The first weekend of the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is officially over. The Sunday, April 16 date featured headliner Frank Ocean. The Long Beach native was scheduled to perform in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, his turn was pushed to 2023. He went on nearly and hour later than he…
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When Xander Benitez learned that Blackpink was headlining the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival this year the decision for him and two friends to travel from their small town near Sarasota, Florida was a simple one. “It’s insane,” Benitez, 21, said. “The first K-pop headliner at Coachella? Hello!” He, Jony Leyva, 21, and Edward…
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When a scam artist called Cameron Huddleston’s mom to tell her to wire money in order to claim a prize, Huddleston had to intercept the calls. Her mom, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, was convinced she had to wire the money as soon as possible. “That was a wake-up call for me. If you…
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If you scan headlines this week, the words “tax deadline” are surely getting attention. For many across the U.S., the filing deadline for federal returns is Tuesday, April 18. In all but three counties in California, that deadline is Oct. 16, thanks to storm-related declarations by the federal government. Here’s a breakdown of what you…
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The USC football team’s spring camp came to a close this past weekend with a scrimmage at the Coliseum Saturday. There was a lot to take away from the first public glimpse of the Trojans since the spring game, including some true freshmen who impressed. But there were also signs of positions that USC needs…
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Carter Tomlinson, 8, shows off the Judges Choice Award he received for his costume as his dad Chris takes his picture during the Anaheim Public Library’s AnaCon event on Saturday, April 15, 2023. The library’s comic convention type event features several authors and illustrators, a Hobbit-themed storytime, and fantasy literature, superhero and sci-fi trivia, among…
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Editor’s note: Sacramento Snapshot is a weekly series during the legislative session detailing what Orange County’s representatives in the Assembly and Senate are working on — from committee work to bill passages and more. What happens when a college student accrues debt — not through federal or private loans, but instead money owed to the school?…
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As Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislators contend with a deficit-plagued state budget, they face increasingly strident demands from providers of two very important public services for billions of new dollars to prevent financial collapse. The pleas are coming from hospitals and public transit systems which, their leaders say, have never recovered from the financial ravages of COVD-19. While…
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Jeff and Melaina Brill will long remember February 2023 as the month they went through a complicated pregnancy and a hellish home sale at the same time. In the end, their new baby girl and their escrow both turned out fine. Their daughter, Aurora, was delivered by C-section on March 2. Three and a half…
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The search for an Orange Unified School District superintendent is off — at least for now. School Board members recently decided to table hiring a search firm for a new superintendent — with most trustees offering different reasons for their decisions. It’s unclear when they will take up the matter again. The district has been…
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