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• UCLA star gymnast Selena Harris dismissed from team and in transfer portal

  15-05-2024 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Selena Harris, the 2024 Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year and 12-time All-American, was dismissed from UCLA gymnastics Tuesday and is currently in the transfer portal, as confirmed by a UCLA spokesperson.
  Ben Royer of the Daily Bruin was the first to break the news in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. UCLA Athletics has not provided any further details.
  “shhhhh ,” Harris posted on X on Wednesday morning in response to a post that she was in the transfer portal.shhhhhhttps://t.co/HDUio
  
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• Center opens in Brea to connect residents with Orange County services

  11-06-2024 00:01 via ocregister.com
  
  A new County Community Service Center opened in Brea on Monday, June 10, creating a “one-stop-shop” where Orange County residents can get connected to services from government agencies or community organizations.
  At the center, residents can apply for food benefit programs, health insurance and financial aid through the OC Social Services Agency, or find health care resources through CalOptima Health or the OC Health Care Agency. OC Workforce Solutions is also located on the third fl
  
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• Four-day SummerFest will feature drone show, concerts, fun in Fountain Valley

  10-06-2024 23:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Fountain Valley’s big summertime celebration kicks off tonight, June 13.
  SummerFest will take over the Fountain Valley Sports Park, with carnival rides and games, concerts, lots to eat and drink, shopping areas and more. There will be nearly two dozen carnival rides to choose from.
  The fun continues through the weekend and on Friday and Saturday nights there will be a free drone show lighting up the sky above the park.
  Thursday night will feature an Elton John tribute concert, Friday night
  
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• Ex-OC prosecutor testifies he doesn’t know why evidence wasn’t disclosed in murder case

  10-06-2024 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  A former top Orange County prosecutor, now a judge, testified Monday that he didn’t know why evidence in a 2010 murder case was not turned over to defense attorneys as required.
  Orange County Superior Court Judge Ebrahim Baytieh made a rare appearance on the witness stand during a hearing on whether he illegally withheld evidence while prosecuting the case 14 years ago against defendant Paul Gentile Smith.
  “I don’t know why it happened,” Baytieh testified under questionin
  
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• Former Lakers coach Darvin Ham joining Milwaukee Bucks as Doc Rivers’ top assistant

  10-06-2024 22:49 via ocregister.com
  
  As the Lakers’ search for their next head coach continues, their former coach has found a new job.
  ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski first reported on Monday that Darvin Ham will join Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers’ staff as the team’s top assistant.
  Ham was an assistant in Milwaukee under Mike Budenholzer from 2018-22, including the 2021 NBA championship-winning Bucks team, before taking over the Lakers’ coaching reins in 2022.
  Budenholzer, who now coaches the Suns, repo
  
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• Former Lakers coach Darvin Ham joining Bucks as Doc Rivers’ top assistant

  10-06-2024 22:49 via ocregister.com
  
  As the Lakers’ search for their next head coach continues, their former coach has found a new job.
  ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was the first to report on Monday that Darvin Ham will join Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers’ staff as the team’s top assistant.
  Ham was an assistant in Milwaukee under Mike Budenholzer from 2018-22, including the 2021 NBA championship-winning Bucks team, before taking over the Lakers’ coaching reins in 2022.
  Budenholzer, who now coaches the P
  
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• Airlines are preparing for another busy summer. Are they ready for it?

  10-06-2024 22:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Alexandra Skores | (TNS) The Dallas Morning News
  Carson Shofner and his husband were heading to Costa Rica for a relaxing trip on American Airlines on the morning of May 28.
  But their plane didn’t leave Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport until May 29 at 7 a.m. It’s a situation many passengers dealt with after weeks of steady thunderstorms cascaded through North Texas, delaying hundreds of flights just as summer travel was about to take off.
  “We were never offered
  
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• All-Orange County boys tennis: Corona del Mar’s Niels Hoffmann is the player of the year

  10-06-2024 22:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowALL-COUNTY BOYS TENNIS TEAM 2024
  Corona del Mar senior and USC commit Niels Hoffmann is seeded first in CIF singles for the 122nd Ojai Tennis Tournament this week. (Courtesy of Holly Roberts)
  PLAYER OF THE YEAR
  Niels Hoffmann, Corona del Mar, Sr.
  Advocates for high school tennis often point to the social benefits as a reason why players should join their school-based teams and perhaps think twice about a
  
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• State inspectors investigating fatal Disneyland accident

  10-06-2024 22:40 via ocregister.com
  
  State inspectors are investigating a “tragic” Disneyland accident that killed a Club 33 employee who fell from a moving golf cart and hit her head in a backstage area of the Anaheim theme park.
  The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating the fatal Disneyland accident, according to the California Department of Industrial Relations.
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• Dearica Hamby’s ‘All-Star’ play leads Sparks into Seattle, 7-game road trip

  10-06-2024 22:31 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Dearica Hamby-led Sparks are gearing up for the team’s longest road trip of the season, which begins at the Seattle Storm on Tuesday, while settling into the rhythm of playing nine games in 18 days.
  The seven-game road trip starts with Sparks’ first regular season affair against former franchise player Nneka Ogwumike, who signed with Seattle during free agency. Ogwumike’s 12 years with the Sparks were highlighted by a 2016 WNBA MVP season that ended with
  
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• Nicola Yoon says ‘One of Our Kind’ inspired by ‘The Stepford Wives’ and Toni Morrison

  10-06-2024 22:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Bestselling young adult fiction author Nicola Yoon says she didn’t set out to write a book for adult audiences.
  But then the pandemic lockdowns happened, and so did the murder of George Floyd and so did the protests across the country. That summer, the discussions about what it meant to be Black in America were everywhere. 
  In the fall of 2020, Yoon began to write her latest novel. It took her only six weeks to finish the first draft.
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• Music therapy helps stroke survivors regain lost speech by singing

  10-06-2024 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Ray Hart’s vocabulary consisted of just one word after his August 2022 stroke.
  “Yep” was all he could say, said Pamela Jenkins, his caregiver and partner of 24 years.
  Like many survivors, Hart, 62, can understand what’s said to him almost as well as he could before the stroke, but it’s still hard for him to form complete sentences.
  Now, though, a year after adding music therapy to his rehabilitation schedule, he can sing them.
  “I’ve got sunshine on a clo
  
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• Civil rights icon Pastor James Lawson dies at 95

  10-06-2024 22:11 via ocregister.com
  
  The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and the longtime pastor of Holman United Methodist Church in South Los Angeles, died Monday at age 95.
  According to the Los Angeles Sentinel, which first reported the news, Lawson died Monday morning from cardiac arrest. No other details were immediately available.
  Los Angeles City Councilwoman Heather Hutt, who led a street-dedication ceremony for Lawson in January outside Holman UMC, confirmed the death, telling City News Service
  
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• Surfers Marks, Florence win in El Salvador, giving Team USA momentum as Olympics near

  10-06-2024 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Team USA’s surfers are riding a wave of success — momentum they hope will continue into Tahiti for the upcoming Olympics and the world championship showdown at Lower Trestles, just south of San Clemente.
  Caroline Marks, a Florida surfer who now lives in San Clemente, won the Surf City El Salvador Pro on Sunday, June 9, with Hawaii’s John John Florence earning the men’s win at the World Surf League’s World Tour event.
  The victories are pivotal not just for their Worl
  
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• Alexander: Hurley’s turndown of Lakers shouldn’t have been surprising

  10-06-2024 21:55 via ocregister.com
  
  So what happens now?
  Dan Hurley said no to the Lakers Monday, and should we really have been that surprised? An East Coast guy, and the king of his campus after back-to-back national championships at Connecticut, Hurley decided not to step out of his comfort zone.even with a six-year, $70 million contract offer on the table. Which was, to be sure, more than twice the annual average value of the six-year $32.1 million contract extension he signed at UConn a year ago.
  And there’s talk that t
  
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• Alexander: Hurley’s rejection of Lakers offer shouldn’t have been surprising

  10-06-2024 21:55 via ocregister.com
  
  So what happens now?
  Dan Hurley said no to the Lakers Monday, and should we really have been that surprised? An East Coast guy, and the king of his campus after back-to-back national championships at Connecticut, Hurley decided not to step out of his comfort zone.even with a six-year, $70 million contract offer on the table. Which was, to be sure, more than twice the annual average value of the six-year $32.1 million contract extension he signed at UConn a year ago.
  And there’s talk that t
  
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• Homeownership costs in US jump 26% since pandemic began

  10-06-2024 21:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jennifer Epstein | Bloomberg
  The cost of owning a home in the US has increased 26% since 2020, as expenses including taxes, insurance and utilities all soared during a period of high inflation across the economy.
  The average annual outlay for owning and maintaining a typical single-family home — not including mortgage payments — totaled $18,118 in March, the personal finance website Bankrate found. That works out to $1,510 a month, roughly $300 more than four years earlier, when p
  
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• Apple announces ChatGPT tie-up for AI tools on iPhone

  10-06-2024 21:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By Mark Gurman | Bloomberg
  Apple Inc. announced its long-awaited new artificial intelligence features, including tools supported by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, promising to deliver technology that’s personalized, safe and deeply integrated into the iPhone maker’s software.
  The platform, called “Apple Intelligence,” will help summarize text, create original images and retrieve the most relevant data when users need it, Senior Vice President Craig Federighi said at the company&
  
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• Presidential election could decide fate of extra Obamacare subsidies

  10-06-2024 21:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Andy Miller | (TNS) KFF Health News
  When Cassie Cox ended up in the emergency room in January, the Bainbridge, Georgia, resident was grateful for the Obamacare insurance policy she had recently selected for coverage in 2024.
  Cox, 40, qualified for an Affordable Care Act marketplace plan with no monthly premium due to her relatively low income. And after she cut her hand severely, the 35 stitches she received in the ER led to an out-of-pocket expense of about $300, she said.
  “I can’t
  
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• Rename your ‘emergency fund’ if that suits your saving style

  10-06-2024 21:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kimberly Palmer | NerdWallet
  While the term “emergency fund” is used widely in the personal finance world to refer to short-term savings, some financial experts say the term isn’t helpful for everyone — and may even be harmful.
  “I’ve never liked the term,” says Pamela Capalad, certified financial planner and co-founder of See Change, a financial coaching program for creators of color. She prefers to use descriptions like “the yes box,” &ld
  
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• Survey: More than 1 in 3 Americans think tipping culture has gotten out of control

  10-06-2024 21:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Katie Kelton | (TNS) Bankrate.com
  Nora, a barista in Colorado Springs, Colorado, began earning more money when the coffee shop where she works switched from a no-tip to a tip model. But it came with some emotional baggage.
  “You almost get emotionally attached to the tips,” she says. “You’re so dependent on it, it creates a level of anxiety.”
  Even if the transaction was friendly, Nora says it’s off-putting when the customer doesn’t tip. In conversation wi
  
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• Sage Hill girls basketball adds three new players

  10-06-2024 20:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSage Hill’s girls basketball team has been bolstered by three new players as it retools following the graduation of four starters.
  Junior-to-be guard Mei-Ling Perry of San Diego powerhouse La Jolla Country Day, Perry’s incoming freshman sister Aoki and Northwood standout forward Isabella Rose have enrolled at Sage Hill, Lightning coach Kerwin Walters confirmed.
  Mei-Ling averaged 13.6 points an
  
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• Wind farms, key to clean-energy efforts, threaten birds and bats. Developers urged to plan for wildlife

  10-06-2024 20:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Terry Husted lives in DeWitt County, a major pathway for migrating birds in central Illinois. After a company submitted plans to construct a wind farm in his area, Husted said he grew worried about the potential for collisions.
  “The birds hunt, so they focus on the ground and what they’re looking for, and don’t really focus on where they’re going,” Husted said. “So they accidentally hit wind turbines, and it kills them.”
  Illinois is the fifth-largest sta
  
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• States beg insurers not to drop climate-threatened homes

  10-06-2024 20:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Alex Brown | (TNS) Stateline.org
  In the coming years, climate change could force Americans from their homes, not just by raising sea levels, worsening wildfires and causing floods — but also by putting insurance coverage out of reach.
  In places including California, Florida and Louisiana, some homeowners are finding it nearly impossible to find an insurance company that will cover their property. Others have seen their premiums climb so high that they can no longer pay. Experts say the tre
  
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• As mpox cases rise, experts urge complete, 2-part vaccinations

  10-06-2024 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Nada Hassanein | (TNS) Stateline.org
  The number of U.S. mpox cases has more than doubled compared with last year, and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been urging clinicians across states to encourage vaccinations for those at risk.
  As of May 25, the nation had seen a roughly 150% increase in cases of the disease formerly known as monkeypox — from 434 at that time last year to 1,089 this year, according to the CDC. About a third of the cases are in New York s
  
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• How a couple found themselves tangled in Texas’ strict abortion laws after miscarriage

  10-06-2024 20:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Marin Wolf | The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
  DALLAS — The woman knew there would be blood, but she hadn’t expected this much or for it to be bright red.
  It had been nearly a day since the Surepoint Emergency Center outside of Fort Worth told her that she was miscarrying at nearly 13 weeks and sent her home with a prescription and a set of instructions.
  Administer the misoprostol, a drug that helps empty the uterus, and wait, the instructions said. If it doesn’
  
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• UConn’s Dan Hurley turns down Lakers coaching job

  10-06-2024 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  After making a strong push for UConn’s Dan Hurley, the Lakers will continue their coaching search with other candidates.
  Hurley on Monday decided to pass on the Lakers’ offer to make him the franchise’s next head coach according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
  Hurley told Wojnarowski on Sunday that he left his Friday meeting with Lakers VP and GM Rob Pelinka and owner Jeanie Buss “extremely impressed” after they made a “compelling case” and presented
  
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• Trump chases Latino vote as support for Biden slips among young Hispanic voters

  10-06-2024 19:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump has announced the formation of a new campaign coalition aimed at attracting Latino voters disillusioned with the Democratic party and the policies of the Biden Administration.
  In announcing “Latino Americans for Trump,” the 45th president said he’s looking to build on past successes among the largest segment of non-white voters.
  “In 2020, we got more votes from Hispanic Americans than any Republican in more than 50 years, and we won the Texas
  
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• Anaheim getting 44 new townhomes

  10-06-2024 19:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Landsea Homes has begun construction on 44 townhomes in Anaheim across the street from a project the homebuilder recently sold out.
  The Mason community at Lincoln Avenue and Laxore Street will have three-story townhomes in four floor plans ranging from 772 to 2,007 square feet and two to four bedrooms.
  Pricing has yet to be determined.
  “From amazing recreation and tourist attractions to a wealth of shopping and dining options, Anaheim is a great city to live in Orange County. Our new homes
  
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• Dutch Bros is opening its fourth Orange County location in Laguna Hills

  10-06-2024 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Extending its footprint in Orange County, Dutch Bros, the Oregon-based coffee shop known for its inventive espresso drinks and chummy customer service, plans on opening a cafe in Laguna Hills. It will mark the company’s fourth Orange County location.
  “We approved in it in February of this year,” said Larry Longenecker, community development director of Laguna Hills. “We’re super excited about this.”
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