• Senate Bill 9 hits a legal road bump

    Senate Bill 9 hits a legal road bump
    One part of California’s efforts to reduce its housing crisis is going to take a little longer.
    The landmark 2021 housing law Senate Bill 9 hit a road bump in court.
    Simply put, Senate Bill 9 allows owners of single-family-zoned lots to subdivide their lots and build two homes per lot. As explained by editorial board member Steven Greenhut in 2021, “This is a decidedly market solution. Free markets mean that individual investors decide what to build, not government planning officials
  • Pacifica Christian baseball shut out by Azusa in first CIF-SS championship game

    Pacifica Christian baseball shut out by Azusa in first CIF-SS championship game
    LAKE ELSINORE – The Pacifica Christian baseball team’s starting lineup Saturday included five freshmen, three sophomores and one junior.
    For a CIF Southern Section championship game.
    That youth showed up, and not in the best way.
    Pacifica Christian’s Blake Hayes catches the ball during the CIF-SS Division 8 baseball championship game againstAzusa at Diamond Stadium in Lake Elsinore on Saturday May 18, 2024. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
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  • Sparks come up short 89-82 against the Aces

    Sparks come up short 89-82 against the Aces
    The Sparks fell to 0-2 on the young season and Jackie Young was to blame.
    The Aces guard finished with 22 points and 11 assists to lead Las Vegas to an 89-82 victory over the visiting Sparks on a nationally televised game Saturday afternoon inside the Michelob ULTRA Arena.
    The Sparks shot 51.5% (34 of 66) from the floor, but committed 18 turnovers that led to 25 Aces points.
    Sparks forward Dearica Hamby led all scorers with 29 points on 12-of-16 shooting and collected a team-high nine rebounds a
  • Exhibit looks back on Laguna Woods’ infancy

    Exhibit looks back on Laguna Woods’ infancy
    “Constructing the Village” is a new exhibit that celebrates the first days of what is now Laguna Woods Village at the community’s History Center next to the Village library.
    Artifacts from the early 1960s as well as photographs and mementos offer a time capsule 60 years back to the birth of the Village. The exhibit is the second of three celebrating the community’s milestone 60th anniversary.
    A display cabinet in an exhibit at the Laguna Woods History Center that details
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  • La Mirada artistic swimming coach on U.S. Olympic staff is suspended amid investigation of abuse complaints

    La Mirada artistic swimming coach on U.S. Olympic staff is suspended amid investigation of abuse complaints
    It was a special day, Hiea-Yoon Kang told the group of young athletes she was coaching at La Mirada Aquabelles, one of the nation’s most successful artistic swimming clubs, as they prepared for a practice in 2011.
    It was Kang’s 29th birthday.
    The swimmers, however, found no cause for celebration.
    “She got us in the water and announced that we would be celebrating by doing 29 50s in the lap lane timed on 29 seconds for the 50 yards,” recalled Miranda Marquez, a member of t
  • Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday, May 18

    Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday, May 18
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Saturday, May 18
    Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
    The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
    SATURDAY’S SCORES
    BASEBALL
    CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
    Finals
    DIVISION 8
    Azusa 5, Pacifica Christian 0
     
     
     
  • No charges coming to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs after hotel video, LA County DA says

    No charges coming to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs after hotel video, LA County DA says
    Los Angeles County prosecutors say no charges are forthcoming against rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs after the release of disturbing 2016 surveillance video taken in a Century City hotel, which appears to show the rapper and producer physically assaulting then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
    “We are aware of the video that has been circulating online allegedly depicting Sean Combs assaulting a young woman in Los Angeles,” the District Attorney’s Office said in a statement pos
  • Capital punishment might satisfy retributivist instincts. But it’s still unjust and should be abolished.

    Capital punishment might satisfy retributivist instincts. But it’s still unjust and should be abolished.
    Civil rights groups such as LatinoJustice and Witness to Innocence have filed a petition for the Supreme Court of California to issue a writ of mandate ruling that the death penalty is unconstitutional. Particularly, that the death penalty violates the right to equal protection under the law on the grounds that Blacks and Latinos are significantly more likely to receive the death penalty. 
    Among their arguments, the petitioners claim that the death penalty does not deter crime and that inst
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  • 4 family members, including minor, suspected in $7,000 in 10 retail thefts across 3 counties

    4 family members, including minor, suspected in $7,000 in 10 retail thefts across 3 counties
    Four family members were arrested this week on suspicion of committing at least 10 retail thefts in Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties, totaling more than $7,000 worth of losses, authorities said.
    Riverside County Sheriff’s Department detectives began investigating on April 24, after deputies were called to a business in the 32100 block of Temecula Parkway and learned that multiple suspects had stolen $1,000 worth of merchandise, sheriff’s officials said Friday, May 1
  • 4 family members, including minor, suspected in 10 retail thefts totaling $11K across 3 counties

    4 family members, including minor, suspected in 10 retail thefts totaling $11K across 3 counties
    Four family members were arrested this week on suspicion of committing at least 10 retail thefts at clothing stores in Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties, totaling more than $11,000 worth of losses, authorities said.
    Riverside County Sheriff’s Department detectives began investigating on April 24, after deputies were called to a business in the 32100 block of Temecula Parkway and learned that multiple suspects had stolen $1,000 worth of merchandise, sheriff’s official
  •  Thunderplump and blatherskite! What would we do without words?

     Thunderplump and blatherskite! What would we do without words?
    Let’s face it, without words where would we be? Gratefully, they do exist, and from time to time, a word or group of words becomes newsworthy.
    Here’s the latest “what’s what” about words.
    Two years ago, a word game that Josh Wardle developed for his girlfriend became an overnight success. Six months later, The New York Times acquired it for a seven-figure sum and Wordle took off like gangbusters.
    Tens of millions play the game of guessing a five-letter word in six a
  • Man City, Arsenal, Klopp brace for Premier League finales

    Man City, Arsenal, Klopp brace for Premier League finales
    Manchester City is bidding to make history. Jurgen Klopp is bidding farewell.
    The English Premier League is heading toward a dramatic and emotional finale on Sunday, with the title race between Man City – seeking an unprecedented fourth straight top-flight championship – and Arsenal going to the wire and taking center stage on an afternoon when goals and tears usually flow.
    Many of those tears will likely come at Anfield where Klopp, the eccentric German who has bestrode the league f
  • Have some fun, enjoy some snuggling with poodle mix Camilo

    Have some fun, enjoy some snuggling with poodle mix Camilo
    Breed: Poodle mix
    Age: 9 years
    Sex: Neutered male
    Size: 16 pounds
    Camelo’s story: Senior pets can be the best – Camilo sure is! This snuggle bunny is so happy just being next to you. He’ll stick by your side, whether you’re cuddling on the couch or just hanging out. He loves walks and playing with toys. He’s house-trained, crate-trained and an all-around happy guy. Looking for love? Look no further.
    Adoption cost: $325
    Adoption procedure:  Complete the required
  • Anatolian shepherd mix Rabbit is playful and full of fun

    Anatolian shepherd mix Rabbit is playful and full of fun
    Breed: Anatolian shepherd mix
    Age: 13 months
    Sex: Spayed female
    Rabbit’s story: Rabbit was rescued from a high-kill shelter and was quite shy. She has grown into a typical, playful puppy who gets along with other dogs. Because of her puppy enthusiasm and size, Rabbit would do best in a home with kids 8 or older. She gets her name from her jumping through the grass and hopping over anything in her path. This fun girl is fully vaccinated and microchipped.
    Adoption cost: $495
    Adoption procedu
  • 3.5 million acres of Mojave Desert where military trains designated state’s first Sentinel Landscape

    3.5 million acres of Mojave Desert where military trains designated state’s first Sentinel Landscape
    Millions of acres of the Mojave Desert, home to five military bases and at least 40 protected species, including the desert tortoise and Joshua trees, will have more protection thanks to a designation as California’s first Sentinel Landscape.
    The 3.5 million acres located north of Los Angeles and the Inland Empire received the distinction this week in an announcement from the Sentinel Landscape Partnership, a collaboration between the departments of Defense, Agriculture and Interior that w
  • New design for lifeguard tower at Moss Beach unveiled as access reopens

    New design for lifeguard tower at Moss Beach unveiled as access reopens
    A lifeguard tower that once concerned neighbors at Moss Street Beach for being “too industrial looking ” in a small cove known for its steep cliffs and surrounding historic homes is now being celebrated as something that will add beauty to an already picturesque scene.
    On Friday, May 17, residents and city and state officials were at Moss Cove to unveil the new tower design, called “Smooth Roll Blues,” a copy of a surf break photographed by Breck Rothage several years ago
  • Houseplant 101: What you need to know about keeping your indoor garden healthy

    Houseplant 101: What you need to know about keeping your indoor garden healthy
    Q. How do I keep my houseplants looking good? They always look nice right after I bring them home, but soon after the leaves start turning brown at the tips.
    Most houseplants are tropical, so they thrive in full, but indirect, sun and high humidity.  If they don’t get enough sun, they will stop growing. When they aren’t growing, they don’t take up much water. At this point, when you water the roots end up sitting in soggy soil and will rot. Root rot (from overwatering) is
  • Pardon my French toast? After eyeing my meal, I had second thoughts

    Pardon my French toast? After eyeing my meal, I had second thoughts
    It’s amazing how an idea you would reject out of hand during the day can sound inspired at midnight.
    Such was the case with my French toast, one of my favorite late-night snacks because of its portability. It fits easily on a small plate next to my computer when I’m working, and, it is just right on my nighttable if I’m involved in a middle-of-the-night movie.
    Usually one piece is fine and I make it in my small frying pan which I keep on top of the stove for just such occasions
  • The persecution of Donald Trump

    The persecution of Donald Trump
    The prosecution has wrapped up its case against Donald Trump in his New York trial on 34 felony counts of nobody is sure exactly what.
    The 34 counts pertain to allegedly falsifying business records, but that’s not a felony in New York, and the statute of limitations on those misdemeanors expired years ago. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg elevated the misdemeanors to felonies by alleging that they were committed as part of another crime.
    But he never said what crime that might be. P
  • Dow Jones stock index crosses 40,000: Good or bad for California?

    Dow Jones stock index crosses 40,000: Good or bad for California?
    The stock market’s venerable yardstick, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, just made history – crossing 40,000 for the first time.
    Yes, this milestone set Thursday, May 16, is only a brief emotional victory for shareholders. Yet it can be seen as a historical milepost for the broader business climate, especially in California.
    To honor the moment, the trusty spreadsheet reviewed the Dow’s 5,000-point markers and how California fared in those periods using an economic metric (Cal
  • Looking for a low-maintenance tree for your garden? Here are some suggestions

    Looking for a low-maintenance tree for your garden? Here are some suggestions
    Q. We are looking for a tree to replace our large magnolia that provides good shade – in addition to fallen leaves that last an eternity. We’d like a tree that will grow fairly quickly and that will top out at 15 to 25 feet, with a spread of 15 feet, or so. We also need a tree that does not require a lot of maintenance. – Steve Higbee, Banning
    You may wish to replace your existing magnolia — whose “fallen leaves that last an eternity” reveal its identity as a
  • Larry Wilson: Where are GOP candidates like Pete McCloskey?

    Larry Wilson: Where are GOP candidates like Pete McCloskey?
    Everyone’s always saying, and they are not wrong, that the California Republican Party is dead in the water, sinking like a boulder would.
    You know what would make the California Republican Party float, and fly across the water’s surface like an America’s Cup hydrofoil?
    Running more candidates like Pete McCloskey.
    McCloskey, who died last week at 96, was the kind of politician the moribund current CGOP can only dream of.
    Born in Southern California — Loma Linda — he
  • Thousands celebrate Chapman University commencement with keynote speaker, comedian Bill Hader

    Thousands celebrate Chapman University commencement with keynote speaker, comedian Bill Hader
    About 2,500 Chapman University graduates and their families celebrated commencement Friday evening at Wilson Field with cheer, joy and, naturally, laughter to the tune of comedian Bill Hader’s keynote speech.
    But before the actor and comedian shared his remarks, the night began with gratitude as the Class of 2024 recalled starting college remotely during a global pandemic.
    Tony Bautista graduates from Chapman University at Wilson Field in Orange on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Photo by Drew A. K
  • Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (May 9-16)

    Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (May 9-16)
    Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from May 9 to May 16.
    100% Natural, 12893 Harbor Blvd., Suite C-2, Garden GroveClosed: May 14
    Reason: Cockroach infestationDunkin’ Donuts, 15482 Goldenwest St., WestminsterClosed: May 14
    Reason: Insufficient hot water
    Reopened: May 14Wienerschnitzel, 101 N. State College Blvd., AnaheimClosed: May 13
    Reason: Cockroach infestation
    Reopened: May 14Euclid Liquor, 1151 N. Euclid St., Sui
  • What’s trending in industrial space? Automation in towering cold storage boxes

    What’s trending in industrial space? Automation in towering cold storage boxes
    I’ve been a proud member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors since 2018.
    The trade group’s semi-annual conferences are epic; the destinations are glorious; the education is unparalleled; and the networking unsurpassed!
    A little background on SIOR: The organization has been around for 80 years, a global office and industrial real estate association. It has 3,900 members in more than 50 countries.
    I returned from a spring’s gathering last week, and I’ve now had
  • Stranded in the ER, seniors await hospital care and suffer avoidable harm

    Stranded in the ER, seniors await hospital care and suffer avoidable harm
    By Judith Graham, KFF Health News
    Every day, the scene plays out in hospitals across America: Older men and women lie on gurneys in emergency room corridors moaning or suffering silently as harried medical staff attend to crises.
    Even when physicians determine these patients need to be admitted to the hospital, they often wait for hours — sometimes more than a day — in the ER in pain and discomfort, not getting enough food or water, not moving around, not being helped to the bathroom
  • Pacifica softball knocks off Orange Lutheran to repeat as CIF-SS Division 1 champion

    Pacifica softball knocks off Orange Lutheran to repeat as CIF-SS Division 1 champion
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowOrange Lutheran center fielder Kai Minor makes a running catch to rob Pacifica’s Annika Sogsti of a homerun in the championship game of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs in Irvine on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)
    IRVINE — Orange County’s top two softball teams in the rankings met on the diamond Friday night to settle local bragging rights and the CIF-SS Divi
  • Shohei Othani leads the Dodgers to win on his day in L.A.

    Shohei Othani leads the Dodgers to win on his day in L.A.
    LOS ANGELES — Friday morning, Shohei Ohtani, Dave Roberts and other members of the Dodgers’ organization were at city hall where the Los Angeles City Council declared May 17 “Shohei Ohtani Day” in L.A. for as long as Ohtani plays for the Dodgers.
    Before the game Friday night, Ohtani was asked jokingly if there were any special traditions he would like to establish for Ohtani Day. He played along and laughed off suggestions of gift exchanges or special decorations.
    Asked w
  • Shohei Ohtani leads the Dodgers to win on his day in L.A.

    Shohei Ohtani leads the Dodgers to win on his day in L.A.
    LOS ANGELES — Friday morning, Shohei Ohtani, Dave Roberts and other members of the Dodgers’ organization were at city hall where the Los Angeles City Council declared May 17 “Shohei Ohtani Day” in L.A. for as long as Ohtani plays for the Dodgers.
    Before the game Friday night, Ohtani was asked jokingly if there were any special traditions he would like to establish for Ohtani Day. He played along and laughed off suggestions of gift exchanges or special decorations.
    Asked w
  • Cal State Fullerton softball edged by Mississippi State in NCAA regional opener

    Cal State Fullerton softball edged by Mississippi State in NCAA regional opener
    STANFORD — The Cal State Fullerton softball team never could get the timely hit it needed and lost to Mississippi State, 1-0, in its opener at the NCAA Stanford Regional on Friday.
    The Titans, who left eight runners on base, will face Saint Mary’s in an elimination game on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. If Fullerton wins that game, it will play again at 7 p.m. against the loser of the afternoon game between Stanford and Mississippi State.
    Fullerton pitcher Haley Rainey silenced the Bulldogs i

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