Bess Kalb is ready to kiss 2021 goodbye. To officially send it off, Kalb, an author and TV writer, and her team are back with a second installment of the comedy special, “Yearly Departed,” which arrives on Amazon on Dec. 23. For this year’s comedic airing of the grievances, Kalb enlisted the talents of comedians…
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Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia will run for Congress, he announced on Twitter at Friday morning, Dec. 17, a say after Rep. Alan Lowenthal said he would not seek reelection. Garcia’s quick move to succeed Lowenthal, of whom he has been a longtime political ally, will likely be the first in a slew of Democratic…
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For the first time in the past week, the Miami Dolphins are removing players from the reserve/COVID-19 list instead of adding them. The Dolphins have running backs Myles Gaskin and Salvon Ahmed returning to practice on Friday, coach Brian Flores said in a web conference before the day’s drills. The team officially announced their activation…
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As industrial lease rates climb in Southern California, manufacturers are eyeing commercial real estate south of the border. Pacific Transformer in Anaheim recently leased a 52,000-square-foot industrial building in Tijuana, just 40 minutes from the border crossing, according to DAUM Commercial. Terms of the lease in Baja, California, were not disclosed by the brokerage. PacTran…
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Next year’s congressional midterm election just got a lot more interesting for the Long Beach area. Rep. Alan Lowenthal’s announcement on Thursday, Dec. 16, that he would not run for a sixth term in Congress has created uncertainty for the strongly Democratic district he has dominated for the past decade, with speculation about who will…
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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 Thursday, Dec. 16. Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. THURSDAY’S SCORES BOYS BASKETBALL LOARA TOURNAMENT Ocean View 64, Orange 39 GIRLS BASKETBALL NONLEAGUE Sonora 59, La Serna…
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While the NFL adjusted its COVID-19 protocols and tussled with the players’ union over enforcement measures on Thursday, Giants defensive players continued to drop like flies. Unvaccinated corner Adoree Jackson became the sixth Giants player to test positive for COVID-19 since Monday, ruling him out of Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys. Unvaccinated positive corner…
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By MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday permanently removed a major obstacle for women seeking abortion pills, eliminating a long-standing requirement that they pick up the medication in person. Millions of American women will now be able to get a prescription via an online consultation and receive the pills…
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The owners of a missing dog that was inside a truck stolen at the parking lot of a Huntington Beach hotel over the weekend have offered $1,000 for the safe return of the pet. Diego is a 13-year-old Chihuahua who was sitting in a truck that was briefly parked at Hotel Huntington Beach, 7667 Center…
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The Rams talked with NFL officials about their options for Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks at SoFi Stadium as COVID-19 cases continued to rip through their roster, a team spokesman said Thursday. The game seems almost certain to be played, because the league has expressed no inclination to postpone or cancel any of the…
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