A back-and-forth bidding war between unnamed parties closed Thursday when Nile Niami’s gargantuan megamansion, dubbed “The One,” sold at auction for $126 million. An additional 12% buyer’s premium brings the purchase price to just over $141 million, about 52% less than the $295 million sought in January but set a world record for the most…
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LOS ANGELES — As a matter of policy, the Clippers have avoided giving details or hints about how either of their injured All-Stars – Kawhi Leonard and Paul George – are progressing as they rehab from their respective injuries. (On Thursday, the team posted and deleted a video of Marcus Morris Sr. shooting that showed…
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Fentanyl pills seized by federal officials in Los Angeles in 2021. (Photo by Jonah Valdez, San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Southern California News Group) A single sugar packet’s worth of fentanyl packs 500 lethal doses. More than 100,000 lives were consumed by drug poisonings and overdoses last year in the United States, the equivalent of 10 Boeing…
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By Scottie Andrew | CNN New York’s Metropolitan Opera announced it will not work with Russian artists and organizations who support President Vladimir Putin until the country’s invasion of Ukraine ceases. Peter Gelb, general manager of the Met, said that the opera house, which hosts scores of international artists each season, can “help ring the…
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With 100-plus locations in the U.S., the Pizza Factory will open its first Orange County restaurant in Anaheim this summer, offering fresh, hand-tossed pizza, pasta, wings, sandwiches, salads, beer, wine and more. The new Anaheim Pizza Factory Express will be a quick service model for takeout and delivery, opening in summer. (Courtesy of Pizza Factory)…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Scores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, March 3. Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. THURSDAY’S SCORES BASEBALL PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Beckman 3, Laguna Hills 0 Portola 8, Northwood 5 GARDEN GROVE LEAGUE…
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By Larry Neumeister | Associated Press NEW YORK — A former CNBC and Fox News employee has been arrested in London for his work as a television producer for a Russian media baron tied to aggression in Ukraine over the past eight years, particularly in Crimea, U.S. prosecutors announced Thursday. Jack Hanick, 71, also known…
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By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Daniel A. Medina | CNN The ships span the length of a football field or longer, come outfitted with helipads and swimming pools, and have shown up at ports around the world — towering over nearby fishing vessels and motorboats like giants. Yachts owned by Russian oligarchs — who…
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The expansive Anaheim Hills site where Orange County officials hope to include a state veterans cemetery could also become home to a dedicated space to bury local law enforcement and firefighters. Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner is pitching the idea of using a 10-acre portion of a planned public cemetery – it would be separate…
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Thomas C.K. Yuen defied chronic kidney disease for decades, enduring lifelong dialysis sessions while becoming an Orange County tech mogul and philanthropist. The Newport Beach resident and co-founder of AST Computer, SRS Labs and PrimeGen Biotech died Feb. 13 at age 70. Yuen immigrated as a teenager to California from Hong Kong in 1970, attending…
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