• 1 killed in crash on 73 toll road near Newport Beach, Irvine border

    1 killed in crash on 73 toll road near Newport Beach, Irvine border
    A person died when a sedan collided with another vehicle that overturned on the 73 toll road Tuesday, June 15, near the border of Newport Beach and Irvine.
    The collision happened in southbound lanes near Jamboree Road at about 3:55 p.m., California Highway Patrol spokesman, Officer Tino Olivera, said. At least one witness reported seeing a white BMW 540i that may have been speeding before it struck an older red vehicle that rolled over during the crash, he said.
    At least one person died in the c
  • Angels embrace experience of September baseball against a contender

    Angels embrace experience of September baseball against a contender
    HOUSTON — Nine of this season’s final 13 games for the Angels are against either the Chicago White Sox or Texas Rangers. The White Sox (36-117) have long been eliminated from postseason contention, and the Rangers (73-80) are very likely to be once that season-closing series arrives on Sept. 27.
    But in the middle of those 13 games is this weekend’s four-game set against the AL West-leading Astros (82-70) at Minute Maid Park. For the Angels (62-90), it’s their final opport
  • Israeli soldiers observed pushing bodies off roofs in West Bank

    Israeli soldiers observed pushing bodies off roofs in West Bank
    By Julie Frankel and Majdi Mohammed | Associated Press
    QABATIYA, West Bank — Israeli soldiers pushed three apparently lifeless bodies from rooftops during a raid in the northern part of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to an Associated Press journalist at the scene and video obtained by AP.
    An AP journalist in the town of Qabatiya witnessed three soldiers push the bodies off the roofs of adjacent multi-story buildings, sending them falling out of view. It was the latest in a s
  • Popeyes and Wendy’s have new $5 deals; here’s what you get

    Popeyes and Wendy’s have new $5 deals; here’s what you get
    Like summer weather spilling over into autumn, this summer’s fast food trend is carrying over into late September.
    The trend is $5 value meals, and there are a couple of new ones from Popeyes and Wendy’s.
    The Popeyes deal, however, is not like McDonald’s $5 Meal Deal, which got the ball rolling in June. That one was a complete meal, with fries and drink.
    Popeyes’ 3 Piece Signature Chicken Deal is just three pieces of fried chicken for $5.
    Ordering online, you have the cho
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  • How USC’s Zachariah Branch went from fast to ‘real fast’

    How USC’s Zachariah Branch went from fast to ‘real fast’
    LOS ANGELES — They say speed kills, yes, but Zachariah Branch does not grant instant death. He waits. He processes. He lulls. And then, in a flash, he digs his cleat into turf with every Newton of force his 175-pound frame can muster.
    And when Branch makes that decision to put his foot in the ground, as USC track and field coach Quincy Watts proclaims, the acceleration is something special. Unbelievable.
    “That’s when you see,” Watts said, “the whooooo.”
    On Sep
  • New Cal State Fullerton president aims to unite campus community in first year at helm

    New Cal State Fullerton president aims to unite campus community in first year at helm
    At Cal State Fullerton’s convocation Thursday, new university president Ronald Rochon gave his first major public address since taking the reins of the college nearly two months ago.
    In his 30-minute “State of the University” speech in front of faculty, staff and a smattering of students at the Meng Concert Hall on campus, Rochon tried to strike a balance between signaling a fresh start for the school and committing to plans already in action before his arrival.
    “I don&rs
  • Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani has MLB’s first 50-50 season after 3-homer day

    Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani has MLB’s first 50-50 season after 3-homer day
    MIAMI — Shohei Ohtani announced his presence as the lone member of the 50-50 club with authority.
    Ohtani had a career-high six hits on Thursday – including three homer runs and two doubles – with 10 RBIs and two stolen bases.
    The two steals give Ohtani 51 for the season (the 13th season of 50 or more stolen bases in Dodgers history). The two home runs give him 50 for the season, passing Shawn Green (49) for the Dodgers’ single-season record.
    Only the sixth player in baseb
  • Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani has MLB’s first 50-50 season

    Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani has MLB’s first 50-50 season
    MIAMI — Shohei Ohtani announced his presence as the lone member of the 50-50 club with authority.
    Ohtani had a career-high five hits on Thursday – including two doubles and two home runs – with seven RBIs and two stolen bases.
    The two steals give Ohtani 51 for the season (the 13th season of 50 or more stolen bases in Dodgers history). The two home runs give him 50 for the season, passing Shawn Green (49) for the Dodgers’ single-season record.
    Only the sixth player in base
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  • Alleged ‘crime tourist,’ 19, pleads not guilty to stealing $1M watch at gunpoint in Beverly Hills

    Alleged ‘crime tourist,’ 19, pleads not guilty to stealing $1M watch at gunpoint in Beverly Hills
    The second of two South American nationals allegedly linked to the armed robbery of a $1 million emerald-encrusted Patek Phillipe watch from a tourist sitting on the patio of a restaurant at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel pleaded not guilty Thursday to a federal charge.
    Jesus Eduardo Padron Rojas, 19, of Venezuela entered his plea in downtown Los Angeles to one count of interference with commerce by robbery — known as a federal Hobbs Act crime, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
    A
  • Fryer: Dana Hills’ Evan Noonan heads into Woodbridge Classic on an epic pace

    Fryer: Dana Hills’ Evan Noonan heads into Woodbridge Classic on an epic pace
    Dana Hills’ Evan Noonan will be off and running to start his senior year Saturday night in the Woodbridge Classic cross country meet at Great Park in Irvine.
    Noonan was last season’s Orange County boys cross country runner of the year and Gatorade’s boys cross country runner of the year in California. He repeated as a CIF Southern Section (Division 3) and state champion.
    In track and field, Noonan was the CIF state champion in the 3,200 meters. He was Orange County’s only
  • Los Alamitos horse racing consensus picks for Friday, September 20, 2024

    Los Alamitos horse racing consensus picks for Friday, September 20, 2024
    The consensus box of Los Alamitos horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Terry Turrell, Eddie Wilson and Kevin Modesti. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Friday, September 20, 2024.
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  • Chargers QB Justin Herbert limited in return to practice

    Chargers QB Justin Herbert limited in return to practice
    Justin Herbert returned to the practice field Thursday at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, but the Chargers said his participation was limited because of an injured right ankle. His status for the Chargers’ game Sunday against the Steelers in Pittsburgh remained to be determined.
    Herbert was observed throwing passes, but he did not join his teammates for drills during the period open to reporters. The Chargers’ quarterback was injured on a third-down scramble in the third
  • Dodgers’ Andrew Friedman: Shohei Ohtani is ‘not really an option’ to pitch in postseason

    Dodgers’ Andrew Friedman: Shohei Ohtani is ‘not really an option’ to pitch in postseason
    MIAMI — There has been a lot of talk about Shohei Ohtani possibly pitching if the Dodgers go deep enough in the postseason this year.
    Ohtani has not been involved in any of that talk.
    “There’s no conversation that was brought about with the pitching coach in terms of pitching in the postseason,” Ohtani said through his interpreter this week. “But we’re going to have a meeting back in L.A. to discuss the overall rehab progression.”
    The meeting has nothing
  • Bowling’s 1950s boom in suburbs gets fresh spin in new book

    Bowling’s 1950s boom in suburbs gets fresh spin in new book
    The heyday of bowling alleys in Southern California is the subject of a new book. Author Chris Nichols gives all credit to Covina Bowl, his family’s favored bowling center of the 1980s.
    “I loved it so much,” says Nichols, 53, who grew up in the San Gabriel Valley. “I spent so many childhood milestones there.”
    Nichols organized a 60th anniversary party in 2016 for Covina Bowl. (I was there.) After the last pin fell in 2017, he was among those who successfully advocat
  • Gov. Newsom calls out Southern California cities while signing homeless, housing bills

    Gov. Newsom calls out Southern California cities while signing homeless, housing bills
    Gov. Gavin Newsom called out Huntington Beach and Norwalk Thursday, Sept. 19, during a press conference announcing the passage of 32 laws aimed at the state’s housing and homelessness crises.
    Newsom signed seven of the 32 bills, alongside Attorney General Rob Bonta, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Bay Area state legislators Timothy Grayson and Buffy Wicks and Secretary of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Tomiquia Moss.
    “We can pass all these laws and if folks at t
  • Gov. Newsom calls out Huntington Beach while signing homeless, housing bills

    Gov. Newsom calls out Huntington Beach while signing homeless, housing bills
    Gov. Gavin Newsom called out Huntington Beach and Norwalk Thursday, Sept. 19, during a press conference announcing the passage of 32 laws aimed at the state’s housing and homelessness crises.
    Newsom signed seven of the 32 bills, alongside Attorney General Rob Bonta, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Bay Area state legislators Timothy Grayson and Buffy Wicks and Secretary of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Tomiquia Moss.
    “We can pass all these laws and if folks at t
  • Former Orange County election official tells story of protecting the vote in 2020

    Former Orange County election official tells story of protecting the vote in 2020
    The leadup to the 2020 election was marked by widening partisan polarization, raging wildfires in California and the COVID-19 pandemic.
    In the middle of that turbulence was Jackie Wu, who was working at the Orange County Registrar of Voters as a community outreach manager in charge of executing a voter outreach plan and assisting with proofing all election materials.
    That year, voter turnout in Orange County was 87.3%, one of the highest in the state. An incredible feat on its own, it was even m
  • Lazerson: Rate cut means home prices will moderate as inventory rises

    Lazerson: Rate cut means home prices will moderate as inventory rises
    Sorry, house hunters, the recent rate cut by the Federal Reserve won’t move the housing market much.
    A host of economists I surveyed offered modest expectations after central bankers cut their benchmark interest rates for the first time in four years. The Fed’s rate took a somewhat unexpected half-point trim as unemployment is rising and inflation diminishing. Most predictions were for a one-quarter point cut.
    Related: Cheaper rates don’t get house hunters buying. US sales
  • Horse racing: Like John Henry, trainer Ron McAnally endures

    Horse racing: Like John Henry, trainer Ron McAnally endures
    A visitor to the Tarzana, Calif., home of Ron and Debbie McAnally immediately feels the presence of John Henry.
    A painting of John Henry by the renowned equine artist Richard Stone Reeves rules over the living room. Memories of the 1981 and 1984 North American horse of the year dominate a conversation with the McAnallys. That steel-drivin’ horse was a favorite subject for Reeves, and he was the masterpiece of Ron McAnally’s thoroughbred training career.
    “So many stories. I can&
  • Taco Bell is bringing back the Big Cheez-It on Friday, Sept. 20

    Taco Bell is bringing back the Big Cheez-It on Friday, Sept. 20
    The Big Cheez-It is coming back to Taco Bell.
    The Irvine-based fast food giant will resume serving Big Cheez-It menu items on Friday, Sept. 20, according to a news release.
    Related linkTaco Bell gets date changed for National Taco DayThey include the Big Cheez-It Crunchwrap Supreme at a suggested price of $5.49 and its Big Cheez-It Tostada at $2.99.
    This time the Crunchwrap will have two Cheez-Its encased in a tortilla with beef, cheese sauce, sour cream and diced tomatoes. The original version
  • Starbucks new CEO on return to office: ‘We’re all adults here’

    Starbucks new CEO on return to office: ‘We’re all adults here’
    By Daniela Sirtori | Bloomberg
    New Starbucks Corp. Chief Executive Brian Niccol thinks his employees should be wherever they need to be to get their jobs done. More often than not, he said, that place is the office.
    In Niccol’s first staff address after taking the top job this month, he extolled the “power in having everybody together” but said he wouldn’t tell them what specific days to badge in at the company’s Seattle headquarters or at what time, according to a
  • Horse racing notes: Bob Baffert, Richard Mandella horses top Los Alamitos feature

    Horse racing notes: Bob Baffert, Richard Mandella horses top Los Alamitos feature
    LOS ALAMITOS LEADERS
    (Through Sunday)
    Jockeys / Wins
    Edwin Maldonado / 3
    Armando Ayuso / 3
    Diego Herrera / 3
    Edgar Payeras / 3
    Mario Gutierrez / 2
    Tyler Baze / 2
    Trainers / Wins
    Craig Dollase / 2
    Charles Treece / 2
    Jeff Mullins / 2
    Sergio Morfin / 2
    (16 tied) / 1
    WEEKEND STAKES
    LOS ALAMITOS THOROUGHBREDS
    Saturday
    • $125,000 Dark Mirage Stakes, fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, 1 mile
    DOWN THE STRETCH
    • Two Hall of Fame trainers take different tacks in the Dark Mirage Stakes at Los
  • Tupperware bankruptcy spat delays pay for 465,000 door-to-door workers

    Tupperware bankruptcy spat delays pay for 465,000 door-to-door workers
    By Steven Church | Bloomberg
    Tupperware’s first day in bankruptcy court hit a sour note as the 78-year-old company that’s synonymous with storing leftovers was forced to delay paying 465,000 door-to-door contractors because of a spat with lenders.
    The standoff threatens to quash Tupperware’s revival plans before the company has a chance to hold a court-supervised auction designed to attract investors willing to save the money-losing business. That’s because Tupperware has
  • Hot flashes, brain fog, frisky older women and Dr. Ruth: A chat with a sexual health expert

    Hot flashes, brain fog, frisky older women and Dr. Ruth: A chat with a sexual health expert
    Wendy Ruderman | (TNS) The Philadelphia Inquirer
    PHILADELPHIA — Robyn Faye, a certified menopause practitioner, gave up obstetrics more than a decade ago to focus on menopause, sexual health and gender-affirming care. In 2015, she became only the second medical doctor in Pennsylvania to be certified as a sex counselor through the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT).
    Faye said she decided to go back to school to become a s
  • Costa Mesa-based Anduril teams up with Microsoft on Army combat goggles

    Costa Mesa-based Anduril teams up with Microsoft on Army combat goggles
    By Tony Capaccio | Bloomberg
    Defense technology startup Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa is teaming up with Microsoft to improve the performance of new combat goggles for the US Army.
    Anduril said Thursday that the project could generate as much as $21.9 billion from the service over a decade.
    The goggles, based on virtual reality headsets with which Anduril’s founder Palmer Luckey is inherently familiar, are intended to give soldiers everything from night-vision capability to warnings of
  • The Audible: Shohei Ohtani’s MVP chances, Mike Trout’s future, and so long, Woj

    The Audible: Shohei Ohtani’s MVP chances, Mike Trout’s future, and so long, Woj
    Jim Alexander: We seem to be having a fairly lively debate on Shohei Ohtani’s bid for his third MVP award in four seasons, and first in the National League. It doesn’t transcend the Dodgers star’s chase for baseball’s first 50-50 season; he got his 49th stolen base Wednesday night in Miami and needs two homers to reach 50, although it seems to this untrained (but experienced) eye that he’s pressing, chasing some pitches he shouldn’t in the quest for history. F
  • Disney’s animation boss steps down to focus on ‘Frozen’ sequels

    Disney’s animation boss steps down to focus on ‘Frozen’ sequels
    Disney shook up its animation leadership on Thursday as part of an ongoing effort to improve movie quality.
    Jennifer Lee, who has led Disney’s flagship animation operation since 2018, delivering the smash hit “Encanto” and the wipeout “Strange World,” will step down effective immediately, Disney said. She will remain at Disney as a writer-director and focus on shaping the company’s all-important “Frozen” franchise.
    Disney named Jared Bush, 50, to s
  • ‘A natural leader’: Ducks name Radko Gudas team captain

    ‘A natural leader’: Ducks name Radko Gudas team captain
    Defenseman Radko Gudas was named the ninth captain in Ducks franchise history Thursday, becoming the first player to sport the “C” on his jersey since Ryan Getzlaf’s retirement in 2022.
    Gudas, 34, signed as a free agent with the Ducks before last season after going on a run to the Stanley Cup Final with the Florida Panthers. He had previously played for the Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning.
    He arrived to Tampa Bay as a fourth-round pick in 2010,
  • Nearly 138,000 beds under recall after reports of them breaking, collapsing

    Nearly 138,000 beds under recall after reports of them breaking, collapsing
    Nearly 138,000 platform beds sold at major retailers including Amazon and Walmart are being recalled across the U.S. and Canada because they can collapse, posing fall and injury risks.
    Utah-based importer CVB Inc. is recalling the Lucid-branded platform beds with upholstered square tufted headboards. According to Thursday notices from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, the beds can sag, break or collapse during use.
    To date, there have been 245 incidents of this occur
  • Orange County girls soccer standouts deliver college commitments

    Orange County girls soccer standouts deliver college commitments
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSanta Margarita soccer goalie Peyton Trayer discovered “everything and more” she wanted in a collegiate program in national powerhouse North Carolina.
    The junior recently committed to the Tar Heels to highlight a flurry of high-profile college announcements by Orange County girls soccer standouts.
    “It was everything and more I wanted in a school,” Trayer said of North Carolina, which ha

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