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• Taylor Swift Hangs Out With Pal Lily Aldridge and Her Adorable Daughter Dixie at Disneyland

  02-04-2016 21:00
  
  Taylor Swift's happy place is the happiest place on Earth! The "Wildest Dreams" singer was spotted in Disneyland on Friday, hanging out with her friend, Lily Aldridge, and the model's adorable 3-year-old daughter, Dixie Pearl. Another photo of Taylor Swift in the parks!! On Apr 2, 2016 at 9:21am PDT While some fans got up close with Swift, others were completely bummed that they didn't get to rub elbows with her. On Apr 2, 2016 at 8:20am PDT On Sunday, Swift will hit the red carpet at the iHeart
  
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• Small plane crashes on freeway in San Diego County, killing woman in a car

  02-04-2016 20:10
  
  FALLBROOK —A small plane that made headlines when it landed safely on a Southern California freeway years ago crashed on the same stretch of road Saturday, slamming into a car and killing a woman in the vehicle.
  Five others, including the pilot...
  
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• Belonging is the goal: Soccer unites refugees

  02-04-2016 17:51
  
  "Peaceful here," the 15-year-old said, grinning. Sahin, his parents and five brothers are refugees from Afghanistan. "In Kabul, there are no good schools," says the teen, now a freshman at Loara High School in Anaheim. Tiyya Foundation's soccer program helps provide comfort and camaraderie to children who, mostly, are from war-torn families that sought asylum in the United States, said co-founder Meymuna Hussein-Cattan. They moved to Cairo, and remained there until 2' years ago when they got ref
  
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• Fullerton teen called 'hero' after rescuing man who nearly drowned Friday

  02-04-2016 17:15
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH – Ethan Foglesong doesn’t consider himself a hero even though that’s what firefighters are calling him after he rescued a man who nearly drowned Friday at Huntington State Beach.
  “The last thing I thought was that I was going...
  
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• Photos: Spotlight on the All-County basketball players

  02-04-2016 17:10
  
  The Register has released its selections for the All-County boys and girls basketball teams, including the winners of the O.C. Player of the Year and O.C. Coach of the Year awards.
  As part of our coverage, we have photos from special photo sessions...
  
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• HopSkipDrive, an Uber-like ride service for kids, launches in Orange County

  02-04-2016 17:10
  
  An Uber-like ride service for kids will launch Tuesday in Orange County.
  HopSkipDrive is designed to transport children age six and up. All drivers are certified, fingerprinted, and must be at least 23 years old, clear a background check, have five...
  
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• Historic Craftsman in Old Towne Orange, moved from its original spot, on the market at $995,000

  02-04-2016 17:10
  
  A landmark five-bedroom Craftsman on the market for $995,000 in Old Towne Orange has seen more changes than many other historic homes since it was built nearly a century ago.
  The house itself was packed up and moved to another spot.
  But it didn't go...
  
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• 'Exclusive' George Clooney interview fabricated, Hello! magazine apologizes

  02-04-2016 16:49
  
  Magazine apologized to George Clooney Friday after running an "exclusive" interview with the actor that turned out to be fake. The interview was picked up by various other outlets, including Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, The Sun and The Evening Standard, Clooney said in a statement. The story was removed from Hello! He slammed a report from British tabloid the Daily Mail that claimed his mother-in-law, Baria Alamuddin, opposed the union between Clooney and her daughter based on religious grounds. T
  
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• Annual Free Health Fair to be Held in Anaheim

  02-04-2016 16:49
  
  More than 150 doctors and health care professionals will volunteer their time to provide health screenings at an annual health fair in Anaheim beginning Saturday. The 10th Annual Anaheim Free Health Fair will offer screening to family members of all ages, according to a news release. Since 2007, more than 8,000 people have benefited from the free event, which will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center. Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait said in a news release. Hundreds of volunteers serve hundreds of att
  
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• Supervisors' mailers might be illegal, says county's fiscal watchdog

  02-04-2016 16:00
  
  Orange County’s elected fiscal watchdog said Friday he has halted payment on several county-funded mailers over concerns that two supervisors may have violated a state law created to ensure government communications aren’t used for...
  
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• MOVIES: Swanky or cheap, big hits or foreign films - Orange County theaters have it all

  02-04-2016 16:00
  
  The search for the best moviegoing experience in Orange County takes us to downtown Santa Ana, where you find the rarest of film sanctuaries – a true art house.
  You scan the old theater, which seems familiar enough with its block-lettered marquee...
  
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• A defender of property rights now a foe of short-term rentals

  02-04-2016 10:36
  
  Tait and I are now on different sides of an issue in which many Anaheim residents want to use government to do the opposite. Instead of stopping people from residing in buildings designed for vacationers, they want to stop tourists from staying in buildings designed for residents. These days, home values are soaring, as tourists rent rooms through room-booking apps such as Airbnb and HomeAway. But it's also upset neighbors. There's still time for Tait to come to his senses. Steven Greenhut is th
  
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• Should a programming conference host a reactionary weirdo?

  02-04-2016 08:33
  
  LambdaConf is a conference for people who are into functional programming. There's a passage in one of the Hannibal Lecter novels, probably Silence of the Lambs, where it's made clear that the good doctor, though incarcerated as a serial killer, is still engaged as a professional in his field of study. Now, I'm not in a position to peer-review the turd. My code is obviously 100-IQ garbage. But I wrote a functioning, functional CMS once! So I feel vaguely qualified to make sweeping judgments on h
  
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• Disney Workers Need Help to Find Autistic Owner of Lost Pin Lanyard

  02-04-2016 04:19
  
  At a Disneyland pin release in Anaheim Thursday, March 24, a worker came upon a misplaced lanyard that had a couple of pins attached to it. Disney employee Emily Gibby found the lanyard and decided to fill it with 11 more Disney pins. "We did what any Cast Member would naturally do," Gibby said in her post. In her Instagram post, Gibby shared a few clues. She said employees had learned there reportedly a group of kids with similar lanyards at the event, and one tip said they may have been from a
  
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• Photos: The Wedge wakes up with 10-foot waves — 'It's not a giant swell, but a fun swell for sure'

  02-04-2016 03:39
  
  Kai Depalma sits on the rock jetty fidgeting with the fins on his surfboard, looking out toward the Wedge early Friday as the sun starts to light up the big waves showing up at his favorite surf spot.
  He does a mental count. Five boards. That’s how...
  
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• Photos: Street Style in Huntington Beach

  02-04-2016 00:50
  
  Welcome to Street Style, where we chronicle fashionable figures and chic characters in Orange County.
  This week we visited Huntington Beach to check out the surf styles from the coastal city.
  Do you know about a spot we should highlight in our weekly...
  
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• California Approves Minimum Wage Rise to $15

  02-04-2016 00:18
  
  Photo Credit: Getty Images A historic moment in California State history will take place Monday, when Gov. Jerry Brown will sign the new minimum wage measure into law. The new measure would raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next six years. 1, 2017, then $11 the following year, and would increase $1 annually until 2022. - voted against the increase, raising concerns about the automatic cost-of-living increases that would raise the wage higher that $15 an hour by 2024.
  
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