The big blue building blocking the ocean view at the end of the Newport Pier will soon disappear, making way for a new prime selfie spot by the sea. The famed pier for the first time in decades will be barren within weeks as workers aim to remove the abandoned restaurant before summer crowds flock…
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It doesn’t take much prodding to get Hollywood voice-over artist Scott Rummell to switch into his Marvel movie trailer voice and introduce the world’s largest Disney memorabilia collection he will be parting with this weekend at an auction expected to fetch millions. “In a world of collectors, one man stands above the rest,” said Rummell,…
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After presiding over the biggest Federal Reserve failure in 40 years and with inflation rating as the top concern among Americans, Jerome Powell’s nomination to a second term as chairman was approved this past week by the Senate, 80 to 19. I know the usual arguments for ignoring the Fed’s spectacular errors, even at a…
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For years now, the Anaheim City Council’s approach to the city’s largest resort-oriented businesses has had a certain stench about it. These businesses and their allies have provided support to a group of politicians who lavish special privileges on favored firms. These editorial pages have routinely decried these practices – as well as the hypocrisy…
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Work has begun in earnest for the 2022 Chicago Bears season with organized team activities underway this week at Halas Hall. Brad Biggs opens the weekly Bears mailbag to find questions about Justin Fields, wide receiver options and the possibility of joint practices this summer. If you had to do your best to spin the…
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DETROIT (AP) — Ford is asking the owners of 350,000 vehicles in to take them to dealers for repairs in three recalls, including about 39,000 that should be parked outdoors because the engines can catch fire. Ford says in U.S. government documents posted Thursday that it doesn’t know what’s causing fires in some 2021 Ford…
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ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey will oppose Sweden and Finland joining NATO, the country’s president flatly stated in a video released Thursday. “We have told our relevant friends we would say ‘no’ to Finland and Sweden’s entry into NATO, and we will continue on our path like this,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a group of…
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By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Hundreds more fighters have emerged from the Mariupol stronghold where they made their last stand and surrendered, Russia said Thursday, and the Red Cross worked to register them as prisoners of war, as the end of a key battle in the conflict drew closer. A…
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Fergie Jenkins already has his 10-minute speech prepared well ahead of his monumental recognition. Jenkins joked he will try not to bore anyone but hopes to enlighten people about his baseball journey and thank those who helped him along the way. When Jenkins’ statue is unveiled Friday morning, it will join those of former teammates…
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN Spirit Airlines is advising shareholders to reject a tender offer for shares from JetBlue three days after it went hostile in its bid to create what would be the nation’s fifth largest airline. Spirit repeated Thursday that any attempt to merge with the New York carrier would face substantial regulatory hurdles, largely…
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