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Widower Wishes His Wife Never Came to Newport Beach for Controversial Surgery

A Canadian man wishes his wife had not come to Synergy Health Concepts in Newport Beach for treatment. Make that, his late wife. Maralyn Clarke, 56, suffered a massive brain hemorrhage hours after having her neck veins opened at the clinic, where the Calgary woman had undergone an experimental vein treatment for multiple sclerosis. ] …

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Report: Millennials Like Trendy Food, Pig Out, Demand Foreign Grub

It always amuses me how research groups will make millions of dollars commissioning reports that conclude with the shit you can pull from everyday life. Take for instance, a study started earlier this year by the advertising agency Barkley, in conjuction with the Boston Consulting Group and Service Management Group, called “American Millennials: Deciphering the …

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Charolette Engle, Jailed July 1 on DUI Offense, Dies in Custody 2 Days Later

Newport Beach police arrested Charlotte Engle on suspicion of a DUI-related offense July 1 and took the 54-year-old Huntington Beach resident to Orange County Jail. During booking, jail officials determined Engle suffered from high-blood pressure and took her to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana. That's where she died Sunday. ] The Orange County Sheriff's …

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[UPDATED with July Fourth Tally:] Red Tags and $8,000 Fines: Newport Beach Considering Partying Ordinance

UPDATE, JULY 5, 2:47 P.M.: The results are in from the first test of Newport Beach's “Loud and Unruly Gatherings Ordinance.” Over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend, 15 homes were “red-tagged” and 59 arrests were made, according to Newport Beach police. Offending homeowners face $1,500 fines for first offenses and $3,000 for subsequent …

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[UPDATED with Stiffer Sentence:] Ex-Deputy Allan James Waters Guilty of Causing Crashes While Hopped Up on Pills

UPDATE, JULY 1, 1:18 P.M.: After his first sentencing hearing was postponed because Allan James Waters showed up to court drunk, the former Orange County sheriff's deputy finally learned his fate today: two years and eight months in state prison. The 37-year-old Laguna Niguel resident had been looking at a maximum sentence of 16 months …

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[UPDATED with Stiffer Sentence:] Ex-Deputy Allan James Waters Guilty of Causing Crashes While Hopped Up on Pills

UPDATE, JULY 1, 1:18 P.M.: After his first sentencing hearing was postponed because Allan James Waters showed up to court drunk, the former Orange County sheriff's deputy finally learned his fate today: two years and eight months in state prison. The 37-year-old Laguna Niguel resident had been looking at a maximum sentence of 16 months …

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Former Angels Radio Host Dave Smith Sues Team Over Alleged Racism

Dave Smith was a popular talk show host on AM 830 KLAA, the radio broadcast station of the Los Angeles Angeles of Anaheim. His voice mysteriously went off the air in 2009, leaving some listeners questioning his whereabouts.     Two years later, his name resurfaces, this time in court documents. Reuters reports that Smith is …

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