Sometimes common sense prevails. An initiative putting a $18 minimum wage on the November ballot failed to get enough signatures to qualify The current state mandated minimum wage is $15 an hour, or $14 for companies with 25 or fewer employees. Due to an inflation adjustment, the numbers are scheduled to rise to $15.50…
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Four Orange County deputies and a detained suspect suffered minor to moderate injuries when a suspected drunk driver slammed into at least one sheriff’s vehicles in Yorba Linda early Tuesday morning, July 19, authorities said. The deputies were arresting a man on suspicion of committing a misdemeanor when the crash occurred about 12:30 a.m. along…
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Q: Larry Markham of Temecula asked if it’s legal for motor officers to use private property when they clock street speeds of passing drivers using radar, or if police are required by law to be located within the public road spaces when using radar to clock speeds on public streets. A: It is legal, because…
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Three UCF baseball players heard their names called Monday during Day 2 of the MLB Draft. Sophomore infielder Alex Freeland was taken 105th overall in the third round by the Los Angeles Dodgers, becoming the highest-drafted Knight since Eric Skoglund in 2014. Two rounds later a pair of UCF pitchers were taken with back-to-back picks.…
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Marvin Bracy gave away nearly three years of his track career in a failed attempt to make the NFL as a wide receiver. But the former Boone High School football/track speedster never stopped believing he could be one of the fastest men in the world. He proved to be just that on Saturday with a…
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The United States’ Alex Morgan celebrates after scoring from the penalty spot during the second half of their CONCACAF Women’s Championship match against Canada on Monday night in Monterrey, Mexico. (AP Photo/Roberto Martinez) Canada’s Vanessa Gilles (14) and Kadeisha Buchanan, right, challenge the United States’ Sophia Smithduring the CONCACAF Women’s Championship final soccer match in…
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Rapper NBA YoungBoy was found not guilty in his federal gun case in Los Angeles on Friday. A jury of seven women and five men acquitted the Louisiana rapper of the charges that could have led to a prison sentence of up to 10 years. “In the end, truth prevailed,” one of his lawyers, André…
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Having previously received recent unexpected value from an undrafted prospect out of Oakland University, the Miami Heat have moved in that direction again. The Heat on Friday signed guard Jamal Cain to an Exhibit 10 contract, which will allow the summer-league prospect to attend training camp and then potentially receive a small guarantee if he…
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After the Supreme Court upheld the right to bear arms last month, some states promptly complied with the ruling by eliminating subjective requirements for carrying a gun in public. But other states are either dragging their feet or refusing to acknowledge the decision’s implications. The court said New York had violated the Second Amendment by…
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SALINAS — The man last seen with Kristin Smart, the college freshman who vanished from a California campus 25 years ago, is on trial more than a year after he was arrested on a murder charge along with his father, who is accused of helping hide her body. Opening statements began Monday in Monterey County…
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