The government and private companies spy on us. My former employee, Naomi Brockwell, has become a privacy specialist. She advises people on how to protect their privacy. In my new video, she tells me I should delete most of my apps on my phone. I push back. I like that Google knows where I am and can recommend…
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While Gov. Gavin Newsom gallivants around the country as a campaign surrogate for President Joe Biden – and to burnish his own national image – the state budget he proposed just six weeks ago is falling apart at the seams. Last week, his Department of Finance indirectly acknowledged the budget’s problems, reporting that through January revenues were running…
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A $7.2 million “catchment wall” will be built at a landslide area in northern San Clemente to hold back the slipping hillside and get passenger train service running through to San Diego again. The California Transportation Commission has committed the funding to the Orange County Transportation Authority, which owns the railroad tracks, to build the…
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First District Supervisor Andrew Do’s directing of millions of dollars in county funds to a nonprofit without disclosing its ties to his daughter has roiled Orange County. Prominent voices within Little Saigon have called for him to resign, as has this Editorial Board. In November, we called it “the final straw after a series of troubling…
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Thanks to the miracle of modern technology, you should be reading this just as I am returning from a brief vacation to Maui. Which, in case you’ve forgotten, is in Hawaii, our 50th state. The reason I’m taking the family to Maui is because I got super cheap airfares, which, as some of you know,…
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Cedar the goat’s death must not be in vain! Bruce, raised by a Fullerton Union High FFA student, went to the Farm Sanctuary in Acton rather than to slaughter in 2019. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) A new bill in Sacramento, sponsored by an Orange County nonprofit and introduced by a San…
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As Chris Lake walked out to a sea of thousands of fans standing along Hollywood Boulevard for a special show with DJ and friend, Fisher, dubbed Under Construction Los Angeles in October 2023, a wave of nostalgia swept over him before his hands even reached the decks. At that moment, time seemed to stop, the…
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Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Jan. 18 to Jan. 25. Board & Brew, 979 Avenida Pico, Unit C, San Clemente Closed: Jan. 24 Reason: Rodent infestation Reopened: Jan. 24 Bangkok Thai Cuisine, 26612 Towne Centre Drive, Suite H, Foothill Ranch Closed: Jan.…
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In just 172 days, the OC Fair will return with the hustle and bustle of crowds looking for their next thrill or deep fried treat. This year’s theme was announced this week, “Always a Good Time,” picked to reflect the yearly return of family-friendly fun, the fair’s organizers said. The OC Fair will return July…
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Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang have once again taken over all of Knott’s Berry Farm for a monthlong celebration while Camp Snoopy undergoes a massive makeover. The 2024 Knott’s Peanuts Celebration kicks off on Saturday, Jan. 27 and runs through Feb. 25 with stage shows, live music, character meet-and-greets and themed food and…
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