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• Food hall shake up? Playground's Jason Quinn closing three 4th Street Market food stands; four new restaurants coming

  20-01-2016 23:58
  
  After much speculation of a tenant shakeup at the year-old 4th Street Market, operators of the food hall announced plans Wednesday to replace four vacating food stands with four fresh concepts.
  Among the restaurants closing Feb. 1 are three run by...
  
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• Burger war showdown: Who does it better, Hopdoddy or Holsteins?

  20-01-2016 23:51
  
  Two new burger restaurants rolled into Orange County last year, setting up shop at competing malls. Hopdoddy, from Texas, debuted at Fashion Island. Holsteins from Las Vegas took over the sprawling Charlie Palmer space at South Coast Plaza. The...
  
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• Orange County woman whose dogs ran loose on 710 freeway after police chase charged with felony

  20-01-2016 23:20
  
  A La Palma woman with a history of alleged animal abuse is facing drunken and reckless driving charges in connection to a police chase that ended with a pack of dogs running loose on a Long Beach freeway Monday night.
  The incident was captured by...
  
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• Vaccination rate rises in O.C. schools, following last winter's measles outbreak

  20-01-2016 21:31
  
  More Orange County kindergartners were fully vaccinated this school year, according to figures released this week by the California Department of Public Health.
  Of the 42,007 children who enrolled in public and private kindergartens in the fall, 92.5...
  
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• Vaccination rate hits 10-year high among O.C. kindergartners

  20-01-2016 21:31
  
  Vaccination rates among Orange County kindergartners – and those throughout the state – have hit 10-year highs.
  Figures released this week by the state Department of Public Health show that 93 percent of California kindergartners who enrolled in...
  
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• Drone sales soar as fans shrug off new regulations

  20-01-2016 21:27
  
  Over the holidays, drones flew right off store shelves – their sales apparently immune to the regulations announced by the Federal Aviation Administration four days before Christmas.
  By year’s end, Americans welcomed home about 1.1 million new...
  
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• Former USC tight end Bryce Dixon arrested on carjacking charge

  20-01-2016 19:30
  
  Former USC tight end Bryce Dixon was arrested Tuesday near campus and charged with carjacking, according to a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department.
  Dixon, 19, was arrested at 1 p.m. Tuesday for an incident that allegedly occurred on the...
  
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• New face of Islam in O.C. has similar background to San Bernardino shooter: Why that might be a good thing

  20-01-2016 19:20
  
  Consider two men:
  Both are devout Muslims. Both are in their 20s, well-educated, new fathers. Both were born and raised in the United States but married women who only recently moved here from Muslim countries. Both, by all appearances, seem settled...
  
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• Garden Grove man says 'I'm ready' to be new face of Islam in Orange County

  20-01-2016 19:20
  
  Consider two men:
  Both are devout Muslims. Both are in their 20s, well-educated, new fathers. Both were born and raised in the United States but married women who only recently moved here from Muslim countries. Both, by all appearances, seem settled...
  
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• Dome home in North Tustin hits the market at $979,000

  20-01-2016 18:55
  
  A geodesic dome house in the hills of North Tustin is for sale at $979,000.
  The 3,100-square-foot, spherical shaped home has three bedrooms and three bathrooms, a family room with a fireplace, wooden floors, a wraparound balcony and, of course, high...
  
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• Bank sues property owner over Rusty Skeleton mid-rise in Garden Grove

  20-01-2016 18:05
  
  GARDEN GROVE – The money lender for a proposed development of the long-dormant, so-called Rusty Skeleton is suing the property owner for breach of contract and fraud – asking for more than $4 million in damages and a court order to jump-start the...
  
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• New evidence suggests ninth planet lurking at edge of the solar system

  20-01-2016 16:44
  
  Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology announced Wednesday that they have found new evidence of a giant icy planet lurking in the darkness of our solar system far beyond the orbit of Pluto. They are calling it "Planet Nine."
  Their...
  
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• #OscarsSoWhite: 13 actors and directors of color who should've been nominated for Academy Awards

  20-01-2016 15:40
  
  Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith said they won't be attending the Academy Awards this year to protest the lack of diversity.
  But there were several performances that could have received nominations.
  "Straight Outta Compton" was one of the best films...
  
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• O.C. woman, whose attorney has 12 lawsuits against Chipotle, sues True Food Kitchen for 2014 food-borne illness

  20-01-2016 15:40
  
  A Corona del Mar woman, among eight people who got sick after eating at True Food Kitchen in Newport Beach in 2014, has sued the so-called wellness restaurant.
  The suit, filed Jan. 4 in Orange County Superior Court, recounts the ordeal Lauren...
  
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• Nudists protest ban from Huntington Beach city gym

  20-01-2016 15:40
  
  Since November 2007, the Naturists in the OC have quietly rented the Huntington Beach City Gym and Pool for private gatherings, where they swim, and play volleyball and basketball. The only difference between it and other groups, they say, is that...
  
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• California Obamacare exchange details O.C. hospital usage

  20-01-2016 15:40
  
  Covered California, the state’s Obamacare health insurance exchange, released data for the first time, Tuesday, showing what kinds of hospital care patients have received through their coverage.
  Statewide, 111 hospitals out of 456 provided...
  
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• After Charleston shooting, a Rock Harbor congregant was determined to bridge the racial gap

  20-01-2016 15:40
  
  When the Rev. Mark Whitlock went up on stage to preach at Rock Harbor Church in Mission Viejo, Sharon Genton’s eyes welled up.
  “It was the beauty of the moment,” said the Lake Forest resident, who was among about 300 people gathered in the...
  
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• KKK fliers distributed in at least four cities on Martin Luther King Day

  20-01-2016 13:25
  
  And Red Bank, New Jersey. "The fliers, by their nature, are repugnant but did not rise to the level of a specific threat," added VPD Lt. As the OC Weekly reported KKK fliers are practically expected on Martin Luther King Day in Orange County, with the Klan having been blamed for similar stunts in years past in the nearby cities of Fullerton, Orange and Santa Ana. King, who was killed by an assassin's bullet in 1968, would have turned 87 last week. The third Monday in January has been celebrated
  
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• Miller: If the Chargers move north, their popularity will go south

  20-01-2016 07:25
  
  So the Chargers now face the choice of staying in a place where they are beloved or moving to a place where they would have to rally – fourth-quarter, two-minute-drill style – just to be beliked.
  And, when pondering this particular team’s...
  
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• Muslims in Southern California: Finding faith in unlikely places - like Men's Central Jail

  20-01-2016 06:45
  
  A chaplain knelt toward Mecca, his face nearly touching the ground.
  As he issued the call for midday prayer, it was clear he wasn’t in a mosque. The floor was hard and lacked carpeting. Observers walking the hallways and balconies included armed...
  
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• Garden Grove man says 'I'm ready' to be new face of Islam

  20-01-2016 06:21
  
  Consider two men:
  Both are devout Muslims. Both are in their 20s, well-educated, new fathers. Both were born and raised in the United States but married women who only recently moved here from Muslim countries. Both, by all appearances, seem settled...
  
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• 28 years later, DNA helps shed light on Santa Ana mother's disappearance

  20-01-2016 05:00
  
  It was June 27, 1988, and Andrew Trejo was about to graduate from fifth grade.
  His mother, Kristyne Olivia Trejo, had promised him she would be at the ceremony at Fremont Elementary School in Santa Ana. He spotted his grandparents in the crowd, but...
  
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• Manny Pacquiao hints at retiring after April fight vs. Tim Bradley

  20-01-2016 04:57
  
  BEVERLY HILLS – If you believe the fighter, then life after boxing for Manny Pacquiao begins sooner rather than later.
  Pacquiao, 37, returns to the ring April 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas when he faces Timothy Bradley, 32, for a third time.
  It...
  
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• How safe is Uber for teens? For many parents, it's a question of gender

  20-01-2016 01:56
  
  The increasingly popular ride-sharing service Uber first came on my radar in October 2014 when I was visiting a brother in Virginia – an annual trip I make with my father and sister. My son, then 20, joined us.
  After a day of sightseeing in the...
  
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• SigAlert: Overturned big-rig slows traffic on FasTrak lanes of 91 freeway in Anaheim

  20-01-2016 00:49
  
  An overturned big-rig snarled traffic on FasTrak lanes of the 91 freeway in Anaheim Hills Tuesday afternoon. A SigAlert was issued until further notice for the area while crews cleared lanes.
  Authorities were called at 2:24 p.m. to the 91 freeway...
  
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