Ice skaters. Entertainers. Food vendors. Even Santa. That’s the scene in the heart of Orange County, where an outdoor ice skating rink and a “winter village” has popped open for the holidays. On Thursday, Dec. 9, Santa Ana debuted its month-long village and ice skating rink, with a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, performances by professional skaters…
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By MANUEL DE LA CRUZ and EDGAR H. CLEMENTE TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — Survivors of the horrific truck crash in Mexico that killed 55 migrants and injured more than a hundred recounted from their hospital beds how their location inside the truck determined who lived and who died. Those unlucky enough to be riding…
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By ALEX VEIGA Technology companies led a rally on Wall Street that powered the S&P 500 to an all-time high and gave the index its best weekly gain since February. The S&P 500 rose 1%, enough to recoup its losses from a day earlier. The benchmark index closed higher four of the last five days,…
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A Mission Viejo man who struck and killed an off-duty Costa Mesa fire captain while driving with what a prosecutor described as a “drug cabinet” worth of illicit substances in his system was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison. Stephen Taylor Scarpa, 28, watched silently as emotional family members spoke through tears…
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Festival Pass is a newsletter that lands in your inbox weekly. But during prime festival season you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now. Normally, this is the time for “hot stove baseball,” when there’s all kind of breaking news out of major league baseball’s offseason. Well, there’s a MLB lockout, so instead it’s time for “hot stove…
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Unless she runs for the position in a future election, longtime Tustin council member, community volunteer, college administrator and school board trustee Beckie Gomez will never become mayor of her city. In their final ceremonial appointment, the Tustin council chose to elevate Austin Lumbard from mayor pro tem to mayor – the last time the…
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PITTSBURGH — Ryan Getzlaf skated Wednesday and Thursday at Great Park Ice in Irvine and felt certain it was time to rejoin his Ducks teammates after sitting out for five games because of a lower-body injury. So, he jumped on a plane bound for Pittsburgh and met them in time for Friday’s practice. It remained…
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By WILL WEISSERT and COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — Bob Dole was honored Friday at Washington National Cathedral and the World War II monument he helped create as top leaders from both parties saluted the longtime Kansas senator’s ability to practice bare-knuckle politics without compromising his civility. Displaying a bipartisanship rare in modern government, politicians…
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If the pandemic taught employers one thing it was that its workforce is everything. The 14th annual Top Workplaces program in Orange County saw a record number of companies and organizations honored. In a year that continued to throw challenges related to COVID-19, even more companies stepped up to say their people made the difference.…
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When the pandemic sent people home in a hurry, the sudden new normal impacted both employees and clients at Seabreeze Management Co. The company largely handles planned communities with condominiums and townhomes, which last year were full of residents working from home. “They noticed little things they hadn’t before about the interior and exterior of…
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