By Anna Helhoski | NerdWallet When word got around that the burger chain Wendy’s would start surging prices in 2025, the backlash was swift. What followed was a swarm of media coverage, outraged customers, late-night TV jokes and a bevy of spicy memes. It seemed the fast food chain’s alleged dastardly plans were dead on…
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Snoop Dogg and J.D. Souther have been added to the lineup of superstars who will pay tribute to the late singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett during a special performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Thursday, April 11. ALSO SEE: Paul McCartney, Eagles, Zac Brown and more tapped to pay tribute to Jimmy Buffett in…
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The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year but is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products. The final rule marks a major expansion of EPA regulation under a landmark 2016 law that overhauled regulations governing tens of thousands…
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LOS ANGELES – Just a couple minutes after the USC women’s basketball team erupted into pandemonium at their Selection Sunday watch party, freshly minted as a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, murmurs flitted and eyebrows raised at another program tabbed in their bracket. The No. 2 seed in the Portland 3 regional, USC’s…
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This week’s Orange County high school baseball rankings. Notable this week: Orange Lutheran beat JSerra in two of their three Trinity League games last week to remain at No. 1 in the county rankings. … JSerra and Santa Margarita each move up a spot, giving Trinity League teams the top three spots in the rankings.…
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The revitalized theater on display over the past nine months at Laguna Playhouse brings both a welcome surprise and an unalloyed pleasure. New artistic director David Ellenstein has knit together a weave of well-produced comedies and musicals, the fabric of the century-plus venue bright again. Beyond his administrative curation, though, Ellenstein is also a veteran…
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A former Orange County tax preparer convicted of carrying out a tax fraud in which prosecutors say he attempted to claim more than $10 million from the IRS and numerous state tax authorities was sentenced on Monday, March 18, to 10 years in federal prison. Stephen Jake McGonigle, 66, of Victorville was also ordered by…
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Written by Caroline Wong The best way to eat great food in a new city is first to pick the right city. Rome springs to mind. I rambled around those streets for a week and never had a bad meal. But dining well in Seoul, South Korea? That takes a bit of purpose. This I…
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There is no denying that we have a broken immigration system and real problems at our southwest border that demand Republicans and Democrats come together to deliver pragmatic solutions. Unfortunately, far too many in Congress prefer to politicize this issue during an election year rather than find common ground. There is too much finger pointing…
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Four women’s basketball teams will pile into Pauley Pavilion this weekend for the opening round of the NCAA Tournament: No. 2 seed UCLA, No. 7 Creighton, No. 10 UNLV and No. 15 Cal Baptist. “We’re gonna have our work cut out for us just right here in LA,” UCLA head coach Cori Close told reporters…
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