Over the summer, multiple stores in Los Angeles were targeted in an organized retail theft spree resulting in the loss of over $750,000 worth of merchandise. It was just the latest in a slew of brazen smash-and-grab style crimes across the state that were captured on video and viewed by millions of people. These videos…
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By Dina Bass and Cecilia D’Anastasio | Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. completed its $69 billion purchase of Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard after a nearly two-year fight with global regulators threatened to scuttle the deal. The biggest-ever acquisition in the video game industry gives the maker of Xbox consoles a more formidable position against rivals, vaulting it…
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Tax filers, if you haven’t filed 2023 returns, today is the day. The extended deadline to file personal or business taxes both for California and the IRS was extended to Oct. 16 after storms, flooding and fires prompted FEMA disaster declarations across most of the state. Filers must get their paperwork and payments submitted today.…
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Garden Grove residents Tina Nguyen, left, and Sydney Tong pose for a selfie together at the annual Korean Arirang Festival at Garden Grove Park on Sunday, October 15, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer) Students from Hallelujah Taekwondo perform their craft on stage at the annual Arirang Festival at Garden Grove Park on Sunday,…
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden postponed a trip to Colorado on Monday to stay in Washington and focus on the growing conflict in the Middle East, setting aside an opportunity to pitch his economic accomplishments as he runs for reelection. The White House said Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with…
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Kids were caught in the middle of a brawl at Disneyland as adults threw punches and delivered kicks while bumping into baby strollers during a fistfight in Fantasyland between the Monstro whale and the spinning teacup ride. A fight involving at least five adults broke out on Sunday, Oct. 15 in the kiddie land of…
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NORFOLK — “I see him!” exclaimed 8-year-old Penelope Holbert, vigorously waving. Her father, Petty Officer 1st Class Drew Holbert waved back from a platform at the stern of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Holbert, an aviation structural mechanic, was one of 5,000 sailors who deployed Saturday aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower — the flagship…
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By Taryn Phaneuf | NerdWallet TikTok trends don’t lie: Whether they’re “quiet quitting” or adopting “Bare Minimum Monday” to combat the “Sunday scaries,” people are pulling back at work. In one sense, making work a smaller part of life is a permanent shift that people working from home experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, says Cristina…
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Anaheim graduate named 18 Under 18 changes lives of foster children A recent graduate of Sage Oak Charter High School, Hannah Karanick of Anaheim was awarded the 18 Under 18 Award by National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS), a scholarship that recognizes young students who spread positivity and show leadership in their communities through…
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It was a perfect storm of, well, pretty perfect storms. There was a lot of rain and snow during California’s just completed “water year,” from Oct. 1, 2022 to Sept. 30 — nearly double the historical average in the southern half of the state. But all of that rain didn’t fall too fast, and snowpack-melting…
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