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• Sam Rubin, KTLA 5 entertainment reporter, dies at 64

  10-05-2024 21:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Sam Rubin, one of the most recognizable and likable entertainment reporters in the business and a fixture on the KTLA Morning News since 1991, died Friday at age 64.
  TMZ reported that Rubin suffered a fatal heart attack Friday morning. A KTLA source told Variety that Rubin died at his home in Brentwood.
  KTLA technology reporter Rich DeMuro wrote on X that he is “in absolute shock.” He posted a picture of himself with Rubin and wrote, “Thinking the most of your family right now.
  
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• Resort at Pelican Hill switching to Marriott management, St. Regis brand

  24-05-2024 18:15 via ocregister.com
  
  The Irvine Co. will turn over day-to-day management of its Resort at Pelican Hill to Marriott International, with the luxury hotel eventually joining the St. Regis brand.
  The Newport Beach oceanview resort — with 204 rooms, 128 villas and two golf courses—  is the Orange County real estate giant’s only remaining hotel. It has been run independently of any chain since its opening in 2008.
  Irvine Co. announced that the operational switch, which does not change Irvine Co. own
  
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• Get a delicious scoop of a traditional treat at this new Turkish ice cream shop in Long Beach

  24-05-2024 18:04 via ocregister.com
  
  A cool scoop of Turkish culture has arrived in Long Beach with the opening of a new ice cream shop where authentic flavors meet a bit of showmanship.
  Galata Ice Cream and Desserts is a new Turkish ice cream shop that will hold its grand opening on Saturday, May 25 in Long Beach’s Belmont Shore neighborhood.
  “It’s the ice cream of the Turkish people. For more than a thousand years we’ve made it. We only use original cow milk and goat milk and we never use gelatin or chemic
  
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• All eyes on FA Cup final and Erik ten Hag’s future at Manchester United

  24-05-2024 18:01 via ocregister.com
  
  MANCHESTER, England — Change is happening at pace at Manchester United.
  Where manager Erik ten Hag fits into that picture is uncertain.
  Ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup final against Manchester City, he avoided ongoing speculation about his position.
  “I am just focusing on the job I have to do and that is, first, win the game on Saturday, and then we are in the project and keep going in the project,” Ten Hag said Thursday.
  If the Cup final ultimately determines his future, then
  
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• Irvine’s park system again ranked best among California cities

  24-05-2024 17:42 via ocregister.com
  
  For the second year running, Irvine’s park system ranked fourth in the U.S. and best in California among America’s 100 largest cities, according to a new report by the Trust for Public Land, a nonprofit that surveys and advocates for access to the outdoors.
  While Irvine’s fourth-place finish ties its 2023 rank, the Trust for Public Land says the city is poised for improvement as it makes progress toward its Great Park vision.
  Further north, the city has also committed to preser
  
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• Marine veteran opens modern speakeasy inside Buena Park American Legion Post

  24-05-2024 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  With more than 12,000 locations in the United States and overseas, American Legion posts offer retired or active duty military a dedicated space to drink, eat and be merry. But many such spots feature staid interiors of fluorescent lighting and cheap drop ceilings that hardly merit commendation.
  Enter Son Lam, a 41-year-old retired U.S. Marine gunnery sergeant and graduate of the USC Marshall School of Business, who transformed a portion of Buena Park Post 354 into a hidden speakeasy worthy of a
  
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• Anaheim nearing deal to acquire another Beach Boulevard motel

  24-05-2024 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim is nearing a deal to buy a Beach Boulevard motel and convert it into an affordable housing development, combining it with neighboring former motel sites the city already owns.
  It’s part of the city’s efforts to revitalize the Beach Boulevard corridor in West Anaheim, which has been in decline for years and seen an increase in illicit activity. The city has long sought to buy the Rainbow Inn motel at 831 S. Beach Blvd., but previous attempts haven’t been successful.
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• Memorial Day: A bond shared over Marine service unites veterans in a mission to remember

  24-05-2024 17:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Retired Marine Maj. Billy Hall was surrounded by Costa Mesa High students listening intently as he told them what it was like to be a teenage radioman and tail gunner aboard bombers during World War II.
  Next to him was a photo of his younger self, when at 15 in 1941 he went to boot camp at Marine Recruit Depot San Diego. Hall, who earned a Bronze Star among other distinguished medals, is believed to be the last living veteran to have enlisted before Pearl Harbor and see combat action in World Wa
  
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• Schedule III could boost legal weed

  24-05-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Since marijuana is legal in California — has been for years — the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug is no big deal for weed purveyors and consumers in the Golden State, right?
  And there’s where you would be incorrect.
  Because it’s precisely the current federal regulations’ stranglehold on how cannabis growers and shops can do business that is one of the key reasons their industry hasn’t taken off as once
  
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• HOA Homefront: 18 things I wish all HOA members knew 

  24-05-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  This is the second in a five-part series on HOA need-to-know items.
  1. HOA living involves a tradeoff of independence in exchange for the benefits the HOA provides. Someone unwilling to trust others to make decisions and who must personally make all decisions is probably not cut out for HOA living. The board makes decisions about maintenance and repair of the common areas so members don’t have to worry about it.
  2. There is no “us” and “them” – only “us.
  
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• Documentary filmmaker of ‘Super Size Me,’ Morgan Spurlock, dies at 53

  24-05-2024 16:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK KENNEDY (AP Entertainment Writer)
  NEW YORK (AP) — Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee whose most famous work skewered American food and diets and who notably ate only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53.
  Spurlock died Thursday in New York from complications of cancer, according to a statement issued Friday by his family.
  “It was a sad day, as we said goodbye to my brother Morgan,” Craig S
  
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• WSL surf contest at Teahupo’o, Tahiti gives glimpse into upcoming Olympics

  24-05-2024 16:35 via ocregister.com
  
  For the surfers ready to take on the beautiful, beastly wave called Teahupo’o, riding inside the deep barrel could mean the thrill of their life – or a dangerous dance with disaster.
  Top competitive surfers from around the world, including a handful of athletes from Southern California, are gearing up for the Tahiti Pro, considered the most coveted and feared stops on the World Surf League’s World Tour. It’s a pounding, expert-only barrel that showcases the talent –
  
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• Orange County No. 1, and San Diego No. 3 for home-price hikes in US

  24-05-2024 16:24 via ocregister.com
  
  “How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market.
  The pain: Southern California house hunters are facing two of the nation’s largest home-price increases.
  The source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed April’s home price indexes from First American Data & Analytics, which tracks 30 major US markets, including four in Southern California. The data also offers some intriguing insights into what’s boosting prices.
  The pinch
  
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• What is in-flight turbulence, and when does it become dangerous for passengers and crews?

  24-05-2024 16:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS
  The Associated Press
  NEW YORK — The death of a British man and injuries impacting dozens of other people aboard a Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence recently highlighted the potential dangers of flying through unstable air.
  The exact cause of the 73-year-old man’s death is under investigation. Based on witness accounts, the number of injuries and the airliner’s sharp descent on Tuesday, May 21, experts point to the significant safety
  
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• Long life, long love and long service, for this we say Bravo!

  24-05-2024 16:11 via ocregister.com
  
  OC resident turns 104
  Dorothy (Dottie) Powell, a longtime resident of Orange County, recently celebrated her 104th birthday with a party at her home at Carmel Village senior living community in Fountain Valley. She’s the oldest resident living there, says her family, pointing out that she’s still very social and “as sharp as an Irish tack.”
  Dorothy Powell is surrounded by balloons at her 104th birthday celebration March 24 at Carmel Village senior living community in Foun
  
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• A city honors service, a public servant achieves and more reasons to say Bravo!

  24-05-2024 16:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Laguna Beach police captain graduates from FBI National Academy
  Laguna Beach Police Department Capt. David Dereszynski has graduated as a member of the 289th session of the FBI National Academy. He is the eighth officer in the department’s history to successfully complete this prestigious program. Nationally, less than 1% of police officers have the opportunity to attend the program.
  Laguna Beach Police Department Capt. David Dereszynski, right, and FBI Director Christopher A. Wray. Deresz
  
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• Ham-fisted bills threaten California’s tech leadership

  24-05-2024 16:01 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO – While christening a new UCLA technology and research center in January, Gov. Gavin Newsom let loose with some fairly typical rhetoric about California’s leading-edge role in tech development: “California is the epicenter of global innovation – from the creation of the internet to the dominance of artificial intelligence, humanity’s future happens here first.”
  Yet for the so-called epicenter of innovation, our state certainly doesn’t give inn
  
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• UC Irvine scientists find ‘Doomsday Glacier’ in Antarctica melting faster than expected

  24-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The so-called “doomsday” ice sheet of Antarctica – the Thwaites Glacier – is melting faster than previously believed, one of several recent changes in ice formation throughout the southern hemisphere that are prompting experts to rethink projections about how much, and how fast, the oceans are rising, according to two reports released this month.
  One of those reports is a new study, involving a team of glacier experts led by researchers at UC Irvine. It shows how comparat
  
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• OC’s rehab industry continues to be targeted by feds for alleged fraud

  24-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)
  The U.S. Department of Justice continues its crackdown on fraud in Orange County’s addiction treatment industry, arresting a “patient intake coordinator” on a federal grand jury indictment alleging he conspired to pay illegal kickbacks to “body brokers” in exchange for heads-in-beds, i.e., new patients.
  Those patients would receive thousands of dollars for agreeing to enter treatment as well, according to the indictment.
  Luis Guerrero, 53,
  
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• Mother blames son’s suicide on work harassment at VA Loma Linda, files $5 million lawsuit

  24-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The mother of a VA Loma Linda Healthcare System irrigation technician who died by suicide in 2022, purportedly after enduring more than three years of harassment and retaliation at work, has filed a federal lawsuit seeking more than $5 million in damages.
  Sharon L. Sperry of Sedona, Arizona, alleges in the U.S. District Court suit that “countless complaints” from her son, Ryan Joseph Sperry, and other VA Loma Linda employees regarding grounds supervisor Martin Robles were ignored, ex
  
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• Feds continue targeting alleged fraud in OC’s rehab industry

  24-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)
  The U.S. Department of Justice continues its crackdown on fraud in Orange County’s addiction treatment industry, arresting a “patient intake coordinator” on a federal grand jury indictment alleging he conspired to pay illegal kickbacks to “body brokers” in exchange for heads-in-beds, i.e., new patients.
  Those patients would receive thousands of dollars for agreeing to enter treatment as well, according to the indictment.
  Luis Guerrero, 53,
  
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• ‘Doomsday Glacier’ in Antarctica melting faster than expected, UC Irvine scientists find

  24-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The so-called “doomsday” ice sheet of Antarctica – the Thwaites Glacier – is melting faster than previously believed, one of several recent changes in ice formation throughout the southern hemisphere that are prompting experts to rethink projections about how much, and how fast, the oceans are rising, according to two reports released this month.
  One of those reports is a new study, involving a team of glacier experts led by researchers at UC Irvine. It shows how comparat
  
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• Bravo! for these student achievers and supporters of education

  24-05-2024 15:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange Lutheran High School junior named 2024 District 40 art competition winner
  Orange Lutheran High School junior Mary Jane Pfaff of Tustin was named the winner of the Congressional Art Competition for California’s 40th District. Her artwork, “Gazing Through the Lens of Perception,” is a detailed oil painting that symbolizes multiple viewpoints that highlight the elusive nature of perception.
  U.S. Rep. Young Kim (CA-40) hosted a reception at the Hilbert Museum of California A
  
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• Singer Sean Kingston arrested on San Bernardino County Army base; charged with fraud

  24-05-2024 15:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By TERRY SPENCER (Associated Press)
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Singer Sean Kingston was arrested in California on fraud charges Thursday, several hours after a SWAT team raided his rented South Florida mansion and carted away a van load of items.
  The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said Kingston was arrested without incident on a Florida warrant in the area of Fort Irwin, an Army base in the desert in San Bernardino County.
  Earlier in the day, Broward detectives arrested his 61-yea
  
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• Chilly “unofficial” start of summer could mean beach bummer

  24-05-2024 15:35 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’re headed to the beach to kick off the holiday weekend, make sure you pack a sweater with your sunscreen and beach towels – it will be a chilly start to the holiday weekend.
  Memorial Day typically marks the “unofficial” start of summer, a time when people start thinking about beach days and barbecues, a warm up as kids are set free for summer break.
  But this holiday weekend will kick off with a thick marine layer lingering Friday and Saturday, an abundance of cloud
  
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• After nearly dying, 10 rehabbed brown pelicans are released into the wild

  24-05-2024 15:24 via ocregister.com
  
  They came in starved, on the brink of death and in dire need of help. But after weeks of being fed and cared for, several California brown pelicans were ready to go back into the wild on Thursday, May 23.
  Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center officials released the 10 brown pelicans off the beach in Corona del Mar – the birds spread their wings while standing on the rock jetty, then soared off over the ocean as they got a second chance at life.
  The release is a hopeful sign for the pelican pop
  
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• She had a transponder on the windshield — but was still charged as if she didn’t

  24-05-2024 15:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. Hi Honk. I received a toll violation notice from the 91 Express Lanes concerning four tolls from last month. The tolls were for about $20 in total, but the bill, which we received in the mail, is now for $119.75 because of supposed violations. That shocked me. I called up and was told the officials had no record of us. But we keep an old transponder in the glove box, and I put it on the windshield when we went to Texas Roadhouse in Corona – they have good steaks. I did think to myself,
  
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• What to plant, prune and protect in the garden this week

  24-05-2024 15:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Five things to do in the garden this week:
  1. For an attractive indoor or patio plant, grow a date palm from seed. The seedling that sprouts will grow slowly and will require increasing doses of sunlight as it develops. After eating a date, you can usually sprout its seed easily enough. Seeds from fresh dates are easier to sprout than those from dried ones, but both types are likely to germinate. Soak the seeds in water for 72 hours, changing the water once a day. Then dunk some peat moss in wat
  
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• Angel City FC and San Diego Wave FC play to a scoreless draw

  24-05-2024 06:52 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The early stages of the Angel City FC-San Diego Wave FC rivalry has proven to be difficult to call, like a tightly-contested election race.
  Entering the first meeting of the 2024 season on Thursday night, each team had three wins and two draws.
  In front of 19,103 at BMO Stadium, two of the league’s less-than-lethal offenses battled to a scoreless draw in a match that saved its best nervous moments for the late stages. The draw leaves Angel City with a 1-2-1 record at ho
  
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• UCLA softball opens Super Regional series with shutout of Georgia

  24-05-2024 06:13 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Maya Brady homered twice and scored three runs to lead the UCLA softball team to a 8-0 victory over Georgia in six innings on Thursday night in the Los Angeles Super Regional at Easton Stadium.
  The sixth-seeded Bruins will continue the best-of-three series with Game 2 against the 11th-seeded Bulldogs on Friday at 7 p.m. Game 3, if necessary, would be Saturday.
  UCLA freshman lefty Kaitlyn Terry pitched a complete six innings and gave up four hits, walked three and struck out f
  
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