3.6-magnitude earthquake strikes a mile from Costa Mesa – and then an aftershock - Anaheim news - NewsLocker (2024)

A 3.6-magnitude earthquake shook parts of Orange County on Thursday afternoon, June 6, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The quake, at around 4:52 p.m., was centered a mile southeast of Costa Mesa, 1.4 miles east northeast of Newport Beach, and 5.6 miles west southwest of Irvine, according to the USGS.
It occurred at a depth of roughly 7.5 miles.
The earthquake could be felt across the county and elsewhere.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
An aftershock 1.6 miles southea

The Audible: On the NBA Finals, Dan Hurley’s status, and ‘Clipped’

Jim Alexander: Watching last night’s first game of the NBA Finals in Boston, my mind kept drifting back to the “Memorial Day Massacre.” Remember? Game 1 of the 1985 Finals, with the Lakers so desperate to avenge the previous June’s loss to the Celtics but getting, well, massacred at the start of the next year’s series. The final was 148-114, and I remember journeyman Scott Wedman being made to look like a Hall of Famer in waiting that afternoon, going 11 for 11 from

Angel City FC returns from break against defending champ Gotham FC

Angel City Football Club went into the international break with a scoreless draw against San Diego Wave FC.
The club returns with a cross-country trip to New Jersey face Gotham FC, the first of consecutive road games for Angel City.
“Any time you come off of an international break for both teams and for everybody this weekend, you just don’t know what you’re going to get,” ACFC coach Becki Tweed said. “You haven’t had time to work with your internationals. The

After 41 years, Pat Sajak makes his final spin tonight as host of ‘Wheel of Fortune’

By KAITLYN HUAMANI
LOS ANGELES — After 41 years and over 8,000 episodes, Pat Sajak’s final turn as the renowned host of “Wheel of Fortune” will air tonight — Friday, June 7.
In a farewell message released ahead of Friday’s episode airing, Sajak thanked the viewers of the beloved game show for granting him the “incredible privilege to be invited into millions of homes, night after night, year after year, decade after decade.”
He noted that he always

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Belmont Stakes might be the best Triple Crown race this year

Horse racing history of all kinds is being made Saturday in the final Triple Crown race of the year.
The Belmont Stakes is taking place at venerable Saratoga Race Course for the first time in the venue’s vaunted 161-year history. And while there is no chance at a 14th Triple Crown champion, the third leg features the winners of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes for the first time since 2013.
Five weeks since Mystik Dan finished a nose ahead of Sierra Leone in the Derby and three week

French Open: Swiatek goes for 3-peat against underdog Paolini

PARIS — The contrasts between the French Open finalists are obvious: Iga Swiatek, who turned 23 last week, already owns four Grand Slam titles, including three in Paris. Jasmine Paolini, 28, had never been past the second round at any major tournament until this season.
Entering Saturday, Swiatek is on a 20-match winning streak at Roland Garros as she pursues a third consecutive championship on the red clay, and the Polish star’s career record at the place is 34-2. Paolini was 3-5 at

How a Depression-era law could be used to make booze cheaper

By Matt Egan
Federal regulators are planning to use a rarely enforced law from the Great Depression to allege America’s largest alcohol distributor is unfairly pricing wine and spirits, a person familiar with the matter told CNN.
A loomingFederal Trade Commissionlawsuit against Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits would be aimed at lowering costs for consumers — in this case on alcohol — and ensuring mom-and-pop shops have a level playing field against big chain

Where Disneyland hid all 52 Pizza Planet trucks during Pixar Fest — and how to find them

The Pizza Planet delivery truck that has popped up as an Easter Egg in nearly every Pixar animated movie has now been hidden in Disneyland attraction queues, restaurants, shops and even in the middle of rides as part of a treasure hunt throughout Pixar Fest.
Disney artists have transformed 52 of the familiar yellow Toyota pickup trucks with a rocket on the roof into artwork designed to blend into its surroundings throughout Disneyland, Disneyland California Adventure and Downtown Disney.
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All-Orange County boys track and field: Dana Hills’ Evan Noonan is the athlete of the year

ALL-COUNTY BOYS TRACK AND FIELD 2024
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Evan Noonan, Dana Hills. Junior
Evan Noonan was Orange County’s best in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters a year ago as a sophom*ore.
How could he get even better in his junior year at Dana Hills?
“I worked most on mental improvement,” Noonan said “I worked on my mental toughness and reworking my subconscious mind. …Getting rid of the doubt concept.”
No doubt, Noonan did that. He was even better in the 1,

If an Amazon review makes you laugh, are you more likely to buy?

Erin McCarthy | (TNS) The Philadelphia Inquirer
Ever found yourself laughing at your computer or phone screen while reading a review for a rudimentary product on Amazon?
Perhaps for the “Wolf Moon Shirt” that went viral in 2009 or the banana slicer, a product for which there was no demand (“For decades I have been trying to come up with an ideal way to slice a banana,” reads a top review).
Maybe for the lift-a-flap book Where Is Baby’s Belly Button? (One popular rev

In memory of David Boaz, an honorable champion of liberty

David Boaz, who served over four decades at the libertarian Cato Institute, passed away on Friday, June 7 after a battle with cancer.
“David made an incalculable contribution to building Cato into the respected institution and voice it is today, as well as to the ‘mainstreaming’ of libertarianism as a legitimate political philosophy worthy of a seat at the table in all of the nation’s policy debates,” wrote Cato president and CEO Peter Goettler in a post announcing

California law bars ex-LAPD officer Mark Fuhrman, who lied at OJ Simpson trial, from policing

By STEFANIE DAZIO | Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman who was convicted of lying on the witness stand in the O.J. Simpson trial three decades ago, is now barred from law enforcement under a California police reform law meant to strip the badges of police officers who act criminally or with bias.
Fuhrman, who is white, was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown

What Ron Swanson can teach us about tax reform

In a Season 4 episode of Parks and Recreation, protagonist Leslie Knope struggles to balance her job at the Pawnee Parks Department, her campaign for city council, and her obligations to her friends. After a series of hijinks, sage Parks Department head Ron Swanson suggests Leslie take some leave at work to focus on her campaign. As Swanson tells her, “Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.”
When it comes to tax reform in 2025, Congress should take Ron Swanson’s advice

Biden reelection campaign launches push for Republican votes

Dave Goldiner | New York Daily News
NEW YORK — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has reportedly launched an outreach effortaimed at wooing Republican votersamid some signs of GOP discontent with former President Donald Trump.
A former aide to #NeverTrump ex-Rep. Adam Kinzinger has been tapped to lead the so far unnamed Republican outreach effort, which will focus onidentifying and promoting GOP surrogates for Bidenand messages that may win over a slice

Mark Meadows arraigned in Arizona fake Trump electors scheme

Dave Goldiner | New York Daily News
Ex-White House Chief of StaffMark Meadows pleaded not guiltyFriday in an Arizona court on charges tied to the so-called fake electors plot to overturn former President Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 election.
Meadows was charged with engineering the scheme tofalsely certify that Trump won the battleground statewhen it was really carried by President Joe Biden.
The nine felony charges Meadows faces, including fraud, forgery, con

French Open: Carlos Alacaraz tops Sinner in five sets to reach final

PARIS (AP) —Carlos Alcarazreached his firstFrench Openfinal by beatingJannik Sinner2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Friday, making the 21-year-old from Spain the youngest man to reach a Grand Slam title match on three surfaces.
Alcaraz won the U.S. Open in 2022 on hard courts, Wimbledon in 2023 on grass and now will play for the championship on the red clay at Roland Garros.
The No. 3-seeded Alcaraz will faceAlexander Zverevor Casper Ruud in Sunday

Why Maisie Dobbs author Jacqueline Winspear says it’s time to end the series

Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs novels immerse you so deeply into 20th-century British life that you could get lost in the past.
Just ask the author.
“I was sitting in my office, working away; air conditioning was on. I’m in London on a foggy, cold day in winter, and I thought I’d better stop for a bite to eat,” says Winspear during a Zoom interview a few days before the June 4 publication of her latest book, “The Comfort of Ghosts.” “I came out

Orange High Graduation 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

Along with fellow graduates, Galadriel Bello, left, fills out her name card before the start of the Orange High School graduation ceremony in Orange on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
A graduate does a little celebrating after receiving her diploma during the Orange High School graduation ceremony in Orange on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
A graduate looks to have her cap stand out at the Orange

Former President Trump’s Newport Beach visit means road closures, traffic impacts

Former President Donald Trump is headed to Newport Beach’s Harbor Island on Saturday, June 8 — and that means road closures and expected traffic delays for residents of the Bayside Harbor Island communities.
Bayside Drive, from Jamboree Road to Pacific Coast Highway, will be closed to motorists from 7 a.m. to around 3 p.m. on Saturday, according to the city’s plans. Local residents will be able to access the road, but only with proof of an address, like a photo ID or passport.

Alexander: Woe, Canada! 30 years without a Stanley Cup

The world according to Jim:
• Is the Curse of Marty McSorley going to end in the next couple of weeks? …
• OK. Maybe it’s not officially a thing. But the facts remain: The Montreal Canadiens beat the Kings for the Stanley Cup in 1993, and the series turned late in regulation in Game 2 when Canadiens coach Jacques Demers asked for a measurement of McSorley’s stick. The Kings, moments away from taking a 2-0 series lead on Candiens home ice, were penalized. Montreal sco

George Gascón: The state must not cut funding for victim services

Los Angeles County is facing a dire situation. At a time when we should be promising to do better for victims of violent crime, Sacramento may make their lives dramatically worse. A proposed state budget would cut 45 percent in Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding to statewide victim services organizations, as well as threaten victim services provided by our office’s Bureau of Victim Services. If the Legislature and the governor do not step in to help backfill a massive budget shortfall, vi

Recapping Cal State Fullerton’s outstanding moments in 2023-24

There came redemption in two sports, riding shotgun with continued excellence. Speaking of continued excellence, there was more of that sprinkled about as well.
When you look back on the 2023-24 Cal State Fullerton athletic season, you’ll find breakout performances interspersed with the arrival of new stars — interspersed with the return of names Titans’ sports fans recognize on sight.
Megan Delgadillo and Tegan Andrews, welcome back to prominence.
Roberto Ordonez, Davina Xanh,

Group managing the Headlands pushes back on Dana Point’s daily trail use hours

An environmental group with a mission to preserve the endangered Pacific pocket mouse and manage lands on the Dana Point Headlands is appealing a recent decision by Dana Point’s Planning Commission to allow daily trail use on its land.
In May, the commission approved a development permit setting hours for the Bluff Top Trail, which runs across the large rock outcropping covered with coastal sage and other native plants. The land is home to the mice — in 2022, there were 77 — &n

Project Rebound graduates most students since inception at Cal State Fullerton

Last month, 35 students who participated in Project Rebound at Cal State Fullerton graduated — a number higher than any other year since the program began on the campus in 2016.
Project Rebound helps people who come out of prison earn college degrees and take their next steps toward a career or further education.
The program was begun in 1967 in San Francisco by John Irwin, a formerly incarcerated man who’d served five years for robbing a gas station. He earned college credits in Sol

Newport Harbor High Graduation 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

Graduates throw their caps into the air as Newport Harbor High School held its 93rd Annual Commencement ceremony at Davidson Field on Thursday, June 6 2024.
(Photo by Sam Gangwer, ContributingPhotographer)
Gabriel Hendricks reaches into a row of fellow graduates to get a handshake as Newport Harbor High School held its 93rd Annual Commencement ceremony at Davidson Field on Thursday, June 6 2024.
(Photo by Sam Gangwer, ContributingPhotographer)
Principal Dr. Sean Boulton gives the welcoming addre

Real estate news: Huntington Beach apartment fourplexes fetch $678,125 per unit

Two, four-unit apartment properties in Huntington Beach are the latest small multifamily properties to trade hands, selling April 30 for a combined $5.4 million or $678,125 per unit.
CBRE represented both the unidentified buyer and the seller in two deals, which include a fourplex at 321 22nd St. and the neighboring fourplex at 317 22nd St.
Brokers said the seller was based Huntington Beach and the buyer Westminster. Neither was in a 1031 exchange, a popular investment strategy we’ve writt

Taylor Dockins, softball pitcher who excelled and inspired while battling liver cancer, dies at 25

Taylor Dockins, whose bravery and positive outlook after being diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer inspired the softball community, died Sunday, June 2, in Nashville, Tenn., following a recent setback in her battle against the disease. She was 25.
Norco’s Taylor Dockins has been chosen the USAToday.com National Softball Player of the Year. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Norco softball pitcher Taylor Dockins receives flowers for Senior Day, along with paren

Woodbridge High Graduation 2024: Our best photos of the ceremony

Violet Nguyen poses for a photo with her cousin Audrey Nguyen, 6, as Violet’s father uses a giant photo of Violet as a backdrop during the post graduation celebrations at the Woodbridge High graduation ceremony at Irvine High School in Irvine on Thursday, June 6, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A graduate points to a fellow graduate after receiving her diploma during the Woodbridge High graduation ceremony at Irvine High School in Irvine on Thursday, June 6, 202

HOA Homefront: 13 things HOA service providers need to know

This is part four of a five-part series on HOA management.
1. The client is the HOA corporation, not the president or any individual director. Make sure you know whether the person instructing you or your staff is authorized to speak on behalf of the HOA.
2. Your contract should state who is authorized on behalf of the HOA to give your staff instructions. Your staff should not take direction from residents, or even individual directors, but only the person designated in the contract. You should

Biden’s border order creates more chaos

The only thing that’s clear about the current argument about the new White House immigration policy and GOP congressional opposition to it is that both sides’ positions are based on electoral politics, not about the best way to handle immigration into the United States.
In the end, it’s the fault of Congress — of both the House and the Senate — and not of executive orders from either the former Donald Trump administration or the current Joe Biden immigration.
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