A McDonald’s franchisee has agreed to pay $25,920 in penalties for assigning hazardous work to minor-aged employees at three Santa Ana locations. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the restaurants, operated by Costa Mesa-based Man-Cal Inc. and Cal-Man Corp., had 18 minor-age employees loading and operating indoor trash…
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La Mirada High School’s gym has a capacity of 710. It will be the site for the San Juan Hills-La Mirada boys basketball CIF-SS Division 2A championship game Friday night. From 1994 through 2019, the 2A boys basketball championship game was usually among the finals held at a large venue, such as the Honda Center. CIF-SS…
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By Zachary B. Wolf | CNN Former President Donald Trump has signaled to Republicans that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “genius” for invading Ukraine. Now we shall see what happens. Will the party’s lawmakers back President Joe Biden as he stands up to Putin? Or, as the majority did with a collective amnesia on…
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As both professional and amateur ice hockey seasons are in full swing, adult fans might wonder how to get their own children into the sport. A blast to play whether as an elite athlete or a young newbie, ice hockey was invented in about 1875 and has been a hugely popular sport ever since. California…
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Sam Madison and Patrick Surtain grew together as NFL cornerbacks that found considerable success playing the position with the Miami Dolphins between the late 1990s and early 2000s. The end of their playing careers branched off elsewhere before they came back to South Florida in retirement, coaching various levels from little league, to 7-on-7 football…
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It’s not only visible plastic waste — water bottles and caps, food wrappers, foam packaging — polluting the ocean. Tiny toxic microplastics less than two-tenths of an inch long can be even more troublesome. They’re virtually impossible to remove once in the water, and they’re readily ingested by marine life. And unless something is done…
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Associated Press Colin Kaepernick is launching an initiative through his Know Your Rights Camp that will offer free, secondary autopsies to family members of anyone whose death is “police-related.” The initiative collaborates with a panel of board-certified forensic pathologists who perform autopsies, disclose preliminary findings, and issue final reports to requesting families. “We know that…
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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. — Major League Baseball said Wednesday that the 2022 season will be shortened if no labor agreement has been reached by the end of Monday. Management had maintained that was the deadline for a deal that would allow the season to start as scheduled on March 31.…
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If you want a nostalgic reunion, there was former Miami Dolphins cornerbacks Sam Madison and Patrick Surtain, together again, talking Wednesday about coaching with each other this time. If want a strategic reunion, there was Wes Welker, the Dolphin who got away, in from San Francisco with new coach Mike McDaniel to direct the receivers.…
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Popular frozen treats brand Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt has been expanding in O.C. with stores already open in Newport Beach, Lake Forest, Laguna Niguel and Rancho Santa Margarita. Now it will add a fifth scoop shop, opening Thursday, Feb. 24, in Irvine at The Market Place. Locals love its creamy, old fashioned recipes…
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