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Olympic track star Tori Bowie was eight months pregnant and in labor when she died on May 2, according to an autopsy.She was alone in her home at the time and may have suffered from respiratory distress and eclampsia, a rare but life-threatening pregnancy complication.

A woman talks to a doctor at a Planned Parenthood clinic in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 14, 2022.Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images
This story was originally published by The 19th.New data from Florida shows just how much influence individual judges - almost all White men - wield in determining if minors can access abortions in the state.

A California Highway Patrol officer was being beaten by a civilian on the side of a major freeway when three good samaritans came to his aid.Everardo Navarro says he didn't have time to think last week when he saw a California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer pinned to the ground by a man at a 5 Freeway entrance in Orange County.

A bus carrying about two dozen migrants that left from New York City arrived in Orange County, N.Y., on Thursday morning, even as officials there sought a last-minute court injunction that might block the city's plan to house people at the Crossroads Hotel in the town of Newburgh, about 60 miles north of Manhattan.

A Top Chef mega-star and one of Orange County's most well-known restaurateurs is coming to Downtown Los Angeles for the first time.Amar Santana, who is currently appearing on the All-Stars series of Top Chef, will open his Spanish restaurant Vaca inside the new Beaudry residential building at 960 W. 7th Street.

The News The track star Tori Bowie was eight months pregnant and in labor at the time of her death, according to an autopsy report shared with The New York Times.The autopsy lists respiratory distress and eclampsia as possible complications.Frentorish Bowie, or Tori for short, a sprinter who competed at the Rio Olympics and won a silver medal in the 100 meters, a bronze in the 200 meters, and a gold in the 4x100-meter relay, died suddenly at the age of 32.

Tickets are on sale for In-N-Out Burger's 75th anniversary bash, Oct. 22 at the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for children 3-12 years old.Admission includes a festival, drag racing, car show and carnival rides.In-N-Out cookout trucks will be on hand as well as other concessions.

A transgender and nonbinary high school English and film teacher in Orange County, California says that Fox News' repeated coverage about them has led to death and bombing threats against them, their coworkers, their school, and the district at large.The teacher, named only "Flint" by The Daily Dot to protect their identity, was outed as queer and deadnamed in a September 2022 Fox News article for posting a TikTok video featuring their personally curated "queer library" of roughly 200 LGBTQ+-inclusive books.

Daniel Knighton/FilmMagic / Realtor.comFunko toy executive Brian Mariotti has once again listed his spectacular Coronado, CA, mansion-at a lower price this time around.In March 2022, the sprawling spread made its market debut at $39 million but was reduced to $32 million earlier this year.After a brief hiatus, the property was relisted at $29,995,000 for what will hopefully be a charmed third time.

As the first half of 2023 saw mostly wet weather followed by May grey and into June Gloom, LA chefs and operators are preparing to introduce their new restaurants to the bright, warm, and drizzle-free days of summer.Spring welcomed some enticing newcomers, but this summer is shaping up to include all types, from a beloved barbecue pitmaster to a famous tiki bar makeover.

Half a dozen Los Angeles restaurants, and three from Orange County, were added to the California Michelin Guide this week.The latest round of "New Discoveries," announced periodically throughout the year, arrive ahead of next month's award ceremony in Oakland, California where some of the restaurants will be officially awarded one, two, or three Michelin stars, or recognzied as Bib Gourmands.

Anahit Jibinlian and her daughters, Luiza and Alice, recently debuted Khurjin House from a ghost kitchen in North Hollywood to bring a lesser-known Armenian delicacy called khurjin to Angelenos.The lavash-wrapped parcels are filled with stewed meat (pork, chicken, or beef) and vegetables (bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes) along with fresh herbs (dill, cilantro, and parsley) and a vinegar-spiked sauce with just a hint of heat.

Diners won't find the familiar clang of metal utensils hitting woks or call of orders in Vietnamese at Sesame Dinette in Long Beach.Instead, soft music plays in a serene, brightly lit dining room with Helvetica font menus.The interior features modern furniture in blond wood tones and pops of color from wall paintings.

Orange County is on a sushi tear right now.Sugarfish is slated to open in Corona del Mar later this year, and there are already tons of splurge-worthy options to enjoy around the county.That includes sushi-yas like Michelin-lauded Hana Re and the deeply personal Omakase by Gino, as well as longstanding favorites like Shunka Sushi in Costa Mesa and Hamamori at South Coast Plaza.

A prominent Japanese restaurant group is growing into Downtown Los Angeles this summer.Rakkan, the vegetable-focused ramen specialist out of Tokyo that first opened in Los Angeles in 2017, is opening an izakaya along Grand Avenue in the coming months, with lots of surprises inside.The incoming Rakkan Miso Izakaya will open sometime this summer at 750 S. Grand Avenue, in the former Fundamental LA space not far from Whole Foods.

Disneyland laid out long-term expansion plans to Orange County business leaders on Wednesday, May 17 that will extensively reimagine what the future of the Anaheim theme park resort district will look like over the next three decades.Disneyland resort President Ken Potrock spoke before the OC Forum at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel about the DisneylandForward proposal that envisions extensive theme park, retail and parking expansion within the resort district boundaries.

Becoming a father for the first time brings joy, hopefulness, anxiety, and sadness, sometimes within ten minutes of each other.It's a whirlwind.When talking to someone who just became a new dad, you want to offer some words, and you want them to stand out, be memorable, and really help your buddy with what's about to come.

Neighbors of the Webster Street location of Safeway in San Francisco are apparently losing sleep over the local grocer.It seems that the grocery store megachain has taken to bumping classical music in its parking lot for 24 hours a day, for at least a week, to "deter loitering," SFGATE reports.

Metrolink has again partially suspended rail services in Orange County because of landslides and falling debris near a train station in San Clemente, according to service alerts.Services had just restarted a week ago from an earlier closure when transportation officials discovered a landslide Monday morning, closing the tracks between San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano.

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Thirty-one years after the downtown Hall of Administration was named after her father, then-Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, known as a liberal reformer, Supervisor Janice Hahn witnessed history Thursday: the flying of a Pride flag at the building honoring her dad.The event at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration kicked off LGBTQ+ Pride Month and marked the first time a Pride flag flew over a Los Angeles County building.

(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Metrolink and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains resumed service through Orange County on Saturday after rail traffic was partially suspended due to a landside in San Clemente last month.Crews completed emergency construction to stabilize the hillside below the Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens and cleared debris from the tracks, allowing Metrolink trains to resume travel to and from Oceanside on the Orange County and Inland Empire-Orange County lines, according to a service advisory.

(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

You won't be able to see the world's largest tree this Memorial Day weekend - one of a number of California tourist draws, roads, campgrounds and trails that remain off-limits because of heavy winter storm damage.Recovery efforts are still underway months after the worst of the weather departed, with access to park facilities in the hardest-hit areas limited potentially through the summer.

(Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Against a backdrop of rolling green hills at the Prado Helibase in Chino this week, San Bernardino County fire chief Dan Munsey delivered a terse message:
"These hills will turn brown, and they will burn," he said.The early outlook for the 2023 fire season arrived as California continues to deal with fallout from this year's wet winter, including major flooding and record-deep snowpack in the southern Sierra Nevada.

Freddie Freeman isn't sure of the exact moment the transformation happened, when baseball went from being an escape from his biggest childhood trauma to a way he could honor the memory of his late mother.There were points early in his career that he felt it, when the future MVP and World Series champion began establishing himself in the major leagues.

Dodgers star first baseman Freddie Freeman and his wife, Chelsea, had some important things to do on Thursday.They went back to Freddie's old high school, El Modena High School in Orange County, CA, to make a big announcement.They were donating $500,000 to the school, to help them build a new baseball clubhouse.

(Ashley Landis / Associated Press)

Before leaving for the ballpark, Angels outfielder Mickey Moniak, who is from Encinitas but lives in Orange County now, grabs coffee and maybe a bagel, spends some time with his girlfriend and watches the waves at the beach.Having that downtime to himself before coming to work is a routine he incorporated about a year and half ago, instead of waking up and heading right for a ballpark.

Dorian Thompson-Robinson had a secret plan to elevate his draft stock."I don't think anybody else knows this," he said with a sly smile.At UCLA's pro day, Thompson-Robinson wanted to perform drills that would showcase his potential to play positions other than quarterback."Just try and show a different look and add value to myself," he said.

It was 5 a.m., a Thursday, and it was raining in LA - a cold, discouraging rain, the kind that's supposed to signify your protagonist is enduring emotional turmoil.And I was, because my doughnut had just slipped out of my hand and into a dirty puddle of water.I was out at that ungodly hour, standing in front of the famous Paramount gates, because I'm a striking screenwriter joining thousands of my colleagues making our presence undeniable across LA (and New York, and Chicago, and other cities throughout the country).

BRANDON, Miss.Before she became a three-time Olympic medalist and before she earned the title of world's fastest woman, Frentorish Bowie welcomed a camera crew to her hometown, Sandhill, Miss.This is where I found my strength, Bowie, who was nicknamed Tori, said of the small town 30 minutes northeast of Jackson.

A dozen states besides California have passed laws banning below-minimum-wage programs.Also a federal rule in effect this year requires disability services to be more integrated with the community.These kinds of jobs have already declined in California.In 2009, as many as 16,000 people with disabilities worked in the workshops or the small groups that split a minimum wage.

Seafood star Broad Street Oyster Company is on the expansion path once again, opening up inside one of the Southern California coastline's most coveted restaurant locations.The pandemic-famous Malibu hotspot is taking over the closed former Ruby's Diner at the very tip of the Huntington Beach Pier, with an opening slated for mid-summer.

With New York City struggling to cope with a continuing influx of migrants seeking asylum, Mayor Eric Adams on Friday announced a new strategy: The city would begin paying for shelter at two suburban locations outside the five boroughs.It took less than a day for the plan to hit a wall.Officials in one of the two counties strongly rejected the city's relocation efforts and declared a state of emergency to thwart the attempt.

Wallkill, N.Y., isn't hip, and it barely has a downtown but homes there often cost less and come with more land than those in higher-profile Hudson Valley communities.After a two-year search, Vanessa Stanton found in this Ulster County hamlet not to be confused with the larger town of Wallkill in Orange County, about 15 miles southwest what she had been unable to find in places like Hudson and Rhinebeck: a four-bedroom house with a sleek kitchen and a pool on more than five acres.

Chef Vartan Abgaryan has popped back onto the radar in Los Angeles again, following a quiet winter - and in one rather unsuspecting place.Abgaryan, the longtime culinary star who was most recently cooking out of the former Bouchon space in Beverly Hills, is now on at the Eastern Mediterranean restaurant Momed in Atwater Village.

As Anaheim Ducks fans begrudgingly know, the team lately has found itself at home in April instead of competing for the Stanley Cup.However, from 2003-2018, they were springtime hockey regulars.With 12 postseason berths in those 15 seasons, they reached at least the second round seven times, including five Western Conference Final appearances and two Stanley Cup Final appearances.

Leaving the heavy wooden door cracked at 331 N. Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach is a sure recipe for conversation.Even if it's just propped open a few inches, for a few minutes, someone is sure to poke their head in from the sidewalk to peek at the darkened scene inside.Most simply want to know what's going on with all the new construction; others carry a story at their hip, ready to pull at the first opportunity.

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You may have seen the videos on TikTok promising something that sounds too good to be true: Free cash from the state of California to help you buy your first home.The good news is, that program actually exists!The bad news is, it's already out of money.The California Housing Finance Agency launched the California Dream for All Shared Appreciation loan program two weeks ago, offering qualified first-time buyers up to 20% of the purchase price of a house or condominium.

New York's Vietnamese foodscene is still relatively young compared to places like Orange County, California, and Houston, Texas.As recently as a decade ago, many of the city's Vietnamese restaurants were found in Chinatown and run by Hoa, ethnic Chinese immigrants who were born and raised in Vietnam.

Representative Ro Khanna of California said on Sunday that he would not run in an already crowded Democratic field seeking to succeed his state's senior senator, Dianne Feinstein, who is retiring at the end of her term.In deep-blue California, the winner of the Democratic primary is likely to join Alex Padilla in representing the state in the Senate.

All felony domestic violence charges against Justin Roiland, co-creator of Rick and Morty as well as Solar Opposites, were dropped by prosecutors.Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for IMDb The Orange County District Attorney's Office has dismissed all charges against Rick and Morty co-creator and star Justin Roiland.

Restaurant owner Dana Tanner has received the documentary treatment for her refusal to close Restauration, her Long Beach restaurant, during the height of the pandemic.Tanner landed at the center of a fierce debate about government overreach, public health rules, and the crippling effects of the pandemic on small businesses in 2021, in part by refusing to heed orders to close on-site dining at her restaurant, even as nearby hospitals had begun to ration care due to a lack of available space.

A new powerful storm will hit Southern California this week, the latest in an epic year of rain and snow.Here is a breakdown of what to expect and when the rain will end.Timeline
Tuesday: Storm conditions will intensify in the Los Angeles area and across much of the Southland."It really hits us hard tomorrow - that's when we're going to get the heaviest rain, the strongest winds and the heaviest snow in the mountains," National Weather Service meteorologist David Sweet said Monday.

Soggy Southern California should expect a new storm moving in next week.The forecast calls for rain likely Tuesday and Wednesday, with a chance of showers in some areas Monday.The region should expect a "long period of steady light to moderate rain" totaling 1 to 3 inches, said Ryan Kittell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.

For most of the 2010s, the growth chart of the Los Angeles craft beer scene only moved in one direction: up.This came after decades of flatlining, save for a few names like Mark Jilg of Craftsman Brewing (opened in 1995), even as explosive craft beer movements took hold in San Diego and Orange County.

A Newport Beach home that was badly damaged in a landslide earlier this month was demolished Thursday.The slide was reported on the morning of March 3 after days of downpours in the area.Photos from the scene showed that a massive chunk of earth had broken off from the hillside behind the home on Galaxy Drive.

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors has offered the job of running the day-to-day-operations of its government to a top figure in the New California movement pushing to split California into two states.In an unusual news release, county officials announced that "a majority of the board" had made a "preliminary job offer" to Chriss Street, vice president of New California and a former treasurer of Orange County, to be the county's chief executive officer.

Rain is beginning to hit Southern California as another atmospheric river storm moves through the state.Here is what to expect:
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Tuesday: Rain was falling in San Luis Obispo County on Tuesday morning and was expected to strengthen as the storm moves south through the day.The storm's worst is expected in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties on Tuesday afternoon and evening, and in Los Angeles later Tuesday night.

The Ponderosa Lodge, a restaurant, tavern and mercantile shop nestled in the southern Sierra Nevada, was destroyed in a fire that may have been started by damage to a propane line after recent winter storms, the proprietor said.The business, which had been closed because of the historic snowfall, was a staple in the Tulare County mountain community since the 1960s.

A little boy who got too close to the rain-flooded Santa Ana River in Santa Ana was rescued Sunday after getting swept away, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.Officials got the call around 2:05 p.m. from the area of Fairview Street and the Santa Ana Riverbed, fire officials wrote on Twitter.

Seal Beach police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who was involved in a high-speed collision with another vehicle Saturday night that left five people injured.Police responded to the collision about 7:15 p.m. at the busy commercial intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Main Street, authorities said.

The personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) of more than 3.3 million individuals was stolen in a ransomware attack at California healthcare provider Regal Medical Group.The incident took place on December 1, 2022, but was discovered only a week later, and impacted the Regal Medical Group and affiliates Lakeside Medical Organization, Affiliated Doctors of Orange County and Greater Covina Medical Group.

It was the day before the recall petitions against Buena Park City Councilmember Sunny Park were due.Michael Mahony, a longtime Buena Park resident and owner of a web consulting business, assembled a group of recall workers at a pizza restaurant in Fullerton, including his daughter Ashley Mahony and wife Victoria Primrose.