Erika Ritchie

5 days ago | ocregister.com | Erika Ritchie

A service night at Tesoro High School and the impression a U.S. Military Academy West Point recruiter made on Amnita Kaur was enough to put her on a path to becoming an Army officer and among a small percentage of cadets chosen to go to medical school on the Army’s dime. Kaur, who just days ago earned the title of 2nd lieutenant while graduating with 1,002 cadets from West Point, said the military academy schooling is giving her an opportunity few others get.

1 week ago | ocregister.com | Erika Ritchie |Michael Slaten

Inside a workshop at Esperanza High School, seniors Chris Norton and Wyatt Hood have learned how to weld, run a lathe and machine components — all before graduation. “Nobody else has a facility of this stature,” said Hood, 18, who lives in Anaheim.

1 week ago | sanluisobispo.com | Jeff Gritchen |Erika Ritchie

A lithium battery storage facility is proposed on 13 acres off the 5 Freeway in San Juan Capistrano. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Jeff Gritchen TNS The California Energy Commission will hold its first meeting for the public this week as it considers a proposed lithium battery storage facility to be located in San Juan Capistrano, near the 5 freeway.

1 week ago | ocregister.com | Erika Ritchie

The California Energy Commission will hold its first meeting for the public this week as it considers a proposed lithium battery storage facility to be located in San Juan Capistrano, near the 5 freeway. Compass Energy Storage, a subsidiary of Engie North America, filed its application more than a year ago, and after review, the commission deemed it complete in late April, kicking off a 270-day certification process.

1 week ago | sanluisobispo.com | Erika Ritchie

Todo comenzó con el suboficial de primera clase Rodger C. Butts, un cocinero negro de la Marina de Los Ángeles que murió en Pearl Harbor el 7 de diciembre de 1941 mientras servía en el USS Oklahoma. Butts tenía 47 años cuando su barco fue hundido por aviones japoneses, lo que le costó la vida a él y a 428 de sus compañeros marineros.