Category: Orange County Community

Orange County Fair Looking to Hire Hundreds More for Summer

June 7, 2022
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The Orange County Fair is looking to fill hundreds of temporary positions to help run the fair this summer at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, California. The OC Fair—which is known for its many carnival rides, games, concerts, live shows, exhibits, competitions, and sporting events—is in need of workers to set…

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Pet Therapy for OC Residents Who Can’t Own Pets

June 6, 2022
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Work hours, finances, allergies, or restricted living situations are common issues that prevent people who would like to adopt animals from doing so, but there are many ways to work around them and interact with animals in Orange County, California. A survey of 2,000 pet owners in the United States conducted in 2021 by The…

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Pet Therapy for OC Residents Who Can’t Own Pets: Here’s How

June 6, 2022
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Work hours, finances, allergies, or restricted living situations are common issues that prevent people who would like to adopt animals from doing so, but there are many ways to work around them and interact with animals in Orange County, California. A survey of 2,000 pet owners in the United States conducted in 2021 by The…

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Nonprofit, Community-Owned, Locally Controlled Utilities Are a Bad Joke

June 5, 2022
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Commentary Sometimes government tries too hard to pursue initiatives that telegraph its supposed concern about the topic of the day. Let’s discuss one of the newer “feel good” efforts. Opinion polls have revealed that most of the planet’s population is concerned about climate change and its potential impacts over the next twenty years. What is…

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Huntington Beach High Wins First SoCal Regional Championship Over JSerra Catholic

June 5, 2022
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO—The Oilers of Huntington Beach H.S. (25–9) defeated the Lions of JSerra Catholic H.S. (25–11) 2–0 in eight innings of baseball at JSerra H.S. on Saturday, winning their first CIF Southern California Regional Championship. “Every single time we play JSerra, it’s a dogfight,” H.B. coach Benji Medure told The Epoch Times. “So my expectation was…

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UCI Medical Workers Commemorate National Gun Violence Awareness Day

June 4, 2022
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ORANGE, Calif.—Days after a shooter took the lives of two physicians at a hospital in Oklahoma, doctors and hospital staff wearing orange T-shirts gathered outside the University of California–Irvine (UCI) Medical Center on June 3 to commemorate National Gun Violence Awareness Day. “Today, we want to remember those that have been hurt or killed by…

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Disney to Confirm Reopening Timeline of Splash Mountain in July

June 3, 2022
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ANAHEIM, Calif.—Shortly after Anika Noni Rose accidentally revealed on Thursday the 2024 reopening of the rethemed Splash Mountain rides at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, Disney immediately made the reopening timeline foggy again, saying more details will be released in July. Best known for voicing the main character Tiana in Disney’s 2009 movie “The Princess…

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Saddleback Megachurch Pastor Rick Warren to Retire, Announces Successor

June 3, 2022
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Pastor Rick Warren announced on June 2 that Pastor Andy Wood will take over leadership of Saddleback Church, a Lake Forest, California, congregation with more than 30,000 weekly attendees. Warren, 68, who founded the evangelical Baptist church with his wife Kay in 1980, announced plans to retire and search for a successor last year. Wood,…

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Metallic Balloons Can Cause Power Outages: SCE Warns Amid Graduation Season

June 3, 2022
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Schools are in full swing celebrating the graduation season, but Southern California Edison (SCE) is telling people to not turn the celebration into a blast—with metallic balloon-caused power outages. Over the last five years, May and June—the graduation months—have statistically made up almost a third of foil balloon outages each year, according to the utility…

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Metallic Balloons Can Cause Power Outages: Edison Warns Amid Graduation Season

June 3, 2022
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Schools are in full swing celebrating the graduation season, but Southern California Edison is telling people to not turn the celebration into a blast—with metallic balloon-caused power outages. Over the last five years, May and June—the graduation months—have statistically made up almost a third of foil balloon outages each year, according to the utility company….

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