Proposition 1 on the March 5 ballot is a costly bureaucratic power grab that robs counties of mental health services funding and saddles taxpayers with $6.38 billion in debt for what amounts to a bloated version of Project Roomkey and L.A.’s Measure HHH. Project Roomkey was the pandemic program of placing homeless individuals in hotel…
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More than 20 new gun safety laws were passed by California state legislators last year following mass shootings in Monterey Park, Half Moon Bay and elsewhere. Those laws are designed to make it more difficult for potentially dangerous people to keep firearms, help trace perpetrators when one is used improperly and tax ammunition to fund…
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Q. Hello Mr. Honk Man: I just drove back from Santa Barbara and did an unofficial study on tinted windows. I thought it was illegal to have your front side windows tinted dark, so the driver cannot be seen. I would think the California Highway Patrol would hate that, given the times we’re in. My study…
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The Crossroads of the West Gun Show returns at the OC Fair & Event Center this weekend after a two-year hiatus during a legal battle with the state of California. The gun show had been held at the fairgrounds since 1996, drawing thousands of people to the event center. Gun shows, including this one, were…
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5 things to do in the garden this week: 1. If you haven’t done so by now, plant cyclamen. This is the most regaled flower of the winter months and with ample justification due to its silky flowers that resemble inverted lampshades in red, pink, purple, salmon, or white. Dwarf varieties with diminutive flowers and…
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Don’t know about you, but our painful January electric bill left us cursing those cheerful December holiday lights. It’s no secret that California electric bills are among the highest in the nation. Changes are coming that may make the monthly ritual less painful for some — and more painful for others (say, folks who aren’t…
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It’s become one of Orange County’s better boys basketball rivalries in recent years. Canyon plays at Foothill today at 7 p.m. in a Crestview League game. Canyon, No. 4 in the Orange County rankings, is 17-4 overall and 2-0 in the Crestview League. No. 6 Foothlll is 15-7 overall and 2-0 in league. Canyon likely…
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FULLERTON — The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team needs momentum if it hopes to climb out of the bottom tier of the Big West Conference standings, but a chance to begin that ascent slipped away in the final minutes on Thursday night. Fullerton led for much of the second half and was ahead by…
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LOS ANGELES — Needing to shake off the doldrums after a dreary 10-game stretch, including a just-completed 1-5 road trip, the Kings could not find their form in front of a less-than-enthused crowd on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena, losing to the Nashville Predators, 2-1. All three goals came in the second period, when the…
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Orange Lutheran guard Cassidy Driscoll fights off a steal attempt by Mater Dei defender Amaya Williams in a Trinity League girls basketball game at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer) Orange Lutheran guard Kelly Garrity tries to shoot over Mater Dei defender Devyn Kiernan in…
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