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• Alice Munro dies at 92; beloved Canadian author revered as short story master

  15-05-2024 00:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By Hillel Italie
  Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history’s most honored short story writers, has died at age 92.
  A spokesperson for publisher Penguin Random House Canada said Munro, winner of the Nobel literary prize in 2013, died Monday at home in Port Hope, Ontario. Munro had been in frail health for years and often spoke of retirement, a decision that proved final after the author&r
  
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• Jurupa Valley teacher who said she was fired for Christian beliefs will get $360,000

  15-05-2024 00:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The Jurupa Unified School District in Riverside County will pay $360,000 to a former high school gym teacher who alleged she was fired for refusing to follow policies recognizing students’ transgender identities, a conservative law firm announced Tuesday, May 14.
  Former Jurupa Valley High School teacher Jessica Tapia will receive $360,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging she was wrongfully fired for refusing to hide students’ transgender identities from their parents. (Courtesy of Advoca
  
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• Trump, Biden to stock campaign coffers at glitzy SoCal events in June

  15-05-2024 00:23 via ocregister.com
  
  President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump are both headed to the City of Angels in June on to tap into the the ATM known as Southern California’s rich and influential families.
  Trump will be the first to touch down, attending a Beverly Hills fundraiser on Friday, June 7, where tickets range from $5,000 to $250,000, according to the invite. He’ll then travel south to a Newport Beach fundraiser hosted by virtual reality entrepreneur Palmer Luckey on Saturday, June 8.
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• Alexander: At PGA Championship, club pros get their moment

  15-05-2024 00:22 via ocregister.com
  
  The idea of a club pro teeing it up among the stars of professional golf isn’t quite a fish-out-of-water scenario. But it’s close.
  There will be 21 such entrants in this week’s PGA Championship, the second of the year’s four majors, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky. Their existence, as day-to-day representatives of their sport, differs greatly from that of the Scottie Schefflers and Rory McIlroys of the world.
  Case in point: Michael Block, the pro from Arroyo Trabu
  
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• Ducks make changes on the bench and in the front office

  14-05-2024 23:57 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ducks were already set to undergo one of the most stark transformations in the NHL this offseason, beginning Tuesday with changes behind the bench and in the front office.
  It was announced by the club that assistant coaches Newell Brown and Craig Johnson would not have their contracts renewed, opening the door for new faces to join head coach Greg Cronin and assistant Brent Thompson. Cronin could also have a multitude of new players in his group as the Ducks will be one of the most financial
  
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• Driver suspected of causing fatal crash in Irvine is sought

  14-05-2024 23:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine police are asking for the public’s help finding a driver who investigators say caused a fatal crash.
  Allen Yangkaou Lee, 67, of Irvine, died Monday night, a few days after Thursday’s rollover crash involving a 2004 Toyota Corolla near Culver Drive and Trabuco Road, police said.
  Lee was heading north on Culver approaching Trabuco at about 4:30 p.m. and appeared to swerve and lose control of the car when the driver of a Honda Civic made a right turn against a red from Trabuco to
  
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• 8 Comic Con Revolution Ontario panels you don’t want to miss

  14-05-2024 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Grab your capes and lightsabers, Comic Con Revolution returns to the Ontario Convention Center this weekend.
  The event, which hosts voice actors, animators, comic creators and WWE Hall of Famers, will take place Saturday, May 18, through Sunday, May 19, at the Ontario Convention Center.
  Cosplayers, X-maniacs and far-away galaxy fans will have the chance to meet the casts of “Star Wars Rebels,” “Star Wars: The Clones Wars” and “X-Men ’97.” These three eve
  
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• Inland Empire battles low college grad rates to gain higher tech jobs, businesses

  14-05-2024 23:06 via ocregister.com
  
  By Deborah Brennan | CalMatters
  For many Californians the Inland Empire is a view from Interstate 10 of massive warehouses and desert en route to Las Vegas or other parts of the country.
  To residents of the region, it’s a place of affordable housing yet interminable traffic, sweeping vistas shrouded by perpetual smog, and huge employers alongside family-owned businesses.
  More than 4.7 million people — 12% of California’s population — live in its 27,000 square miles and m
  
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• Will Disneyland use a virtual queue when Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opens?

  14-05-2024 23:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland could use a virtual queue with an unusual twist when Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opens later this year if the Anaheim theme park follows the lead of Walt Disney World where the rethemed Splash Mountain attraction debuts next month.
  Florida’s Magic Kingdom will use a virtual queue when Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opens on June 28.
  The Disneyland Resort has not yet announced attraction access details for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, according to Disneyland officials.
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• California moves closer to requiring new pollutant-warning labels for gas stoves

  14-05-2024 23:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By SOPHIE AUSTIN | Associated Press/Report for America
  SACRAMENTO — California could require all new gas stoves sold in the state to carry a label warning users about pollutants they can release that have been linked to respiratory illnesses.
  The state Assembly approved a proposal Monday that would require the label on gas stoves or ranges made or sold online after 2024, or sold in a store after 2025. The bill now heads to the state Senate.
  Proponents of the legislation say it is a necessa
  
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• Chargers sign undrafted OLB Chris Collins

  14-05-2024 22:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The Chargers on Tuesday signed Chris Collins, an undrafted outside linebacker from the University of Minnesota, and waived outside linebacker Brevin Allen, who played two games for them in the 2023 season.
  Collins, a graduate transfer from North Carolina last season for the Golden Gophers, impressed the Chargers as a non-roster invitee to their recent rookie minicamp.
  The move comes after the Chargers on Saturday signed outside linebacker Bud Dupree, a former member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, T
  
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• Ohtani’s ex-interpreter pleads not guilty — but just for now

  14-05-2024 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Dodger Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter pleaded not guilty on Tuesday, May 14, to federal charges of stealing nearly $17 million from the Dodger slugger’s bank account to pay off illegal gambling debts — but he has agreed to plead guilty at a later date.
  The arraignment for Ippei Mizuhara, 39, in downtown Los Angeles was a procedural matter. Last week, he agreed to plead guilty to one count each of bank fraud and subscribing to a false tax return, according to the U.S. Attorn
  
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• Jim Trentin overcame stigma of his autism to become accepted as an Orange County baseball umpire

  14-05-2024 22:14 via ocregister.com
  
  As the high baseball season closes in on its CIF Southern Section championship games, it marks the end of another umpiring season for Jim Trentin.
  He just finished his 27th as an Orange County high school baseball umpire.
  The Orange County Baseball Officials Association has several umpires that have around that long, close to that long or even longer. What makes Trentin’s longevity and dedication even more remarkable is that Trentin is autistic.
  Trentin, 63, said he was diagnosed with auti
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Monday, May 13

  14-05-2024 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Monday, May 13
  Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  MONDAY’S SCORES
  BOYS GOLF
  CIF-SS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
  DIVISION 1
  Bear Creek (par 71)
  Top teams: 1. Palm Desert 363; 2. San Marcos 372; 3. Oaks Christian 372;
  
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• Transient accused of shooting 2 Jewish men in LA to plead guilty, prosecutors say

  14-05-2024 21:51 via ocregister.com
  
  A transient with a history of antisemitism who authorities say admitted attempting to kill two people who he believed were Jewish in Los Angeles in 2023 has agreed to plead guilty to hate-crime charges and other offenses, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday, May 14.
  Jaime Tran, 29, had made Riverside one of his homes, and he was arrested in Cathedral City on Feb. 16, 2023, the day of the second shooting in two days in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of L.A. Tran had a rifle and handgun w
  
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• Amy Tan hopes ‘The Backyard Bird Chronicles’ makes you a conservationist

  14-05-2024 21:47 via ocregister.com
  
  If you didn’t know the line “Hope is the thing with feathers” had been written by poet Emily Dickinson, you might think it was the marketing tagline for ”The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” a collection of observations, meditations and drawings by author Amy Tan.
  In 2016, Tan – whose bestselling novels include “The Joy Luck Club,” “The Kitchen God’s Wife” and “The Bonesetter’s Daughter,” among others – says she
  
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• The American labor market: Fact vs. Fiction

  14-05-2024 21:44 via ocregister.com
  
  When we consider markets, we typically think of commerce – the buying and selling of goods and services, international trade, investing, supply and demand. Markets are the backbone of our economy. Almost everything has a market – food, medical care, toys, films and entertainment, weapons, drugs, stocks. But there is one market that surpasses them all in importance, without which no other market could exist – the labor market.
  Labor is crucial for commerce. Without people to pro
  
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• Biden team’s tightrope: Reining in rogue Obamacare agents without slowing enrollment

  14-05-2024 21:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Julie Appleby | (TNS) KFF Health News
  President Joe Biden counts among his accomplishments the record-high number of people, more than 21 million, who enrolled in Obamacare plans this year. Behind the scenes, however, federal regulators are contending with a problem that affects people’s coverage: rogue brokers who have signed people up for Affordable Care Act plans, or switched them into new ones, without their permission.
  Fighting the problem presents tension for the administration: how
  
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• How to know if your car is tracking you, risking higher insurance

  14-05-2024 21:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By Isabel Contreras | NerdWallet
  A recent New York Times investigation revealed some automakers sell data on driving behavior, like speeding, hard breaking and late night driving, which can then be purchased by car insurers. This data, known as “telematics” data, could be used to price already high auto insurance rates for the drivers of those vehicle models.
  Car insurance companies already use telematics data in their pay-per-mile and telematics programs. Good driving behavior can r
  
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• LAFC adds French great Olivier Giroud, who has stepped down from AC Milan

  14-05-2024 20:52 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Football Club has signed an absolute unit.
  Olivier Giroud, an all-time great French center forward, put pen to paper on a Major League Soccer contract that will connect him in L.A. with fellow World Cup winner and good friend Hugo Lloris through 2025 with a club option for one more season, LAFC formally announced on Tuesday.
  “You have no idea how big he is,” said LAFC co-president and general manager John Thorrington, who visited the 6-foot-4 Giroud in Italy to facili
  
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• Galaxy takes resiliency and fight to Minnesota

  14-05-2024 20:49 via ocregister.com
  
  The Galaxy was moments away from starting an important three-game stretch with a loss Saturday.
  However, thanks to Miguel Berry’s late goal, they salvaged a point in a 2-2 draw against Real Salt Lake on Saturday.
  As the Galaxy returns to the road for Wednesday’s meeting with Minnesota United FC, the one thing that’s been evident about this season is the club’s resiliency.
  “Games can have different feelings at the start, to the finish,” Galaxy coach Greg Vanney
  
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• Fed’s Powell downplays potential for rate hike despite higher price pressures

  14-05-2024 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By Craig Torres and Cagan Koc | Bloomberg
  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank must be patient and wait for evidence that inflation continues to cool, doubling down on the need to keep borrowing costs elevated for longer.
  The Fed chief said recent inflation figures indicate it will likely take more time than previously thought to attain the confidence needed to lower interest rates, echoing comments he made earlier this month.
  “We did not expect this to be a smooth
  
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• Check stubs, fake receipts, blind loyalty: Michael Cohen testifies in Trump hush money trial

  14-05-2024 20:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and COLLEEN LONG
  NEW YORK — It wasn’t until after a decade in the fold, after his family pleaded with him, after the FBI raided his office, apartment and hotel room, Michael Cohen testified Tuesday, that he finally decided to turn on Donald Trump.
  That decision led to a 2018 guilty plea to federal charges involving a payment to the porn actor Stormy Daniels to bury her story of an alleged sexual encounter with Trump and to other, un
  
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• Could better inhalers help patients, and the planet?

  14-05-2024 20:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Martha Bebinger, WBUR | (TNS) KFF Health News
  Miguel Divo, a lung specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, sits in an exam room across from Joel Rubinstein, who has asthma. Rubinstein, a retired psychiatrist, is about to get a checkup and hear a surprising pitch — for the planet, as well as his health.
  Divo explains that boot-shaped inhalers, which represent nearly 90% of the U.S. market for asthma medication, save lives but also contribute to climate change. E
  
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• How Vietnamese lawmakers struck back after LA County declared Jane Fonda Day

  14-05-2024 20:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Assemblymember Tri Ta was one of several California lawmakers of Vietnamese descent who protested Los Angeles County’s designation of Jane Fonda Day. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters
  As Saigon was falling, Janet Nguyen’s uncle – an officer in the South Vietnamese Army – was taken before his village and executed. After the city fell on April 30, 1975, the communists put Nguyen’s father and mother in jail. Their “crime?” They got caught trying to escape
  
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• Orange County girls athlete of the week: Bianca Nwaizu, Liberty Christian

  14-05-2024 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe Orange County girls athlete of the week:
  Name: Bianca Nwaizu
  School: Liberty Christian
  Sport: Swimming
  Year: Freshman
  Noteworthy: Nwaizu captured the 100-yard breaststroke at the CIF State championships in Fresno in an Orange County-leading time of 1 minute, 00.23 seconds. The time makes the Irvine Novaquatics club swimmer the No. 2 performer in Orange County history in the event and places her third
  
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• New device could identify which babies will struggle with breastfeeding

  14-05-2024 20:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Paul Sisson | The San Diego Union-Tribune
  Doctors traditionally use a finger to gauge how well a baby suckles, but researchers at UC San Diego have come up with a new way to more precisely measure just how well each child gets the job done.
  Led by engineer James Friend, a team in the university’s Medically Advanced Devices Laboratory rigged up a “non-nutritive suckling system” by connecting a digital vacuum sensor to an ordinary disposable pacifier, allowing for 60 seconds of r
  
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• How do you deal with a stealth juror? Ask the lawyer

  14-05-2024 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: I just served on a jury. One of the people gave me a lot of concern. I don’t think she followed the judge’s instructions, and I think she had a bias going in, but hid it. How is a juror like that kept off a jury?
  Q.M., Van Nuys
  Ron Sokol
  A: A stealth or rogue juror is an individual who has a concealed agenda with regard to the case, seeks to get onto the jury and then to influence the outcome. Not following the court’s instructions is misconduct as well, of a different natur
  
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• OC Fair 2024: Trevor Noah, Steel Pulse, Stray Cats and more coming to Pacific Amphitheatre

  14-05-2024 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Pacific Amphitheatre has announced four additional shows slated for the OC Fair 2024 season lineup.
  Stray Cats, the ’80s American rockabilly group, will return to the venue on Aug.1-2, rockin’ this town with a newly announced special guest, The English Beat.
  Tickets start at $45-$125 and are now on sale to the general public at pacamp.com. Tickets include same-day admission to the OC Fair, which runs July 19-Aug.18 at the OC Fair & Event Center.
  Comedian and Emmy-winning televisi
  
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• Israel, Hamas talks in limbo after Rafah move, says Qatar PM

  14-05-2024 19:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Abeer Abu Omar, Francine Lacqua and Fadwa Hodali | (TNS) Bloomberg News
  Cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas have reached an impasse following the Jewish state’s ground offensive on the outskirts of the Gazan city of Rafah, according to Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
  Over the past few weeks, “we have seen some momentum building but unfortunately things didn’t move in the right direction,” Sheikh Mohammed said at the Qatar Economic For
  
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