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• Doctor at 19: Kassidy Vo graduates from Chapman after racing through school, just like her brother

  16-05-2019 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  During commencement season, it’s easy to dish on the smarty-pants students who we know — or think we do — who missed all the fun because they really are too smart for their own good.
  But then you meet someone like Kassidy Vo and the myths and mockery disappear into just having a really good time hanging out.
  By any standards, Vo is one amazing student. On Friday, May 17, she will be awarded a doctorate in pharmacology at Chapman University at age 19.
  That’s right, a docto
  
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• Measles outbreak underscores the importance of vaccination

  16-05-2019 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Measles had a turbulent 20th century: Thousands died from the disease 100 years ago; 50 years ago, we saw the advent of a national vaccination program, and in 2000, the disease was declared eliminated in the United States.
  Unfortunately, widespread misunderstanding and misinformation over the last two decades have caused some regression, culminating in this year’s outbreak. With more than 800 confirmed measles cases confirmed, the disease has wrought more damage this year than at any time
  
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• Gannett shareholders rebuff attempt by hedge-fund owned rival to replace board

  16-05-2019 22:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Shareholders of USA Today owner Gannett have rebuffed an attempt to overthrow its board.
  Gannett, which also owns dozens of other newspapers, says its slate of eight directors had beaten opposing candidates nominated by a media group vying to revive its previously rejected takeover bid for Gannett .
  The results were based on a preliminary count of a vote held Thursday at Gannett’s annual meeting.
  MNG Enterprises, better known as Digital First Media, had been angling to install directors th
  
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• Irvine Olympian Jason Lezak to be inducted into International Swimming Hall of Fame this weekend

  16-05-2019 22:50 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE Jason Lezak will certainly have the chance this weekend to use one of his favorite jokes as he receives one of his highest honors.
  The four-time Olympic swimmer from Irvine, famously known for an epic comeback as a relay anchor at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, will be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
  It’s been more than a decade since Lezak rallied against France to give the U.S. 400-meter freestyle relay the gold and keep Michael Phelps
  
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• NHRA’s Shawn Langdon anticipates another smooth run in Virginia

  16-05-2019 22:22 via ocregister.com
  
  For the second consecutive season, Virginia Motorsports Park is hosting an NHRA national event. Once a staple of the drag racing schedule, the North Dinwiddie facility lost its spot on the national tour due to a poor racing surface. However, a repavement and the loss of racing dates in New Jersey allowed the sanctioning body to return in 2017.
  It’s been a hit with the drivers.
  “It’s one of the parts of the country where you walk in the gates and the fans are so appreciative you
  
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• USATF suspends two-time Olympic champion Angelo Taylor

  16-05-2019 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  USA Track & Field suspended two-time Olympic champion Angelo Taylor Thursday, hours after the Southern California News Group revealed that he was coaching at a suburban Atlanta youth track club despite being arrested twice in 2005 for child molestation.
  “Accordingly, this individual is prohibited from participating, in any capacity, in any activity or competition authorized by, organized by, sanctioned by, or under the auspices of USATF or the USOC, and/or any Local Affiliated Organiza
  
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• Jury finds man guilty of murdering a church volunteer who confronted him about graffiti in Anaheim

  16-05-2019 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  A gang member was convicted Thursday of gunning down a church volunteer after being confronted about spraying graffiti in an Anaheim neighborhood, while a mistrial was declared for a second man accused of being his accomplice.
  A Santa Ana jury found David Ortega, 36, guilty of first-degree murder for the 2015 slaying of David Douglas, 51. They also found him guilty of attempted murder for injuring a friend of Douglas’ during the shooting.
  A Douglas relative, who along with other supporters
  
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• New Trump immigration plan would overhaul green card system

  16-05-2019 22:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL COLVIN and ALAN FRAM
  WASHINGTON — Setting aside some of his hard-line rhetoric on illegal immigration, President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wanted to recruit “top talent” to the nation as he unveiled his latest efforts to reform residency laws after years of setbacks and stalemates.
  “We discriminate against genius,” Trump said of current policies, which he contended excessively favor family based immigration. “We discriminate against brilliance
  
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• Costa Mesa Fire Department brings on its own chaplain to support firefighters

  16-05-2019 21:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Last year the Costa Mesa Fire Department went on the search for its own chaplain to help firefighters as they deal with the traumatic situations they can be exposed to on a daily basis.
  The day Costa Mesa Canopy Church Pastor Joshua Harrison started, Fire Capt. Mike Kreza was hit by a car on a training ride for an Ironman competition. He died two days later.
  “Chief Dan Stefano called me and asked me to come to the hospital and meet with the firefighters,” Harrison said. “It was
  
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• Senior Moments: Sharing a bit of cheese that never lost its flavor

  16-05-2019 21:45 via ocregister.com
  
  We happened upon the cow by chance, on a road trip to the Oregon coast. The life-size replica was positioned just outside the entrance to the Tillamook Cheese Factory.
  George, used to car trips with his cow-loving wife, knew the drill.
  “We have to get a picture of you with this baby,” he said pulling into the parking lot. “Then we can tour the cheese factory. I always wanted to see how cheese was made.”
  It took me a few minutes to put on a little lipstick—-and Georg
  
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• Bravo: CSUF student organizations take spotlight as Tuffy Awards are announced

  16-05-2019 20:22 via ocregister.com
  
  The fifth annual Tuffy Awards, held May 2, honored the contributions of the more than 350 registered student organizations at Cal State Fullerton.
  “Tuffy Awards and Student Organization Appreciation Week recognize the important role our student organizations and their members play in cultivating a positive Titan experience,” said Gleanne Kienzler, student organizations coordinator.
  “This past academic year, we found that the average undergraduate student organization leader&rsq
  
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• The Rolling Stones announce a rescheduled date for the No Filter Tour stop at the Rose Bowl

  16-05-2019 20:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Looks like The Rolling Stones camp was fully confident that its leader, 75-year-old rocker Mick Jagger, would make a full recovery following a heart surgery that postponed the original dates of the band’s No Filter Stadium Tour.
  Jagger & Co. were originally scheduled to hit the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on May 11, but announced on Thursday morning, May 16, that they’d be back on the road and will now come to the venue on Aug. 22. All previously purchased tickets will be honored on th
  
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• Ducks prospects spur San Diego Gulls AHL playoff run

  16-05-2019 20:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Sam Carrick has five goals and seven assists for the San Diego Gulls, their co-leader after 10 games in the Calder Cup playoffs. Sam Steel has four goals and six assists. Kalle Kossila scored two goals in their series-clinching win Monday over the Bakersfield Condors in the second round.
  The Ducks’ season ended with a whimper more than a month ago, when they finished in sixth place in the NHL’s eight-team Pacific Division with a 35-37-10 record and missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for
  
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• Record-setting Western quarterback Anthony Munoz commits to Wisconsin Lutheran

  16-05-2019 20:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Record-setting Western quarterback Anthony Munoz has found his spot in college football.
  The third-team All-County selection has committed to Division III Wisconsin Lutheran in Milwaukee, Pioneers football coach Dan Davidson said.
  Davidson said Munoz (5-9, 175) was drawn to Wisconsin Lutheran, which finished 2-8 last season, because of its pass-oriented offense, academics and coaching staff.
  Munoz passed for an Orange County-record 5,010 yards last season and tied JT Daniels’ county record
  
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• Review: Louie’s by the Bay brings casual Italian glamor to Newport Harbor

  16-05-2019 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Piero Selvaggio flits from table to table at Louie’s by the Bay, two bottles of wine clutched in his left hand, wine glasses dangling from the fingers of his right. He gestures with his arms when he talks, even as both are weighted down like this. He is clearly in his element, moving briskly through the room, touching every table, easily outpacing everyone else on staff. He’s supposed to be retired. Instead he’s one of the busiest restaurant managers in Orange County (partnered
  
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• 12 theater productions to see in Southern California, May 17-23

  16-05-2019 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES COUNTY
  ‘Be a Good Little Widow’
  Bekah Brunstetter’s comedy about a young woman who, after her husband tragically dies, is mentored by her seasoned mother-in-law on how to be a perfect widow.
  When: May 18-June 9.
  Where: Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles.
  Tickets: $35-$45.
  Information: 310-477-2055, Ext. 2, web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1010034
  ‘Coastal Disturbances’
  The Off The Page staged play reading series continues with a comedy about
  
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• Gathering of All Mariners provided special moments and outreach for older Girl Scouts

  16-05-2019 19:37 via ocregister.com
  
  The poolside cheers at the Newport Dunes and Newport-Mesa YMCA were as loud as any swim meet in the CIF Southern Section, but there was a special tone attached to the vocal encouragement as nearly 150 high school-aged Orange County Girl Scouts competed in the Girl Scout Gathering of All Mariners on May 3-5.
  The 2019 games featured friendly competition in nautical land skills and seamanship events, such as sailing, rowing, canoeing and kayaking in Newport Harbor, as well as swimming races, rescue
  
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• Mission Inn holds grand opening for its new Sushi Bar on May 17-18; entertainment includes contestants from ‘The Voice’

  16-05-2019 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in downtown Riverside is tweaking its dining options with the addition of a Japanese pub called The Sushi Bar.
  Chef Chuck Adkins said he has created a menu of contemporary “izakaya small bites.”
  “There are little twists that we’re going to do that maybe a lot of the other restaurants aren’t going to do locally, whether it’s pink peppercorn, citrus skins, some of the stuff imported from Japan.”
  The Sushi Bar will officially
  
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• Daxon: Is Brea ready to be split into districts?

  16-05-2019 19:34 via ocregister.com
  
  The Brea Olinda Unified School District recently received a demand letter from a Malibu-based attorney saying it needs to forego at-large elections to conform to the California Voting Rights Act.
  The school board discussed the challenge at its May 6 meeting.
  The California Voting Rights Act prohibits at-large elections in a political subdivision if doing so would impair the ability of a protected or minority class to elect candidates of its choice or otherwise influence the election outcome.
  The
  
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• Drummond: Yorba Linda to pay extra for OC Animal Care to encourage more pet owners to license their animals

  16-05-2019 19:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Just about two-thirds of Yorba Linda’s estimated 14,760 dogs are properly licensed, according to the latest numbers from OC Animal Care, the government agency the city pays to provide residents with animal control and shelter services.
  So again for the fiscal year beginning July 1, the city will pay extra for increased efforts to “encourage license compliance and provide additional revenue to offset animal service costs,” according to a May 7 report from Allison Estes, assistan
  
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• A dangerous conflict-of-interest loophole

  16-05-2019 17:15 via ocregister.com
  
  It is – or should be – obvious that a government official should not have a personal financial stake in his or her decisions.
  In fact, one of the first laws passed by the Legislature after California became a state in 1850 was to prohibit such conflicts of interest, and currently, Government Code Section 1090, makes it a crime.
  Dozens of state and local officials have wound up behind bars in recent decades for violating Section 1090 and other state and federal corruption laws by usin
  
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• Polynesian music, dance and culture will be celebrated in San Clemente

  16-05-2019 16:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 25, when The Hawaiian Surf Club of San Onofre will host its 29th anniversary Polynesian Festival & Luau Feast at San Clemente’s Community Center. Guests will be greeted with Polynesian music, art, dance, food, and culture. Vendors promoting beach lifestyle clothing, jewelry, crafts and assorted Polynesian curios will exhibit their wares.
  Admission to the day’s entertainment is free. Tickets are available for the 6:30 p.m. luau dinner and show
  
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• Expired listings trigger torrent of agents seeking your business

  16-05-2019 16:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Today, it is taking longer to sell a home than it did a year ago, according to Steven Thomas’ Reports on Housing.
  A year ago, it took 61 days to sell all the homes on the market in Orange County.
  Currently that number is 81 days.
  In Los Angeles County, the number jumped to 76 days, up from 55 days one year ago.
  For homes priced over $1.25 million, that number climbs to 125 days in Orange County and 89 days in L.A. County, peaking at 438 days for the $4 million-plus market in Orange County
  
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• LAX pedestrian bridge demolition is extended, causing delays

  16-05-2019 16:23 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Construction crews at Los Angeles International Airport Thursday began demolishing the pedestrian bridge connecting Terminal 6 to Parking Structure 6.
  Today’s construction work was set for 2 to 3:30 a.m., but airport officials announced about 3:30 a.m. that work on the project would be extended until 4:30 a.m.
  “Guests coming to LAX this morning are advised to allow additional time to reach their terminals,” LAX tweeted this morning.
  Vehicles on the Upper/Dep
  
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• Olympic champ Angelo Taylor continues to coach despite guilty plea in Georgia case

  16-05-2019 15:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Two-time Olympic champion Angelo Taylor posted a reminder on his Instagram Sunday.
  “Summer track season begins!!” Taylor, the 2000 and 2008 Olympic 400 meter hurdles gold medalist, wrote. “Parent meeting tomorrow Monday May 13th at 6:15 p.m. Dm for inquiries.”
  Next to the message was a photo of Taylor’s business card as head coach of the East Atlanta Track Club. In addition to Taylor’s contact information the card also read “USATF Certified Coach.”
  
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• How Disney Imagineers made droid tracks in the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge walkways

  16-05-2019 15:33 via ocregister.com
  
  One of the most memorable days over the past three years at the Disneyland construction site of the new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge themed land involved a construction worker riding on a droid skateboard that left R2-D2 “footprints” in the freshly poured cement.
  “I’ll set the scene for you,” Walt Disney Imagineering art director Kirstin Makela said. “We’re on a construction site. There’s lots of people around. There’s some people pouring c
  
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• Thunderstorms and heavy downpours possible as rain hits Southern California

  16-05-2019 14:59 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A weather system out of the Pacific will generate widespread rainfall in the Southland Thursday, and there’s a slight chance of thunderstorms accompanied by brief but intense downpours and small hail, National Weather Service forecasters said.
  The storm could produce roadway flooding, flooding near small streams, downed tree limbs and power lines, a rough morning commute and hazardous conditions at sea, they said. But it will trigger no major flooding, mud slides or deb
  
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• Taco Bell gets into beds as well as breakfast with a pop-up Palm Springs hotel

  16-05-2019 14:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Taco Bell is planning to open a pop-up hotel in Palm Springs this summer.
  The Bell: A Taco Bell Hotel and Resort will open Aug. 9, according to a news release from the Irvine-based fast food giant.
  Where is it?
  What are the room rates?
  Will there be a Taco Bellhop?
  We don’t know, but Taco Bell promises to tell us more when it starts taking reservations in June.
  Wherever The Bell is, it will be serving Taco Bell food and cocktails or guests 18 and older, according to a news release.
  And the
  
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• Dodgers’ Kenta Maeda dominates Padres with his arm and his bat

  16-05-2019 07:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Dodger right fielder Cody Bellinger leaps to try to catch a deep fly ball hit for a double by the Padres’ Manny Machado during the fourth inning of Wednesday’s game at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
  The Padres’ Ty France #11 throws to first base but the Dodgers’ Corey Seager #5 beats the throw and is safe at first base in the bottom of the second inning during their game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Wednesday, May 15, 2019. (Pho
  
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• Santa Ana man pleads guilty to manslaughter, DUI in April hit-and-run crash

  16-05-2019 07:04 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A 38-year-old convicted drunken driver pleaded guilty Wednesday, May 15, to an alcohol-fueled hit-and-run collision that killed a homeless woman in April.
  Alberto Solano Diaz of Santa Ana admitted a felony count of hit-and-run with permanent and serious injury and one misdemeanor count each of vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence and driving under the influence of alcohol, according to court records.
  Diaz is scheduled to be sentenced June 7.
  An officer on patrol saw
  
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• Encino man pleads guilty to making violent threats against newspaper

  16-05-2019 06:57 via ocregister.com
  
  An Encino man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges for making violent threats against Boston Globe employees last summer in retaliation for the newspaper’s editorial response to political attacks on the media.
  Robert D. Chain, 68, pleaded guilty in Boston to seven counts of making threatening communications in interstate commerce. U.S. District Judge William G. Young scheduled sentencing for Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.
  On Aug. 10, the Bo
  
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• Angel Stadium talks should be public to get a fair deal, labor and community groups demand at rally

  16-05-2019 06:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim officials shouldn’t make a long-term deal for Angel Stadium – one of the city’s biggest public assets – in private, and any deal must benefit the city’s neighborhoods, union leaders and community activists said Wednesday, May 15.
  The evening rally that drew about 175 people to Katella High School was a response to Anaheim negotiating behind closed doors with Angels baseball for a potential new stadium lease deal.
  Just as residents helped kill a 2013 proposal
  
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• Hyun-Jin Ryu to start series finale in Cincinnati, giving Clayton Kershaw extra rest

  16-05-2019 05:02 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has the option Sunday of starting Clayton Kershaw on regular rest, or Hyun-Jin Ryu on two extra days’ rest, against the Cincinnati Reds.
  Roberts chose the reigning National League Player of the Week.
  Ryu will get the assignment in the finale of the three-game series opposite right-hander Tanner Roark. Right-hander Walker Buehler starts Saturday against right-hander Tyler Mahle. Left-hander Rich Hill will start Friday opposite Reds right-hand
  
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• Mom threatens Niguel Hills Middle School class over bullied daughter, is banned from campus

  16-05-2019 04:21 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA NIGUEL — Officials say a mother has been banned from a Southern California school after she threatened a classroom full of students over the alleged bullying of her daughter.
  Cellphone video aired Wednesday by KCBS-TV shows a woman confronting a class at Niguel Hills Middle School.Look closely at the tickets left in a #classroom by a #mom in Orange County. She went on a rant after she says bullies won’t leave her daughter alone- See the video at 4:30&5pm on KCAL/ @cbsla #c
  
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• UCLA adds RB Christian Grubb to 2019 recruiting class

  16-05-2019 04:11 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA added running back Christian Grubb to its 2019 recruiting class Wednesday, injecting another speedy option into the backfield.
  Grubb, who was slated to walk-on at Arizona State before signing scholarship papers to UCLA this week, is a dual-sport star for Sherman Oaks Notre Dame. The 5-foot-9, 170-pound prospect was named the Mission League Offensive Player of the Year as a senior with 1,306 rushing yards and 25 total touchdowns and won the 100 meters (10.61 seconds), 200 meters (21.09 secon
  
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• LAFC can extend historic start during upcoming 3-game stretch

  16-05-2019 03:56 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The superlatives being spoken about the Los Angeles Football Club aren’t getting old so much as baked in.
  Through 12 matches, LAFC has established record-setting paces in a variety of team and individual player categories, prompting interested parties around Major League Soccer to try and contextualize the club’s early dominance.
  Record-setting paces for wins, points, goals scored and goal differential (an astounding 10 better than runner-up Philadelphia) only rei
  
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• Alexander: Effects of Julio Urías situation will go way beyond Dodgers

  16-05-2019 03:21 via ocregister.com
  
  It is way too early to make assumptions in the case of Julio Urías, too early to speculate on what might happen because we don’t know exactly what did happen Monday evening in a parking structure at the Beverly Center.
  We know he was accused, by police, of shoving his female companion to the ground. He was arrested, booked, released on $20,000 bond and has been placed on administrative leave by Major League Baseball.
  We know the Dodgers are tight-lipped these days, allowing MLB to t
  
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• Fryer: Dodger Stadium a field of dreams that came true

  16-05-2019 02:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Nearly every high school baseball player dreams of some day playing on a Major League Baseball field.
  That dream will become reality Saturday for players on the Cypress and Santa Margarita teams that will play their CIF-Southern Section baseball championship games on Saturday at Dodger Stadium.
  Santa Margarita plays in the Division 2 final against Norco on Saturday at 3 p.m. Cypress plays in the Division 1 final against Harvard-Westlake of Studio City at 6:30 p.m.
  The Cypress and Santa Margarita
  
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• New CalFresh rules vastly expand the pool of people eligible for food assistance in California

  16-05-2019 02:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Once, an extra $10 a month on government assistance checks kept nearly half a million poor Californians from being eligible for the federal program that puts food on people’s tables in other parts of the country.
  But starting June 1, changes in a state law that dates back to 1974 will allow California recipients of Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, to also get CalFresh food benefits.
  The California Department of Social Services estimates at least 500,000 recipients of SSI will become n
  
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• Moving nuclear waste at San Onofre sparks war of words between contractor, community panel spar over

  16-05-2019 02:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Kris Singh, CEO Holtec International (Courtesy Holtec)
  Douglas R. Bauder (Courtesy Southern California Edison)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsDavid Victor, UCSD professor and chair of San Onofre Community Engagement Panel (Courtesy UCSD)
  The Holtec Hi-Storm Umax dry storage system for spent fuel at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Courtesy Southern California Edison.
  This Google Earth image shows how close the expanded dry storage area for spent nuclear waste will be to the shoreline
  
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• Moving nuclear waste at San Onofre sparks war of words between contractor, community panel

  16-05-2019 02:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Kris Singh, CEO Holtec International (Courtesy Holtec)
  Douglas R. Bauder (Courtesy Southern California Edison)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsDavid Victor, UCSD professor and chair of San Onofre Community Engagement Panel (Courtesy UCSD)
  The Holtec Hi-Storm Umax dry storage system for spent fuel at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Courtesy Southern California Edison.
  This Google Earth image shows how close the expanded dry storage area for spent nuclear waste will be to the shoreline
  
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• Explaining UCLA’s lagging academic scores in men’s basketball, football

  16-05-2019 02:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Mo Ostin already put his name on an on-campus basketball-specific facility, but the famous record mogul’s next UCLA philanthropic venture — the Mo Ostin Academic Center for Student-Athletes — may soon be the most necessary tool for the UCLA men’s basketball program.
  Last week’s academic progress rate (APR) scores revealed a continued downward trend that is approaching dire straits. UCLA’s multi-year APR of 933 was not only the lowest in the Pac-12 among men&rs
  
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• Rookie Greg Gaines has surreal start to Rams career after wild NFL draft weekend

  16-05-2019 02:30 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS – The last two months had been so dizzying and surreal that as Greg Gaines wandered the Rams facility for the first time this week, he couldn’t believe that he was actually here, back in Southern California, just a few freeways away from where he played high school football in La Habra.
  It had all happened so fast. Just seven weeks earlier, in the thick of his training for the NFL draft, Gaines and his wife, Sheyanne, had their first child, a baby boy named Colt. A mont
  
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• Rookie Greg Gaines has surreal start to Rams career after wild NFL draft

  16-05-2019 02:30 via ocregister.com
  
  THOUSAND OAKS – The last two months had been so dizzying and surreal that as Greg Gaines wandered the Rams facility for the first time this week, he couldn’t believe that he was actually here, back in Southern California, just a few freeways away from where he played high school football in La Habra.
  It had all happened so fast. Just seven weeks earlier, in the thick of his training for the NFL draft, Gaines and his wife, Sheyanne, had their first child, a baby boy named Colt. A mont
  
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• Before the Angels came along, Long Beach considered education, arts and convention districts for 13-acre waterfront site

  16-05-2019 02:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Even before the Angels came along, Long Beach had big plans for the 13-acre waterfront parking lot where a Major League Baseball stadium is now being proposed.
  Among a trove of documents that Long Beach released on Monday, May 13, was a five-part presentation on the array of possibilities the so-called “elephant lot” just east of the Convention and Entertainment Center could house, which was compiled in 2017 at the city’s behest.
  Along with a potential stadium, it included seve
  
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• Legislature should support more water projects, not work to defeat them

  16-05-2019 02:20 via ocregister.com
  
  All of us remember California’s recent five-year drought when residents were encouraged to cut back their water use, let their lawns go brown, and use barrels to collect precious rainwater. Now, well-funded, politically-connected interest groups are trying to block a new source of clean drinking water for Southern California.
  According to a recent report by the State Water Resources Control Board, more than one million Californians don’t have access to safe, reliable drinking water.
  
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• Safety first, fashion second: why more hitters than ever are wearing extended ear flaps

  16-05-2019 02:11 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Two blue batting helmets stamped with a number-31 decal sat in the Dodgers’ dugout on the afternoon of April 23, 2017. One helmet had the traditional ear flap on the right side. This was the helmet Joc Pederson wore whenever he faced a right-handed pitcher. The other featured an extended cheek protector – the “C flap” – which Pederson wore whenever he faced a left-handed pitcher.
  On this afternoon, Pederson strained his groin running out a ground
  
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• Sparks re-sign Riquna Williams, despite pending legal issues

  16-05-2019 02:01 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Riquna Williams was back in yellow Wednesday at Los Angeles Southwest College, joining the Sparks at training camp for the first time this preseason as the team seeks to bolster competition for backcourt jobs.
  The Sparks announced earlier Wednesday they’d re-signed Williams, despite her pending legal issues.
  The 28-year-old Williams, who was an unrestricted free agent, was arrested last month on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, burglary with assault o
  
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• UC workers to strike Thursday over outsourcing of jobs

  16-05-2019 01:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Thousands of University of Southern California workers plan to stage a strike Thursday at 10 California campuses and five medical centers throughout the state to protest the school’s outsourcing of jobs.
  The employees — which range from custodians and food service workers to nursing aides and respiratory therapists — are represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 3299. They contend UC has repeatedly violated California law with privat
  
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• John Wayne Airport puts out piano for travelers to play

  16-05-2019 01:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Anyone with keyboard skills who doesn’t mind playing for strangers can help make traveling a little more pleasant at John Wayne Airport, where the “Play Me! Piano” program launched this month.
  Inspired by “Play Me, I’m Yours,” a project of British artist Luke Jerram that has placed street pianos in more than 60 cities worldwide, the airport recently bought the piano it had been using for scheduled musical performances and opened it up for the public to play.
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