of Florida has $54,000 with former President Donald Trump’s name on it.
  The money, held by the state’s Division of Unclaimed Property, might not seem like a lot amid the $100 million that the former president has reportedly paid in legal bills since leaving office in 2021.
  Then again, he has been selling custom shoes and taking a cut of Bible sales in recent months. Every bit of income helps, right?
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• Biden and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in 2024’s rare contest between two presidents

  08-05-2024 19:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By SEUNG MIN KIM, JILL COLVIN and CALVIN WOODWARD (Associated Press)
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done.
  Related ArticlesNational Politics | Republicans renew push to exclude noncitizens from the census that helps determine political powerNational Politics | Trump invited to get $54,000 in unclaimed property. Florida CFO says money could help fight ‘very, very nasty people.’National Politics | Nerv
  
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• 7 kid-friendly Orange County breweries for Mother’s Day

  08-05-2024 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  “Stop bringing your kids to breweries, I’m trying to relax,” shouted an all-caps April 28 post on X (formerly known as Twitter), which has since garnered 3.5 million views and scores of reactions, supportive and scathing, to wee ones at breweries. While the cacophony of kids running amok might irk some who want to serenely sip their suds, a handful of Orange County breweries, known for their family-friendly environment as much as their award-winning craft beer, welcome the patt
  
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• Fans are following Taylor Swift to Europe after finding Eras Tour ticket bargains there

  08-05-2024 18:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By LISA LEFF
  LONDON — Thousands of ride-or-die Taylor Swift fans who missed out on her U.S. concert tour last year or didn’t want to buy exorbitantly priced tickets to see her again found an out-of-the-way solution: Fly to Europe.
  The pop star is scheduled to kick off the 18-city Europe leg of her record-setting Eras Tour in Paris on Thursday, and planeloads of Swifties plan to follow Miss Americana across the pond in the coming weeks. The arena where Swift is appearing said American
  
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• Angels’ Kevin Pillar brings value on and off the field

  08-05-2024 18:48 via ocregister.com
  
  PITTSBURGH — Kevin Pillar said his two-homer game Tuesday was the moment when he finally felt like he was officially “an Angel.”
  To manager Ron Washington, though, Pillar has been contributing since the day he walked in the door barely over a week ago, even when he wasn’t playing.
  “Since he’s been here, he’s been doing a lot of talking with our young kids, something we didn’t have,” Washington said. “He’s talking baseball, he&rsqu
  
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• Nervous about falling behind the GOP, Democrats are wrestling with how to use AI

  08-05-2024 18:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By COURTNEY SUBRAMANIAN (Associated Press)
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s campaign and Democratic candidates are in a fevered race with Republicans over who can best exploit the potential of artificial intelligence, a technology that could transform American elections — and perhaps threaten democracy itself.
  Still smarting from being outmaneuvered on social media by Donald Trump and his allies in 2016, Democratic strategists said they are nevertheless treading carefull
  
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• John Stossel: Donald Trump said he’d drain the swamp. He never did.

  08-05-2024 18:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to “drain the swamp!”
  The “swamp” is the permanent Washington bureaucracy working to perpetuate itself.
  In 2020, then-President Trump said he was succeeding: “We’re draining the Washington swamp!”
  But it’s not true.
  “He made government bigger,” Economist Ed Stringham says in my new video. ‘That’s going in the wrong direction. Looking through a list of agencies, every single o
  
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• Cypress plan is a waste of COVID funds

  08-05-2024 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  In the midst of the pandemic, the federal government embarked on a debt-spending spree ostensibly to help Americans survive the stay-at-home disruptions. As the Washington Post reported, “it was the largest burst of emergency spending in U.S. history: two years, six laws and more than $5 trillion,” with 10 percent of it directly funding cities, counties and states.
  In its December analysis, the newspaper found everything one would expect from such inflationary and far-reaching debt-s
  
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• Where in California have wages trailed rent hikes the most?

  08-05-2024 18:03 via ocregister.com
  
  “How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market.
  The pain: Rent hikes outpaced pay raises in 44 of 50 big US metropolitan areas during the past four years – and in four of six metros from California in this study.
  The source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed Zillow’s analysis of the growth in rents vs. increases in average hourly earnings between 2019 and 2023 across the nation.
  The pinch
  The pandemic economy was not kind to re
  
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• Suspect in Santa Ana double murder-suicide dies at hospital

  08-05-2024 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  A man who police say shot and killed his girlfriend and her uncle inside a business unit in Santa Ana died at a hospital over the weekend of a self-inflicted gunshot wound from what police believe was a double murder-suicide, authorities said.
  Cameron Delani Clark, 25, of Santa Ana died Saturday, May 5, three days after the shooting.
  The girlfriend was Jordan Block, 25, of Santa Ana and her uncle was Brian Xan Martin, 64, of Santa Ana, police said.
  Clark and Block had gone to a business complex
  
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• Inside the courtroom where Trump was forced to listen to Stormy Daniels

  08-05-2024 17:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By JENNIFER PELTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE OFFENHARTZ
  NEW YORK — Donald Trump squirmed and scowled, shook his head and muttered as Stormy Daniels described the unexpected sex she says they had nearly two decades ago, saying she remembered “trying to think of anything other than what was happening.”
  It was a story Daniels has told before. This time, Trump had no choice but to sit and listen.
  Years in the making, the in-person showdown between the former president and the porn
  
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