Amazon Fresh opened its doors Thursday in Mission Viejo, bringing its “Just Walk Out” technology to south Orange County. The 35,000-square-foot grocery store took the place of a former Office Max at 26940 Crown Valley Parkway. Amazon, which acquired Whole Foods in 2017, has been opening grocery stores across Southern California, with its first Fresh…
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Longtime tennis club owner and operator Ken Stuart, a proud member of the Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Fame, died April 4 at age 78. Stuart was born Oct. 22, 1943, in Los Angeles and went one to become the 1964 NCAA men’s doubles champion at Long Beach State and to play briefly on…
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The motto of the Main Street Electrical Parade should be “Here We Glow Again” since nothing — not even a pandemic — can keep the fan-favorite festival of lights away for long with the venerable nighttime spectacular trotted out whenever Disneyland needs an energy boost. Disneyland hosted a media preview of the Main Street Electrical…
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Did you know that the federal judge who vacated the federal mask mandate for airline and public transit passengers on Monday is only 35? The New York Times thought that detail was important, and so did Slate legal writer Mark Joseph Stern. The fact that critics of U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle’s 59-page decision…
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Major fundraising committees on both sides of the aisle are already throwing serious money at the primary race for the newly drawn 47th Congressional District seat in coastal Orange County. It’s widely seen as a contest between two attorneys: high-profile Democratic incumbent Katie Porter and former GOP Assembly leader Scott Baugh. But three Republican challengers…
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Melissa Talmadge Cox knew Grandpa Buster had made a bunch of silent movies long before she was born, but it wasn’t until after Buster Keaton died and Cox was in college that she saw one. “I was absolutely speechless when it ended,” Talmadge says of the movie, “Steamboat Bill Jr.,” that she watched at a…
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For most college athletes, the stress of adjusting to life away from home centers around finding that balance between athletics, academics and social life, along with continuing to play their sport at the highest level. But for Cal State Fullerton freshman tennis player Mariia Nikitash, college life carries with it the added daily burden of hoping her…
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It’s time to dust off the boots and break out the cowboy hat as the Stagecoach Country Music Festival makes its mighty return to the Empire Polo Club in Indio April 29-May 1 with headliners Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood and Luke Combs. For the first time in three years, the sprawling festival grounds — which…
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Good morning, Chicago. Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s high-profile effort to hand out 50,000 gas cards and 100,000 CTA transit fare cards narrowly cleared an important City Council hurdle Wednesday even as aldermen expressed concerns the initiative was more about politics than helping citizens. “I’ve heard from some constituents who’ve said they feel this is the mayor…
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The South Florida Sun Sentinel continues its 10-part series looking at the top prospects in the upcoming NFL draft (April 28-30) with edge rushers. Players who pressure quarterbacks are the second-most in-demand position in football, so don’t be surprised if three edge players are among the top-five selections in the 2022 draft class. Georgia’s Travon…
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