• Temecula ranked as one of ’50 best places to live in US’

    Temecula ranked as one of ’50 best places to live in US’
    Temecula made Money magazine’s venerable “50 best places to live in the US” list – only one of two California cities making the cut.
    The rankings — which “celebrate cities and towns where a thriving economy meets affordability, diversity and an exceptional quality of life” — chose only this Riverside County city and Sacramento from the Golden State.
    “You don’t have to pay Los Angeles or San Diego prices for quintessential SoCal living,&
  • No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 Long Beach State vie for NCAA men’s volleyball title

    No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 Long Beach State vie for NCAA men’s volleyball title
    LONG BEACH — The Walter Pyramid on the campus of Cal State Long Beach has donned a number of hats this week, and the 30-year-old arena has worn them well.
    The Pyramid will show itself off again Saturday afternoon when the top-seeded UCLA and second-seeded Long Beach State men’s volleyball teams collide in their nationally televised NCAA Championship match.
    The defending champion Bruins (25-5) and the Beach (27-2) split their regular-season matches in February, each winning in four se
  • CIF-SS boys lacrosse playoffs: Friday’s schedule for the Orange County teams

    CIF-SS boys lacrosse playoffs: Friday’s schedule for the Orange County teams
    CIF-SS BOYS LACROSSE PLAYOFFS
    Friday’s schedule
    DIVISION 1
    Quarterfinals, 5 p.m. unless noted
    Corona del Mar at St. Margaret’s, 7 p.m.
    Westlake at Mater Dei
    Santa Margarita at Loyola
    JSerra at Foothill
    DIVISION 2
    Quarterfinals, 5 p.m. unless noted
    Huntington Beach at Trabuco Hills
    San Clemente at Agoura
    DIVISION 3
    Second round, 5 p.m. unless noted
    Woodbridge at Village Christian, 4 p.m.
    Simi Valley at Northwood
    Compton at University
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  • Protests: UCLA faculty echo students, allege leaders disregarded protesters’ safety

    Protests: UCLA faculty echo students, allege leaders disregarded protesters’ safety
    UCLA classes again shifted online Friday, as the campus continued to reel in the aftermath of a sprawling pro-Palestinian protest this week that sparked a mammoth police response and more than 200 arrests. Questions smoldered about the university’s response to the encampment and the counter protests that sparked violent overnight clashes.
    Across Southern California, from neighboring USC to Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange counties, demonstrations large and small continued, fueled by de
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  • CIF-SS boys volleyball playoffs: Saturday’s schedule for the CIF-SS semifinals

    CIF-SS boys volleyball playoffs: Saturday’s schedule for the CIF-SS semifinals
    CIF-SS BOYS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
    Saturday’s schedule
    DIVISION 1
    Round 3 of pool play
    POOL A
    Newport Harbor (1-1) at Loyola (2-0), 6 p.m.
    Mater Dei (0-2) at Huntington Beach (1-1), 6 p.m.
    POOL B
    Corona del Mar (2-0) at Mira Costa (2-0), 6 p.m.
    Edison (0-2) at Tesoro (0-2), 6 p.m.
    DIVISION 2
    Semifinals, 6 p.m.
    Redondo at Beckman
    Santa Margarita at Servite
    DIVISION 3
    Semifinals, 6 p.m.
    El Dorado at San Clemente
    Long Beach Poly at St. Margaret’s
    DIVISION 4
    Semifinals, 6 p.m.
    Pasadena Poly
  • Sam Ash Music closing all stores, 7 in Southern California

    Sam Ash Music closing all stores, 7 in Southern California
    Sam Ash Music, the 100-year-old retailer that stoked the musical aspirations of countless shoppers, announced Thursday, May 2 “with a heavy heart” that it was closing all 42 stores nationwide.
    The New York-based company said in a social media post that store sales would begin Friday. “This unfortunate news also presents a fantastic opportunity for great deals,” the company wrote on Facebook.
    It offered no other reason for the closures.
    Sam Ash has seven stores in Californ
  • Are midwives and doulas the answer to keeping more Black babies alive?

    Are midwives and doulas the answer to keeping more Black babies alive?
    This is part of a series of South Florida Sun Sentinel articles exploring maternal health care.
    It is 2 a.m. when Brianca Spence slips behind the wheel of her car. The drive to the nearest hospital can stretch as long as an hour, and feel like an eternity when she’s rushing to guide an expecting mother through childbirth.
    As labor unfolds, Spence will translate the harsh demands of a nurse on duty into calming guidance. She will encourage the woman to ask for pain medication when she needs
  • Mandatory reporting laws meant to protect children get another look

    Mandatory reporting laws meant to protect children get another look
    Kristin Jones | KFF Health News (TNS)
    More than 60 years ago, policymakers in Colorado embraced the idea that early intervention could prevent child abuse and save lives. The state’s requirement that certain professionals tell officials when they suspect a child has been abused or neglected was among the first mandatory reporting laws in the nation.
    Since then, mandatory reporting laws have expanded nationally to include more types of maltreatment — including neglect, which now accou
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  • UC Irvine, Chapman University Gaza solidarity encampments continue

    UC Irvine, Chapman University Gaza solidarity encampments continue
    Two Orange County pro-Palestinian encampments, one at UC Irvine and the other at Chapman University, continued on Friday, with no signs the protestors will be forced out or that the schools will move forward with the students’ demands.
    UC Irvine and Chapman students and other protesters are calling on the universities to divest from companies with ties to Israel and weapon manufacturers. The on-campus encampment at UCI of around 20 tents entered its fifth day – tents first went up on
  • Mortgage rate forecast for May 2024: No break for homebuyers

    Mortgage rate forecast for May 2024: No break for homebuyers
    Jeff Ostrowski | Bankrate.com (TNS)
    As homebuyers grapple with record prices this spring, mortgage rates have also crept up. On a 30-year fixed loan, the average rate was 7.39% as of May 1, according to Bankrate’s survey of large lenders, marking three straight months of 7% rates.
    Blame inflation. It’s still stubbornly elevated, rising to 3.5% in March, and that’s led to dialed-back expectations about how quickly the Federal Reserve cuts rates this year
  • Corky: Kelly Slater retires from competitive surf tour … kinda

    Corky: Kelly Slater retires from competitive surf tour … kinda
    Well, we were beginning to think that Kelly Slater’s professional competitive surfing career had never been given an expiration date.  He just kept going and going and going … and going some more.
    The dude totally put the energizer bunny to shame.
    Kelly became the youngest world champion at 20 years old – it was more than obvious that he was going to have a long and successful run at the top.  But nobody ever guessed just how long and how successful it would go: 19 y
  • How credit cards can help you cope with travel troubles

    How credit cards can help you cope with travel troubles
    Ted Rossman | Bankrate.com (TNS)
    “Revenge travel” has been a big theme the past couple of years as Americans have been raring to go here, there and everywhere after hunkering down during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the Transportation Security Administration screened a record-high 858.5 million passengers in 2023.
    But it hasn’t been a smooth ride for travelers. In fact, if you flew in 2022 or 2023, there was a one-in-five chance your flight was delayed, according to the
  • As 2026 California governor race heats up, here’s a roundup of opinions on potential candidates

    As 2026 California governor race heats up, here’s a roundup of opinions on potential candidates
    California is set to make a major decision when it decides who its next governor will be. While voters won’t get an official say until June 2026’s primary election, the race is heating up now as several vie to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, who will term out in 2027.
    A handful of people have already declared their candidacies, and you can expect the field trying to be the state’s next chief executive to be a large one. And with each announcement – or lack thereof – come
  • Biden administration says 100,000 DACA immigrants are expected to enroll in Obamacare next year

    Biden administration says 100,000 DACA immigrants are expected to enroll in Obamacare next year
    By AMANDA SEITZ
    WASHINGTON  — Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance next year under a directive the Biden administration released Friday.
    The move took longer than promised to finalize and fell short of Democratic President Joe Biden’s initial proposal to allow those migrants to sign up for Medicaid, the health insurance program that provides nearly free coverage for the nati
  • See inside $25 million Paseo restaurant at Downtown Disney

    See inside $25 million Paseo restaurant at Downtown Disney
    The $25 million Paseo restaurant, Centrico courtyard bar and Tiendita takeout stand now open in Downtown Disney celebrates the Mexican flavors, heritage and family of celebrity chef Carlos Gaytan with a menu of small plates, seafood, tacos, ceviches and tequila-based cocktails.
    The new Paseo display kitchen at Downtown Disney. (Photo by Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register/SCNG)
    The Patina Restaurant Group invested millions in the renovation of Paseo, Centrico and Tiendita  formerly occu
  • Lakers fire Darvin Ham after 2 seasons as the team’s head coach

    Lakers fire Darvin Ham after 2 seasons as the team’s head coach
    After just two seasons at the helm, the Lakers fired head coach Darvin Ham on Friday morning – a decision that seemed unlikely just a year ago but seemed inevitable after how the Lakers’ 2023-24 season transpired.
    Rumors of Ham’s declining job security had been circulating for months, with his dismissal expected since the Lakers’ season ended with their Game 5 loss to the Denver Nuggets in a first-round playoff series on Monday night at Ball Arena.
    Ham finished his L
  • Woman, uncle killed in possible double murder and suicide attempt at Santa Ana business complex

    Woman, uncle killed in possible double murder and suicide attempt at Santa Ana business complex
    A woman and her uncle were killed in Santa Ana on Thursday, May 2, and the woman’s boyfriend was hospitalized with what police believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, authorities said.
    Santa Ana police responded to the 1200 block of East Chestnut Avenue about 4:25 p.m. after a woman called and said her boyfriend had stabbed both her and her uncle in a commercial-building unit just west of Grand Avenue, Officer Natalie Garcia said.
    When officers arrived, they found all three
  • UCLA transfer portal recap: Bruins retain many, still have holes to fill

    UCLA transfer portal recap: Bruins retain many, still have holes to fill
    LOS ANGELES — DeShaun Foster has remained transparent about his need to use the transfer portal to help fill depth and multiple positions during the spring transfer portal window.
    This has been the only opportunity for Foster to make any significant roster moves, considering he was hired in February.
    There weren’t a significant amount of players who decided to enter the transfer portal from last season’s roster following the coaching change and Foster has been successful in kee
  • USC transfer portal recap: Trojans deep in the secondary, thin up front

    USC transfer portal recap: Trojans deep in the secondary, thin up front
    LOS ANGELES — It simply became impossible to block out the noise at times last season, the lack of size on USC’s defensive front a consistent talking point that burrowed its way into the heads of players themselves.
    This group, veteran edge Jamil Muhammad emphasized after USC’s spring game, was “night and day” from last season, from philosophy to execution to simply size – bigger, stronger, more visibly physical.
    “I know me, and I know the rest of the de
  • Firefighter’s negative obituary on his father pulled off internet. Son: ‘It served its purpose’

    Firefighter’s negative obituary on his father pulled off internet. Son: ‘It served its purpose’
    A scathing obituary written by a Connecticut firefighter about his late dad has been abruptly removed from the internet, but that’s OK with the writer, he said, because in the 24 hours it was online, he got his message across.
    “Everyone I care to see it has seen it. It served its purpose, take control of the narrative,” Timothy McLaughlin said. “Writing that obituary was very cathartic.”
    McLaughlin, whose irreverent obit also has sparked widespread attention on soci
  • Ancient shells — found in American West — may have been used as trumpets, study says

    Ancient shells — found in American West — may have been used as trumpets, study says
    Irene Wright | The Charlotte Observer (TNS)
    If you were standing on the edge of a canyon in the San Juan Basin of the Colorado Plateau about 1,200 years ago, you may have heard a loud, distant sound reverberating off the rock faces and ricocheting across the desert.
    Like the gong of a bell or the deep tone of a ship’s horn, the sound would be a rich single note cutting through the dry air.
    This bellow would have been a regular occurrence for the indigenous Pueblo people of the modern-day A
  • Analysis: Trump lurches into vacuum created by Biden’s days of silence on campus protests

    Analysis: Trump lurches into vacuum created by Biden’s days of silence on campus protests
    By John T. Bennett, CQ-Roll Call
    WASHINGTON — Protests on college campuses related to the Israel-Hamas war and humanitarian crisis inside Gaza that turned violent this week handed President Joe Biden a political headache and former President Donald Trump a new attack line. The unrest showed the risks of being the incumbent and allowed Trump to — once again — push his hardline views as disrupter in chief.
    Biden and his campaign aides have mostly dismissed criticism from Arab Ame
  • Meow Wolf immersive art exhibit coming to Los Angeles in 2026

    Meow Wolf immersive art exhibit coming to Los Angeles in 2026
    A hard to explain but fun to explore immersive art playground designed for the Instagram Age will weave together Hollywood fantasies, myths and glitz when Meow Wolf brings its unique brand of mind- bending interactive entertainment to Los Angeles.
    Meow Wolf plans to open a permanent location of its genre-defying immersive art experience in a Los Angeles movie theater in 2026.
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  • Everything Apple plans to show at May 7 ‘Let Loose’ iPad event

    Everything Apple plans to show at May 7 ‘Let Loose’ iPad event
    By Mark Gurman
    It’s been more than 18 months since Apple Inc. last updated its iPad line, marking the longest gap in new models since Steve Jobs first unveiled the product in 2010. The drought finally ends on May 7.
    That’s the day Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is poised to introduce major upgrades to the iPad Pro and iPad Air, as well as new versions of the tablet’s accessories. The company is delivering the news through an online event dubbed “Let Loose” that&rs
  • Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons to receive Hollywood Walk of Fame star

    Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons to receive Hollywood Walk of Fame star
    A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be unveiled Friday honoring the vocal quartet Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons for a career that began in 1962 and included such memorable songs as “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” and “Walk Like a Man.”
    Valli will accept the star on behalf of keyboard player and tenor vocalist Bob Gaudio, who is unable to attend, baritone vocalist and lead guitarist Tommy DeVito, who died in 2020, and bass guitarist and bass vocalist Nick Massi,
  • Yellen says threats to democracy risk US economic growth, an indirect jab at Trump

    Yellen says threats to democracy risk US economic growth, an indirect jab at Trump
    By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK (Associated Press)
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is arguing that a fractured democracy can have destructive effects on the economy — an indirect jab at Donald Trump.
    Yellen, in an address prepared for delivery Friday in Arizona, uses economic data to paint a picture of how disregard for America’s democratic processes and institutions can cause economic stagnation for decades.
    Yellen, taking a rare step toward to the political
  • Here’s what’s on the table for Israel and Hamas in the latest cease-fire talks

    Here’s what’s on the table for Israel and Hamas in the latest cease-fire talks
    By SAMY MAGDY and DREW CALLISTER (Associated Press)
    CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas appear to be seriously negotiating an end to the war in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages. A leaked truce proposal hints at compromises by both sides after months of stalemated talks.
    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week praised Israel for offering what he described as significant concessions and saying “ the time is now ” for Hamas to seal the deal. Hamas leaders, meanwhile, say
  • Disneyland Club 33 chef named California Woman of the Year

    Disneyland Club 33 chef named California Woman of the Year
    Disneyland’s Club 33 Chef Gloria Tae is proud to be the first female head chef in the traditionally male-dominated world of fine dining — an honor she’s achieved at several restaurants over the past decade.
    “But I’d rather be known as a talented chef as opposed to a talented female chef,” Tae told the Disney Parks Blog.
    Tae was recently honored as a Woman of the Year by the California State Assembly for being the first female chef de cuisine at Disneyland&rsqu
  • Universal Studios Hollywood to open Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster in 2026

    Universal Studios Hollywood to open Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster in 2026
    The new Fast & Furious roller coaster coming to Universal Studios Hollywood will feature 360-degree rotating coaster vehicles designed to look like drifting race cars from the street racing film franchise that has earned $7 billion at the worldwide box office.
    The Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster will debut in 2026 on the Upper Lot of Universal Studios Hollywood, according to Universal officials.
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  • HOA Homefront: Is it our manager or is it us?

    HOA Homefront: Is it our manager or is it us?
    Many associations struggle with a poor manager relationship, resulting in frustration for both sides. However, such struggles are sometimes created by the board and not the manager. Therefore, these can be resolved by a change in board practices.
    Truly, some managers are simply not cut out for the job. The need for excellent HOA managers increases along with the growing number of community associations. However, some are poorly qualified, overloaded with too many associations, disorganized, poor

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