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

Connor McDavid and the Oilers can make history in Stanley Cup Final Game 7 against the Panthers

By STEPHEN WHYNO (AP Hockey Writer)
SUNRISE, Fla. — Connor McDavid admired and looked up to Sidney Crosby as the kind of player he wanted to become one day.
But when McDavid was pretending as a kid to score the goal to win the Stanley Cup, he always imagined himself being in that position.
“You’re not sure you’re ever going to get that opportunity,”McDavidsaid. “Here we are with that opportunity.”
That opportunity is only possible after McDav

Simone Manuel channels her winning side, touches first in 50 free to claim individual Olympic race

By PAUL NEWBERRY (AP National Writer)
INDIANAPOLIS — Simone Manuel was feeling a bit down as she prepared for her final shot to swim an individual event at the Paris Olympics.
So she pulled out some video of her greatest hits.
Talk about a confidence boost.
The first Black female swimmer to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics, Manuel earned an individual spot on the final night of the U.S. swimming trials with a victory in the 50-meter freestyle Sunday.
Coming back from overtraini

Long, twisting road led Michael Petersen to his Dodgers debut

LOS ANGELES – Like hundreds of professional players, Michael Petersen was looking for something to do, some way to keep in touch with baseball after Covid caused the minor-league season to be canceled in 2020.
So he went and terrorized some unsuspecting guys in an adult rec league in San Jose.
“A buddy of mine knew a guy who had an adult team and he was, ‘Hey, if you want to get innings, my buddy will hook you up.’ I said, ‘Yeah, sure,’” Petersen recalle

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LA Olympic track trials unlikely in 2028

Eugene — LA 28 chairman Casey Wasserman said Sunday it is unlikely that Los Angeles will host the 2028 Olympic Trials in track and field, a move that creates the likelihood of the Trials returning to Eugene for an unprecedented sixth consecutive time.
USA Track & Field CEO Max Siegel said his organization has already had discussions with Tracktown USA officials about a 2028 Trials at Hayward Field, the host site of every track and field Trials since 2008.
Ever since Los Angeles was awa

Just a year after coming out of USC undrafted, Drew Peterson is an NBA champ

LOS ANGELES — Eventually, Drew Peterson heard it so much he just got used to it.
He was close. Close. But never good enough. He was always the older prospect, the kid who floated between the fringes, working out for 16 different ballclubs before the draft a year ago in the hopes of catching a late-round nod. He flew between five cities in six days. The Boston Celtics worked him out two separate times. He battled. He came up empty. Again.
This is how it always was. Peterson came out of Libe

By ERIC OLSON (AP Sports Writer)
OMAHA, Neb. — Tennessee’s prodigious home run prowess arrived too late in Game 1 of the College World Series finals.
It showed up right on time in Game 2.
Tennessee’s Dylan Dreiling hit the go-ahead homer in the seventh inning, Cal Stark went deep in the eighth and after Nate Snead turned back a scoring threat by Texas A&M in the bottom of the ninth, the Volunteers had forced a deciding third game with a 4-1 victory Sunday.
One of the teams

Amy Yang wins the Women’s PGA Championship for her 1st major title

By TIM BOOTH
SAMAMMISH, Wash. (AP) — Amy Yang built a huge lead and survived a couple of late mistakes to win her long-awaited first major title on Sunday, a three-shot victory in the KMPG Women’s PGA Championship.
Yang closed with an even-par 72 at Sahalee to finish at 7-under 281. She was nearly flawless for the first 15 holes and reached 10 under for the tournament for a seven-shot lead before running into a little bit of trouble. But none of her pursuers was able to mount a signi

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Angel Reese leads Sky over Fever despite Caitlin Clark’s franchise-record 13 assists

CHICAGO (AP) — Angel Reese scored a career-high 25 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to help the Chicago Sky beat Indiana 88-87 despite 17 points and a franchise-record 13 assists for the Fever’s Caitlin Clark on Sunday.
Reese has posted a double-double in eight consecutive games, extending her WNBA rookie record. She is the first rookie since A’ja Wilson with 25-plus points and 15-plus rebounds in a single game. She joins Wilson as the only players in the WNBA this season with mu

Brush fire breaks out at regional park in Costa Mesa, with winds carrying heavy smoke for miles

Heavy smoke and ashes descended on parts of Orange County on Sunday, June 23, as crews worked to contain a brush fire that broke out at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa.
The blaze was burning at the north end of the park along the 1200 block of Victoria Street, near the Santa Ana River, according to the Costa Mesa Fire Department. Orange County Fire was assisting with battling the flames. The brusher had reached 4 acres by 3:45 p.m.
City residents said on social media that ashes could be seen

Brush fire at regional park in Costa Mesa leads to evacuations

Several homes were evacuated and heavy smoke and ashes descended on parts of Orange County on Sunday, June 23, as crews worked to contain a brush fire that broke out at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa.
The blaze was burning at the north end of the park along the 1200 block of Victoria Street, near the Santa Ana River, according to the Costa Mesa Fire Department. The Orange County Fire Authority was assisting with battling the flames.
The brusher had reached 4 acres by 3:45 p.m.
Homes along S

9-acre brush fire at regional park in Costa Mesa leads to temporary evacuations

Several homes were temporarily evacuated and heavy smoke and ashes descended on parts of Orange County on Sunday, June 23, as crews worked to contain a 9-acre brush fire that broke out at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa.
The blaze burned at the north end of the park along the 1200 block of Victoria Street, near the Santa Ana River, according to the Costa Mesa Fire Department. The Orange County Fire Authority assisted in battling the flames.
By 5:30 p.m., the brusher reached 9 acres, and crew

9-acre brush fire at regional park in Costa Mesa leads to evacuations

Several homes were evacuated and heavy smoke and ashes descended on parts of Orange County on Sunday, June 23, as crews worked to contain a 9-acre brush fire that broke out at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa.
The blaze burned at the north end of the park along the 1200 block of Victoria Street, near the Santa Ana River, according to the Costa Mesa Fire Department. The Orange County Fire Authority assisted in battling the flames.
By 5:30 p.m., the brusher reached 9 acres, with the potential t

Here’s a look at Trump’s VP shortlist and why each contender may get picked or fall short

NEW YORK — Donald Trump has narrowed his vice presidential shortlist to a handful of contenders as he prepares to announce his pick in the days before — or perhaps even at — next month’s Republican National Convention.
He told reporters Saturday that he already has made his decision and that the person will be in attendance Thursday night in Atlanta at the first debate of the general election campaign against Democratic President Joe Biden.
Trump’s choice would like

Angels’ Carlos Estévez turns around his season with a turn of the wrist

ANAHEIM — As Carlos Estévez endured a rough start to his season, he knew something was wrong, but he couldn’t figure out what.
“Something doesn’t feel the same,” the Angels closer said he told pitching coaches Barry Enright and Steve Karsay in early May. “What I see is not the same.”
As the three of them analyzed video and watched him throw, it was Karsay, the bullpen coach, who Estévez said provided the key.
Karsay suggested that Est&eacut

Don’t buy the tariff lie. Real tax cuts aren’t on the table.

“If he returns to the White House,” Bloomberg reports, “Donald Trump has pledged to enact a 10% across-the-board tariff on imports that he says will raise billions of dollars in revenue to pay for more tax cuts.” He’s even floated the idea, per CNBC, of an “all tariff policy” and elimination of the federal income tax.
Think tanks of pretty much every stripe — from the “left-wing” Center for American Progress to the “centrist&rdquo

Drew League looks to bring in younger talent in 51st season

Last summer, the Drew League celebrated its 50th anniversary. At the ceremony, the league honored its top 73 players and acknowledged all the different locations where the league has taken place.
But now, as one of the top summer pro-ams in the country moves forward, it has an eye on the future. According to Chaniel Smiley, the league’s commissioner, the Drew League is looking for more visibility around the brand in terms of a “younger group of talent.”
One way the league is tr

Drew Leagues looks to bring in younger talent in 51st season

Last summer, the Drew League celebrated its 50th anniversary. At the ceremony, the league honored its top 73 players and acknowledged all the different locations where the League has taken place.
But now, as one of the top summer pro-ams in the country moves forward, it has an eye on the future. According to Chaniel Smiley, the league’s commissioner, the Drew League is looking for more visibility around the brand in terms of a “younger group of talent.”
One way the league is tr

Try these tips for developing a healthier mindset about aging

Last week, we explored the relationship between attitude and longevity and noted a startling finding by Becca Levy, Yale Professor of Epidemiology who affirmed that attitude matters. Her research found those with a positive attitude towards aging live on average 7.5 years longer than those with a negative mindset.
Given its importance, one might wonder, How do we develop that positive mindset and even reverse a negative one? In her book, “Breaking the Age Code,” Levy indicates it is

Governor, Legislature and Supreme Court collude to crush tax reform

In a shocking exercise of raw political power that comes with one-party rule, the California Supreme Court has removed the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act, a qualified initiative, from the November ballot. Doing the bidding of Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s supermajority legislative leaders, they have ignored the rights of more than 1.4 million California voters who signed petitions to put the initiative on the ballot.
The Taxpayer Protection Act, or TPA, is the la

One thousand strawberries was a dream. 45 years later, it came true.

I am very excited to tell my story to the Strawberry Moon this month.
Strawberries have been a big part of my life since I was five years old. It started on a trip to New York for a bar mitzvah.
My father had driven our family in his light blue Ford, with the reclining front seat, from our home in Virginia for the occasion. I was a little giddy that I got more time in the reclining seat than my older brother. I mention this only because I was a little full of myself which may have contribu

Matt Fleming: The plight of a double hater in the presidential election

I’m a double hater — a growing segment of voters who loathe both of our two main options for president.
And what’s not to loathe? It’s a three-card monte dealer vs. “Weekend at Bernie’s.”
One loves bankruptcy and the other loves soft foods at early-bird specials.
One might not be able to legally leave New York soon and the other probably should not drive at night.
One doesn’t care where he is unless it has his name on it and the other doesn’t

Susan Shelley: Trump turns over tables with tariff talk

When former President Donald Trump told Senate Republicans last week that he was thinking about replacing the income tax with an “all-tariff policy,” he once again turned over the tables in politics.
At the old political tables, you’d typically see Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to eliminate Social Security and Medicare, terrifying older voters into supporting whichever Democrat was running for president that year. Republicans would respond by sending out a somber spoke

Legal battles against energy companies will short-circuit on taxpayers

Years of rampant inflation mean higher prices for everyday goods, groceries, and gas are squeezing consumers’ wallets. A campaign of lawsuits filed by state and local governments against energy producers, blaming them for climate change, stands only to make things worse.
As perverse as it sounds, that is the intent of the legal actions. A lead counsel in one of the cases brought in Colorado admitted that one of the goals of these lawsuits is to “raise the price of the products&rdquo

Lack of trans-specific resources in OC make stable housing ‘impossible to achieve,’ new report finds

Viana Maktub Serrano experienced homelessness after running away from home at 12 years old, after she said her parents forced her to cut her hair.
Serrano knew about her trans Latina identity “early in life,” she said.“Nowadays I feel very comfortable with myself, but there was a time when I was really uncomfortable.”
With time she found a home – currently she lives in Santa Ana – and now is helping inform the conversation of access to housing as one of

Another California crisis that can be solved with state officials getting out of the way

California’s home insurance market is deeply troubled. A former insurance commissioner said it’s “in chaos.” Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara calls it “a real crisis.”Using more colorful language, the president of a Los Angeles agency told The San Francisco Standard that “if there’s a major event” before the market is fixed, “we are in deep doo-doo.”
The muddle became even messier when State Farm announced in March that b

Fauci admits truth about school closures

Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci has finally conceded that it was a mistake to keep schools closed as long as they were during the coronavirus pandemic.
“How long you kept it was the problem, because there was a disparity throughout the country,” he told CBS News in a recent interview promoting his new book. “If you go back and look at the YouTube, I kept on saying, ‘Close the bars, open the schools. Open the school

Many politicians would watch America burn before relinquishing their power

Chuck Schumer posted a photo of himself on Twitter grilling burgers over the weekend. He later deleted the seemingly innocent image after many ridiculed it. Schumer had clearly never grilled burgers before, seeing that he put cheese on one of the raw patties.
Even if it’s your first time grilling, how does a fully grown human not realize the obvious fact that you should probably cook one of the burger sides before adding cheese to it? It’s times like these when conspiracy theor

Public-private partnerships key to AI growth in OC

The AI landscape in Orange County is blossoming. A new report describes massive growth in local artificial intelligence activity. In recent years, OC has invested in career development programs and fostered public-private partnerships that are critical to sustaining—and accelerating—the county’s mounting AI momentum.
There is more money in OC AI than ever before: Local investments are up 402% annually since 2008. Between 2020 and 2023, investors spent nearly $3 billion on AI-r

Marriage without financial planning walks on shaky legs

Have you talked about money recently with your spouse? Perhaps you should.
In the U.S., 43% of first marriages, 67% of second marriages, and 73% of third marriages end in divorce, a 2022, a Forbes study revealed.
Couples divorce for many reasons. Excluding lack of commitment and infidelity, the top three reasons are excessive arguing, marrying too young and financial problems. Financial issues are attributed to divorce in 38% of all failed marriages.
A simple, (but not always easy) solution for