It’s the start of Week 10 of the high school football season, a good time to take a quick look back at Week 9 and start getting ready for this week’s big games. Who stood out last week? Who will win this week’s big game? Who is on the rise in the rankings? The OCVarsity…
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By Sarita Harbour | The Associated Press Hands-on hobbies and vintage skills are making a comeback. Today, more people turn to sourdough baking, canning, gardening and fermenting, driven by a growing interest in self-sufficiency and a simpler way of life. Here’s how old-time practices find new life in kitchens and backyards across the United States.…
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FRESNO — A man who shot and wounded a police sergeant during what officials called an ambush was killed by officers over the weekend in Fresno, California, authorities said. The sergeant was seated in his parked vehicle working on a homicide case nearby when a car pulled up alongside and the driver opened fire around…
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I find it interesting that licensed mental health professionals can dump their patients at will. Then to add insult to injury they want a salary increase by 30%. A good reason to stay out of Health Management Organizations. One would think these mental health workers were checkers in a grocery store. Mary Emily Smiley, Lawndale
By SAMYA KULLAB KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — There is no doubt that the U.S. election will determine the trajectory of the war in Ukraine. The status of military aid from Kyiv’s chief international backer is dependent on who becomes president, as is any prospect for a cease-fire that could benefit Ukraine. Some in Kyiv say the country’s very…
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Apple is releasing a free software update that will inject its first dose of artificial intelligence into its iPhone 16 lineup as the trendsetting company tries to catch up with technology’s latest craze. The upgrade to the iOS 18 operating system on Monday arrives more than a month after four iPhone 16…
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Disneyland will close five attractions for seasonal refurbishments during the busy winter holiday season just as the Thanksgiving and Christmas crowds descend on the Anaheim theme parks. “Fantasmic,” Big Thunder Mountain, Little Mermaid — Ariel’s Undersea Adventure, Sailing Ship Columbia and Dumbo the Flying Elephant will temporarily close in November as part of the standard…
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Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts on Monday announced that Limor Tomer, general manager of the live arts department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, will take over as the new vice president of programming and production for the center — a role created and shaped by Judy Morr, who retired in June. Morr is…
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A Fontana man and a Los Angeles man who robbed an off-duty U.S. Secret Service agent in a Tustin neighborhood earlier this year, making off with police equipment, were convicted Monday, Oct. 28, of second-degree robbery. An Orange County Superior Court jury also found that Jamonte Fitzgerald Johnson, 32, and E’shon Dwayne Dodson, 21, used…
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The Anaheim City Council on Tuesday, Oct. 29, will consider approval for a 498-unit apartment complex in Anaheim Hills’ Deer Canyon, a contentious project that has neighbors pleading for it not to get built. The Hills Preserve housing project would be a departure from the typical single-family homes built in the area. The development would…
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