Fentanyl pills seized by federal officials in Los Angeles in 2021. (Photo by Jonah Valdez, San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Southern California News Group) A single sugar packet’s worth of fentanyl packs 500 lethal doses. More than 100,000 lives were consumed by drug poisonings and overdoses last year in the United States, the equivalent of 10 Boeing…
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By Scottie Andrew | CNN New York’s Metropolitan Opera announced it will not work with Russian artists and organizations who support President Vladimir Putin until the country’s invasion of Ukraine ceases. Peter Gelb, general manager of the Met, said that the opera house, which hosts scores of international artists each season, can “help ring the…
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With 100-plus locations in the U.S., the Pizza Factory will open its first Orange County restaurant in Anaheim this summer, offering fresh, hand-tossed pizza, pasta, wings, sandwiches, salads, beer, wine and more. The new Anaheim Pizza Factory Express will be a quick service model for takeout and delivery, opening in summer. (Courtesy of Pizza Factory)…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Scores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, March 3. Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. THURSDAY’S SCORES BASEBALL PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Beckman 3, Laguna Hills 0 Portola 8, Northwood 5 GARDEN GROVE LEAGUE…
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By Larry Neumeister | Associated Press NEW YORK — A former CNBC and Fox News employee has been arrested in London for his work as a television producer for a Russian media baron tied to aggression in Ukraine over the past eight years, particularly in Crimea, U.S. prosecutors announced Thursday. Jack Hanick, 71, also known…
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By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Daniel A. Medina | CNN The ships span the length of a football field or longer, come outfitted with helipads and swimming pools, and have shown up at ports around the world — towering over nearby fishing vessels and motorboats like giants. Yachts owned by Russian oligarchs — who…
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The expansive Anaheim Hills site where Orange County officials hope to include a state veterans cemetery could also become home to a dedicated space to bury local law enforcement and firefighters. Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner is pitching the idea of using a 10-acre portion of a planned public cemetery – it would be separate…
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Thomas C.K. Yuen defied chronic kidney disease for decades, enduring lifelong dialysis sessions while becoming an Orange County tech mogul and philanthropist. The Newport Beach resident and co-founder of AST Computer, SRS Labs and PrimeGen Biotech died Feb. 13 at age 70. Yuen immigrated as a teenager to California from Hong Kong in 1970, attending…
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It was billed as the “the brightest 5K on the planet,” an incandescent rave for runners under the stars amid the backdrop of a sparkling lake, lush lawns and the Santa Ana Mountains. For months, Phoenix-based Cool Events, LLC had glowingly promised on Facebook that the Blacklight Run at Oak Canyon Park in Silverado would…
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The 51st Festival of Whales will be back in full swing this year after muted events during the pandemic and is expected to draw thousands to Dana Point Harbor this weekend. The annual celebration of the gray whales that migrate past the seaside community will also honor the late Don Hansen, who popularized whale watching…
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