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• 100-foot yacht catches fire in Marina del Rey, fireworks cited

  19-09-2024 07:46 via ocregister.com
  
  MARINA DEL REY — A fire stemming from fireworks damaged a boat in Marina del Rey on Wednesday night.
  The Los Angeles County Fire Department said the involved boat is about 100 feet long.
  The fire was reported shortly after 8:30 p.m. in the 2200 block of Basin A as firefighters worked to douse the flames.
  KTLA reported that the fire stemmed from fireworks exploding on the vessel, threatening other boats nearby and several structures.
  An investigation into the fire was underway.
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• Mary-Louise Parker understands drama better than anyone else, says director

  19-09-2024 19:58 via ocregister.com
  
  For more than three decades, Mary-Louise Parker has been one of America’s finest stage actresses, creating distinctive characters in more than a dozen roles, earning Tony nominations for “Prelude to a Kiss,”  “How I Learned to Drive,” “Proof,” “Reckless,” and “The Sound Inside” (and winning for “Proof” and “Sound Inside”). But while she found a good match for her darkly comic and off-beat persona on TV
  
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• Helpful or ‘inhumane?’ One South Florida city’s app lets people report ‘homeless concerns’

  19-09-2024 19:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Raisa Habersham | (TNS) Miami Herald
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Alongside pothole repair requests and complaints about flooded streets, Fort Lauderdale residents can now report homelessness in their communities through the city app FixIt FTL, which is typically used for non-emergency events.
  The city is using the new app function in response to a state law that will soon prohibit unauthorized camping on public property, according to Chris Cooper, acting assi
  
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• Big Lots closing Apple Valley distribution hub, laying off all 349 employees

  19-09-2024 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Debt-ridden and bankrupt, Big Lots is permanently closing its Apple Valley distribution center, laying off all 349 employees at the facility by Oct. 31.
  In a letter to Mayor Scott Nassif and the state’s Employment Development Department, the company stated all associates who are “involuntarily terminated as a result of the closure” will get pay and benefits through Nov. 3.
  Also see: Big Lots closing 75 stores in California. See the list
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• Wildly popular ’80s toy has another shot to overcome long-running snub

  19-09-2024 19:40 via ocregister.com
  
  My Little Pony has again made the list of finalists for the National Toy Hall of Fame. Maybe the seventh time will be a charm.
   
  The pastel toy horse with the silky mane is among this year’s 12 contenders, said the announcement Wednesday from the Strong National Museum of Play, in Rochester, N.Y.
  Introduced in the early 1980s, My Little Pony became an immediate hit, for a time outselling Barbie and spawning movies and TV shows. The 2010 animated series “My Little Pony: Friendshi
  
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• Metrolink will add midday trains for nontraditional workers, tourists

  19-09-2024 19:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Commuters board a southbound Metrolink train at the Metrolink train station in Tustin.(Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Riders disembark a Metrolink train in Los Angeles. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG
  A southbound Metrolink train leaves the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, also known as, ARTIC, in Anaheim. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  A passenger runs with his bicycle to Metrolink train 899 departing to Los Ang
  
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• Hackers have stolen your personal information in a data breach. Now what?

  19-09-2024 19:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Mike Hughlett | (TNS) The Minnesota Star Tribune
  I almost threw away the mailing I got in mid-July from MNGI Digestive Health. I couldn’t remember ever patronizing the place. Must be more junk mail.
  Then I remembered I’d recently written about MNGI and another Twin Cities medical firm, Consulting Radiologists. They had both been hacked, together exposing personal data of over 1 million people. Turns out I was one of them.
  Like millions of Americans, I faced the specter of identity th
  
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• Football video: Dan Albano and Steve Fryer make their Week 4 predictions

  19-09-2024 19:22 via ocregister.com
  
  In this week’s OCVarsity Gridiron video, Dan Albano and Steve Fryer discuss Orange County’s top football games in Week 4 and make their predictions.
  This week they discuss: Capistrano Valley vs. Foothill, El Dorado vs. Laguna Beach, Basha (Arizona) vs. Mission Viejo, Orange Lutheran vs. Sierra Canyon and Yorba Linda vs. Tustin.Related ArticlesHigh School Sports | Fryer on Football: Previews and predictions for Week 4’s top gamesHigh School Sports | Dan Albano’s Orange Cou
  
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• Once ‘hidden figures,’ now Congressional Gold Medal recipients

  19-09-2024 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Jim Saksa | (TNS) CQ-Roll Call
  WASHINGTON — Congressional Gold Medals were bestowed on a group of Black women who dared to boldly go where no woman had gone before: the labs and offices of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration where pioneering mathematicians and engineers figured out how to slip the surly bonds of Earth.
  Congress honored Katherine Johnson, Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson on Wednesday for their
  
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• Residents of Springfield, Ohio, hunker down and pray for a political firestorm to blow over

  19-09-2024 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By JULIE CARR SMYTH
  SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — In the quiet corners of Springfield, Ohio — out of sight of the drumbeat of politicians and journalists, troopers and newly installed security cameras — the people who live here are taking a breath, praying and attempting to carry on.
  Between the morning bomb sweeps of Springfield’s schools and the near daily afternoon media briefings, a hush comes over the city of 58,000 that residents say is uncanny, haunting even. It’s
  
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• Historic rainfall inflicts chaotic floods across 4 continents

  19-09-2024 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Lauren Rosenthal and Brian K Sullivan | (TNS) Bloomberg News
  Severe rains bucketed down on central Europe, Africa, Shanghai and the U.S. Carolinas this week, underscoring the extreme ways in which climate change is altering the weather.
  Different meteorological phenomena are behind the series of storms, according to climate scientists, though they agree an underlying factor for the supercharged rainfall is global warming writ large. Research has shown that hotter ai
  
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• A news site that covers Haitian Americans is facing harassment over its post-debate coverage of Ohio

  19-09-2024 19:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID BAUDER
  NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists at a news site that covers the Haitian community in the United States say they’ve been harassed and intimidated with racist messages for covering a fake story about immigrants eating the pets of people in an Ohio town.
  One editor at the Haitian Times, a 25-year-old online publication, was “swatted” this week with police turning up at her home to investigate a false report of a gruesome crime. The news site canceled a community f
  
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• Threats, assassination attempts come with the office Trump once held and is seeking again

  19-09-2024 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By GARY FIELDS
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump, following an apparent assassination attempt on him on Sunday, claimed that overheated rhetoric from Democrats was responsible for him being under threat.
  It turns out, records show, that threats come with the office that he once held and is trying to win again, and occur far more frequently than is widely known.
  An examination of Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, known as TRAC, shows that
  
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• Daxon: Race for city treasurer gains steam

  19-09-2024 18:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Did you know that Brea is just one of six Orange County cities that elects a city treasurer?
  The other five are Placentia, Orange, San Clemente, Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach.
  According to Brea Deputy City Manager Kristin Griffith, “The position does not have authority over the buying and selling of investments.” She added that the city treasurer does not have any authority over the budget and is a member of the city’s Investment Advisory Committee.
  Some of the elected city
  
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• Dunn: 1994 Tars will be spotlighted at homecoming

  19-09-2024 18:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The Newport Harbor High homecoming and pregame tailgate festivities Friday will spotlight the 1994 football team, the only unbeaten, untied squad in school history.
  “We’re going to honor that team and Coach Jeff Brinkley with a 30-year anniversary celebration,” said Newport Harbor High Alumni Association President Alan Gaddis, whose organization will host the event near Davidson Field before kickoff of the Sailors’ 7 p.m. nonleague game against St. Augustine.
  Brinkley, wh
  
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• Prop. 35’s new Medi-Cal spending has broad support, but opponents cite pitfalls

  19-09-2024 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By Bernard J. Wolfson | KFF Health News
  The proponents of Proposition 35, a November ballot initiative that would create a dedicated stream of funding to provide health care for California’s low-income residents, have assembled an impressive coalition: doctors, hospitals, community clinics, dentists, ambulance companies, several county governments, numerous advocacy groups, big business, and both major political parties.
  The Yes on Prop 35 campaign has raised over $48 million as of Sept. 9
  
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• Top Puma shoes every man needs in his collection

  19-09-2024 18:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Which Puma shoes are best for men?
  Puma is one of the top brands around whether you’re looking for high-performance athletic shoes or classic casual sneakers. Pumas provides soccer cleats to champions, basketball shoes to legends and innovative styles to trendsetters. If you have room in your sneaker collection for a new pair of kicks or you need a great gift for a family member or friend, a pair of Pumas can fill your needs nicely.
  What to know before you buy Puma shoes for men
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• National Pepperoni Pizza Day 2024: Where to find deals

  19-09-2024 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Pizza restaurant chains tend to push discounts, and National Pepperoni Pizza Day gives them another opportunity to do so.
  It takes place Friday, Sept. 20. Here are some of the current offerings from major chains.
  Prices and participation vary by location, so check your local restaurants. Prices here are based on spot checks of restaurants in Southern California and are in some cases higher than prices announced in promotions.
  Domino’s: Mix and Match deals with two items, including medium t
  
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• Cook your favorite dishes with these top-rated skillets

  19-09-2024 18:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Which skillet is best?
  If you spend any time in the kitchen, chances are you rely on a skillet for cooking many types of food. Occasional cooks and skilled chefs alike appreciate the versatility of this useful tool when it comes to stovetop cooking.
  When you find the right size, material and price tag, your new skillet will likely become your go-to cookware essential, whether you’re frying up a quick lunch for one or preparing a dish for the family. Our top pick, the All-Clad Fry
  
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• East LA Chicano muralist and former gang member recognized with national arts award

  19-09-2024 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Art has always been a saving grace for Chicano-American muralist Fabian “Spade” Debora, who proudly represents Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles.
  “I always loved the arts and wanted to follow it as a passion. And even through the darkest moments of my life — drug addiction, incarceration, gang activity — I would still be creating,” Debora said. “Art was always the voice that belonged to me, that no one could take away, and my connection to a spiritual po
  
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• A Cumbia Week is coming to L.A. and here’s a step-by-step guide for the musical celebration

  19-09-2024 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Get those hips ready to shake and sway because a weeklong celebration of cumbia music is coming to Los Angeles in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.
  “Cumbia is one of the most listened to forms of music, it’s become a global sound,” said Grant C. Dull organizer of  Cumbia Week in Los Angeles.
  The celebration of the high-energy, traditional Latin dance music takes place at several venues throughout the city and will vary from vibrant dance parties to concerts to film screeni
  
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• What consumers should know about Fed rate cuts

  19-09-2024 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate from its 23-year high, with consequences for debt, savings, auto loans, mortgages and other forms of borrowing by consumers and businesses.
  On Wednesday, the Fed announced that it reduced its key rate by an unusually large half-percentage point, to between 4.75 and 5 percent, the first rate cut in more than four years.
  The central bank is acting because, after imposing 11 rate hikes dating back to March 2022, it feels confident that inflati
  
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• Cheaper rates don’t get house hunters buying. US sales at 10-month low

  19-09-2024 17:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Sales of existing US homes fell in August to a 10-month low on persistent affordability challenges ahead of a recent decline in mortgage rates.
  Contract closings decreased 2.5% from a month earlier to a 3.86 million annualized rate, according to figures released Thursday from the National Association of Realtors. That was weaker than the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists.
  The housing industry is counting on a series of interest-rate cuts by Federal Reserve — which started
  
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• Want to help out for Coastal Cleanup Day? Here’s a few events planned in Orange County

  19-09-2024 17:17 via ocregister.com
  
  California Coastal Cleanup Day, an annual event where people gather in communities to stop trash before it hits the ocean, returns this weekend with events throughout Orange County.
  The campaign dates back to 1984, when Oregon resident Judy Neilson raised concern over the number of plastics found along her state’s beaches, organizing the “Plague of the Plastics” event that year. Following suit the next year, the California Coastal Commission declared its first Coastal Cleanup D
  
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• Neil Finn says Crowded House has something so strong with his sons in group

  19-09-2024 17:06 via ocregister.com
  
  For many years, Crowded House had singer-guitarist Neil Finn and bassist Nick Seymour as its only permanent members, with hired guns coming and going as needed for tours and recording sessions.
  But in time, Finn says, a trio of very familiar faces returned again and again. His musician sons Liam and Elroy felt natural on guitar and drums respectively. Mitchell Froom, who produced the beloved band’s 1986 self-titled debut and two follow-up albums, had a long history behind the keyboards in
  
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• Memorial and paddle out planned for Walter Hoffman at Doheny State Beach

  19-09-2024 16:31 via ocregister.com
  
  A memorial and paddle-out ceremony are planned to celebrate the life of Walter Hoffman, an early-era big wave charger and board builder who helped kick-start the surf clothing industry.
  The gathering at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point will kick off at about 1 p.m. with the memorial service, followed by a paddle out at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20. Hoffman died on July 9 at age 92.
  Hoffman and his brother, Phillip, who went by “Flippy,” are sons of Rube Hoffman, who started Californ
  
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• Environmental efforts to clean, protect beaches mark major milestones

  19-09-2024 15:57 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s a year to toast the coast, a perfect excuse to celebrate major environmental milestones aimed at protecting one of the state’s most valued resources – and also an opportunity to give a helping hand this weekend.
  The annual California Coastal Cleanup Day campaign and the Surfrider Foundation are both marking 40 years in 2024, while Orange County Coastkeeper celebrates 25 years since it was founded.
  California Coastal Cleanup Day is celebrating 40 years, a statewide effort a
  
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• Huntington Beach council approves Magnolia Tank Farm housing project

  19-09-2024 15:15 via ocregister.com
  
  The Huntington Beach City Council gave unanimous support on Tuesday, Sept. 18 to a 29-acre development in southeast Huntington Beach that will add 250 homes and a hotel near the coast.
  The project has worked through approvals for years; Tuesday’s vote accepts changes the California Coastal Commission approved in July, including setting aside some affordable rentals among the housing units for hotel workers.
  “We are grateful to the city of Huntington Beach for their support of this pr
  
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• Endorsement: Michelle Steel for the 45th Congressional District

  19-09-2024 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s a lot of money being spent in the 45th Congressional District, as both Democrats and Republicans see it as critical to their hopes of controlling the House of Representatives. But as the partisans are busy duking it out and setting money on fire,  we came to a surprisingly easy conclusion about who is best suited to represent the district.
  Rep. Michelle Steel, a former Orange County supervisor, has proven herself a capable and thoughtful member of the House of Representatives.
  
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• 100-foot luxury yacht sinks in Marina del Rey after fireworks explosion and fire

  19-09-2024 07:46 via ocregister.com
  
  MARINA DEL REY  — A luxury yacht anchored in Marina del Rey sunk Wednesday night after a fire stemming from a fireworks explosion on board.
  The fire was reported shortly after 8:33 p.m. and firefighters responded to 211 Basin A to douse the flames on the approximately 100-foot boat, the Los Angeles County Fire Department reported.
  Multiple explosions resonated throughout the harbor as The Admiral was consumed by flames.
  Footage at the scene from CBS 2 showed the boat listing to one si
  
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