The Kings’ Olli Maatta controls the puck while under pressure from the Blues’ Ryan O’Reilly, right, and David Perron during the first period of Wednesday’s gamer in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane) FILE – St. Louis Blues’ Ivan Barbashev (49) handles the puck against the Los Angeles Kings during the first period of an NHL…
Month: February 2021
High schools press state officials for more guidance on COVID-19 testing for football, water polo
CIF State commissioner Ron Nocetti said Thursday the California Department of Public Health is working to update its guidelines for the new COVID-19 testing requirement for football and water polo and for how athletic programs should handle positive tests for athletes on their teams. Coaches and school administrators have been grappling with both issues since…
Aprons become pandemic enterprise for young men with autism
The sewing happens in the kitchen. That seems only fitting given how aprons are the finished product. What might seem surprising, though, is who is sitting at the sewing machines. A group of seven young men, ages 15 to 30. And all of them have autism, with varying degrees of attentiveness and dexterity to apply…
Anaheim Hills briefs: Local libraries have kits-to-go for activities at home
The Anaheim Public Library system recently initiated a new feature for its virtual STEAM Adventures with STEAM on the Go Kits for teens and adults. The kits include all the necessary project supplies and are available to reserve from the Library’s Catalog using your library card. There are more than 100 kits and more than…
With Ivica Zubac, Clippers’ Ty Lue pushes right buttons
Tyronn Lue knew just which button to push with Ivica Zubac. Play. During a film session after the Minnesota Timberwolves treated four of Zubac’s five shots like a piñata, swatting them this way and that in the Clippers’ 119-122 victory on Feb. 10, the Clippers’ coach snuck in a clip of his own favorite dunk…
Cal Petersen helps Kings extend win streak to 6 games
The Kings’ Olli Maatta controls the puck while under pressure from the Blues’ Ryan O’Reilly, right, and David Perron during the first period of Wednesday’s gamer in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane) FILE – St. Louis Blues’ Ivan Barbashev (49) handles the puck against the Los Angeles Kings during the first period of an NHL…
Cal Petersen helps Kings extend win streak to 6 games
The Kings’ Olli Maatta controls the puck while under pressure from the Blues’ Ryan O’Reilly, right, and David Perron during the first period of Wednesday’s gamer in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane) FILE – St. Louis Blues’ Ivan Barbashev (49) handles the puck against the Los Angeles Kings during the first period of an NHL…
High schools press state officials for more guidance on COVID-19 testing for football, water polo
CIF State commissioner Ron Nocetti said Thursday the California Department of Public Health is working to update its guidelines for the new COVID-19 testing requirement for football and water polo and for how athletic programs should handle positive tests for athletes on their teams. Coaches and school administrators have been grappling with both issues since…
Rams’ Sean McVay says goodbye to Jared Goff with a ‘smile’
Sean McVay bluntly criticized Jared Goff during the season, let him twist in the wind during the playoffs, then urged the Rams’ front office to trade him away. But when it came time for the coach to explain his breakup with the quarterback, McVay softened his tone and chose to recall “a lot of things…
Daxon: Raising Cane’s approved to roost in Brea
The Brea City Council last week denied an appeal trying to prevent Raising Cane’s from opening in the Gaslight Square. The council voted 3-2 against the appeal that challenged previous approval given to changing the Conditional Use Permit at the Gaslight Square, so property owner Manley Fanticola Holdings can now proceed to demolish two buildings…
Irvine finalizes ‘hero pay’ for grocery workers
A $4-an-hour pay bump lasting through the summer is expected for workers at larger grocery and drug stores in Irvine starting in late March. The extra hazard, or “hero,” pay is a new mandate the Irvine City Council approved Tuesday, Feb. 23. It makes Irvine the first Orange County city to adopt a pay-boosting measure…
Winds to subside after battering parts of Southern California on Thursday
Santa Ana winds blow the American and California state flags as they fly at The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Thursday afternoon, February 25, 2021. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG) A woman walks her dog along a path in Yorba Regional Park in Anaheim past a few of…
Two local photographers capture stunning images of “firefall” in Yosemite
The elements have to come together just right to see the famous “firefall” in Yosemite. There has to be snow at the top of the cliff and temperatures need to be warm enough for that snow to melt to create the cascading waterfall. If clouds roll in, or even a hint of haze, it will…
Senate official: Min. wage increase can’t be in COVID bill
By Susan Cornwell and Eric Beech | Reuters WASHINGTON – In a blow to Democrats, the Senate parliamentarian ruled the chamber cannot include President Joe Biden’s proposed $15-an-hour minimum wage in a $1.9 trillion coronavirus bill the party aims to pass without Republican votes, lawmakers said on Thursday. Democrats and progressives had hoped to include…
Anaheim Hills briefs: Local libraries have kits-to-go for activities at home
The Anaheim Public Library system recently initiated a new feature for its virtual STEAM Adventures with STEAM on the Go Kits for teens and adults. The kits include all the necessary project supplies and are available to reserve from the Library’s Catalog using your library card. There are more than 100 kits and more than…
Daxon: Raising Cane’s approved to roost in Brea
The Brea City Council last week denied an appeal trying to prevent Raising Cane’s from opening in the Gaslight Square. The council voted 3-2 against the appeal that challenged previous approval given to changing the Conditional Use Permit at the Gaslight Square, so property owner Manley Fanticola Holdings can now proceed to demolish two buildings…
High schools press state officials for more guidance on COVID-19 testing for football, water polo
CIF State commissioner Ron Nocetti said Thursday the California Department of Public Health is working to update its guidelines for the new COVID-19 testing requirement for football and water polo and for how athletic programs should handle positive tests for athletes on their teams. Coaches and school administrators have been grappling with both issues since…
Irvine finalizes ‘hero pay’ for grocery workers
A $4-an-hour pay bump lasting through the summer is expected for workers at larger grocery and drug stores in Irvine starting in late March. The extra hazard, or “hero,” pay is a new mandate the Irvine City Council approved Tuesday, Feb. 23. It makes Irvine the first Orange County city to adopt a pay-boosting measure…
Cal Petersen helps Kings extend win streak to 6 games
The Kings’ Olli Maatta controls the puck while under pressure from the Blues’ Ryan O’Reilly, right, and David Perron during the first period of Wednesday’s gamer in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Scott Kane) FILE – St. Louis Blues’ Ivan Barbashev (49) handles the puck against the Los Angeles Kings during the first period of an NHL…
US officials ask China not to subject staff to COVID-19 anal swab tests
By David Culver | CNN US officials in China have asked local authorities to refrain from subjecting US staff in the country to Covid-19 anal swabs, according to a US diplomat based in China. On Thursday, China responded to a Vice News report which claimed that US diplomats in the country were complaining after having…