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• Stanton opens new mini park on Beach Boulevard

  17-01-2018 23:59 via ocregister.com
  
  The city recently opened a pocket park, a small plot of open space, on the southwest corner of Orangewood Avenue and Beach Boulevard. The park – featuring grass, shrubs, succulents and five-foot-high metal letters spelling out “Stanton” – is a part of ongoing efforts to revitalize Beach.
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• Santa Ana Unified welcomes new police chief

  17-01-2018 23:58 via ocregister.com
  
  The Santa Ana Unified School District swore in Anastasia Smith as its new police chief on Tuesday, Jan. 16, a district statement said.
  Smith has served in law enforcement for more than 27 years. She retired as a captain in the internal affairs division of the San Diego Police Department.
  She is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice management.
  Louis Casiano Jr., 714-796-2478
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• ‘Helpless’ Jake Muzzin on cusp of returning for Kings

  17-01-2018 23:56 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Mired in a slump, during which they have lost four consecutive games, the Kings can use all the help they can get.
  It could be on the way in the form of defenseman Jake Muzzin.
  Muzzin went on injured reserve on Jan. 6 (retroactive to Jan. 4) with an upper-body injury. He has missed the past three games. Adding insult to injury, his consecutive games played streak of 281 was halted.
  Muzzin proclaimed after practice Wednesday that he’s good to go, and he’s hopeful hi
  
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• Westminster sets date for its annual Spring Festival at the Civic Center

  17-01-2018 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  The annual Spring Festival is set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 24 at the Civic Center, 8200 Westminster Blvd., the city has announced.
  The free festival will feature live musical entertainment, food and craft vendors, activities for children, a resource fair and a visit from the Easter Bunny.
  Information: 714-895-2860 or [email protected].
   
  
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• California to explain but not change school improvement plan federal officials criticized

  17-01-2018 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  By John Fensterwald, EdSource
  Despite significant criticisms last month by the U.S. Department of Education, California will likely make clarifications but no substantial changes to the state’s plan for complying with the Every Student Succeeds Act, the federal law that requires states to improve low-achieving schools.
  At its meeting on Thursday, the State Board of Education is expected to adopt wording changes and elaborations while keeping most of the 100-pl
  
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• Garden Grove State of the City luncheon set for end of January

  17-01-2018 23:53 via ocregister.com
  
  The annual State of the City Luncheon is scheduled for 11 a.m. Jan. 31 at the Hilton Anaheim South, 11767 Harbor Blvd. Mayor Steve Jones will discuss the successes of the previous year and the outlook for Garden Grove’s future. Cost: $50. Information: gardengrovechamber.com.
   
  
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• Cypress Community Center’s kids night to feature movies, games and more

  17-01-2018 23:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Don’t forget, Friday, Jan. 19 is Kids Night Out at 6 p.m. at the Community Center, 5700 Orange Ave. There will be food, crafts, movies and games for kids ages 5-12. Information: cypressca.org
   
  
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• Buena Park State of the City event is Feb. 7

  17-01-2018 23:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Buena Park Mayor Virginia Vaughn and City Manager Jim Vanderpool will discuss recent happenings and future goals for the city at the State of the City address at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7.
  The luncheon event is at Knott’s Berry Farm Hotel, 7675 Crescent Ave., Buena Park, and tickets are $30.
  Information: 714-562-3551.
   
  
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• How is USA Gymnastics now protecting athletes?

  17-01-2018 23:01
  It's the second day of trial in Michigan for Larry Nassar, the former physician for USA Gymnastics who has been accused of sexual assaults by more than 100 athletes. New Safe Sport policy and training has been put into place for every gym and coach under the USA Gymnastics umbrella.
  
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• Middle school students enjoy giant-sized games in Mission Viejo

  17-01-2018 20:53 via ocregister.com
  
  MISSION VIEJO – The recent Middle School Teen Scene Giant Game Night was big fun at the Montanoso Recreation Center.
  The night’s activities included giant-sized board games of Uno, Connect 4, Chess, Jenga and more. Students also played dodgeball and basketball.
  Mission Viejo’s Teen Scene programs allow students from sixth to eighth grade to enjoy activities while meeting up with friends and making new ones at one of the city’s recreation centers.
  Other events include movi
  
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• Indie bestsellers for the week of Jan. 14

  17-01-2018 20:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018, based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. Sing, Unburied, Sing: Jesmyn Ward, Scribner2. Lincoln in the Bardo: George Saunders, Random House3. Manhattan Beach: Jennifer Egan, Scribner4. The Power: Naomi Alderman, Little Brown5. The Woman in the Window: A.J. Finn, Morrow6. Little Fires Everywhere: Celeste Ng, P
  
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• Kristen Bell hosting SAG Awards with #MeToo-inspired slate of all-female presenters

  17-01-2018 20:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Actress Kristen Bell will be the host of the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. The show wlll feature all female presenters. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
  LOS ANGELES — Marisa Tomei, Rosanna Arquette and Mandy Moore were among the latest group of all-female presenters announced today for the 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.
  Also announced as presenters for Sunday’s ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium were Olivia Munn, Niecy Nash, Gina Rodriguez, Maya
  
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• Handy Elementary students are “owning” their science learning

  17-01-2018 20:20 via ocregister.com
  
  A supplemental science program, Project Lead the Way, is being tested and embraced in local classrooms.
  California science curriculum standards are changing, and the project-based learning, on top of the current classroom curriculum, will benefit the students in the future, officials say.
  Handy Elementary School Principal Michelle Owen is a proponent of the hands-on learning. Though Handy has a large English-learner population, the students have embraced the project, and comfortably – and
  
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• Football: Buena Park coach Davis Lowery resigns after one season

  17-01-2018 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Buena Park football coach Davis Lowery, a native of Florida who arrived in the Freeway League from Alaska, has resigned after one season, he confirmed Wednesday.
  Lowery said he resigned because he has been tending to family medical issues in Florida, where he had coached high school football for several years.
  “It was a very emotional thing for me (to resign),” he said. “This is a playoff team next year.”
  The Coyotes went 1-9 last season, including 0-5 in the Freeway. Bue
  
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• Animal lovers remember San Clemente’s Cynthia Cooper, who helped start local shelter

  17-01-2018 20:07 via ocregister.com
  
  One of the co-founders of the animal shelter that serves San Clemente and Dana Point is being remembered this month for her passion and dedication.
  Cynthia Cooper of San Clemente died Jan. 3 after a brief illness. She was 76. A celebration of her life is set for 1 p.m. Jan. 28 at Talega Golf Club.
  “It was a small grassroots group,” she said in a 2006 interview about how the volunteer-supported shelter began in 1983. She was one of eight original board members.
  San Clemente had grown
  
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• Bellator 192: Aaron Pico makes fighting and winning his life

  17-01-2018 19:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Former St. John Bosco wrestling standout Aaron Pico training with famed boxing trainer Freddie Roach at his Wild Card boxing gym in Hollywood, CA. Pico comes home to fight on the main card of Bellator 192 at The Forum on Saturday, Jan. 20th. (Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Former St. John Bosco wrestling standout Aaron Pico training with famed boxing trainer Freddie Roach at his Wild Card boxing gym in Hollywood, CA. Pico comes home to fight on the main card of Bellator 192 at The F
  
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• Apple jumps on HQ2 bandwagon, says it will build 2nd campus, hire 20,000 in $350 billion pledge

  17-01-2018 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Apple is planning to build another corporate campus and hire 20,000 workers during the next five years as part of a $350 billion commitment to the U.S. economy.
  The pledge announced Wednesday is an offshoot from the sweeping overhaul of the U.S. tax code championed by President Donald Trump and approved by Congress last month.
  Besides dramatically lowering the standard corporate tax rate, the reforms offer a one-time break on cash being held overseas.
  Apple plans to take advantage of that provis
  
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• Costa Mesa to contract with Newport Beach animal hospital for temporary shelter services

  17-01-2018 19:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Costa Mesa will enter into an agreement with a Newport Beach animal hospital to house its stray animals until a permanent provider is found, city officials said Tuesday, Jan. 16.
  The announcement comes less than a week before the city’s contract with the Huntington Beach-based Orange County Humane Society expires. City Manager Tom Hatch did not reveal the Newport Beach facility’s name, saying a contract had not been “executed” yet.
  “We’ll be working to&nb
  
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• Bitcoin sinks below $10,000 to bring monthlong rout to 50%

  17-01-2018 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Bitcoin tumbled below $10,000, bringing its loss to almost 50 percent from a record set only a month ago, as increased scrutiny from regulators around the world weighs on the digital-coin craze.
  The largest cryptocurrency dropped 10 percent to $9,610.05 as of 9:33 a.m. in New York, its first foray below $10,000 since Dec. 1, according to consolidated pricing data collated by Bloomberg. It has fallen from a record $19,511 reached Dec. 18, and seen more than $140 billion shaved off its market valu
  
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• Wilshire Country Club to host LPGA Tour event in April

  17-01-2018 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Wilshire Country Club in the regal Hancock Park area has agreed to return as host of the LPGA Tour’s first Los Angeles-based event in 13 years, set for April 19-22.
  The HUGEL-JTBC L.A. Open, with the title co-sponsors connected to a Korean beauty products company and media outlet, will have a $1.5 million purse for a 144-player field who can see the Hollywood sign in the background at various parts of the course.
  The LPGA had announced in December that, as part of its 34-event season, it p
  
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• Kings’ Drew Doughty makes his time on ice well spent

  17-01-2018 17:26 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO – Drew Doughty was told by a reporter the other day that he leads the league in time on ice. As if unsure of exactly what was said, he responded by saying, “I do, or don’t?”
  It really seemed like he didn’t know that his 27:09 of TOI does indeed rank No. 1 in the NHL. It’s no surprise, though. The Kings’ All-Star defenseman finished second, third and second the past three seasons in that category. It’s not for the reason some might think.
  
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• Anaheim program gives homeless day jobs cleaning up parks in return for gift cards, bus passes

  17-01-2018 17:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Wearing matching red T-shirts and orange safety vests, about a half-dozen homeless men and women on a recent morning fanned out across Anaheim’s Willow Park to pick up litter and repaint trash cans.
  Overseen by the nonprofit service group Love Anaheim, the park clean-up was the fourth outing for a fledgling city-funded program that offers a meal and gift cards in exchange for a half day of work beautifying the city.
  Nathan Zug, center, of Love Anaheim speaks to homeless volunteers gathered
  
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• Irvine firm accused of defrauding investors in house-flipping scheme

  17-01-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A federal complaint accuses an Irvine real estate firm and its executives of siphoning off proceeds from a house-flipping venture financed largely from investors’ retirement savings funds.
  Hoplon Financial Group and its two top executives — Hoplon founder and Chief Executive Daniel Benjamin Vasquez Sr., 56, of Orange County and Hoplon Chief Operating Officer Gilbert Fluetsch, 52, of Escondido — were accused of numerous securities violations in a U.S. Securities & Exchange C
  
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• The RiDE Experience - Learn how to ride at Monster Jam

  17-01-2018 15:58
  The crew over at RiDE invited us out to Anaheim, CA to check out their new pit-party event, which made it's debut this past weekend at Monster Jam. The RiDE experience gives spectators and fans a chance to ride a motorcycle for the very first time.
  
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• Rival Koreas agree to form first unified Olympic team

  17-01-2018 15:31 via ocregister.com
  
  By HYUNG-JIN KIM
  SEOUL, South Korea  — The rival Koreas agreed Wednesday to form their first unified Olympic team and have their athletes parade together for the first time in 11 years during the opening ceremony of next month’s Winter Olympics in South Korea, officials said.
  The agreements still require approval from the International Olympic Committee. But they are the most prominent steps toward rapprochement achieved by the Koreas since they recently began exploring cooperat
  
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• Burt Bacharach will play the hits of his life in music on Saturday in Rancho Mirage

  17-01-2018 15:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Burt Bacharach performs at Glastonbury Music Festival on Saturday, June 27, 2015 at Worthy Farm, Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Jim Ross/Invision/AP)Pop music icon Burt Bacharach will play a concert at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. (Photo courtesy of Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa)Burt Bacharach performs at Glastonbury Music Festival on Saturday, June 27, 2015 at Worthy Farm, Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Jim Ross/Invision/AP)Burt Bacharach attends the
  
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• New ‘Cabaret’ staging in La Mirada finds a theatrical vocabulary grounded in history

  17-01-2018 15:01 via ocregister.com
  
  In the 52 years since its Broadway debut, “Cabaret” has routinely been staged in Southern California – so often, in fact, that it’s probably pointless to try to speculate as to the number of “Cabarets” produced locally each year, or total since 1966.
  Suffice it to say that the prospect of mounting a new staging is daunting. How do you create a “Cabaret” that has something different to offer and might have a shot at attracting more than just existin
  
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• Dual Acquisitions Advance Red Hawk as Fire & Security Integrator

  17-01-2018 11:24
  Red Hawk Fire & Security LLC , a leader in fire, life safety and security services, today announced the purchase of two companies to build upon its capabilities in the special hazard fire suppression business and the integrated security services arena. In separate transactions, Red Hawk announced the purchase of Anaheim, California-based Diversified Protection Systems, Inc., and ATCi Communications, Inc .
  
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• U.S. vs. Brea home values: How do they compare?

  17-01-2018 09:41 via ocregister.com
  
  This is how Brea housing looks compared to the rest of the nation by Zillow’s math.
  The online housing tracker’s national databases can help add some perspective to the high price of local living.
  As of November, for example, Orange County real estate by Zillow’s math — the No. 5 nationally in housing market size — has a median home value of $696,200, 13th highest in the 1,700-plus U.S. counties tracked. That’s after surging 44.7 percent in the last five
  
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• CIF-SS girls water polo polls: Tuesday, Jan. 16

  17-01-2018 08:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The CIF-SS polls in girls water polo for Jan. 16, 2018
  Division 1-21 Laguna Beach2. Dos Pueblos3. Mater Dei4. Corona del Mar5. Foothill6. Los Alamitos7. Orange Lutheran8. San Marcos9. Santa Margarita10. Santa Barbara11. Newport Harbor12. Los Osos13. San Clemente14. ML King15. La Canada16. Huntington Beach17. Schurr18. Agoura19. Arroyo Grande20. Murrieta Valley
  Division 31 Harvard Westlake2 Long Beach Wilson3 Rosary4 Claremont5 La Serna6 Canyon/Anaheim7 Mira Costa8 Crescenta Valley9 Santiago10 Te
  
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• Villa Park has rough moments, but able to hold off Brea Olinda

  17-01-2018 08:04 via ocregister.com
  
  BREA – It might seem unusual for a coach to be upset with his team’s performance after a 14-point win over a league rival, but the Villa Park boys basketball team has high expectations after its deep run in the CIF-SS and CIF State playoffs last season.
  The Spartans opened North Hills League play with a 79-65 win against Brea Olinda on Tuesday. They  led by as many as 20 points in the fourth quarter, but Coach Kevin Reynolds was dissatisfied with his team’s performanc
  
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• Northwood turns it up a notch and records key 59-51 PCL victory over Corona del Mar (video)

  17-01-2018 07:47 via ocregister.com
  
  CdM coach Ryan Schachter talks to his team during a timeout Tuesday night. Tim Burt photoJacob Huynh (left) and Devin Owens of Northwood led the Timberwolves to a 59-51 victory over Corona del Mar Tuesday night. Tim Burt photoKevin Kobrine of Corona del Mar gets ready to take a free throw in Tuesday’s game with Northwood. Tim Burt photoShow Caption of Expand
  NEWPORT BEACH – It’s early in the Pacific Coast League race, but Northwood’s boys basketball team took another majo
  
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• Second-half push from Holden carries No. 3 Canyon to win over Foothill

  17-01-2018 07:28 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – Canyon had four players score in double figures in a 75-57 victory over Foothill in the Crestview League boys basketball opener for both teams Tuesday at Canyon High.
  Comanches senior forward Lucas Holden scored 17 of his game-high 19 points in the second half, with most of the points coming on drives to the basket.
  Canyon’s Justin Williams tries to stop Foothill’s Josh Jalmasco during Canyon’s 75-57 victory in their Crestview league game at Canyon High in Anahe
  
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• Gradilla steps down after nine-year run as Whittier Christian’s football coach

  17-01-2018 07:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Whittier Christian football coach Sergio Gradilla resigned on Friday, Jan. 12 after nine seasons at the school.
  The school announced his resignation on its athletics department website.
  Gradilla had an overall record of 56-45.
  In 2010, he led the Heralds to an Olympic League title, a 12-2 overall record and the CIF Southern Section Mid-Valley Division championship game, where they lost to Monrovia 38-8.
  His teams advanced to the quarterfinals of the playoffs in the next two campaigns, but the He
  
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• Gradilla resigns, ending nine-year run as Whittier Christian’s football coach

  17-01-2018 07:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Whittier Christian football coach Sergio Gradilla resigned on Friday, Jan. 12, after nine seasons at the school.
  The school announced his resignation on its athletics department website.
  Gradilla had an overall record of 56-45.
  In 2010, he led the Heralds to an Olympic League title, a 12-2 overall record and the CIF Southern Section Mid-Valley Division championship game, where they lost to Monrovia 38-8.
  His teams advanced to the quarterfinals of the playoffs in the next two campaigns, but the H
  
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• Proposition 65 and food packaging: A preview of coming changes

  17-01-2018 07:11
  There are high-stakes changes on the horizon for the well-known California regulation that will likely and more deeply impact food packaging and food packagers. Most United States citizens even outside of California are aware at least in a general sense of that state's Proposition 65 regulation from warnings and cautions of many common products that states "WARNING: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects and other reproductive harm."
  
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• Bo stays hot, leads Crean Lutheran to win over St. Margaret’s

  17-01-2018 06:53 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE – Maximus Bo continued his hot outside shooting as Crean Lutheran defeated St. Margaret’s 77-39 on Tuesday in a battle for first place in Academy League boys basketball.
  Bo scored a game-high 24 points and was 7 for 10 on 3-point shots. Last week, Bo, a 5-foot-8 junior guard, made a school-record 14 3-pointers and scored 44 points in a league win over Whitney of Cerritos.
  Crean Lutheran and St. Margaret’s were both undefeated in league play going into the game. With
  
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• Avinger sparks Los Alamitos past Huntington Beach in Sunset showdown

  17-01-2018 06:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Alamitos point guard Asia Avinger drove toward the basket, leaped with the ball held high and beat two defenders with a scoop shot while being fouled.
  The sophomore shouted after hitting the floor, providing the final touch on the spark the Griffins needed Tuesday night.
  Avinger’s basket with 2:27 left in the first half sparked a 13-0 run that sent No. 6 Los Alamitos to a 45-27 victory against visiting Huntington Beach in a Sunset League girls basketball game.
  “Once one exciting
  
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• Avinger sparks Los Alamitos past Huntington Beach

  17-01-2018 06:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Alamitos point guard Asia Avinger drove toward the basket, leaped with the ball held high and beat two defenders with a scoop shot while being fouled.
  The sophomore shouted after hitting the floor, providing the final touch on the spark the Griffins needed Tuesday night.
  Avinger’s basket with 2:27 left in the first half sparked a 13-0 run that sent No. 6 Los Alamitos to a 45-27 victory against visiting Huntington Beach in a Sunset League girls basketball game.
  “Once one exciting
  
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• Dana Point narrowly passes citywide smoking ban

  17-01-2018 05:52 via ocregister.com
  
  The Dana Point City Council on Tuesday night, Jan. 16, passed a citywide smoking ban, joining Laguna Beach as the only two cities in Orange County to prohibit smoking on all public sidewalks, in alleys and in parking lots.
  Councilman Joseph Muller reacts as the vote comes down in favor of a public smoking ban during a city council meeting at Dana Point City Hall in Dana Point on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Muller voted against the ban. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)Rick Erkeneff
  
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• Tyler Hilinski, Washington State QB and Upland grad, dead from apparent suicide

  17-01-2018 05:46 via ocregister.com
  
  PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State quarterback and former Upland football player Tyler Hilinski has died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
  The 21-year-old Hilinski was discovered in his apartment after he didn’t show up for practice Tuesday. The Pullman Police Department says a rifle “was recovered next to Hilinski and a suicide note was found.”
  Hilinski just completed his sophomore season and was the presumptive starting quarterback going into next season. Hi
  
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• Woodbridge golfer Yuki Yoshihara commits to UCLA

  17-01-2018 05:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Woodbridge junior Yuki Yoshihara, a three-time Pacific Coast League MVP, has committed to UCLA, Woodbridge girls golf coach Tracy Roberts said.
  “I am very excited to commit to UCLA golf,” Yoshihara said in a statement. “The program has a great history. I plan on continuing to work very hard through my senior year to prepare so I can be a good teammate.”
  Yoshihara shot a 3-under-par 71 in the final round at El Prado Golf Course in Chino to give her a two-stroke victory in
  
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• Man wounded in possible gang-related shooting in Fullerton

  17-01-2018 04:52 via ocregister.com
  
  A 25-year-old man was wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 16 in Fullerton that police believe is gang-related.
  Shortly before 4 p.m., police responded to a shots-fired call and found the wounded victim, with one gunshot wound in his upper body, said police Sgt. Jon Radus.
  The victim was taken to a hospital. Police believe the injuries are not life-threatening.
  The preliminary investigation shows that the victim was shot in the area of 800 South Highland Avenue by suspects who fled.
  Any
  
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• Physical, psychological recovery for Perris children expected to be long-term

  17-01-2018 04:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The 13 Perris children who authorities say suffered stunted growth because of torture and neglect by their parents likely face a long rehabilitation, both physically and psychologically, an expert suggested.
  Sophia Grant, medical director of the child abuse and neglect unit at Riverside University Health System, has not treated the children. But at a Riverside County sheriff’s news conference Tuesday, Jan. 16, she spoke about similar cases.
  At the half-hour briefing, where media crowded sh
  
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• Martin Luther King Jr. honored in week of events at Cal State Fullerton

  17-01-2018 04:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday might have passed, but the civil rights leader’s legacy will be honored next week with several events:
  Tyler Parry, associate professor of African American studies at Cal State Fullerton, will address the legacy and realities of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life during a free lecture Jan. 24. (Photo courtesy of Cal State Fullerton)
  Tuesday, Jan. 23: “Chalking About MLK” — Members of the campus community will reflect upon and add t
  
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• UCLA basketball hopes to play through Thomas Welsh

  17-01-2018 03:52 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Thomas Welsh sensed a comeback on the horizon. The emotions seeped out of the usually stoic 7-foot center.
  He drilled a 3-pointer to pull UCLA to within seven against Colorado last Saturday and clapped his hands vigorously. A turnover one minute later prompted Welsh to slap the court at Pauley Pavilion in frustration. After he made another 3-pointer to cut the deficit to four, Welsh waved his arms to pump up the crowd.
  Welsh got the Bruins within striking distance, but they c
  
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• Mt. SAC trustee, 2012 opponent Jay Chen jumps in to crowded race for Ed Royce’s seat

  17-01-2018 03:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Democrat Jay Chen, a Mount San Antonio College board member and Hacienda Heights resident, has announced he is running for the open seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Ed Royce, R-Fullerton.
  Chen, 39, a businessman and real estate investor, joins six other Democrats vying for the hotly contested 39th Congressional District seat held by the Republican lawmaker for 26 years.
  The college trustee is the only candidate in the race so far to have run against Royce. Chen ran a vigorous campaign in 2012 but
  
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• With Ed Royce retiring, Mt. SAC trustee Jay Chen says he’ll run for Congress

  17-01-2018 03:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Democrat Jay Chen, a Mount San Antonio College board member and Hacienda Heights resident, has announced he is running for the open seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Ed Royce, R-Fullerton.
  Chen, 39, a businessman and real estate investor, joins six other Democrats vying for the hotly contested 39th Congressional District seat held by the Republican lawmaker for 26 years.
  The college trustee is the only candidate in the race so far to have run against Royce. Chen ran a vigorous campaign in 2012 but
  
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• GoFundMe working with campaign to help Perris siblings in torture case

  17-01-2018 03:40 via ocregister.com
  
  A Virginia mother who heard about the Perris siblings who authorities say were held against their will couldn’t sit by and do nothing.
  So, Michelle Medellin created a GoFundMe fundraising account.
  “I live clear across country from the Turpin children, I have no relation to them, I’ve never met them, but I am a mom, a mother bear,” Medellin wrote in the fundraiser description.
  On Tuesday, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, which is investigating the Perris ca
  
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• Orange County high school schedule: Wednesday, Jan. 17

  17-01-2018 03:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school sports schedule for Wednesday, Jan. 17.
  BOYS BASKETBALLAll games 7 p.m. unless notedTrinity LeagueOrange Lutheran at Mater Dei, Santa Margarita at JSerra, Servite at St. John Bosco
  Sunset LeagueFountain Valley at Edison, Los Alamitos at Huntington Beach, Marina at Newport Harbor
  South Coast LeagueTesoro at Trabuco Hills, San Clemente at Aliso Niguel
  Sea View LeagueDana Hills at Capistrano Valley, San Juan Hills at Mission Viejo
  San Joaquin LeagueCapistrano Valley Ch
  
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