Tag: Southern California

Food and Wine Festival Returns to California Adventure

March 6, 2023
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California Adventure’s annual Food and Drink Festival has returned, now through April 25. The annual springtime event includes outdoor “marketplace” kiosks serving Golden-State-inspired bites and beverages created by Disney and celebrity chefs, including seasonal non-alcoholic drinks along with specialty beer, wine, and cocktails. To participate, guests must purchase the park’s “sip and savor” pass for…

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Laguna Niguel Mayor Sandy Rains Resigns

March 6, 2023
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Laguna Niguel Mayor Sandy Rains resigned as the city’s mayor Feb. 27, but will continue to serve as a councilor. Mayor Pro Tem Rischi Paul Sharma is temporarily serving in her place until the five-member city council selects a successor on March 7. The move comes after controversy erupted over a Feb. 21 council meeting…

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UCLA Staff Member Robbed At Gunpoint Off Campus; Suspects Sought

March 6, 2023
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WESTWOOD, Calif.—Authorities March 6 sought the public’s help to find two men who robbed a University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) staff member at gunpoint near the campus. The crime occurred about 5:45 a.m. Sunday in the 1100 block of Westwood Boulevard, according to UCLA police. The victim, who was not injured, was walking in the…

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Irvine Surgeon Faces 50-Year Prison Sentence for Bribery

March 6, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—An orthopedic surgeon was found guilty of accepting more than $315,000 in bribes and kickbacks for performing spinal surgeries at a now-defunct Long Beach hospital whose owner was imprisoned for committing workers’ compensation insurance fraud, officials announced March 6. Dr. David Hobart Payne, 65, of Irvine, was found guilty late Friday at the conclusion…

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California Minimum Wage Bill for Health Care Workers Would Worsen Shortages

March 6, 2023
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Commentary When you get older—I’m 67—one of the things that happens is you need more health care. I’ve written hundreds of editorials and columns calling for privatizing Medicare. Never happened. Now I’m on it. I’m finding it’s quite generous. What I worry about is making sure there are enough medical professionals around in a few…

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Pete Davidson Crashes Mercedes into House in Beverly Hills

March 6, 2023
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Comedian Pete Davidson and actress Chase Sui Wonders were unscathed after crashing into a house in the Flats neighborhood of Beverly Hills on Saturday night, according to media reports. Davidson and Wonders were in a Mercedes Benz traveling at a high rate of speed when it lost control, jumped a curb, sheared a…

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2 Children, Woman Killed in West Covina Apartment Fire

March 6, 2023
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WEST COVINA, Calif.—A woman and two small children were killed early March 5 morning in a fire at an apartment building in West Covina. The fire was reported at 12:54 a.m. Sunday in the 1900 block of East Amar Road, according to the West Covina Police Department. Police and fire units were sent to the…

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DeSantis Touts People Leaving ‘Leftist’ Governed States for Florida in California Speech

March 6, 2023
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Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis touted his state’s continued population growth as a sign of people fleeing states that are governed by “leftists,” like California. “Over the last four years, we’ve witnessed a great American exodus from states governed by leftist politicians imposing leftist ideologies and delivering poor results,” DeSantis said in a speech at…

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San Bernardino Residents Desperate After Heavy Snow

March 6, 2023
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Residents in parts of California, especially the San Bernardino Mountains, are battling heavy storms, with roads blocked following large amounts of snow and people finding it difficult to secure food and medical supplies. “A life and death situation is unfolding in San Bernardino Mountains after this week’s powerful storm,” ABC reporter David Gonzalez said in…

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Young Man Jumps to His Death From Coronado Bridge

March 5, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—A California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer saw a man jump off the Coronado Bridge March 5. The man, between 20 to 25 years old, parked his vehicle midway across the bridge at about 7 a.m. Sunday and looked over the side before jumping into the bay, according to a CHP incident log. He was…

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