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• Troy High Graduation 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

  31-05-2024 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Graduate Sarah Kim has her photo taken with her friend Evan Torres following Troy High School High School’s graduation ceremony held at the Fullerton Union High School stadium on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Photo by Frank D’Amato, Contributing Photographer)
  Family members raise letters spelling the name of their graduate during Troy High School High School’s graduation ceremony held at the Fullerton Union High School stadium on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Photo by Frank D’Amato
  
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• US women’s soccer coach Emma Hayes ready for 1st game

  31-05-2024 23:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Emma Hayes said the groundwork has been completed ahead of her debut with the U.S. women’s national team. Now it’s all about the details.
  Hayes will be on the sidelines with her team for the first time Saturday when the United States plays a friendly match against South Korea in Commerce City, Colorado.
  Hayes was named U.S. coach in November but she finished out the Women’s Super League season with Chelsea before joining her new team in-person. Assistant Twila Kilgore coached t
  
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• Why did Irvine finance a report for a state veterans cemetery in Anaheim Hills?

  31-05-2024 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine officials discussed this week a nearly $60,000 technical review  — funded by the city — of a proposed veterans cemetery in Gypsum Canyon in Anaheim Hills — a cemetery that will ultimately be financed largely by the state.
  The discussion left some Irvine residents and Councilmember Tammy Kim questioning why Irvine paid for a review of a project happening miles away.
  The answer winds from Orange County’s long history without a veterans cemetery and Irvine Counci
  
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• President Biden endorses latest Gaza cease-fire proposal

  31-05-2024 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By Aamer Madhani, Chris Megerian and Darlene Superville | Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding, nearly 8-month-old Mideast war.
  Biden added that Hamas is “no longer capable” of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel as he urged Israelis and Hamas to come to a deal to release the re
  
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• Galaxy looks to wrap busy week with win in Chicago

  31-05-2024 22:18 via ocregister.com
  
  The Galaxy opened their second three-game week with consecutive home wins over the Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas.
  Saturday’s final game is on the road against the Chicago Fire, a team near the bottom of the Eastern Conference. The Galaxy (7-2-7, 28 points) enters Saturday in second place in the Western Conference.
  “The group’s target was nine points this week,” Galaxy coach Greg Vanney said. “So there’s a lot to play for.”
  Having the chance to complete th
  
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• Onetime FBI’s ’10 most wanted’ suspect arrested by Long Beach police on child molestation charges

  31-05-2024 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  A former Boeing engineer who at one point landed on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list for five years after fleeing to Canada was arrested by Long Beach police on child molestation charges shortly after he was released from federal prison, where he served a 20-year sentence for a child pornography conviction, authorities said Friday, May 31.
  Richard Steve Goldberg, now, 78, was originally wanted by Long Beach police in 2001 after an investigation into allegations that h
  
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• One’s a nurse, one’s an electrician, one’s on Team USA — meet 5 OC grads with big plans

  31-05-2024 22:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County is in the height of graduation season, with thousands of seniors celebrating the end of their high school careers and, for many, making summer plans before the start of college, whether it be at a local community campus or off to a four-year school.
  But while their friends take a breather before hitting the books again, these high school graduates have a post-school plan that is a lot less traditional, but indicate a bright future ahead.
  One already has a job as a nurse, another ha
  
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• 17-year-old Tustin High School graduate headed to play with Army National Guard Band

  31-05-2024 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  For 17-year-old Aaron Rodriguez-Herrejon, joining the Army was an idea that intrigued him as a kid, he said, but one he kept hidden in the back of his mind.
  “I guess the patriotism that comes with being in the military,” he said of what drew him. “I would always see videos of just how it’s like to be in the military and the pride of it. That kind of interested me.”
  But the intimidation the institution might give off to an outsider looking in, and the assumption that
  
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• This Kennedy High grad had her nurse assistant job before her diploma

  31-05-2024 21:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Deborah Okbaab, a recent John F. Kennedy High School graduate, is already a certified nurse assistant, successfully completing all requirements for her license and landing a paid position while still a student.
  Okbaab participated in Kennedy’s Patient Care Pathway, a specialized program designed to immerse students in the medical field through hands-on experience. Along with her other high school courses she was getting a comprehensive introduction to health care while engaged in clinical
  
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• Champions League final: Legendary Real Madrid takes on upset-minded Dortmund

  31-05-2024 21:56 via ocregister.com
  
  LONDON — Whatever you call it, just don’t call it luck.
  Real Madrid has dominated European club soccer’s biggest prize like no other. Coach Carlo Ancelotti was asked on the eve of the Champions League final if he could explain it.
  “There is something special in this club. It is important to study this,” Ancelotti said on Friday. “It is something special. For what reason I don’t know. History, conditions, quality of the players, character … it happ
  
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• This Los Alamitos High grad is grabbing her rugby ball and heading around the globe for Team USA

  31-05-2024 21:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Recent Los Alamitos High School graduate Sariah Ibarra will be joining the U.S. national rugby team this summer.
  Ibarra’s love for rugby began in her childhood, playing alongside her brother on an all-boys team with the Back Bay Youth Rugby Club in Costa Mesa. As she grew older, she transitioned to an all-girls team with the Belmont Shore club in Long Beach.
  Last year, she had the opportunity to study and play rugby in New Zealand, training with some of the top players in the world. There,
  
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• Recent Tustin High School graduate taking a year off to help others and learn more about herself

  31-05-2024 21:52 via ocregister.com
  
  With graduation right around to corner, Alia Hartwig faced mounting pressure to decide what she would study for the next four years in university – a decision the Tustin High senior said she had been struggling with for some time.
  So, instead of rushing off to college, Hartwig chose to take a gap year to see more of the world, learn more about herself and, mostly, she said, give back to those less fortunate than herself.
  Hartwig deferred her acceptance to Baylor University to join the Chri
  
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• This Anaheim High grad is already ready for an electrician’s career

  31-05-2024 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Guillermo Chavez Barajas spent all four of his years at Anaheim High in its Building Industry Technology Academy, a program that trains students for careers in construction and building design.
  So he’s set to continue his work in the electrical field right away.
  Guillermo Chavez Barajas is one of the lead recruits for Simon Builders and will be continuing the trade after graduation. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  “This has been a way for me to show my creativit
  
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• Look inside Peter Pan’s Never Land pitched for Disneyland expansion

  31-05-2024 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The world’s first Peter Pan-themed land set to debut at the Tokyo Disneyland resort offers a glimpse of what the future could hold for Disneyland over the next few decades under a reimagined long-term vision for the Anaheim theme park district.
  Peter Pan’s Never Land has been pitched as a possible project for the DisneylandForward theme park expansion plan recently approved by the city of Anaheim.
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• UFC 302: Lightweight champ Makhachev wants to beat Poirier, not retire him

  31-05-2024 21:29 via ocregister.com
  
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Islam Makhachev understood the reasons why Dustin Poirier would consider retirement after their lightweight title clash in the main event of UFC 302.
  The 35-year-old Poirier has cited family, blossoming business interests, and just a general weariness of the grind that it takes to reach a championship bout as motives as to why he may call it quits, win or lose to Makhachev.
  Makhachev just believed Poirier had more fight left in the tank.
  “I hope he does not retire
  
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• Tesla recalling more than 125,000 vehicles to fix seat belt warning system

  31-05-2024 21:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Tesla is recalling more than 125,000 vehicles to fix a seat belt warning system that may increase the risk of an injury in a collision.
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that the recall includes certain 2012-2024 Model S, 2015-2024 Model X, 2017-2023 Model 3, and 2020-2023 Model Y vehicles.
  The seat belt warning system is supposed to provide audible and visual seat belt reminder signals to drivers to alert them that their seat belt isn’t fastened. The NHTSA said that
  
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• Lazy Dog Restaurant launches a $5 subscription program

  31-05-2024 21:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar has launched a subscription service with an appetizing pitch: Enrollees get back as much as three times what they pay in.
  It’s called the Lazy Dog Campfire Club, in keeping with the chain’s Rocky Mountain theme, and it works a little differently from other restaurant chains’ memberships.
  A customer signs up to pay $5 a month and then gets one free item a month worth up to $15. The item can be a starter, a dessert or a TV Dinner, one of the chain&rs
  
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• French Open: Rublev falls as Swiatek, Gauff, Sinner, Tsitsipas move on

  31-05-2024 21:16 via ocregister.com
  
  PARIS — Sixth-seeded Andrey Rublev berated his own behavior after he was knocked out of the French Open by Matteo Arnaldi 7-6 (6), 6-2, 6-4 in the third round on Friday.
  Rublev showed frustration throughout over his lack of precision, committing 37 unforced errors and four double faults. After netting a forehand in the third set, he smashed his racket on his knee four times.
  “I am completely disappointed with myself, with the way I behaved, the way I performed, and I can’t reme
  
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• Tustin’s Claire Gocke named women’s basketball coach at Irvine Valley College

  31-05-2024 21:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowTustin girls basketball coach Claire Gocke has found a new challenge.
  The veteran coach has resigned after 12 seasons to become the head coach of the Irvine Valley College women’s basketball team, she confirmed Friday.
  “Tustin has been my home and family for 12 years,” she said, “but all my people said it was a no-brainer to go and challenge myself at the next level.”
  At Irvi
  
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• Chobani yogurt billionaire buys San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing Co.

  31-05-2024 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Craft beer pioneer Anchor Brewing Co. — the maker of Anchor Steam and Christmas Ale beers that announced last year it was closing — has been bought by Chobani yogurt’s founder.
  The purchase price was not disclosed. Billionaire Hamdi Ulukaya said in a statement issued Friday that Anchor embodies much of what makes San Francisco so great, and he’s excited to be part of the company’s rebirth.
  Last year: 127-year-old Anchor Brewing Co. to halt operations with tough
  
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• Travel junk fees are a virus with no easy fix

  31-05-2024 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  By Sam Kemmis | NerdWallet
  Getting upset at junk fees is like getting upset at the flu.
  Sure, I’m annoyed both when I get sick and when I have to pay $20 for my seat of choice, but it’s pointless to get mad at the viruses or airlines responsible. They’re just doing their jobs: One maximizing self-replication, and the other, profit.
  Since budget airlines rose to prominence over a decade ago, airlines have been exploiting a quirk in human purchasing psychology: We’re attrac
  
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• Women’s College World Series: UCLA all smiles after Game 1 win

  31-05-2024 20:55 via ocregister.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Kelly Inouye-Perez doesn’t smile much at press conferences.
  Laughing?
  Giggling?
  No way.
  But Thursday after UCLA won its opener at the Women’s College World Series, the Bruins’ usually stoic softball coach did all of the above. Maybe it was because she was sitting next to WCWS newbies, pitcher Taylor Tinsley and slugger Jordan Woolery, sophomores who had an infectious giddiness. Or maybe it was because the Bruins, absent from the WCWS a year ago, had gotten
  
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• Santiago Canyon College to decommission portable classrooms known as U-Village

  31-05-2024 20:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The 30-year-old portable classrooms known as the U-Village on the Santiago Canyon College campus are no longer meeting the needs of faculty and students who use them for a variety of classes. In addition to being old, the portable classrooms were damaged by the past winter’s rains and recent earthquakes, making them unsafe, said Jeannie G. Kim, president of SCC.
  A plan is in place to decommission the U-Village, which means the campus community must re-evaluate its spaces and building needs
  
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• Illegal ecstasy takes step toward becoming legal drug for PTSD

  31-05-2024 20:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Robert Langreth, Tiffany Kary and Fiona Rutherford | (TNS) Bloomberg News
  The first new PTSD drug in over twenty years is up for approval. It will require U.S. regulators to do something they’ve never done before: greenlight the mind-altering — and illegal — party drug known as ecstasy.
  The new drug is a version of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, made by Lykos Therapeutics Inc., an unusual drugmaker started by a nonprofit that has for decades advocated to bring psychedelic therapy
  
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• Idaho volleyball coach Chris Gonzalez resigns

  31-05-2024 20:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Idaho volleyball head coach Chris Gonzalez resigned under pressure on Friday after a university commissioned investigation that confirmed dozens of allegations of abuse and bullying by Gonzalez first detailed in a Southern California News Group report last December.
  While current and former Idaho players welcomed Gonzalez removal, saying it was long overdue, they expressed outrage in interviews with SCNG over the university’s decision to shut down the investigation without addressing how u
  
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• Alexander: Lakers fans have a simple NBA Finals choice

  31-05-2024 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  The world according to Jim:
  • So can we assume that a large portion of Southern California’s basketball fans will be rooting fervently for Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks over the next few weeks? …
  • If you are a Lakers fan of any vintage at all, you know where I’m going with this. The Boston Celtics are pursuing a record NBA championship No. 18, which is their organization’s Holy Grail just as much as it is that of the Lakers. …
  • We will remi
  
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• Trader Joe’s opening 8 new stores in Southern California

  31-05-2024 20:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Trader Joe’s is in expansion mode, adding eight grocery stores to its Southern California roster.
  The Monrovia-based grocer has plans to open another dozen stores across the U.S. So far, the company has offered no timeline for the store openings.
  Orange County is getting one new store in a former Staples office supply store in Ladera Ranch.
  Mission Viejo residents commenting on Facebook seemed particularly happy to hear the popular grocery store was coming to the vacant retail space, part
  
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• Union: Strike over pro-Palestinian protests to expand to UC campuses in Irvine, elsewhere

  31-05-2024 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A rolling strike by unionized academic workers upset about the University of California’s response to pro-Palestinian protests at various campuses will spread to three more campuses next week, including UC Irvine, union officials said Friday, May 31.
  According United Auto Workers Local 4811, workers will hit the picket lines Monday morning at UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara, with UC Irvine workers joining the lines Wednesday.
  The wave of strikes began at UC Santa Cruz, then spread this w
  
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• AP analysis: US set a record for heat-related deaths in 2023

  31-05-2024 19:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By Seth Borenstein, Mary Katherine Wildeman and Anita Snow | Associated Press
  David Hom suffered from diabetes and felt nauseated before he went out to hang his laundry in 108-degree weather, another day in Arizona’s record-smashing, unrelenting July heat wave.
  His family found the 73-year-old lying on the ground, his lower body burned. Hom died at the hospital, his core body temperature at 107 degrees.
  The death certificates of more than 2,300 people who died in the United States last sum
  
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• Governor’s budget proposal attacks independence of California’s Office of Tax Appeals

  31-05-2024 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  One of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recently proposed business tax increases stands out for reasons beyond the impact it would have on employers and the economy. In addition to accounting for $1.9 billion of the governor’s $18 billion in tax hikes, it attacks the independence of the state’s Office of Tax Appeals by retroactively overturning an OTA ruling.
  Some background is important. The OTA was created by the “Taxpayer Transparency and Fairness Act” of 2017, which stated:
  
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• Scientists are testing mRNA vaccines to protect cows and people against bird flu

  31-05-2024 19:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By MIKE STOBBE and LAURAN NEERGAARD (Associated Press)
  The bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows is prompting development of new, next-generation mRNA vaccines — akin to COVID-19 shots — that are being tested in both animals and people.
  Next month, the U.S. Agriculture Department is to begin testing a vaccine developed by University of Pennsylvania researchers by giving it to calves. The idea: If vaccinating cows protects dairy workers, that could mean fewer chances for the virus to j
  
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• The rigged trial of Donald Trump could backfire big time

  31-05-2024 19:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Thursday’s climax of the Manhattan trial of former president Donald Trump may go down in history as “The Reverse O.J.” Although juries declared one famous defendant not guilty and threw the book at the other one, the reactions after both verdicts were similar: screams of celebration and ecstatic cheers from people who saw what they believed was a score-settling justice in the outcome, transcending any reality in the courtroom. “Beat the police” was the theme of the
  
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• There is no impartiality in the U.S. Supreme Court

  31-05-2024 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Following the revelation that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s home flew an upside down American flag and an “Appeal to Heaven” flag – symbols of the “stop the steal” movement – many have been complaining about Alito’s failure to demonstrate impartiality. This threatens the already imperiled public’s trust in the Supreme Court, they say.
  When did Supreme Court justices ever give off the impression that they were impartial?
  Justice Clarenc
  
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• Galaxy signs Riqui Puig to contract extension through 2027

  31-05-2024 18:41 via ocregister.com
  
  The Galaxy announced it has signed midfielder Riqui Puig to a contract extension through the end of the 2027 season.
  Puig’s initial contract, after joining the Galaxy in summer of 2022, was set to expire at the end of next season. Following the last two games, Puig has said “good news is coming” alluding to the contract extension that had been in the final stages for the past month.
  Puig, 24, joined the Galaxy from Barcelona and immediately made an impact. He has 17 goals and 2
  
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• Sneak peek at Newport Beach lifeguard’s soon to open junior lifeguard building 

  31-05-2024 18:17 via ocregister.com
  
  For four decades, the popular Newport Beach junior lifeguard program operated out of makeshift trailers on the sand just south of the Balboa Pier.
  There was no running water and each summer portable bathrooms were set up for the 1,500 kids who participated in the popular beach safety program.  The cramped trailers served as the office for the 50 or so instructors who each day showed up to teach the youngsters at the seaside classroom set on the sand.
  But now, the junior lifeguard program ha
  
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• Real estate news: 7 cottage apartments fetch $5.9 million or $841,429 each in Laguna Beach

  31-05-2024 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California investors are moving their money around again in the multifamily sector, with several properties transacting via 1031 exchanges in recent weeks.
  Here’s a look at a few from local brokerages.
  Laguna Beach
  An array of cottages with seven apartments just two blocks from the beach in downtown Laguna Beach sold in late April for $841,429 per unit or $5.89 million.
  The deal was repped by CBRE.
  “The Laguna Beach rental market is one of the most coveted rental markets in
  
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• Rehab Riviera: Indicted OC man ‘not someone getting rich from fraud,’ his lawyer insists

  31-05-2024 17:58 via ocregister.com
  
  FILE– Gavels and law books are shown, July 14, 2010 in San Francisco, Calif.  (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)
  Sometimes, the feds bring cases because a problem is so huge there’s no way it can possibly be eliminated, the accused’s attorney mused. So they put one hand over their eyes, reach into the barrel with the other, and pull out what’s not necessarily the worst or the biggest or the baddest — but the one they can reach.
  That, said federal defense attorney Matth
  
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• Plan to attack soccer events during the Paris Olympics foiled by French security

  31-05-2024 17:56 via ocregister.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — France’s security authorities have foiled a plan to attack soccer events during the Paris Olympics, the country’s interior minister said Friday.
  Gerald Darmanin said in a statement that members of the General Directorate of Internal Security arrested an 18-year-old man from Chechnya on May 22 on suspicion of being behind a plan to attack soccer events that will be held in the southern city of Saint-Etienne.
  According to the initial investigation, the man was prepar
  
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• Irvine’s new Great Park Live amphitheater’s first concert is June 14

  31-05-2024 17:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Outdoor music is set to return to the performing arts scene in Irvine as the city opens Great Park Live, a temporary amphitheater that can host a crowd of up to 5,000 people and that will feature a food and beverage hub.
  Starting June 14, the amphitheater will host tribute concerts, including a Taylor Swift night on June 22.
  In July, Great Park Live will also become home to a farmers market. Eventually, the city hopes to use the venue to host graduations, festivals and commercial acts, Irvine sp
  
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• Foothill High Graduation 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

  31-05-2024 17:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Nicolas Lopez is all smiles as he waves to the crowd after receiving his diploma during the Foothill High School graduation ceremony in Tustin on May 30, 2024.(Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer)
  Graduates listen to speeches during the Foothill High School graduation ceremony in Tustin on May 30, 2024.(Photo by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer)
  Liam Esslinger, center, displays his diploma to the crowd during the Foothill High School graduation ceremony in Tustin on May 30,
  
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• Mission Viejo High Graduation 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

  31-05-2024 17:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Senior graduate Tina Liu, 17, left, shakes hands with principal Tricia Osborne, right, after receiving a diploma at the Mission Viejo High School graduation ceremony in Mission Viejo on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Photo by Michael Ares, Contributing Photographer)
  Senior graduate Amiya Harris, 17, celebrates receiving a diploma at the Mission Viejo High School graduation ceremony in Mission Viejo on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Photo by Michael Ares, Contributing Photographer)
  Family and friends cheer o
  
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• OC Fair to host job fair, looking to fill more than 750 positions

  31-05-2024 17:18 via ocregister.com
  
  The OC Fair & Event Center is looking to hire more than 750 people for this summer’s OC Fair. Most open positions are seasonal and part-time, although some year-round jobs are available.
  Festival organizers are hosting a hiring event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 8 outside the center’s administration building at 88 Fair Drive, in Costa Mesa. Applications are required and must be submitted before the event, and on-site interviews will take place. Resumes will be accepted, but are
  
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• Trump responds to his guilty verdict by falsely blasting a ‘rigged trial’ and attacking star witness

  31-05-2024 17:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JILL COLVIN (Associated Press)
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump launched into attacks on the judge in his criminal trial and continued to undermine New York’s criminal justice system Friday as he tried to repackage his conviction on 34 felony charges as fuel, not an impediment, to his latest White House bid.
  Trump spoke to reporters at his namesake tower in Manhattan on Friday, his return to campaigning a day after he was convicted of trying to illegall
  
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• Trump delivers rambling response to guilty verdict, falsely blasting ‘rigged trial,’ slamming Cohen

  31-05-2024 17:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JILL COLVIN (Associated Press)
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump launched into attacks on the judge in his criminal trial and continued to undermine New York’s criminal justice system Friday as he tried to repackage his conviction on 34 felony charges as fuel, not an impediment, to his latest White House bid.
  Trump spoke to reporters at his namesake tower in Manhattan on Friday, his return to campaigning a day after he was convicted of trying to illegall
  
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• Donald Trump tries to turn his guilty verdict into campaign fuel and attacks criminal justice system

  31-05-2024 17:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JILL COLVIN (Associated Press)
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump launched into attacks on the judge in his criminal trial and continued to undermine New York’s criminal justice system Friday as he tried to repackage his conviction on 34 felony charges as fuel, not an impediment, to his latest White House bid.
  Trump spoke to reporters at his namesake tower in Manhattan on Friday, his return to campaigning a day after he was convicted of trying to illegall
  
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• Putting teeth in California housing goals

  31-05-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  You don’t necessarily always like to see various aspects of government in California seeking financial penalties against other aspects of government in California.
  It’s unseemly, in that we’re not talking Monopoly money here. It’s not “theirs” — not government’s — it’s our money, that we gave them. It merely encourages highly paid government lawyers to go out and hire even more highly paid private attorneys to advise them in their fight
  
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• HOA Homefront: 17 things I wish all HOA managers knew

  31-05-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  This is part three in a five-part series.
  Managers are the HOA’s most important service providers. HOAs don’t work well without competent and trustworthy managers.
  1. Managers are increasingly vital for the HOA housing model as it continues to grow. At least 30% of Americans now live in one of 365,000 HOAs, according to the Foundation For Community Association Research.
  2. HOA Managers are professionals, not clerks or secretaries. Managers who view themselves as professionals will re
  
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• City of Hope’s new blood test for lung cancer will mean more early detections

  31-05-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  To test for lung cancer, a person needs to get low-dose computed tomography screening, more commonly known as a CT scan. But that can be costly and time-consuming, just two reasons why less than 2% of those eligible in California ever get scanned.
  The City of Hope and DELFI Diagnostics Inc. are trying out a new kind of screening for lung cancer that uses a simple blood test. They believe that this much more convenient and less costly testing will draw in more people for screening, and save lives
  
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• Does presidential politics depress California consumer confidence?

  31-05-2024 16:24 via ocregister.com
  
  ”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations, while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data.
  Buzz: California’s consumer confidence about the future often falls into a funk in presidential election years.
  Source:My trusty spreadsheet looked at the poll-powered results of the Conference Board’s index of statewide optimism, a benchmark that dates to 2007. To gauge political influences, the index ave
  
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• Why is drowning on the rise in Orange County and nationally?

  31-05-2024 16:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Even though it happened about 30 feet from where she stood, Eloise Burke didn’t see or hear her little sister, Ginny, die.
  It was 1958, a warm but not hot summer day in Miami, and the sisters were playing in a public pool. Ginny, 7, was with some kids Eloise, then 10, didn’t know. And when those kids took their game to a different part of the pool they left Ginny behind, just below the surface.
  The little girl drowned the way a lot of people drown; without a visible struggle or a sou
  
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