Editor’s note: This is the Thursday, December 14, edition of the “Game Day with Kevin Modesti” newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. Good morning. UCLA’s move – with USC – from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten has been approved by the University of California Board of Regents in a…
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Most highway projects make good sense. Others are nothing but head scratchers. One causing a lot of head scratching is OC Public Works’ project to widen less than two miles of Brea Canyon Road (Brea Boulevard turns into Brea Canyon) from two lanes to four lanes. The widening project would go from Canyondale Drive to…
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Let’s remember how we got into this latest housing affordability pickle: It’s largely the Federal Reserve’s fault. The pandemic era’s homebuying frenzy grew into bubble status primarily due to historically low mortgage rates. Cheap financing made giant price gains more palatable than you might think. But with those mortgage-rate gifts now a distant memory, a…
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Postino WineCafé opened its first California location at Park Place shopping center in Irvine on Tuesday, Dec. 13. The Arizona-based wine bar and restaurant concept started in 2001. It expanded with more than 20 locations in Texas, Colorado, Georgia and Arizona. The 5,200-square foot wine bar restaurant at Jamboree Road and Michelson Drive is housed…
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In honor of the 50-year anniversary of Title IX and women in sports, we salute one of the greatest female athletes in the area’s history, Joan Dan (Dodd), the “Balboa Bay Mermaid.” She could also be described as the Babe Didrikson Zaharias of Newport Harbor High, in reference to the Olympic gold medalist who broke…
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By Joey Cappeletti and Ed White | Associated Press JACKSON, Mich. — A judge on Thursday handed down the longest prison terms so far in the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor, sentencing three men who forged an early alliance with a leader of the scheme before the FBI broke it up in 2020. Joe Morrison,…
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For the Pac-12, it’s Day 1 ALA — After Los Angeles. UCLA received formal approval on Wednesday from its governing board to proceed with plans to enter the Big Ten, along with USC, on Aug. 2, 2024. What’s next for the conference and its 10 remaining members? More of the same, albeit with a bit…
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Christmas is often one of the most joyous times of the year as many celebrate with family and friends; but for some, it can be one of the loneliest. To help those who are in pain or suffering, Canyon Hills Presbyterian Church will offer “The Comfort of Christmas” service at 5 p.m. on Dec. 18…
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA (AP Business Writers) Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street Thursday following the latest signal from the Federal Reserve that interest rates will need to go higher than previously expected in order to tame inflation. The S&P 500 fell 2.8% as of 2:16 p.m. Eastern, with roughly 95% of…
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According to the avalanche of posts by reporters Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss, and writer Michael Shellenberger, to whom new Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk provided access to internal communications, Twitter massively “shadow-banned,” restricted and even flat-out blocked access to conservatives and conservative content. So, how does the anti-Donald Trump and the anti-conservative Left…
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