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A man died Friday afternoon, April 18, after driving an SUV through a garage and into a backyard swimming pool in Brea, police said. Around 1 p.m., officers responded to the 800 block of South Mulberry Avenue and found the vehicle partially submerged in a pool with a man still in the driver’s seat, according…
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Orange County officials celebrated this week the grand opening of the OC Health Care Agency’s new Irvine campus, designed to bring several HCA departments under one roof. The $78 million facility includes administrative offices, a public health lab, community and nursing services and emergency management services. The Board of Supervisors approved the 70,000-square-foot construction contract…
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EL SEGUNDO — During the regular season, Lakers coach JJ Redick would often reference a meeting he had with LeBron James the morning of the team’s blowout loss to the Miami Heat on Dec. 4 as an inflection point. The Lakers were in the midst of a 2-5 stretch, with the aforementioned loss to the…
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By MEG KINNARD, Associated Press There was the pool furniture in the background. There were the tropical drinks, which looked to be margaritas garnished with cherries. And then there were the deported prisoner and the American senator, sitting and chatting. That senator, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, accused El Salvador’s government on Friday of aiming…
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The Orange County Transportation Authority was given the green light to immediately start work to secure a portion of the rail line through San Clemente, though only part of the proposed project earned emergency status. The California Coastal Commission recently granted a go-ahead for emergency work on a northern section of the coastal tracks in…
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The 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass will undergo a massive repaving job that will take four years to complete and is set to begin in the next few months, Caltrans announced. The repaving covers a 10.2-mile stretch of 405 between Van Nuys and Westwood along the Sepulveda Pass, replacing sections of two lanes in…
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By CLAIRE SAVAGE, Associated Press The federal agency tasked with protecting workers’ civil rights is classifying all new gender identity-related discrimination cases as its lowest priority, essentially putting them on indefinite hold, according to two agency employees. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held a meeting on Wednesday clarifying how it would treat new worker…
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Southern California shed workers in March as consumer-centric employers trimmed staffing. Bosses in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties had 7.95 million workers in March – a decrease of 4,500 in a month and 12,600 over 12 months, says new data from the Employment Development Department. The job figures released on Friday, April…
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A Laguna Woods man has been arrested in connection with indecent exposure reports made by Village residents, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Investigators were notified in April of multiple incidents of indecent exposure in Laguna Woods, according to an OCSD news release. Residents reported the incidents to Village security personnel, and three victims…
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Los Angeles Football Club head coach Steve Cherundolo intends to step down at the end of the season. On Friday, as LAFC (4-4-0, 12 points) prepared to visit the Portland Timbers (4-2-2, 14 points) for an MLS regular-season match, Cherundolo informed the coaching staff and players of his decision to return to Germany with his…
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