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• Update: Firefighters contain small 'Casino Fire' near Yorba Linda; Man who possibly started blaze detained

  17-09-2015 22:39
  
  YORBA LINDA - A man was detained Thursday afternoon after he possibly started a small brush fire that burned for more than an hour in a wild land area east of Yorba Linda, officials said.Orange County Fire Authority officials responded to the...
  
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• OCFA: 5-acre brush fire burning in wild land east of Yorba Linda

  17-09-2015 22:39
  
  YORBA LINDA – A small brush fire burned Thursday afternoon in a wild land area east of Yorba Linda, Orange County Fire Authority officials said.
  OCFA firefighters responded to the “Casino Fire” starting at 12:15 p.m. near Casino Ridge Road.
  It...
  
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• Man who may have sparked Yorba Linda fire arrested

  17-09-2015 22:39
  
  YORBA LINDA A man was arrested Thursday afternoon after fire officials say they believe he may have started a 17-acre brush fire that burned for more than two hours east of Yorba Linda.
  Orange County Fire Authority officials responded to the Casino...
  
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• Man arrested in animal shelter break-in where four dogs died

  17-09-2015 21:53
  
  A suspect in the break-in at the Riverside County animal shelter in Jurupa Valley was arrested Thursday, Sept. 17, officials said.
  Jason Ernest Johnson was taken into custody by deputies about 1:30 a.m. in the 2000 block of Adams Street in Riverside,...
  
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• Yellen blinks on interest rates; Fed leaves key rate unchanged

  17-09-2015 21:45
  
  It has been seven years of zero percent interest rates. What’s another two or three months among friends?
  That’s the conclusion that Janet Yellen and her colleagues at the Federal Reserve reached in their policy meeting Thursday. They left...
  
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• Fed leaves key interest rate unchanged, citing low inflation

  17-09-2015 21:45
  
  The Federal Reserve is keeping U.S. interest rates at record lows in the face of threats from a weak global economy, persistently low inflation and unstable financial markets.
  Ending a highly anticipated meeting, Fed officials said Thursday that...
  
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• News in photos: Earthquake shakes up Chile, hikers killed in flash flood, Confederate flag suspension

  17-09-2015 21:30
  
  Read all the news you missed outside of Southern California by clicking on the slideshow.
  
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• Laguna Beach High student has sold paintings for $14,000 to help needy kids

  17-09-2015 21:30
  
  Alexandra Eftimie loves to draw portraits. An art student at Laguna Beach High School, Eftimie decided that she wanted her work to be more than just pieces to include in her Advanced Placement portfolio. She started a non-profit called ArtAvatar and...
  
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• Woman whose Vallejo-to-Huntington Beach kidnapping dismissed as hoax plans legal action

  17-09-2015 20:33
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Attorneys for a Northern California woman plan to file a claim against the city whose police initially dismissed her kidnapping as a hoax.
  Law firm Kerr and Wagstaffe said in a statement that its attorneys intend to file the claim,...
  
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• Ducks' Clayton Stoner facing charges for killing grizzly bear

  17-09-2015 19:36
  
  Ducks defenseman Clayton Stoner will face multiple charges in his native British Columbia for the killing and beheading of a grizzly bear, according to a Vancouver-based report.
  According to the Vancouver Sun, Stoner is scheduled to appear in a...
  
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• U.S. Taco closes: Taco Bell shutters experimental upscale eatery in Huntington Beach

  17-09-2015 19:10
  
  Taco Bell has closed U.S. Taco Co., an experimental fast-casual restaurant that failed to generate the kind of foot traffic needed to sustain the year-old Huntington Beach taco eatery.
  The upscale “American taco” concept was the chain’s attempt...
  
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• Artist of the Week: Alexandra Eftimie

  17-09-2015 16:46
  
  Alexandra Eftimie loves to draw portraits. An art student at Laguna Beach High School, Eftimie decided that she wanted her work to be more than just pieces to include in her Advanced Placement portfolio. She started a non-profit called ArtAvatar and...
  
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• What did Southern California Latinos think of Republican debate?

  17-09-2015 16:00
  
  Not all Latinos have run away from the Republican Party.
  Some not only tuned into Wednesday’s GOP debate, but found candidates who resonated for them.
  While the GOP’s immigration rhetoric in recent years is cited as a major cause for Latinos...
  
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• O.C. beaches reopen after tsunami warning brings small waves, but strong currents from Chile earthquake

  17-09-2015 16:00
  
  Local beaches, piers and marinas reopened after a less than two-hour closure following a tsunami advisory that caused small waves, but strong currents.
  A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck off Chile on Wednesday afternoon, prompting the National Weather...
  
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• Author, a former victim at Mater Dei, is raring to take on Pope Francis over Catholic Church sexual abuse

  17-09-2015 16:00
  
  On the day that longtime Subway spokesman Jared Fogle admitted to having had sex with minors and possessing child pornography, Joelle Casteix’s phone started ringing before 5 a.m.
  Media outlets seeking the perspective of a survivor of child sexual...
  
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• A new mission: Former service members to lead the charge in Knott's popular Scary Farm maze

  17-09-2015 16:00
  
  Former Marine Sgt. Darren Rivenbark will lead quite unusual battles this Halloween.
  The 41-year-old will try to help save humanity from a zombie apocalypse starting Sept. 24 at Knott’s Scary Farm.
  “We’re going to get us some zombies!” belted...
  
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• Author, sex abuse victim is raring to take on the pope

  17-09-2015 06:54
  
  On the day that longtime Subway spokesman Jared Fogle admitted to having had sex with minors and possessing child pornography, Joelle Casteix’s phone started ringing before 5 a.m.
  Media outlets seeking the perspective of a survivor of child sexual...
  
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• Hewitt: Content trumps conflict in Round 2 of Republican presidential debates

  17-09-2015 06:34
  
  They made a great pilot episode, but was there enough oomph for a series?
  That was the question looming over the second installment of “The Real Candidates of the GOP,” otherwise known as the Republican debate.
  The first, on Fox News in early...
  
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• Tsunami waves from Chile earthquake expected to reach Orange County, local beaches to close

  17-09-2015 06:16
  
  After a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck off Chile on Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service issued a tsunami advisory for the coast of Southern California, from San Onofre State Beach north to San Luis Obispo.
  The waves are expected to be...
  
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• Small plane makes emergency landing on Irvine street; no one hurt

  17-09-2015 05:46
  
  A small plane with an instructor and student pilot made an emergency landing on an Irvine street Wednesday evening, authorities said.
  The Piper Cherokee aircraft landed at 6:18 p.m. near John Wayne Airport at Red Hill and McGaw avenues during...
  
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• Sheriff Sandra Hutchens says layoffs were best budget option in wrongful termination lawsuit testimony

  17-09-2015 03:47
  
  Sheriff Sandra Hutchens acknowledged during court testimony Wednesday that she had many other options to deal with a 2009 budget shortfall rather than laying off a handful of command staff members, but that she felt letting go of department...
  
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• Slideshow: Your guide to the quickest way to get on Disneyland's most popular rides

  17-09-2015 03:32
  
  This guide is built for speed. It will get you through Disneyland on a maximum number of major rides as quickly as possible.
  The guide is aimed at two people working in tandem for Disneyland (there will be a separate guide for Disney’s California...
  
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• Supervisor Todd Spitzer calls for dog-wolf hybrid Karma to be saved from euthanization

  17-09-2015 03:04
  
  Since word of a wolf-dog hybrid’s pending euthanization has gone public, an Orange County supervisor has joined the fight, asking that Karma be spared and surrendered to a San Bernardino County sanctuary.
  On Wednesday, Third District Supervisor...
  
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• Trump turns quieter once GOP debate turns substantive

  17-09-2015 02:21
  
  SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – Amid the back-and-forth bickering over Donald Trump, the Republican presidential contest took a substantive and serious turn in Wednesday’s prime-time debate, with candidates wrangling over immigration, gay marriage and...
  
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• Photos: Donald Trump turns quieter once GOP debate turns substantive

  17-09-2015 02:21
  
  SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – Amid the back-and-forth bickering over Donald Trump, the Republican presidential contest took a substantive and serious turn in Wednesday’s prime-time debate, with candidates wrangling over immigration, gay marriage and...
  
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• Debate update: Trump links Iraq war to Jeb Bush

  17-09-2015 02:21
  
  SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – The latest on the GOP presidential debates at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. (all times local):7:20 p.m.Donald Trump is pointing out that he was against the 2003 Iraq invasion. He’s linking Jeb...
  
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• Debate update: GOP hopefuls clash over Kim Davis, religion

  17-09-2015 02:21
  
  SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – The latest on the GOP presidential debates at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. (all times local):5:55 p.m.Republican presidential hopefuls are differing on Kentucky clerk Kim Davis.Davis went to...
  
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• Man suspected in deadly Riverside County animal break-in identified; police still searching for him

  17-09-2015 01:07
  
  Three dogs that were quarantined at the Riverside County animal shelter in Jurupa Valley faced a hearing next week, and their lives were at stake.
  So Jason Ernest Johnson, say Riverside County sheriff's officials, devised a plan: A disguised Johnson...
  
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• Ice cream and a new TV in an hour? Amazon Prime Now expands to Orange County

  17-09-2015 00:27
  
  Amazon’s reach into Orange County is growing with the addition of Prime Now, its one- or two-hour delivery service.
  Prime Now, which is available only to Amazon’s Prime members, will use four hubs in the area to serve customers in the Los Angeles...
  
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• Capriotti's to close all O.C. sub shop locations today

  17-09-2015 00:27
  
  Capriotti's Sandwich Shop said it will close all of its Orange County locations by the end of the Wednesday.
  The abrupt closure of the four shops, which first landed in the county in 2012, is tied to an apparent flap between the corporate-run chain...
  
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