A new contract has been approved by bus drivers and the Orange County Transportation Authority’s board of directors, putting an end to the possibility of a strike among the agency’s coach operators, who had threatened to walk off the job if the groups couldn’t come to an agreement. Members of Teamsters 952, which represents about…
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It’s a throwback to a simpler time, when kids created their own disorganized sports and got dirty – really dirty – in the process. Inspired by the primitive, make-your-own-fun parks then trending around Europe, Adventure Playground opened in Huntington Beach in 1974 as an antidote to urban life. A child’s wonderland like no other, it…
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Election reform, oil spills, crime and housing are just some of the topics targeted in new legislation proposed by state Assembly and Senate members from Orange County. Some of the bills, such as a plan from Assembly members Sharon Quirk-Silva and Steven Choi to help Orange County finally get a veterans cemetery, drew headlines before…
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Director George Miller, whose career includes both the post-apocalyptic mayhem of “Mad Max” and “The Road Warrior” and the kid-friendly fare of “Babe” and “Happy Feet,” spent years staring down one obstacle after another to make “Mad Max: Fury Road,” the fourth Mad Max film. Starring Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy, Nicholas Hoult, Zoe Kravitz and…
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Redondo Beach’s BeachLife Festival is going country and bringing a whole lot more music to the city with a second three-day concert in the works for later this year. The third installment of the festival, which returns to Redondo Beach’s Seaside Lagoon May 13-15, will be followed by a sister festival named BeachLife Ranch, which…
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By JESSICA GRESKO WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash involving religion and the rights of LGBT people. The high court said Tuesday it would hear the case of Colorado-based web designer Lorie Smith. Smith offers graphic and website design services and wants to expand to wedding website services,…
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By MATT OTT | Associated Press SILVER SPRING, Md. — U.S. consumer confidence declined modestly this month but remains high, even as prices for just about everything continue to rise. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index — which takes into account consumers’ assessment of current conditions and…
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In “Better Things,” the FX series she co-created, Pamela Adlon plays a character, Sam Fox, loosely based on her own life: A working actress; single mom to three daughters; daughter to an eccentric mother who lives across the street. This was not, Adlon notes, an idea that the veteran character and voice actor expected to…
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From live music to stand-up icons, March is packed with shows at Southern California’s casinos. Before you go, test how well you know the acts. If you don’t get all of them, don’t worry, we’re grading on a curve, and by a curve, we mean not grading at all. It’s just for fun, so enjoy!…
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH BANGKOK (AP) — Oil prices surged nearly 5% and stock prices dropped after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of rebel-held regions of Ukraine, raising fears that a full-scale invasion was near. Russia is a major energy producer and the tensions over Ukraine have brought wide swings in volatile energy prices,…
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