Day: May 28, 2022

A wave of flight cancellations over the Memorial Day weekend was having some effect at Los Angeles International Airport Saturday, May 28. According to the tracking site FlightAware.com, 32 flights were canceled at LAX in a 24-hour period ending at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. FlightAware said more than 3,500 flights have been canceled throughout the country…

For $29.99 a month, a website called PimEyes offers a potentially dangerous superpower from the world of science fiction: the ability to search for a face, finding obscure photos that would otherwise have been as safe as the proverbial needle in the vast digital haystack of the internet. A search takes mere seconds. You upload…

By STEFANIE DAZIO | Associated Press The actions — or more notably, the inaction — of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers have become the center of the investigation into this week’s shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The delay in confronting the shooter — who was inside the school for…

FULLERTON — It was a wild Friday night at Goodwin Field. But only UC Irvine enjoyed the outcome. The Anteaters rallied from a three-run first-inning deficit to earn a 7-3 victory over Cal State Fullerton that evened their three-game Big West Conference series going into Saturday’s season finale. Fullerton pitchers endured a rough night, with…

A prevailing thought across sports is that a team takes on the personality of its coach. It sure seems to be the case with the 2022 Miami Dolphins through their offseason and organized team activities. There’s a noticeable difference in the vibes around Dolphins players in new coach Mike McDaniel’s first several practices led than…

Every year when May arrives, I am sure that the time has come to remove my lemon verbena. Started from a sprig growing in a four-inch pot about 20 years ago, it is now more than six feet tall and wide. I am grateful for all the fragrant foliage it has given but surmise that…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now With the end of the spring sports season rapidly approaching, Orange County’s top-two summer passing tournaments will soon be in sight, loaded with many of the top football teams and players in the area. Edison’s Battle at the Beach and Mission Viejo’s South…

Brandon Nimmo has been left out of Saturday’s lineup against the Phillies both for rest and because he’s been dealing with a sore right wrist, Mets manager Buck Showalter said before the game. Nimmo was sent for imaging to make sure nothing was structurally wrong. He’s also expected to get a cortisone shot to help…

In the beginning, there was you, and your laptop. As entrepreneurs, we’ve all been there: nurturing a larger-than-life vision of what our app/product should be and struggling to convey that to the masses. Because you don’t strike up on your own with a design team on hand, you do it in the risky, lonely waters…

A lot of freelance designers find themselves stuck in the same place, year after year, serving the same types of clients despite their desire to move on to bigger and better opportunities. There are any number of reasons for this, but one of the most important ones is that many designers simply don’t know what…

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now With the end of the spring sports season rapidly approaching, Orange County’s top-two summer passing tournaments will soon be in sight, loaded with many of the top football teams and players in the area. Edison’s Battle at the Beach and Mission Viejo’s South…

In the beginning, there was you, and your laptop. As entrepreneurs, we’ve all been there: nurturing a larger-than-life vision of what our app/product should be and struggling to convey that to the masses. Because you don’t strike up on your own with a design team on hand, you do it in the risky, lonely waters…

A lot of freelance designers find themselves stuck in the same place, year after year, serving the same types of clients despite their desire to move on to bigger and better opportunities. There are any number of reasons for this, but one of the most important ones is that many designers simply don’t know what…

FULLERTON — It was a wild Friday night at Goodwin Field. But only UC Irvine enjoyed the outcome. The Anteaters rallied from a three-run first-inning deficit to earn a 7-3 victory over Cal State Fullerton that evened their three-game Big West Conference series going into Saturday’s season finale. Fullerton pitchers endured a rough night, with…

Every year when May arrives, I am sure that the time has come to remove my lemon verbena. Started from a sprig growing in a four-inch pot about 20 years ago, it is now more than six feet tall and wide. I am grateful for all the fragrant foliage it has given but surmise that…

ANAHEIM ― The most recent photo on Juan Lagares’ Instagram feed was posted on April 19. He’s at a beachside cantina near his home in the Dominican Republic, sipping a beverage. His 8-year-old son is unseen, but father and son were together on the shore that afternoon. It was a good day. It’s not a…

California is quietly hurtling toward becoming a model for how not to establish privacy policy. It’s time to pull back the curtain on a newly created regulatory agency’s dangerously costly and confusing proposals, and shout out what everyday Californians stand to lose if these programs proceed. The public should be privy to the policy-shaping actions…

”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data. Buzz: “Which president did the best job with inflation?” It’s not a simple question to answer. Source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed inflation rates and White House administrations dating back…

Filling up a glass with water from a kitchen tap. (Photo courtesy of UC Riverside) Fun fact No. 1: Orange County is one of California’s smallest when measured by square miles (a compact 791). Fun fact No. 2: Despite the density of our little slice of paradise, it takes18 completely separate, independent little governments to…

From the moment the No. 1 playoff seed in the Eastern Conference was clinched the final week of the season, there was an unease from within the Miami Heat. It is difficult to play the role of underdog from a mountaintop. And then the doubts set in. Trae Young would torment them in the first…