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• Distressed Ubiquity shareholders can testify at SEC public hearing

  12-04-2017 22:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Shareholders will have a chance to vent their frustrations on Irvine-based Ubiquity Inc. at a public hearing Monday, according to Strategic Capital Management Ltd.
  Strategic owns more than 21 million shares in the video production company, which is under investigation for failing to disclose routine and necessary financial documents.
  “Shareholders are bitterly distressed over the lack of transparency and respect provided by management and the board towards them. Since Ubiquity has nev
  
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• High school sophomore Ashwin Chona will try for fourth straight no-hitter on Thursday

  12-04-2017 21:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Sage Hill sophomore pitcher Ashwin Chona will try Thursday to break the CIF-Southern Section baseball record for consecutive no-hitters.
  The record is three, which he set last week.
  Chona is the scheduled to go for his four straight no-hitter Thursday in the Lightning’s Academy League game at Brethren Christian. Sage Hill is 15-1-2 overall and 5-0 in league. Brethren is 4-10 overall and 1-6 in league.
  His streak began March 20 when he no-hit Whitney of Cerritos in a league game. Chona next
  
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• La Habra artists showcase their talent in monthly event

  12-04-2017 21:25 via ocregister.com
  
  La Habra Art Walks are held every second Saturday of the month.
  Artists and vendors display their work during the community event. This weekend’s was the first art walk to be held in the new City Hall plaza. The next will be May 13 in the Sprouts parking lot in the La Habra Marketplace.
  Information: lahabraartwalk.com
  
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• St. Louis suing Rams and NFL for relocation to Los Angeles

  12-04-2017 21:21 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s been more than a year since the National Football League approved the Rams’ relocation from St. Louis to Los Angeles.
  And now St. Louis wants payback.
  The city and county of St. Louis and the Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority (RSA) filed a 52-page lawsuit Wednesday against the NFL and its 32 teams seeking damages and restitution of profits over the loss of the Rams.
  The suit accuses the NFL and the Rams of violating the league’s relocation policies put in pl
  
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• UCLA football looks for successors on defense

  12-04-2017 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The list of losses for the UCLA defense is long. Tom Bradley doesn’t need to be reminded.
  “Why are you bringing up all the bad stuff?” the defensive coordinator asked jokingly when a reporter started listing names of departed defensive playmakers.
  Gone is the edge-rushing wrecking ball Takkarist McKinley. No more of the Pac-12’s leading tackler Jayon Brown. Randall Goforth, Fabian Moreau, Eddie Vanderdoes and Eli Ankou are all gone, eyeing greener
  
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• Remembering past lessons can keep our streets safer

  12-04-2017 21:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Aliso Viejo Mayor Dave HarringtonAs I write this on April 6, I am reminded of the “Newhall Incident” from this date in 1970. Four Highway Patrol officers, Walt Frago, Roger Gore, George Alleyn and James Pence, were all murdered by two men recently released from prison (one was on parole and both were violent career criminals). Fast forward to more recent events and Whittier officer Keith Boyer was killed and a known gang member who had been released from jail because of A.B.109 (pris
  
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• Don’t miss these 7 Southern California bands at Coachella 2017

  12-04-2017 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
   
  Kicking off its 19th edition, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival lineup continues to grow, with more than 160 acts from all over the world coming to the Empire Polo Club in Indio.
  Not surprisingly, plenty of local acts are making the trip to the desert for the three-day events running April 14-16 and April 21-23. So for those who want to see some of the best acts from Los Angeles and the surrounding area, here are seven Southern California artists performing at Coachella.
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• ‘Chappelle’s Show’ star and comedian Charlie Murphy dies at age 57

  12-04-2017 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Actor, writer and stand-up comedian Charlie Murphy died Wednesday morning in a New York City hospital where he had been undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia, according to his manager and publicist.
  Murphy, who was the older brother of actor and comedian Eddie Murphy, had worked in the entertainment industry for three decades, taking on roles in numerous feature films and TV shows including playing himself and several other characters on Comedy Central’s “Chappelle’s Show.&rdquo
  
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• Irvine approves Pacific Symphony’s request for 9-foot LED sign

  12-04-2017 20:52 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — The city has decided to let the Pacific Symphony orchestra and OC Music and Dance construct an electronic promotion sign outside their offices, taking into account their contribution to Irvine.
  The Planning Commission on April 6 unanimously approved the request for a 9-foot high, 14-foot wide monument sign facing MacArthur Boulevard. Pacific Symphony and OC Music and Dance share the same office building at 17620 Fitch Ave.
  The issue was whether to allow advertisement for off-
  
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• 18th annual Newport Beach Film Festival goes deeper

  12-04-2017 20:26 via ocregister.com
  
  With advancements in film-making technology, the difference between professional and amateur film-making is quickly blurring – a good and bad thing for Newport Beach Film Festival programmers.
  Good, because the quality and quantity of film submissions are so great, the annual festival is well-equipped with the best of the best films from all over the world. For the same reason this is good is why it is bad: with so many great film submissions, it is tough to choose which films make the cut
  
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• Serial killer who murdered four women while wearing GPS device speaks ...

  12-04-2017 19:49
  Convicted serial killer Steven Dean Gordon is speaking out for the first time since being sentenced to death for killing four women while wearing a GPS tracking device, declaring that he "screwed up." Gordon and fellow registered sex offender Frank Cano were both wearing devices when they sexually assaulted and murdered four women in 2013 and 2014.
  
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• Oregon man charged with sexually assaulting 2 girls in Stanton

  12-04-2017 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA An Oregon man was charged with sexually assaulting twogirls in Stanton in alleged incidents dating back to 2005, according to recordsobtained Tuesday.Cesar Cabrera-Martinez, 39, was charged this week with two counts oforal copulation or sexual penetration with a child age 10 or younger and fourcounts of lewd or lascivious acts with a child younger than 14, all felonies.Cabrera-Martinez also faces a sentencing-enhancement allegation of multiplevictims, according to court records.The dat
  
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• Letter from President Trump lifts 11-year-old Locker Board entrepreneur

  12-04-2017 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Locker Board inventor Carson Kropfl, 11, with the letter of response from President Trump. In January, Kropfl left a note for President-elect Trump at Trump Tower in New York offering his son, Barron Trump, a Locker Board. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Orange County Register/SCNG)Locker Board founder Carson Kropfl, 11, with a letter he received from President Trump after offering and sending a Locker Board to Barron Trump. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Orange County Register/SCNG)Show Caption of Expand
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• Bruxie’s evolution: More fried chicken, store remodels and craft beer

  12-04-2017 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Bruxie is remodeling its restaurants with warmer colors and new signage that emphasize its focus on fried chicken. (Rendering courtesy Bruxie)Bruxie’s fried chicken and waffle focused menu includes a cheddar bacon waffle with Nashville hot chicken and pickles at they location in Irvine, on Thursday, September 22, 2016. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)Nashville hot chicken and waffle sandwich a new item introduced by Bruxie as part of the restaurant’s focus on it&rsqu
  
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• Baldwin memorial service April 30

  12-04-2017 18:13 via ocregister.com
  
  A memorial service for longtime Orange County football coach Tom Baldwin will be at Santa Ana Stadium on April 30 starting at 2 p.m.
  Baldwin died March 21 of complications from Parkinson’s Disease.
  Baldwin was head coach at Santa Ana, Santa Ana Valley and Costa Mesa.
  
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• Coachella 2017: Festival veterans Local Natives ready for an encore

  12-04-2017 18:02 via ocregister.com
  
  A Coachella booking is a feather in any young band’s cap. Even more so when the members grew up in Southern California.
  Local Natives, whose festival debut was inside the Gobi Tent in 2010, were thrilled about their initial opportunity to play there.
  “It was our first big hometown festival and the first time we’d ever performed in front of probably 5,000 people,” recalled singer/guitarist Taylor Rice, during a recent phone interview. “The show felt as though it was
  
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• Putin meets Tillerson as tensions rise over Syria

  12-04-2017 17:54 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH LEDERMAN
  MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Moscow on Wednesday as the two countries traded sharp accusations about a chemical weapons attack in Syria.
  Tillerson, making the first visit by a Trump Cabinet official, went to the Kremlin in the early evening to meet with the Russian leader, the U.S. Embassy and the Kremlin said. Though President Donald Trump has spoken with Putin by phone, the meeting was believed to be the firs
  
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• Congress must have say in war-making decisions like Syria strike

  12-04-2017 17:22 via ocregister.com
  
  President Trump’s decision to order 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles into Syria last week does nothing to bring stability to that country, protect American national security or strengthen our position in the world.
  It does, however, continue an unfortunate trend of American presidents committing acts of war with hardly even the pretense of legal protocol or long-term geopolitical strategy.
  Ostensibly in retaliation for the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons which killed upwards o
  
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• The public’s growing fear and loathing of government

  12-04-2017 17:07 via ocregister.com
  
  “Where the people fear the government you have tyranny. Where the government fears the people you have liberty.” — John Basil Barnhill (1914)
  The American public’s growing mistrust and disdain for political leaders and institutions has been a long-term trend, spanning decades, though it seems to have deteriorated even faster over the past 10 or 15 years. Trust in political leaders has fallen more than 20 points — from 63 percent to 42 percent — just since 2004
  
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• Let the public be heard at meetings

  12-04-2017 16:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Anyone who has ever been to a public meeting knows that the comment period can be an endurance test. It is a forum for eccentrics and gadflies as much as it is for concerned citizens. But that doesn’t mean that the right of the public to address their representatives should be curtailed. That is the problem with changes to the comment rules recently undertaken by the Board of Supervisors.
  In November, the board voted 4-1 to limit speakers to a single three-minute period at the beginning of
  
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• Rams pick up fifth-year option on Aaron Donald

  12-04-2017 16:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Rams All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald can become an unrestricted free agent after the 2018 season. (Leon Bennett/Getty Images)The Rams have picked up the fifth-year option on All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald for the 2018 season.
  The question now is, how much will it cost them to keep the dominant lineman in Los Angeles long term?
  Barring Donald and the Rams working out a long-term deal before next season, he is slated to make $6.9 million in 2018.
  Ideally, the Rams would like to lock h
  
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• Melania Trump wins $2.9 million in damages from Daily Mail publisher

  12-04-2017 14:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL LAWLESS
  LONDON — U.S. first lady Melania Trump has accepted an apology and damages from the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper for reporting rumors about her time as a model, the two parties in the lawsuit said Wednesday.
  In a joint statement, the parties said the Mail retracted its false statements that Trump “provided services beyond simply modeling” and agreed to pay damages and costs.
  The total settlement for the U.S. and U.K. lawsuits was about $2.9 million, acc
  
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• AP Exclusive: UN child sex ring left victims but no arrests

  12-04-2017 13:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By PAISLEY DODDS
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In the ruins of a tropical hideaway where jetsetters once sipped rum under the Caribbean sun, the abandoned children tried to make a life for themselves. They begged and scavenged for food, but they never could scrape together enough to beat back the hunger, until the U.N. peacekeepers moved in a few blocks away.
  The men who came from a far-away place and spoke a strange language offered the Haitian children cookies and other snacks. Sometimes they
  
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• Laguna Beach restaurateur Jon Madison selling his PCH café

  12-04-2017 09:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Longtime Laguna Beach restaurateur and former City Council candidate Jon Madison is selling his Madison Square & Garden Café.
  The property, a combination restaurant and gift and home decor shop, has a pricetag of $6.5 million.
  Built in 1912, the classic Craftsman bungalow has an expansive front porch and multiple patio areas. It’s set on an 8,712-square-foot parcel with towering, mature trees in the city’s north gallery district.
  Next door is Urth Café; across the s
  
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• The hunt is on this weekend in Newport

  12-04-2017 08:41 via ocregister.com
  
  The annual Easter egg hunt at Newport Dunes is back this weekend. Hundreds of children have gathered at the beach resort to search for more than six thousand eggs containing small surprises, ranging from toys to candy.
  The Easter bunny will lead the hunt and will be available for photos.
  If you go
  When: 9 a.m. Saturday.
  Where: Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort & Marina, 1131 Back Bay Drive
  Information: visitnewportbeach.com
  
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• Mater Dei bats silenced by South Hills, 3-0

  12-04-2017 08:35 via ocregister.com
  
  South Hills catcher Daniel Genna tags out Mater Dei’s Michael Peabody (21) in the first inning of a prep baseball game at South Hills High School in West Covina, Calif., on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. South Hills won 3-0. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)Mater Dei’s Blake Hunt against South Hills during a prep baseball game at South Hills High School in West Covina, Calif., on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. South Hills won 3-0. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News
  
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• Motorcyclist dies in Anaheim crash

  12-04-2017 08:26 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — A man was killed when his motorcycle hit a van Tuesday night in Anaheim, police said.
  The incident was reported at around 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, west of the intersection of Ball Road and Walnut Street, Anaheim police Sgt. Jacob Gallacher said.
  A man in his 30s, driving a Suzuki motorcycle at a high rate of speed, struck the driver’s-side door of a Toyota Sienna that had pulled out of a driveway in the 1400 block of West Ball Road, Gallacher said.
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• Swim: Tuesday’s leaderboard

  12-04-2017 08:16 via ocregister.com
  
  BOYS SWIMMING
  Sea View League
  CAPISTRANO VALLEY 87, SAN JUAN HILLS 83
  Sunset League
  HUNTINGTON BEACH 85, MARINA 82
  NEWPORT HARBOR 102, FOUNTAIN VALLEY 68
  Nonleague
  MISSION VIEJO 137, PORTOLA 32
  200-yard medley relay (1:47.99) – SJH 1:44.28; CV 1:47.17
  200 free – Nguyen (FV) 1:44.9550 free (23.20) – Dewing (CV) 21.77; McClain (SJH) 21.79100 fly (55.90) – Svanda (Mar) 53.85; Cavano (HB) 53.93;100 free (49.90) – Nguyen (FV) 45.87; Dewing (CV) 48.16; McClain (
  
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• Newport Beach councilman given notice of recall

  12-04-2017 08:05 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — Newport Beach Councilman Scott Peotter was officially notified Tuesday of residents’ intention to recall the first-term councilman.
  During public comments Tuesday night, three residents accused Peotter, who represents District 6, of ignoring the wishes of constituents and being disrespectful while conducting city business.
  “The residents of Corona del Mar are not being properly represented by their councilman,” said Harbor Commission Chair Paul Blank. &ldq
  
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• Pope, Collins lead way as San Juan Hills knocks off Trabuco Hills

  12-04-2017 07:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL HUNTLEYCONTRIBUTING WRITER
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – Senior pitcher Bryan Pope was dominant on the mound as San Juan Hills beat Sea View League rival Trabuco Hills, 3-1, Tuesday at San Juan Hills High.
  Pope pitched six innings and allowed just one run and two hits, and he struck out seven.
  “We are real happy with his performance,” San Juan Hills coach Jeremey Wooten said of Pope. “He gives us a good chance every time he hits the mound.”
  Kyle Rawlings led off
  
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• California’s high school graduation rate keeps rising, Orange County tops 90%

  12-04-2017 07:50 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s high school graduation rate rose again in 2016, marking the seventh straight year that statewide rates have climbed. In Orange County, the figure rose to 90.8 percent, making it the state’s only county with at least 3,000 students to top a 90 percent graduation rate.
  Among students around California who started high school in 2012-13, 83.2 percent graduated with their class in 2016, up from 82.3 percent the year before, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torl
  
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• Angels rally for another late victory

  12-04-2017 07:46 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Angels’ Danny Espinosa watches his solo home run leave the park in the bottom of the ninth inning during the Angels’ 6-5 comeback victory over the Texas Rangers at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)The Los Angeles Angels’ Kole Calhoun strikes out in front of the Texas Rangers’ Jonathan Lucroy in the first inning at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (Photo by
  
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• San Bernardino community services dog Sherlock comforts students at San Bernardino school shooting

  12-04-2017 07:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The Police Departments newest community services dog, Sherlock, was busy Monday helping North Park Elementary students in the wake of the deadly campus shooting.
  “I wasn’t sure about how he would react to the kids grabbing and pulling on him,” police Lt. Vicki Cervantes said. “But he was a true champ.”
  Sherlock, a rescued Irish Wolfhound-Labrador mix, spent much of Monday afternoon in the gymnasium at Cal State San Bernardino comforting the students evacuated follow
  
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• Plans to bury San Onofre’s nuclear waste near iconic beach has surfers, opponents on edge

  12-04-2017 07:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Tom Gudauskas walks along the cobblestone beach near an eroding cliff, part of which has been swept away by strong storms during the past two winters.
  On one side, surfers cruise along slow-rolling waves at one of the most iconic surf breaks in the world: San Onofre, a longboard haven often called the Waikiki of Southern California.
  On the inland side up on the bluff, near two massive domes that mark shuttered nuclear reactors, work is underway to encase millions of pounds of radioactive waste i
  
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• Tensions rise over Orange County supervisors' meeting rules, leading to tasing threat

  12-04-2017 07:04
  The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, April 11, to alter some of its procedural rules, but many argued the change wasn't enough - leading to a tense incident in which one man flaunted the board's public speaking policies, causing the room to be cleared temporarily until he was escorted out by sheriff's deputies. Tensions arose in part over a board's decision last year to limit opportunities for the public to speak at its meeting, a move that some have decried as a violation of fr
  
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• Lakers’ Metta World Peace shines in 108-96 win over Pelicans

  12-04-2017 07:01 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Underneath the smile and friendly personality, Metta World Peace acknowledged he was upset.
  After hearing Nick Young and Lou Williams talk trash about his age during training camp, World Peace remained determined this season to climb the Lakers’ leaderboard that calculates drills won in practice. On the final practice, however, World Peace lost to teammate Tarik Black by one point after picking the wrong team for an impromptu dodgeball competition organized by
  
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• Shooting in Santa Ana leaves 2 injured

  12-04-2017 07:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — Two people were injured in a shooting Tuesday night in Santa Ana, police said.
  The shooting was reported before 9:30 p.m. April 11 in the 200 block of South Birch Street, Santa Ana police Cmdr. Matt Sorenson said. The location is south of First Street and about 3 blocks west of Main Street.
  Police found a woman with a gunshot wound to the upper torso, Sorenson said.
  A man who was driving by in a vehicle was also wounded in the upper torso. He was discovered by po
  
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• Southern California Edison challenges Laguna Beach’s plans to bury utility lines

  12-04-2017 03:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Officials on Laguna Canyon road monitor a downed power line that lays across Laguna Canyon Rd. after a motorist apparently fell asleep and crashed into the pole in the early afternoon. The incident closed traffic both ways on Laguna Canyon Rd. from downtown Laguna Beach all the way to the 73 toll road on El Toro Rd. (File photo – Orange County Register/SCNG)Motorists drive southbound along Laguna Canyon Road heading toward downtown Laguna Beach. Overhead power lines have long been a safety
  
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• Mission Viejo’s Camryn Ybarra strives for perfection

  12-04-2017 03:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Camryn Ybarra of Mission Viejo helped guide the Diablos to a CIF-SS Division II championship last year. Bill Alkofer, Staff PhotographerIn leading Mission Viejo to last year’s CIF-SS Division II title, Camryn Ybarra led the Diablos in in batting average (.514), home runs (12), hits (54), on-base percentage (.617) and runs scored (33). Matt Masin, Staff PhotographerCamryn Ybarra of Mission Viejo was the Register’s Orange County softball player of the year for 2016. Bill Alkofer, Staff
  
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• Salt & Ash in Placentia Doing Fine After Reboot

  12-04-2017 02:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Server Jasmyn Santos, tells guests the portions are so big it took her four days to finish a dish. “It’s rare that I like everything on a menu, but I do. Attention is paid to every detail right down to the garnish,” Dave Penn, from left, of Brea says. Austin Carlson and Anthony Borsellino made the trek from Hollywood on Penn’s recommendation to Placentia’s Salt and Ash. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, Orange County Register/SCNG)Seven-year aged Gruyre and two percen
  
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• Angels Notes: Riding Andrelton Simmons’ hot bat

  12-04-2017 02:45 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Andrelton Simmons has picked up where he left off last season, offensively.
  The Angels shortstop, known primarily for his glove, actually outdid most expectations with his performance at the plate in the second half last season. And this season he hit .400, with one homer, in the first week.
  “He’s squaring the ball up,” Manager Mike Scioscia said, adding that he doesn’t have to make the same adjustments he did when joining a new team last year. “Ther
  
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• Musician J. Geils, whose hits included ‘Freeze Frame’ and ‘Centerfold,’ dies at 71

  12-04-2017 02:38 via ocregister.com
  
  J. Geils of the J. Geils Band performs at Fenway Park on August 14, 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts. Giles died Tuesday, April 11. (Photo by John W. Ferguson/Getty Images)Show Caption of Expand
  GROTON, Mass. — Musician John Warren Geils Jr., founder of The J. Geils Band known for such hits as “Love Stinks,” ”Freeze Frame” and “Centerfold,” has died in his Massachusetts home at age 71.
  Groton police said officers responded to Geils’ home around 4 p.m.
  
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• Fryer: Ranking the sportscasters, Bob Miller is No. 1

  12-04-2017 02:38 via ocregister.com
  
  What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on here …He usually is No. 3, behind Vin Scully and Chick Hearn, when it comes to ranking Southern California’s all-time great sports play-by-play people. But Kings broadcaster Bob Miller is No. 1 when the nature of the game of hockey is considered. It’s the most difficult sport for a play-by-play broadcaster.
  Unlike a baseball or a basketball, the puck sometimes is obscured from the broadcaster’s view, by the nearside boar
  
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• Report: U.S. sought to monitor Trump adviser last summer

  12-04-2017 02:22 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — A published report says the FBI obtained a court order to monitor communications of an adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump last summer.
  The Washington Post reported Tuesday the application to a special court to monitor Carter Page was part of the investigation into potential links between the Republican’s presidential campaign and Russia. The newspaper cited unnamed law enforcement and other U.S. officials.
  Page tells The Associated Press he believes the basis for the
  
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• Cartoons: Flying the unfriendly skies

  12-04-2017 02:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Check out our daily cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and across the political spectrum, covering current issues and figures.
  
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• Cal State San Bernardino responds to school shooting by holding a teddy bear drive

  12-04-2017 02:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Teddy bears bring comfort.
  That’s the thought behind the Cal State San Bernardino effort to collect the furry stuffed animals that staff and students there are collecting. They aim to give each of the more than 500 students at North Park Elementary School one of the cuddly critters.
  “Our precious babies need love, care and support,” Stacy Brooks, an administrative support coordinator for the psychology department, said in an email.
  The San Bernardino elementary school was the s
  
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• Small-scale revival highlights timeless nature of ‘Fantasticks’ in Costa Mesa

  12-04-2017 02:12 via ocregister.com
  
  “The Fantasticks,” whose original 1960 off-Broadway production became the world’s longest-running musical when it closed in 2002, is revived by Costa Mesa Playhouse. The cast includes Sterling Liska, center, as El Gallo and Gary Greene (left) and Rich Wordes as dads Bellomy and Hucklebee. (Photo by Robert Pimentel)Much has been written about “The Fantasticks,” whose 42-year run made it the world’s longest-running musical.
  A visit to Costa Mesa Playhouse remind
  
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• A newly prolific David Crosby sails into Southern California for a trio of shows

  12-04-2017 01:38
  Singer-songwriter David Crosby once took 21 years between solo albums but after "Lighthouse" landed in October it took less than six months for Crosby to get its follow-up "Sky Trails" ready for advance sales at stops of the tour that kicked off this month. So what's going on? we asked the musician whose roots reach back to Crosby, Stills & Nash - and sometimes Young - and the Byrds before that.
  
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• Bill Walton presentation in Mission Viejo provides plenty of laughs, inspiration

  12-04-2017 00:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Bill Walton invites a young basketball player on stage with him as he tells stories from his book, “Back from the Dead,” at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center in Mission Viejo, April 10.Bill Walton presents his book, “Back from the Dead,” in front of a couple hundred residents at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center in Mission Viejo, April 10.MISSION VIEJO Hundreds gathered at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center to gain wisdom from a
  
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• New Sage Hill athletic ameneties

  12-04-2017 00:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Maya Bryd’s days of commuting five miles by bus to the exclusive Tennis Club at Newport Beach for her high school team practices and competitions seem far gone.
  The Sage Hill School junior now improves her backhand on the school’s new tennis center, which comprises six courts and multiple seating areas.
  Across a walkway from the tennis center, which opened last year, crews are constructing an aquatics center scheduled to open this month on a former blacktop outdoor basketball court.
  
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