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• San Diego judge allows hearings over misconduct allegations in OC murder prosecution

  30-04-2024 01:37 via ocregister.com
  
  A San Diego judge has agreed to hold a special hearing on whether a former high-level Orange County prosecutor, now a current judge, withheld evidence in a murder case and covered up the county’s illegal use of jailhouse informants.
  San Diego County Superior Court Judge Daniel Goldstein on Monday agreed to a defense request for an evidentiary hearing that would include courtroom testimony tied to sweeping allegations of top prosecutors spending more than a decade hiding evidence of law enf
  
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• Repeat drunken driver convicted of fatal Yorba Linda crash

  30-04-2024 02:06 via ocregister.com
  
  A law student and repeat drunken driver was convicted Monday, April 29 of second-degree murder for the Yorba Linda traffic death of a man who was heading home from work.
  Richard Curtis Lindwall was driving on La Palma Avenue around 8:15 p.m. on Aug. 3, 2017 when he crashed his 2013 Hyundai Equus sedan head-on into a vehicle driven by Carlos Mendez.
  Lindwall was driving home after visiting his girlfriend, according to court filings, while Mendez was just leaving the Yorba Linda business complex w
  
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• U.S., Mexico withdraw 2027 Women’s World Cup bid, look to 2031

  30-04-2024 01:22 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. Soccer and the Mexican Football Federation have withdrawn their bid to jointly host the 2027 Women’s World Cup and will instead focus on securing the 2031 tournament, the federations announced on Monday.
  The U.S.-Mexico joint bid was one of three finalists for the 2027 World Cup alongside Brazil and a joint bid from Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, with the FIFA Congress set to vote on the 2027 host on May 17 in Bangkok, Thailand.
  “The revised
  
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• Irvine dedicates a spot for an Armenian genocide memorial

  30-04-2024 00:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine dedicated land in its Great Park over the weekend for an Armenian genocide memorial that was added to plans last year.
  City officials, along with the Orange County Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee, held a dedication ceremony on Sunday, April 28, in the Great Park for the future memorial. It will be located on the edge of a forested part of the park being called the “Heart of the Park,” with a clearing in front of the memorial.
  City of Irvine transportation commissioner Mar
  
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• Bob Baffert, horse racing’s household name, will miss the 150th Kentucky Derby

  30-04-2024 00:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By BETH HARRIS
  The 150th Kentucky Derby is missing horse racing’s household name: Bob Baffert.
  The Hall of Fame trainer with a record-tying six victories won’t be saddling a contender in Saturday’s Run for the Roses for the third consecutive year.
  Last July, Baffert had another year tacked on to his two-year suspension by Churchill Downs Inc., which was set to expire in 2023. The additional punishment came despite no positive drug or medication tests involving the 71-year-old t
  
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• Season’s first blue whale does ‘greyhounding lunges’ off Laguna Beach

  29-04-2024 23:46 via ocregister.com
  
  With a flurry of exciting whale sightings off Southern California in recent weeks, it comes as no surprise that the season’s first blue whale has also been spotted and, in continuing dramatic fashion, was observed doing “greyhound lunges” off Laguna Beach’s coastline.
  The whale – the blue whales is the world’s largest mammal with some growing more than 100 feet long – was spotted on Sunday, April 28, about seven miles out from Laguna Beach’s coastl
  
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• Chargers pick up 5th year option on Rashawn Slater’s contract

  29-04-2024 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — The Chargers said Monday they picked up the fifth year option on offensive lineman Rashawn Slater’s contract, which means, as Coach Jim Harbaugh said the other day, he’s “locked in” at left tackle for at least the next two seasons. It also means he’ll get a massive raise for 2025.
  Slater’s base salary jumps from a little less than $3 million for the upcoming season to more than $19 million for the 2025 season, according to figures compiled b
  
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• Orange County softball Top 25: Tesoro rises after capturing South Coast League title, April 29

  29-04-2024 23:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThis week’s Orange County softball rankings.
  Notable this week: Tesoro leaps six spots to No. 7 after defeating Mission Viejo and Aliso Niguel in the final week of the regular season to claim the outright South Coast League title. … No. 1 Orange Lutheran and No. 2 Pacifica earned the top-two seeds for the Division 1 playoffs and open on May 7 against winners of wild card games on Thursday.
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• Southern California homebuying sinks to 2nd-slowest March as prices hit record high

  29-04-2024 23:43 via ocregister.com
  
  The budget-busting mix of rising mortgage rates and record-high prices squashed Southern California homebuying in March.
  The six-county region had 14,176 completed sales in March of existing and new houses, townhomes, and condos, according to data released by CoreLogic on Monday, April 29. This was the second-slowest March in Southern California since 1988. Only March 2008, amid a global financial collapse, had fewer sales. This March’s buying pace also ran 39% below average.
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• CSUN hires Angie Ned to lead women’s basketball team

  29-04-2024 23:29 via ocregister.com
  
  NORTHRIDGE – Angie Ned is the new head coach of the CSUN women’s basketball team, it was announced Monday by CSUN Director of Athletics Shawn Chin-Farrell.
  Ned helped lead California Baptist University to its first ever NCAA Division I women’s basketball tournament last year as the team’s associate head coach and recruiting coordinator. She coached at CBU for 10 years.
  “I am humbled, excited, and sincerely grateful for the opportunity to serve as the next
  
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• White orca Frosty, now 5, spotted off Newport Beach with transient pod CA216

  29-04-2024 23:05 via ocregister.com
  
  A light-skin orca dubbed Frosty was spotted Monday, April 29, off Newport Beach frolicking alongside a pod of killer whales that always brings a buzz when it makes a surprise appearance off of the Southern California coast.
  “It’s incredible just to see them, in general,” said Newport Landing Capt. Dani Fasser, who first spotted the pod just a few miles from shore.
  Frosty the famous orca, a unique creature that has a grayish-white tone, was spotted with a CA216 pod off Newport B
  
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• White orca Frosty, now 4, spotted off Newport Beach with transient pod CA216

  29-04-2024 23:05 via ocregister.com
  
  A light-skin orca dubbed Frosty was spotted Monday, April 29, off Newport Beach frolicking alongside a pod of killer whales that always brings a buzz when it makes a surprise appearance off of the Southern California coast.
  “It’s incredible just to see them, in general,” said Newport Landing Capt. Dani Fasser, who first spotted the pod just a few miles from shore.
  Frosty the famous orca, a unique creature that has a grayish-white tone, was spotted with a CA216 pod off Newport B
  
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• Santa Ana man arrested after other driver dies in Corona collision

  29-04-2024 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  A motorist was killed early Monday, April 29, when his car overturned and caught fire after getting struck by a drunken driver on the 91 Freeway in Corona, the California Highway Patrol said.
  The crash was reported at 12:26 a.m. in the westbound lanes just east of the 15 Freeway.
  The preliminary investigation determined that the driver of a Lincoln Mark LT suddenly veered to the right and clipped the left rear of a Toyota 4Runner, causing the Toyota to crash, the CHP said.
  The victim was pronoun
  
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• Billie Eilish announces 3 hometown shows at the Kia Forum

  29-04-2024 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Billie Eilish announced plans for “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour” on Monday, with three nights scheduled for the Kia Forum in Inglewood from Dec. 15-17.
  The 22-year-old Los Angeles native, who earlier this month performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival as a guest on two songs with headliner Lana Del Rey, will release her third album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” on May 17.
  While at Coachella, Eilish also showed up for a surprise DJ set at the Do Lab, where sh
  
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• Clippers, Mavs delivered a classic show in Game 4

  29-04-2024 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Ivica Zubac became something of a fan Sunday, taking a backseat and enjoying the performance of his future Hall of Fame teammates.
  “It was incredible, man,” Zubac told reporters in Dallas after Paul George and James Harden helped the Clippers tie the first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks, 2-2, with a116-111 victory.
  “When PG shot that corner three … that shot, it just dropped in. That’s what PG does, always making big shots for us. James, too. Get
  
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• Suspect in West Covina deputy shooting killed his boss in Azusa in 2001

  29-04-2024 22:38 via ocregister.com
  
  A Covina man suspected of shooting a motor deputy in the back in West Covina last week was accused of murder by prosecutors  more than two decades ago for the stabbing death of his boss at a Jiffy Lube in Azusa, according to details of the October 2001 encounter contained in court records.
  Raymundo Duran Jr. was charged with the murder of Fadi “Fred” Jabbour, 27, of Glendora, but took a deal and pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, court records show.
  In 2001, the then 25-y
  
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• John Phillips: Steer CLEAR of Josh Newman’s latest bad idea

  29-04-2024 22:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Here’s some more bad news for air travelers.  And for once it has nothing to do with Boeing.
  Of all of the problems currently facing the state of California, Democrat state Senator Josh Newman of Fullerton, thinks people moving through TSA Airport security checkpoints too quickly at California airports tops the list.
  Seriously.
  If passed, his original bill would mandate that private companies like CLEAR either establish and pay for their own dedicated TSA-staffed security lanes or fac
  
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• How a French Ph.D. dissertation became a Southern California beach read

  29-04-2024 22:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Originally from Paris, Elsa Devienne spent a year studying at UCLA in the late ‘00s. With a gig as a dog sitter in Santa Monica, she had affordable rent and the chance to visit the local beaches.
  “I remember, first of all, being wowed by this incredible landscape, the beauty of the Pacific Ocean,” Devienne, now based in Manchester, U.K., recalls on a recent video call. But she says the heavily built-up areas around the beaches “shocked” her. “You could find pa
  
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• Guatemala becoming tourism hot spot for young travelers

  29-04-2024 21:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Adventurous travelers seeking beauty and budget thrills should look no further than Guatemala: a friendly country that remains largely unexplored by many Americans.
  A question I fielded several times before my late February trip: Why Guatemala?
  My partner and I have made a habit of planning at least one international trip each year. Actually, I’ll shoulder most of the blame — nothing scratches my travel itch like a new passport stamp. But because we’re early-career professional
  
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• ‘Fall Guy’ Ryan Gosling heaps praise on Universal’s ‘Waterworld’ stunt crew

  29-04-2024 21:42 via ocregister.com
  
  “Fall Guy” star Ryan Gosling heaped praise on the “Waterworld” stunt crew at Universal Studios Hollywood as the hardest working people in the entertainment industry who deliver all the thrills and excitement without any of the fame and glory.
  Gosling, his stunt doubles Ben Jenkin and Logan Holladay and “Fall Guy” director David Leitch watched a media and passholder preview performance on Saturday, April 27 of Universal’s new “Fall Guy Stuntacular P
  
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• El Dorado gets into CIF-SS baseball playoffs, must play No. 1 seed Corona in first round

  29-04-2024 21:41 via ocregister.com
  
  El Dorado coach Matt Lucas saw it coming.
  The Golden Hawks play at top-seeded Corona in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 baseball playoffs Friday.
  “We were anticipating this,” Lucas said after CIF-SS playoff brackets were released Monday for its eight 32-team divisions.
  El Dorado finished fourth in the four-team Crestview League. Of course the Golden Hawks were going to play another league’s first-place team in the playoffs. There are other Division 1 play
  
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• Cash-strapped election offices have fewer resources after bans on private grants

  29-04-2024 21:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Matt Vasilogambros | Stateline.org (TNS)
  In April, Wisconsin joined 27 other states that have banned or restricted local governments’ use of private donations to run cash-strapped election offices, buy voting equipment or hire poll workers for Election Day.
  All of the state laws came in the past four years, pushed by conservative lawmakers and activists who claim that Democratic voters disproportionately benefited from hundreds of millions of dollars in grants primarily funded by Facebook
  
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• Pro-Palestinian students set up tents at UC Irvine

  29-04-2024 21:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Dozens of pro-Palestinian students set up tents at UC Irvine early Monday, calling for the university to divest itself from Israeli businesses, joining a movement that’s reached colleges across the country.
  About 50 protesters surrounded roughly a dozen tents set up in a plaza near the Physical Sciences Classroom building, chanting “free Palestine.” Some said they plan to host several speakers later today and stay in the tents overnight overnight.
  A bystander, Amal Alkalla
  
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• Trump nostalgia way up, Gaza dragging down Biden in CNN survey

  29-04-2024 21:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Considering his past few weeks have been spent in court defending himself from felony charges and not campaigning for a second term, a recent poll showing former President Donald Trump way ahead in the race for the White House must have come as a very welcome surprise to the 45th President’s campaign staff.
  A CNN poll of more than 900 registered voters released Sunday shows that, if the November election were held today, the former president would beat incumbent President Joe Biden by six
  
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• Student from Newport Beach killed at party near University of Arizona

  29-04-2024 21:20 via ocregister.com
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. — A 20-year-old Newport Beach student at the University of Arizona student was fatally shot at an off-campus house party over the weekend, authorities said.
  Officers found Erin Jones shot outside the house about 1:40 a.m. Sunday, police said. She was taken to a hospital, where she died.
  Three other people — a teenage girl, a man and a woman — were treated at a hospital early Sunday for injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening, Tucson police said in a
  
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• The path to a better tuberculosis vaccine runs through Montana

  29-04-2024 21:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jim Robbins | KFF Health News (TNS)
  A team of Montana researchers is playing a key role in the development of a more effective vaccine against tuberculosis, an infectious disease that has killed more people than any other.
  The BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guérin) vaccine, created in 1921, remains the sole TB vaccine. While it is 40% to 80% effective in young children, its efficacy is very low in adolescents and adults, leading to a worldwide push to create a more powerful vaccine.
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• NCAA men’s volleyball: Three setters who’ll set the tone of the tournament

  29-04-2024 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Andrew Rowan of UCLA, Aidan Knipe of Long Beach State and Brett Sheward of UC Irvine should feel right at home this week at the NCAA men’s volleyball championships in Long Beach.
  All three discovered the sport while growing up in Orange County, starred for their local high schools and now rank among the best collegiate setters in the country, each with a legitimate chance at leading their team to a national title.
  “If you’ve got a great setter, it really does maximize the poten
  
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• Unsheltered people are losing Medicaid in redetermination mix-ups

  29-04-2024 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Aaron Bolton, MTPR | KFF Health News (TNS)
  KALISPELL, Mont. — On a cold February morning at the Flathead Warming Center, Tashya Evans waited for help with her Medicaid application as others at the shelter got ready for the day in this northwestern Montana city.
  Evans said she lost Medicaid coverage in September because she hadn’t received paperwork after moving from Great Falls, Montana. She has had to forgo the blood pressure medication she can no longer pay for since losing co
  
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• CIF-SS baseball polls: Final 2024

  29-04-2024 20:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe final CIF-SS baseball polls for the 2024 season.
  CIF-SS BASEBALL POLLS
  (Selected by the Baseball Committee)
  DIVISION 1
  1. Corona
  2. Harvard-Westlake
  3. Orange Lutheran
  4. Santa Margarita
  5. Huntington Beach
  6. La Mirada
  7. San Dimas
  8. Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks
  9. Aquinas
  10. Cypress
  DIVISION 2
  1. Westlake
  2. Paloma Valley
  3. Maranatha
  4. Arlington
  5. Hart
  6. Quartz Hill
  7. Aliso Niguel
  8. Arcadia
  9. Ocean V
  
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• Talia von Oelhoffen transfers from Oregon State to USC women’s basketball

  29-04-2024 20:31 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – If Kiki Iriafen’s transfer from Stanford a couple days ago didn’t convince you, Talia von Oelhoffen’s sets it plain in stone.
  USC women’s basketball is going all-in in pursuit of a national title in 2024-25.
  On Monday morning, Oregon State transfer point guard Von Oelhoffen committed to USC, following Iriafen’s bombshell move on Saturday. Quickly, the TikTok the two made together on their official visit Friday – dancing to GloRilla’s
  
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