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• Park Murder Trial

  17-12-2015 23:41
  
  Taking into account time already served, Ransom Lewis Cook of Westminster will be released from jail tonight, according to defense attorney Jacqueline Goodman. At Twila Reid Park, and Cook was accused of driving the getaway vehicle. Stone and Cook met in the Army reserves, but were not in the same company and were mainly acquaintances, Goodman said. "My client had no record whatsoever -- he's as straight as you get," the defense attorney said. "He really takes seriously seeking actual justice, a
  
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• Under mounting pressure, Anaheim City Councilman Jordan Brandman drops congressional bid

  17-12-2015 22:19
  
  Under mounting attacks from Latinos and fellow Democrats, Anaheim City Councilman Jordan Brandman has abandoned his bid for the congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Orange.
  The decision, which reduces the field to three...
  
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• Update: Marquez charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism, U.S Attorney's Office says

  17-12-2015 21:13
  
  The U.S Attorney's Office filed charges today against Enrique Marquez, described as the close friend of Syed Rizwan Farook, who along with his wife shot and killed 14 people in the Dec. 2 San Bernardino terrorist attack.
  Marquez, 24, of Riverside was...
  
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• SAN BERNARDINO SHOOTING: Marquez has been arrested, law enforcement sources say

  17-12-2015 21:13
  
  Enrique Marquez, a neighborhood friend of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, was arrested Thursday, Dec. 17, law enforcement sources told The Press-Enterprise.
  Marquez was the man who legally bought the semi-automatic, assault-type rifles...
  
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• Enrique Marquez Jr., friends with Syed Farook, charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism in San Bernardino shootings

  17-12-2015 21:13
  
  RIVERSIDE - Federal authorities filed a terrorism-related charge Thursday against the man who bought the assault rifles his friend used in the San Bernardino massacre two weeks ago, accusing Enrique Marquez Jr. of plotting earlier attacks aimed at...
  
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• Disneyland Rolls Out Metal Detectors, Explosive-Sniffing Dogs In Wake Of Terror Attack

  17-12-2015 20:30
  
  -- Disneyland is stepping up security measures in the wake of the San Bernardino terrorist attack. Metal detectors were installed Thursday at the Anaheim theme park, though only some "randomly selected" visitors will be asked to walk through the detectors, according to Disneyland spokeswoman Suzi Brown. Disney World experimented with metal detectors at its entrance but did not make them permanent. "Banks, schools, churches, hospitals, a lot of businesses are doing this now," said Spiegel.
  
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• Disney parks, SeaWorld Orlando announce new security measures

  17-12-2015 19:30
  
  The increased security is taking effect at Walt Disney World in Orlando, and Disneyland and Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, California. Universal Studios was also adding metal detectors at its parks in Orlando and Hollywood, California, Orlando Sentinel reports. The announcements came two weeks after the terror attack in San Bernardino, California that killed 14 workers during a Christmas party, and as school districts across the country face emailed terror threats, most of which they've
  
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• Disney Parks installing metal detectors, banning toy gun sales

  17-12-2015 19:30
  
  Disney Parks have installed metal detectors and banned the sale of toy guns and costumes for anyone over the age of 14, as of Thursday. News reports the measure will be taken "through the rest of the holiday season," but it isn't clear whether the changes would stay in effect afterward. Disney joins Sea World, Universal Studios and Universal Orlando in increasing security measures in response to recent terrorist attacks in San Bernadino and Paris. Tony Hicks writes celebrity commentary for the B
  
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• Disneyland, Disney California Adventure add metal detectors, bomb-sniffing dogs

  17-12-2015 18:19
  
  ANAHEIM – Disneyland and Disney California Adventure are placing metal detectors at the esplanade area where guests are screened to enter the theme parks, beginning today, and prohibiting and banning toy gun possession and sales inside the park....
  
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• PICTURES: South Shields Star Wars fan declares The Force Awakens as 'the best one yet'

  17-12-2015 16:22
  
  And for one woman, who was lucky enough to get tickets for one of the first showings at Cineworld in Boldon, it was well worth the wait. Brogan Wilson, 20, attended the screening dressed as Rey, one of the new characters played by fresh-faced Daisy Ridley, and has said that the film was "the best one yet". She continued: "It was fantastic. Few details have been released about the mysterious Rey, a new addition to the Star Wars character list along with Finn, played by John Boyega. "It was mostly
  
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• UC Irvine professor explains the science of 'Star Wars'

  17-12-2015 15:50
  
  The Force, taken literally, would crush you.
  If you apply Newton’s third law – for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction – then Yoda would only be able to use the Force to raise the X-wing out of the swamp in “The Empire...
  
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• Provence Sur Mer, the priciest house on the market in Dana Point, can be rented - for $100,000 a month

  17-12-2015 15:50
  
  An oceanfront Monarch Beach estate on a bluff-top corner with sweeping views of waves lapping the sand is selling for $33 million - or it can be rented at $100,000 a month.
  Provence Sur Mer is the most expensive home on the market in Dana Point.
  The...
  
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• OC Watchdog: UCI students, faculty object to Hindu foundation's donation

  17-12-2015 15:50
  
  It didn’t seem so controversial on that Saturday in May, when more than 100 people celebrated UC Irvine’s new Thakkar Family - Dharma Civilization Foundation Presidential Chair in Vedic and Indic Civilization Studies.
  There were speeches about...
  
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• For 'Star Wars' viewing, let the choice be with you

  17-12-2015 15:50
  
  Let’s face it: You’re going to see “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” The real question: How are you going to see it?
  With a huge band of fanatics at the Big Newport? With a gaggle of hipsters sipping cocktails on the leather sofas at the Port?...
  
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• Today, the force is with us, and Mission Viejo siblings are hosting an epic Star Wars movie party to celebrate

  17-12-2015 15:45
  
  The kitchen at Jason Carson’s home is hopping like the Mos Eisley cantina on a recent night in Mission Viejo. Carson looks on and grins happily, a delighted Yoda overseeing a dozen or more Jedi Younglings and Padawans – his own four kids and a...
  
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• Land swap will bring new $25 million O.C. animal shelter to to the former Tustin base

  17-12-2015 15:45
  
  Thanks to a land swap approved this week, the county hopes to break ground on a $25 million animal shelter at the former Tustin Marine Corps Air Station by June.
  The new facility will replace OC Animal Care’s 74-year-old shelter in Orange, which...
  
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• 107th Christmas Boat Parade: 100 boats and ring of lights illuminate Newport Harbor

  17-12-2015 15:45
  
  NEWPORT BEACH – Some 100 decorated boats toured around Newport Beach’s harbor Wednesday night on the first night of the 107th annual Christmas Boat Parade.
  Fireworks kicked off the night from the Newport Pier just after 6 p.m., and the boats,...
  
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• Today, the force is with us, and Mission Viejo siblings are hosting an epic movie party to celebrate

  17-12-2015 07:29
  
  The kitchen at Jason Carson’s home is hopping like the Mos Eisley cantina on a recent night in Mission Viejo. Carson looks on and grins happily, a delighted Yoda overseeing a dozen or more Jedi Younglings and Padawans – his own four kids and a...
  
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• After San Bernardino shootings, no one is taking chances with safety

  17-12-2015 07:19
  
  FULLERTON – The note found taped on a door Wednesday at Sunny Hills High School included no bomb threat, no link to terrorism.
  But two weeks after a radicalized couple killed 14 people in San Bernardino, and one day after a threatening email closed...
  
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• Seas greetings: Newport Beach's boats light up the night in first parade of season

  17-12-2015 06:39
  
  NEWPORT BEACH – Some 100 decorated boats toured around Newport Beach’s harbor Wednesday night on the first night of the 107th annual Christmas Boat Parade.
  Fireworks kicked off the night from the Newport Pier just after 6 p.m., and the boats,...
  
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• Drama but little trauma in Fed's interest rate hike

  17-12-2015 06:36
  
  Capping months of anxious anticipation and gigabytes of global speculation, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, its first hike in nearly a decade.
  In Orange County, as in the nation...
  
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• Land swap will bring new O.C. animal shelter to Tustin

  17-12-2015 03:54
  
  Thanks to a land swap approved this week, the county hopes to break ground on a $25 million animal shelter at the former Tustin Marine Corps Air Station by June.
  The new facility will replace OC Animal Care’s 74-year-old shelter in Orange, which...
  
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• Jury convicts Costa Mesa theater actor Daniel Wozniak in double murder

  17-12-2015 03:10
  
  SANTA ANA – A Costa Mesa community theater actor was found guilty of murder on Wednesday for killing two people in a plot to steal money, and now a jury will decide whether to sentence him to death.
  An Orange County Superior Court jury deliberated...
  
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• The Latest: Judge to meet with prosecutors, defense

  17-12-2015 03:09
  
  Tessa Hill-Aston is president of the Baltimore branch of the NAACP. An attorney for Freddie Gray's family is calling for calm after a mistrial was declared in the case of an officer charged in Gray's death. Billy Murphy, who represents Gray's mother and stepfather, says he has every confidence Officer William Porter will be convicted if he is tried a second time. He is the first of six officers to go on trial. Gray died April 19, a week after his neck was broken in the back of a police van. The
  
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• Housing prices up 6.8%: New median $623,000 is up $223,000 since winter of 2012

  17-12-2015 01:44
  
  Orange County home prices grew by the biggest amount in 13 months, climbing $39,500, or 6.8 percent, in the year ending in November, a new housing report released Wednesday shows.
  The median price of an Orange County home – or the price at the...
  
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• $13 an hour: Aldi hiring fairs Thursday in Anaheim, Buena Park, Fountain Valley

  17-12-2015 00:57
  
  Discount grocery chain Aldi is hosting job fairs Thursday to fill store positions for its locations opening in Orange and Los Angeles counties.
  Of the 11 job fairs, three will be held in Orange County. Anaheim, Buena Park and Fountain Valley will see...
  
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