Catherine Larkin and Graham Starr (Bloomberg) — T-Mobile US Inc. said a hacker obtained data for 37 million customer accounts, though it didn’t include payment information, passwords or other sensitive personal data. The wireless provider said in a federal filing it discovered the hack on Jan. 5 and was able to trace the source and…
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The prevailing mood in the Clippers’ locker room lately has been upbeat, optimistic that there was time to turn around their rollercoaster season which has gone more down than up. Just flip the switch. Reality, however, seems to have seeped in after the team lost eight of 10 games – now nine of 11 after…
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In a stunning turn in the high-profile corruption saga that has gripped the City of Angels for many months, former Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar has agreed to plead guilty to racketeering, conspiracy and tax evasion, according to court documents filed Thursday, Jan. 19. Huizar’s plea agreement — which maps out his links to…
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The OC Health Care Agency reported 1,515 more reported cases of the coronavirus from Jan. 12 to Jan. 19, increasing the cumulative total since tracking began in the county to 704,385 cases reported. There were 3,761 new cases reported in the last two-week period. The county is averaging at least 7.8 new cases a day…
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More than three decades after an accomplished Orange County ballet instructor was acquitted of molesting a teenage student, several other former students are now speaking out about sexual abuse they say they endured at the time. Four women filed civil lawsuits last year against the Orange County Dance Center and the organization’s former owner, Anthony…
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A rare cat character from the early days of Disney animation will take a star turn alongside her bunny boyfriend during the upcoming Lunar New Year festival at the Disneyland resort. Ortensia the Cat and Oswald the Rabbit will play starring roles during the Lunar New Year festival running from Friday, Jan. 20 to Feb.…
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An Orange County sheriff’s deputy and a passenger in a pickup truck sustained minor injuries in a crash in Rancho Santa Margarita on Wednesday night, Jan. 19, authorities said. The crash occurred about 10:30 p.m. in the area of Avenida Empresa and Avenida de las Banderas, California Highway Patrol spokesman Officer Rafael Reynoso said. The…
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In many ways, singer-songwriter David Crosby, a cofounder of two iconic bands, the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, seemed to know he was living on borrowed time in recent years. Crosby, who died Thursday at 81, always insisted he was fine with that after a lifetime of making a lot of beautiful music –…
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Seriously, anyone: A 91-year-old Dianne Feinstein, the other Democrats circling the seat, the perennial presidential candidate who dresses as Santa Claus, the bear who campaigned with gubernatorial candidate John Cox, Duncan Hunter’s pet rabbit. Anyone. At least the other Democratic members of Congress who seem interested in the seat have the common courtesy to wait…
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In Sacramento, the right bill number can send a message. For example, 420, a figure that’s celebrated in cannabis culture, has been used as a bill number for marijuana-related legislation. Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes, D-Riverside, is sponsoring a bill to impose penalties on Assembly or state Senate candidates who register to vote outside of the district…
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