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Theresa Walker

Theresa Walker has been a staff writer at the Orange County Register since 1992. She was a reporter and editor at the San Bernardino Sun from 1986 to 1992. She has a communications degree from Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Location: Orange County, California, USA

The Mission Viejo home provides a place of comfort for patients at the end of their lives and their families.

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OC’s The Heavenly Home embraces hospice patients

November 4, 2023 at 7:01 a.m.

The Mission Viejo home provides a place of comfort for patients at the end of their lives and their families.

Linda Burnfin began Myrtle the Turtle Rescue to save lost and injured turles found in Riverside parks.

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Myrtle the Turtle Rescue aims to save injured turtles

October 3, 2023 at 3:12 p.m.

Linda Burnfin began Myrtle the Turtle Rescue to save lost and injured turles found in Riverside parks.

A love of dance led to a 'dream come true' for the longtime journalist who was 65 when she died.

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Former Register arts writer Laura Bleiberg dies after fighting ALS

September 28, 2023 at 2:22 p.m.

A love of dance led to a 'dream come true' for the longtime journalist who was 65 when she died.

Chapman University junior Aaron Lipp brings lived experience to playing Christopher, an autistic teenager, in 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NIght-Time.'

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How a neurodivergent college student got the lead role in a Tony-winning play

September 22, 2023 at 10:53 a.m.

Chapman University junior Aaron Lipp brings lived experience to playing Christopher, an autistic teenager, in 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NIght-Time.'

A local historian has researched the dots he says connects a bid to buy the old ranch area with the Chicago bootlegger.

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Al Capone visited Mission San Juan Capistrano, did he also try to buy what is Rancho Santa Margarita?

September 13, 2023 at 8:07 a.m.

A local historian has researched the dots he says connects a bid to buy the old ranch area with the Chicago bootlegger.

In the Pho family, generational lines are drawn in ink, on skin, and passed from father to daughter(s).

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Father’s Day: Daughters look to follow in Robert Pho’s tattoo empire

June 16, 2023 at 7:59 a.m.

In the Pho family, generational lines are drawn in ink, on skin, and passed from father to daughter(s).

After an OC couple stepped up to be guardians, Santa Margarita Catholic High made room for Dut Lual, who is graduating with honors and headed to Oberlin College in Ohio on a four-year scholarship.

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Far from his South Sudan family, a freshly minted high school graduate celebrates with his OC village

June 7, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.

After an OC couple stepped up to be guardians, Santa Margarita Catholic High made room for Dut Lual, who is graduating with honors and headed to Oberlin College in Ohio...