Pending sales of existing US homes in March reached their highest levels in a year in spite of persistently high borrowing costs and a low supply. An index of contract signings from the National Association of Realtors climbed 3.4% to 78.2 last month, the highest since February 2023. The median estimate of economists surveyed by…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Fountain Valley has announced new co-coaches for its girls basketball team after the resignation of Marianne Karp. Former Orange County standout players Camryn Hamaguchi and Izzy Om take the helm of the Sunset Conference program. Hamaguchi played at Kennedy and Chapman while Om…
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One day after nearly 100 people were arrested following pro-Palestinian protests on campus, USC administrators have canceled the “main stage” commencement ceremony next month, citing “new safety measures.” The main graduation ceremony was planned for Friday, May 10, at Alumni Park, the same location where Wednesday’s demonstrations by pro-Palestinian students and other groups took place.…
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Some human foibles turn out to age extremely well. A prime and playful example — in this case, seeing a huckster gull the gullible before the fraudster gets his come-uppance — is Molière’s 360-year-old satire “Tartuffe.” A new production at Laguna Playhouse, with spot-on giggles and guffaws well in place, is satisfying, too, in “settling”…
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UCLA softball coach Kelly Inouye-Perez has a photo in her office that takes up nearly an entire wall. It’s from the 2018 NCAA Super Regional that UCLA and Arizona played in. There was a friendly competition to see which team could bring out more alumni to the game — UCLA ‘won’ with roughly 64 alumni…
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Stephanie Lai | (TNS) Bloomberg News Republican nominee Donald Trump and his campaign will host a donor retreat next week in Palm Beach, Florida, with some prominent Republicans who have been discussed as his potential running mate. Senators Marco Rubio of Florida and Tim Scott of South Carolina; North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and South…
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REDWOOD CITY — A Pasadena radiologist was hearing footsteps and suffering from delusions about the nation’s fentanyl crisis, the war in Ukraine and the possibility of his children being kidnapped around the time his family’s Tesla — which he was driving — plunged off Highway 1 last year near Devil’s Slide, a psychologist testified Wednesday.…
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Four Orange County teams — Capistrano Valley Christian, Crean Lutheran, Huntington Beach and JSerra — have advanced to the CIF Southern Section girls beach volleyball semifinals. The Division 1 and Division 2 semifinals and finals will be played Saturday at Long Beach City College. Crean Lutheran is 19-0 this season and was the CIF-SS Division…
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Cal State Fullerton is in its first academic year of partnering with Disney Aspire, The Walt Disney Co.’s education investment and career development program. The program provides 100% coverage of required tuition, fees and book expenses for full-time and part-time hourly cast members (Disney employees) across the U.S. at a college or university that is…
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In April 2024, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an “emergency bill” in response to restrictions on abortions in Arizona, in another distraction and excuse to increase his profile rather than prioritizing California. The bill, Senate Bill 233, essentially grants state licensure reciprocity for doctors in Arizona to perform abortions in California; but what about anything else?…
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