The OC Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed Tuesday, Sept. 24, to censure First District Supervisor Andrew Do, publicly condemning him for “demonstrating reckless and unethical conduct in the performance of his duties as a fiduciary of public funds.” The other four supervisors already removed Do from his board and committee assignments earlier this month. He has…
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By Mae Anderson | The Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services behemoth uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market, costing consumers and businesses billions of dollars. The complaint filed Tuesday says Visa penalizes merchants and banks who…
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Is it wrong to wish that Knott’s Berry Farm could be more like Knott’s Scary Farm? This is not a wish for Knott’s to adopt a boundary-to-boundary haunt theme all year long. I suspect that plenty of fans would welcome that, though. Haunts have proven a lucrative side hustle for theme parks ever since Knott’s…
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Q: Renee Chapman of Murrieta said she and her husband have noticed as they drive around Murrieta, Menifee and Temecula that there are an unusually high number of drivers with disabled license plates or placards on their vehicles – and they’re not senior citizens. She said these drivers are younger people in luxury cars, new cars,…
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Marvin Martinez is the chancellor of Rancho Santiago Community College District, which serves Santa Ana College and Santiago Canyon College. The Register sat down with him to learn about his vision for the district. To what do you attribute the growth of RSCCD, which has become the number one district in California for adult and…
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Pumpkin patches bring a little bit of country into the big city during Halloween season. But Southern California also has pockets of agriculture that become like theme parks in October with rides, games and live entertainment as well as selling pumpkins for jack-o-lanterns and other gourds for decorating and cooking. Many of the pumpkin patches…
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By STEVE PEOPLES NEW YORK (AP) — One presidential candidate is talking up gun ownership and promising tough border security measures. The other vows to cap credit card interest rates and force insurance companies to cover in vitro fertilization. Which one is the Democrat and the Republican? The lines that have long defined each party’s…
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A San Diego Superior Court judge put a pause on the state’s lawsuit against Huntington Beach, in which it accused the city of violating housing laws by not planning for more units to get built. Judge Katherine Bacal on Thursday, Sept. 19, issued a stay on the case following several appeals in both state and…
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Union Station will be the main stop for fans of salsa music with an evening of live music and dance lessons all for free during “Metro Art Presents: Salsa Night at Union Station,” which happens from 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 at the station’s Ticket Concourse. The night at the historic station will be headlined…
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“Sugar, butter, flour.” At La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts now, this soothingly murmured mantra might be a dietician’s nightmare, but it keeps a troubled pie-baker extraordinaire sane and sure helps turn an audience giddy. “Waitress,” a hit Broadway musical in 2016, is well revived here at a regional theater level of engagement. In…
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