Disneyland employee killed in golf cart accident remembered for volunteer work - Anaheim news - NewsLocker (2024)

Club 33 manager Bonnye Lear had volunteered for years in her hometown of Fullerton and had just begun docenting at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda in preparation for retirement when she died in a tragic accident at Disneyland.
Lear, 60, of Fullerton was seriously injured on Wednesday, June 5 when she fell from a golf cart in a backstage area behind Critter Country. She died from her injuries on Friday, June 7.
Tributes have been pouring in for Lear, who volunteered at the Fullerton Museum Cente

Davis Daniel stifles Tigers in 1st start as Angels win 4th in a row

ANAHEIM — The Angels continued to raise the stakes on Thursday night, turning a first-time start, three home runs and two stolen bases into a 5-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
Davis Daniel’s first appearance of the season was his first ever turn in the rotation as he filled up the strike zone while helping the Angels match a season high with their fourth consecutive victory.
Daniel, who had just three relief appearances last season to his credit, went eight scoreless innings with

Track and field trials: Sprinter McKenzie Long inspired by late mother

EUGENE, Ore. — It’s a reflex, muscle memory of a soul that hasn’t moved on, an automatic reaction really.
And why wouldn’t it be?
For 23 years Tara Jones was always there for her daughter McKenzie Long. Why wouldn’t she be now?Especially now?
And so over the past month, a month in which she has emerged as the next great American sprinter, Long has repeatedly turned to tell her mother something, reached for her phone to share her joy. And her blues.Brief moments, tha

Shane Wiskus states his case at U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials

By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer
MINNEAPOLIS — Fred Richard and Brody Malone’s trips to Paris next month are all but assured.
An old friend might be making a pretty compelling case to join them.
While Richard and Malone surged to the front at the U.S. gymnastics Olympic trials as expected – with the charismatic 20-year-old Richard on top at 85.600 with Malone, a three-time national champion at 85.100 – Shane Wiskus might have given the selection committee something to th

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In presidential debate, Southern California voters sought answers on immigration and Israel but got a muddle

On Thursday night, televisions at a sports bar in Santa Monica, a pizza restaurant in Irvine and a dive bar in Downtown L.A. were tuned not to a baseball game but rather the presidential debate.
Southern Californians gathered to watch President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump go head-to-head in the first debate of the 2024 general election. They wanted to hear about climate, abortion and immigration from the White House contenders, many said. But voters in both parties left concerned

In presidential debate, SoCal voters sought answers on immigration and Israel but got a muddle

On Thursday night, televisions at a sports bar in Santa Monica, a pizza restaurant in Irvine and a dive bar in Downtown L.A. were tuned not to a baseball game but rather the presidential debate.
Southern Californians gathered to watch President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump go head-to-head in the first debate of the 2024 general election. They wanted to hear about climate, abortion and immigration from the White House contenders, many said. But voters in both parties left concerned

NHL draft: What will the Ducks do on Day 2?

It seems safe to assume that Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek will have his energy drinks in hand, but the team’s entire delegation might want to have plenty of caffeine as well as comfortable sneakers at the NHL draft on Friday and Saturday, when they’ll walk to the podium repeatedly.
They’re currently set to select twice during Friday’s first round with picks Nos. 3 and 31 overall, then make seven Saturday picks, five of which will be in Rounds 2 and 3, with selections

Presidential debate: Is Biden sick? What does Trump mean by “after-birth” abortions? The people react

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump’s first presidential debate of the 2024 general election is generating an abundance of internet buzz, from comments about each debater’s age to questions about the truthfulness during the 90-minute showdown.
Just minutes into the debate, it dominated social platform X’s trending topics list, with #Debates2024 generating almost 80,000 posts in the first 30 minutes.
Early comments pertained to Biden’s opening statements,

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Angels’ Brandon Drury making progress but remains out with illness

ANAHEIM — Brandon Drury is making progress with an upper respiratory illness that has worked its way through the clubhouse, yet he still missed his seventh consecutive game on Thursday.
Manager Ron Washington confirmed that the illness has affected multiple Angels players, with Drury seemingly taking it the hardest. The infielder went through a full workout Thursday that will determine the course of action moving forward.
“If he doesn’t have a relapse and we’re going in t

USC’s Boogie Ellis set to join Sacramento Kings for Summer League

LOS ANGELES — In mid-March, sitting in front of a locker after USC’s season-ending loss to Arizona, Boogie Ellis could hardly speak, the emotion clogging words in his throat.
He had returned to USC for a super-senior season after testing NBA draft waters, the captain in search of a big final year to boost his pro stock. But the Trojans’ fortunes collapsed under a barrage of injuries, and Ellis was frequently in-and-out himself during USC’s frustrating 15-18 finish, tellin

Copa America: Short-handed USMNT loses to Panama in chaotic finish

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer
ATLANTA — Jose Fajardo beat backup goalkeeper Ethan Horvath in the 83rd minute to give Panama a 2-1 victory over the United States at the Copa America on Thursday night and put the Americans in danger of elimination if they don’t beat Uruguay in their first-round finale.
The U.S. played nearly the entire game a man down aftera silly foulby Tim Weah in the 18th minute.
Folarin Balogunput the short-handed U.S. ahead in the 22nd minute

Sam Woodward became disillusioned with hate group, psychiatric expert testifies

Samuel Woodward was drawn by a desire for camaraderie to join a Neo-Nazi group months before he killed former classmate Blaze Bernstein, but quickly became disillusioned with the extremist organization, a psychiatric expert testified this week as testimony wound down in Woodward’s murder trial.
Martha Rogers, a psychological expert who interviewed Woodward shortly after his 2018 arrest and again in the months before his current trial, diagnosed Woodward as being on the autism spectrum. Her

Is Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani a better hitter because he is not pitching?

CHICAGO — It was one of the questions of the spring – would Shohei Ohtani be an even better hitter this season without having to devote some of his time and energy to pitching?
He reached the midpoint of this season leading the majors in batting average (.322) and the National League in home runs (25), slugging percentage (.643) and OPS (1.045) while ranking third in the NL in RBIs (61) and fourth in on-base percentage (.402).
So – yes?
“The reality is the workload has be

Horse racing notes: Jockey Tyler Baze sidelined by hand injury

LOS ALAMITOS LEADERS
Thoroughbred meet
Jockeys / Wins
Edwin Maldonado / 3
Kyle Frey / 3
Antonio Fresu / 2
Jeremy Laprida / 2
Armando Ayuso / 2
Edgar Payeras / 2
Trainers / Wins
Sergio Morfin / 3
Jorge Periban / 3
Bob Baffert / 2
(Ten tied) / 1
WEEKEND STAKES (LOS ALAMITOS)
Saturday
• $100,000 Los Alamitos Derby, 3-year-olds, 1⅛ miles
DOWN THE STRETCH
• Jockey Tyler Baze will miss the rest of Los Alamitos’ daytime thoroughbred meet after breaking a bone in his left hand last

Ahead of Olympics, skateboard park event will be in the X Games spotlight

SAN DIEGO — Most of the locals had yet to arrive when Tate Carew rolled up at Linda Vista skateboard park on a recent Sunday morning.
Sporting a white cap with side-by-side logos of both Bay Area major-league baseball clubs, the 19-year-old Point Loma resident took a few easy laps around the 6 1/2-year-old public facility, giving little indication of his newly achieved status.
Carew shot to the top of qualifying for skateboard park at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris after winning the second

NBA draft: Clippers take Minnesota guard Cam Christie with 2nd-round pick

PLAYA VISTA — The Clippers need youth and with their lone pick in the NBA draft, they took 18-year-old Cam Christie, a one-and-done player from the University of Minnesota, in the second round (No.46 overall) on Thursday.
Christie, a 6-foot-6 shooting guard, possesses athleticism with above-average length and a smooth shot. As a freshman last season, he averaged 11.3 points and shot 39% from 3-point range in 33 games to earn All-Big Ten Freshman team honors. He also posted 3.6 reboun

Realtor settlement will create ‘biggest mess on the planet,’ celebrity agent Mauricio Umansky says

A proposed real estate court settlement over commission rates taking effect in August will create “the biggest mess on the planet,” a Beverly Hills celebrity agent said.
Rules about how the industry will operate “are changing on a daily basis,” said Mauricio Umansky, chief executive and co-founder of global brokerage The Agency and star of the Netflix series, “Selling Beverly Hills.”
“It’s going to be an absolute mess.”
Speaking offstage foll

NBA draft: Lakers select Bronny James, LeBron James’ son, in 2nd round

EL SEGUNDO — More than two years ago, Lakers star LeBron James publicly expressed his desire to play on the same NBA team as his oldest son, Bronny James.
Now, he’ll have the opportunity to achieve the feat of becoming the first father-son duo in the NBA – if he chooses to return to the Lakers this offseason.
The Lakers selected Bronny with the No. 55 pick in the NBA’s draft second round on Thursday.
Bronny, 19, averaged 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 19.4 mi

Sparks looking to break 6-game losing streak vs. Mercury

The Sparks are in the midst of their longest losing streak of the season, dropping their last six games on the road, albiet to playoff-caliber teams.
However, the Sparks (4-13) will have an opportunity to get back into the win column at the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night.
The Sparks are 0-1 against the Mercury this season after suffering an 87-68 loss in Phoenix on June 2. Guard Diana Taurasi scored 31 points against the Sparks, including 7 of 9 from 3-point range. Sparks forward Dearica Hamby

Lexie Brown out indefinitely, Sparks looking to break 6-game losing streak vs. Mercury

Sparks guard Lexie Brown has been ruled out indefinitely due to Crohn’s Disease as the team is in the midst of their longest losing streak of the season, dropping their last six games on the road, albeit to playoff-caliber teams.
The organization said a further update on Brown, who missed the Sparks last game on June 22, will be provided after the Olympic break in mid-August. Brown missed 28 of 40 games last season with what at the time was an undisclosed non-COVID illness and bacterial in

UC graduate worker strike is over, officials say

The graduate worker strike across the University of California system that began in May and stemmed from administrative responses to pro-Palestinian protests is over, officials say.
The strike was halted earlier this month by a temporary restraining order from an Orange County Superior Court judge that was set to expire on Thursday, June 27. When the temporary restraining order was issued on June 7 – right before finals began at some UC schools – the strike affected six campuses, inc

NBA draft: UCLA’s Adem Bona goes to 76ers at 41st overall pick

A new Bruin is headed to the NBA.
UCLA center Adem Bona was selected 41st overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the second round of the NBA draft on Thursday.
Bona, 21, who will look to serve as a backup center to MVP Joel Embiid, was lauded for his nearly 7-4 wingspan and a 40-inch vertical jump at the draft combine. In 66 career college games, he used his athleticism to play above the rim defensively and offensively.
However, he had to wait until day two to hear his name called, as the first ro

NHL draft: What will the Kings do on Day 2?

As their position stands, the Kings will have a first-rounder in attendance at July 1’s opening of rookie camp for the first time since Brandt Clarke’s arrival in 2021, but their pickings on Saturday’s Day 2 of the NHL Draft project to be slim with just one other pick in the top 180 after No. 21 overall.
In Clarke’s draft year, the Kings consolidated their picks and selected just four players. They enter this draft with four picks, and only three on the second day barring

Knott’s Camp Snoopy not quite ready for grand reopening

Knott’s Berry Farm cut the red ribbon on the reimagined Camp Snoopy with folding scissors from a giant Swiss Army pocket knife, but the refreshed kiddie land was not ready for the grand reopening with more than half of the new additions unfinished or slashed from the budget.
Camp Snoopy returned on Thursday, June 27 during a media ceremony at the Buena Park theme park after a seven-month refurbishment of the 41-year-old Peanuts themed land.
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Colleen Shogan, first woman appointed U.S. archivist, visits Nixon Library

There are about 13.5 billion records in the United States national archives, and it’s Colleen Shogan’s job to preserve them and make them available to the public. Shogan is the 11th national archivist in U.S. history and the first woman appointed to the position.
Her oversight includes 42 archival facilities across the country including 15 of America’s presidential libraries, which bring together the documents and artifacts to tell the history of each presidential administratio

Los Alamitos Derby horses try to heat up in the summer

The Los Alamitos Derby on Saturday marks the local start of what should be an intriguing second half of the 2024 season for followers of the nation’s 3-year-old colts.
Different horses won the Kentucky Derby (Mystik Dan), Preakness (Seize the Grey) and Belmont Stakes (Dornoch) this spring, leaving the campaign for the division championship wide open going into the summer. In the latest national rankings determined by a National Thoroughbred Racing Association poll of turf journalists, vote

Rep. Katie Porter will return to UCI Law next year

Rep. Katie Porter will return to teaching at the UC Irvine School of Law next year, once her congressional term is complete.
Porter, following her loss in the U.S. Senate primary earlier this year, is set to leave Congress in January after six years. The Harvard Law alumna had been teaching at UCI Law prior to her 2018 election, and she will return to its faculty in the spring of 2025, the school announced on Wednesday.
Related: What’s next for Rep. Katie Porter after she leaves Congress?

Homeowners can get cash-out second mortgages to fund small rental properties

Say, you want to build an accessory dwelling unit on your rental property, and you need financing.
Or maybe you want to buy another rental and need to find the dough.
Or maybe you have debt to ditch.
More on mortgages:Loan payments for Orange County’s record-high median-price house tops $10,000
Tapping home equity through an equity line-of-credit or a fixed rate second is easy-peasy when it comes to your primary residence. Even Freddie Mac is jumping on board with its own program.
Bu

Volkswagen recalls more than 271,000 Atlas SUVs over defective airbags

By Samantha Delouya | CNN
Volkswagen has recalled 271,330 of its Atlas SUV vehicles due to faulty passenger-side airbags.
Certain Atlas vehicles made between 2021 and 2024 and Atlas Cross Sport vehicles made between 2020 and 2024 may experience a wiring error, causing front passenger airbags not to deploy, according to a Wednesday report from the US National Highway and Safety Administration.
In March, the German automaker said it would recall 143,000 Atlas SUVs for a similar issue. It is unclea

Ultra-processed food is tasty and easy. Is it bad for you?

Brooks Johnson | Star Tribune (TNS)
MINNEAPOLIS — As shoppers study food labels amid renewed concerns about the health impacts of processed food, General Mills isn’t worried. After all, it’s the flavor that makes the sale.
“Newsflash: People like food that tastes really good,” General Mills CEO Jeff Harmening told an audience of investors recently when asked about the debate around “ultra-processed” foods and how it could affect the Golden Valley, Minnes