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• Southern California inflation rate nearly doubles 2012-16 pace

  14-04-2017 23:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California’s official inflation rate remains at nearly double the pace of the last five years of consumer-price increases.
  The Consumer Price Index for the five-county region rose at a 2.7 percent annual rate in March, same as February. Minus January 2016’s 3.1 percent jump, this is the highest local inflation rate since November 2011. Between 2012 and 2016, the SoCal inflation rate averaged 1.45 percent.
  Among the items driving the SoCal CPI higher in March:Gasoline ro
  
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• Reminiscing about the surfing doctor, Dorian Paskowitz

  14-04-2017 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  In November of 2014, the surfing world lost one of its most unique and colorful characters in 93-year-old Dr. Dorian Paskowitz. Through the years there have been zillions of stories and tales about Dorian and his surfing family, some with a degree of fact and some with whatever “facts” were needed at the time if it had something to do with putting money in the kitty and food on the picnic table.
  Dorian was a true surfing vagabond, a gypsy if you will. Even though he had a degree in m
  
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• How the Coachella 2017 grounds have changed, grown since the year before

  14-04-2017 23:24 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’ve ever been to Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, chances are you’ve complained about the crowds. At least once.
  But things have drastically changed at the Empire Polo Club grounds in Indio for 2017.
  The festival site has expanded by more than 40 acres, according to plans provided to the city.
  Approved by the Indio City Council, the move increases the capacity of the three-day musical festival from 601 to 642 acres. Goldenvoice was also given the go-ahead to up the cro
  
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• Westminster man who spent half of adult life behind bars gets 80 years for killing uncle at birthday party

  14-04-2017 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA A 40-year-old Westminster man who has spent more than half of his adult life behind bars was tentatively sentenced on Friday to 80 years in prison for the shooting death of his uncle.
  On the night of March 8, 2015, Daniel Lee Duvall got into a heated argument with his 56-year-old uncle,  Frank “Dino” Duvall, at a birthday party. They were at the Westminster home of Doris Duvall – the uncle’s mother and Daniel Duvall’s grandmother.
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• Orange County restaurants closed this week by health inspectors

  14-04-2017 21:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Permits suspended for major violations:
  Bon Epi Patisserie Cafe, 2750 Alton Parkway, Irvine; cockroach infestation; closed April 14.
  Mario’s Pizza, 4507 W. Coast Highway; cockroach infestation; closed April 12, reopened April 12.
  AngelFood Donuts, 16953 Bushard St., Fountain Valley; cockroach infestation; closed April 12, reopened April 13.
  Fresca’s Mexican Grill, 1621 Edinger Ave., Tustin; cockroach infestation; closed April 12, reopened April 13.
  J&N Market, 731 S. Flower St.,
  
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• Kendrick Lamar drops new album ‘DAMN’ on day 1 of Coachella 2017. Is he be planning more?

  14-04-2017 21:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Just a couple of days ahead of his headlining performance at Coachella, Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar suddenly dropped his new album “Damn,” on Thursday night, setting the internet ablaze with excitement and speculation about even more music.The new 14-track record follows 2015’s acclaimed “To Pimp a Butterfly,” a politically laced and jazz-tinged album that earned multiple Grammy nominations.
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• Scottish dancer Erin Blair of Laguna Niguel reflects on world titles

  14-04-2017 21:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Erin Blair has danced for as long as she can remember.
  After the Laguna Niguel resident turned 3, she began studying ballet, jazz, tap and other dances before being introduced to Highland dance at age 8.
  A competitive dance that has its roots in Scotland, Highland dance has been one of Blair’s strengths for almost a decade. The 15-year-old has competed in Highland dance competitions around the world, including Canada and Scotland, and became the first American to win three world
  
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• How to watch the Coachella 2017 live stream on YouTube

  14-04-2017 21:17 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’re skipping Coachella but still want to catch all the action – the musical action – we have got just the thing for you.
  The Coachella Live Stream is back on and better than ever. The live stream, which is hosted by the festival on YouTube and sponsored by T-Mobile offers a variety of ways to see each of the musical acts this weekend.
  Related Articles Here’s live coverage of Coachella 2017 How to get Coachella 2017 updates on Instagram Stories, SnapchatAs usual, the
  
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• JSerra student scores perfect on ACT only months after paralyzing injury

  14-04-2017 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Austin Brotman, right, cheers on a JSerra swimmer with his fellow students during a swim meet at JSerra in San Juan Capistrano on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)Austin Brotman talks with friends while writing notes for seniors during a swim meet at JSerra in San Juan Capistrano on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)Luke Prendiville, left, a JSerra senior, talks with Austin Brotman during a swim meet at JSer
  
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• Early tax filers more likely to get the deal in seller’s market

  14-04-2017 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Closing transactions, especially purchase transactions during this tax season, may be nothing short of chaotic!
  A very clear pattern I am seeing in this low-inventory, mega-multiple-offer environment is the winning bidder typically agrees to a short, 30-day escrow. In front of that, buyers are agreeing to very tight contingency timelines for signing off on property inspections, appraisals and loan approvals.
  Often, final loan approval requires authenticating tax returns submitted to yo
  
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  14-04-2017 20:58
  Austin Hwang, a popular former Irvine High School varsity football player who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, has died, according to Irvine football coach Erik Terry. "It is with great sadness that I let you know Austin has passed away," Terry said in an email to the Register early Friday morning, April 14. "I just received the news."
  
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• Fans thrilled and confused by 'Last Jedi' trailer

  14-04-2017 20:58
  The waiting room at the Orange County Convention Center to get into the enormous ballroom where the new "Star Wars" trailer would be unveiled was more like an aircraft hanger. And the line to get into the ballroom itself was less a line than an unending snake of humanity that, the night before, wound through Orlando itself; by morning, much of the line was inside and sleeping bags padded the concrete floor; and by unveiling time, the line, curled around and around and around, resembled not acres
  
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• Chris Herzfeld to step down from his position as principal at Laguna Beach High

  14-04-2017 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Chris Herzfeld, principal of Laguna Beach High School, in March 2016. (PHOTO BY STEVEN GEORGES, CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER/SCNG)Laguna Beach High School principal Chris Herzfeld takes a selfie with OC Varsity Artist of the Year for Instrumental Music, Kenji Lee and OC Varsity Arts editor Heide Janssen in May 2015. (PHOTO BY NICK AGRO, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER/SCNG)Laguna Beach High Principal Chris Herzfeld speaks during the graduation ceremony at Festival of Arts and Pageant
  
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• Filing your taxes? Beware these common mistakes

  14-04-2017 20:46 via ocregister.com
  
  If you have yet to file your taxes, you aren’t alone.
  For the week ending April 7, total returns filed were down 3.6 percent compared with last year, according to the IRS.
  Aaron Martinez, a tax expert with H&R Block since 1998, spoke to the Register about mistakes he’s seen so far this year.
  Not filing anything
  If you are unable to file your taxes by April 18, you can request an extension. You still must estimate how much you will owe and pay it.
  If you file for an extension but
  
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• Democrats pay big price with ‘nuclear option’

  14-04-2017 17:33 via ocregister.com
  
  By electing to filibuster the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, Senate Democrats may have inadvertently made the jobs of their Republican counterparts a lot easier.
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had made it clear that Gorsuch was going to be confirmed to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia, one way or the other. By that he meant he was willing to change the rules of the Senate so it was no longer necessary to have 60 votes for “cloture,” the cutoff of de
  
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• The Great Reversal — for now

  14-04-2017 17:29 via ocregister.com
  
  The world is agog at Donald Trump’s head-snapping foreign policy reversal. He runs on a platform of America First. He renounces the role of world policeman. He excoriates parasitic foreigners that (I paraphrase) suck dry our precious bodily fluids — and these are allies! On April 4, Trump declared: “I don’t want to be the president of the world. I’m the president of the United States. And from now on, it’s going to be America First.”
  A week earlier, both
  
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• Keeping honor while avoiding war in Asia

  14-04-2017 17:22 via ocregister.com
  
  President Donald Trump wants military commitments limited to those necessary to keep us safe and free. Whatever Trump may wish for, he has inherited a bad hand in South Korea. As a great nation, the United States must honor preexisting commitments to protect South Korea and Japan. Both are being levered by North Korea. The North Koreans are modern-day Vikings who use the threat of nuclear annihilation to collect blackmail without having to leave home. In the 1990s, President Bill Clinton foolish
  
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• Impacting thousands of lives — one hot dog at a time

  14-04-2017 17:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Our union owns a custom-made red trailer with a gigantic propane grill, and we use it to barbecue hot dogs. It has always been affectionately known as the “hot dog wagon.”
  A hot dog wagon may not sound high-brow enough for the opinion section of a major metropolitan daily newspaper. But you’d be surprised at how the simple act of cooking a free lunch can impact lives — and has, in fact, impacted thousands of lives. You also might be surprised to hear about how all of thos
  
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• Want better education? Try ‘School Inc.’

  14-04-2017 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In the Microsoft boom years of the 1990s, Andrew Coulson gave up a highly lucrative career as a software engineer to take on one of the country’s most perplexing problems: Why does American education make so little progress? Between leaving Microsoft and his untimely death last year, Coulson intensively studied education history, research and policy. “School Inc.,” a documentary now airing on PBS, is his magnum opus.
  What Coulson reveals in his three-part exploration is that Am
  
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• Letters: A threat to charter schools

  14-04-2017 16:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The recent report by In the Public Interest, an organization closely tied to the California Teachers Association and labor groups, is the latest attempt by CTA to not only stop charters from growing, but to shut down even the most effective schools.
  The report follows the language of current Senate Bill 808, which would allow districts to close any charter that is deemed an imposition on the district’s fiscal program.
  Not only would this violate the state Charter Schools Act, it would also
  
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• Menswear brand Robert Talbott opens at Fashion Island

  14-04-2017 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Menswear brand Robert Talbott opened its first Southern California store at Fashion Island this week. (Photo courtesy of Fashion Island)Menswear brand Robert Talbott opened its first Southern California store at Fashion Island this week. (Photo courtesy of Fashion Island)Menswear brand Robert Talbott opened its first Southern California store at Fashion Island this week. (Photo courtesy of Fashion Island)Menswear brand Robert Talbott opened its first Southern California store at Fashion Island t
  
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• Man accused in theft of guns, anti-government manifesto, arrested in Wisconsin

  14-04-2017 15:35 via ocregister.com
  
  By GRETCHEN EHLKE
  MILWAUKEE  — A fugitive accused of stealing numerous weapons from a Wisconsin gun store and sending an anti-government manifesto to the White House has been arrested after nine days on the run, sheriff’s officials said Friday.
  Joseph Allen Jakubowski was found Thursday night in Vernon County, about 125 miles northwest of Janesville, his hometown, according to the Rock County Sheriff’s Office.
  More than 150 law enforcement officials had been searching for
  
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• Government: 36 Islamic State fighters killed by massive bomb

  14-04-2017 14:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By AMIR SHAH
  KABUL, Afghanistan — The attack on a tunnel complex in remote eastern Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military left 36 Islamic State group fighters dead and no civilian casualties, Afghanistan officials said Friday.
  The Ministry of Defense said in a statement that several IS caves and ammunition caches were destroyed by the giant bomb, which terrified villagers on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border with its “ears
  
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• Also, documentary asks: 'What Killed Heath Ledger?'; Chelsea handler kicks off Season 2 on Netflix.

  14-04-2017 13:54
  "MacGyver" : In the Season 1 finale of this reboot, Murdoc moves forward with his plans for revenge against MacGyver by recruiting his recently released former cellmate to infiltrate the Phoenix Complex as a "lab technician" and kill every agent inside. "Dateline NBC" : The news magazine presents two deadly mysteries tonight - one pegged to the body of a young mom found on the side of a country road, 40 miles from her Knoxville home; and the other involving a woman's body discovered at an an Ana
  
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• Austin Hwang, 19, former Irvine High varsity football player, dies after battle with cancer

  14-04-2017 11:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Austin Hwang, a popular former Irvine High School varsity football player who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, has died, according to Irvine football coach Erik Terry.
  “It is with great sadness that I let you know Austin has passed away,” Terry said in an email to the Register early Friday morning, April 14. “I just received the news.”
  Terry confirmed in a phone interview that Hwang, 19, died either early this morning or late Thursday night in La Mirada surrounded
  
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• Austin Hwang, 19, former Irvine High football player, dies after battle with cancer

  14-04-2017 11:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Austin Hwang, a popular former Irvine High School varsity football player who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, has died, according to Irvine football coach Erik Terry.
  “It is with great sadness that I let you know Austin has passed away,” Terry said in an email to the Register early Friday morning, April 14. “I just received the news.”
  Terry confirmed in a phone interview that Hwang, 19, died either early this morning or late Thursday night in La Mirada surrounded
  
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• ‘Their Finest’ stylishly blends wit, romance in WWII

  14-04-2017 10:58 via ocregister.com
  
  “Their Finest “ is a movie about making a movie, specifically a glossy propaganda film meant to bolster morale in Britain in the darkest days of the Second World War. It is also very much a movie-movie. Good-looking, finely acted, and well-told, director Lone Scherfig (“An Education”) has made a charming, witty and romantic gem. It is “Shakespeare in Love” in World War II.Adapted by Gaby Chiappe from the novel “Their Finest Hour and a Half” by Liss
  
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• Whicker: Flames’ absence is a present for Ducks

  14-04-2017 09:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Ducks center Rickard Rakell (67), right, scores past Calgary Flames goalie Brian Elliott during Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series on Thursday night at Honda Center. (Photo by Kyusung Gong, Orange County Register/SCNG)Ducks center Rickard Rakell (67), left, celebrates his goal with center Ryan Getzlaf (15) during the game 1 of the Western Conference first-round series against the Flames at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday, April 13, 2017. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Oran
  
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• Story of country legend Roger Miller to premiere in Laguna

  14-04-2017 09:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Jesse Johnson as Roger Miller rehearses for the world premiere of Laguna Playhouse’s “King of the Road: The Roger Miller Story” in Laguna Beach, CA on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. (Photo by Sam Gangwer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Jesse Johnson rehearses for the world premiere of Laguna PlayhouseÕs ÒKing of the Road: The Roger Miller Story.Ó in Laguna Beach, CA on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. (Photo by Sam Gangwer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Jesse Johnson, lef
  
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• Artist of the Week: Casey Campbell

  14-04-2017 09:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Six years ago, Costa Mesa High School music teacher Sandy Gilboe was looking for a new pianist for the jazz band. “A few high school students came to the audition, along with seventh-grader Casey Campbell,” said Gilboe. “It only took a few minutes to realize that jazz was totally in Casey’s wheelhouse, even as a seventh grader. The high-schoolers realized that as well and they fizzled out quickly, and Casey has been my jazz piano player ever since.”
  Now a senior, Ca
  
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• Teamwork is key at OCSA digital media showcase

  14-04-2017 09:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Team projects in an art classroom really do work. At least they do in digital media.
  Started fours year ago, digital media, one of the newest conservatories at the ever-expanding Orange County School of the Arts, is now seeing its first class of graduating seniors.
  Digital media teacher Patrick Williams, who taught animation when he first came to OCSA, says digital media grew out of collaborations between the visual arts and film and television conservatories. Its intent is to remain f
  
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• Katella High’s ‘Willy Wonka’ filled with child-like wonder

  14-04-2017 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The classic tale of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” is told by Katella High School with whimsical delight as it teaches the importance of optimism, integrity, and humility.
  Willy Wonka, the owner of a world-famous chocolate factory, searches for an heir to his magnificent candy empire. While on a fantastic tour, five wide-eyed children, along with their comical parents, are led through the factory, secretly being tested on their character and honor.
  The story opens
  
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• Coachella 2017: Warm weather forecast for Friday

  14-04-2017 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Ready to start the weekend at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival? The weather for the first Friday promises to be clear and sunny, with highs around 86 degrees and lows in the evening around 59 degrees.  Wind speeds may reach up to 10 mph, and no rain is expected.
  Remember to bring hats and sunscreen, and stay hydrated.
  More need-to-know fest info:
  Set times for Friday, weekend oneWhat time is Kendrick Lamar playing at Coachella 2017? Our set time lock screens can tell youHow to g
  
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• Katella’s ‘Willy Wonka’ is a sweet surprise

  14-04-2017 09:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Katella High School’s adaptation of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” faithfully re-creates the Roald Dahl classic for the stage, telling the story of young Charlie Bucket, who happens upon a golden ticket that takes him on a life-changing journey through the marvelous factory of the mysterious candy maker Willy Wonka.
  Victor Jordan, playing Charlie Bucket, brings an air of youthful innocence to his role. With a slight smile and an easygoing posture, he brings a positive
  
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• Mater Dei’s ‘Millie’ is thoroughly enjoyable

  14-04-2017 09:04 via ocregister.com
  
  When a small-town girl moves to New York, she has no idea that she is about to step into a web of love, money and white slavery. The paths of a stuffy businessman, an evil hotel owner, a womanizer and a group of Chinese brothers collide in this tale of love and modernism in New York City.
  Mater Dei High School’s fast-paced rendition of “Thoroughly Modern Millie” is energetic and heartwarming. Skillfully executed technical elements, strong vocals and heartfelt relationships comb
  
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• Mater Dei’s ‘Millie’ is a fabulous adventure

  14-04-2017 09:03 via ocregister.com
  
  “Thoroughly Modern Millie” follows Millie Dillmount, a young girl from middle-of-nowhere Kansas, on her journey to becoming a feisty flapper and securing her boss as a doting husband.
  The show is chock-full of dynamic ensembles – from the flouncy and giggly girls who reside at the Hotel Priscilla to Bun Foo’s brothers, who are sweet, charismatic and speak fluent Mandarin – all serving as wonderfully punctuated layers within Millie’s adventures.
  McCallister Sel
  
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• State investigating delays in restoration of burrowing owl habitat near Bolsa Chica wetlands

  14-04-2017 08:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Overlooking the expansive coastal wetlands at Bolsa Chica, where great blue herons and cormorants glide above blossoming mustard and a grove of eucalyptus, a weed-lined trail winds between a row of luxury view homes and jarringly barren land crisscrossed with white plastic water pipe.
  The contrast of the visual scar with the green, seaward open vistas and lagoons on the state wildlife preserve is visible to passersby on Warner Avenue and has been a source of aggravation to nearby residents for y
  
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• Mt. SAC Relays ready for big weekend at a new location

  14-04-2017 08:17 via ocregister.com
  
  It is the second of some very tough years for the Mt. SAC Relays.
  With the Walnut track and field facility undergoing renovations, the 59th annual event is moving to its second new site in as many years. The relays began Thursday and will continue through Saturday at El Camino College in Torrance.
  “I could lie and say it’s a piece of cake and roll with it,” Mt. SAC special events director Doug Todd said. “But I would be lying through my teeth. It’s much harder than
  
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• Swim: Tesoro boys, girls pace Thursday leaderboard

  14-04-2017 07:54 via ocregister.com
  
  BOYS SWIMMING
  Nonleague
  TESORO 131, SAN JUAN HILLS 39
  SADDLEBACK VALLEY CHR. 89, ST. MARGARET’S 44
  WESTERN 99, LOARA 53200-yard medley relay (1:47.99) – Tes 1:41.36; SJH 1:44.04200 free (1:48.50)200 IM (2:02.90) – Neamand (Tes) 2:01.30;50 free (23.20) – Kim (Tes) 21.78; McClain (SJH) 22.49; Hernandez (Tes) 22.88;100 fly (55.90) – Cheng (Tes) 53.06; Choi (Tes) 55.08;100 free (49.90)500 free (4:55.70) – Kim (Tes) 4:48.98;200 free relay (1:35.99)&n
  
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• Whicker: First shot of a potentially long war belongs to Ducks

  14-04-2017 07:51 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The days of easy first-round sweeps in the NHL playoffs went out with Wayne Gretzky, and it doesn’t matter who you draw or where you start.
  Maybe that devalues an 82-game regular season, or at least the end of it, but it makes for the best postseason in sports.
  The Ducks did survive Calgary, 3-2, in Game 1. They got a massive effort from Ryan Getzlaf, passion from Corey Perry, a solid defensive effort without Cam Fowler and a renewal of their year-long knack for doing just
  
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• Ducks welcome Flames goalie Brian Elliott to their no-fun house

  14-04-2017 07:44 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM >> The last time the Calgary Flames took the Honda Center ice for a Game 1, goaltender Jonas Hiller led them straight into a buzz saw. The Ducks ripped their former teammate to shreds during a 6-1 rout that set the tone for a 4-1 victory in the second-round series in 2015.
  Brian Elliott led the Flames back to Honda Center for Game 1 of a first-round series Thursday. Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf welcomed him to the House of Horrors with a rocket from atop the left faceoff circle for a
  
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• Ryan Getzlaf, John Gibson lead Ducks past Flames, 3-2, in series opener

  14-04-2017 07:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Ducks fans cheers for the team before the game 1 of the Western Conference first-round series against the Flames at Honda Center in Anaheim on Thursday, April 13, 2017. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Orange County Register/SCNG)Anaheim Ducks’ fans head into their game against the Calgary Flames for Game One of the First Round of the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA on Thursday, April 13, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)A colorful Steve Markus
  
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• JSerra runs into problems, loses to Bishop Amat in National Classic championship game

  14-04-2017 07:31 via ocregister.com
  
  JSerra's Christian Rodrigues slides home with Bishop AmatÕs catcher Jesus Maldonado making the out in the second inning of the National Classic baseball tournament championship game at Cal State Fullerton.
  Steven Georges, Contributing PhotographerJSerra's Nick Lopez gets tagged by Bishop AmatÕs catcher Jesus Maldonado after first avoiding the tag on the home plate slide in the second inning of the National Classic baseball tournament championship game at Cal State Fullerton. No sco
  
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• Firefighters battling 2-alarm blaze at Anaheim assisted living home

  14-04-2017 07:21 via ocregister.com
  
  A paramedic talks with a resident at La Palma Royale in Anaheim, which had a fire Thursday, April 13, as another person is evacuated. (Photo by Scott Schwebke, Orange County Register/SCNG)Fire engines gather at the scene of a fire at the La Palma Royale assisted living home in Anaheim on Thursday, April 13. (Photo by Scott Schwebke, Orange County Register/SCNG)A firefighter walks through a hallway at the La Palma Royale assisted living center in Anaheim on Thursday night while fighting a two-ala
  
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• Photos — Clothesline Project at CSUF gives victims a voice

  14-04-2017 06:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Dawn Foor, supervisor of the Community Service Programs’ Sexual Assault Victims Services, is surrounded by just some of the t-shirts hanging in the quad at CSUF on April 6. The university hosted the Community Services Programs’ Clothesline Project with a display of over 1,000 multicolored t-shirts that hang on clotheslines across Orange County universities, each shirt telling a different story of individual victims of crime. Victims were invited to create their own shirts at the even
  
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• Hank Fraley brings NFL experience to UCLA football

  14-04-2017 06:25 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES>> A call from Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman sparked a whirlwind week for Hank Fraley in January. The day after Spielman told Fraley that UCLA head coach Jim Mora was interested in hiring the Minnesota assistant offensive line coach, Fraley interviewed for a position on Mora’s staff. The next week, he was in.
  So Fraley, who received the call while coaching at the East-West Shrine Game, packed up the one bag he brought with him to Tampa, Fla., and flew dir
  
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• After setbacks, USC linebacker John Houston Jr. sees a starting role

  14-04-2017 05:58 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — When John Houston Jr. inked his letter of intent with USC two years ago, he was among its most prized recruits.
  Houston, rated as high as a five-star by Rivals.com, joined an already decorated cast of fellow linebackers that included Porter Gustin, Osa Masina and Cameron Smith.
  Gustin and Smith made quick impacts. Smith was the Pac-12’s Freshman Defensive Player of the Year. Masina saw the field as a freshman too, appearing in 12 games his first season, before he was su
  
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• Dana Hills sweeps Tesoro to remain in sole possession of first place

  14-04-2017 05:46 via ocregister.com
  
  DANA POINT – The Dana Hills boys volleyball team wrapped up the first half of the South Coast League schedule Thursday, and it has like where it is standing.
  Behind a balanced attack led by Dylan Campeau’s 13 kills, the host Dolphins swept visiting Tesoro, 26-24, 25-20, 25-14.
  With four matches remaining in league, the Dolphins (13-12, 4-0) are in first place.
  “It is a senior team that doesn’t have a lot of experience, which is a funny combination,” Dana Hills coach
  
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• Canyon bats too much for Cypress

  14-04-2017 05:29 via ocregister.com
  
  When the offense gets to be contagious up and down the order, good things are bound to happen.
  All nine Canyon starters recorded a hit Thursday afternoon, and with sophomore right-hander Miranda Stoddard tossing six strong innings in the circle, the eighth-ranked Comanches eased past Cypress, 8-1, in a nonleague game at Cypress High.
  Senior right fielder Rylie Seip finished with a game-high three base hits and added a pair of RBI. Stoddard went 2 for 3 at the plate in addition to earning the win
  
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• Ducks’ Randy Carlyle: ‘It’s a nervous time of the year for coaches’

  14-04-2017 05:20 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM >> The Stanley Cup playoffs would seem to be old hat for someone who has actually hoisted the trophy over his head, but Ducks coach Randy Carlyle is still a human being with feelings. Players obviously feel the pressure to perform and so do those behind them on the bench.
  As Game 1 against Calgary approached at Honda Center, the sometimes gruff and very straightforward Carlyle was expansive on a number of topics in his session with the media Thursday morning. One of those was
  
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