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• Affordable housing project in Old Towne Orange respects history and addresses modern challenge

  25-06-2024 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Walking along South Pixley Street in Orange, it’s impossible to miss the “Happy Birthday” signs planted in the front yards of many homes.
  At first glance, it’s as if the people here were, coincidentally, all born around the same date and celebrating by sticking yard signs in the ground. But get close enough to read the small print, and it’s clear that the signs — sponsored by Ricci Realty— are celebrating landmark birthdays of the historic homes of Old T
  
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• Hemet man who admitted selling fentanyl through the mail is sentenced to 19 years

  28-06-2024 20:17 via ocregister.com
  
  A 38-year-old Riverside County man who distributed fentanyl out of his apartment, sending packets of the powerful synthetic opiate through the US mail, was sentenced Friday to 19 years in federal prison.
  Ignacio Alcala pleaded guilty in November in downtown Los Angeles to four federal charges: two counts of distribution of fentanyl, and one count each of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, according to th
  
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• Despite GOP headwinds, citizen-led abortion measures could be on the ballot in 9 states

  28-06-2024 20:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Anna Claire Vollers | (TNS) Stateline.org
  For abortion rights supporters in Florida, it was a tumultuous day of highs and lows.
  On April 1, the Florida Supreme Court paved the way for the state to ban nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. But it also OK’d a ballot measure that would allow Florida voters to overturn the ban this November.
  “I was elated and devastated,” said Natasha Sutherland, the communications director for Floridians Protecting Freedom,
  
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• Can Democrats replace Biden as nominee for president?

  28-06-2024 19:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Taylor Croft and Shannon McCaffrey | (TNS) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  President Joe Biden’s performance at the CNN Presidential Debate against former President Donald Trump has some questioning whether he should remain the Democratic nominee for president.
  After witnessing Biden’s several verbal missteps Thursday night during the debate, several people took to social media to urge the Democratic Party to replace him as the nominee mere months before the general election in Nove
  
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• Democrats should be honest: President Biden bombed the presidential debate

  28-06-2024 19:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Perhaps the most surprising thing about the presidential debate on CNN Thursday night was the gang-up on President Joe Biden the moment the event ended.
  Longtime political journalist John King opened the post-debate commentary by reporting there was “deep panic in the Democratic party.” He said high-ranking Democrats had bombarded him with texts pronouncing President Joe Biden’s performance “dismal” and “so terrible.”
  “Oh my God. Oh my God. What do
  
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• Polly’s Pies is selling fresh olallieberry pie and strawberry pie

  28-06-2024 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Fresh fruit season has arrived at Polly’s Pies.
  Fresh strawberry pie is on sale for $23.49 and typically available all summer. Other fruit and berry pies follow the harvest calendar, which has been pushed up about two weeks due to heat in Central California that speeded up ripening, according to representatives of the Placenta-based chain.
  Olallieberry pie went on sale for $25.49 in mid-June, as depicted in a Facebook Reels video. It should be available for a few more days. Polly’s i
  
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• Tractor Supply ditches diversity roles, climate goals after online attacks

  28-06-2024 19:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By Aaron Clark | Bloomberg
  Tractor Supply Co., the US retailer focused on rural lifestyle products, is scrapping its climate targets and diversity, equity and inclusion goals after weeks of online attacks.
  The Tennessee-based company has been hit with criticism over its policies on social media, including from right-wing activist Robby Starbuck.
  “We have heard from customers that we have disappointed them,” Tractor Supply said in a statement posted to its website. “We have take
  
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• Chevron rebuke limits overreach by bureaucrats

  28-06-2024 19:31 via ocregister.com
  
  It might be lost amid headlines about Joe Biden’s halting debate performance, but the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday overturning “Chevron deference” is one of the most significant legal developments in decades. The 6-3 vote imposes limits on the ability of federal regulators to interpret laws. The blowback from the presidential debate will be short lived – but the Chevron rebuke will have lasting and positive impact.
  “Chevron” refers to a 1984 Supr
  
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• Hackers grow more brazen in hunt for bigger ransoms

  28-06-2024 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jeff Stone and Charles Gorrivan | Bloomberg
  A hack on a London hospital has left hundreds of millions of health records exposed and forced doctors to reschedule life-altering cancer treatments. In North America, a gang tried auctioning off data about LendingTree customers after finding credentials in another breach. And in the recent compromise of car-dealership software provider CDK Global, hackers took the brazen approach of attacking not just once, but twice.
  These recent high-profile inci
  
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• Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet Tour will stop at Crypto.com Arena in November

  28-06-2024 19:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Actress and hitmaker Sabrina Carpenter is kicking off her North American tour, supporting her highly anticipated album, “Short n’ Sweet,” slated for Aug. 23.
  Carpenter’s first SoCal stops will be at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego on Sunday, Nov. 10, Crypto.com Arena in Inglewood on Friday, Nov. 15 and The Kia Forum in Inglewood on Sunday, Nov, 17 and Monday, Nov. 18. Tickets for the shows go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 28 at 10 a.m. via axs.com.
  The Dis
  
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• Yelp names San Juan Capistrano doughnut shop best in California

  28-06-2024 18:07 via ocregister.com
  
  One wouldn’t expect to find California’s best doughnut joint located next to a Marshall’s and a Dollar Tree inside a nondescript San Juan Capistrano shopping plaza. Such gastronomic distinctions from food media ilk are usually reserved for gentrified enclaves like San Francisco’s Mission District or Eagle Rock in L.A. But according to Yelp, JD Flannel Doughnuts, found just off Del Obispo Street near the 5 Freeway, ranks No. 1 when it comes to doughnuts in the Golden State
  
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• San Juan Capistrano doughnut shop named best in California by Yelp

  28-06-2024 18:07 via ocregister.com
  
  One wouldn’t expect to find California’s best doughnut joint located next to a Marshall’s and a Dollar Tree inside a nondescript San Juan Capistrano shopping plaza. Such gastronomic distinctions from food media ilk are usually reserved for gentrified enclaves like San Francisco’s Mission District or Eagle Rock in L.A. But according to Yelp, JD Flannel Doughnuts, found just off Del Obispo Street near the 5 Freeway, ranks No. 1 when it comes to doughnuts in the Golden State
  
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• Real estate news: More beachside apartments sell, this time for $8.65 million

  28-06-2024 17:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Beachwood Apartments, an 18-unit apartment complex in Huntington Beach, recently sold for $8.65 million or $480,556 per unit.
  CBRE represented the buyer and the seller, both Orange County residents, in the sale.
  If the price per unit seems low compared with recent deals highlighted in our real estate roundup, you’re not wrong. CBRE brokers say future renovations to the 53-year-old property could result in rent increases of up to 36% to match market rates.
  “The property is situated cl
  
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• Long Beach-born singing legend Jenni Rivera honored with star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

  28-06-2024 17:44 via ocregister.com
  
  A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring the late Mexican singing star Jenni Rivera was unveiled Thursday, five days before the 55th anniversary of her birth.
  Fellow Mexican singing star Gloria Trevi spoke at the 11:30 a.m. ceremony in front of the Capitol Records building. Rivera’s five children —Jacqie, Johnny, Chiquis, Jenicka and Michael — accepted the star.
  Trevi said she was honored to speak at the event “honoring and celebrating the beautiful life of a brillia
  
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• Fireworks, parades, concerts — Orange County plans to celebrate July 4th

  28-06-2024 17:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Communities around Orange County are preparing to get into the patriotic spirit and celebrate our Independence Day with family fun, lots of music and fireworks.
  Here are many of the city- and community-sponsored events that offer a free or low-cost way to celebrate the Fourth of July. Events are on July 4, unless otherwise noted:
  Aliso Viejo
  The Aliso Viejo Community Association presents its July 4 celebration at Grand Park. The HOA’s event is 6 to 9:30 p.m. with a concert, carnival games,
  
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• Fireworks, parades, concerts — Orange County plans to celebrate Independence Day

  28-06-2024 17:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Communities around Orange County are preparing to get into the patriotic spirit and celebrate our Independence Day with family fun, lots of music and fireworks.
  Here are many of the city- and community-sponsored events that offer a free or low-cost way to celebrate the Fourth of July. Events are on July 4, unless otherwise noted:
  Aliso Viejo
  The Aliso Viejo Community Association presents its July 4 celebration at Grand Park. The HOA’s event is 6 to 9:30 p.m. with a concert, carnival games,
  
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• Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Jan. 6 defendants — and Trump — with obstruction

  28-06-2024 17:14 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK SHERMAN
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday made it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, a charge that also has been brought against former President Donald Trump.
  The justices ruled that the charge of obstructing an official proceeding, enacted in 2002 in response to the financial scandal that brought down Enron Corp., must include proof that defendants tried to tamper with or destroy documents. Only some of the people who violently attacked the Capitol
  
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• Only 11 Orange County cities allow fireworks sales, here’s what you need to know

  28-06-2024 17:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Only 11 Orange County cities allow the use and sale of legal, “safe and sane” fireworks during the Fourth of July holiday.
  Legal fireworks must have the State Fire Marshall seal on their packaging. And safety authorities emphasize only adults should handle and light the fireworks, staying away from homes, cars and dry vegetation and with a bucket of water and hose nearby.
  All cities in Orange County prohibit the use of fireworks without the state seal and many have hefty fines f
  
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• Supreme Court weakens ability of federal agencies to regulate environment, public health and more

  28-06-2024 17:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK SHERMAN
  The Supreme Court on Friday upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections, delivering a far-reaching and potentially lucrative victory to business interests.
  The court’s six conservative justices overturned the 1984 decision colloquially known as Chevron, long a target of conservatives. The liberal justices were in dissent.
  Billions of dollars are potentiall
  
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• OC Sheriff’s new $110 million technology center opens in Tustin

  28-06-2024 17:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Sheriff’s Department unveiled its new $110 million technology center Thursday morning, a one-stop-shop for its communications and technology operations.
  Located in Tustin, the center features a real-time communications section, terrorism center, media briefing room, collaborative office spaces for trainees and developers and a mechanics area for police vehicles.
  Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes speaks in the Department Operations Center during a tour of the OC Sheriff&rsq
  
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• OC officials: Illegal fireworks are dangerous, be smart with your Fourth of July celebrations

  28-06-2024 17:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Leaders of agencies tasked with ensuring the safety of Orange County residents made a plea Tuesday, June 25, ahead of the Fourth of July holiday – asking people to be cautious if using fireworks and to consider finding other ways to celebrate America’s independence.
  They punctuated their message with a demonstration using watermelons and a mannequin to show the injuries that can result from setting off illegal fireworks or improperly using the “safe and sane” variety allo
  
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• SCOTUS flubs chance to defend speech

  28-06-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  On Wednesday, a majority of the United States Supreme Court ruled in Murthy v. Missouri that the plaintiffs in the case lacked standing to challenge federal officials who pressured social media companies to censor and restrict content government officials had problems with.
  The case was spearheaded by then-Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, who argued federal officials wrongly and systematically violated the free speech rights of Americans on social media platforms by contacting and meeting
  
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• HOA Homefront: What happens at an HOA disciplinary hearing?

  28-06-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A notice of a disciplinary hearing is not great news, but that is how associations compel owners to be good neighbors.
  How one responds to a hearing notice can greatly affect the outcome.
  Here are some tips as to how to respond, hopefully toward a more productive hearing presentation and to help avoid wasting the valuable opportunity the hearing provides.
  After receiving the notice, read the governing documents. Unfortunately, many homeowners do not read the covenants and rules until there is a
  
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• Great Scott! The cast of ‘Back to the Future’ will reunite at L.A. Comic Con in October

  28-06-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Each year, at the end of its weekend in downtown Los Angeles, the people who run Los Angeles Comic Con ask fans what guests they’d like to see at the convention the following years, says Chris DeMoulin, the CEO and general manager of L.A. Comic Con.
  And each year, a handful of the same names show up, he says.
  “There are a couple of people who are around the top five list of guests that that people have mentioned, either individually by name or properties,” DeMoulin says. &ldquo
  
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• Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside

  28-06-2024 16:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court decided on Friday that cities can enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outdoors, even in West Coast areas where shelter space is lacking.
  The case is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live.
  In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the high court reversed a ruling by a San Francisco-based appeals court that fo
  
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• California credit card use up 34% in two years

  28-06-2024 16:24 via ocregister.com
  
  California shoppers last year aggressively used their plastic to keep on shopping.
  Golden State credit card balances at the end of 2023 were equal to $4,450 per resident, says the New York Fed. That’s the 11th-highest card usage among the states.
  But to my trusty spreadsheet, it’s the jump in the balances that’s eye-catching – up 34% in two years. Equally stunning: That surge was only the 20th-biggest leap nationwide.
  You see, Californians are not the only Americans swipi
  
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• Poster boy for public pension reform wins some, loses some

  28-06-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  File photo, Bruce Malkenhorst
  You may recall the saga of Huntington Beach resident Bruce Malkenhorst — once the most handsomely paid retiree in California, with pension checks totaling more than $551,000 a year.
  He held just about every job in the small, strange city of Vernon (motto: “Exclusively Industrial”), pretty much all at the same time. And he collected pay for just about every job, pretty much all at the same time.
  This would be funny if it weren’t true and spell
  
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• Here are some reasons you get muscle cramps and what you can do about them

  28-06-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A muscle cramp is an unexpected tightening or contraction of one or more muscles in the body. These involuntary episodes can be quite painful as the muscle contracts and is unable to relax. They may last for a few seconds to a few minutes or even longer. While doctors don’t know exactly what causes muscle cramps, there are some possible causes and preventive measures to be considered by those who suffer from muscle cramps.
  Muscle cramps can occur anywhere in the body, but are most common i
  
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• Is Caltrans liable for the freeway pothole that damaged your car?

  28-06-2024 15:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. I was traveling north in the slow lane of the 605 Freeway and had just passed Del Amo Boulevard in the Cerritos-Lakewood area when I heard a loud pop. A rear tire had blown out. The tow truck driver arrived quickly and changed my tire. The pickup truck parked in front of me also had a blown rear tire and was being serviced by another AAA tow truck driver. I filed a claim with Caltrans for the damage to my car: $1,652.94. I received a letter from Caltrans denying my claim, stating, “The
  
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• There are two types of insect pests. Here’s what you’ll want to remember

  28-06-2024 15:15 via ocregister.com
  
  5 things to do in the garden this week: 
  1. There are two types of insect pests, chewing and sucking. With the exception of grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets, which are chewing insects, most of the insect pests we see suck sap from plants. These are five sucking insect pests that are widely seen: scale, white fly, aphid, thrips, and mealybug, the first letter of each conveniently found in SWATM, a handy acronym by which to remember them. The other pest we commonly see is spider mite, whi
  
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