A visit to the beach is meant to be a pleasant experience – but get nailed by a stingray or pulled out to sea by a rip current and the trip can quickly turn into a beach bummer. A website launched recently by Huntington Beach called “Safe Beach Day” will inform beachgoers about coastal hazards,…
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Q. Hi Honk. As a motorcyclist, I am very happy to be able to legally ride solo in the HOV lanes. I’m betting this privilege also extends to motorcycles with sidecars. But what about trikes? — Mike Foy, Westminster A. For an answer, Honk went to Mitch Smith, an officer and spokesman for the California…
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A motorist driving the wrong way on the 605 Freeway smashed head on into another driver, killing both in a fiery crash early Friday morning in Cerritos. Officers were called at 2:21 a.m. to a multi-vehicle collision on the 605 Freeway at South Street, said Officer Elizabeth Kravig of the California Highway Patrol. CBS 2…
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“Payment Pain” deals with the seemingly forgotten and heart-wrenching reality of Southern California homebuying finances — it’s really about the size of the monthly check to the lender, not the sales price. Buzz: It’s been one year since mortgage rates hit their historic low. January’s local homebuyers first had to digest prices: The median home…
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Sure, it’s not unusual to see educators, scientists, musicians, athletes, actors, writers and even a Supreme Court Justice or U.S. president or two on PBS, but you don’t typically get all of them appearing on the same series talking about poems – unless you’re Elisa New, the director and host of “Poetry in America.” Even…
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Eric Valenzuela is beginning his third season as Long Beach State’s baseball coach, but you’ll have to forgive him if he feels as if his career here has been a little short-sheeted. His first season was 2020, which the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out after LBSU was off to a 10-5 start. In 2021, his team…
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The loudest sound in college baseball in 2021 was Cal State Fullerton hitting the pavement like an experimental rocket. The Titans, a perennial winner in the sport, hit a bump in 2020 with a 4-12 start before the COVID-19 pandemic scuttled the rest of that season, then they followed up in 2021 with the worst…
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It’s not counter-intuitive to say that one of the Big West Conference’s most successful baseball programs is also one that has suffered some tough breaks. UC Irvine took a step forward last season (43-18 overall, 32-8 Big West), winning the conference title handily and advancing to the 64-team NCAA Tournament for the first time since…
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By Dana Hull | Bloomberg Elon Musk deleted a controversial tweet that made a satirical comparison between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Adolf Hitler. Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. and the world’s richest person, did not respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for Twitter said the social-media company “did…
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At the end of January, a federal judge refused to stop the San Bernardino County Sherriff from seizing cash from state-licensed cannabis dispensaries. While conflicting state and federal laws and perverse incentives may have caused this headache, new payment technologies could help alleviate some of the pain. Since November 2021, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s…
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