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• Volkswagen workers in Tennessee vote on joining the UAW

  19-04-2024 22:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By Chris Isidore | CNN
  Renee Berry has been working at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee since 2010, shortly after it opened, long enough to see the majority of her co-workers twice vote against joining the United Auto Workers union. She thinks the third vote taking place this week will be different.
  “It’s a totally different ball game,” she said. “The atmosphere is different. You see more pro-union than anti-union [workers]. A whole lot of people who were an
  
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• Dunn: Wedding bells for Newport Beach councilmember, Cowboys fan

  02-05-2024 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Newport Beach Mayor Pro-Tem Joe Stapleton didn’t need to star in the television series “The Bachelor” to find his dream girl.
  Stapleton, a diehard Dallas Cowboys fan who grew up in Tucson and played youth football for many years on a Cowboys team, was enjoying dinner one night at The Pacific Club in Newport Beach, where he serves on the board of directors, when a cousin mentioned that she knew a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and that the two of them should meet.
  They did &n
  
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• Daxon: No strike for Brea teachers

  02-05-2024 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  After weeks of talks and negotiations, even ones including outside mediators, the Brea Olinda Teachers Association and the Brea Olinda Unified School District have finally agreed on salary terms for the teachers.
  So there is no chance of the teachers walking picket lines instead of walking into their classrooms.
  “I am pleased to share the teachers agreed to a 2-year agreement, pending board approval on May 9,” Superintendent Brinda Leon said via email.
  What the teachers agreed to acc
  
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• Orange County high school wins national restaurant championship

  02-05-2024 18:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Battling against 400 students from 48 states, four students from the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana won top honors at this year’s National ProStart Invitational, the country’s largest high school culinary and restaurant management contest.
  Emily Leo, Max Madsen, Tira Smith and Cynthia Zhou of Orange County School of the Arts from Santa Ana took first place in the restaurant management category. The group will split a share of scholarships totaling $200,000. Winners wer
  
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• Biden says ‘order must prevail’ during campus protests over the war in Gaza

  02-05-2024 18:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By CHRIS MEGERIAN
  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday defended the right to protest but insisted that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face unrest over the war in Gaza.
  “Dissent is essential for democracy,” he said at the White House. “But dissent must never lead to disorder.”
  Tensions have been building for days as demonstrators refuse to remove campus encampments and administrators turn to police to clear them by for
  
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• Mortgage rates rises to highest level since Thanksgiving

  02-05-2024 18:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The average rate on a 30-year mortgage climbed this week to its highest level in more than five months, pushing up borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers in what’s typically the housing market’s busiest stretch of the year.
  The rate rose to 7.22% from 7.17% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.39%.
  When mortgage rates rise, they can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers. That limits how much homebuyers can afford at
  
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• UCLA resumes ‘limited’ operations after police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment; Dozens detained

  02-05-2024 18:42 via ocregister.com
  
  A historic, weeklong protest at UCLA in solidarity with war-battered Gaza was over Thursday morning, May 2, just hours after waves of police in riot gear dismantled demonstrators’ massive encampment outside Royce Hall and detained dozens from a crowd estimated in the low thousands.
  By daybreak, some students, a few draped in and carrying Palestinian flags, were returning to the site, but by 8:15 a.m., groups of LAPD officers were clearing them out from the Quad area near the campus’s
  
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• Tortilla Jo’s owner working on ‘many opportunities’ at Downtown Disney

  02-05-2024 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The restaurant group behind the recently shuttered Tortilla Jo’s Mexican-style cantina is working on several opportunities at Downtown Disney as the company fights off competition from one of its fiercest rivals.
  “We are working with Disney on many opportunities throughout Downtown Disney and through their new vision,” Patina Restaurant Group President John “JK” Kolaski said.
  Patina Restaurant Group President John “JK” Kolaski at Paseo in Downtown Disney
  
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• UCLA spring football review: What we learned about the Bruins

  02-05-2024 18:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The UCLA football program has finished its first spring camp with DeShaun Foster at the helm.
  Here are a few things we’ve learned after watching and observing how things played out in recent weeks:
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  Foster has not only been up to the task of retaining the talent on the roster since taking over the program, but he’s also emphasized engaging the UCLA community.
  Foster has followed through on a vision he’s put into motion with the introduction of a Friday Night Lights
  
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• Why campus protesters aim for anonymity with face masks, checkered Palestinian kaffiyehs

  02-05-2024 18:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Over the past week, Fabiola, a sophomore at Columbia, joined an encampment on her university’s quad, risked suspension and disrupted campus life, all in an effort to draw attention to the Palestinian cause.
  She describes stopping Israel’s deadly siege of the Gaza Strip as a moral duty — an urgent imperative around which she has reoriented her life.
  But as she participated in one of the most visible protests on the planet last week, Fabiola decided to hold one very important thi
  
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• Mother’s Day 2024: Restaurants serving brunch and more

  02-05-2024 18:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Mother’s Day isn’t just one brunch and done.
  Restaurant reservation company OpenTable looked into its data for 2023 and concluded it was last year’s biggest holiday, followed by the day before, with many women dining out more than once with kids, friends or by themselves.
  The holiday is popular across the board, but particularly with Generation Z and Millennials, the company said in a news release.
  Steaks, sweets and specialty drinks are among the offerings at chain restaurants
  
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• What the campus protesters and their critics get right and wrong

  02-05-2024 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  As the academic year draws to a close, protests have broken out on college campuses across the country. Students are protesting Israel’s actions in Gaza. Generally, they are calling for the United States government to stop arming and funding the war and, in the meantime, for their universities to divest from Israeli businesses.
  The current spate of protests can be drawn back to April 17, when the president of Columbia University was brought before Congress to testify about antise
  
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• Lagging revenue continues to drive California budget deficit as deadline nears

  02-05-2024 17:58 via ocregister.com
  
  As the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a 2024-25 state budget approaches, the good news for Gov. Gavin Newsom is that all-important income tax revenues in April slightly exceeded the administration’s $16.3 billion assumption.
  Even so, the bad news is that overall revenues from income, sales and corporate taxes are still running $6 billion behind what Newsom’s January budget projected for the current fiscal year, meaning that cumulative deficit will be substantially more
  
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• Nearly 2 miles of street in Irvine will be free of cars this Saturday

  02-05-2024 17:46 via ocregister.com
  
  For several hours this weekend, there will be zero cars on nearly two miles of roadway along Barranca Parkway and Harvard Avenue in Irvine.
  Instead, runners, walkers, cyclists and skaters — and maybe even some four-legged friends — will power down that stretch from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 4.
  Dubbed “CicloIrvine,” the car-free open streets event will be Irvine’s first.
  Map of the CicloIrvine route. (Courtesy of Irvine)
  The event will feature live musi
  
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• CicloIrvine event will see nearly 2 miles of Irvine streets free of cars

  02-05-2024 17:46 via ocregister.com
  
  For several hours this weekend, there will be zero cars on nearly two miles of roadway along Barranca Parkway and Harvard Avenue in Irvine.
  Instead, runners, walkers, cyclists and skaters — and maybe even some four-legged friends — will power down that stretch from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 4.
  Dubbed “CicloIrvine,” the car-free open streets event will be Irvine’s first.
  Map of the CicloIrvine route. (Courtesy of Irvine)
  The event will feature live musi
  
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• Longtime homebuilder credits CSUF education for career, philanthropic work

  02-05-2024 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  In honor of their accomplishments in their respective fields and their service and support of the university, Cal State Fullerton recognized four Distinguished Alumni and two Honorary Alumni on Feb. 24 as the 2024 CSUF Vision & Visionaries Award recipients. Established in 1994, the biennial awards are the highest honors presented by CSUF to alumni and community supporters.
  Growing up in Placentia, the emerging campus of Cal State Fullerton was a “backyard playground” for Scott Co
  
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• Will California hobble the US railroad industry?

  02-05-2024 17:35 via ocregister.com
  
  American federalism is struggling. Federal rules are an overwhelming presence in every state government, and some states, due to their size or other leverage, can impose their own policies on much or all of the country. The problem has been made clearer by an under-the-radar plan to phase out diesel locomotives in California. If the federal government provides the state with a helping hand, it would bring nationwide repercussions for a vital, overlooked industry.
  Various industry and advocacy gr
  
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• Gudetama Cafe, dedicated to Sanrio’s lazy egg character, opening in Buena Park

  02-05-2024 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Drenched in the yellow hue of its yolky animated hero, Gudetama Cafe, based on Sanrio’s lazy egg character, will open its doors in Buena Park on Saturday, May 4.
  While the menu has yet to be revealed for the upcoming Buena Park location, Gudetama Cafe’s international locations serve salad, soups, sandwiches and, of course, eggs — many of which come with Gudetama’s face somewhere on the meal.
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• Housing approved for two aging commercial properties in Newport Beach near John Wayne Airport

  02-05-2024 17:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Two older commercial buildings near John Wayne Airport are set to be torn down, and developers plan to turn them into condominiums and apartments with a percentage of each set for affordable housing.
  The Newport Beach City Council recently approved the proposals, voting to override the Orange County Airport Land Use Commission determination earlier this month that the projects were “inconsistent” with the land-use plan in the airport zone.
  In January, the commission found that &ldquo
  
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• Angels’ Mickey Moniak looks to take advantage of opportunity provided by Mike Trout’s injury

  02-05-2024 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  CLEVELAND — The door is open for Mickey Moniak.
  When Mike Trout went down with a torn meniscus, Moniak became the Angels’ primary center fielder, at least against right-handed pitchers.
  After struggling in limited playing time for much of the first month, Moniak is going to get an extended chance to show if he can repeat what he did last year.
  “I just didn’t feel my best,” Moniak said, referring to the start of the season, “but over the last week, definitely f
  
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• New Santa Ana POA president wants to ‘rebrand’ organization

  02-05-2024 17:11 via ocregister.com
  
  The Santa Ana Police Officers Association’s new president, John Kachirisky, said he wants to “rebrand” the organization and get the community to see the union in a more “positive light.”
  Following the exit of former union leader Gerry Serrano in late July, Kachirisky, who was previously vice president, is filling in to finish the president’s two-year term, which ends in December when elections will be held again.
  Under Serrano’s leadership, the POA filed
  
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• The Iron Sheik threatened to kill him. Years later, a road trip would reunite them.

  02-05-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  On the day after Christmas in 1983, the wrestler known as The Iron Sheik won the World Wrestling Federation belt, beating the champion Bob Backlund in a classic “heel” vs “babyface” match at Madison Square Garden.
  Brad Balukjian, a gangly, socially awkward elementary schooler, loved the Iron Sheik, a villainous character known to wave an Ayatollah Khomeini flag while screaming “Death to America” at matches. So in 2005, Balukjian was set to become the official
  
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• Why one California retiree’s Supreme Court win is a victory for property rights nationwide

  02-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  California retiree George Sheetz has spent more than seven years locked in a long-running legal dispute with his local county over exorbitant permitting fees. But on April 12, Sheetz took his case to the U.S. Supreme Court — and won.
  The unanimous decision was a big win for Sheetz as a plaintiff. But it’s an even bigger victory for the countless property owners who confront abusive permitting fees when seeking to develop their own property, and for those of us who care about governme
  
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• 4 tips to help parents avoid obstacles to good family nutrition

  02-05-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Feeding young children can be challenging for a host of reasons. While parents and caregivers strive to encourage healthy eating, common strategies may backfire. Families’ eating habits have a huge impact on children’s daily nutrition and relationship with food and potentially even their longer-term health.
  How can busy parents tackle the obstacles to good family nutrition?
  Making dinner every day can be a significant source of stress. This is particularly true for parents and caregi
  
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• Housing abundance and public school choice increase K-12 opportunity in California

  02-05-2024 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Housing prices in California have plagued residents for years. The state houses four out of the top five counties in the United States with the most expensive median home prices, and if more supply isn’t built to meet the demand, these rates will be here to stay.
  Adults aren’t the only ones impacted by the housing crisis. High housing prices harm students desperate for access to high-quality public education. This link presents an opportunity for proponents of housing abundance, educ
  
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• Sen. Anthony Portantino’s ridiculous pay-for-strikes bill makes a return

  02-05-2024 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Sacramento politicians need to get real. Sen. Anthony Portantino, D-Glendale, has once again brought back for consideration legislation that would pay out unemployment benefits for striking workers. In addition to being a terrible idea, as a piece of legislation it is an absolute waste of time and effort.
  This time introduced as Senate Bill 1116, this bill is identical to Senate Bill 799, which was vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last year.
  Newsom explained quite clearly from the state’s persp
  
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• Journalism is not a crime, even when it offends the government

  02-05-2024 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been imprisoned in London for five years, while Texas journalist Priscilla Villarreal was only briefly detained at the Webb County Jail. But both were arrested for publishing information that government officials wanted to conceal.
  Assange and Villarreal argue that criminalizing such conduct violates the First Amendment. In both cases, the merits of that claim have been obscured by the constitutionally irrelevant question of who qualifies as a “real&rdq
  
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• Top 5 storylines for the CIF-SS Division 1 swimming championships

  02-05-2024 10:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowTop 5 storylines to watch at the CIF-SS Division 1 swimming championships, which begin with prelims Thursday at Mt. SAC at 9 a.m. and conclude with finals on Saturday at noon:
  RELATED: Updated top O.C. swimming times entering Division 1 prelims
  Will Teagan O’Dell of Santa Margarita set any records? The Cal committed junior is racing the 200-yard individual medley — the event that she holds the
  
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• Swanson: Clippers in trouble entering Game 6 vs. Mavericks

  02-05-2024 10:01 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — There’s blood in the water, and Luka Doncic and his gang of sharks can smell it.
  That isn’t to say that the fourth-seeded Clippers – who drowned in a big moment on Wednesday night, falling behind 3-2 in their first-round playoff series against the fifth-seeded Dallas Mavericks after no-showing in a 123-93 Game 5 loss – can’t snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
  They could. They’re capable of extending the series to a seventh game, of giv
  
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• CIF-SS boys tennis playoffs: Wednesday’s scores, schedule for Orange County teams

  02-05-2024 08:13 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-SS BOYS TENNIS PLAYOFFS
  OPEN DIVISION
  First round
  Friday, 3 p.m. unless noted
  Peninsula at University
  Woodbridge at Palos Verdes
  Loyola at Harvard-Westlake
  Beckman at Corona del Mar, Thursday
  DIVISION 1
  Wednesday, First round
  Northwood 13, Huntington Beach 5
  Cypress vs. La Canada
  Marina 13, Cate 5
  Sage Hill 11, Yorba Linda 7
  Santa Margarita 13, Ayala 5
  Canyon 10, Diamond Bar 8
  Edison 14, Palm Desert 4
  DIVISION 2
  Wednesday, First round
  Foothill 17, Alta Loma 1
  Troy 9, Windward 9 (Troy wins on
  
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