By JAKE COYLE | AP Film Writer NEW YORK — Oscar voters on Tuesday showered Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” with a leading 10 nominations to the 91st Academy Awards, while two dominant but contentious Hollywood forces — Netflix and Marvel — each scored their first best picture nomination. Though many expected “A…
A shallow magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Tuesday morning one mile from Brawley, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 12:24 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 6.2 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was seven miles from Imperial, 11 miles from El Centro, 18…
John Malmin’s nighttime image of the old Hall of Records appeared as No. 22 in the Know Your City photography series.
California State University is poised to enroll thousands more Californians and step up support to help them graduate sooner, thanks to a hefty increase in state funding proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Cal State trustees will take their first collective look at the governor’s 2019-20 budget proposal…
A 29-year-old transient was arrested inside a Bank of America branch in Anaheim on Monday, Jan. 21 on suspicion of attempted burglary. Luis Fernando Bautista was arrested inside the branch at 1818 S. Euclid St. about 2 p.m., according to Anaheim police Sgt. Jeff Mundy. The bank was closed because of Martin Luther King Jr….
For two decades, Orange has been asking what to do with its aging Fire Station No. 1 on Grand Street in Old Town – which doubles as its fire headquarters. The city may finally have come to an answer: Build a new station on a city-owned lot at 105 S. Water St. – less than…
Oceana Bakhru, 5, checks her eye brows in a mirror as she prepares to create a self-portrait artwork as part of a Martin Luther King Day activity called Cultural Connection at Pretend City in Irvine on Monday, January 21, 2019. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Children create self-portraits out of crafts as part…
Magnolia High School student Jeimy Bartolata, 16, operates the bamboo tinkling sticks while others try to dance at the Children’s Festival. The Anaheim students took part in a “servathon” in honor of MLK Day on Monday, January 21, 2019. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) Blanca Jauregui, left, and Naaty Vasquez, moms with the…
When third-grader Ava Duron’s golf lesson came to an end, another kind of lesson began – this one in American government. Ava and her dad happened upon former President Bill Clinton as they were leaving SeaCliff Country Club in Huntington Beach Saturday, Jan. 19. “He had just finished up his game and he was walking around chatting…
A former CIA technical operations officer who helped rescue six U.S. diplomats from Iran in 1980 and was portrayed by Ben Affleck in the Academy Award-winning film “Argo,” has died. He was 78. A family statement and his literary agent confirmed that Antonio “Tony” Mendez died Saturday at an assisted-living…
