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• Legion helps Student Veterans of America fulfill its mission

  19-01-2017 22:59
  More than 1,300 Student Veterans of America chapters can be found on college campuses across the nation, providing a peer-to-peer network and camaraderie as those who have served in uniform work to achieve their educational goals. The American Legion has been an active supporter of SVA since its founding in 2008, working closely with the organization to improve the GI Bill, enhance academic counseling and fight for extended in-state tuition to veterans.
  
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• Video shows baby whale trying to piggyback on mom's back – and failing

  19-01-2017 22:30 via ocregister.com
  
  It can be a long journey down to the warm lagoons in Mexico – especially for a youngster new to the world.
  A captain aboard a Dana Wharf Whale Watching charter captured a moment fit for National Geographic, as a baby gray whale tried to get a ride...
  
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• Short-term rentals like Airbnb face utility shutoffs, fines in Anaheim

  19-01-2017 22:30 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – The city is hitting short-term rental owners not following rules for being good neighbors with more fines and using its control of utilities to shut down owners operating illegally.
  Since the City Council, in August, put stricter...
  
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• Irvine police lieutenant named among 40 up-and-coming community leaders worldwide

  19-01-2017 21:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Growing up in Egypt, Michael Kent dreamed of becoming a cop.
  It wasn’t a particularly glamorous or well-respected profession there, but the idea grew on him as he watched police officers in American movies, he said.
  “You look at some of my...
  
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• Ice cream burritos? Stax in Irvine selling Thai-style treat

  19-01-2017 20:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Thai-style ice cream has landed in Orange County.
  Stax Cookie Bar in Irvine, which opened two years ago, has added the wildly popular treat to its menu. The rolled ice cream has been all the rage in Northern California and Los Angeles. Stax claims to...
  
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• Why there are so many rides based on movies at Universal and Disneyland?

  19-01-2017 18:22
  The entrance to Hogwarts castle at Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood is yet another theme park attraction based on the parent studio's intellectual property. Radiator Springs Racers and the rest of Cars Land at Disney California Adventure are among the many theme park attractions based on popular movie francises.
  
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• First of 3 storms hits Orange County, brings flooding and car crashes

  19-01-2017 16:53 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s raining, it’s pouring, and it isn’t going to stop soon, forecasters say.
  The first of three storms began drenching Orange County on Wednesday evening and continued into Thursday morning.
  The wet weather was impacting Orange County freeways...
  
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• First of 3 storms hit Orange County; traffic and flooding affected

  19-01-2017 16:53 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s raining, it’s pouring, and it isn’t going to stop soon, forecasters say. The first of three storms began drenching Orange County on Wednesday evening and continued into Thursday morning. The wet weather was impacting Orange County freeways...
  
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• Man killed by Metrolink train in Santa Ana, police say

  19-01-2017 16:39 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – A man was killed early Wednesday after being struck by a Metrolink train in Santa Ana, authorities said.
  The incident was reported around 2:50 a.m. in the 2300 block of North Lincoln Avenue, said Santa Ana police Cmdr. Matt Brown....
  
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• Carl's Jr. nears the end of an era as parent company, CKE, begins California move

  19-01-2017 16:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The California exit of CKE Restaurants, parent of Carl’s Jr., begins in March, ending a decades-long era for the fast-food company founded 60 years ago in Anaheim by Carl Karcher.
  Carpinteria-based CKE, which also owns St. Louis-based Hardee’s,...
  
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• Carl's Jr. nears the end of an era as parent company, CKE, begins California exit

  19-01-2017 16:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The California exit of CKE Restaurants, parent of Carl’s Jr., begins in March, ending a decades-long era for the fast-food company founded 60 years ago in Anaheim by Carl Karcher.
  Carpinteria-based CKE, which also owns St. Louis-based Hardee’s,...
  
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• Man suspected of Anaheim motel shooting, kidnapping woman shot by police in San Diego

  19-01-2017 16:09 via ocregister.com
  
  A man suspected of fatally shooting a man at an Anaheim motel and kidnapping a 23-year-old woman last week was shot early Thursday by police in Old Town San Diego after his victim escaped, authorities said.
  Anaheim police detectives Wednesday night...
  
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• Video shows Irvine woman's rescue from snowy Devil’s Backbone Trail near the Mt. Baldy

  19-01-2017 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  MT. BALDY -- A hiking safety tool may have helped saved an Irvine woman’s life earlier this week when she slipped down Devil’s Backbone trail.
  Jennifer Fujita, 34, clung from a steep rock ridge using her ice ax until she was hoisted out of the...
  
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• OC shooting, kidnapping suspect shot in Old Town

  19-01-2017 13:38
  A man suspected of fatally shooting a man at an Anaheim motel and kidnapping a 23-year-old woman last week was shot early Thursday morning by police in Old Town after his victim escaped, authorities said. Anaheim police detectives Wednesday night were told by the father of the kidnapped woman, Brianne Deese, that she had called him from San Diego and said she escaped her captor.
  
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• Hills Happenings: Read 'Fahrenheit 451' with Anaheim

  19-01-2017 09:18
  Anaheim Public Library will kick off a month-long celebration of Ray Bradbury's classic "Fahrenheit 451" when it hosts The Big Read 2017 from 3 to 5 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Central Library. The opening reception will feature Anaheim Fire Chief Randy R. Bruegman and local poet and author Grant Hier.
  
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• Girls in sex trade need help, not prison, former victims say

  19-01-2017 05:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Gregory Leon Hightower pimped young girls up and down the West Coast, from Seattle and Portland all the way to Orange County, where they worked in the shadow of the Happiest Place on Earth.
  “He would store us at the Motel 6, which is about two...
  
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• Anaheim holding short-term rental owners to being good neighbors,...

  19-01-2017 04:57
  Rafael Avila, code enforcement officer, roams Anaheim's south district, his area of coverage for responding to complaints about short-term rentals. Rafael Avila, code enforcement officer, roams Anaheim's south district, his area of coverage for responding to complaints about short-term rentals.
  
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• 6 cool new gadgets at the NAMM show in Anaheim

  19-01-2017 04:57
  Laurent Bernadac, creator of the 3Dvarius, plays on the 3D printed violin which can be custom built for each customer during media preview day at the NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center on Wednesday, January 18, 2017. Adam Mandel, CEO of GearSecure in Lakewood shows off his app, which can track stolen instruments, during the NAMM Show in Anaheim on Wednesday, January 18, 2017.
  
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• Video shows Irvine woman's rescue from snowy mountain ridge

  19-01-2017 04:40 via ocregister.com
  
  MT. BALDY -- A hiking safety tool may have helped saved an Irvine woman’s life earlier this week when she slipped down Devil’s Backbone trail.
  Jennifer Fujita, 34, clung from a steep rock ridge using her ice ax until she was hoisted out of the...
  
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• Donald Trump's Latino supporters rally in August outside Anaheim, Calif., City Hall.

  19-01-2017 02:41
  Since the Westport Library has been in its current location - since 1986 - it has always shown the presidential inauguration. This year is no different.
  
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• Rain threatens to postpone Main Street Electrical Parade’s return to Disneyland

  19-01-2017 02:03 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – Rain would pull the plug on Thursday‘s premiere of the Main Street Electrical Parade’s return to Disneyland.
  Forecasters have warned of a series of strong storms parading across the region through Sunday. Showers are a threat for...
  
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• These Orange County kids say why they're going to Trump's inauguration

  19-01-2017 00:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Lots of Orange County kids are skipping school today and Friday – but not just for a trip to Disneyland or Mammoth.
  They’re flying to Washington, D.C. to witness a historic American tradition – the transfer of power from one president to the...
  
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• This 11-year-old could be the youngest certified yoga instructor in the country

  19-01-2017 00:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Tabay Atkins, 11, had no inkling in 2012 that he had inadvertently selected his mission in life. He was 6. His mother was battling cancer.
  The son of Larry Atkins and Sahel Anvarinejad observed first-hand the dramatic emotional and physical lift that...
  
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• Duff McKagan, Mac Miller & Ty Dolla $ign Are Playing Reborn Iconic Fender Guitars

  19-01-2017 00:26
  At The NAMM Show -- which willl draw legions of musical gear devotees to Anaheim, California, this week -- Fender will officially unveil striking new versions of iconic instruments that have shaped seven decades of pop music, from rock 'n' roll to hip-hop. The renowned Stratocaster and Telecaster are among the classic electric guitars that get an upgrade in the American Professional Series from the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.
  
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