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The following 98 students have been nominated for the 2024 Artist of the Year in vocal music by teachers and private instructors at Orange County high schools and arts organizations. See more nominees Dance Film and TV Instrumental music Theater Fine arts Media arts This year, when students filled out their portion of the nomination…
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The following 138 students have been nominated for the 2024 Artist of the Year in instrumental music by  teachers and private instructors at Orange County high schools and arts organizations. See more nominees Dance Film and TV Vocal music Theater Fine arts Media arts This year, when students filled out their portion of the nomination…
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The following 60 students have been nominated for the 2024 Artist of the Year in film and TV by teachers and private instructors at Orange County high schools and arts organizations. See more nominees Dance Instrumental music Vocal music Theater Fine arts Media arts This year, when students filled out their portion of the nomination…
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The following 101 students have been nominated for the 2024 Artist of the Year in dance from teachers and private instructors at Orange County high schools and arts organizations. See more nominees Film and TV Instrumental music Vocal music Theater Fine arts Media arts This year, when students filled out their portion of the nomination…
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The Orange County Register is proud to announce the 2024 nominees for the Artist of the Year program. Designed as a companion to the annual high school Athlete of the Year honors, this program honors top junior and senior artists in Orange County. In 2014, the first year of the program, 113 students were nominated,…
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The sober living home where Christopher Lee Kearns allegedly tried to kill his 8-year-old son with a screwdriver bills itself as a calm, quiet, “working man’s” place. Rent is $175 a week or $700 a month. Folks must have a job or be looking for one. They must attend mandatory house meetings and are encouraged…
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SACRAMENTO – The great conservative thinker William F. Buckley in 1963 wrote that he would rather “live in a society governed by the first 2,000 names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the 2,000 faculty members of Harvard University.” Buckley recognized the great “brainpower” among the university’s faculty, but feared…
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the last time the state of California had to deal with an epidemic of this nature was 1918. The Spanish Flu struck young adults. The coronavirus was deadly for seniors.  Since there was no one in Sacramento leadership remaining who had lived through the health crisis of a century ago, the…
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More than 25,000 runners rose before dawn on Sunday, March 17, then yawned, stretched, flexed, twisted and hydrated, illuminated by the lights of Los Angeles’ iconic Dodger Stadium, in anticipation of running from Chavez Ravine to Culver City. At 7 a.m. sharp, they were off and running with big cheers. Young. Older. In between. All…
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My research into the socioeconomic factors that explain statewide differences in COVID death rates has shown that California’s broad-based use of mandates led to sharp losses in overall economic activity but had little to no impact in saving lives. The extent to which each state used mandates to control the spread of COVID can be…
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