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• Newport Coast heir to Hot Pockets fortune gets 5 months in college admissions scandal

  25-02-2020 23:33 via ocregister.com
  
  A Newport Coast woman who is an heir to the Hot Pockets frozen foods fortune was sentenced Tuesday to five months in prison for trying to cheat to get her daughters into school as part of a nationwide college admissions scam.
  Michelle Janavs apologized in federal court in Boston for abandoning her moral compass and hurting her family and friends.
  “I am so very sorry that I tried to create an unfair advantage for my children,” she told the judge.
  U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton s
  
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• No. 13 USC vs. Utah State: Who has the edge?

  06-09-2024 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  No. 13 USC vs. Utah State
  When: 8 p.m. Saturday
  Where: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  TV/radio: Big Ten Network/710 AM
  Records: USC 1-0 (0-0 Big Ten), Utah State 1-0 (0-0 Mountain West)
  Line: USC by 28.5
  Notable injuries
  USC: QUESTIONABLE: LB Mason Cobb (undisclosed); CB Jaylin Smith (undisclosed)
  Utah State: OUT: RB Robert Briggs (leg, season-ending); QUESTIONABLE: QB Spencer Petras (ankle)
  What’s at stake? Utah State is flying to Southern California in search
  
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• Swing states prepare for a showdown over certifying votes in November

  06-09-2024 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Matt Vasilogambros | (TNS) Stateline.org
  GRAYLING, Mich. — Clairene Jorella was furious.
  In the northern stretches of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, the Crawford County Board of Canvassers had just opened its meeting to certify the August primary when Jorella, 83 years old and one of two Democrats on the panel, laid into her Republican counterparts.
  Glaring, she said she was gobsmacked by the partisan opinions they’d recently aired publicly.
  “We are an impartial board,&rdquo
  
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• January 6 crimes did happen. Court cases, video and thousands of pages of evidence prove it

  06-09-2024 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and CAL WOODWARD Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Inside Washington’s federal courthouse, there’s no denying the reality of Jan. 6, 2021. Day after day, judges and jurors silently absorb the chilling sights and sounds from television screens of rioters beating police, shattering windows and hunting for lawmakers as democracy lay under siege.
  But as he seeks to reclaim the White House, Donald Trump continues to portray the defendants
  
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• Vance calls school shootings a ‘fact of life’ at Arizona rally

  06-09-2024 19:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Greg Bluestein | (TNS) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance told rallygoers in Arizona on Thursday that school shootings are a “fact of life” and that officials need to bolster security to prevent violence like the deadly rampage this week at a northeast Georgia high school.
  “If these psychos are going to go after our kids, we’ve got to be prepared for it,” said Vance, the running-mate of former President
  
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• Dunkin’s new $6 breakfast gets boost from ‘Love Island USA’ cast

  06-09-2024 19:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Skirmishes continue in this summer’s fast food value wars as the season draws to an end.
  The latest chain to enter the fray is Dunkin’, which came out with a $6 Meal Deal. It includes a Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Sandwich on a bagel, Hash Browns and choice of a medium hot or iced coffee.
  The Massachusetts-based quick service chain brought together six cast members of “Love Island USA” to promote the deal fully dressed. The premise is that Dunkin’ serves the kind of brea
  
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• Rep. Michelle Steel’s race with Democrat Derek Tran in CA-45 shifts to ‘Republican toss up’

  06-09-2024 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  In the closely watched race in California’s 45th congressional district, election forecasts have begun to swing toward being more favorable for Democrats.
  Election analyst Cook Political Report today changed its rating of the race from “lean Republican” to “Republican toss up.” Democrat Derek Tran, an attorney, is vying to unseat two-term incumbent Rep. Michelle Steel, R-Seal Beach, to become the first Vietnamese American elected to represent Orange County’s L
  
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• Excellent teams at Mohs girls volleyball tournament at Edison

  06-09-2024 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  The Dave Mohs Memorial Tournament at Edison has its usual collection of standout girls volleyball teams.
  Among the 29 teams are Mater Dei, last year’s CIF Southern Section and CIF State top-division champion, and Cathedral Catholic of San Diego that is No. 9 in the MaxPreps.com national rankings. Mater Dei is No. 14 in those rankings; the Monarchs swept No. 3 Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach on Thursday.
  Mater Dei was No. 1 in the Orange County preseason rankings. Other county top 10 teams in
  
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• Rams rookies Jared Verse and Braden Fiske bonded by competition

  06-09-2024 19:32 via ocregister.com
  
  In January of 2023, Jared Verse walked out to Florida State’s practice facility with a group of teammates. Dripping in sweat from their session in the weight room, they were set to do some field drills and work on pass rush moves.
  Already on the field, his shirt also soaking wet, was a new teammate who had just transferred into the program. A shoulder surgery had him in a sling, but he was still working on a one-armed cross chop.
  For Verse, a gym rat who himself had offseason surgery a yea
  
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• Del Mar horse racing consensus picks for Friday, September 6, 2024

  06-09-2024 19:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Del Mar picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Terry Turrell, Eddie Wilson and Kevin Modesti. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Friday, September 6, 2024.
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• Infighting derails Westminster City Council; new rules didn’t initially help

  06-09-2024 19:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The Westminster City Council again is in turmoil with infighting. City business again is suffering.
  Last week’s Westminster City Council meeting started at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. It ended after 5 a.m. on Thursday. It was the council’s second 10-plus hour meeting this summer. A lot of what the council managed to accomplish dealt with motions it was supposed to hear two weeks prior, such as approving contracts for street improvements around town and a playground renovation at Tony Lam Pa
  
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• Greg Wallis: We need democracy to work for all the people, not just a chosen few in Sacramento

  06-09-2024 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Democracy depends on everyone having their chance to speak. This is especially true in the state legislature when we are debating important public policy issues. Over the past two years, I have been proud to represent the residents of the 47th District. I have always worked in a bipartisan manner to deliver real solutions for California’s working families.
  Unfortunately, bipartisanship and the democratic process were absent over the weekend at the California State Capitol.
  Instead, what tr
  
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• The California Legislature is broken and no one with power seems willing to fix it

  06-09-2024 18:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The California Legislature is broken and there doesn’t seem to be anyone with any power willing to fix it.
  After years of being strung along by California Democratic leadership, reparations activists came away from last week’s end of the legislative session empty handed.
  It’s not so much that the meat of the reparations package — two bills that would have created a new government agency and a funding mechanism — died; it’s that they died without a vote
  The bil
  
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• The best mop and bucket sets to keep your floors shining

  06-09-2024 17:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Which mop and bucket set is best?
  If you have hard floors, you need a mop to keep them clean from debris, dirt, spills and other grime. But cleaning the floors is much easier with a mop and bucket set since these tools are convenient, portable and highly effective. The best set is the O-Cedar Easywring Microfiber Spin Mop and Bucket since it’s easy to operate and can tackle any mess.
  This article was reviewed and approved by Ketia Daniel, the BestReviews Cleaning Expert.
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• Shaper Matt Biolos talks new Catalyst at Bashams shop, Board Builders Hall of Fame induction

  06-09-2024 17:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Each summer when school let out, Matt Biolos would make the pilgrimage from his inland home in Chino to Dana Point, where his dad had a boat in the harbor.
  As a teen, he would spend the summer season working in the shipyard next to Doheny State Beach doing boat maintenance, but it wasn’t long before he was using the space to craft his first surfboard.
  “I thought, Tthis is way cooler than working on boats,’” Biolos recalled. “So I bailed on my boat career and started
  
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• The best LED candles for a relaxing, flame-free glow

  06-09-2024 17:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Which LED candles are the best?
  With their soft, cozy glow, candles are beautiful decor pieces. Unfortunately, they can leave puddles of melted wax on your furniture and pose a fire hazard, particularly if you have children or pets at home. LED candles are a smokeless, flameless alternative, so you can safely enjoy the ambiance of glowing candles.
  LED candles are available in a variety sizes, shapes and colors. Enpornk’s top-rated candles are a great pick because the set includes nine real
  
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• Heritage Barbecue expanding space with new smokers, seating and a historic barn

  06-09-2024 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  One of Southern California’s best restaurants is about to get bigger.
  Heritage Barbecue, Daniel and Brenda Castillo’s lauded Texas-style barbecue joint in downtown San Juan Capistrano, is in the working stages of an expansion. In addition to six new covered smokers and an upcoming prix-fixe menu option, a 144-year-old barn from the nearby Casa Manuel Garcia historical site will move to Heritage Barbecue, repurposed as an indoor/outdoor dining space.
  The barn, a wooden structure const
  
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• Chargers 2024 defense preview: Position-by-position breakdown

  06-09-2024 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Jim Harbaugh and Joe Hortiz took a good look around once they got settled into their new jobs last winter as coach and general manager of the Chargers. They liked what they saw on defense, but believed they could do better with a few key additions to a few significant positions on the roster.
  After all, the Chargers’ defense, while not the worst in the 32-team NFL during the 2023 season, was close to the bottom. The Chargers were 24th in points given up per game (23.4). They were 28th in n
  
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• Derek Tran says he’s fluent in Vietnamese. Rep. Michelle Steel’s campaign says he’s not.

  06-09-2024 17:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Derek Tran is vying to become the first Vietnamese American elected to represent Orange County’s Little Saigon in Congress.
  That uniqueness is something Tran, and the Democratic Party, often play up on the campaign trail. Tran has said he is “the only candidate that speaks fluent Vietnamese,” and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the campaign arm of House Democrats, calls Tran “a candidate fluent in Vietnamese.”
  In California’s 45th congressiona
  
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• These 5 bills that got the ax in the state legislature this year

  06-09-2024 17:17 via ocregister.com
  
  About 2,120 bills were introduced by California legislators this year — but over 900 didn’t quite make it to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk before the legislative session ended last weekend.
  Those bills included ones that dealt with social media guardrails and wildfire insurance to AI and sentence reductions for convicted felons.
  Here’s a closer look at five that didn’t make it across the finish line this year.
  Fining social media companies for harming young users
  Social
  
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• Orange County homebuyers typically put $300,000 down, 3rd largest in US

  06-09-2024 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  “How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market.
  The pain: Orange County homebuyers used the third-largest down payment in the nation in June.
  The source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed a Redfin analysis of how much money borrowers put into home purchases in 40 major housing markets in June – including four in Southern California.
  The pinch
  The median Orange County down payment was $300,000 – trailing only San Jose’s $4
  
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• Orange County homebuyers typically put $300,000 down, 3rd highest in US

  06-09-2024 17:08 via ocregister.com
  
  “How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market.
  The pain: Orange County homebuyers used the third-largest down payment in the nation in June.
  The source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed a Redfin analysis of how much money borrowers put into home purchases in 40 major housing markets in June – including four in Southern California.
  The pinch
  The median Orange County down payment was $300,000 – trailing only San Jose’s $4
  
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• HOA Homefront: Is a consent calendar OK or does it help boards hide their business?

  06-09-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: In an attempt to make meetings brief, the board has taken to voting the “consent calendar” as one agenda item, without any prior members’ knowledge, discussion or even speaking the items on it.
  This month these include: approving minutes; acknowledging the directors reviewed the financials; treasurer’s report; manager’s report; and architectural/landscaping report. These matters are then adopted by the board at the meeting without discussion or disclosure of the
  
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• FHA has loan option for low-FICO homebuyers

  06-09-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  How low can a FICO score go for a homebuyer to mortgage qualify?
  Federal Housing Administration mortgages, in some cases, allow a FICO score as low as 500. This is a homeownership inroad for those who thought they could not qualify.
  The same is not true when it comes to conventional financing from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which both require a 620 or higher FICO score. Many subprime lenders offering exotic mortgages, or so-called nonqualified mortgages, only go down to a 620 score. Few subprim
  
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• End of another unproductive Capitol year

  06-09-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  California legislators completed the legislative session on August 31, sending hundreds of bills to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his consideration by the end of September. Even though Democrats hold supermajorities in both houses, this session was marked by a variety of contentious issues and high-profile intraparty battles.
  One of the strangest debates took place after the session officially concluded. The governor has called on the Legislature to hold a special session to address the state’s sk
  
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• Surfing world championships are on at Lower Trestles

  06-09-2024 16:39 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lexus WSL Finals kicked off at Lower Trestles on Friday, Sept. 6, as a building swell brought contestable waves for the world’s best surfers vying for a championship title.
  The contest brings the 10 top-ranked men and women for a one-day showdown at the surf break just south of San Clemente.
  The contest’s waiting period ran through Sept. 14, but with a dismal forecast ahead, organizers are calling for the best day of waves and conditions on the first day.
  Waves are expected to be
  
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• OC Board of Education to create its own ethnic studies curriculum

  06-09-2024 16:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Board of Education is having the department’s staff develop an ethnic studies curriculum for its ACCESS program that can also be made available to school districts across the county and elsewhere.
  In 2021, a new state mandate required ethnic studies be offered in all California high schools by 2025 and made a graduation requirement by 2030. The state provided a framework for the courses, leaving school districts with the responsibility of creating the curriculum.
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• Urbanist dreams foiled by lousy big-city governments

  06-09-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO – One of the silliest things about the urbanism movement is its insistence that suburbanites abandon single-family homes, spacious yards and placid neighborhoods for the excitement of big-city living. In those cities, we can supposedly experience more “community,” reduce our carbon footprint and take a bike to buy overpriced groceries at a bodega rather than drive our SUV to Costco.
  By all means, developers should be free to build whatever the market demands –
  
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• Murder charge stands against foster mom; much of case remains sealed

  06-09-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Diane Ramírez, courtesy Ángel Cadena Ramirez.
  Did Michelle Morris Kerin really murder Diane Princess Ramirez? The judge wasn’t convinced.
  Yes, 17-year-old Diane died an agonizing death in Morris Kerin’s foster home for medically fragile children. Yes, Morris Kerin refused to call 911 when Diane was moaning and vomiting blood, despite explicit instructions to do so. Yes, Diane’s vital signs fluctuated and her skin grew cold to the touch over seven harrowing ho
  
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• Check out 7 intriguing bills that made it to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk

  06-09-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s a bit chaotic, those final days of the legislative session when elected officials scramble to pass — or block — bills before the deadline.
  Legislators voted up until midnight on Saturday, Aug. 31, and then this year’s legislative session came to a close. When all was said and done, about 1,200 bills were sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom this year, said veteran Sacramento lobbyist Chris Micheli.
  That’s likely the largest amount in Newsom’s tenure thus far, said M
  
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