• Sentencing for mother of San Bernardino terrorist attack shooter is postponed

    Sentencing for mother of San Bernardino terrorist attack shooter is postponed
    The sentencing for Rafia Farook in her evidence-destruction case that was scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4, has been postponed to Dec. 14 because her attorney has symptoms of COVID-19.
    Farook, also known as Rafia Sultana Shareef, pleaded guilty on March 16 to shredding a map drawn by son Syed Rizwan Farook in advance of the Dec. 2, 2015, San Bernardino terrorist attack.
    The siege on the San Bernardino County Division of Environmental Health holiday party and training session at the Inland Regional C
  • Photos: Westminster School District celebrates Olympics tradition with student athletes

    Photos: Westminster School District celebrates Olympics tradition with student athletes
     
    Students fromWarner Middle School move disks with a broom at the hockey station during the annual Special Olympics event held at Anderson Elementary School in Garden Grove on Friday, April 26, 2024. Teams comprising of approximately 40 students from across the district took part in events including: hockey, parachute toss, soccer, hopping and jumping jacks. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
    Students at Anderson Elementary School in Garden Grove hold signs as they chee
  • NFL draft: Rams trade up, take Florida State DT Braden Fiske in 2nd round

    NFL draft: Rams trade up, take Florida State DT Braden Fiske in 2nd round
    HERMOSA BEACH — The Rams were not satisfied with one member of the Florida State defense after selecting Jared Verse in the first round on Thursday. To open the second day of the NFL draft, the Rams traded up to take Seminole defensive tackle Braden Fiske with the 39th overall pick in the second round.
    To move up 13 spots from No. 52, the Rams traded a 2024 fifth-round pick (No. 155) and their 2025 second-round selection to the Carolina Panthers.
    Fiske, 24, is a 6-foot-4, 292-pound pr
  • Stagecoach 2024: High-winds kick up dust and cowboy hats

    Stagecoach 2024: High-winds kick up dust and cowboy hats
    The Stagecoach Country Music Festival is back at the Empire Polo Club in Indio and its first day included some unusual weather for the three-day event, with high winds and cooler temperatures. Festivalgoers often experience hot and dry weather throughout the weekend.
    The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued a windblown dust advisory on Thursday. The report warns that gusty winds are expected to cause periods of elevated particle pollution levels in the San Gorgonio Pass area and th
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  • NFL draft: Chargers trade up to take WR Ladd McConkey in 2nd round

    NFL draft: Chargers trade up to take WR Ladd McConkey in 2nd round
    COSTA MESA — The Chargers got their wide receiver, after all.
    They traded up to select wide receiver Ladd McConkey out of the University of Georgia with the 34th selection in the NFL draft on Friday, swapping two picks with the New England Patriots. The Chargers got the 34th and 137th selections and sent the Patriots the 37th and 110th picks.
    McConkey will be a key addition to a thin wide receiver corps that lost veterans Keenan Allen and Mike Williams as salary cap casualties last month.
  • Lakers hoping they can flip the script, avoid being swept by Nuggets again

    Lakers hoping they can flip the script, avoid being swept by Nuggets again
    EL SEGUNDO — Even though the details in each game of the first-round playoff series between the Lakers and the Denver Nuggets differ slightly, the bigger picture feels the same.
    The Lakers start strong with defensive intensity and pace in both the halfcourt and in transition, helping them get out to first-quarter leads and have an advantage at halftime. But then the Nuggets come roaring back en route to a victory.
    It happened in Game 1, a 114-103 Nuggets victory last weekend in Denver in w
  • VA Loma Linda blamed for serious staffing shortages at outpatient clinics

    VA Loma Linda blamed for serious staffing shortages at outpatient clinics
    The VA Loma Linda Healthcare System failed to provide oversight for a company that encountered serious staffing shortages after assuming management of five outpatient clinics in October 2021, forcing a staggering number of patients to be referred to outside physicians for care, according to a new federal report.
    The 40-page report, released this week by the VA’s Office of Inspector General, said that in 2022 VA Loma Linda made 992 referrals from its clinics in Rancho Cucamonga, Corona, Mur
  • Anaheim’s resort-area buses get new solar-powered charging facility

    Anaheim’s resort-area buses get new solar-powered charging facility
    The Anaheim Transportation Network, the transit agency that runs buses in the city’s resort district, on Friday opened the first-of-its-kind, solar-powered charging facility in the county to power its fleet of battery electric buses and vans.
    The charging hub, located east of the 5 Freeway off of South Claudina Street, expands the agency’s ability to charge its electric vehicles as its leaders plan to buy more in the coming years.
    “We’re extremely proud of it,” ATN
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  • Wild ending to baseball’s regular season, now it’s time for CIF-SS playoffs

    Wild ending to baseball’s regular season, now it’s time for CIF-SS playoffs
    The final week of the high school baseball regular season was a dramatic one.
    Now it’s on to the playoffs. The brackets for the eight CIF Southern Section playoff divisions will be released Monday at 10 a.m.
    Some basics on the baseball playoffs: teams are automatic qualifiers for the playoffs if they finish among the top two teams in a four-team league, top three in five- and six-team leagues, and top four in seven- and eight-team leagues; teams can apply for an at-large berth if their ove
  • Stagecoach 2024: See photos of musicians, fans from Day 1 of country festival

    Stagecoach 2024: See photos of musicians, fans from Day 1 of country festival
    From the music to the fans, here’s everything we say during Day 1 of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Friday, April 26.
    Riley Accurso, of San Diego, line dances at Diplo’s Honkytonk during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., on Friday, April 26, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Contributing Photographer)
    The L.A. Wranglers Dance Troupe performs at Diplo’s Honkytonk during the Stagecoach
  • Stagecoach 2024: Photos from Day 1 of the country music festival

    Stagecoach 2024: Photos from Day 1 of the country music festival
    Country music fans came from as close as Murrieta and as far away as Belgium to be part of Day 1 of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. Festival goers, decked out in denim, cowboy hats and boots, showed off their line dancing expertise across the grounds.
    Here are photos of everything we saw during Day 1 of the sold out country music festival on Friday, April 26.
    Riley Accurso, of San Diego, line dances at Diplo’s Honkytonk during the Stagecoach Country
  • Chargers top draft pick Joe Alt makes an imposing first impression

    Chargers top draft pick Joe Alt makes an imposing first impression
    COSTA MESA — Joe Alt dwarfed the press room podium during his introductory news conference on Friday at the Chargers’ headquarters. He was nearly as tall as the powder blue backdrop with the team’s logo and its car sponsor splashed across it. His new lightning bolt cap barely fit atop his head.
    Standing 6-foot-9 and weighing 321 pounds, Alt was a commanding presence as he met with the Chargers’ coaching staff, toured the facility, spoke with reporters and posed for photos
  • Famed 125-mile Newport to Ensenada race brings legacy, competition and fun on the water

    Famed 125-mile Newport to Ensenada race brings legacy, competition and fun on the water
    The winds were strong, the weather favorable and the competition on the water was fierce for the iconic Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race.
    An estimated 146 boats departed from the start line off the Balboa Pier on Friday, April 26, for the 125-mile jaunt now in its 76th year. About 20 boats were signed up to do a shorter course that ends in San Diego.
    Sailboats gather near the Balboa Pier as they prepare to start the 76th Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race in Newport Beach,
  • Mater Dei hires former college coach Jody Wynn as its girls basketball coach

    Mater Dei hires former college coach Jody Wynn as its girls basketball coach
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMater Dei has hired Jody Wynn, a former collegiate coach with strong ties to the program and Orange County, as its new girls basketball coach.
    The Monarchs announced the hiring Friday. The former Long Beach State and Washington women’s basketball coach will replace Kevin Kiernan, who resigned after last season.
    Wynn, a former standout player at Brea Olinda, joined Kiernan’s staff this past sea
  • Mater Dei close to hiring former college coach Jody Wynn as girls basketball coach

    Mater Dei close to hiring former college coach Jody Wynn as girls basketball coach
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowMater Dei is close to ending its search for a new girls basketball coach.
    The replacement for Kevin Kiernan, who resigned after last season, will likely be former Brea Olinda High standout and ex-college coach Jody Wynn, who was an assistant for the Monarchs in 2023-24.
    Wynn previously was the head coach for the women’s basketball teams at Long Beach State and Washington.
    Wynn joined Kiernan’s
  • USC signs women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb to extension through 2030

    USC signs women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb to extension through 2030
    LOS ANGELES – As she watched proudly from the sidelines in Las Vegas in March, tears and confetti and hugs melding together on the postgame hardwood in one post-Pac-12-championship mishmash, JuJu Watkins’ mother Sari offered a definitive take on the coach who’d brought USC here.
    “I think Lindsay (Gottlieb),” Sari Watkins pondered, “is the best coach in the NCAA. Because she gives herself space to grow, and her approach is very open – in the development p
  • OCDE Superintendent Al Mijares announces retirement amid cancer diagnosis

    OCDE Superintendent Al Mijares announces retirement amid cancer diagnosis
    After 12 years of serving as the Orange County Department of Education’s superintendent, Al Mijares will retire at the end of June.
    Mijares announced his retirement on Friday, April 26, citing medical reasons and the advice of doctors. Only a few days ago, Mijares had said he was optimistic he would return to his job in August. He has been on medical leave since August 2023.
    “After extensive discussions with my medical team and my family, as well as considerable prayer, it has become
  • Jerry Seinfeld says Netflix Pop-Tart film ‘Unfrosted’ is his ‘Fabelmans’

    Jerry Seinfeld says Netflix Pop-Tart film ‘Unfrosted’ is his ‘Fabelmans’
    By Jake Coyle | The Associated Press
    Jerry Seinfeld has been responsible for more movies than you think.
    Yes, he co-wrote and lent his voice to 2007’s “Bee Movie.” But before that, “Seinfeld” — where going to the movies, with or without the aid of Moviefone, was nearly as regular a destination as the coffee shop — gave birth to dozens of (fake) films. “Rochelle, Rochelle.” “Prognosis Negative.” “Sack Lunch.”
    But nearly
  • After two surgeries, Galaxy defender Jalen Neal ready to get back to action

    After two surgeries, Galaxy defender Jalen Neal ready to get back to action
    Jalen Neal is at the end of the long road back.
    Neal, who made his first team debut last season with the Galaxy, played 16 games and was selected to the USMNT roster for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. However, his season was shortened after suffering an injury with the U.S. and after two games back with the Galaxy, he was sidelined for the remainder of the season.
    First, it was a hernia surgery, late last season and before the start of this season, he underwent another surgery.
    However, after recovery,
  • US will send more Patriot systems in Ukraine aid package

    US will send more Patriot systems in Ukraine aid package
    By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp | Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will provide Ukraine additional Patriot missiles for its air defense systems as part of a massive $6 billion additional aid package, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Friday.The missiles will be used to replenish previously supplied Patriot air defense systems and are part of a package that also includes more munitions for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, or NASAMS, and additional ge
  • Biden administration shelves ban on menthol cigarettes

    Biden administration shelves ban on menthol cigarettes
    By Matthew Perrone and Zeke Miller | Associated Press
    WASHINGTON — For the second time in recent months, President Joe Biden’s administration has delayed a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, a decision that is certain to infuriate anti-smoking advocates but could avoid angering Black voters ahead of November elections.
    In a statement Friday, Biden’s top health official gave no timeline for issuing the rule, saying only that the administration would take more time to consider feedb
  • Berkshire Hathaway to pay $250 million to settle real estate commission lawsuits

    Berkshire Hathaway to pay $250 million to settle real estate commission lawsuits
    By Alex Veiga | The Associated Press
    A real estate company owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to pay $250 million to settle lawsuits nationwide claiming that longstanding practices by real estate brokerages forced U.S. homeowners to pay artificially inflated broker commissions when they sold their homes.
    HomeServices of America said Friday that the proposed settlement would shield its 51 brands, nearly 70,000 real estate agents and over 300 franchisees from similar lit
  • Warren Buffett’s real estate brokerage agrees to $250 million commission settlement

    Warren Buffett’s real estate brokerage agrees to $250 million commission settlement
    HomeServices of America, the largest residential real estate brokerage in the United States and owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy, has agreed to settle a series of lawsuits that could change the way commissions are paid to real estate agents.
    On Thursday, the brokerage signed off on adding $250 million to the mounting pile of damages won by home sellers who have successfully sued several brokerages and the National Association of Realtors over what they described as infla
  • US probe wants to know if Tesla Autopilot recall did enough to get drivers to pay attention

    US probe wants to know if Tesla Autopilot recall did enough to get drivers to pay attention
    By Tom Krisher | The Associated Press
    The U.S. government’s auto safety agency is investigating whether last year’s recall of Tesla’s Autopilot driving system did enough to make sure drivers pay attention to the road.
    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted on its website Friday that Tesla has reported 20 more crashes involving Autopilot and since the recall. The crashes and agency tests raised concerns about the effectiveness of the remedy.
  • Kaiser Permanente may have sent private patient data to Google, Microsoft and X

    Kaiser Permanente may have sent private patient data to Google, Microsoft and X
    By John Tozzi | Bloomberg
    Oakland-based health plan Kaiser Permanente said its websites and apps may have inappropriately sent members’ private information to tech giants including Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corp. and the social media company X.
    Kaiser plans to inform 13.4 million current and former patients of the breach directly over the next month, according to an emailed statement to Bloomberg News.
    The data shared with other companies may have included their names and what people search
  • Kaiser health system sent private patient data to Google, Microsoft and X

    Kaiser health system sent private patient data to Google, Microsoft and X
    By John Tozzi | Bloomberg
    The giant California-based health plan Kaiser Permanente said its websites and apps may have inappropriately sent members’ private information to tech giants including Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corp. and the social media company X.
    Kaiser plans to inform 13.4 million current and former patients of the breach directly over the next month, according to an emailed statement to Bloomberg News.
    The data shared with other companies may have included their names and what
  • Girlfriend of gunman who killed 6-year-old boy in road rage shooting on 55 Freeway pleads guilty

    Girlfriend of gunman who killed 6-year-old boy in road rage shooting on 55 Freeway pleads guilty
    A Costa Mesa woman whose boyfriend shot and killed 6-year-old Aiden Leos during a 2021 road rage confrontation on a busy Orange County freeway pleaded guilty Friday, April 26 to being an accessory after the fact, but due to credit for time already served will not spend any more time in custody.
    Wynne Lee, 26, was sentenced to four years in prison moments after pleading guilty to the accessory count, a felony, as well as a misdemeanor count of carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle. But she wa
  • Firefighters still working on destructive fire at historic Oceanside pier

    Firefighters still working on destructive fire at historic Oceanside pier
    By Teri Figueroa, Phil Diehl and Karen Kucher
    Fire tore through a vacant restaurant at the end of the Oceanside Municipal Pier Thursday afternoon, causing “significant damage” and continuing to smolder and burn long after crews had the fire under control.
    Lifeguards spotted the fire just after 3 p.m. at the building that had once housed Ruby’s Diner. Images shared on social media showed a large black plume of smoke rising above the end of the iconic pier, cr
  • Firefighters contain destructive fire on historic Oceanside pier

    Firefighters contain destructive fire on historic Oceanside pier
    OCEANSIDE — A stubborn fire at the end of a landmark wooden pier on the Southern California coast was contained early Friday, authorities said.
    The fire erupted at 3 p.m. Thursday on the seaward end of the pier in the city of Oceanside, north of San Diego.Firefighters pulled hoses down the 1,954-foot pier and also battled the flames with water cannons aboard boats and helicopter water drops.
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  • Holdout states consider expanding Medicaid — with work requirements

    Holdout states consider expanding Medicaid — with work requirements
    By Shalina Chatlani, Stateline.org
    In Humphreys County, Mississippi — about 70 miles north of the state capital, in the heart of the fertile Delta region — a third of the residents live in poverty. In Belzoni, the county seat, there are just a handful of health care clinics. The town’s only major hospital closed more than a decade ago, around the same time its catfish industry collapsed.
    Jobs in the area are scarce, said Wardell Walton, who was mayor of Belzoni from 2005 to 201

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