After more than three decades in business, the popular El Torito located at the entrance of the Outlets at Orange complex will shut its doors for good next week. According to Xperience Restaurant Group, which owns the Mexican casual dining chain, its last day will be Tuesday, June 27. “It is with deep disappointment and…
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The letter A is Victoria Drive, Nyes Place and South Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, CA, on Thursday, May 11, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen) The letter B is an office building at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, CA, on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen) The letter C is an apartment building…
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And you thought California’s $32 billion in Employment Development Department (EDD) fraud was bad. A small group of criminals in Detroit has managed to pilfer the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits of nearly 8,000 impoverished California families who were shocked when they discovered their EBT cards had been drained. The criminals stealing access to…
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“Mailbag” gives insight into the comments I get from my readers — good, bad, or in-between — and my thoughts about their feedback. Trying to rank the U.S. states based on any criteria is loaded with risks. Somebody’s state ends up on the bottom and they’re usually not happy about it. And lofty grades draw…
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5 things to do in the garden this week: 1. When cymbidium orchid pseudobulbs, growing on the soil surface, fill a flower pot, they can be divided, although it is best to do this after the flowers have faded. You will probably have a mixture of leafless and leafy pseudobulbs. Separate them, dusting all cut…
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Q. Something has been eating my seedlings out of my vegetable garden. Most of them have just disappeared overnight. How can I figure out which creatures are responsible and how to stop them? Seedlings are attractive to more than a few critters. During the day, birds will pull out tender young plants. They can be…
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How does Donald Trump plan to win over female, independent suburban voters? “First of all, I won in 2020 by a lot,” the former president told Fox News’ Bret Baier earlier this week when asked that exact question. “Ok? Let’s get that straight. I won in 2020.” Trump never got around to answering Baier’s question.…
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With summer vacation in full swing, many Southern California school districts are already sprucing up campuses in preparation for the next school year. For some districts, that revamp includes tossing piles of Chromebooks with fully functioning hardware into the trash or recycling bin. The Google laptops are popular with schools and families due their simplicity…
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The business school where I went for my master’s in the early 1980s practically invented the concept of globalism in our commerce with other nations. When Lt. Gen. Barton Kyle Yount came home from World War II, he was fixated on the fact that his countrymen, isolated here in our big country on a big…
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John Winkler emailed me in search of seven desert trees. These trees are suitable for landscaping throughout Southern California and are noteworthy, in addition to their low water requirement, for their small to medium size; they typically reach only 30 feet in height although most are fast growing. Most (2-6 on the list below) are…
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