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• Rancho Santiago Community College District facilities reflect growing educational needs

  28-04-2024 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The recent grand opening of a $58.8 million Health Sciences building and the opening of the new Johnson Student Center in 2021 are impressive additions to the Santa Ana College campus.
  Yet they are just two among dozens of projects — all in different stages of development — managed by Carri Matsumoto, assistant vice chancellor, facility planning, construction and district support services at Rancho Santiago Community College District.
  Her department oversees all new construction and
  
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• Ron Washington believes Angels can follow a path of improvement he’s seen before

  16-05-2024 02:47 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — It’s easy for skeptics to roll their eyes as Ron Washington stands atop this rubble of an Angels season and proclaims that better days are ahead.
  His experience is why he sounds so confident.
  “I’ve been in this situation before,” he said.
  Each of the four times that Washington joined a major league staff – with the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves and twice with the Oakland A’s – the team was lousy when he arrived, but improved significantly
  
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• Kings, David Rittich agree to 1-year contract extension

  16-05-2024 02:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The Kings have re-signed goalie David Rittich to a one-year contract extension worth $1 million, the team announced in a news release Wednesday.
  Rittich, also known as “Big Save Dave,” burst onto the netminding scene with the Calgary Flames at the tail end of the last decade, but found himself declining from journeyman status to that of a marginal NHL goalie before signing a one-year pact with the Kings last season that saw him start the campaign in the minors.
  But like Pheonix Cople
  
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• Man convicted of strangling acquaintance in Lake Forest, then leaving her body in Santa Ana

  16-05-2024 02:19 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A 62-year-old man was convicted Wednesday of strangling a former co-worker during an argument in the victim’s Lake Forest garage and then leaving her body in a car in Santa Ana before fleeing to Mexico.
  Jose Valdez Jimenez, 62, of Rancho Santa Margarita, was convicted of second-degree murder and faces 15 years to life in prison when he is sentenced on July 12.
  Jimenez killed 57-year-old Natalia Gamino Jaimes on Oct. 22, 2020. Senior Deputy District Attorney Anna McIntire
  
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• Rams schedule release video full of L.A. Easter eggs

  16-05-2024 02:09 via ocregister.com
  
  The Rams released an animated video alongside their 2024 regular-season schedule on Wednesday, making several allusions to Los Angeles culture to celebrate the coming season.
  The video, developed by director Aaron Rolo, opens with the likenesses of six Rams — Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp, Puka Nacua, Kyren Williams, Kobie Turner and Byron Young — standing in a circle similar to the album artwork for N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton as late Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle&
  
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• Rams 2024 schedule: Season starts with Lions Sunday night rematch

  16-05-2024 02:01 via ocregister.com
  
  A year after a surprise return to the playoffs, the Rams were rewarded Wednesday during the NFL’s schedule release with five prime-time games, including a Week 1 rematch with the Detroit Lions on Sunday Night Football at Ford Field.
  The Sept. 8 game, which will be broadcast on NBC, is a rematch of last year’s NFC wild-card playoff game, which the Lions won, 24-23. The game swung back and forth, with the Lions jumping out to a 14-3 lead before the Rams cut into the lead with two secon
  
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• Menendez lawyer denies bribery scheme, says gold bars are his wife’s

  16-05-2024 02:01 via ocregister.com
  
  By Holmes Lybrand, Sabrina Souza and Gregory Krieg | CNN
  Sen. Bob Menendez’s lawyer launched his defense Wednesday in a Manhattan courtroom, insisting that the New Jersey Democrat never engaged in the international bribery scheme described by federal prosecutors and asserting that there were “innocent explanations” for the tangle of alleged crimes that has already upended Menendez’s political career.
  “They want you to be blinded by the gold and the cash,” Mene
  
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• US border arrests fall, bucking usual trend of spring spike

  16-05-2024 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — Arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. border from Mexico fell more than 6% in April to the fourth lowest month of the Biden administration, authorities said Wednesday, bucking the usual spring increase.
  U.S. officials have largely attributed the decline to more enforcement in Mexico, including in yards where migrants are known to board freight trains. Mexico won’t allow more than 4,000 illegal crossings a day to the U.S., Alicia Barcena, Mexico’s
  
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• Mater Dei celebrates former girls basketball coach Kevin Kiernan during school rally

  16-05-2024 00:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSANTA ANA — Mater Dei honored departing girls basketball coach Kevin Kiernan during a school rally Wednesday with heart-felt messages and tickets to watch his beloved Boston Celtics.
  Before a packed gathering in the gym, Mater Dei president Mike Brennan recounted Kiernan’s coaching accomplishments, including leading the Monarchs to two national championships. But the sentiments soon focused on
  
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• Orange County baseball Top 25: Huntington Beach, Santa Margarita trade places, May 15

  16-05-2024 00:44 via ocregister.com
  
  This week’s Orange County high school baseball rankings.
  Notable this week: Huntington Beach’s 3-2 win over Santa Margarita in the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs moves the Oilers to No. 2 in the rankings, a position held by Santa Margarita last week. … Fountain Valley rises into the Top 10. The Barons finished second in the Surf League, behind Huntington Beach, and finished ahead of Los Alamitos, a Division 3 semifinalist. … Beckman rises to No. 18 after advancing to the Di
  
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• Lakers reportedly receive permission to interview several coaching candidates

  16-05-2024 00:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers have taken another significant step in their search for a new head coach.
  ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Wednesday that the Lakers secured permission to interview several assistants for their head coaching opening, including: Denver’s David Adelman, New Orleans’ James Borrego, Boston’s Sam Cassell, Minnesota’s Micah Nori and Miami’s Chris Quinn.
  This comes on the heels of Monday’s ESPN report that the Lakers’ initial focus will be
  
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• Dine Latino Restaurant Week highlights Latin America’s foodie hotspots

  15-05-2024 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The Latino Restaurant Association is helping to highlight the flavors of Latin America with its DINE Latino Restaurant Week from May 14-19.
  In its third year, the event is part of the Los Angeles-based association’s restaurant program, which aims to raise awareness about delicious foods from South America, Central America, Mexico, and the islands of the Caribbean. This week, more than 100 restaurants across the cities of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Bernardino and Riverside counties
  
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• Police move toward crowd at UCI Gaza Solidarity Encampment that demands school reverse suspensions, divest

  15-05-2024 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Students and supporters calling for UC Irvine administrators to drop suspensions of students involved in a Gaza Solidarity Encampment on campus and meet other demands kicked up the pressure on Wednesday.
  A couple hundred supporters gathered at the Pro-Palestinian encampment in the afternoon in response to a call for an emergency coalition protest.
  A couple hundred supporters gathered at the Pro-Palestinian encampment at UC Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, in response to a call for an emergency coali
  
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• Crowd gathers around Gaza Solidarity Encampment, demanding UCI reverse suspensions, divest

  15-05-2024 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Students and supporters calling for UC Irvine administrators to drop suspensions of students involved in a Gaza Solidarity Encampment on campus and meet other demands kicked up the pressure on Wednesday.
  A couple hundred supporters gathered right outside the walls of the Pro-Palestinian encampment in the afternoon in response to a call for an emergency coalition protest.
  Chants could be heard coming from within the camp, while supporters on the outside brought noisemakers and drums to add to the
  
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• Crowd at Gaza Solidarity Encampment demanding UCI reverse suspensions, divest; police have arrived

  15-05-2024 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Students and supporters calling for UC Irvine administrators to drop suspensions of students involved in a Gaza Solidarity Encampment on campus and meet other demands kicked up the pressure on Wednesday.
  A couple hundred supporters gathered right outside the walls of the Pro-Palestinian encampment in the afternoon in response to a call for an emergency coalition protest.
  Over the course of an hour, the encampment was expanded to take over the quad area in front of the Physical Sciences Lecture H
  
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• UCLA track and field coach Avery Anderson announces retirement

  15-05-2024 22:49 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Avery Anderson announced his retirement from coaching Wednesday, according to a statement from UCLA Athletics.
  “I love this university, and I’ve been honored to lead these talented young men and women here in Westwood,” Anderson said in the statement. “I have been extremely blessed to have this chapter in my life, but I’ve chosen to retire from coaching.
  “I’ve poured my heart and soul into UCLA’s t
  
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• UCLA star gymnast Selena Harris dismissed from team and in transfer portal

  15-05-2024 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Selena Harris, the 2024 Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year and 12-time All-American, was dismissed from UCLA gymnastics Tuesday and is currently in the transfer portal, as confirmed by a UCLA spokesperson.
  Ben Royer of the Daily Bruin was the first to break the news in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. UCLA Athletics has not provided any further details.
  “shhhhh ,” Harris posted on X on Wednesday morning in response to a post that she was in the transfer portal.shhhhhhttps://t.co/HDUio
  
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• GM’s Cruise pays more than $8 million to pedestrian run over and dragged by robotaxi

  15-05-2024 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By David Welch
  General Motors Co.’s autonomous taxi unit has reached an $8 million to $12 million settlement with a pedestrian who was dragged by one of its self-driving vehicles in San Francisco, according to a person familiar with the situation.
  The settlement was struck earlier this year and the woman is out of the hospital, said the person, who declined to be identified discussing a private matter.
  In the October incident, a pedestrian crossing the road was struck by another vehicle be
  
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• Attorney General Rob Bonta’s absurd and unjust prosecution of Diana Teran

  15-05-2024 21:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Last month, the California Attorney General issued shocking felony charges against Diana Teran, head of Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon’s Justice Integrity Unit – eleven of them in total. The charging documents are thin: they allege that during her work many years ago as the policing advisor to the Sheriff, Teran downloaded files documenting officer misconduct. The A.G. seems to believe that Teran later provided that information to the District Attorney’s office so
  
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• Avatar land coming to Disneyland resort, Disney CEO confirms

  15-05-2024 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The DisneylandForward plan that has been full of promises but vague on specifics throughout the three-year approval process is finally starting to come into focus with a themed land based on the World of Pandora set to become the first project to break ground.
  Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed during the MoffettNathanson Media and Communications Summit on Wednesday, May 15 that an Avatar themed land is coming to the Disneyland Resort.
  “We have just gotten approval from the city of Anaheim for
  
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• These diets may reduce cancer, heart disease and early death, according to a 20-year review

  15-05-2024 20:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By Sandee LaMotte | CNN
  Eating a vegan, vegetarian or lacto-ovo vegetarian diet significantly reduces the overall risk of developing cancer, heart disease and dying early from cardiovascular disease, according to a new “umbrella” analysis of more than 20 years of research.
  An umbrella review looks at existing metanalyses of large numbers of studies, providing a high-level view of existing research on a topic.
  In addition to lowering cardiovascular risk factors such as blood pressure
  
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• Stormy Daniels wore bulletproof vest to Trump trial, lawyer says

  15-05-2024 20:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSEPH WILKINSON | [email protected] | New York Daily News
  Stormy Daniels wore a bulletproof vest under her outfits while she was testifying at former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan, her lawyer said.
  The former adult film star was “paralyzed” with fear ahead of the proceedings, attorney Clark Brewster said Monday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360°.”
  “She was concerned about the security co
  
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• Massive manhunt under way in France for prison-break gang

  15-05-2024 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By John Leicester | Associated Press
  PARIS — A massive search was underway in France on Wednesday for armed assailants who ambushed a prison convoy, killing two prison officers, seriously injuring three others and freeing the inmate they were escorting. The prime minister vowed the gang would be caught, saying, “They will pay.”
  “We are tracking you, we will find you and we will punish you,” Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said in parliament, to applause from lawmakers.
  
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• Medical residents are increasingly avoiding states with abortion restrictions

  15-05-2024 20:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Julie Rovner, Rachana Pradhan | (TNS) KFF Health News
  Isabella Rosario Blum was wrapping up medical school and considering residency programs to become a family practice physician when she got some frank advice: If she wanted to be trained to provide abortions, she shouldn’t stay in Arizona.
  Blum turned to programs mostly in states where abortion access — and, by extension, abortion training — is likely to remain protected, like California, Colorado, and New Mexico. Arizona has
  
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• Biden calls for presidential debates starting June 27 — and Trump agrees

  15-05-2024 20:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Dave Goldiner | New York Daily News
  President Biden Wednesday called for two high-profile presidential debates starting with a clash on CNN in the network’s Atlanta studios on June 27 — and former President Trump quickly agreed.
  “I’ll be there,” Trump told Fox News. “Look forward to being in beautiful Atlanta.”
  The two rivals quickly agreed to the first debate after feisty Biden issued a challenge to square off against Trump next month in an early mornin
  
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• Forget ringing the button for the nurse. Patients now stay connected by wearing one

  15-05-2024 20:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News
  Patients admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital get a monitoring device about the size of a half-dollar affixed to their chest — and an unwitting role in the expanding use of artificial intelligence in health care.
  The slender, battery-powered gadget, called a BioButton, records vital signs including heart and breathing rates, then wirelessly sends the readings to nurses sitting in a 24-hour control room elsewhere in the hospital or in their homes. The dev
  
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• Energy drinks can lead to serious heart issues in kids and teens, health experts say

  15-05-2024 20:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Carlton Gillespie | Miami Herald (TNS)
  Hennessy Sepulveda thought she was going to die.
  “I began dissociating as I was driving. I was 10 minutes away from my house. My vision started warping and the lights were hitting me really bright,” she said. “I felt my chest pounding, I felt a wave of panic hit me — I knew something was wrong.”
  Sepulveda, a Florida International University student who was 19 at the time, was admitted to the hospital, and was surprised by the c
  
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• Preakness Stakes preview: How to watch and what to expect

  15-05-2024 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  The Preakness Stakes will have a Triple Crown possibility on the line when Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan runs in the field of eight horses Saturday in the 149th rendition of the race.
  Mystik Dan is coming off winning the Derby by a nose in that race’s closest finish since 1947. Bob Baffert-trained Imagination and Brad Cox’s Catching Freedom appear to be the most formidable challenges in the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Muth, who opened as the favorite, was scra
  
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• After announcing more job cuts, Tesla rallies investors to vote for Elon Musk’s $56B pay package

  15-05-2024 19:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By Dana Hull and Anders Melin
  Tesla Inc. is looking to woo its unusually large base of retail investors to get approval for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package.
  To help lead that drive, the company’s board has hired a strategic adviser, according to a person familiar with the matter. To bolster the campaign, the adviser is working with an outside law firm, the person said.
  The adviser has set up a dedicated Vote Tesla website to encourage participation among r
  
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• Rent growth outstrips wages in most US metros, new report shows

  15-05-2024 19:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By Anna Helhoski | NerdWallet
  If you rent your home in a major metro area, chances are you already know this hard truth: Your pay raises aren’t keeping up with your rent hikes.
  A new analysis released on Tuesday by the rental website StreetEasy and its parent company Zillow found that rent growth has surpassed wage growth in 44 out of the 50 largest U.S. metros since before the pandemic. The report analyzed rental data from both company sites as well as wage growth data from the Bureau of
  
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