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May 10, 2022

Dolly Parton joins cast of ‘Mexican Pizza: The Musical’ for Taco Bell

Dolly Parton — country music legend, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, actor and novelist — has added another credit to her résumé: Taco Bell pitchwoman. Parton has confirmed her role in “Mexican Pizza:...

May 10, 2022

Jurors find UCI Medical Center nurse was wrongfully fired, award him $2.1 million in damages

UC Irvine Medical Center has lost a more than $2 million disability discrimination lawsuit after a jury last week determined that a psychiatric nurse who was injured while protecting students from a violent patient was...

May 9, 2022

Orange County baseball top 25, May 9

The Orange County baseball top 25 for this week. ORANGE COUNTY BASEBALL TOP 25 (Records through May 9) 1. Orange Lutheran (24-4) Casey Borba leads the Trinity League champion Lancers in home runs (5) and...

May 9, 2022

Status Update: $1.50 movies return this summer; free smoothies today for nurses at Juice It Up!

The Summer Movie Clubhouse program and its $1.50 tickets return to Cinemark theaters in Orange, offering one inexpensive option to escape the summer heat. The big screen program features family-friendly movies from Universal Pictures. It...

May 9, 2022

Rivian tumbles 15% as IPO lockup expires and investors sell

By Esha Dey | Bloomberg Shares of Irvine-based Rivian Automotive are tanking more than 15% as some early stakeholders get their first chance to unload shares on Monday. Selling restrictions on certain Rivian insiders and...

Elections 2022: Get to know 73rd Assembly District candidates Steven Choi and Cottie Petrie-Norris

Two incumbent state legislators, Republican Assemblyman Steven Choi and Democratic Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, are seeking election to the redrawn 73rd Assembly District. Democrats have a noteworthy voter registration advantage in the district, with the GOP...

May 7, 2022

Ten Orange County baseball teams advance to second round of CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs

The CIF Southern Section baseball playoffs resume Tuesday and there is a distinct Orange County flavor in Division 1. Ten of the 16 teams that made it to the second round of the Division 1...

May 7, 2022

Baseball playoffs: Los Amigos gets first playoff win; Capistrano Valley, Woodbridge, Sunny Hills reach second round

Los Amigos got its first CIF Southern Section baseball playoff win in a big way Friday, beating Leuzinger 17-3 in a Division 7 first-round game. The Lobos (23-4) play at Big Bear in the second...

May 4, 2022

Steve Fryer’s predictions for the CIF-SS baseball playoffs

Hall of Fame baseball manager Casey Stengel is credited for saying, “Never make predictions, especially about the future.” Here we go again, predicting what’s going to happen in the CIF Southern Section baseball playoffs …...

May 4, 2022

Critic’s Notebook: Sneak peek at the 75 Best Places to Eat 2022

Did you miss me? You probably didn’t even notice, but in case you were wondering why I’ve been so quiet lately, it’s because I took a brief break from my weekly columns to focus on...