As Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine entered its fourth week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the United States Congress on Wednesday. President Zelensky expressed gratitude for America’s generosity, while also calling on the U.S. to “do more” to aid his country. He underscored the global significance of the conflict, and indicated that a Ukrainian victory…
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A Black crew member for the television show “Grey’s Anatomy” is accusing a pair of Los Angeles Police Department officers of racially profiling him when they forced him out of the production van he was driving and attempted to arrest him in front of his coworkers, apparently believing he had stolen the vehicle. In a…
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Clerical errors and a lack of adequate review resulted in an understatement of future housing needs in the Sacramento and Santa Barbara areas, one of a number of problems with how the state determines future housing needs, a state audit of California’s housing department found. The audit of the state’s housing allocation process released Thursday,…
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Cal State Fullerton basketball coach Dedrique Taylor tries to approach every game as just that – a game. Limit the distractions. Spend less time preparing for the other team and more preparing his own. Remind his players that every game starts 0-0 and the baskets are always 10 feet high. But even Taylor, who will…
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Surrounded by children in costume, Rabbi Peretz Greenwald reads the Story of Esther during The Hebrew Academy’s annual Purim Festival in Huntington Beach, CA, on Thursday, March 17, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Shoshana Topps listens to The Story of Esther during The Hebrew Academy’s annual Purim Festival in Huntington Beach, CA,…
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More than five years after a dad working his food truck on Father’s Day was struck down by gunfire, the innocent victim of a war between two Santa Ana gangs, the fate of a felon accused of firing the fatal shot is in the hands of an Orange County Superior Court jury. Eliu Armando Gramajo’s…
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As the mother of four who got the coronavirus vaccine shortly after becoming eligible, Krissy Brownell scheduled appointments for her 6- and 8-year-old children the week they could get the jab. Now to inoculate the other two. With an immunocompromised 2- and 4-year-old in her Los Alamitos home, Brownell has waited, obsessively, for drug makers…
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If you are a Dodger fan … well, by now I shouldn’t have to tell you how fortunate you should feel. We are one week into baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement, which took 99 days to hash out and supposedly included elements meant to discourage tanking (including an expanded postseason). And yet other teams are…
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The Eat Index: OC is a weekly newsletter that lands in your inbox on Wednesdays. Subscribe here. Main Course Mazesoba, a dry ramen also known as mazemen, at Mymen in Santa Ana (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG) The next big thing in ramen is going brothless. A growing number of eateries have the dish,…
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Gelson’s, Jensen’s, Whole Foods, Bristol Farms — Southern Californians have always enjoyed shopping at fancy supermarkets. Now it’s about to get even better. On Thursday, March 17, Bristol Farms Newfound Market opened its doors at the Irvine Spectrum. It’s not just a place to grab gourmet groceries, it’s a dining destination with a mini food…
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