The Santa Ana City Council is set to consider an emergency ordinance at its Tuesday, March 19, meeting that would add distance requirements for people protesting at private residences. An increasing number of picketers in Santa Ana and surrounding areas are targeting specific residences, city staffers said in a report to the council, “expressing their…
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Ina Garten, cookbook author and Food Network TV host, turns beef stew into the ultimate comfort food in her cookbook “Modern Comfort Food” (Clarkson Potter). She includes the usual vegetables, such as potatoes, onions, carrots, and peas, but boosts the flavor by including fennel as well. Instead of using the traditional beef chuck, she ups…
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If you like to hike, chances are good that you know AllTrails. More than 60 million hikers use the San Francisco-based hiking app, which offers 400,000 curated trail guides to locations around the world. With more than a billion miles of trails logged, the platform was named Apple’s iPhone app of the year in 2023.…
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Electric Light Orchestra fans should be over the moon this morning, as Jeff Lynne’s ELO has announced plans for a 27-date North American tour in 2024. And, yes, it’s absolutely the best concert news that we have heard this year. The trek is dubbed the The Over and Out Tour, signifying this will be the…
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Orange County’s first Bass Pro Shops’ Outdoor World is opening at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 27 in Irvine. A ceremony Wednesday is invite-only, with the full store opening Thursday to the public. The outfitter known for its cavernous shop of all-things outdoorsy has been working around the clock to convert a shuttered Walmart Supercenter into…
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The Scream Break event that combines Fright Fest fears with Spring Break beers returns to Six Flags Magic Mountain for another spring-meets-fall horrorfest that mashes up two seasonal holiday traditions. The Scream Break after-hours, separate-admission event will run on 8 select nights from March 22 to April 13 at the Valencia amusement park. Sign up…
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Teddy Swims says his goal is to be more open and vulnerable in his music and his life. He certainly was practicing what he was preaching in this recent phone interview, as he opened up about the emotions and circumstances behind the songs on his current studio album, “I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1).”…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The Orange County softball rankings for this week. Notable this week: Pacifica takes the county’s No. 1 ranking into its Empire League opener against visiting Crean Lutheran on Monday. The Mariners play host to No. 7 El Modena on Tuesday at 6 p.m.…
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A new bill in the California Legislature seeks to clarify just when mandated reporters need to alert child welfare authorities. Witnessing a domestic violence incident alone doesn’t necessarily need to trigger a report to authorities, it says. That’s not to say a mandated reporter can’t still alert child welfare authorities if they believe the child…
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Congressional Democrats have formed a new working group to study border security issues, an effort that members say will help their party contribute to immigration policy in the House. The Democrats for Border Security Task Force, led by Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and Tom Suozzi of New York, is focused on both the influx…
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