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• Seal Beach Planning Commission rejects controversial LA Fitness center

  28-06-2017 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  People celebrate as the Seal Beach planning commission deny a conditional use permit for a new L.A. Fitness at The Shops at Rossmoor in Seal Beach, California, on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. The developers of the proposed health club are sitting in the front row. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Lynne Wilson, of Rossmoor, holds a protest sign as the Seal Beach planning commission debates a new L.A. Fitness for The Shops at Rossmoor in Seal Beach, California, on Tuesday, June 27
  
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• Fourth of July plans in Anaheim

  28-06-2017 23:19
  The Firecracker 5K/10K joins a pancake breakfast, dog show, patriotic parade, flag march, live music and a big fireworks show finale. The run/walk begins at 7 a.m. at Canyon High School's lower field; the pancake breakfast is 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Canyon High cafeteria; and the Yankee Doodle Dog Show is at 9:30 a.m. in the campus' outdoor amphitheater.
  
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• State Supreme Court refuses to hear case of OC college student convicted of 1979 murder of nurse

  28-06-2017 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The California Supreme Court refused today to reviewthe case of an Orange County engineer who was convicted of the 1979 murder ofa 28-year-old Torrance nurse he had briefly dated.Douglas Gordon Bradford is serving a 26-year-to-life state prison termfor Lynne Knight’s strangulation.At his December 2014 sentencing, he maintained that someone elsecommitted the crime.“I’m an innocent man wrongly convicted. I’m mad as hell I’m paying forsomeone
  
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• Laguna Niguel council approves hiring of city manager search firm

  28-06-2017 22:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Related Articles Laguna Niguel city manager to exit post next monthWith City Manager Rod Foster’s retirement less than one month away, the Laguna Niguel City Council unanimously voted on Wednesday, June 27, to hire a search firm to identify candidates for the job.
  The council agreed to hire Ralph Andersen and Associates for a cost not to exceed $26,500, according to a staff report. The cost for the firm is “offset by salary and benefit savings from vacant positions in the city manage
  
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• Homeland Security demands more security on international flights into U.S.

  28-06-2017 22:26 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALICIA A. CALDWELL
  WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department is demanding that airlines around the world step up security measures for international flights bound for the United States or face the possibility of a total electronics ban for planes.
  Compliance with the new rules could lead to the lifting of a ban on laptops and other large electronics already in place for airlines flying to the United States from 10 airports in the Middle East and Africa. It could also stave off a muc
  
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• Tustin Tidbits: What’s coming up in town

  28-06-2017 22:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Fireworks light up the sky
  Come to the Tustin High football field, 1171 El Camino Real, on Fourth of July evening for food, live music and other entertainment. Stick around for spectacular fireworks after the sun goes down. Pack a picnic or purchase food and drinks from the school’s booster club. And, bring along some non-perishable food items for Operation Warm Wishes to donate to homeless and disadvantaged veterans. Live music begins at 6:30 p.m. — all leading up to
  
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• Lake Forest resident, ‘spirit of the Red Cross’ celebrates 100 years

  28-06-2017 22:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Susan Abbott shows off the additional pages added to Ruth “Riki” Belew’s passport during a celebration for her 100th birthday at Freedom Village Retirement Community in Lake Forest on Friday, June 23, 2017. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)Linda Voss of The American Red Cross congratulates Ruth “Riki” Belew during a celebration for her 100th birthday at Freedom Village Retirement Community in Lake Forest on Friday, June 23, 2017. (Photo by Drew A.
  
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• Mission Viejo adopts $66.8 million budget

  28-06-2017 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  MISSION VIEJO The Mission Viejo City Council adopted a $66.8 million budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year with projections for a $67.1 budget in 2018-19 at Tuesday night’s regular meeting.
  The projected budgets for both years are balanced, with goals to maintain community core service and programs at current levels, as well as continuing funding for economic development, monitoring unfunded liabilities and completing capital projects that include park playgrounds, Felipe Recreation Center, M
  
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• Sibling authors bring tale of Yorkie who learns self-acceptance to Newport Beach

  28-06-2017 22:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The children’s book “Yorkietown,” written by siblings Casey and Karri Adler follows the plight of a Zaggy, an oversized Yorkie, who desperately wants to fit in.The children’s book “Yorkietown,” written by siblings Casey and Karri Adler follows the plight of a Zaggy, an oversized Yorkie, who desperately wants to fit in. (Courtesy Casey Adler)Siblings Kari and Casey Adler have collaborated on several writing projects. Their 2016 children’s book “Yorkietow
  
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• Following ACLU report on ‘inhumane’ Orange County jails, Sheriff Hutchens to hold press conference

  28-06-2017 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  The day after the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California issued a report about “inhumane” conditions in Orange County jails, county Sheriff Sandra Hutchens will hold a press conference to discuss those allegations.
  The ACLU report stated that deputies often used excessive force against inmates, housed inmates in unsanitary conditions and denied inmates adequate health care. The report’s authors also called for Hutchens resign.
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• Boys Town to shut down its Orange County homes for at-risk youth

  28-06-2017 21:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Boys Town California, which operates family homes for at-risk youth on a tranquil, picturesque, 80-acre site in Trabuco Canyon, has announced that it will shut down operations there this summer.
  Administrators say the move comes as they “shift resources to other programs.”
  In addition to the Trabuco Canyon site, which is Boys Town’s only one in California, the 100-year-old Nebraska-based organization also will close sites in New York and Texas.
  The move is part of Boys Tow
  
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• Smaller Brea Place project with 653 apartments approved by Planning Commission

  28-06-2017 19:56 via ocregister.com
  
  A reworked, 653-unit proposal for the mixed-used Brea Place project near the Brea Mall was approved by the Planning Commission on Tuesday, June 27.
  The developer, Hines, cut 94 apartments and lowered the buildings’ maximum heights from seven stories to five in answer to commissioners’ previous concerns about the project. The project’s retail space was also cut by more than two-thirds in the latest proposal submitted.
  Brea Place is proposed to fill in empty spaces in a 30-a
  
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• Wienerschnitzel adds beefed up burgers to its menu

  28-06-2017 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine-based Wienerschnitzel is adding more burgers to its menu. (Photo courtesy of Wienerschnitzel)Irvine-based Wienerschnitzel is adding more burgers to its menu. (Photo courtesy of Wienerschnitzel)Irvine-based Wienerschnitzel is adding more burgers to its menu. (Photo courtesy of Wienerschnitzel)Irvine-based Wienerschnitzel is adding more burgers to its menu. (Photo courtesy of Wienerschnitzel)Show Caption of Expand
  Wienerschnitzel is ramping up its burger offerings by bulking up its patties
  
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• These 10 cities in Orange County are selling safe and sane fireworks before July 4th

  28-06-2017 19:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The countdown to the Fourth of July has started: Fireworks stands are opening in several Orange County cities around Orange County.
  Ten cities allow the sale and use of safe and sane fireworks, which has become a big fundraising opportunity for school and community groups.
  Sales start Wednesday, June 28 in Anaheim and Villa Park with other cities starting on June 30 and more on July 1. All allow sales through July 4.
  Jess Diaz, top left, and Lori Raichel help stock the shelves of the Esperanza s
  
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• Southwest is latest airline to cut back flights to Cuba

  28-06-2017 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Southwest Airlines will join other U.S. carriers in reducing flights to Cuba, saying laws that restrict Americans from traveling there for tourism are constraining demand.
  Southwest becomes the latest airline to accept that the industry, with little way to judge demand beforehand, was too optimistic when U.S. regulators allowed passenger routes to the island nation last year for the first time in decades. President Donald Trump added to the woes earlier this month by announcing restrictions that
  
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• Who are the Clippers getting in the Chris Paul trade?

  28-06-2017 18:43 via ocregister.com
  
  The first blockbuster trade of the NBA offseason came Wednesday with the Clippers, after being informed that Chris Paul intended to sign with Houston as a free agent, trading their All-Star point guard to the Rockets for Patrick Beverley, Sam Dekker, Lou Williams and a 2018 first-round pick.
  Here’s a quick look at the players involved:TO THE ROCKETS:
  CHRIS PAUL
  Pos.: Point guard
  Age: 32
  Notes: 12 seasons in NBA, six with Clippers; nine-time All-Star, nine-time All-Defensive Team
  Career: 18
  
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• Rodney Bingenheimer jumps to SiriusXM after KROQ lets him go

  28-06-2017 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Influential Los Angeles DJ Rodney Bingenheimer didn’t stay unemployed for long. After KROQ-FM/106.7 let him go after four decades earlier this month on Wednesday he announced on his Facebook page that he’s moving to SiriusXM starting Sunday, July 16.
  Bingenheimer’s new show will be part of the Little Steven’s Underground Garage channel on the satellite radio network. It will air at 9 p.m. Eastern / 6 p.m. Pacific each Sunday — Rodney’s favorite day for the sho
  
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• China frees 3 activists who probed Ivanka Trump supplier

  28-06-2017 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By GERRY SHIH
  GANZHOU, China Chinese authorities have released on bail three activists who had been detained after investigating labor conditions at a factory that produced shoes for Ivanka Trump and other brands.
  The three activists walked out of a police station in Ganzhou, a city in southeastern Jiangxi province, on Wednesday, the final day of their legally mandated 30-day detention period limit.
  The activists were working with China Labor Watch, a New York-based group, and were investigating
  
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• Knicks, Phil Jackson part ways after dismal three-year run

  28-06-2017 18:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Phil Jackson wanted to trade Carmelo Anthony and wouldn’t rule out dealing Kristaps Porzingis.
  Turns out, Jackson is the one leaving.
  Jackson is out as New York Knicks president after he oversaw one of the worst eras in team history, with the team saying in a statement Wednesday that they had “mutually agreed to part company.”
  Days after Jackson reiterated his desire to move Anthony and said he would listen to deals for Porzingis, Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan reve
  
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• Chris Paul leaving Clippers in trade, will team with James Harden in Houston

  28-06-2017 18:09 via ocregister.com
  
  After six seasons and just as many playoff disappointments, Chris Paul’s time with the Clippers is over.
  After Paul informed the Clippers he would sign as a free agent with the Houston Rockets, the teams negotiated a trade that will land the Clippers several role players and a 2018 first-round pick in exchange for the perennial All-Star.
  The Vertical reported first reported the deal early Wednesday.
  The Clippers will receive former Lakers reserve Lou Williams, small forward Sam Dekker and
  
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• Homeless encampment sprouts at Tustin Civic Center — drawing both concern and compassion

  28-06-2017 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The homeless in the Tustin Civic Center pile up their belongings in the Tustin on Friday, June 23, 2017. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)Kelly Harper, 55, who says he was a former business man and magazine owner wears a tie every day. He currently lives in the homeless encampment in the Tustin Civic Center in Tustin on Friday, June 23, 2017. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)Kelly Harper, 55, who says he was a former business man and magazine owner current
  
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• Two men armed with handguns rob a 7-Eleven in Fullerton

  28-06-2017 17:15 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON Two men armed with handguns robbed a 7-Eleven Tuesday night and escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash, authorities said.
  The incident happened about 11:30 p.m. in the 300 block of South Brookhurst Street, said Fullerton police Lt. Robert Bastreri.
  The men fled from the store and were last seen on foot southbound on Brookhurst Street, he said. No one was injured.
  Any one with information about the incident is asked to call Fullerton police at 714-738-6534.
  
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• $60 Lobsterfest returns in August to Newport Beach

  28-06-2017 16:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The ninth annual Lobsterfest will be held Sunday, Aug. 6 at the Newport Beach Waterfront Resort.
  Lobsterfest was born in 2009 as a fundraiser benefiting the Sunrise Rotary Clubs in Costa Mesa and Newport Beach. It’s now a nonprofit that raises funds for Make-A-Wish Orange County and Inland Empire as well as Leadership Tomorrow in Orange County.
  The event, from 3-8 p.m., will feature live Maine lobsters flown in that day. The lobsters will be prepared on-site along with a buffet with steak,
  
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• Best thing I ate this week: great tacos on the road to nowhere

  28-06-2017 15:55 via ocregister.com
  
  I sincerely hope Centro Collective can survive its current, no-man’s-land location long enough that it can ultimately relocate to a better space someplace else, because the tacos served here deserve much greater access.The menu is limited to merely six. (There is another side of the collective devoted to pizza, but that’s another story.) Of the several that I tried, all were excellent but none of the others comes even close to the meatless taco made with mushrooms and zucchini blosso
  
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• Venezuela: Helicopter strafes court in ‘terrorist attack’

  28-06-2017 11:13 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSHUA GOODMAN
  CARACAS, Venezuela — A police helicopter fired on Venezuela’s Supreme Court and Interior Ministry in what President Nicolas Maduro said was a thwarted “terrorist attack” aimed at ousting him from power.
  The confusing exchange, which is bound to ratchet up tensions in a country already paralyzed by months of deadly anti-government protests, took place as Maduro was speaking live on state television Tuesday. He later said the helicopter had fired on the pr
  
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• Tesoro Football 2017: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  28-06-2017 10:39 via ocregister.com
  
  TESORO FOOTBALL
  2017 SCHEDULE(All games 7 p.m. unless noted)
  Date           Opponent                        SiteAug. 25       vs. Edison                    Tesoro HighSept. 1        at La Habra                  La Habra HighSept. 8        vs. Huntington Beach  
  
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• Trabuco Hills Football 2017: Schedules, Rosters, Stats

  28-06-2017 10:00 via ocregister.com
  
  TRABUCO HILLS FOOTBALL
  2017 SCHEDULE(All games 7 p.m. unless noted)
  Date                Opponent                          SiteAug. 25            vs. Pacifica                    Trabuco Hills HighSept. 1             vs. Fullerton                
  
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• San Juan Hills Football 2017: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  28-06-2017 09:35 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN JUAN HILLS FOOTBALL
  2017 SCHEDULE(All games 7 p.m. unless noted)
  Date              Opponent                     SiteAug. 25         at Dos Pueblos            Dos Pueblos HighSept. 1          vs. Canyon                  San Juan Hills HighSept. 8          vs. Capistr
  
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• San Clemente Football 2017: Schedules, Rosters, Stats

  28-06-2017 09:11 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN CLEMENTE FOOTBALL
  2017 SCHEDULE(All games 7 p.m. unless noted)
  Date           Opponent                      SiteAug. 25      at Oceanside                Oceanside HighSept. 1       vs. Huntington Beach   San Clemente HighSept. 8       at Fullerton                    Fullerton
  
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• Supreme Court’s trademark ruling a blow to speech police

  28-06-2017 09:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Asked to decide whether a band name using pejorative slang could be deprived of trademark protections, the Supreme Court correctly ruled in defense of the band — and of the First Amendment.
  Let’s hope the decision will herald the high-water mark of America’s speech-policing movement.
  Americans have been busybodies about manners and mores for hundreds of years. That’s a tradition set to continue for a long time. But now, the concerted effort of a radical vanguard to inscri
  
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• Politics trumps economics on minimum wage issue

  28-06-2017 09:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Economists have oftentimes been made the butt of jokes for their significant differences of opinion on a number of issues. “If you laid all the economists in the world end to end, they still wouldn’t reach a conclusion,” the saying goes.
  But, despite a number of internal debates within the profession’s various schools of thought, there is strong agreement on some core beliefs, like the laws of supply and demand. The law of supply simply states that the quantity of goods
  
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• Needed flexibility on sober-living homes

  28-06-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  When it comes to sober-living homes, it seems there is a reflexive urge to throw the baby out with the bathwater. In Costa Mesa, home to the second-highest number of licensed drug rehabilitation centers per capita in the state, residents’ exasperation with the industry is understandable, but, as in all things, some flexibility is important.
  The Costa Mesa City Council, therefore, made the right decision last week when it exercised discretion in regulating the city’s sober-living hom
  
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• Letters: They still don’t get it

  28-06-2017 09:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Re: “Legislative, court actions have made politics harsh” [Opinion, June 25]: It must be difficult to be a far-left partisan like Kevin Modesti these days. Liberals control the vast majority of the print and broadcast news media, internet news and social media, Hollywood (including late night television), universities and even K-12 education. The left even gets a boost from taxpayers with the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. But even with all of that, when you c
  
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• Mission Viejo Football 2017: Schedule, Roster, Stats

  28-06-2017 08:49 via ocregister.com
  
  MISSION VIEJO FOOTBALL
  2017 SCHEDULE(All games 7 p.m. unless noted)
  Date             Opponent                          SiteAug. 19        at Baldwin                       Wailuku, Hawaii, 6 p.m.Sept. 1         vs. Vista Murrieta           Mission Viejo High, 8 p.m.Sept. 8    
  
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• Whicker: Cody Bellinger takes what Angels give him in Dodgers’ 4-0 win

  28-06-2017 08:23 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — And then we come to the part where Cody Bellinger makes something easy look easy.
  Or at least it looks that way every night in baseball, when a defense creates its own yawning hole and dares you to hit a ball through it.
  Bellinger had Dodger teammates on first and third Tuesday night with one out in the sixth. It was tied, 0-0. In fact, the Angels had held the Dodgers scoreless for 14-1/3 innings, just after the Dodgers had held a week-long sprint-relay across home plate.
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• San Juan Capistrano sues to overturn approval of utility’s expansion in city

  28-06-2017 08:16 via ocregister.com
  
  San Juan Capistrano is asking a federal judge to overturn state regulators’ approval of a $381 million plan by San Diego Gas & Electric Company to expand electrical infrastructure in the heart of the city.
  The city filed suit Friday, June 23, in U.S. District Court against the California Public Utilities Commission, arguing that a flawed review process denied the city a fair hearing.
  The project, known as South Orange County Reliability Enhancement, “will result in radical but un
  
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• Tonya Evinger Replaces Megan Anderson Against Cris Cyborg at UFC 214

  28-06-2017 07:47
  Megan Anderson is out of the women's featherweight title fight against Cris "Cyborg" Justino at UFC 214 due to personal issued. UFC officials made the announcement on Tuesday.
  
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• Cal State Fullerton President Mildred García: Project Rebound is a second chance for him, for society

  28-06-2017 07:39 via ocregister.com
  
  He tried to appear casual — just another motorist crossing into the United States from Mexico. No white knuckles on the steering wheel, no sweat on his brow, no broken tail light, nothing to see here. But on this day, Omar Chavez’s demeanor and nondescript vehicle couldn’t save him; the Border Patrol had uncovered a pattern that allowed them to discern which cars were running drugs.
  He was driving such a car.
  As a student of color from East Los Angeles, Chavez had overcome many
  
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• Five potential stars for the North in the O.C. All-Star Classic

  28-06-2017 07:17 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA – The North team, under the guidance of Coach Charlie TeGantvoort, is preparing to take on the South in the Orange County All-Star Classic on Friday, June 30, at Orange Coast College.
  Here are five players who stood out for the North during its very competitive practice Tuesday.
  Katella’s James Faitasia will play receiver and defensive back for the North team in the O.C. All-Star Classic on Friday, June 30, at Orange Coast College. (Photo by Michael Huntley, Contributor)1.
  
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• Cal State Fullerton student researcher heads to Penn State to pursue doctorate degree in kinesiology

  28-06-2017 07:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Emmanuel Macedo had played sports all his life: basketball, flag football, especially soccer. But it wasn’t until he took a philosophy of sport class did he think of pursuing an academic field that related to the study of sport.
  He was attending Cal State Fullerton as an undergraduate student majoring in philosophy, hoping to eventually be a higher-education counselor. But with two semesters left, his fiancé at the time, Fergie Macedo, encouraged him to pursue a kinesiology minor.
  H
  
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• Kenta Maeda stifles Angels in Dodgers’ 4-0 win

  28-06-2017 07:01 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Kenta Maeda is technically the Dodgers’ sixth starter. One year after finishing third in National League Rookie of the Year voting, Maeda hasn’t pitched as often as he’d like.
  And yet, in five June appearances, Maeda has allowed only four runs. The right-hander continued his resurgence in the Dodgers’ 4-0 win over the Angels on Tuesday before an announced crowd of 47,245 at Dodger Stadium.
  Pitching only to give the Dodgers’ other starters an extr
  
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• Church’s trailer, equipment stolen from parking lot of Fountain Valley campus

  28-06-2017 06:59 via ocregister.com
  
  FOUNTAIN VALLEY — A trailer containing an estimated $30,000 worth of equipment, including items for the children’s ministry, was stolen from a church parking lot last week, police said.
  One of the two trailers in the parking lot of Fountain Valley-based Beachpoint Church, 17415 Magnolia St., was reported stolen to the Fountain Valley Police Department on Sunday, June 25.
  Members of the church were unclear when exactly the trailer was stolen but it was last seen by a member in the par
  
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• Cal State Fullerton expert: As the pendulum swings — America’s history of health insurance expansions

  28-06-2017 06:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By SHANA ALEX CHARLES
  CAL STATE FULLERTON
   
  Here’s a question keeping many people in our country up at night these days: Just why is our health insurance system so hard to fix?
  Shana Alex Charles Photo courtesy Cal State FullertonTo answer, we have look back at the 20th century. Our system is complicated because, as a nation, we have a very hard time agreeing on the final goal of the system itself. It’s indisputable that study after study has clearly shown the importance of heal
  
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• Miller: Ruinous Dodgers front office wrecks writer’s rep

  28-06-2017 06:13 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — They were ruining the Dodgers, the once-proud franchise likened to a burning car careening off a cliff, the listless future best represented by the image of a deflating balloon.
  The conclusion was this team was drowning in a pit of “smoldering, putrid negativity.”
  Strong and biting was the opinion delivered in mid-December of 2015. Strong and biting and oh so wretchedly wrong.
  I just wish I wasn’t the one who had delivered it.
  Believe it or not, folks, I was
  
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• Esperanza High in Anaheim is vandalized, pool and aquatics equipment damaged

  28-06-2017 05:54 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The aquatics department at Esperanza High School raises funds at a fireworks stand every year.
  This year, those funds will be needed more than ever, after the school’s swimming pool and equipment were destroyed, vandalized and stolen on Sunday or Monday.
  At around 7:30 a.m. Monday, swim and water polo coach Galen Diaz arrived early for a kids’ summer aquatic camp, when he made the discovery. Electronic equipment was stolen and thrown into the pool, paint was all over
  
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• Woodbridge’s Lim named MVP of all-city softball; pictures and profiles of all the players

  28-06-2017 05:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The Irvine World News all-city softball team, top row, left to right, Kaitlyn Lologo, Northwood; Amanda Hotrod Zaffino, Northwood; Lindsay Allen, Crean Lutheran; Sofie Adams, Woodbridge; Taylor Caudill, Woodbridge, Hannah Sasaki, Woodbridge; Alexis White, Crean Lutheran; Sophia Han, Crean Lutheran; Jordan Tyo, Northwood and Christy Kelly, Beckman. Front row, Joanna Michaels, Woodbridge; MVP Kaitlyn Lim, Woodbridge; Trina Hoang, Irvine; and Maddie Simon, Beckman. Not pictured, Bronwyn Jarvis and
  
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• Irvine will hold exclusive talks with Wild Rivers to open at Great Park

  28-06-2017 05:11 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — A 30-acre water park, complete with an uphill water coaster, water slides and lazy river, is a step closer to making a monumental splash at the Orange County Great Park.
  The Irvine City Council, acting as the Orange County Great Park board, on Tuesday, June 27, approved an exclusive negotiating agreement with Wild Rivers, LLC, to build and operate the water park at the Great Park. Wild Rivers would be in the 250-acre Cultural Terrace, in the southeast portion of the park.
  Once a p
  
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• Tom Heathington promoted to head coach of Godinez football team

  28-06-2017 04:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Godinez promoted assistant coach Tom Heathington to head coach of the school’s football team, Godinez athletic director Greg Coombs said Tuesday.
  Heathington replaces Michael Echaves, who left Godinez to become the head coach at Troy.
  Heathington was the defensive coordinator at Godinez the past seven seasons. He previously was an assistant coach at Buena Park High, his alma mater. Heathtington will continue to be a walk-on coach, which is a coach that is not a full-time faculty or staff m
  
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• Whicker: Martin Maldonado is driving force in Angels’ rise

  28-06-2017 04:48 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Bengie Molina was like the driver you used when you first broke 80. OK, 90.
  He brought his own kind of precious mettle.
  He was Mike Scioscia’s world championship catcher, 15 years ago. He was a glowering cement block who rode his pitchers, drove in occasional but crucial ruins, and approached his craft as soberly as a mine worker.
  Molina left and nobody was ever good enough again. For Scioscia, his catcher comfort zone is as wide as a MINI Cooper.
  Then Martin Maldonado
  
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• Police search for driver in deadly wrong-way crash in Long Beach

  28-06-2017 03:43
  A hit-and-run driver speeding the wrong direction with his headlights off caused a fatal head-on crash early Sunday morning in Long Beach, according to police. The crash happened on Anaheim Street near the Los Angeles River, the Long Beach Police Department said in a news release.
  
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