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• Travel: The reality of Johannesburg belies its dangerous reputation

  15-02-2020 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Dangerous … or safe enough?
  Bad reputation … a reality or perception?
  Err on the side of caution … or curiosity?
  Plotting a trip to the crown jewel of South Africa last winter — summer in Cape Town — I had questions like those swirling in my head about my flight’s connecting city, Johannesburg. The latter options got the best of me. For the flight back home from Cape Town, I opted for a full-day layover in Joburg, the country’s largest city and one of
  
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• Disneyland uses speedboat to fix ‘Fantasmic’ and save the show

  06-06-2024 22:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The Disneyland maintenance crew raced to the rescue to save “Fantasmic” with the help of a speedboat that kicked up a powerful wake – all in hopes of dislodging debris from an underwater track that threatened to cancel the nighttime spectacular.
  Disneyland visitors waiting to watch “Fantasmic” were treated to an unanticipated stunt show when the Anaheim theme park’s maintenance crew raced a flat-bottomed skiff boat along the Rivers of America – the man-m
  
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• Alexander: Lakers’ seemingly sudden pivot to Dan Hurley raises questions

  06-06-2024 22:14 via ocregister.com
  
  So, was Rob Pelinka, through the traditional sources close to the situation, pulling the ol’ okey-doke on all of us the last few weeks? Promise ’em a podcaster – albeit an ex-player with analytic chops but no coaching experience beyond grade-school kids – and then turn around and hire an actual championship coach?
  Or was Dan Hurley, the current toast of Storrs, Conn., the latest big-time college coach who didn’t like what he saw coming down the road? The transfer po
  
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• How to get a free doughnut on National Doughnut Day, June 7

  06-06-2024 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  So how do you feel about sugar and fried dough shaped like a ring?
  If that sounds tasty, listen up: Friday, June 7 is National Doughnut Day, a delightful holiday if we’ve ever heard one.
  Here are some ways to celebrate the day:
  At Krispy Kreme, show up at participating locations and get a free original doughnut just for being you. Yup. That’s all. (Regular only, not limited-time or special varieties.) You can also buy a dozen original glazed for $2 if you also buy a dozen of any styl
  
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• Families of US hostages in Gaza plead with Americans: Don’t forget your fellow citizens

  06-06-2024 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By ERIC TUCKER
  WASHINGTON — Jonathan Dekel-Chen dreams of the moment when his abducted 35-year-old son, Sagui, is reunited with his wife and three young children, including a daughter born two months after the devastating attack on Israel that initiated the war.Ruby Chen longs to recover the remains of his 19-year-old son, Itay — a soldier who Israeli intelligence says was killed in the Oct. 7 attack — so that he can be buried and his “soul” finally given “a p
  
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• Horse racing: Belmont Stakes is an intriguing ‘Mind’ game

  06-06-2024 21:53 via ocregister.com
  
  When the Belmont Stakes starting gate slams open Saturday, most eyes will be on the horses still basking in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes limelight.
  Look instead at the horse poised to emerge from those colts’ shadows.
  Mindframe won’t be hard to see. He’ll race under part-owner Mike Repole’s silks, which are bright blue and orange, and break from post 10 in a 10-horse field, closest to the camera. In the hands of jockey Irad Ortiz, he could influence the early p
  
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• Knott’s Berry Farm announces opening date for Camp Snoopy makeover

  06-06-2024 21:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Peanuts fans can mark their calendars for the grand reopening of Camp Snoopy after a month-long delay pushed back the original planned return of the kiddie land.
  The reimagined Camp Snoopy will officially open on June 27 at the Buena Park theme park after blowing past a Memorial Day Weekend debut that was postponed due to construction delays.
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• A new ‘Hunger Games’ book — and movie — is coming

  06-06-2024 21:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By HILLEL ITALIE | AP National Writer
  NEW YORK — Inspired by an 18th century Scottish philosopher and the modern scourge of misinformation, Suzanne Collins is returning to the ravaged, post-apocalyptic land of Panem for a new “The Hunger Games” novel.
  Scholastic announced Thursday that “Sunrise on the Reaping,” the fifth volume of Collins’ blockbuster dystopian series, will be published March 18, 2025. The new book begins with the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunge
  
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• Horse racing notes: Bob Baffert-trained fillies head Summertime Oaks

  06-06-2024 21:40 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANITA LEADERS
  (Through Thursday)
  Jockeys / Wins
  Juan Hernandez / 24
  Antonio Fresu / 24
  Kyle Frey / 19
  Umberto Rispoli / 18
  Edwin Maldonado / 18
  Trainers / Wins
  Phil D’Amato / 15
  Steve Knapp / 12
  Doug O’Neill / 12
  Mark Glatt / 11
  John Sadler / 10
  WEEKEND STAKES
  SANTA ANITA
  Saturday
  • $200,000, Grade II Summertime Oaks, 3-year-old fillies, 1 1/16 miles
  Sunday
  • $100,000 Affirmed Stakes, 3-year-olds, 1 1/16 miles
  LOS ALAMITOS
  Sunday
  • $30,000 Fred Scane Handicap, 2-
  
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• Buy now? Wait? What homebuyers are asking in today’s high-price market

  06-06-2024 21:01 via ocregister.com
  
  What are the most common topics and homebuyer questions I’m being asked in this current market?
  Here’s a look at my answers. If you have a question, don’t hesitate to reach out. My email’s at the end of this column.
  When is a good time to buy? Buy now? Wait until prices soften and rates drop?
  There’s no telling when Southern California home prices will soften. Ditto for mortgage rates dropping.
  As you’ve probably heard a million times, “Marry the propert
  
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• Lake Arrowhead chateau of Disney, ‘Dear Basketball’ animator Glen Keane nabs $11.5M

  06-06-2024 20:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Kobe Bryant and Glen Keane won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film for “Dear Basketball” at the 90th Annual Academy Awards in 2018. (File photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP via Getty Images)
  A waterfront Lake Arrowhead estate designed by Walt Disney animator and Oscar-winning “Dear Basketball” director Glen Keane has set a local sales record for $11.5 million.
  The buyers are Comcast President and CEO David Watson and his wife, Ellen. Records show they bought the property
  
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• All-County girls basketball player Kayla Rice of Dana Hills transfers to JSerra

  06-06-2024 20:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowHigh-scoring freshman guard Kayla Rice of Dana Hills has enrolled at JSerra, Lions girls basketball coach Chyanne Butler confirmed Thursday.
  Rice, a third-team All-County selection last season, averaged 20.3 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.4 steals and 2.5 assists.
  She lead the Dolphins (27-6) to the Sea View League title and the CIF-SS Division 3A semifinals. They lost to eventual champion JSerra 65-55.
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• All-County girls basketball player Kayla Rice of Dana Hills transfers to CIF-SS champion JSerra

  06-06-2024 20:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowHigh-scoring freshman guard Kayla Rice of Dana Hills has enrolled at JSerra, Lions girls basketball coach Chyanne Butler confirmed Thursday.
  Rice, a third-team All-County selection last season, averaged 20.3 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.4 steals and 2.5 assists.
  She lead the Dolphins (27-6) to the Sea View League title and the CIF-SS Division 3A semifinals. They lost to eventual champion JSerra 65-55.
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• Reverend Peyton shares challenges for his Big Damn Band ahead of Long Beach gig

  06-06-2024 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The pandemic proved to be a difficult time for Reverend Peyton. First and foremost, there was quite a scare when his wife (and washboard player in Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band), Breezy, fell ill soon after the country shut down.
  Peyton, who brings the band to Alex’s Bar in Long Beach on June 14, doesn’t know for sure if Breezy had COVID or pneumonia. But she had it bad.
  “She had a 102 temperature for over a month. It was unbelievable. And her lungs will be permanently
  
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• Kings sign forward Akil Thomas to a two-year contract

  06-06-2024 20:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The Kings have extended the contract of Akil Thomas two more years, with the new pact carrying an annual average value of $775,000, the team said in a news release.
  In 2024-25, it will be a non-waiver-exempt, two-way deal that’ll convert into a one-way agreement in 2025-26, according to a post from O2K Sports Management, the agency that represents Thomas and employs his agent, Eustace King.
  Thomas, 24, was a second-round selection of the Kings in 2019. The following season, he capped a gol
  
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• Healing the brain: Biotech to test new therapy for stroke

  06-06-2024 20:23 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kris B. Mamula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  A 3-year-old Sewickley, Pennsylvania, biotech firm is partnering with a Boston hospital to test a new drug combination, which has the promise of helping people debilitated by stroke.
  Neuro-Innovators LLC is collaborating with Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital to evaluate the effectiveness of Neuro-Innovators’ NIV-001 therapy to enhance and restore mobility and function lost through a burst or blocked vessel in the brain, which causes stroke. Some
  
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• Are more Americans moving to Canada because of Trump?

  06-06-2024 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By Daniel Otis | CTV Network
  TORONTO — While a growing number of Americans may be considering moving north to Canada to escape Donald Trump, an immigration lawyer says few will actually qualify to live and work here.
  “Since Trump, we are seeing many more immigration applicants wanting to leave the U.S. for a more liberal Canada,” Toronto-based immigration lawyer Jacqueline Bart told CTVNews.ca. “I’m noticing a considerable increase in immigration interest in the pas
  
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• Alito’s flag controversy foreshadows contentious Supreme Court rulings

  06-06-2024 19:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News
  Justice Samuel Alito’s flag-flying controversy has reignited the political firestorm over the Supreme Court, just as it prepares to issue a blizzard of high-stakes rulings topped by a clash over Donald Trump’s bid for immunity from prosecution.
  Alito left Democratic lawmakers stewing last week by rejecting calls to step away from Trump cases amid revelations that his wife flew flags at their homes that also were displayed by the former president&rsq
  
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• Get your insurance through Covered California? Beware of this tax peril

  06-06-2024 19:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters
  Every tax season, hundreds of thousands of Californians are hit with an unexpected bill: They  owe hundreds of dollars or more to the IRS because they accepted more money in subsidies for health insurance than they were allowed.
  The chargeback can sting. Collectively, 415,000 California households owed the IRS close to $690 million in 2021 in charges related to the health care subsidies, according to agency data from the most recent year available. That is roug
  
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• Dunn: Newport Harbor runner is setting the Robar high

  06-06-2024 19:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Newport Harbor High junior Keaton Robar is intelligent, humble and athletic, and she’ll be watching the upcoming Paris Olympic Games with a close eye, especially the women’s 800 meters.
  The 800 is a long-distance sprint, considered by some coaches as the most difficult race in track and field and no doubt among the most exciting in sports. But for the 5-foot-8 Robar, whose academic interests include aerospace engineering and space sciences, she feels a sense of comfort enduring the t
  
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• ACLU and NRA unite to defend the First Amendment

  06-06-2024 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Americans differ on the meaning and interpretation of the Second Amendment “right to keep and bear arms.” But there’s almost complete agreement on a nearly absolute guarantee of the First Amendment right against the government “abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.”
  That First Amendment interpretation was upheld May 30 by a unanimous decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case National Rifle Association v. Vullo.
  The respondent was Maria Vullo, the su
  
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• Election certification disputes in a handful of states spark concerns over 2024 presidential contest

  06-06-2024 19:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By Nicholas Riccardi and Joey Cappalletti, Associated Press
  In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board last month refused to sign off on the results of an election that led to the recall of three GOP members of the county commission. They did so only after state officials warned them it was their legal duty to record the final vote tally.
  In Georgia’s Fulton County, which includes the Democratic-voting city of Atlanta, a group run by members of
  
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• Chiefs backup lineman taken to hospital after cardiac event during team meeting, AP source says

  06-06-2024 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVE SKRETTA (AP Sports Writer)
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs backup B.J. Thompson was taken to a hospital in stable condition Thursday after the defensive lineman experienced a cardiac event during a team meeting, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
  The person, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the event, said team trainers and medical staff were able to react quickly and treat Thompson unti
  
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• ‘Ghost trains’ in San Juan Capistrano become less frequent after Metrolink updates

  06-06-2024 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Was it an exorcism or just an update from Metrolink? Either way, the over decade-long haunting of San Juan Capistrano‘s “ghost train” may be fading away.
  At the start of the month, Metrolink unveiled what’s called “smart crossing” technology at the Del Obispo Street crossing. The new feature will prevent the crossing’s gate arms from descending even when no Metrolink trains are zooming past, a phenomenon that has caused vehicle congestion and safety conc
  
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• All-Orange County baseball team: Nick Santivanez, Cade Townsend receive top honors

  06-06-2024 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  ALL-COUNTY BASEBALL TEAM 2024
  El Modena’s Nick Santivanez is the Orange County Register baseball player of the year for 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  PLAYER OF THE YEAR
  Nick Santivanez, El Modena, Senior 
  One player cannot carry a team in baseball.
  El Modena senior Nick Santivanez came close, though, this season.
  A pitcher and third baseman, Santivanez was the Crestview League MVP and was selected to the All-CIF Southern Section Division 3 team.
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• 10 summer books from LA authors and independent Southern California presses

  06-06-2024 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Summertime and the livin’ is … literary.
  If you’re a book lover looking to get your hands on some indie lit to lounge by the pool with, we’ve got you covered. Earlier this year, Small Press Distribution abruptly closed after a 55-year run, a move that jolted the literary community awake: Small presses need reader support.
  We took the wake-up call seriously and compiled a list of the latest and forthcoming titles we’re most excited about. Hitting bookshop shelv
  
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• The Bay never left Jason Kidd, the former prep superstar nearing another NBA title

  06-06-2024 18:58 via ocregister.com
  
  In glass displays in the foyer outside Saint Joseph Notre Dame’s gymnasium in Alameda stands a Jason Kidd time capsule. Framed photos of his state title teams, signed balls, hats, a blue-and-orange No. 32 jersey, plaques and a snapshot of Kidd’s then-signature two-handed dunk.
  Kidd hasn’t lived in the Bay for years. But remnants of his legend remain.
  His playing career took him from Oakland to Alameda to Berkeley to Dallas, Phoenix, New Jersey, back to Dallas and New York.
  
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• Cooking with Judy: When a classic malted made a perfect gift

  06-06-2024 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Father’s Day is almost here (June 16), and year after year I always faced the same dilemma.
  Which would I rather do: Return a really cool outfit I picked out for my husband to Nordstrom’s or return the same tool he already had to Home Depot? And who decreed that wives should buy Father’s Day gifts for their husbands anyway?
  I do remember one Father’s Day long ago when I hit the jackpot.
  For years I had listened to my husband, Barry, waxing nostalgic about his teenage good
  
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• French Open: Swiatek, Paolini cruise into women’s final

  06-06-2024 18:53 via ocregister.com
  
  PARIS — Iga Swiatek is as good as it gets in tennis at the moment, especially at the French Open. Been that way for quite some time. So her unyielding success against Coco Gauff just about everywhere – and certainly at Roland Garros – should come as no surprise by now.
  Swiatek continued her mastery over Gauff and extended her winning streak in Paris to 20 matches with a 6-2, 6-4 victory in the semifinals Thursday.
  “For sure, it was intense,” said the No. 1-ranked Sw
  
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• Anaheim briefs: Celebrate Old Glory in Anaheim ahead of Flag Day

  06-06-2024 18:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Celebrate Old Glory in Anaheim this weekend.
  The 20th annual Anaheim Flag Day celebration is scheduled 11:30 a.m. for June 9 at Pearson Park. There will be a patriotic community parade to start the day with marching bands, classic cars, floats, military groups and more.  Kids can decorate wagons and bikes and patriotic pets are welcome.
  There will also be free cupcakes and ice cream after the show.
  For more information, visit Facebook.com/FlagDayAnaheim.
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