The median selling price rose in 60% of Orange County ZIP codes in February, according to Attom. Among 84 local ZIP codes, prices increased in the past year in 50 and decreased in 34. Overall, the countywide median of $1,200,000 was up 4% over 12 months. Priciest ZIP? Newport Coast 92657 with a $3,842,375 median.…
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By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadians will decide Monday whether to extend the Liberal Party’s decade in power or hand control to the Conservatives. They’ll pick new Prime Minister Mark Carney or populist opposition leader Pierre Poilievre, but the election is also a referendum of sorts on someone who isn’t even Canadian: Donald Trump. The…
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN and CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Since President Donald Trump returned to office, every week has been a whirlwind of activity to show Americans that his administration is relentlessly pursuing his promises. With a compliant Republican-controlled Congress, Trump has had a free hand to begin overhauling the federal government and…
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The seemingly unstoppable light rock powerhouse KOST (103.5 FM) continued its dominance in the March Los Angeles Nielsen ratings released last week. The station has been at the top of the list all year; for March, it earned a solid 6.3 share compared with second-place KRTH (101.1 FM) at 5.8. KOST sister station My FM…
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California is the nation’s second-hardest state to find a homeowner. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed homeownership stats from the Census Bureau for the 50 states back to 1988. The numbers show little return on decades of incentives to get Americans to live in a home they own. California is a prime example of what didn’t work.…
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By RENATA BRITO and BARRY HATTON, Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill Monday, halting subway and railway trains, cutting phone service and shutting down traffic lights and ATM machines for the 50 million people who live across the Iberian Peninsula. Spanish power distributor Red…
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By JACK BROOK, Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials believed federal money would be key to the town’s overdue revitalization. They hoped an improved stormwater drainage system and secured electrical wires — funded…
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Plans to work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to monitor cameras along San Clemente’s shoreline are moving forward, San Clemente Mayor Steve Knoblock recently said. Knoblock reported about ongoing research with the federal agency from the dais during the council’s last meeting, saying he and City Manager Andy Hall and some of the town’s technology…
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The 60th annual the Congressional Cup regatta, an iconic competition dubbed the “granddaddy” of modern match racing, will return to Long Beach’s coastline for five days of action next week. The Long Beach Yacht Club established the Congressional Cup in 1965. It’s the longest-running regatta of its kind in North America — and helped set…
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By AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — Ahead of his second go-around in the White House, President Donald Trump spoke with certainty about ending Russia’s war in Ukraine in the first 24 hours of his new administration and finding lasting peace from the devastating 18-month conflict in Gaza. But as the Republican president nears the 100th…
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