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• Nancy Reagan's death: Reactions pour in from politicians at home and abroad

  06-03-2016 22:53
  
  Former first lady Nancy Reagan died at her home in Los Angeles, California, her assistant said on Sunday. She was 94. Reaction to her death follows:———“With the passing of Nancy Reagan, we say a final goodbye to the days of Ronald Reagan....
  
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• Letters: An Anaheim streetcar undesired

  06-03-2016 20:43
  
  Transportation is the way to go. I recently visited Mexico City and noted they are going to rubber tired vehicles for all transportation means. Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait and Irvine councilman Jeff Lalloway are correct to keep Anaheim out of the transportation business. When ARTIC opened over a year ago, I asked city staff when a bus shuttle service would start between ARTIC and the Resort District. Trollies on rubber tires are already used in the Resort District. Michael Dresser Anaheim * * * Here
  
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• See Orange County tattoo artists create their works at Musink

  06-03-2016 20:41
  
  Steve Drennan flew all the way from his home in Washington, D.C., to Costa Mesa to get a tattoo at Musink over the weekend. Not just any tattoo, but a traditional-style, ferocious face of a big cat that would eventually take up his entire back.
  Of...
  
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• Box office: 'Zootopia,' 'London Has Fallen' dethrone 'Deadpool'

  06-03-2016 20:22
  
  “Deadpool’s” three-week reign atop the box office has ended thanks to a handful of new openers, including “Zootopia” and “London Has Fallen.”
  The top spot went to Disney’s “Zootopia” which staged a box office stampede in its first...
  
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• Nancy Reagan, an influential and stylish first lady, dies at 94

  06-03-2016 18:00
  
  Nancy Reagan, the influential and stylish wife of the 40th president of the United States who unabashedly put Ronald Reagan at the center of her life but who became a political figure in her own right, died on Sunday at her home in Los Angeles. She...
  
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• Peyton Manning to retire after 18 NFL seasons

  06-03-2016 17:50
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Peyton Manning surveyed the landscape of his brilliant career and called one last audible. He’s retiring a champion.
  A month after Denver’s triumph in Super Bowl 50, Manning informed John Elway he is following his lead and...
  
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• The cellphone snooping debate

  06-03-2016 17:42
  
  "I am but one vote," he added. That policy requires the cellphone intercept technology to remain in the "custody and control" of the District Attorney's Office. "All data must be deleted as soon as that device is located and no less than once daily," the policy states. The District Attorney's Office is charged with conducting audits every six months to ensure that data is deleted. "Accountability is an essential element in maintaining the integrity of the use of this technology by the District A
  
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• Photos: Championship Saturday's best action

  06-03-2016 17:25
  
  There were great plays, big celebrations and a few tears for the Orange County teams and athletes competing on what is commonly called Championship Saturday - the day when titles are up for grabs in boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer...
  
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• Orange County faces more competition for drought-strangled Colorado River

  06-03-2016 17:20
  
  For the past five years, as drought sucked dry California’s water sources and depleted its reservoirs, Southern California water managers have turned increasingly to the region’s large out-of-state water source: the Colorado River.
  Now, Orange...
  
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• What's next for the Star Wars movie universe

  06-03-2016 13:38
  
  With plans to release a new movie set in George Lucas' galaxy far, far away every year for the foreseeable future, Disney is definitely doing its part to keep fans busy. Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Dave Franco, Logan Lerman and Scott Eastwood are just some of the actors supposedly in the running. According to Screen Crush, he also briefly talked up his desire to shoot IMAX footage in outer space to include in the movie. And so we'll make sure that answer feels like something that was -- it's som
  
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• Anaheim vigil showed a city of social justice

  06-03-2016 09:23
  
  The crowd grew quickly at Anaheim's Pearson Park on Monday. Photos and video of the fight generated national headlines. The Anaheim community also is quickly recovering. The Anaheim Bros youth group, Anaheim residents and even elected officials who often are on opposing sides of political issues put their differences aside and stood together to repudiate the violence, and the hateful, racist ignorance that provoked it. The community showed its strength and unity Monday night. Jennifer Muir is ge
  
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• Orange County relies heavily on the withering, over-allocated Colorado River

  06-03-2016 08:09
  
  For the past five years, as drought sucked dry California’s water sources and depleted its reservoirs, Southern California water managers have turned increasingly to the region’s large out-of-state water source: the Colorado River.
  Now, Orange...
  
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• Santa Ana students learning playground lessons on respect and confidence

  06-03-2016 08:08
  
  A loud buzzer announces recess at Santa Ana’s James A. Garfield Elementary.
  Youngsters stream out of their classrooms and pause briefly in neat lines before scattering across the blacktop to bounce balls, skip rope and play tag.
  It’s a typical...
  
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• A new, older face of medical marijuana found in Laguna Woods

  06-03-2016 08:05
  
  LAGUNA WOODS – Tony Pierce was 21 when he smoked marijuana for the first time. It was an act of rebellion, recalled Pierce.
  “I thought I was going to hell. I remember feeling tired and then paranoid that my mother would somehow find out.”...
  
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• New Star Wars Land Construction at Disneyland to Begin in April

  06-03-2016 05:12
  
  At the company's annual shareholders meeting, Chief Executive Bob Iger said the 14-acre project will be the biggest expansion to the park in decades. "We're creating a truly jaw-dropping new world that's going to transport our guests right into the Star Wars story," Iger said. "It is the first film in history to exceed $900 million in domestic box office and it has surpassed $2 billion worldwide, more than doubling the last Star Wars movie which was released 10 years ago," Iger said.
  
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• Championship Saturday: O.C. teams compete for CIF-SS titles

  06-03-2016 05:00
  
  There were great plays, big celebrations and a few tears for the Orange County teams and athletes competing on what is commonly called Championship Saturday - the day when titles are up for grabs in boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer...
  
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• Patriot's Day Parade: 50 years of celebrating Laguna Beach and its veterans

  06-03-2016 04:00
  
  LAGUNA BEACH – Kids from the Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach scribbled “celebrating 50 years” and other notes in chalk on the side of Brian Sadler’s matte black car as he waited in the lined up for the annual Patriot’s Day Parade.
  Sadler,...
  
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• A parade, dinghy races and woodies on display: Dana Point Festival of Whales gets underway

  06-03-2016 01:44
  
  DANA POINT – Thousands came out on Saturday for the 45th annual Festival of Whale parade, kicking off the two-weekend festival.
  The event celebrates the migrating gray whales that use Dana Point’s headland as a navigational landmark on their...
  
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• Final: Ducks edge Kings, 3-2, to take over first in Pacific with franchise-best 11th straight win

  06-03-2016 01:10
  
  LOS ANGELES – Ryan Kesler, David Perron and Jakob Silfverberg each scored goals and the Ducks set a franchise record with their 11th straight victory by defeating the Kings, 3-2, on Saturday afternoon.
  Before a sellout crowd of 18,230 at Staples...
  
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• Ducks topple Kings, take sole possession of first with team-record 11th consecutive win

  06-03-2016 01:10
  
  LOS ANGELES – The fight for the Pacific Division lead got all too real between the Ducks and Kings on Saturday afternoon and the heat from a combative first few minutes could have turned the Staples Center ice surface into a 200-foot pond.
  But...
  
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• It's raining, it's pouring BOGO deals: Yogurtland, Joe's Italian Ice...

  06-03-2016 01:02
  
  How desperate is Southern California for a taste of El Nino's rain? So desperate, Yogurtland and Joe's Italian Ice are offering buy-one-get-one, rainy-day deals at select locations - but only if it rains. Earlier this year, Yogurtland celebrated its 10th anniversary. Joe's Italian Ice also offers buy-one-get-one free deals on Italian ice while it's raining. About an inch of rain is expected to hit Southern California this weekend. The temperature will drop dramatically from February's record-bre
  
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