Millions of dollars wasted. Senior Orange County managers conducting shady deals. A failure of accountability at the department of Community Resources. No, I’m not talking about the Supervisor Andrew Do scandal amply reported in the OC Register. I’m talking about Orange County Animal Care, the county shelter. Despite a 28 million dollar annual budget and…
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An Orange County Superior Court judge accused of murdering wife had his bail doubled to $2 million and was immediately taken into custody on Tuesday, Sept. 24, after a Los Angeles County judge determined he had lied to cover up consuming alcohol while awaiting trial. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Eleanor J. Hunter said…
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Q: We had a birthday party for our 12-year-old son. One of the kids slipped and fell while bowling, and wound up with a broken arm. We checked, and the approach did have a greasy substance on it. The parents are angry. Do they have a claim against the bowling alley or against us? D.R.,…
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Morayo Ogunbayo | (TNS) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA — Its name might sound funny, but its long-term effects are no laughing matter. “Dead butt syndrome,” an affliction that once targeted athletes, is now a major cause of pain and discomfort among people who sit at a desk for hours a day. The name refers to a…
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Mary Lawal was 8 years old the first time she tried to take her own life. Time has blurred the details for Lawal, now a 22-year-old psychology student at Prince George’s Community College. She doesn’t remember the circumstances that led up to her attempt — Did she have a fight with her parents? An argument…
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The South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Residential Electric Lawn & Garden Equipment Rebate Program has been expanded to go beyond offsetting costs for lawn mowers, giving residents the opportunity to replace other gasoline-powered tools with electric models. AQMD officials on Friday announced that the rebate program for residents in the South Coast Air Basin…
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By Larry Neumeister | The Associated Press Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday after she apologized repeatedly to everyone hurt by a fraud that stole billions of dollars from investors and customers of what once They seemed like a…
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A glimpse of the ocean through the entry door. (Photo by Toby Ponnay) The living area of the great room. (Photo by Toby Ponnay) The motorized Fleetwood pocket doors in the great room open by voice command. (Photo by Toby Ponnay) The wine wall. (Photo by Toby Ponnay) The eat-in kitchen. (Photo by Toby Ponnay)…
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LOS ANGELES — Perhaps, Lindsay Gottlieb will acknowledge, this moment for her USC women’s basketball program has arrived sooner than the bevy of 2024 freshmen she’s recruited ever quite expected. But they came to USC drawn to a movement, spearheaded by Gottlieb and accelerated with the arrival of JuJu Watkins. And this program is approaching…
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Government isn’t particularly efficient at regulating anything, but it’s always out of its league when it tries to control evolving online technologies. That doesn’t stop it from trying, as is the case with legislation Gov. Gavin Newsom signed last week. The governor touted the bill as something that will protect children from social-media “addiction,” but…
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