Woodbridge High handed diplomas to its graduating class on Thursday, June 2. The commencement featured cheering families and smiling grads as the seniors marked the end of their high school careers and the beginning of their bright futures. Newly graduated friends posing for the cameras at Woodbridge High School graduation ceremony in Irvine on Thursday,…
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By HOWARD FENDRICH PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal has become the second-oldest men’s finalist in French Open history after his semifinal opponent, Alexander Zverev, stopped playing Friday because of an injured right leg. Now Nadal will try to become the oldest champion at a tournament he’s already won a record 13 times. Playing on his…
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The Jets won’t hand Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner the starting cornerback spot. Wink. Wink. While it’s inevitable the No. 4 overall pick out of Cincinnati will eventually start, Gardner must earn the starting corner spot opposite free agent acquisition D.J Reed, according to Robert Saleh. So far during OTAs, third-year cornerback Bryce Hall has planted his…
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Marine biologist Nancy Caruso remembers swimming underwater off Laguna Beach and barely catching a glimpse of a California sheephead’s large black tail as the fish quickly disappeared into its hiding spot. Now the carnivorous fish – complete with human-like teeth – is plentiful. “They’re all around us,” she said, having recently completed her bi-annual kelp…
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By Katrina Nicholas | Bloomberg Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said the electric carmaker needs to cut staff by around 10%, noting he had a “super bad feeling” about the economy, according to an internal email seen by Reuters. The email, titled “pause all hiring worldwide,” was sent to Tesla executives on Thursday,…
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Brad A. Johnson’s 75 Best Places to Eat, 2022 Orange County offers a lot of ground to cover, and I try to get around. Despite the pandemic, I drove more than 8,000 miles over the past year, dining nearly 250 times (less than usual but still a lot, I think) at restaurants in every corner…
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Before picking up “Search,” Michelle Huneven’s new novel, I would have thought its plot — a church search committee’s efforts to find a new minister — would be about as interesting as watching paint dry. How wrong I would have been. From the title page, when the reader learns that “Search” is actually a novel…
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The pandemic’s homebuying binge has boosted the number of million-dollar Orange County neighborhoods by 20 in a year — and 32 over 24 months — as the market lost 17 “affordable” communities in 12 months and 35 since April 2020. My trusty spreadsheet, filled with April homebuying stats from DQNews/CoreLogic for 83 Orange County ZIP…
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Bradford pears (Pyrus calleryana) are one of my least-favorite trees, to put it as nicely as possible. From a distance (and behind closed windows), their display is quite beautiful. Their smooth, dark trunks and branches topped with enormous clouds of white flowers make an impressive sight, especially when there are dozens of them flanking a…
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Former Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace and his wife, Stephanie, sold their house in Lake Bluff for $1.4 million in an off-market deal, according to public records. Now a senior personnel executive with the Atlanta Falcons, Pace was the Bears’ general manager from 2015 until the team fired him in January. Pace and his…
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