By Noah Buhayar, Patrick Clark and Jordyn Holman | Bloomberg Zillow Group spent last year aggressively expanding a home-flipping operation designed to make the $2 trillion U.S. real estate market better for consumers until a bad bet on home prices pushed the company to pull the plug. As it shuts down the operation, Zillow’s efforts…
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By Jill Colvin and Zeke Miller | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee said Thursday it is planning a rules change that would force presidential candidates seeking the party’s nomination to sign a pledge saying they will not participate in any debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. If ultimately enacted and…
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I’ve lived through several economic downturns. Maybe you have, too. You may remember the recession in the early ’90s, a financial decline that lasted about a year. It was during that time that culinary guru Jacques Pepin, award-winning cookbook author and PBS star, wrote “Cuisine Economique” (William Morrow, out of print). His goal with this…
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By David Bauder | Associated Press NEW YORK — ABC News is under fire for its editing of a “Good Morning America” interview with CDC Director Rochelle Walensky that created uncertainty that’s being exploited by vaccine critics. In the interview, Walensky discussed a study that showed how most vaccinated people who died of coronavirus were…
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Get one of everything. Or at least one of everything that tempts you in that moment because the next time you return to Shokuh Patisserie at Westcliff Plaza in Newport Beach, those items you skipped might not be there again. Everything in the display case changes regularly. And those missed connections will haunt you. The…
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Members of the Friends of Canyon Hills Library are inviting the community to peruse through the wide selection of books that will be on display during its two-day Winter Flash Used Book Sale. Proceeds from the sale support the various ways the Friends enhances programs and services at the library for the community to enjoy.…
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By Michael Balsamo, Colleen Long and Alanna Durkin Richer | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the attack on the U.S. Capitol, authorities said Thursday. Ten other people also were charged with seditious conspiracy in…
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Orange County Soccer Club announced the signing of former Mexican international and Chivas forward Erick “Cubo” Torres. Torres, 28, will be making a return to Southern California. He spent the 2014 season in Major League Soccer with Chivas USA. “I am very happy to arrive and play with the USL champions,” Torres said. “I am…
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Corona-based Monster Beverage Corp., maker of Monster Energy drink, is acquiring Colorado’s Oskar Blues Brewery and several other brewing brands, as it makes its first foray into the alcoholic beverage space. According to an announcement Thursday, Monster has agreed to buy CANarchy Brewery Collective, which includes Oskar Blues, Florida’s Cigar City Brewing Co., Dallas’ Deep…
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LOS ANGELES — Rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is under investigation in an alleged battery early Thursday in downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department took a battery report listing the rapper as a “named suspect” in the incident that occurred about 3 a.m. at Santa Fe Avenue and Bay Street, according…
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