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Cruise industry weathers COVID-19 holdovers as virus lingers

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — A rapidly spreading variant and close, indoor quarters are likely factors that have led to cruise ship passengers testing positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks, according to the CDC.

Tribune News Service

US prosecutors indict Mexican Mafia leadership in California

Federal prosecutors have announced a sweeping racketeering case against the leaders of the Mexican Mafia that controlled Latino street gangs in Orange County, California

The Independent UK

Any effort to limit California offshore oil could be costly to taxpayers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An ambitious legislative effort to shut down three offshore oil rigs along the Orange County coast, where beaches and fragile wetlands were soiled after a major spill in October, could be hobbled by concerns over the eventual cost to California taxpayers.

Los Angeles Times

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Disney tells investors Florida can’t dissolve special district without paying debt

MIAMI — As Florida legislators were rushing through passage of a bill to repeal the special district that governs Walt Disney World last week, they failed to notice an obscure provision in state law that says the state could not do what legislators were doing — unless the district’s bond…

Miami Herald

California man accused of anti-LGBTQ threats to bomb Merriam-Webster over definition of 'girl'

LOS ANGELES — An Orange County man was arrested this week on suspicion of making anti-LGBTQ threats against Merriam-Webster Inc. and faces a federal charge in Massachusetts, authorities confirmed Friday.

Los Angeles Times

Ron DeSantis' Disney stunt backfires

Florida Republicans' rush to dissolve the Reedy Creek Improvement District might also contravene state law

Salon

Drought boon or boondoggle? Critics blast Poseidon desalination plan as crucial vote looms

LOS ANGELES — Among the many complex arguments over water in California, one particularly heated debate centers on whether the state should seek more drinking water from a plentiful but expensive source: the Pacific Ocean.

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How Florida residents could end up paying for the GOP’s war with Disney over ‘Don’t Say Gay’

Dissolving the decades-old governing structure for Disney’s sprawling properties could come at a cost for taxpayers in neighbouring counties, Florida officials warn

The Independent UK

Michael Lorenzen dials in for Angels debut in win over Marlins

Michael Lorenzen had no idea how many family members and friends requested tickets for his homecoming game Monday night, when the Orange County native and former Cal State Fullerton standout made his debut for the team he grew up rooting for.

Los Angeles Times

Two California men arrested with enough fentanyl to kill 4.7 million

Last month’s haul last was biggest in 16 years, attorney’s office said

The Independent UK

21 sea lions found dead on Orange County coast are a mystery in an otherwise seeming normal year for rescues

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — Up and down the California coastline, centers that rescue seals, sea lions and other ocean life that has washed ashore are reporting a pretty normal season – except for a mystery that unfolded in Orange County that still hasn’t been solved.

Tribune News Service

Board votes to ban critical race theory in Placentia-Yorba Linda school district

LOS ANGELES — A divided Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District board voted late Tuesday night to ban the teaching of critical race theory in its classrooms, ending months of contentious debate in the Orange County school district.

Los Angeles Times

Forensic expert's flawed DNA analysis leads to release of murder defendant, prompts DA review

LOS ANGELES — Orange County, California, prosecutors are reviewing cases worked by a DNA expert who has been accused by defense attorneys of altering her analysis to help win convictions.

Los Angeles Times

Activists seek to secure Japanese immigrants’ ‘sacred’ land

Activists and historians in the Orange County city of Huntington Beach are rallying to preserve ‘sacred’ land that Japanese immigrants acquired before California enacted the Alien Land Law in 1913 that barred Asian immigrants from owning land

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Man sentenced to prison for selling meth while on supervised release after terrorism conviction

LOS ANGELES — An Orange County, California, man was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison Monday for selling methamphetamine to an undercover FBI employee while he was on supervised release following a 2009 terrorism conviction.

Los Angeles Times

Southern California father will go to Ukraine in search of son allegedly abducted by mother

LOS ANGELES — Cesar Quintana held his 2-year-old son Alexander at an airport in Kyiv, Ukraine. Alexander was born in Orange County, but on that day in December, authorities told Quintana he would not be allowed to leave the country with his son and would have to surrender the boy…

Los Angeles Times

Chapman University professor sues students after exams are posted online

LOS ANGELES — An Orange County professor is suing his students for allegedly uploading copyrighted exam materials onto a website used for studying and test preparation.

Salon

A national plan to kill public schools

Exclusive: Hillsdale College's "classical" charter schools are spreading fast — but the true goal is much bigger

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Assistant principal dies by suicide at middle school in California's Orange County

LOS ANGELES — An assistant principal at Kraemer Middle School in the Orange County city of Placentia died by suicide on campus Monday morning, officials said.

The Independent UK

Rex Orange County review, Who Cares? – Affable aimlessness is part of his charm, but also his greatest flaw

New album finds Alex O’Connor continuing to embrace jollier beats while owning his ambivalence

The Guardian - UK

Rex Orange County: Who Cares? review – sad boy-next-door plays it gratingly safe

Alex O’Connor has a knack for melody, but his unrelenting self-absorption leaves the resulting songs feeling flat and thin

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court deals setback to Muslims suing FBI over spying on a California mosque

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a setback Friday to three Muslim men in Orange County, California, who have been suing the FBI for spying on their mosques in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court deals setback to Muslims suing FBI over spying on a Calif. mosque

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt a setback Friday to three Muslim men in Orange County, California, who have been suing the FBI for spying on their mosques in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Los Angeles Times

Another blaze ignites in California's Orange County as Jim fire tops 550 acres

LOS ANGELES — A second wildfire ignited Thursday in the Cleveland National Forest, where crews were already working to control the Jim fire burning near the Riverside-Orange County line.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: End drilling in California waters to protect the coast and climate

When an undersea pipeline off the Orange County coast spilled thousands of gallons of crude oil last fall and fouled beaches and wetlands, it was only the latest illustration of the serious and ongoing danger of aging oil infrastructure along California’s shoreline.

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