Not long after he’s started working at Bob Baker Marionette Theater in the mid-’80s, Randal J. Metz recalls Bob Baker literally dropping an assignment into his lap: The puppetry legend and Metz’s boss wanted his new employee to string a Burmese puppet of a horse and rider. Oh, and there was more. “He said, ‘It…
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A suspect has been arrested in connection to a 49ers fan at SoFi Stadium being found severely injured during the NFC Championship game over the weekend and was in custody Friday morning, Feb. 4, authorities said. Police did not confirm whether the suspect had turned himself in or whether he was arrested, but Lt. Nicole…
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The Miami Dolphins’ top decision makers will sit down with San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel and Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Kellen Moore this weekend to decide who will replace Brian Flores as the franchise’s 11th head coach. Unless a dark-horse candidate enters the mix in the 11th hour, which isn’t expected, the Dolphins…
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By STAN CHOE NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are mixed and Treasury yields are jumping on Friday after a blowout U.S. jobs report raised Wall Street’s expectations that the Federal Reserve will soon start raising interest rates sharply. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in early trading after the Labor Department said employers added 467,000…
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By SARAH DiLORENZO BEIJING (AP) — China, which used its first Olympics to amplify its international aspirations, invited the world back Friday — sort of — for the pandemic era’s second Games, this time as an emboldened and more powerful nation whose government’s authoritarian turn provoked some countries’ leaders into staying home. Chinese President Xi…
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“Mailbag” offers some insight into comments I get from readers — good, bad or in-between — and my thoughts about their feedback. It’s uncomfortable to talk about the nation’s ugly housing past and even more unnerving to think that many of the inequities still exist in the homebuying system today. Despite modest improvements, the housing…
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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, Feb. 3. Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. THURSDAY‘S SCORES GIRLS BASKETBALL SAN JOAQUIN LEAGUE Orangewood Academy 61, St. Margaret’s 20 BOYS SOCCER GARDEN GROVE LEAGUE…
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Six units in a Newport Beach apartment complex were heavily damaged after a building went up in flames Wednesday, Feb. 2, but no one was injured, authorities said. Newport Beach firefighters were called to the Park Newport Apartments, in the 1200 block of Park Newport, about 8:30 p.m. and found a building with six units…
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Blackie’s By the Sea, the Beach Ball and Mutt Lynch’s — all decades old iconic bars on West Oceanfront in Newport Beach. So when one of these old timers gets a nip and tuck, locals and tourists will take note. Owners have announced that Mutt Lynch — the baby of the bunch at 45 years…
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Seven former Angels players are included on the prosecution witness list in the federal criminal case against former PR staffer Eric Kay, who is charged with supplying the drugs that led to the death of former pitcher Tyler Skaggs in 2019. The players, if called, would testify that they believed Kay provided drugs to Skaggs…
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