OC Fair 2024: Alice Cooper, Sublime With Rome join Pacific Amphitheatre lineup - Anaheim news - NewsLocker (2024)

Veteran shock rocker Alice Cooper, Sublime With Rome and Needtobreathe have been added to the Orange County Fair’s Pacific Amphitheatre concert series.
Sublime With Rome, out on its final tour now that Sublime has reformed with frontman Jakob Nowell, will play the amphitheater July 27 with Fortunate Youth opening. Tickets are $40-$80.
Alice Cooper will play classics like “School’s Out” and “I’m Eighteen” when he plays Pacific on Aug. 16. Tickets are $37.

Sen. Laphonza Butler isn’t just keeping a seat warm in Washington

When all is said and done, Sen. Laphonza Butler will only be in the U.S. Senate for about 13 months.
A former labor leader, Butler was sworn into the Senate in October 2023, replacing Sen. Dianne Feinstein after her death. And instead of joining what was then a crowded field of candidates vying for the spot this election cycle, Butler opted not to run for a full term.
That makes Butler somewhat of a lame duck, an elected official in a seat while a successor has either already been chosen or will

Move over, fentanyl? Stimulant overdose deaths are rising fast

Methamphetamine seized by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (File photo The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Deadly, addictive fentanyl has certainly earned the spotlight when it comes to overdose deaths — but carnage from stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine is rising at a much faster clip.
Over the span of a single year, heroin deaths dropped almost 34% nationwide, while deaths from natural and semi-synthetic drugs (morphine, codeine, oxycodone, hydrocodone) dropped nearly 13%

Frumpy Mom: Yes, I got to see the solar eclipse

Trigger warning: There may be insults directed at the state of Texas during this column, so if you have a “Don’t Mess With Texas” bumper sticker on the back of your pickup truck, you may wish to turn to the sports section now and come back next week.
Got that? Great. Now I’m ready to talk about our recent long weekend to the Lone Star State to see the 2024 solar eclipse.
Now, I know some of you are thinking, “Hey, I saw the eclipse right here in my own So Cal backya

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Historic Torahs on loan around Southern California reunited in Fullerton for anniversary

A Torah, written on deer skin and believed to be from the 1850s, is part of a collection that survived the Holocaust in former Czechoslovakia. It was display at Temple Beth Tikvah in Fullerton on Sunday, April 14, 2024 with 19 others that are on loan to Southern California synagogues. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
People gather at Temple Beth Tikvah in Fullerton on Sunday, April 14, 2024 where19 historic Czech Torah’s, or scrolls, were on display. The scrolls are pa

Mindless or spineless: The unbearable lightness of being Elizabeth Warren

The 350 missiles fired at Israelis last weekend were fired by Iran, which has consistently pledged to annihilate Israel. This, of course, is a pledge to commit genocide, defined by Oxford Dictionary as “the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.” To constitute genocide, the United Nations states, “there must be a proven intent on the part of the perpetrators to physically destroy a

If Newsom truly follows the science, why not adopt the ‘science of reading’ in California schools?

When COVID-19 struck California four years ago and people started dying, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared an emergency and assumed unilateral authority over Californians’ economic and social lives.
Over the ensuing months, he repeatedly issued commands to close down businesses, schools and gatherings, only to lift restrictions when they were no longer warranted.
Repeatedly, Newsom declared that his decisions were driven by science, but his underlying criteria were often opaque. The rollercoaster

John Stossel: Soon the government might shut down your car

Soon the government might shut down your car.
President Joe Biden’s new infrastructure law gives bureaucrats that power.
You probably didn’t hear about that because when media covered it, few mentioned the requirement that by 2026, every American car must “monitor” the driver, determine if he is impaired and, if so, “limit vehicle operation.”
Rep. Thomas Massie objected, complaining that the law makes government “judge, jury and executioner on such a fun

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SchoolsFirst president credits CSUF education with helping him advance

In honor of their accomplishments in their respective fields and their service and support of the university, Cal State Fullerton recognized four Distinguished Alumni and two Honorary Alumni on Feb. 24 as the 2024 CSUF Vision & Visionaries Award recipients. Established in 1994, the biennial awards are the highest honors presented by CSUF to alumni and community supporters.
Jose Lara, who graduated in 2002, was already in the financial services industry when his higher education journey broug

Anaheim council approves DisneylandForward, paving way for decades of new experiences

Disney’s proposal for growing its theme parks in Anaheim received approval from the Anaheim City Council on Tuesday, a consequential vote that will shape the resort and city for decades and is expected to bring in millions more visitors a year.
The development agreement the city is agreeing to maps out where new theme park construction could occur over the next 40 years, giving Disney flexibility to determine what exactly would be built – though all still within the footprint of its

Anaheim approves DisneylandForward, paving way for decades of new experiences

Disney’s proposal for growing its theme parks in Anaheim received approval from the Anaheim City Council on Tuesday, a consequential vote that will shape the resort and city for decades and is expected to bring in millions more visitors a year.
The development agreement the city is agreeing to maps out where new theme park construction could occur over the next 40 years, giving Disney flexibility to determine what exactly would be built – though all still within the footprint of its

CIF-SS beach volleyball polls: Final 2024 season

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowThe final 2024 CIF-SS girls beach volleyball polls, released Monday, April 15
CIF-SS BEACH VOLLEYBALL POLLS
(Selected by the Girls Beach Volleyball Committee)
DIVISION 1
1. Mira Costa
2. JSerra
3. Redondo Union
4. San Marcos/Santa Barbara
5. Huntington Beach
6. Los Alamitos
7. Tesoro
8. Santa Margarita
9. Edison
10. Newport Harbor
DIVISION 2
1. Crean Lutheran
2. Oaks Christian
3. Long Beach Wilson
4. Campbell

Tesoro’s Loula-Rae McNamara, Esperanza’s Charley Duran deliver strong pitching performances

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.Subscribe nowA pair of aces from the same travel softball team delivered for their respective high schools Tuesday in league games.
Tesoro’s Loula-Rae McNamara pitched a perfect game in a 4-0 win against visiting Dana Hills while Esperanza’s Charley Duran struck out 12 in a 7-4 victory at No. 4 El Modena.
McNamara and Duran are teammates on the same Firecrackers’ Rico/Brashear team that includes Zoe

Strong start propels Beckman baseball to win over Woodbridge

IRVINE — Since the Woodbridge baseball team swept Beckman last season, the Patriots have had this week circled on their calendar.
Beckman started the week off right with a 6-1 win Tuesday at home.
It was the first game of a three-game series between the teams.
The Patriots (16-5-1, 12-3-1) are tied with Northwood for first place in the Pacific Coast League standings. Beckman went 0-2-1 in its series against Northwood so a tiebreaker would go to the Timberwolves.
Woodbridge (14-8, 10-6) was

Mookie Betts fuels another Dodgers win with 5-hit game

LOS ANGELES — The ‘OKC Shuttle’ might need to make a few refueling stops this week with all the roster maneuvering the Dodgers have done.
After a brief pause, though, Mookie Betts’ MVP campaign is flying high again.
Betts went 5 for 5, drove in two runs and scored two as the Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals, 6-2, on Tuesday night, just their second win in the past six games.
Betts had a scorching start to the season and was batting .500 after eight games. He became m

Gabe Vincent finding his rhythm as Lakers enter playoffs

NEW ORLEANS — As Gabe Vincent checked in at the start of the second quarter for his first playing stint of the Lakers’ 110-106 play-in game victory over the New Orleans Pelicans, he was about to provide a glimpse of what they’ve missed from him this season.
Less than one minute into the second, Vincent provided what Austin Reaves called “one of the best plays of the game.”
Vincent dove on the court to steal a bad pass by the Pelicans’ Larry Nance Jr. before ki

Disney gives final pitch to Anaheim council for plans to grow theme parks

Disney gave its final pitch for its DisneylandForward proposal Tuesday evening, April 16, at the Anaheim City Council meeting, where the company is hoping to get approval to grow its theme parks in the city and invest at least $1.9 billion into new attractions, hotels and other amenities.
The proposed agreement maps out where new theme park development could occur over the next 40 years, giving Disney flexibility to determine what exactly would be built – though all still within the footpr

California continues bottom-dwelling economic ranking

At least California didn’t place last among the 50 states. It scored only 47th in the new Economic Outlook Ranking of the 17th Edition of Rich States, Poor States: The ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index. In 50th and worst place was New York, followed by Vermont and Illinois. Although this year California dropped from 45th place in 2023.
The index is produced by economists Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore and Jonathan Williams of the American Legislative Exchange Council. Laffe

Does USC stick with its youth on the offensive line, or turn back to the portal?

LOS ANGELES — When USC first began recruiting offensive tackle Tobias Raymond in the dawn of Lincoln Riley’s regime, he weighed all of 250 pounds. New offensive line coach Josh Henson saw clear potential in a 6-foot-7 frame and plucked the kid out of Ventura.
Raymond was a project, a tall kid who hadn’t garnered overwhelming buzz out of high school. But USC needed projects. When Riley and Henson first entered, the coffers of the Trojans’ o-line were close to empty. Three

Angels blow 4 late leads in gut-wrenching loss to Rays

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In the first 16 games of the season, the Angels did not have a single blown save.
Then they did it four times in five innings on Tuesday night.
The Angels gave up leads in the ninth, 10th, 11th and 13th innings of a gut-wrenching 7-6 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.
Angels relievers inherited a 3-1 lead in the sixth and then retired all 11 hitters they faced, just one away from victory, when it got away. Closer Carlos Estévez gave up an infield single, a ground bal

Lakers outlast Pelicans to clinch No.7 seed, will face Nuggets in first round

NEW ORLEANS — After their “Game 1” victory on Sunday, the Lakers expected a more aggressive and physical version of the New Orleans in Tuesday’s play-in tournament matchup.
And they withstood New Orleans’ best punches, beating the Pelicans, 110-106, to clinch the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference playoffs and secure a spot in a first-round series against the second-seeded defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets – a rematch of last season’s Western Confe

Orange Lutheran baseball beats Mater Dei with strong outing from sophom*ore Gary Morse

Orange Lutheran’s Gabe Fraser, left, applies a tag on Mater Dei’s Austin Palmares, right, after he slid off the bag during the game between Mater Dei vs. Orange Lutheran in a Trinity League baseball game at Hart Park on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
ORANGE — Orange Lutheran starting pitcher Gary Morse had a bit of a shaky start in the Lancers’ Trinity League showdown against Mater Dei on Tuesday at Hart Park.
But after givin

Two-time Pulitzer winner Kim Christensen, who helped expose the UCI fertility scandal for the Register, dies at 71

The cheap start to an obituary about longtime Southern California journalist Kim Christensen would take you backward, maybe toss up a fact-filled recitation of his career followed by some quotes from people who knew him in the mid-1980s, when he started working at The Orange County Register.
Before he was a key member of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams for stories about fertility fraud at UC Irvine and abuse of immigrants by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, before his stories ab

Recovered from shoulder surgery, Andy Pages gets call from Dodgers

LOS ANGELES — When the call came, Andy Pages slept through it.
It wasn’t until midnight that Pages woke up and answered his phone. His Triple-A Oklahoma City manager Travis Barbary was on the other line telling him to pack up and head to the airport in the morning. The Dodgers had called him up to make his major-league debut on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.
“I don’t know what time the first call came, but the first call that I picked up was at midnight,” Pages sa

Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard reportedly gets final roster spot on U.S. Olympic team

PLAYA VISTA — Clippers star Kawhi Leonard, if healthy, will make his Olympic debut this summer after reportedly being named to the 12th and final roster spot for Team USA ahead of the Paris Games.
Leonard said recently he was happy to be considered for the upcoming event after earning a spot ahead o the postponed Tokyo Games in 2020.
“It’s great. Just them seeing my hard work, seeing I’ve been progressing and I’m happy to be a finalist,” he said.
Leonard, a tw

Agoura Hills vineyard estate once owned by Paper Mate, Schick exec seeks $6M

This Agoura Hills Spanish hacienda-style estate with vineyards, a barn and room for future equestrian facilities is on the market for $6.995 million. (Photo by Simon Berlyn)
The foyer. (Photo by Simon Berlyn)
The kitchen. (Photo by Simon Berlyn)
The wet bar. (Photo by Simon Berlyn)
A shell-shaped doorway topper sculpted in the plaster. (Photo by Simon Berlyn)
The primary bathroom. (Photo by Simon Berlyn)
The primary suite’s sitting area. (Photo by Simon Berlyn)
The entertainer’s back

Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday, April 16

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Tuesday, April 16
Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
TUESDAY’S SCORES
BASEBALL
SAN JOAQUIN LEAGUE
Fairmont Prep 8, Avalon 5
Southlands Christian 2, Tarbut V’Torah 0

Orange County boys and girls track and field leaderboard, April 16

The top outdoors times (wind-legal) and marks for Orange County track and field through April 14.
Compiled by Don Chadez/Flash Results West and MileSplit.com.
Send corrections to [emailprotected].
GIRLS LEADERS
(All race distances in meters)
100 – Avery Groves, Santa Margarita, Sr., 12.00; Ava Simos, Corona del Mar, Sr., 12.01; Justine Wilson, Rosary, So., 12:08; Nabile Alvarado, Mater Dei, Jr., 12.24; Nevaeh Lane, Marina, Sr., 12.25.
200 – Justine Wilson, Rosary, So. 24.29; Ava Simos

Angels maintain faith in struggling rookie Nolan Schanuel

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It’s a fine line that a major league team must walk with a struggling young player. The team wants to show confidence in the player, but not allow him to fail so much that he loses confidence in himself.
Angels manager Ron Washington said the team is still on the right side of the line with Nolan Schanuel.
“I have no problem constantly running him out there and letting him try to figure it out,” Washington said of his rookie first baseman. “I

Whitey Herzog, Hall of Fame manager who led St. Louis Cardinals to 3 pennants, dies at 92

By HILLEL ITALIE
NEW YORK (AP) — Whitey Herzog, the gruff and ingenious Hall of Fame manager who guided the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series title in the 1980s and perfected an intricate, nail-biting strategy known as “Whiteyball,” has died. He was 92.
Cardinals spokesman Brian Bartow said Tuesday the team had been informed of Herzog’s death by his family. Herzog, who had been at Busch Stadium on April 4 for the Cardinals’ home opener, died o