The remaining performances of South Coast Repertory’s main Segerstrom Stage production of “Our Town” have been canceled after multiple cast members tested positive for COVID-19. In a tweet on Thursday night, June 2, the theater announced that the final four performances — Thursday evening, Friday evening and a matinee and evening show on Saturday —…
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The Orioles have promoted Bethesda native Eve Rosenbaum to assistant general manager of baseball operations, the organization announced Friday morning. Rosenbaum became the highest-ranking woman in Baltimore’s baseball operations department when she joined the Orioles in November 2019 as director of baseball development. She previously worked with Baltimore executive vice president and general manager Mike…
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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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