Day: May 20, 2022

A 23-year-old Costa Mesa man who allegedly sat in Vice President Mike Pence’s seat while storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 Insurrection has admitted to helping to disrupt a joint session of Congress. Christian Alexander Secor pleaded guilty to a felony count of obstructing an official proceeding during a hearing on Thursday in…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rumbled to the edge of a bear market Friday after another drop for stocks briefly sent the S&P 500 more than 20% below its peak set early this year. The S&P 500 index, which sits at the heart of most workers’ 401(k)…

SACRAMENTO – In the midst of a nationwide baby formula shortage, the president has announced seemingly dramatic solutions. Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act, a Korean War-era emergency measure that gives the president the authority to force private companies to produce goods and services to support defense efforts. That’s an unusual use…

The indoor pool pavilion. (Photo by Toby Ponnay) Show Caption of Expand An Italian villa-inspired Shady Canyon mansion in Irvine owned by Milan Panić, the pharmaceutical magnate who once served as Yugoslavia’s prime minister, is on the market for $21.995 million. The gated residence spans 15,088 square feet with seven ensuite bedrooms, 11 bathrooms and…

The state’s top prosecutor said there is a “strong public interest” in having a court decide if the terms of three Mission Viejo City Council members were extended by two years without the public’s say. Attorney General Rob Bonta’s opinion released Thursday, May 19, allows a Mission Viejo resident to file a lawsuit asking a…

A five-bedroom, 3,200-square-foot house in Glenview that former Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg owned from 1985 until 1993 sold for $831,000. Sandberg and his then-wife, Cindy, bought the property on Iroquois Drive from homebuilder Allstate Development in late 1985 for $144,000. It’s not known whether that amount included all the home’s construction costs…

Orange County will pay $500,000 to a former jail inmate who suffered a ruptured hernia in 2019 after sheriff’s deputies forced him to work in the kitchen, lifting heavy objects. The settlement was unanimously approved this month by the county Board of Supervisors in response to a federal lawsuit seeking $30 million. James Spring, who…

The outcry over the trade of several star players has subsided over the last year, giving Chicago Cubs President Jed Hoyer a chance to breathe. It has been almost 10 months since Hoyer dealt Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Javier Báez and other name players for a boatload of prospects at the trade deadline, starting a…

By ELENA BECATOROS, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol on Friday in what would be its biggest victory yet in its war with Ukraine, after a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port city to a smoking ruin, with over 20,000 civilians feared…

Building contending rosters for the ages is nothing new for Pat Riley. Over the years, it has been older players who have rounded out the Miami Heat’s championship success. But the reality, nonetheless, is the inherent risks with older players. That is where the Heat stand going into Saturday’s 8:30 p.m. Game 3 of these…

SACRAMENTO – In the midst of a nationwide baby formula shortage, the president has announced seemingly dramatic solutions. Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act, a Korean War-era emergency measure that gives the president the authority to force private companies to produce goods and services to support defense efforts. That’s an unusual use…

A five-bedroom, 3,200-square-foot house in Glenview that former Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg owned from 1985 until 1993 sold for $831,000. Sandberg and his then-wife, Cindy, bought the property on Iroquois Drive from homebuilder Allstate Development in late 1985 for $144,000. It’s not known whether that amount included all the home’s construction costs…

A 23-year-old Costa Mesa man who allegedly sat in Vice President Mike Pence’s seat while storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 Insurrection has admitted to helping to disrupt a joint session of Congress. Christian Alexander Secor pleaded guilty to a felony count of obstructing an official proceeding during a hearing on Thursday in…

Building contending rosters for the ages is nothing new for Pat Riley. Over the years, it has been older players who have rounded out the Miami Heat’s championship success. But the reality, nonetheless, is the inherent risks with older players. That is where the Heat stand going into Saturday’s 8:30 p.m. Game 3 of these…

The outcry over the trade of several star players has subsided over the last year, giving Chicago Cubs President Jed Hoyer a chance to breathe. It has been almost 10 months since Hoyer dealt Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Javier Báez and other name players for a boatload of prospects at the trade deadline, starting a…

If Bitcoin mining is not for you, then you should look into altcoins. There are many altcoins that can be mined and one of the most affordable is Haven. Haven (XHV) is a Monero-based cryptocurrency that claims to be untraceable. It provides fiat currency storage using a smart contract-based method of minting and burning cryptocurrency.…

So what do the Boston Celtics look like when mostly whole? Like a whole lot of trouble for the Miami Heat. With Marcus Smart and Al Horford back in their mix after missing Tuesday night’s series-opening loss in these best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals, the Celtics during one first-half stretch outscored the Heat by 40 points…

By Virginia Langmaid | CNN American gunmakers manufactured more than 11 million guns in 2020, nearly three times the number produced in 2000, according to a report published this week by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that provides in-depth data on firearms manufacturing, sale and enforcement. The report, dubbed by the…

Erik Spoelstra said the following about how his Miami Heat should react to their looking outmatched and overcome in their staggering playoff loss: “Don’t listen to the noise,” he said. “There’s no excuses, no blame, inside our room. This is what happens when you’re in great competition. They got the better of us. Now we…

So what do the Boston Celtics look like when mostly whole? Like a whole lot of trouble for the Miami Heat. With Marcus Smart and Al Horford back in their mix after missing Tuesday night’s series-opening loss in these best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals, the Celtics during one first-half stretch outscored the Heat by 40 points…