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• Santa Ana man killed in off-road vehicle crash in Johnson Valley area

  21-01-2018 23:54 via ocregister.com
  
  A Santa Ana man was killed Saturday, Jan. 20 when he lost control of his off-road vehicle in the Mojave Desert, the San Bernardino County Coroner’s Office said.
  Nathan Bailey, 44, was driving in the foothills northeast of Means Dry Lake, according to a coroner’s report. That’s in the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle area northwest of Landers.
  About 3:20 p.m., someone called 911 to report the crash. California Highway Patrol officers were sent out, and discovered that Bai
  
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• Santa Ana Council to reconsider $1 million subsidy to auto dealers for freeway billboard

  21-01-2018 22:09 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – The City Council plans to take another look – reluctantly – at its agreement to give auto dealers $1 million for a new digital billboard along the 55 freeway.
  City Manager Raul Godinez is bringing back the issue with new recommendations: hold a public hearing, analyze how the subsidy to the dealerships would benefit the public, and create a new agreement that doesn’t call for dipping into the city’s reserves.
  The issue is now set to resurface next month
  
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• Retro City Festival brings gamers back to the ’70s at the Fairplex

  21-01-2018 22:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Gameboy Junky owner, Guillermo Hernandez, poses with a custom Gameboy creation. (Photo by Kenya Barrett/SCNG)Gamers were able to try out the Vectrex gaming system, first introduced to the US in 1982. (Photo by Kenya Barrett/SCNG)The Gameboy handhelds were on display at the Gameboy Junky booth. (Photo by Kenya Barrett/SCNG)Players were able to relax comfortably in 70’s and 80’s themed living room sets as they enjoyed the SNES. (Photo by Kenya Barrett/SCNG)Actor Danny Pesina is one of
  
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• NFL playoffs: AFC and NFC championship game scoreboard updates

  21-01-2018 21:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Follow along with scoreboard updates from Sunday's Jaguars vs. Patriots and Eagles vs. Vikings AFC and NFC championship games.
  
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• Taliban siege on Afghan hotel ends after 13 hours, 18 dead

  21-01-2018 17:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By RAHIM FAIEZ
  KABUL, Afghanistan  — A Taliban assault on the Intercontinental Hotel in Afghanistan’s capital killed at least 18 people, including 14 foreigners, and pinned security forces down for more than 13 hours before the last attacker was slain Sunday. The casualty toll expected to rise.
  The heavily guarded luxury hotel is popular among foreigners and Afghan officials. Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said the 18 killed included 14 foreigners and a telecommunicati
  
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• Top 10: See the highest-priced homes sold in Orange County in 2017

  21-01-2018 16:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Homes tied to Orange County’s spectacular fortunes and failures led the list of the 10 priciest homes sold in 2017.
  An unfinished Newport Beach villa on 12.5 acres once unloaded as part of a bankruptcy hit the market this year as a lavish estate on a private lake priced at $55 million. It went for $40 million.
  Two homes tied to the Irvine family for many years — once since the 1930s — sold simultaneously in a deal totaling $55 million. The landmark “Big Blue House&rd
  
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• 5 free things to do in Orange County, Jan. 21-27

  21-01-2018 16:01 via ocregister.com
  
   Sunday, Jan. 21
  At Peters Canyon Regional Park’s monthly 3rd Sunday Restoration Day, help the park rangers remove invasive and non-native plants to keep native habitat healthy, in turn helping the wildlife thrive.  Please bring water, sunscreen, hat, snacks and gloves, and be sure to wear closed-toe shoes. 7:30-10:30 a.m. Register beforehand at ocparks.com
  Monday, Jan. 22
  Come to the Cypress Library with your young children for a fun session that involves books, s
  
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• Real briefs: San Clemente-based apparel distributor Independent Trading Co. buys Fullerton complex for $32.6 million

  21-01-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Independent Trading Co., an apparel distributor based in San Clemente, has bought a 181,069-square-foot industrial property in Fullerton for $32.6 million from developer Western Realco. The company, which produces wholesale sweatshirts and jackets and clothing, was represented by DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services in the acquisition. The building at 4150 N. Palm St. includes 6,984 square feet of office space, 32-foot clear height, dock-high loading, a large truck court and a sprinkler sys
  
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• Orange County is ready to clear out the Santa Ana riverbed homeless encampment. But where – and exactly when – will they go?

  21-01-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Posted signs at the Santa Ana River Trail warn that the end is imminent. Six shipping containers have been placed strategically, ready to store tons of personal belongings once the mass exodus begins.
  And police and outreach workers have increased  their foot patrols in recent weeks, urging many of the nearly 500 inhabitants of Orange County’s largest homeless encampment that it’s time for them to leave.
  All that’s left now is for county workers to begin the onerous proces
  
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• U-Haul ranks California last for migration momentum

  21-01-2018 15:10 via ocregister.com
  
  California drew a last-place ranking last year in U-Haul’s annual measurement of interstate relocation momentum.
  U-Haul ranks states by year-by-year changes in their net flow of its rental vans — inbound trips minus outbound. Trends in U-Haul’s do-it-yourself moves can be seen as a benchmark of the popularity of states for households with relatively modest incomes.
  U-Haul, which doesn’t disclose the number of moves it handles, said 49.6 percent of its California interstat
  
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• U.S. vs. Fountain Valley’s record home prices: How do they compare?

  21-01-2018 12:52 via ocregister.com
  
  With Fountain Valley housing values at a record high by Zillow’s math, how does the market look compared to the rest of the nation?
  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&rsqu
  
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• Photos: Eli Tomac wins rd. 3 of AMA Supercross in Anaheim Saturday night

  21-01-2018 10:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Eli Tomac defeated Cole Seely to win round 3 of the AMA Monster Energy Supercross Saturday night January 20, 2018 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim.
  Eli Tomac (3) wins round 3 of the AMA Monster Energy Supercross at Angel Stadium in Anaheim Saturday night January 20, 2018. (Photo by Will Lester-Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)Eli Tomac (3) wins round 3 of the AMA Monster Energy Supercross at Angel Stadium in Anaheim Saturday night January 20, 2018. (Photo by Will Lester-Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/
  
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• Two killed in helicopter mishap during Fort Irwin training exercise

  21-01-2018 08:51 via ocregister.com
  
  FORT IRWIN >> An Army AH64 Apache helicopter crashed about 1 a.m. Saturday during pre-deployment training operations at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, killing two soldiers aboard, an Army spokeswoman said Saturday night.
  Both soldiers were assigned to the 4th Infantry Division in Colorado. Fort Irwin is in San Bernardino County outside Barstow.
  Names and service information for the deceased are being withheld pending next-of-kin notification, said Brandy Gill, a spok
  
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• Mater Dei blows past Brea Olinda in showdown with dominating second half

  21-01-2018 08:47 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – Mater Dei, the No.1-ranked girls basketball team in the county, hosted No. 2 Brea Olinda on Saturday night, and for half of the game it played out like the battle many expected between the county powers.
  But in the second half, Mater Dei used its major height advantage and deep bench to wear down the Ladycats.
  The Monarchs held Brea Olinda to five second-half field goals and pulled away to a 71-47 victory in the nonleague contest.
  Mater Dei’s Brooke Demetre, center, puts
  
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• UC Santa Barbara turns back UC Irvine with late run

  21-01-2018 08:45 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA BARBARA — For nearly 34 minutes Saturday night, the UC Irvine men’s basketball team was positioned to do something no visiting team had done all season at UC Santa Barbara – win.
  The three minutes that followed put an end to that opportunity, as UCSB used a dominant run down the stretch to break open a close game and wrap up a 70-58 victory.
  Gabe Vincent had a season-high 21 points and Jalen Canty added 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Gauchos (14-5 overall, 3-2 Big
  
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• Mater Dei beats No. 1 Laguna Beach, snaps Breakers’ 44-game winning streak

  21-01-2018 08:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei’s girls water polo team finally got past nemesis Laguna Beach on Saturday.   The second-ranked Monarchs used strong play in the second and third periods to defeat the No, 1 Breakers, 6-5, in a nonleague match at Mater Dei.
  Laguna Beach, the reigning CIF-SS Division 1 champion, led, 3-1, after the first period but the Monarchs outscored the Breakers 4-1 in the middle quarters to take a 5-4 lead into the fourth.
  Mater Dei (11-2) snapped Laguna Beach’s 44-match winni
  
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• UFC 220: Stipe Miocic, Daniel Cormier retain titles

  21-01-2018 08:33 via ocregister.com
  
  BOSTON-— Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou had a violent history of first-round finishes.
  By the time their heavyweight bout reached the fifth round, Miocic and Ngannou huffed, puffed and trudged around the cage without a knockout in sight. Miocic set the UFC heavyweight record with his third straight successful title defense, turning the anticipated slugfest against Ngannou into a methodical and masterful ground-and-pound bout to win the main event of UFC 220 at TD Garden.
  Miocic won 50-44
  
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• Pritchard scores 25, Oregon holds off UCLA for the win

  21-01-2018 08:20 via ocregister.com
  
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s strategy in the final seconds was simple: Foul before UCLA could get off a tying 3-pointer and then get the ball into Payton Pritchard’s hands.
  The Ducks did both to avoid a fourth home loss before their first sellout crowd of the season.
  Pritchard scored 25 points, capped by four free throws in the final 6.7 seconds, to help Oregon hold off UCLA for a 94-91 win on Saturday night.
  MiKyle McIntosh and Victor Bailey Jr. had 18 points each for the Duck
  
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• Pregnant woman shot in parked car in Santa Ana

  21-01-2018 07:36 via ocregister.com
  SANTA ANA — A pregnant woman was shot while sitting in a parked car Saturday night, but is expected to survive, police said.
  The incident occurred about 8:37 p.m. in the 1900 block of West Myrtle Street, said Santa Ana Police Sgt. Matt Wharton.
  “She was shot by an unknown male suspect and transported to a local hospital,” he said. “She and the child are expected to survive.”
  Wharton said there were no suspects in custody and investigators didn’t know if the sh
  
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• Bellator 192: Chael Sonnen stuns ‘Rampage’ Jackson; Rory MacDonald takes title

  21-01-2018 06:49 via ocregister.com
  
  INGLEWOOD — “The Bad Guy” beat the bigger guy.
  Giving up more than 30 pounds, Chael Sonnen withstood the power of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson to win their first-round fight via unanimous decision in the Heavyweight Grand Prix in the Bellator 192 main event Saturday at The Forum.
  All three judges scored it 29-28 for Sonnen (30-15-1), who was his loquacious self in victory.
  “I got the biggest arms, the best charm, and I bring all the harm,” he said.
  Jean-Pau
  
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• Long Beach State men’s basketball routs rival Cal State Fullerton

  21-01-2018 06:45 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH —
  The Long Beach State men’s basketball team delivered its most complete performance of the season in a dominant 81-73 win over Cal State Fullerton on Saturday at Walter Pyramid.
  The victory was LBSU coach Dan Monson’s 350th of his career and the eighth consecutive win at home over CSUF for the 49ers (10-12, 4-2). The loss drops the Titans (11-7, 4-2) out of a tie for first place in the Big West Conference.
  “We’re trending up,” Monson said. “B
  
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• Long Beach police officer shoots, injures man who fled into alley

  21-01-2018 06:39 via ocregister.com
  LONG BEACH — A Long Beach police officer on Saturday shot a suspicious man who ran from police, authorities said.
  It was reported about 6 p.m. in the 2400 block of Baltic Avenue, Long Beach police Sgt. Brad Johnson said.
  “Officers saw a suspicious person on a bicycle,” Johnson said. “They attempted to contact that person, however he subsequently fled from them on foot.”
  An officer chased the suspect to the alley between Adriatic and Baltic avenues and an officer-inv
  
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• Dick Durbin and Donald Trump: Men of their words

  21-01-2018 06:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he believes Dick Durbin, the Illinois senator who emerged from a White House meeting on immigration and ran to the media complaining that President Trump used coarse language to describe Haiti, El Salvador, and various unnamed African countries.
  Although that sounds like Trump, there are reasons for skepticism. For starters, as some Republicans present pointed out, Durbin has a record of unreliability when snitching on White House meetings. Five years ag
  
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• Tax plan puts capitalism to work — but not in California

  21-01-2018 06:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In flat defiance of predictions that corporate executives would hoard the benefits of tax cuts, hundreds of companies have reacted to the new law by increasing wages, paying cash bonuses, and raising their benefit contributions.
  It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Thoughtful experts spent much of the fall opining on television news shows that corporations would use the money from tax cuts to buy back shares of their own stocks or enrich their executives, while stiffing their employees.
  But
  
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• Jazz brings Clippers’ six-game winning streak to an end

  21-01-2018 05:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27)and Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin, right rear, battle for the ball in the first half during an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)Los Angeles Clippers center Willie Reed (35) lays the ball up as Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) defends in the first half during an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)Los Angeles Clippers center Willie Reed (35) shoots
  
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• USC men’s basketball wins 4th straight with a victory over Oregon State

  21-01-2018 05:41 via ocregister.com
  
  CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — In the midst of a long scoring drought, coach Andy Enfield had a simple message for the USC Trojans.
  “We talked about toughness,” Enfield said.
  Obviously the Trojans took it to heart, because it sparked an 18-0 rally.
  Elijah Stewart had 18 points and USC won its fourth straight with a 74-67 victory over Oregon State on Saturday night.
  Jordan Usher added 14 points for USC (15-6, 6-2 Pac-12), who have won four straight in the series against the Beavers (11-
  
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• Hoffarth on media: Doug Adler’s net gain is to restore credibility

  21-01-2018 05:36 via ocregister.com
  
  With all due respect to how irony works, and using a phrase that if misinterpreted could destroy a person’s life and career, it’s accurate to say Doug Adler is in guerrilla attack mode these days.
  Rather than let others on Twitter, the mainstream media or the general tennis viewing public go into pitchfork-and-torch mode to push an inaccurate narrative about his character, the former USC walk-on who once battled his way to All-American status as a tennis player and in mid-career took
  
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• Housing and the California dream are at a crossroads

  21-01-2018 05:30 via ocregister.com
  
  “The Plains of Id, urbanophiles might sniff. Can anything good come from suburban Nazareth? Yes, the suburbanites were responding. Everything good was coming from this Holy Land: a house, a job, the quiet enjoyment of one’s premises …” — Kevin Starr, Coast of Dreams, 2004
  For generations, California has offered its people an opportunity to own a home, start a business, and move up, whether someone came from Brooklyn, east Texas, Morelos or Taipei. That deal is stil
  
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• Budget in good shape, but Gov. Brown missed vast opportunities

  21-01-2018 04:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — Chalk it up to a sort of political guilty pleasure. But even though my libertarian political views are vastly different from those of Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, I’ve always enjoyed his philosophical ramblings and musings. He’s certainly more entertaining to write about than any other California politician in memory.
  There was that time at a press conference when a reporter asked him why he was cutting spending on some social program. “Because that’s w
  
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• Pinball, arcade games draw fans at Retro City Festival at Fairplex in Pomona

  21-01-2018 03:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Retro games — pinball and video arcade games — are on display in Pomona this weekend, but it’s more than just a display.
  Thomas Servantes of Murrieta and his son Thomas Jr., 6, play the Jurassic Park video game during Retro City Festival, with over 200 arcade games, consoles, and pinball machines, at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA., Saturday, January 20, 2018. (Photo by James Carbone for the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
  Old-school gaming fans came to Exhibit Hall 9 at Fairplex in
  
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• Miller: DeAndre Jordan on verge of becoming the most Clipper of all-time

  21-01-2018 03:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Hired to brighten the franchise’s future, Doc Rivers turned first to the Clippers’ past.
  Lost in the deep, cold shadow of the Lakers and all the glorious memories they’ve accumulated, Rivers decided a great way to start would be to retire a jersey, something the Clippers never had done.
  There was, however, one problem.
  “We literally couldn’t come up with anyone,” Rivers recalled. “When you think about how old this franchise is, to not have that, I though
  
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• USC football makes promotion of assistants Keary Colbert, Bryan Ellis official

  21-01-2018 03:34 via ocregister.com
  
  USC football has promoted Keary Colbert and Bryan Ellis to on-field assistants, the school announced Saturday.
  Colbert was named the tight ends and inside receivers coach. Ellis will be the quarterbacks coach. Both were on the Trojans’ support staff last season as offensive quality control assistants.
  “I have been extremely impressed with both individuals over their time here at USC,” Trojans coach Clay Helton said in a statement. “Their knowledge of the game, ability to
  
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• Adam Rippon finds himself on and off the ice on the way to the Olympics

  21-01-2018 03:34 via ocregister.com
  
  As a young boy, Adam Rippon stood in front of a mirror and saw a stranger staring back at him.
  Or maybe he just couldn’t admit that he was that frail, confused kid in the reflection.
  “I just really wanted to be somebody else,” he recalled.
  Somebody other than the kid who was always picked last and picked on.
  Somebody other than the “little gay kid in a small town in the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania” he was afraid he was.
  “I think I was searching for who I
  
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• Orange County high school schedule: Monday, Jan. 22

  21-01-2018 03:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school sports schedule for Monday, Jan. 22.
  BOYS BASKETBALLAll games 7 p.m. unless notedSouth Coast LeagueEl Toro at San Clemente
  Sea View LeagueLaguna Hills at Dana Hills
  Express League – GoldOrange County Christian at Tarbut V’ Torah, 5 p.m.
  NonleagueEdison at Capistrano Valley Christian
  GIRLS BASKETBALLAll games 7 p.m. unless notedSunset LeagueHuntington Beach at Newport Harbor, Marina at Edison, Los Alamitos at Fountain Valley
  South Coast LeagueAliso Niguel
  
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• Kings insist doubt has not entered the picture

  21-01-2018 03:20 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO – Upon entering the Kings’ locker room following their 2-1 loss at Anaheim on Friday, it was easy to see how dispirited the players were. If their heads were hanging any lower, they would have been on the ground.
  It was the sixth consecutive loss for the Kings, whose season has turned somewhat messy. They’ve gone from best in the Western Conference in December to just out of a playoff spot at the moment.
  Defenseman Alec Martinez is in his ninth season with the Kings.
  
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• Alexander: Web.com tour graduates make their presence felt

  21-01-2018 02:35 via ocregister.com
  
  LA QUINTA — The new guys haven’t taken over yet. But they’re ganging up on the veterans.
  After three rounds of the Tournament Formerly Known as the Bob Hope, the top of the leaderboard features a bunch of players who are still trying to make their bones on the PGA Tour.
  Maybe it should be an event within an event: The Web.com Graduates Challenge. Yeah, we know. The good folks at CareerBuilder, who actually did buy rights to the title, would have a conniption.
  But we digress.
  Of
  
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• Lakers’ free throw woes something to meditate on

  21-01-2018 02:26 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO – When the Lakers were merely a bad free throw shooting team, Luke Walton insisted they would improve through repetition. The foul shots they made in practice would eventually start falling in games.
  After Friday’s 2-for-14 debacle, the Lakers coach is ready to pull out the big guns.
  “We have another meditation scheduled on the books for when we get back from this road trip,” Walton said. “I was thinking about having him try to focus on some sort of relax
  
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• Bellator 192: LIVE Updates, results from The Forum

  21-01-2018 01:37 via ocregister.com
  
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  Compton’s Joey Davis earns first-round KO
  INGLEWOOD — Joey Davis came into his third pro MMA fight known for being an elite wrestler. So much for that.
  The Compton welterweight delivered a spinning kick to the liver of Ian Butler for a 39-second knockout in the opening fight at Bellator 192 at The Forum.
  The fight never went to the ground, where Davis (3-0) figured to have an advantage over Butler (3-4). Davis, who trains at Bodyshop MMA in Lakewood, spun
  
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• Women’s March illuminates serious issues with Trump’s policies

  21-01-2018 01:27 via ocregister.com
  
  If nothing else, the Women’s March on Saturday proves President Donald Trump inspires Americans like few other presidents.
  From the mountains to the prairies to the oceans white with foam, hundreds of thousands of women, plenty of men and even teenagers took to the streets Saturday with a long litany of grievances but also with a single goal.
  To tell the 45th president that he is doing a terrible job.
  “Trump is ruining our country,” said 93-year-old Jeanne Michela, a World War
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday (1-20-18)

  21-01-2018 00:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Scores and stats for Orange County games on Saturday, Jan. 20.
  GIRLS SOCCERFREEWAY LEAGUETroy 2, La Habra 0Goals: (T) Arabe, DiazSaves: (T) Valencia 1, (LH) Ippolito 8
   
  
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