By STAN CHOE NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks tumbled worldwide on Thursday after Russia’s attack of Ukraine sent fear coursing through markets and upped the pressure on the high inflation already squeezing the global economy. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 sank 1.6% in early trading to continue its dismal start of the year. The…
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Orange County voters may be among the first anywhere to be able to track their mail ballot literally every step of the way, thanks in part to the same technology that helps doctors track medical specimens. Starting with the June election, a voter who’s filled out their ballot can take it to one of a…
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After hanging out at rock festivals last year and playing together in September in South Carolina, Los Angeles-based rock bands Dirty Honey and Mammoth WVH decided to join forces in 2022 for the co-headlining Young Guns Tour. “We had such a good time; this tour just seemed like an inevitability,” Mammoth WVH frontman Wolfgang Van…
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Brad Basham could always spot young, talented board makers and never hesitated to quietly give them a helping hand as they started their careers in the surf world. Basham, a staple in the San Clemente surf scene since the 1970s, mentored many surfboard makers through the decades. He died Sunday, Feb. 20, after collapsing at…
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If you can’t see it, you can’t be it. That’s a mantra Rhonda Harper, founder of Black Girls Surf, says often to convey the importance of cultural and gender diversity out in the ocean to inspire others to feel comfortable riding waves. One mega surf brand, Costa Mesa-based Hurley, is showing support for more inclusion…
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It was President Dwight Eisenhower who said ”War is stupid, cruel and costly:” That sums up Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian president Vladimar Putin has ordered his troops into Ukraine, starting a large scale invasion. Missiles are striking Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv. Lives have been lost and bloody battles will follow if Putin continues to…
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By YURAS KARMANAU, JIM HEINTZ, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and DASHA LITVINOVA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee. Ukraine’s government said Russian tanks and troops rolled across the border in a “full-scale war”…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now This week’s Orange County high school girls basketball rankings. GIRLS BASKETBALL TOP 25 (Records through Wednesday, Feb. 23) 1. Mater Dei (23-5): Monarchs appear headed toward the Open Division for the CIF State SoCal Regionals, perhaps as a road team in the first…
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With the NFL scouting combine kicking off next week in Indianapolis, get ready for the deluge of mock drafts. While most mocks aim to predict where each player will fall — like The Baltimore Sun’s Version 1.0 — this one is a little bit different. Instead of pairing players and teams based on buzz on…
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Chris Simon knew he wanted to showcase Black excellence at Blk Swan, a hip new restaurant and bar in Harbor East. The only way the restaurant owner could imagine doing that was by decorating the space with art made by Black interior designers, artists and other creatives. “It serves as a bridge for the Black…
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