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Former Huntington Beach mayor and longtime civic leader Shirley Dettloff, who successfully fought to preserve the Bolsa Chica wetlands and wrote the city’s 1996 statement on human dignity, died on Tuesday at age 88. Her husband, Bob Dettloff, 91, said she died of a heart attack Tuesday morning. Dettloff had been engaged in Huntington Beach…
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By Wyatte Grantham-Philps |  The Associated Press The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with Amazon-owned Ring, which was charged with failing to protect private video footage from outside access. In a 2023 complaint, the FTC accused the doorbell camera and home security…
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ANAHEIM — Back in the first week of the season, Jo Adell was at the plate in Miami, with an 0-and-2 count. There was one out, and a runner at third base. Adell punched a fly ball into right field, making a routine out but driving in a run. That snapshot illustrated the progress for…
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By MICHAEL SISAK (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with “egregious” improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case. “We conclude that…
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The Knott’s Berry Farm annual food festival that pays tribute to the little berry that started it all will stick around for a few extra weeks if you haven’t gotten your fill of boysenberry for this year just yet. The final weekend of the 2024 Boysenberry Fest was set to wrap up on Friday, April…
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The hopes of California tenants that a wave of apartment construction might provide more rent relief may be fizzling in early 2024. Construction plans for multifamily housing plunged to a 10-year low, my trusty spreadsheet found after peeking at quarterly California building permit patterns from the Census Bureau complied by the St. Louis Fed. Multifamily…
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A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy suspected of affiliating with the Mongols and possessing illegal weapons to benefit the outlaw motorcycle gang was ordered Wednesday, April 24, to stand trial. Superior Court Judge Alexander R. Martinez acknowledged, however, that due to the complexity of the case against Christopher Bingham and the legal issues involved, he…
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Taking into account a shared goal of growing relationships within the community, Santiago Canyon College and former NFL quarterback Vince Ferragamo have partnered to establish a flag football league for youngsters, with the games being played at Santiago Canyon College. The Ferragamo Flag Football League, a noncontact football league for boys and girls of all…
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Four years after COVID-19 spiked joblessness, California still is finding it difficult to pay the now estimated $21 billion owed the federal government for what’s called Advances to State Unemployment Funds. The debt largely was run up during the unemployment spike during COVID-19 and was worsened by massive fraud. According to the U.S. Treasury Department’s…
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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 Wednesday, April 24 Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday. WEDNESDAY’S SCORES BOYS…
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