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Disneyland Annual Pass Price Hike, Again, for the ‘Unfavorable’

August 16, 2022
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Disneyland annual passes, also known as Magic Key passes, will cost more this year as all sales are currently paused until Thursday, Aug. 18, at 9 a.m.—when the purchase window will open for renewing passholders. Say goodbye to last year’s Dream Key—the most expensive type of Magic Key that offers year-round access to the park—as…

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Disneyland Annual Pass Prices Hike, Again, for the ‘Unfavorable’

August 16, 2022
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Disneyland annual passes, also known as Magic Key passes, will cost more this year as all sales are currently paused until Thursday, Aug. 18, at 9 a.m.—when the purchase window will open for renewing passholders. Say goodbye to last year’s Dream Key—the most expensive type of Magic Key that offers year-round access to the park—as…

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Youth Sports Coach Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen

August 16, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A prominent youth sports coach was charged Monday with sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Santa Ana. Christopher M. Flores was charged with four counts of lewd acts on a child age 14 or 15 and two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object with a victim younger than 16, all felonies….

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State Bill That Would Have Pushed Orange County Education Board Election to November Blocked

August 16, 2022
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A California bill that would have moved the Orange County Board of Education’s elections from June to November was blocked by a state Assembly committee last week. Senate Bill 286, authored by Sen. Dave Min (D-Irvine), passed the state Senate earlier this year but was held on a suspense file in the Assembly Appropriations Committee…

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Knott’s Berry Farm Extends Chaperone Policy to Halloween Event

August 16, 2022
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BUENA PARK, Calif.—Knott’s Berry Farm is extending its new chaperone policy for guests 17 and younger to all nights of its popular Knott’s Scary Farm Halloween event, which runs on select nights from Sept. 22 to Oct. 31. The policy was put in place in July following a brawl among teenagers that caused the park to…

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Orange County CEO Extends Contract 2 Years

August 15, 2022
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors Aug. 9 extended County Executive Officer Frank Kim’s contract by 2 years, and raised his salary by $66,000 per year. His contract, which was set to expire in May 2023, is now good through May 2025 and his salary was increased to $376,000, after last being reported at $310,000…

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Suspect Turns Herself in for Fatal Hit-and-Run in Laguna Beach

August 15, 2022
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An 18-year-old woman was arrested Friday, Aug. 12, in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that killed a man and injured his wife while they were celebrating their wedding anniversary in Laguna Beach, authorities said in a statement. The suspect, Sysillia Morrison Montes De Oca, was apprehended after turning herself into Laguna Beach police for the…

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Woman Suspected of DUI-Related Crash That Killed One in Lake Elsinore

August 15, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A Santa Ana woman is believed to have caused a DUI-related crash in Lake Elsinore, in Riverside County, that killed one person and hospitalized two others, authorities said Aug. 15. Thirty-two-year-old Margarita Rosales fled the scene but was arrested a short time later, said Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Brad Foster. The two-vehicle crash…

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Costa Mesa Adds Changes to Measure Y on November’s Ballot, Allowing More Housing

August 14, 2022
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Costa Mesa, Calif., residents will be asked in November to approve revisions to Measure Y, which city sponsors say is necessary to remain compliant with state law. Adopted in 2016, Measure Y required voter approval for developments that exceeded certain criteria, such as number of units in a development, square footage, or effects on traffic….

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Girl, 15, Goes Missing in Yorba Linda

August 14, 2022
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Department circulated on Aug. 13 a photo of a 15-year-old girl who went missing in Yorba Linda. Nya Jingles, who is without needed medication, was last seen about 7 p.m. Friday leaving her home on foot in the 20000 block of Volterra Lane, the sheriff’s Yorba Linda Station reported. Jingles was…

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