Day: May 13, 2022

By KELVIN CHAN and TOM KRISHER DETROIT (AP) — Elon Musk said Friday that his plan to buy Twitter is “temporarily on hold” as he tries to pinpoint the exact number of spam and fake accounts on the social media platform, another twist amid signs of turmoil over the proposed $44 billion acquisition. Musk has…

An Orange County man who admitted to stealing a “Do Not Enter” sign from the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 Insurrection was sentenced Thursday to 30 days in jail. Philip Edward Kramer, who is identified in court records as a Yorba Linda resident and former truck driver, was also sentenced to 100 hours of…

Don’t label Todd Snider as a folk artist or a singer-songwriter. He’s got a specific title for his musical employment as a wandering troubadour. “My job is Ramblin’ Jack Elliott,” Snider said. “He’s the godfather of it. Woody Guthrie didn’t tour. He (Elliott) was the first to go out with an acoustic guitar, harmonica rack…

When all you have is a hammer, everything does indeed look like a nail. This is the best way to describe government officials’ unoriginal and often destructive thinking. No matter the problem du jour, the answer is always more government spending. But more spending requires more tax revenue, which is not always easy to acquire…

Gas prices have taken a sudden upswing in May, rising nearly 15 cents in two weeks. The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gas in Los Angeles County recorded its largest increase since Feb. 25, rising 2.2 cents to $5.919. The average price has risen 16 consecutive days, increasing 14.7 cents, according to…

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> The Tesoro softball team scored five runs in the top of the seventh inning Thursday to beat crosstown foe San Juan Hills 8-3 in the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoffs at San Juan Hills High. With the score tied in the seventh, Kennedy Proctor hit a three-run…

The first version of Civil Code Section 4741, banning “unreasonable” rental restrictions, became law in 2021, and also originally required HOAs to amend their governing documents to remove such provisions in 2021. The most common restrictions clearly violating that statute are rental unit caps lower than 25% and required periods of time after purchasing to…

Mike McDaniel walked up to Erik Ezukanma before his first practice as a Miami Dolphins player and began to tease the rookie. The Dolphins’ coach was seemingly attempted to cut the tension, ease the nervous energy the team’s fourth-round pick had percolating by bringing up his body fat, and telling the former Texas Tech receiver…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s governor on Friday proposed a temporary tax cut for the state’s struggling legal marijuana industry, but businesses said it falls far short of what’s needed to revive a foundering pot economy. Broad legal sales began in California in 2018, but the industry has been burdened by…

With prices soaring for everything from gas to washing machines to eggs, survey after survey say the same thing: The No. 1 issue on voters’ minds this election season is inflation. Since Democrats now control the White House and (by a razor-thin margin) both chambers of Congress, local GOP candidates in competitive races are blaming…

The first version of Civil Code Section 4741, banning “unreasonable” rental restrictions, became law in 2021, and also originally required HOAs to amend their governing documents to remove such provisions in 2021. The most common restrictions clearly violating that statute are rental unit caps lower than 25% and required periods of time after purchasing to…

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> The Tesoro softball team scored five runs in the top of the seventh inning Thursday to beat crosstown foe San Juan Hills 8-3 in the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoffs at San Juan Hills High. With the score tied in the seventh, Kennedy Proctor hit a three-run…

Don’t label Todd Snider as a folk artist or a singer-songwriter. He’s got a specific title for his musical employment as a wandering troubadour. “My job is Ramblin’ Jack Elliott,” Snider said. “He’s the godfather of it. Woody Guthrie didn’t tour. He (Elliott) was the first to go out with an acoustic guitar, harmonica rack…

When all you have is a hammer, everything does indeed look like a nail. This is the best way to describe government officials’ unoriginal and often destructive thinking. No matter the problem du jour, the answer is always more government spending. But more spending requires more tax revenue, which is not always easy to acquire…

By KELVIN CHAN and TOM KRISHER DETROIT (AP) — Elon Musk said Friday that his plan to buy Twitter is “temporarily on hold” as he tries to pinpoint the exact number of spam and fake accounts on the social media platform, another twist amid signs of turmoil over the proposed $44 billion acquisition. Musk has…

Ramona Klein’s voice quivered as she sat before a U.S. House subcommittee in Washington, D.C., recounting horrific childhood memories of Fort Totten Indian boarding school in North Dakota, where she was a student. There, she said, she was starved, beaten, humiliated, and sexually assaulted. Oftentimes, she found herself staring out the frosty window of her…

YORBA LINDA >> The Yorba Linda softball team put runners on base in multiple innings Thursday but couldn’t get the clutch hits it needed against Burroughs of Burbank in the CIF-SS Division 4 quarterfinals at Yorba Linda High School. The Bears, however, delivered in the clutch at the plate and in the field and came…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now San Juan Hills diver Avery Giese delivered when it counted most Thursday to become a state champion. The sophomore scored mostly 8.0s and 7.5s on her 11th and final dive — a back 1 1/2 somersault with 1/2 twist on the 1-meter springboard…

Chase Silseth will be the first pitcher from the Angels’ 2021 all-pitcher draft to reach the major leagues when he starts Friday against the A’s in Oakland. Silseth, 21, will be promoted from Double-A, where he was 2-0 with a 1.73 ERA. He had 37 strikeouts and seven walks in 26 innings. A product of…

LOS ANGELES — There’s an adage in sports, at just about every level, that whatever level of experience a player has at the beginning of a season, he’ll be that much older, wiser and more able to handle situations by the end. There is one exception. It is the postseason, and in hockey, it’s not…