Day: February 16, 2021

Brothers Don, left, and Jeff Lace who own Lace Music Products in Cypress, paid to haul the huge 80-year-old sign that once advertised Sam’s seafood restaurant, then Don the Beachcomber in Sunset Beach, to their headquarters in Cypress. They plan to refurbish the sign and at some point open a tiki bar where it will…

A milestone celebration Ronald and Anita Kelly are getting ready for a big day. The Orange residents will be celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary on Feb. 17, one day after their birthdays on Feb. 16. Ronald and Anita Kelly’s wedding day in 1956. (Photo courtesy of the Kelly family) Ronald and Anita Kelly are still…

The castaways are surviving. Brandon Ingram? He is the reigning Most Improved Player in the NBA, and improving still. With New Orleans he is averaging 24 points in 35 minutes, both career highs, and his 3-point shooting remains at 39.1 percent. He is 23. Jordan Clarkson? He brings 17.4 points off the bench for Utah,…

Over the past pandemic year, big numbers have mostly meant bad news. But when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines, the higher the number the better. Some 533,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines, which both require a second dose a few weeks after the first, had been administered in Orange County by Sunday, Feb. 14,…

Over the past pandemic year, big numbers have mostly meant bad news. But when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines, the higher the number the better. Some 533,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines, which both require a second dose a few weeks after the first, had been administered in Orange County by Sunday, Feb. 14,…

The last time San Diego elected a moderate Republican mayor with strong potential for appealing to voters statewide, it was Pete Wilson, a onetime state assemblyman who later won election to the U.S. Senate and two terms as governor. Now, while Californians think about possibly recalling Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, there’s San Diego’s recently termed-out…

Local environmentalists in Laguna Beach are asking city and county officials for help with vandalism inside a sea cave at the south end of Thousand Steps Beach. Over the weekend, photos of graffiti appeared on social media showing the cave in a marine protected area defaced with huge scrawlings. Jinger Wallace, co-founder of Laguna Bluebelt…

The last time San Diego elected a moderate Republican mayor with strong potential for appealing to voters statewide, it was Pete Wilson, a onetime state assemblyman who later won election to the U.S. Senate and two terms as governor. Now, while Californians think about possibly recalling Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, there’s San Diego’s recently termed-out…

By Caroline Kelly and Terence Burlij | CNN The Utah Republican Party released a statement Monday accepting the different votes of the state’s Sens. Mitt Romney and Mike Lee in last week’s impeachment trial, marking a stark contrast with how some other state and county GOP party operations have pursued censure against Republicans who voted…

By William Turton | Bloomberg Conservative social media website Parler has returned to the internet after its service provider suspended the site in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit pulled Parler’s internet service after users planned and supported the riot on the website. Amazon Web Services…

By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A frigid blast of winter weather across the U.S. plunged Texas into an unusually icy emergency Monday that knocked out power to more than 2 million people and shut down grocery stores and dangerously snowy roads. The worsening conditions halted the delivery of COVID-19…

Santa Clara attorney Todd Rothbard got a sober letter from the IRS a few weeks ago. Sorry, it read, you miscalculated your taxes. We owe you $284,603. Rothbard shook his head and laughed. “No, no, no,” he thought. He made a quick call to his accountant and they agreed he’s not owed a cent. For days,…

Santa Clara attorney Todd Rothbard got a sober letter from the IRS a few weeks ago. Sorry, it read, you miscalculated your taxes. We owe you $284,603. Rothbard shook his head and laughed. “No, no, no,” he thought. He made a quick call to his accountant and they agreed he’s not owed a cent. For days,…

The last time San Diego elected a moderate Republican mayor with strong potential for appealing to voters statewide, it was Pete Wilson, a onetime state assemblyman who later won election to the U.S. Senate and two terms as governor. Now, while Californians think about possibly recalling Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, there’s San Diego’s recently termed-out…

The last time San Diego elected a moderate Republican mayor with strong potential for appealing to voters statewide, it was Pete Wilson, a onetime state assemblyman who later won election to the U.S. Senate and two terms as governor. Now, while Californians think about possibly recalling Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, there’s San Diego’s recently termed-out…

By William Turton | Bloomberg Conservative social media website Parler has returned to the internet after its service provider suspended the site in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit pulled Parler’s internet service after users planned and supported the riot on the website. Amazon Web Services…

By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A frigid blast of winter weather across the U.S. plunged Texas into an unusually icy emergency Monday that knocked out power to more than 2 million people and shut down grocery stores and dangerously snowy roads. The worsening conditions halted the delivery of COVID-19…

Santa Clara attorney Todd Rothbard got a sober letter from the IRS a few weeks ago. Sorry, it read, you miscalculated your taxes. We owe you $284,603. Rothbard shook his head and laughed. “No, no, no,” he thought. He made a quick call to his accountant and they agreed he’s not owed a cent. For days,…

By David McHugh | Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany — Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed Monday to head the World Trade Organization, becoming the first woman and first African to take on the role amid rising protectionism and disagreement over how the body decides cases involving billions in sales and thousands of jobs. Okonjo-Iweala, 66,…

No matter what you build by hand, nothing compares in terms of beauty and awesomeness to what Mother Nature has to offer. And you don’t even have to travel the world to see some of the most spectacular sights nature is capable of conceiving. We have compiled here 40 exquisitely beautiful and naural sights you…