A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held this week to welcome the new Newport Beach Junior Lifeguard building, a years-long, $7.8 million project that will also be an events space for the community during the off season. Dignitaries, donors and the public checked out the new digs on Wednesday, touring the 5,400-square-foot facility that sits just south…
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By Levi Sumagaysay | CalMatters California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara unveiled on June 12 an effort to force insurers to resume writing policies in high-fire-risk areas — part of an overall plan to address the state’s insurance crisis. It consists of three different ways insurers can meet minimum requirements for writing policies in areas deemed…
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Southern California home buyers are reeling, no doubt, from record-high median home prices and high interest rates. In Orange County, a single-family home in May was selling for a median of $1,410,000, an all-time high, according to Patrick Veling, chief executive and founder of Real Data Strategies. That’s up 12.8% versus May 2023. The median…
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer DALLAS — It’s over. That’s what the numbers say. There will be a record-setting 18th championship for the Boston Celtics to celebrate soon, maybe very soon. They have a 3-0 lead in the NBA Finals, a lead that has never been wasted in any NBA series, ever. The stats…
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LOS ANGELES — None of them dared to sleep until Eric Musselman’s eyes grew weary, tethered to their phones until he’d give the unofficial OK to clock out for the night. Finally, the unbridled motor churning inside Musselman’s 5-foot-7 frame would stall, and he’d trudge upstairs toward a master bedroom and a few hours of…
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The Milani sisters, daughters of an Iranian American frozen food magnate and would-be reality TV stars, are four very different young women largely confined to their massive, luxurious family home at the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Tehrangeles,” a satire of the rich and TikTok-famous from acclaimed author Porochista Khakpour, is named for a cluster of…
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By TOM KRISHER and DAVID HAMILTON | AP Business Writers DETROIT — Tesla shareholders voted Thursday to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year, sending a strong vote of confidence in his leadership of the electric vehicle maker. The favorable vote doesn’t…
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President Joe Biden is coming to Hollywood on Saturday, surrounding himself with big-name celebrities led by late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel who will interview him at a live event, along with former President Barack Obama and mega-stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts. The Biden re-election campaign hopes to top the haul from a similar, celebrity-studded…
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SANTA ANITA LEADERS (Through Sunday) Jockeys / Wins Antonio Fresu / 29 Juan Hernandez / 26 Kyle Frey / 24 Umberto Rispoli / 20 Edwin Maldonado / 18 Trainers / Wins Phil D’Amato / 17 Mark Glatt / 13 Steve Knapp /12 Doug O’Neill / 12 John Sadler / 11 WEEKEND STAKES SANTA ANITA Saturday…
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G Kumar’s vaping addiction peaked in college at the University of Colorado, when flavored, disposable vapes were taking off. “I’d go through, let’s say, 1,200 puffs in a week,” Kumar said. Vaping became a crutch for them. Like losing a cellphone, losing a vape pen would set off a mad scramble. “It needs to be…
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