NEWPORT BEACH – When World Golf Hall of Famer Ernie Els returns to Newport Beach Country Club every spring, he says he feels like he’s back home in South Africa, where he was born and took up the game. “It reminds me of where we grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa — the topography, the…
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After forcing himself into a Westminster townhouse, a 44-year-old homeless man threatened the residents with a hammer, police said. Then, he reportedly asked for food. The break-in was reported shortly before 6 a.m. on Wednesday, March 20 in the 14800 block of Cordoba Plaza, a quiet area tucked behind a busy main street. Three women…
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The Orange County district attorney’s office has concluded that jail personnel were not negligent in the suicide of former Southern California News Group columnist David Whiting’s adult son. Sean Whiting, 35, was under suicide watch in an Orange County jail mental health unit when he choked to death after stuffing orange peels down his throat…
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Pelican nicknamed “Blue” in enclosure on March 12, 2024, one day after the first surgery at International Bird Rescue in San Pedro. (Photo By Jennifer Martinez) California brown pelican “Blue” on March 20, 2024, at International Bird Rescue in San Pedro. Two surgeries were required to repair the pelican’s slashed pouch. (Photo By Ariana Gastelum…
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By Roxana Popescu | The San Diego Union-Tribune PIRCH, the Oceanside-based purveyor of high-end appliances, has abruptly paused operations, according to an email sent to employees Wednesday. “Based on the current business conditions we are experiencing, we are going to pause operations in our showrooms and distribution centers beginning tomorrow as we chart the best…
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By ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM (Associated Press) HOUSTON (AP) — “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” Rarely have voters’ answers to that question been so complicated. Former President Donald Trump asked the time-tested question of his supporters in all-caps Monday on his Truth Social platform. President Joe Biden did the same three…
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Josh Homme repeatedly promised the audience that the benefit concert he hosted at the Belasco in Los Angeles on Wednesday would be “a night of unexpected things.” And, of course, the frontman and co-founder of Queens of the Stone Age would know that given all the guests were all his friends, including musicians Dave Grohl…
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State Farm, California’s largest insurer, announced it will discontinue coverage for 72,000 homes and apartments starting this summer, a move likely to sharply inflate housing costs for affected residents in a state that’s reeling from a series of destructive recent wildfires. The Illinois-based insurance giant, which accounts for a fifth of the California home insurance…
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The Ducks have signed goalie Tomas Suchanek to an entry-level contract that will span from the 2024-25 season until the 2026-27 campaign. Suchanek, 20, was passed over in three consecutive drafts but had long been on the Ducks’ radar, as well as that of the Buffalo Sabres, who invited him to their prospect camp in…
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It was a “listening session,” with county transportation reps hoping to gain stakeholder feedback for their plans to protect the rail line that runs along the coast through San Clemente and Dana Point, and the message they heard was loud and clear: Sand, not bulkier rock boulders and walls, should be the solution to protect…
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