Day: March 9, 2021

When Anna Tada was 9 years old and a recent immigrant from Japan, her mother was hospitalized, facing surgery and fearing she had a cancerous cyst. Tada was terrified and said although the experience was traumatic, “the nurses were amazing. I knew then and there I wanted to be a nurse. It’s all I wanted…

When Anna Tada was 9 years old and a recent immigrant from Japan, her mother was hospitalized, facing surgery and fearing she had a cancerous cyst. Tada was terrified and said although the experience was traumatic, “the nurses were amazing. I knew then and there I wanted to be a nurse. It’s all I wanted…

First, there’s the physical toll. Latrell Wrightsell chronicles the effects of that on the bodies of his Cal State Fullerton basketball teammates and him: “Battling through the shutdowns while we’re in season and fighting for seeding in conference is pretty draining as well,” Wrightsell said. “We’d be so excited for a game and the coaches…

The Kings have had enough of an up-and-down season to give their followers a bout of vertigo. They’ve had a league-best six-game win streak but two slumps that accounted for nine total losses. They have a three-goal comeback victory but three would-be wins squandered in the final minute of regulation. Their one constant has been…

Newport Beach police were conducting a battery investigation involving “juvenile male suspects,” an incident recorded and posted to social media that left one man hospitalized over the weekend, officials said Monday, March 8. The altercation  took place near Balboa Boulevard East and Main Street at about 10:11 p.m. Saturday, March 6, Newport Beach Police said…

Newport Beach police were conducting a battery investigation involving “juvenile male suspects,” an incident recorded and posted to social media that left one man hospitalized over the weekend, officials said Monday, March 8. The altercation  took place near Balboa Boulevard East and Main Street at about 10:11 p.m. Saturday, March 6, Newport Beach Police said…

Laguna Beach, Los Alamitos and Newport Harbor emerged through the first week of the Sunset League six-player girls volleyball sand league. Laguna Beach and Newport Harbor are 2-0 each in league play. Laguna Beach has wins over Marina and Corona del Mar. Los Alamitos beat Corona del Mar and Marina. Newport Harbor’s wins are over…

The Ducks’ Adam Henrique, left, scores the decisive goal against Kings goalie Cal Petersen to give the Ducks a 6-5 overtime victory on Monday night at Honda Center. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Los Angeles Kings defenseman Matt Roy, left, and Anaheim Ducks center Troy Terry battle for the puck during the first…

By BRIAN MELLEY | The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a state appeals court blocked Kern County’s effort to speed up new oil and gas drilling, officials overseeing the state’s prime oil patch have revised an ordinance that could permit tens of thousands of new wells over the next 15 years. The Kern…

By BRIAN MELLEY | The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a state appeals court blocked Kern County’s effort to speed up new oil and gas drilling, officials overseeing the state’s prime oil patch have revised an ordinance that could permit tens of thousands of new wells over the next 15 years. The Kern…

California’s public employees receive incredibly generous pensions, which are based on formulas that often result in six-figure payouts for people at relatively young ages – 50 in public safety professions and 55 or 57 for other government workers. These benefit scales not only stress government budgets, but result in a growing level of public debt.…

A bill that would require large department stores to have gender-neutral toy departments or face a civil penalty of $1,000 is poised to make its way through the California Assembly, but an industry analyst said it will create yet another challenge for retailers as they struggle to stay afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Assembly Bill…

Laguna Beach, Los Alamitos and Newport Harbor emerged through the first week of the Sunset League six-player girls volleyball sand league. Laguna Beach and Newport Harbor are 2-0 each in league play. Laguna Beach has wins over Marina and Corona del Mar. Los Alamitos beat Corona del Mar and Marina. Newport Harbor’s wins are over…

By BRIAN MELLEY | The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a state appeals court blocked Kern County’s effort to speed up new oil and gas drilling, officials overseeing the state’s prime oil patch have revised an ordinance that could permit tens of thousands of new wells over the next 15 years. The Kern…

By BRIAN MELLEY | The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a state appeals court blocked Kern County’s effort to speed up new oil and gas drilling, officials overseeing the state’s prime oil patch have revised an ordinance that could permit tens of thousands of new wells over the next 15 years. The Kern…

California’s public employees receive incredibly generous pensions, which are based on formulas that often result in six-figure payouts for people at relatively young ages – 50 in public safety professions and 55 or 57 for other government workers. These benefit scales not only stress government budgets, but result in a growing level of public debt.…

A bill that would require large department stores to have gender-neutral toy departments or face a civil penalty of $1,000 is poised to make its way through the California Assembly, but an industry analyst said it will create yet another challenge for retailers as they struggle to stay afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Assembly Bill…

The UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball teams have been on a collision course since the two teams first met in late December. Many expect they will meet again in the Big West Tournament title game Saturday night in Las Vegas with the winner getting the conference’s lone berth in the 68-team NCAA…

A violent relationship ended with an Anaheim man killing his wife and then propping her body up on a sofa for her children opening presents on Christmas morning in 2011, a prosecutor told jurors on Monday, March 8. More than nine years after 26-year-old Za’Zell Preston’s dreams of becoming a domestic-violence counselor ended with her…

By James Oliphant | Reuters WASHINGTON – The Republican Party intends to keep using former President Donald Trump’s name in fundraising pitches and other materials, a lawyer for the party said on Monday, despite a cease-and-desist letter from Trump last week. The letter sent by lawyers for Trump on Friday to the Republican National Committee,…