You’ll almost certainly hear it Friday evening on the CBS broadcast when UCLA and North Carolina square off in the NCAA East Regional semifinal in Philadelphia: “Bluebloods vs. bluebloods.” It oversimplifies things, perhaps, when it comes to the 2022 men’s basketball versions of the Bruins and Tar Heels. “The No. 4 and No. 8 seeds?…
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An Anaheim Police Department sex crimes detective said her supervisor altered data in the city’s sex offender registry she was in charge of maintaining to keep up a campaign of harassment he was waging against her, according to a lawsuit the detective filed against the city last month. The lawsuit, filed Feb. 28 in Orange…
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LONG BEACH — Reeling from questions about the handling of sex-harassment complaints and responses to administrators accused of wrongdoing, the Board of Trustees of the Long Beach-based California State University System on Tuesday, March 22, called for the development of system-wide policies on such matters. The board formalized previously announced plans for an independent assessment…
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Six men were arrested on suspicion of illegal possession of assault rifles when law enforcement officers heard gunfire and then found an illegal shooting range operating off of Glen Helen Parkway, near the 15 Freeway and the Cajon Pass north of San Bernardino, authorities said Tuesday, March 22. The discovery happened Sunday, March 20, when…
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The federal rule that requires air travelers to wear face masks, which the Transportation Security Administration first imposed more than a year ago, was scheduled to expire. But the TSA extended the requirement for at least another month, for reasons that are even harder to understand than the original rationale for the mask mandate. That…
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Associated Press SEATTLE — Baristas and other employees at a Seattle Starbucks have voted to unionize, the first such vote in the city where Starbucks originated and the latest in a nationwide push to organize the coffee shop chain. The unanimous vote announced Tuesday by the National Labor Relations Board is also an especially symbolic…
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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 Tuesday, March 22. Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. TUESDAY’S SCORES BASEBALL ANAHEIM LIONS TOURNAMENT Chaffey 4, Magnolia 1 California 7, Katella 5 La Serna 2, Sunny…
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Blooming tabebuia trees surround the Partners statute as at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Petunia and daisies bloom around the Town Square at the foot of Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The Michelle Carew Classic, one of the top softball tournaments of the season, returns next week for the first time since 2019. The Canyon-hosted tournament, cancelled the past two springs by the pandemic, is loaded with a strong field of 31 teams. The…
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A new shelter to help homeless people in Santa Ana find jobs, drug counseling and permanent dwellings is on hold as the city and the property owner haggle in court over terms of a lease. The city said Tuesday, March 22, that it filed suit to force the owners of a 29,000-square-foot industrial building on…
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