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In Anaheim, taco vendors and officials play a game of a cat-and-mouse

ANAHEIM, Calif. — As Anaheim code enforcement trucks pulled up to the city storage yard with grills, portable generators and propane tanks, scouts dispatched by street vendors were on the lookout.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 22, 2022

30 of the biggest concert tours coming to Southern California in 2023

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Though the area witnessed some of the biggest tours, record-breaking residencies and venue reopening performances this year, 2023 is shaping up to be an even bigger year for music in Southern California stadiums, arenas and outdoor amphitheaters.

The Orange County Register · Dec 22, 2022

How 'Gender Queer: A Memoir' became America's most banned book

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Maia Kobabe grew up in an idyll. Cow fields threaded by a dirt road. No TV. Almost no internet. Nights fell over hills, stars shone bright, and Kobabe read fantasy novels, imagining other universes while searching for an identity, a glint of self to carry into…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 22, 2022

Calif. earthquake: Power still out for thousands, boil advisories in effect

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Authorities continue to survey the damage wrought by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake early Tuesday that shook Humboldt County, California, residents off their literal foundations, with tens of thousands of people forced to spend another night in the dark as technicians work rapidly to restore power.

Tribune News Service · Dec 21, 2022

Destruction, tears and tenacity in California towns battered by earthquake

RIO DELL, Calif. — Combing their homes with flashlights in the darkness, residents of the rural communities of the Eel River Valley could only sense what damage Tuesday’s earthquake had brought to their lives five days before Christmas.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 21, 2022

Planning for dry times: The West considers more reservoirs and aquifers

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — As parched California receives much needed rain and snow this winter, some local water officials are calling on state leaders to invest in new infrastructure projects that will store freshwater for inevitable dry times to come.

Tribune News Service · Dec 21, 2022

California sea lions are frequently shot in violation of federal protections

SANTA ANA, Calif. — When Balboa Island resident Barbara De La Pena looked out her window and saw Newport Beach city workers prepping to bury a dead sea lion on the sand in front of her home, she stopped them.

The Orange County Register · Dec 21, 2022

Homeward Bound! Dog, found 1,600 miles away, will be home for Christmas

The German shepherd mix went missing in October 2021. Now, the friendly pooch is on a cross-country road trip from Kansas to California, back to the family who adopted him as an abandoned puppy.

WEKU · Dec 21, 2022

See’s Candies expands in California, shouldering rising prices along the way

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Did someone say candy?

The Orange County Register · Dec 21, 2022

Amidst a dismal San Jose Sharks season, a new leader emerges

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Just 15 seconds after he scored his ninth goal of the year, matching his total from last season, Nico Sturm squared off with Brett Ritchie to the left of the San Jose Sharks’ net.

Tribune News Service · Dec 21, 2022