What is the difference between pet insurance and wellness plans? - Anaheim news - NewsLocker (2024)

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Pet owners want the best for their furry friends, which often involves making decisions about their health care. One common dilemma is whether to invest in pet insurance or a pet wellness plan. In many cases, pet owners may want both.
Both pet insurance and wellness plans offer ways to manage your pet’s health expenses, but they serve different purposes. Understanding these differences will ensure you choose the right option for your pet’s needs.

Southern California pay raises at 4-year low

“Swift swings” takes a quick peek at one economic trend.
The number:Southern California pay raises remain at their lowest levels since 2020.
The source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at the Employment Cost Index for private-industry workers. The index tracks what bosses pay in wages and salaries for 15 major job markets – including a local area comprising Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties – as well as national patterns.
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No excuses for homeless policy failures

The failure of California government to effectively respond to the crisis of homelessness has long been obvious and apparent to even the most disinterested observer. But in recent months we have received even more documentation of just how badly things are going behind the scenes.
Earlier this month, the federal Office of the Inspector General issued its audit report on the fraud risk management practices at the California Department of Housing and Community Development. Specifically, the audit

Starbucks taps Chipotle’s Brian Niccol in Newport Beach to lead coffee chain

By Max Zimmerman | Bloomberg
Starbucks has named Chipotle Mexican Grill Chief Executive Officer Brian Niccol as the coffee chain’s new CEO and chairman, replacing Laxman Narasimhan after just over a year in the role.
Chief Financial Officer Rachel Ruggeri will serve as interim CEO until Niccol starts his new role on Sept. 9, the company said in a statement. Mellody Hobson, Starbucks board chair, will become lead independent director. Narasimhan will also step down from his seat on the boar

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Niles: D23 gave Disney fans plenty of answers, but questions remain

Disney provided a ton of long-awaited answers about its theme parks at the D23 event in Anaheim Saturday night, Aug. 10. But that does not mean that Disneyland fans still don’t have questions.
Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro brought plenty to make Marvel fans happy. Along with Walt Disney Imagineering’s Scott Trowbridge, he confirmed that the previously announced Avengers ride in Disney California Adventure will begin construction next year and that it will be called A

History repeats itself with excessive transportation regulation

California’s battle between rideshare companies and unions has finally come to an end. The state’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled that these companies can continue to classify drivers as independent contractors instead of as employees.
In 2020, California voters approved Proposition 22, which “exempted the companies from complying with a new state law that would have classified their workers as employees, and instead gave the workers the right to limited healthcare benefits an

We can solve homelessness without criminalizing it

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered state officials to dismantle thousands of homeless encampments across the state. The decision comes just weeks after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that allows states to limit the rights of homeless people.
The case, Grants Pass v. Johnson, focused on Grants Pass, Oregon, where the city fined homeless people for sleeping on public land even as it failed to provide shelter beds. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the move violated t

Esperanza’s Madi Lam, an MVP in girls flag football and basketball, transfers to Santa Margarita

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.Subscribe nowEsperanza junior Madi Lam, an All-County selection in girls flag football and girls basketball during the 2023-24 school year, has enrolled at Santa Margarita, Eagles flag football coach Brad Finneran confirmed on Friday.
As a quarterback in flag football last fall, Lam passed for 5,584 yards and 91 touchdowns to lead the Aztecs to a 25-0 record. She also had 13 interceptions on defense and was selected f

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Airport watchlist for terrorists challenged by Muslim civil rights group and 2 Palestinian-American men

ANAHEIM — Two Palestinian-American men, one from Southern California and another from Virginia, filed a federal lawsuit Monday with the Council on American-Islamic Relations challenging the airport watchlist for terrorists, arguing that they were being targeted for their criticism of the war in Gaza.
The suit was filed in federal court in Virginia against officials with the U.S. Justice Department, FBI, Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs En

Angels fall short on offense and defense in loss to Blue Jays

ANAHEIM — The difference between victory and a defeat came down to a few inches on Monday night.
The Toronto Blue Jays lined three balls just out of the reach of all three Angels outfielders in the third inning, producing the four runs they needed in a 4-2 victory in the opener of the three-game series at Angel Stadium.
Blue Jays starter Bowden Francis did the rest, limiting the Angels to one run and one hit in seven innings. Francis (5-3) struck out eight and did not walk a batter in his

Trump and Musk talk about assassination attempt and deportations during glitchy chat on X

By STEVE PEOPLES and MEG KINNARD
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump recounted his assassination attempt in vivid detail and promised the largest deportation in U.S. history during a high-profile return to the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — a conversation that was plagued by technical glitches.
“If I had not turned my head, I would not be talking to you right now — as much as I like you,” Trump told X’s owner Elon Musk.
Musk, a former Trump critic,

Dodgers win again behind home runs from Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani

MILWAUKEE — Regardless of which punch lands first, Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani still make quite a 1-2.
Betts returned to the lineup on Monday night after missing 45 games with a fractured left hand and needed just one at-bat to acclimate himself to his new spot in the order – batting second behind Shohei Ohtani. Betts hit a two-run home run in his second at-bat then drove in Ohtani with a single in his fourth at-bat. In between, Ohtani hit a two-run home run of his own as the Dodg

Olivier Giroud available for LAFC’s Leagues Cup match against Earthquakes

For a second consecutive Leagues Cup game, the Los Angeles Football Club hosts a familiar foe on a resodded field at BMO Stadium.
Technically, that’s re-resodded after boxing and Eminem on Aug. 3 caused the entire grass surface to be replaced, and then the Foo Fighters on Friday and Sunday prompted the north end, where the stage sits for concerts, to get new turf for a second time.
Last Wednesday, despite its ragged appearance, players from both sides kept their footing on the 48-hour fiel

Mookie Betts returns to Dodgers’ lineup – but not their haunted hotel

MILWAUKEE — Who ya gonna call?
Mookie Betts called AirBnB again. Last year when the Dodgers played in Milwaukee, Betts did not stay at the team hotel – an allegedly haunted building in downtown Milwaukee – opting for a presumably specter-free rental where he could record his podcast and not worry about finding out for himself if the ghost stories are true.
“You can tell me what happened after,” he said last year. “I just don’t want to find out myself.&rd

Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine to open new public high school in Inglewood

Jimmy Iovine owes a lot to the inner cities of Los Angeles, he said, and he intends to pay back those communities and the people who live in them.
One way the co-founder of Interscope Records is doing so is by opening a public high school with rapper and producer Andre “Dr. Dre” Young, in Inglewood that will focus on interdisciplinary studies, geared toward pushing underserved students to their highest potential.
The Inglewood Unified School District and Iovine announced on Monday du

Orange County scores and player stats for Monday, Aug. 12

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Monday, Aug. 12
Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
MONDAY’S SCORES
GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL
NONLEAGUE
Segerstrom 22, Kennedy 20
Valencia 6, Troy 0
Millikan 33, Tustin 15





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Angels’ Zach Neto feeling confident near top of lineup

ANAHEIM — Since his promotion to the No. 2 hole in the lineup on Aug. 3, Angels shortstop Zach Neto has been performing at a much higher level.
Neto is hitting .394 in nine games since moving from the bottom third of the order to the second spot.
He has produced three doubles, a triple and four home runs in that span while also walking five times, a lofty rate considering Neto walked just twice in 26 games in June.
“Ever since I got moved to the second hole, I feel like I get to see

Capistrano Valley baseball coach Adam Sorgi steps down while battling cancer

Adam Sorgi has resigned as the baseball coach at Capistrano Valley for medical reasons, he announced Monday.
Sorgi, also a teacher at Capistrano Valley, has battled sortiperitoneal mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer that attacks the stomach lining. He underwent his first surgery for it in May 2023.
“I need to take the semester off to recover and receive treatment,” Sogi said by text message Monday. “I feel the program needs someone who can make the commitment it deserves.&rdqu

Sparks’ Dearica Hamby sues WNBA, Aces alleging discrimination

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer
LAS VEGAS — Sparks All-Star Dearica Hamby sued the WNBA and her former team in federal court on Monday regarding her treatment from the Las Vegas Aces while pregnant.
Hamby’s lawsuit alleged the Aces discriminated and retaliated against her, leading to her January 2023 trade to the Sparks. Hamby also alleges the WNBA failed to “properly investigate” the issue.
“We are aware of today’s legal filing and are reviewing the complai

Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh asks more of QBs with Justin Herbert out

EL SEGUNDO — Jim Harbaugh’s voice boomed across the practice fields on Monday morning. Clearly, he was upset about something newly signed backup quarterback Luis Perez had done in the early moments of the Chargers’ 15th session of training camp and he wasn’t about to bury his emotions.
In fact, as the practice continued, Harbaugh shadowed Perez closely. He didn’t raise his voice in those instances, but he spoke quietly. Clearly, he was interested in getting more out

UCLA football continues to experiment with defensive linemen

The UCLA football team finished the 2023 season with a highly touted pass rush but enters the 2024 season with that same position group being labeled as one of the team’s biggest question marks.
Defensive coordinator Ikaika Malloe and defensive line coach Tony Washington Jr. have expressed confidence in a group that will be asked to help make up for the loss production from several players who decided to forgo any remaining eligibility to pursue the NFL.
Redshirt junior Devin Aupiu is expe

Love Doheny? Lecture will explore the State Parks’ rich history

Doheny State Beach is one of the most popular beach playgrounds in Southern California, dubbed the “crown jewel of the California coast,” a place packed with beachgoers and a draw for surfers who enjoy the mellow, rolling waves.
The beachfront campground is one of the most cherished getaways for people near and far. It has diverse wildlife with birds that love to hang in the San Juan Creek that flows into ocean and grunion that wash up on the sand in the dark of night for a unique ma

San Bernardino man pleads guilty to distributing fentanyl-laced cocaine that killed 4

A San Bernardino man pleaded guilty Monday, Aug. 12, in federal court in Los Angeles in a fentanyl distribution case connected to the deaths of four people in January 2020.
Under an agreement with federal prosecutors, Jason Saha, 38, pleaded guilty to two counts of knowingly and intentionally possessing, with intent to distribute, fentanyl, a synthetic opiate that has fueled a national epidemic in recent years resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of people.
Saha initially was indicted in

Brent Lavoie named baseball coach at Trabuco Hills

Former Long Beach Poly coach Brent Lavoie is the new baseball head coach at Trabuco Hills.
Lavoie replaces Michael Burns, who resigned after the 2024 season, his 17th as the team’s coach.
Lavoie coached at Long Beach Poly for seven seasons (2017-23). He has also been the head coach at Valley Christian, Whittier, La Mirada and Whittier Christian.
In the spring, Trabuco Hills was 17-11 overall and finished third in the South Coast League with a 7-5 league record. The Mustangs lost to Fountai

Fullerton School District launches new school year

Fourth-grade teacher, Kyli Christenson, speaks with her students at the start of the first day of classes at Commonwealth Elementary in the Fullerton School District. Photographed on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Layla Ruvalcaba, left, and Elenah Jacuinde, right both 5 draw before class in Elizabeth Zoellnaer’s Kindergarten class at Commonwealth Elementary in the Fullerton School District. Photographed on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (Photo by Michae

Drew League championships: DeMar DeRozan’s 54 points leads Cheaters to title

After two months of Drew League play, the season culminated Sunday in matchups between the Mecca Cheaters and Nationwide Souljas for the men’s side and GAGE and Task Force for the women.
The Cheaters came out on top 114-113 after making a 25-point comeback. DeMar DeRozan scored 54 points, including 13 points in the game’s final two minutes. On the women’s side, GAGE came out with the 50-46 victory, led by Drew League Championship MVP and current member of the USC Trojans, Aliya

Trump and his allies once cheered hacked materials. No longer, now that they say he’s a target

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press
Donald Trump was once a cheerleader of publicizing hacked materials. “Russia, if you’re listening,” Trump said during a press conference in his 2016 presidential run, when Hillary Clinton’s deleted personal emails were a hot topic, “I hope you are able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.”
“I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press,” he said back then.
That changed when Trump’s l

Garden Grove Unified is ready for a new school year

Urian Andrade gets a hug from student supervisor Miss Pam as students returned for the first day of class at Eisenhower Elementary School in Garden Grove, CA on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Principal Chris Ash greets students during the first day of class at Eisenhower Elementary School in Garden Grove, CA on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Fourth grade student Benjamin Vuong plays an introduction game

Sylmar neighborhood on alert following lion attack that killed dog

SYLMAR — A Sylmar neighborhood was coping Monday with a wildlife scare following the weekend killing of a pit bull by a mountain lion.
The dog was killed late Saturday night in an attack that was caught on video near the Oakridge Mobile Home Park at Foothill and Glenoaks boulevards, according to an alert issued by the Sylmar Neighborhood Council.
The lion killed a pit bull named Gigi, who was being walked by her owner.
Mark Rulon, who fostered Gigi before she was adopted, wrote on social m

Dodger Stadium gondola project backers win round in court

LOS ANGELES — A judge on Monday rejected a lawsuit from opponents of the zero-emission Dodger Stadium to Union Station gondola project, which had been challenged by the petitioners on the basis of the adequacy of its environmental review.
The ruling by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maurice A. Leiter comes as Los Angeles turns its attention towards the 2028 Olympic Games and the region seeks to create a “car-free” Games. Zero Emission Transit and other proponents of the aeria