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• San Bernardino woman accused of storing boyfriend in a ‘makeshift tomb’ will stand trial for murder

  21-06-2024 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  A Superior Court judge on Friday, June 21, ordered a San Bernardino woman held over for trial on a murder charge after a man testified that Trista Ann Soicer told him that she killed boyfriend Eric Mercado in 2014 by slamming his head with a frying pan and slitting his throat as he slept on a love seat.
  Mercado’s family reported him missing soon after. He wasn’t found until 2022, when the man who testified Friday, Spicer’s most recent boyfriend Waylan Gentry, told pol
  
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• Inaugural carne asada festival is bringing some of the area’s hottest chefs to Los Angeles

  27-06-2024 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Meat lovers are in for a sizzling good time thanks to a new food festival that’s packed with respected chefs who will be showing off their significant grilling skills.
  The inaugural Asada Fest is set to take place July 13 in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate the classic carne asada dish.
  “This is los mero meros de la carne asda (the best of the best). This is an event that will have some of the most renowned chefs and the best taqueros in Southern California for an event that’s
  
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• Universal’s Horror Nights calls the Ghostbusters to save the world from another Ice Age

  27-06-2024 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Universal Studios Hollywood is gonna call the Ghostbusters to come to the rescue during Halloween Horror Nights when New York City is threatened by another Ice Age at the hands of a vengeful spirit determined to freeze everyone to death.
  A new haunted maze based on “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” will be part of Halloween Horror Nights 2024 at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando.
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• OC leaders beginning cold weather shelter talks this year well before winter storms

  27-06-2024 17:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County officials are looking into how the county can be better prepared to house people living on the streets during times of extreme weather.
  “The last couple of years have really been a learning process for us. Last year in particular, one of the challenges was that things came together late,” Doug Becht, director of the county’s Office of Care Coordination, said. “What we realized was, although cold weather only happens a few months during the year, it’s r
  
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• 11 acts coming to Southern California casinos in July

  27-06-2024 17:32 via ocregister.com
  
  July will bring prominent entertainment acts to Southern California casinos, including stand-up comedians, country stars, reggae acts and more.
  Be sure to check casinos’ official websites for the latest event information.
  Dwight Yoakam (pictured onstage during ATLive 2022 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Nov. 12, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia) will perform at Harrah’s Resort Southern California in Valley Center on Friday, July 26. (Photo by Adam Hagy, Getty Images)
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• Sawdust Art Festival opens with 180 artists, art classes and entertainment

  27-06-2024 17:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Artsy fun is back for summer in the famed eucalyptus grove of Laguna Canyon that the Sawdust Art Festival calls home.
  This year 180 artists and makers will display their unique crafts, jewelry and artwork on the festival’s grounds covered in sawdust and shaded by the huge trees.
  Artist Gavin Heath peers between his glasswork at the media preview for the 58th Annual Sawdust Art Festival in Laguna Beach on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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• US sanctions Boeing for sharing information about 737 Max 9 door plug blowout investigation

  27-06-2024 17:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
  Boeing is being sanctioned by U.S. investigators for sharing information about a federal investigation of a door plug blowout that left a gaping hole in a Boeing 737 Max 9.
  The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that Boeing “blatantly violated” the agency’s investigative regulations as well as a signed agreement by providing non-public investigative information to the media and speculating about possible causes of the Jan. 5 door plug blowout
  
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• California Supreme Court steals power from the people

  27-06-2024 17:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Last week the California Supreme Court removed from the November ballot the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act on the grounds that it was an impermissible “revision” of the state constitution beyond the power of voters.
  In his amicus brief for the case, former governor Jerry Brown contended that back in 1978 the court contended that Proposition 13 “was both modest and does not change our basic governmental plan. The same can
  
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• UFC 303: Cub Swanson and his improbable life of triumph

  27-06-2024 17:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Once you’ve fully understood the unlikely success story that is Cub Swanson, you’d probably think it’s destined for the big screen.
  And you’d be wrong. From birth to present day, the life of the longtime UFC fighter, replete with peaks and valleys and hairpin turns, is best served as a series over the course of several seemingly far-fetched episodes.
  Hollywood is known for blurring reality and overdramatizing events. No need here. Fact is gre
  
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• The State of the State isn’t very good

  27-06-2024 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Californians deserve better. On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom finally gave his State of the State address months after its original date in March, pre-recorded and posted online. Last year he merely submitted a letter to the Legislature. Technically, both followed the California Constitution’s requirement that he “report to the Legislature each calendar year.”
  But the tradition has long been for the governor to address both houses of the Legislature. That indicates unity in the st
  
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• Walgreens will close a ‘significant’ number of its 8,600 US locations

  27-06-2024 16:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jordan Valinsky
  New York  — Walgreens is set to close a substantial number of its roughly 8,600 locations across the United States as the company looks to reset the struggling pharmaceutical chain’s business.
  The company didn’t announce a specific number of store closures, but it said Thursday that it is planning “significant” closures of underperforming stores across America as part of a multiyear optimization program.
  CEO Tim Wentworth said in an inte
  
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• South I-5 near Camp Pendleton closed after chain-reaction crash leaves 3 dead, 5 injured

  27-06-2024 16:54 via ocregister.com
  
  All lanes of southbound Interstate 5 along Camp Pendleton were closed early Thursday at Las Pulgas Road after a chain-reaction crash involving multiple vehicles left three people dead, the California Highway Patrol said.
  The freeway closure created a massive traffic jam, backing up vehicles coming from Orange County, and also slowed traffic heading north on I-5. The CHP anticipates officers will reopen the southbound lanes by 9 a.m. after the initial traffic investigation is concluded, CHP Offic
  
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• Making Metro safe for all of its users

  27-06-2024 16:50 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s such cold comfort to the passengers on LA Metro who have been victims of crime to be told about the good news-bad news stats.
  As the Southern California News Group’s transit reporter Steve Scauzillo writes: “Violent crimes rose nearly 16% on LA Metro’s transit system from March to April, while societal crimes such as passengers using drugs, carrying weapons or trespassing decreased by 34% and property crimes dropped 4%, according to a Metro safety report released Thu
  
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• Supreme Court halts enforcement of EPA plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants

  27-06-2024 16:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARK SHERMAN
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is putting the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution-fighting “good neighbor” plan on hold while legal challenges continue, the conservative-led court’s latest blow to federal regulations.
  The justices in a 5-4 vote on Thursday rejected arguments by the Biden administration and Democratic-controlled states that the plan was cutting air pollution and saving lives in 11 states where it was being enforced and tha
  
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• Supreme Court rejects multibillion-dollar Purdue Pharma opioid settlement that shielded Sackler family

  27-06-2024 16:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By John Fritze | CNN
  Washington  — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a controversial settlement that would have sent billions of dollars to treatment programs and victims of the nation’s opioid epidemic but also shielded the Sackler family from future lawsuits despite the fact that it made its fortune selling prescription opioids.
  Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion for a 5-4 majority.
  “The Sacklers seek greater relief than a bankruptcy discharge normally affords,
  
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• The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling

  27-06-2024 16:35 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for Idaho hospitals to provide emergency abortions for now in a procedural ruling that left key questions unanswered and could mean the issue ends up before the conservative-majority court again soon.
  The ruling came after a day an opinion was briefly posted on the court’s website accidently and quickly taken down, but not before it was obtained by Bloomberg News.
  The final opinion appears largely similar to the draft released e
  
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• Southern California home prices hit another record in May, despite sluggish sales

  27-06-2024 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California home prices continued to push ever upward last month, ascending to a record high despite sluggish sales and high mortgage rates.
  The region’s median price home — or the price at the midpoint of all sales — climbed to the all-time high of $770,000 in May, real estate data firm CoreLogic reported Tuesday, June 25.
  Price records also were set in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties, while Riverside County’s price matched the record high set in April
  
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• California home prices hit another record high at $908,040

  27-06-2024 16:24 via ocregister.com
  
  “How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market.
  The pain: Yes, California, there’s a new record high for the median sales price for existing, single-family houses.
  The source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed May’s homebuying report from the California Association of Realtors, which includes data dating to 1990, to try to make sense of the continuing upswing.
  The pinch
  The typical California homebuyer paid $908,040 in May, up
  
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• Her high school diploma is just the beginning thanks to Santiago Canyon College program

  27-06-2024 16:06 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s high school graduation season, and this spring, graduates of Santiago Canyon College’s Adult High School Diploma program are achieving a milestone they previously never thought was possible.
  One of this year’s program graduates is Flo Cudal. Her journey to completing high school has been long, but it has been one of the most fulfilling endeavors of her life.
  Cudal is a 36-year-old Santa Ana resident who immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines when she was 11 years old.
  
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• Biden vs. Trump: How to watch and what to look for in first debate

  27-06-2024 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Get your popcorn (or cocktail, or antacid) and settle in: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump face off tonight in the first presidential debate of the 2024 general election.
  If you’re thinking it’s early for such a showdown — technically neither Biden nor Trump is their party’s official nominee — you’re not wrong. This is the earliest presidential debate in U.S. history.
  But, history aside, the early debate is crucial for both candidates. Pol
  
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• True test of leadership: Fiscal responsibility in the presidential debate

  27-06-2024 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  During and after this week’s presidential debate, we must look beyond rhetoric and personality to the core issues shaping America’s future. The most pressing is the unsustainable growth of government spending and ballooning national debt, which promises to rob Americans of wealth and living standards in the coming decades. Make no mistake, it’s a genuine crisis demanding immediate attention. Dealing with it responsibly should be the litmus test for presidential leadership.
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• Taco Bell has a new $7 Luxe Cravings Box

  27-06-2024 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  On the heels of McDonald’s $5 Meal Deal, Taco is offering its own value meal.
  The $7 Luxe Cravings Box goes on sale Thursday, June 27 and will be available through September, according to a news release from the Irvine-based fast food giant.
  It includes a Chalupa Supreme, Beefy 5-Layer Burrito, Double Stacked Taco, chips and nacho cheese sauce and a medium drink.
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• Venezuela edges Mexico to reach Copa America quarterfinals

  27-06-2024 06:22 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — The Copa America tournament offered the Mexican national team a unique set of challenges ahead of the upcoming push toward the 2026 World Cup.
  Coach Jaime Lozano chose to select an inexperienced roster, looking to start a youth movement in the program.
  After Wednesday night, there is a strong possibility that Mexico’s tournament could end this weekend, which would leave a lot of questions to be answered regarding the future.
  Salomón Rondón converted a penalt
  
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• NBA draft: USC’s Isaiah Collier slides to Jazz with 29th pick in 1st round

  27-06-2024 06:16 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Any hint of a smile on Isaiah Collier’s face had long faded by the time his name was called, stuck in the green room for hours on end as his peers walked ahead.
  Finally, at the end of the first round of the NBA draft on Wednesday night, league commissioner Adam Silver welcomed the USC freshman to the stage at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Collier rose to hug his family, a tight line set across his lips, saved just two picks away from an entire night in Brooklyn cont
  
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• Alexander: Lakers draft an overachiever, who has something to prove

  27-06-2024 06:06 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — And with the 17th pick in the NBA draft, the Lakers selected …
  … an overachieving gym rat. And that’s not a bad thing, at all.
  Dalton Knecht was a consensus first-team All-American in 2023-24 at Tennessee, the Southeastern Conference’s Player of the Year, runner-up for the Associated Press national player of the year award and in the running for a bunch of other national honors.
  He was a 45% shooter overall and a 39% 3-point shooter for the Vols, and
  
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• 2 men plead guilty to setting off illegal fireworks in Garden Grove in 2021, injuring 9 people

  27-06-2024 04:58 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — Two men pleaded guilty Wednesday and were immediately sentenced to time already served in jail for the detonation of illegal fireworks in Garden Grove three years ago that injured nine people, including 4- and 8-year-old brothers.
  Frank Lazcano Lopez, 49, of Santa Ana, pleaded guilty to use of a destructive device causing bodily injury and dissuading a witness by force, both felonies, as well as a misdemeanor count of malicious damage to personal property. As part of the plea d
  
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• Vice President Kamala Harris fundraises in LA County’s Bradbury, a tiny town with big wallets

  27-06-2024 04:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris swooped into the San Gabriel Valley on Wednesday night, June 26, attracting major campaign donors and supporters at a fundraising event hosted at a Bradbury mansion one day before the first presidential debate.Harris arrived at 6:43 p.m. to speak at the “Biden Victory Fund” fundraiser event hosted at the Bradbury home of Dr. Asif Mahmood, tucked away in an affluent gated community in the small San Gabriel Valley city.
  Bradbury, a small city at the base of
  
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• Dodgers ride Gavin Stone’s shutout to complete sweep of White Sox

  27-06-2024 04:30 via ocregister.com
  
  CHICAGO — Last weekend as the Dodgers were splitting a two-game series with the Angels, Manager Dave Roberts said he thought his team was poised to get on a roll heading into the All-Star break.
  If that’s the case, teams like the Chicago White Sox could be the wind beneath their wings. In their last 24 games before this year’s break (on July 15), the Dodgers play just six games against teams with winning records (three each against the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillie
  
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• NBA draft: Lakers select Tennessee’s Dalton Knecht with 1st-round pick

  27-06-2024 04:15 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — The Lakers selected Tennessee wing Dalton Knecht with the No. 17 pick in the NBA draft on Wednesday night.
  The 6-foot-5 Knecht, 23, spent the last season with the Volunteers after playing at Northern Colorado (2021-23) and Northeastern Junior College (2019-21).
  The 2023-24 SEC Player of the Year, Knecht averaged 21.7 points (45.8% shooting), 4.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 36 games with the Volunteers. He shot 39.7% from 3-point range on 6.5 attempts per game.
  He is considered
  
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• NBA draft: Former Corona Centennial star Jared McCain picked 16th by 76ers

  27-06-2024 04:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Two years after leading Corona Centennial High to a CIF Open Division state title, Jared McCain is headed to the Philadelphia 76ers after the team selected him 16th overall in the first round of the NBA draft on Wednesday night.
  After a standout career at Centennial, where he was named the Gatorade California Player of the Year following his junior and senior seasons, McCain starred for one season at Duke.
  McCain averaged 14.3 points, 5 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game for the Blue Devils, ear
  
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