SACRAMENTO – The deadline has passed for candidates to file in the June 7 primary legislative races and, lo and behold, Phillip Chen, R-Brea, will run unopposed in the newly redrawn 59th Assembly District. Chen’s supporters see the lack of a challenger as a testament to the three-term lawmaker’s prowess. With the top-two system, this…
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Festival Pass is a newsletter that lands in your inbox weekly. But during prime festival season you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now. Have you ever seen that “Portlandia” episode with the song “The Dream of the ’90s is Alive in Portland”? Well, with the new Flannel Nation festival, the dream of the ’90s is…
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Former UCLA edge rusher Mitchell Agude announced his commitment to Miami coach Mario Cristobal and the Hurricanes in an Instagram post on Friday. Agude took an official visit to Miami over the weekend and was seen on social media having taken photos with Cristobal, who left Oregon during the offseason, and Pro Football Hall of…
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File photo of the mobile home in Romoland where Sean Spicer and husband Ryan Morris lived. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) Marriage, attorneys for Ryan Morris unsuccessfully argued, is not just for people of regular intelligence. The law allows “an extremely low level of mental capacity needed before making the decision to marry,”…
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The consensus box of Santa Anita picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for races on Saturday March 26, 2022. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter and get the…
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Oscar’s new look With the 94th Academy Awards Sunday, March 17, we look at diversity in the movie business. Ratings issues After three years without a host, the Oscars are going with three hosts for this year’s awards: Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes are set to host the 94th Academy Awards. The show…
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PHILADELPHIA — Daryl Banks III scored the tying and go-ahead baskets that pushed 15th-seeded Saint Peter’s to the brink of the Final Four, the tiny Peacocks thriving off a home-court edge to beat third-seeded Purdue, 67-64, on Friday night. The Peacocks (22-11) became the first 15 seed to reach the Elite Eight, adding the Boilermakers…
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By Don Thompson | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — The last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of children and holding them and their driver for $5 million ransom in 1976 was recommended for parole on Friday with the support of two of the victims. Parole commissioners decided Frederick Woods, 70, no…
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Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from March 17 to March 25. Kitchen at Westridge Golf Club, 1400 S. La Habra Hills Drive, La Habra Closed: March 23 Reason: Cockroach infestation Reopened: March 24 Miyabi-Tei at Mitsuwa Marketplace, 665 Paularino Ave., Costa Mesa Closed:…
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The OC Health Care Agency reported 171 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday, March 25, increasing the cumulative total since tracking began in the county to 546,269. There were 3,719 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the last two-week period as of Friday. There were 129 people in Orange County hospitals with coronavirus on…
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