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• 1 killed in shooting at Fashion Island retail center in Newport Beach

  03-07-2024 02:23 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH – A person was killed Tuesday during an apparent robbery and shooting at Fashion Island in Newport Beach.
  Initial reports from police indicated a mid-afternoon robbery at the shopping mall led to one of the suspects opening fire, an official said.
  There was no immediate description of a suspect or whether more than one person was shot.
  News video from the scene showed a police had placed a tent over a victim on a street at the center.
  City News Service contributed to this sto
  
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• Bill would name stretch of the 405 Freeway ‘Surf City Highway’

  05-07-2024 21:50 via ocregister.com
  
  A bill filed by a state senator seeks to name a three-mile section of the 405 Freeway as Surf City Highway, a recognition of Huntington Beach’s nickname and its surfing culture.
  State Sen. Janet Nguyen, whose district encompasses the city, filed the bill in June that asks to designate the 405 Freeway from Warner Avenue to Bolsa Avenue as Surf City Highway.
  “I think it’s appropriate to give that recognition and name part of the 405 Freeway as Surf City USA,” Ngyuen said, &
  
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• Ten years following Ben Carlson’s death, the lifeguard’s legacy continues

  05-07-2024 21:27 via ocregister.com
  
  A chant echoed across the sand and the water off Newport Beach, not far from where Ben Carlson was last seen in the distance.
  “Ben did go! Ben did go!” the crowd of junior lifeguards kids belted out, many not yet born or still in diapers the day Carlson, a 15-year lifeguard and longtime junior guard instructor, died a decade ago while rescuing a swimmer in big surf.
  The 10-year anniversary of Carlson’s death on Saturday, July 6, marks a tragic day in Newport Beach history &ndas
  
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• Where to watch: Can you see President Biden’s make-or-break ABC interview early on the West Coast?

  05-07-2024 21:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Amid the fallout over President Biden’s performance in the first presidential debate against Republican rival and former President Donald Trump, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos is interviewing Biden on Friday during a campaign swing in Wisconsin.
  That interview is slated for broadcast on ABC stations at 8 p.m. Eastern and 8 p.m. Pacific time, which means it will be tape-delayed for West Coast viewers.
  CRITICAL PERFORMANCE: President Biden scrambles to save his reelection with trip to Wis
  
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• President Biden scrambles to save his reelection with trip to Wisconsin and network TV interview

  05-07-2024 21:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM
  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is fighting to save his endangered reelection effort Friday as he holds a rally and sits down for a network television interview in a pivotal battleground state, with his every answer sure to be scrutinized for evidence of his competency and fitness to run for office.
  It could be a watershed moment for Biden, who is under pressure to bow out of the campaign after his disastrous debate performance against Republican Donald T
  
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• Euro 2024: Spain rides late goal past Germany and into semifinal

  05-07-2024 21:02 via ocregister.com
  
  STUTTGART, Germany — Substitute Mikel Merino headed Spain into the semifinals of the European Championship as they snatched a 2-1 win over Germany in extra time on Friday.
  Florian Wirtz’s equalizer in the last minute of regulation time sent the gripping quarterfinal to extra time after Dani Olmo — who set up Merino’s winner — netted the opener early in the second half.
  “It was the game we expected,” Merino said, “because we were facing one of the b
  
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• Angels place Luis Rengifo on injured list with wrist inflammation

  05-07-2024 20:47 via ocregister.com
  
  CHICAGO — The Angels are going to be without Luis Rengifo for at least a week.
  An MRI exam Friday morning showed just right wrist inflammation, so Rengifo was placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Thursday. Rengifo was hurt on a foul ball in the ninth inning of Wednesday’s game.
  The injury costs the Angels a player who had been arguably their most productive player from the start of the season. Rengifo is also a valuable trade chip. It’s possible he could still be t
  
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• Lost in the presidential race? These are the issues that matter to voters

  05-07-2024 20:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Michelle Baruchman and Caleb Groves | (TNS) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  ATLANTA — Since the presidential debate in Atlanta last Thursday, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have faced a barrage of criticism about their performance.
  For Biden, it’s been framed around his age, with polls showing many voters consider him too old to serve another term. For Trump, his responses led some to consider him too dangerous to retake command.
  The focus on the candidates&rs
  
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• Euro 2024 quarterfinal: What you need to know for Netherlands vs. Turkey

  05-07-2024 20:29 via ocregister.com
  
  BERLIN — Buildup to the Euro 2024 quarterfinal match between Turkey and the Netherlands has been overshadowed by a diplomatic row.
  Turkey defender Merih Demiral’s hand gesture after scoring against Austria has sparked a dispute between his country and host nation Germany. Demiral was banned Friday for making a gesture used by Turkish nationalists and associated with an ultra-nationalist group. It led to condemnation from German authorities and strong pushback from Turkish counterpart
  
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• Despite what some politicians say, crime rates are decreasing

  05-07-2024 20:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Amanda Her | (TNS) Stateline.org
  Violent crime in the United States dropped significantly in the first quarter of 2024 compared with the same period last year, according to the FBI’s Quarterly Uniform Crime Report released in June.
  The FBI’s data, collected from nearly 12,000 law enforcement agencies representing about 77% of the country’s population, suggests violent crime dropped by 15% compared with the first quarter of 2023.
  The data, which covers reported crimes from Janua
  
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• 13 states with Republican governors opt out of summer food program for kids

  05-07-2024 20:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Robbie Sequeira | (TNS) Stateline.org
  A new, permanent summer grocery program will help nearly 21 million kids across 37 states get enough to eat this year while school’s out.
  But 13 states with Republican governors have opted out of the federal program, citing their opposition to what they deride as “welfare” and their unwillingness to cover administrative costs.
  Under the new $2.5 billion program created by Congress, eligible low-income households will receive 
  
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• Banc of California selling $2 billion of residential loans

  05-07-2024 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By Scott Carpenter | Bloomberg
  Banc of California, a regional bank based in Los Angeles, is selling about $2 billion of business-purpose mortgage loans in a process led by Morgan Stanley, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
  The bank picked up the loans after its acquisition late last year of LA-based PacWest Bancorp in a rescue deal, not long after fears of bank failures caused a run on deposits at regional lenders.
  By the time of the acquisition, PacWest had already sold the lendi
  
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• Rate of young women getting sterilized doubled after Roe was overturned

  05-07-2024 20:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Aaron Bolton, MTPR | KFF Health News (TNS)
  HELENA, Montana — Sophia Ferst remembers her reaction to learning that the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade: She needed to get sterilized.
  Within a week, she asked her provider about getting the procedure done.
  Ferst, 28, said she has always known she doesn’t want kids. She also worries about getting pregnant as the result of a sexual assault then being unable to access abortion services. “That’s not a crazy concept anymo
  
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• In the age of digital dollars, there’s value to budgeting with cash

  05-07-2024 20:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Emma Nelson | Star Tribune (TNS)
  Emily Franks and her husband were making enough money to get by but were still living paycheck to paycheck and struggling with debt.
  After learning their church was hosting a financial literacy class, they decided to take action. Through several weeks, they learned to craft a budget and make it stick, using cash-filled envelopes as a budgeting system to plan and control expenses.
  Fast-forward seven years, and Franks has built a career around “cash stuffing&
  
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• How generative AI is changing the mortgage process

  05-07-2024 20:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Andrew Dehan | Bankrate.com (TNS)
  How would you feel to learn that every time you communicate with your lender, AI is also on the line, taking notes?
  While that’s not happening with all lenders today, it could become a widespread practice in the future. Several major mortgage lenders have begun touting artificial intelligence as a tool to help make the mortgage process quicker and easier and to help them write more loans.
  But how do we define AI? How can it help you in the mortgage process
  
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• Reformer vs. hard-liner as Iran votes in presidential runoff

  05-07-2024 19:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jon Gambrell and Nasser Karimi | Associated Press
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran was holding a runoff presidential election Friday pitting a hard-line former nuclear negotiator against a reformist lawmaker, though both men earlier struggled to convince a skeptical public to cast ballots in the first round that saw the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history.
  Government officials up to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei predicted a higher participation rate as votin
  
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• Beryl batters Mexico after deadly swing through Caribbean

  05-07-2024 19:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By Martin Silva and John Myers Jr. | Associated Press
  TULUM, Mexico — Hurricane Beryl roared ashore on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula near the resort town of Tulum early Friday, whipping trees and knocking out power after leaving a trail of destruction that killed at least 11 people across the Caribbean.
  Beryl hit Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane but weakened over land, with a downgrade to tropical storm expected before it reemerges into the Gulf of Mexico and likely regains hurricane st
  
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• Starmer vows stability after UK election victory exposes discontent

  05-07-2024 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Alex Wickham and Ailbhe Rea | Bloomberg News (TNS)
  New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised a government of “stability and moderation” after leading his Labour Party to a landslide election victory that ended 14 years of Conservative rule that became characterized by turmoil and infighting.
  In a dramatic reshaping of the political landscape, Labour took 412 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, the most since Tony Blair’s 1997 triumph. The Tories garnered 121, their
  
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• Seven people reportedly killed in Israeli raid in West Bank

  05-07-2024 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Associated Press
  JERUSALEM — Palestinian authorities say seven people were killed Friday during an Israeli military operation in the area of the West Bank city of Jenin, where the Israeli military said it had been carrying out “counterterrorism activity” that included an airstrike.
  The military said Israeli soldiers had “encircled a building where terrorists have barricaded themselves in” and the soldiers had exchanged fire with those inside, while an airstrike had
  
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• Wimbledon: Carlos Alcaraz rallies past Frances Tiafoe

  05-07-2024 18:59 via ocregister.com
  
  LONDON — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz came back to eliminate Frances Tiafoe 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 to reach Wimbledon’s fourth round on Friday in an entertaining match between two pals that was filled with moments of brilliance and a series of momentum swings.
  The third-seeded Alcaraz was outplayed for stretches by No. 29 Tiafoe but surged to the finish and improved to 12-1 for his career in fifth sets. Tiafoe fell to 6-13 in that category.
  Tiafoe was not able to pull out w
  
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• Euro 2024 quarterfinal: What you need to know for England vs. Switzerland

  05-07-2024 18:49 via ocregister.com
  
  DUESSELDORF, Germany — England will play Switzerland in the quarterfinals of the European Championship on Saturday.
  England faced criticism from fans who thought the team underperformed in its extra-time win over Slovakia, while Switzerland exceeded expectations by knocking out defending champion Italy. The winner will play the Netherlands or Turkey in the semifinals. Kickoff is at 9 a.m. PT in Duesseldorf.
  Here’s what to know about the match:
  Match facts
  — England is playing i
  
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• July 4th fireworks cause serious impact to air quality in Southern California

  05-07-2024 18:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Due to the after-effects of July 4th fireworks, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued a special advisory for particle pollution that is leading to hazardous conditions in some areas on Friday, July 5.
  The agency said that fireworks emissions from Independence Day celebrations often lead to the worst air-quality days of the entire year.
  The advisory, which covers parts of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, will be in effect until 11:59 p.m. Friday.
  So
  
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• Air pollution advisory issued across Southern California after July 4th fireworks

  05-07-2024 18:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Due to the after-effects of July 4th fireworks, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued a special advisory for particle pollution that is leading to hazardous conditions in some areas on Friday, July 5.
  The agency said that fireworks emissions from Independence Day celebrations often lead to the worst air-quality days of the entire year.
  The advisory, which covers parts of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, will be in effect until 11:59 p.m. Friday.
  So
  
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• Real Housewives of Orange County: Alexis Bellino and Katie Ginella join the cast

  05-07-2024 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Alexis Bellino had a lot going on at the end of summer last year.
  Her beloved mother died, she broke off an engagement, and then “The Real Housewives of Orange County” was on the phone, asking the former housewife if she’d like to rejoin the reality series for its 18th season.
  And all that before she met and fell in love with John Janssen, the ex-boyfriend of housewife Shannon Storms Beador, which threw a huge plot twist into the season that premieres on Bravo on Thursday, July
  
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• Tour de France: Remco Evenepoel closes gap with Stage 7 time trial win

  05-07-2024 18:06 via ocregister.com
  
  GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN, France — Race-against-the-clock specialist Remco Evenepoel delivered an impressive display of power and precision Friday to win the Tour de France’s first time trial, leaving behind all other contenders for the yellow jersey including race leader Tadej Pogacar.
  Despite a small problem with his bike close to the finish that cost him a few seconds, the Tour debutant mastered the 25-kilometer (16-mile) stage in Burgundy wine country to post his first win at cycling&rs
  
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• Bill aims to pay California’s small businesses affected by transit and highway construction

  05-07-2024 18:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Legislation winding its way through Congress aims to provide funding for small businesses and nonprofits negatively impacted by major transit and highway projects.
  Introduced by Rep. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, the bill, called the Business Uninterrupted Monetary Program Act of 2023 — or BUMP Act — would require “local sponsors of major transit and highway projects to create a funding pool that will provide impacted businesses with monetary relief to cover expenses during interrup
  
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• Bill aims to pay California merchants if transportation construction affects business

  05-07-2024 18:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Legislation winding its way through Congress aims to provide funding for small businesses and nonprofits negatively impacted by major transit and highway projects.
  Introduced by Rep. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, the bill, called the Business Uninterrupted Monetary Program Act of 2023 — or BUMP Act — would require “local sponsors of major transit and highway projects to create a funding pool that will provide impacted businesses with monetary relief to cover expenses during interrup
  
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• South Coast Repertory to perform final outdoor series at San Juan Capistrano Mission

  05-07-2024 17:42 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s the last chance to catch the Outside South Coast Repertory play series this summer at the San Juan Capistrano Mission.
  Going on four seasons, this is the final year for the outdoor theater program at the Mission, said SCR spokesperson Brian Robin.
  Since 2021, the Mission has collaborated with SCR, the theater company behind the Emmes/Benson Theatre Center in Costa Mesa, when the COVID-19 pandemic prevented live indoor performances, said Robin.
  “It was our way of returning to liv
  
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• 2 killed, 3 hurt in Huntington Beach attack; 1 in custody

  05-07-2024 17:20 via ocregister.com
  
  A stabbing in Huntington Beach left two people dead and three others injured with non-life threatening wounds, with one person in custody, authorities said.
  The attack was reported about 11:15 p.m. Thursday, July 4, near 16th Street and Pecan Avenue, according to Huntington Beach police.
  It is a neighborhood of multi-family buildings.
  “Upon arrival, officers located several victims with significant injuries,” police said.
  “The investigation is still ongoing and more information
  
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• Legislators fail on CEQA mend for rest of us

  05-07-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  When ordinary Californians trying and failing to build something complain to the Legislature about the petty, nothing-to-do-with-the-environment constraints of the 50-year-old California Environmental Quality Act, their elected representatives tell them to shut up and just swallow the red tape.
  When the Legislature wants to build something for itself — a swanky new office building for the electeds at the annex to the state Capitol — and runs into CEQA problems, it passes a midnight b
  
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