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30 new luxury homes coming to Seal Beach, priced above $2 million

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Seal Beach is getting 30 new luxury single-family homes on a slab of land with a contentious history. Shea Homes has begun sales at Ocean Place, built on an 11-acre waterfront parcel of land that was once the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s power plant in Seal Beach. Ocean Place features homes ranging…

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46 whales were confirmed entangled in 2018, trending up from the year before

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Forty-six whales were found entangled in fishing gear off the West Coast in 2018, says an annual report released Monday, July 1, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. While 2018’s total was higher than the 31 counted in 2017 and slightly above the 10-year average,  entanglements remain lower than in 2015 and 2016 when…

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New academy offers boot camp for would-be Democratic campaign staffers

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Jessie Lopez recently received the Digital Organizing certificate through the a National Democratic Training Committee program for aspiring political staffers. She was photographed in a park in Santa Ana, CA on Monday, July 1, 2019. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) Political activism wasn’t on Jessie Lopez’s mind when she left a solid, 10-year…

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Border Patrol head condemns agents’ offensive Facebook posts

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By CEDAR ATTANASIO and COLLEEN LONG CLINT, Texas — The head of the U.S. Border Patrol on Monday slammed as “completely inappropriate” sexually explicit posts about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and comments questioning the authenticity of a photo of a drowned man and his young daughter in a secret Facebook group for agents. The existence…

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Navy prosecutors say jury should base verdict on SEAL Edward Gallagher’s own texts and photos, as deliberations begin in war crimes trial

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NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO —  Prosecutors on Monday, July 1, told a seven-man jury in the court-martial of decorated Navy SEAL Edward “Eddie” Gallagher that they should use Gallagher’s own evidence and their common sense to come back with a ruling of “guilty on all charges.” Gallagher, 40, is on trial for the murder of…

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Man found dead with gunshot wound in Huntington Beach

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One man was found dead with gunshot wounds in Huntington Beach early Monday, and police are treating it as a homicide. The Huntington Beach Police Department said officers responded to the 16700 block of Viewpoint Lane after reports of a gunshot that was heard in the area. “Upon arrival, they located a 23-year-old male deceased…