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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When Randall Avila paid a visit to his local Department of Motor Vehicles a couple of years ago to renew his driver’s license, he was presented with a question at the end of his transaction: “Are you a U.S. citizen?” Avila, the executive director of the Republican Party of Orange County, knew the question was…
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(CNN) — A 16-year-old boy was shot by a homeowner in Kansas City, Missouri, after he went to the wrong address to pick up his younger brothers, police said. Ralph Yarl in a photo shared by family in a GoFundMe page.Credit: GoFundMe Ralph Yarl was “shot twice and struck in the head and arm” on…
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK | Associated Press NEW YORK — Republicans upset with Donald Trump’s indictment are escalating their war on the prosecutor who charged him, trying to embarrass Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on his home turf partly by falsely portraying New York City as a place overrun by crime. The House Judiciary Committee,…
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Students and staff at Aliso Niguel High School have been evacuated from campus after a threat was phoned in Monday morning, April 17, authorities said. Orange County sheriff’s deputies were called to the campus just past 7:45 a.m. and were investigating, Sgt. Mike Woodroof said. Students were evacuated to Foxborough Park just north of the…
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