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Is your city financially sick? Irvine boasts highest taxpayer surplus in the nation, but other big cities in the red

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Shadows from the floor-to-ceiling windows are cast across the floor of the lobby of the Irvine Civic Center in Irvine on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG) The Irvine Civic Center in Irvine on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG) Sound The gallery will resume…

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Man struck, killed by Metrolink train in Fullerton

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A man who was trespassing on the railroad tracks in Fullerton was struck and killed by a Metrolink train Tuesday, Jan. 29, authorities said. Fullerton police Sgt. Carin Wright said the unidentified man was pronounced dead at a hospital. The crash affected passenger train service throughout Southern California. Police investigate after a man was struck…

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Alive with Spirit: What part of your life could be a movie?

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There is something in every person’s life, a moment, an era, a relationship, that could make a best-selling book or a masterful movie. Our stories are rich with learning and wisdom. The plot might be a single mom who is now a doting grandmother, the husband who carried his family forward for years working three…

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Blip or bubble? Home sales in Anaheim, Orange, Villa Park fell 8%

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Homebuying in Anaheim, Orange and Villa Park fell 8 percent from August through November vs. the same period in 2017 amid a steep countywide slowdown. Once primetime selling season ended in Orange County this summer, house hunters balked. That created the slowest-selling August-to-November period in seven years. Culprits were high prices and expensive mortgages. Meanwhile,…

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PG&E files for bankruptcy amid wildfire lawsuits

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By SUDHIN THANAWALA SAN FRANCISCO  — Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. filed for bankruptcy Tuesday as the largest U.S. utility faces billions of dollars in potential damages stemming from wildfires in California. The utility filed documents in a U.S. court seeking Chapter 11 reorganization despite state investigators determining last week that its equipment was not…

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‘No-burn’ alert issued for most of Southern California

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DIAMOND BAR — Indoor and outdoor wood burning is prohibited Tuesday in most of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties because of weather conditions conducive to concentrated pollution, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District. The agency issued a mandatory “no-burn” alert that will be in effect until 11:59 p.m. Tuesday…

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Pedestrian fatally struck by SUV in San Clemente identified

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Officials identified on Monday, Jan. 28, a pedestrian who was fatally struck by a vehicle in San Clemente on Friday. A vehicle headed north on Avenida Del Presidente collided with a woman just north of Avenida De Las Palmera at about 7 p.m., according to Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department….