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• More than 2,500 show off skills at annual Faley Special Games

  21-04-2017 23:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Khoi Nguyen of Parkview School smiles as he makes a basket during the Goodwill of OC Faley Special Games at Cal State Fullerton, on Friday, April 21, 2017. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)Samantha Avila, 12, of Ball Junior High, takes a swing at a wiffle ball during the Goodwill of OC Faley Special Games at Cal State Fullerton, on Friday, April 21, 2017. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)Osman Alvarez of Kennedy High School takes a shot at the basket during the Go
  
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• Muslim teen wins right to box competitively in hijab

  21-04-2017 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Muslim teen boxer from Minnesota who hopes to one day compete in the Olympics has won a fight to wear a hijab during matches in the U.S.
  Amaiya Zafar will also be allowed to cover her arms and legs in accordance with her religious beliefs while competing in her first sanctioned match this month in Minneapolis under a USA Boxing exemption, The Star Tribune (http://strib.mn/2otrAGR ) reported. The organization normally requires boxers to wear a sleeveless jersey and shor
  
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• Mission Hospital adds the names of 2016 donors to its Wall of Recognition

  21-04-2017 23:38 via ocregister.com
  
  The Wall of Recognition at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo on Thursday afternoon, April 20, 2017. The Wall of Recognition is a wall memorial to allow grieving families a place to remember their loved ones who had donated organs to help others after their deaths. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)From left, Maddy Aspling and Christi Aspling are emotional as they gaze upon the sculpture “Lifted Spirits,” on display in front of Mission Hospital’s Wall of Recogn
  
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• How California became the first environmental battleground

  21-04-2017 23:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Earth Day is April 22, so we look at California’s role as an environmental leader and how the state ranks.
  The first fight
  The beginning of the national grass-roots environmental movement goes back to a fight by John Muir and the Sierra Club that failed to prevent the construction of the Hetch Hetchy reservoir. Muir and the Sierra Club tried to rally support across the U.S. from 1901 to 1913 to preserve the Hetch Hetchy Valley, which now lies 306 feet below water. The valley was said to be
  
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• Scientists to rally around common cause: protest policies of new presidential administration

  21-04-2017 23:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The environment is about to take center stage in American politics — a rare but potentially transformational moment in the brief, brown history of the Trump administration.
  Today and again next weekend, tens of thousands of people are expected to participate in environment-oriented marches at the Washington Mall and around the country. First, they’ll protest President Donald Trump’s proposed science budget cuts and urge Trump to take science into account when making policy
  
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• Buena Park’s school board president charged with 2 felony child-porn charges

  21-04-2017 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA The president of the Buena Park School District’s board was charged Friday with distributing child pornography after authorities accused him of having hundreds of illicit images of minors.
  Dennis Brian Chambers, 50, faces two felony counts: for alleged possession and control of child pornography, and for allegdly bringing obscene matter into California. He was also charged with a sentencing enhancement for an allegation that he had more than 600 images, including 10 of a&nbs
  
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• San Francisco power outage traps people in elevators

  21-04-2017 22:40 via ocregister.com
  
  By JANIE HAR
  SAN FRANCISCO — A power outage struck a wide area of San Francisco on Friday, blacking out about 90,000 utility customers, trapping people in stuck elevators, snarling traffic as intersection signals went dark and forcing shops and restaurants to close.
  Pacific Gas & Electric crews were assessing the problem and there was no immediate estimate for restoration of electricity.
  The Fire Department tweeted that it had responded to more than 100 calls for service, including 20
  
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• Woodbridge honors 12-year-old Irvine baseball player who died and then tops Uni, 9-5, in PCL game

  21-04-2017 22:33 via ocregister.com
  
  A photo of Josh Wong, who died from an illness 12 months ago is displayed on the score board during a baseball game between Woodbridge and University Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Irvine. Woodbridge won 9-5. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)Woodbridge player, Jackson Lyon is responsible for organizing the tribute to Josh Wong who died 12 months ago from an illness during a baseball game between Woodbridge and University Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Irvine. Woodbridge won 9-5.
  
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• Bastanchury Road in Yorba Linda has an extra mile of bike lanes

  21-04-2017 22:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Bastanchury Road has new bike lanes.
  Riders can use the lanes to the side of the roadway along a half-mile stretch of Bastanchury Road between Prospect Avenue and Imperial Highway and another half-mile stretch between Eureka Avenue and Lakeview Avenue.
  The bike lanes were part of projects widening the street from one driving lane in each direction to two lanes. A two-way turn lane was added in the median.
  “Adding capacity has improved traffic flow,” Assistant city engineer Rick Yee s
  
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• Actor Chris Pratt honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame star

  21-04-2017 22:23 via ocregister.com
  
  “Guardians of the Galaxy” actor Chris Pratt was honored with the 2,607th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, April 21, 2017, The star in the category of Motion Pictures was dedicated at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in front of the El Capitan Theatre.
  HOLLYWOOD, CA – APRIL 21: Chris Pratt Honored With Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame on April 21, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)HOLLYWOOD, CA – APRIL 21: (L-R) Actors Zoe Salda
  
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• 11 addicts have asked new Anaheim police program for help getting treatment

  21-04-2017 21:38
  The cityA's Drug Free Anaheim initiative offers addicts an alternative to criminal prosecution and a path to sobriety. As long as a person is not under the influence at the moment or wanted for a crime, they can walk into an Anaheim Police Department station or contact a police officer for help without worrying about facing punishment.
  
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• Dead whale found near Newport Pier thought to be well-known humpback ‘Scarlet’

  21-04-2017 20:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Scarlet the humpback whale was photographed tangled in a line in August, 2016 off Newport Beach. (Courtesy Mark Girardeau)Rich German, of Laguna Beach, was sadden by the news of Scarlet’s death Thursday, a humpback who last year spent six weeks entangled in fishing rope. German seen paddling with Scarlet off Laguna Beach shortly after she broke lose from entanglement. (Photo courtesy of Taylor Thorne/Newport Coastal Adventure)Scarlet the humpback whale was photographed tangled in a line in
  
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• Coachella 2017: Live updates from weekend 2

  21-04-2017 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  We are back out at the second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. Follow along Friday, April 21, through Sunday, April 23, as we see how Radiohead overcomes last week’s sound issues, watch Lady Gaga and her magical dancers and see if anyone is left standing after Kendrick Lamar’s Sunday night set.
  See live updates below from the reporters and photographers in the field. Here is a flashback to last weekend. @ladygaga#Coachella2017h
  
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• Sixth-graders get a lesson in brain surgery using virtual reality headsets

  21-04-2017 20:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Dr. Robert Louis of Hoag Neurosciences Institute guides students through a virtual reality demonstration on brain surgery. (photo courtesy of Hoag Hospital)For the sixth-grade class at Davis Magnet School in Costa Mesa, the science lesson for the day means keeping textbooks and notebooks on the shelves while the students pull out virtual reality viewers by Google Cardboard and their smartphones preloaded with 3D videos found on YouTube.
  As they peer through the lenses, Dr. Robert Louis, program
  
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• Goffin beats Djokovic to reach Monte Carlo semifinals

  21-04-2017 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  By JEROME PUGMIRE
  MONACO (AP) — David Goffin beat Novak Djokovic for the first time in his career on his fifth match point, winning 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 to reach the Monte Carlo Masters semifinals on Friday.
  Goffin denied Djokovic a possible 50th career match against defending champion Rafael Nadal, who was playing the last remaining quarterfinal against unseeded Diego Schwartzman.
  The 10th-seeded Goffin had lost all previous five matches to Djokovic and looked to heading for another when the 12-
  
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• Laguna Hills High students prove small acts of kindness can make big impacts

  21-04-2017 19:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Laguna Hills High School juniors Sabrina Astle, left, and Saara Tayani stand in front of the positive notes that they wrote and put up in the main girls restroom at the school. PHOTO BY EMILY RASMUSSEN, CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERPositive notes blanket the walls of the main girls restroom at Laguna Hills High School. PHOTO BY EMILY RASMUSSEN, CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERIt took three months for Laguna Hills High School students Sabrina Astle and Saara Tayani to write nearly 100 signs with positive no
  
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• Homicide victim was sister of girl abducted, killed in 1999

  21-04-2017 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas City, Kansas, homicide victim has been identified as the sister of a girl whose kidnapping 17 years earlier sparked a massive manhunt before she was found dead in Missouri.
  Police said Thursday that Casey Eaton, 34, was shot to death late Wednesday night. Her body was found in a vehicle, The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/2obyVz1 ) reports.
  Her sister was Pamela Butler, who was 10 in October 1999 when she was kidnapped while roller-skating near her Kansas
  
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• Bebe will close all stores in May, including 5 in Orange County

  21-04-2017 19:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Retailer Bebe will close all of its stores by the end of May, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  The Brisbane-based chain has a total of 168 retail and outlet stores as of March, including Orange County locations in Brea, Irvine, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach and Santa Ana.
  Bebe has hired consultants to help sell off the merchandise in the company’s stores.
  In April, Bebe announced plans to lay off roughly 700 employees in California, effective May 27.
  
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• Honoring the 2017 Artists of the Year

  21-04-2017 19:31 via ocregister.com
  
  From left, Orange County Register Artist of the Year recipients: Orange County School of the Arts’ Daniel Zolghadri, Woodbridge’s Claire Imler, Crean Lutheran’s Aileen Chung, University’s Celine Kim, Orange County School of the Arts’ Isabela Kimmel, and Orange County School of the Arts’ Daniel Sanchez at Orange County Department of Education in Costa Mesa on Thursday, April 20, 2017. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Orange County Register/SCNG)From left, Orange County R
  
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• 10 life skills every teenager should master before graduation

  21-04-2017 19:22 via ocregister.com
  
  For the first time, my 21-year-old daughter did her taxes this year.
  Making money, she ‘s discovered, is nice – but not so fun is figuring out how to deal with forms bound for the taxman. “I hate adult stuff,” she complains.
  I hate adult stuff too, I told her. But there are adult things one has to deal with in life.
  This exchange got me thinking: What are 10 life skills every teen should have by the end of high school?
  For guidance, I sought the expertise of Daniel Patter
  
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• Are High-Interest Personal Loans a Necessary Evil?

  21-04-2017 19:13
  Groups fighting for justice for the poor, the working class and people of color are trying to attract support for a proposed law that it would make it more difficult for loan companies, which the state Department of Business Oversight says are disproportionately located in minority and low-income areas, to charge exorbitant fees for their services. AB 1109 by Assemblyman Ash Kalra would cap personal loan interest rates at 24 percent.
  
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• Newborn care specialists are here to help!

  21-04-2017 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Sleepless nights, chaotic mornings and poopy diapers dominate life during the first few months a baby is born. It’s not just the crying at all hours or parents’ utter lack of sleep, it’s the general sense of being completely unprepared. To the rescue is a new type of caretaker known as a Newborn Care Specialist.
  Providing additional support through those tough early months, Newborn Care Specialists, or NCSs, provide special insight from diapering to circumcision care to help ma
  
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• Trump calls first 100-day benchmark ‘ridiculous’

  21-04-2017 14:37 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
  7:20 a.m.
  President Donald Trump says the 100-day benchmark often used to measure a new administration’s achievements is a “ridiculous standard.”
  Trump tweeted Friday, “No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot (including S.C.), media will kill!”
  Trump hits the 100-day mark in office on April 29.
  Since taking office, Trump ha
  
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• BART hires new police chief from Santa Ana

  21-04-2017 13:55
  Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido, left, looks on as Chief of Police Carlos Rojas describes the details of a hit and run accident that killed three teenagers on Halloween during a news conference Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, in Santa Ana, Calif. Jaquinn Bell, 31, of Orange drove a black Honda SUV through a marked crosswalk on Friday near an elementary school in Santa Ana, hitting 13-year-old twin sisters Lexi and Lexandra Perez and their friend Andrea Gonzalez, police said.
  
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• Records fall at Foothill Swim Games, Newport Harbor

  21-04-2017 09:36 via ocregister.com
  
  It was a record-setting Thursday for the boys at the Foothill Swim Games.
  And Ayla Spitz made it a record-setting day for the Newport Harbor girls.
  The boys combined to set three meet records during a blistering prelims session at the Foothill Swim Games.
  Northwood’s 200-yard medley relay out-dueled Dana Hills in the third and final heat to set a meet-record with a time of 1 minute, 34.01 seconds. The team of Gabe Munoz, Henry Wu, Hwa Min Sim and Shawn Lou outdistanced Dana Hills by about
  
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• Costly effort to cut UC employees’ paychecks

  21-04-2017 09:07 via ocregister.com
  
  It has now been over five years since the University of California launched its three-year plan to upgrade the computer technology that manages payroll and human resources for the UC system
  And the project has just been delayed again.
  UCPath — an acronym for payroll, academic personnel, timekeeping and human resources — was supposed to launch at some sites in August, but that date has been pushed back to December, with subsequent phases now scheduled to begin in July and December of
  
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• U.S. has cards to play in North Korea crisis

  21-04-2017 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The crisis with North Korea may appear trumped up. It’s not.
  Given that Pyongyang has had nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles for more than a decade, why the panic now? Because North Korea is headed for a nuclear breakout. The regime has openly declared that it is racing to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the United States — and thus destroy an American city at a Kim Jong Un push of a button.
  The North Koreans are not bluffing. They’ve made signi
  
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• Survivors of Dec. 2 attack disappointed in billa s gutting

  21-04-2017 09:06
  Dec. 2 terrorist attack survivors were left downhearted after state legislation expected to help them and other Californians recover from terrorism and workplace violence was eviscerated Wednesday, April 19. Assembly Bill 44, authored by first-term Assemblywoman Eloise Reyes, D-Grand Terrace, was gutted by the Assembly Insurance Committee, which is chaired by Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim, and co-chaired by Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore.
  
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• Kelly Osbourne gets brutally honest with her new book “There is No … Secret”

  21-04-2017 09:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Kelly Osbourne (pictured arriving at the 2nd Annual Hollywood Beauty Awards in Los Angeles in 2016) will discuss and sign copies of her new book “There’s No F***ing Secret: Letters From a Badass B*tch,” at Book Soup in West Hollywood on Saturday, April 29. (Photo by Rich Fury, Associated Press)Kelly Osbourne (pictured right, alongside her mother Sharon Osbourne at Elton John’s 70th Birthday in March) will discuss and sign copies of her new book “There’s No F**
  
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• Focus on quality education, not grads

  21-04-2017 09:05 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s graduation rate increased for the seventh year in a row with the class of 2016, reported the California Department of Education last week, hitting 83.2 percent of students who started high school in 2012–13. Orange County’s graduation rate topped 90.8 percent, making it the only county in California with at least 3,000 students to achieve graduation rates above 90 percent. Of course, such success should be lauded, because higher graduation rates at least indicate t
  
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• Will Trump’s ‘tax reform’ shift costs on American families?

  21-04-2017 09:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has faced the stark reality that getting others in government to go along with your agenda is no easy task. Judges have slowed the president’s efforts to impose “extreme vetting” on refugees coming in from seven countries with a known history of terrorism, and Congress has been unable to reach an agreement on repealing Obamacare. But the golden goose of the president’s agenda is tax reform, and, if history is any guide, this
  
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• Stagecoach 2017 isn’t Kenny Chensey’s first rodeo

  21-04-2017 09:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Country star Kenny Chesney will return to headline the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio for a fourth time on Sunday, April 30. (Photo by Allister Ann)Country star Kenny Chesney will return to headline the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio for a fourth time on Sunday, April 30. (Photo by Jill Turnnell)Country star Kenny Chesney will return to headline the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio for a fourth time on Sunday, April 30. (Photo by Allister Ann)Kenny Chesney (pict
  
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• As White House rolls back climate rules, Congress must step in

  21-04-2017 09:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Earth Day arrives this year with serious questions about America’s commitment to preserve a clean environment and limit the risks posed by climate change. That’s because, on March 28, President Trump signed an executive order to start the process of dismantling several initiatives under the Obama administration to reduce pollution that drives climate change, pollution that also affects the air we breathe and the water we drink.
  These initiatives became necessary when Congress failed
  
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• Opioid epidemic in OC’s low-income residents

  21-04-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Painful stories about the people who overdosed and the people working to prevent such tragedies are part of the Orange County Register’s ongoing and eye-opening coverage of the opioid epidemic by columnist David Whiting and others. No one disagrees that our county is in the midst of a lethal opioid epidemic, and the human toll is too high.
  Indeed, the numbers of people dying are distressing. County reports show that drug overdoses have killed 1,769 Orange County residents in the past five
  
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• Letters: Protect civil liberties

  21-04-2017 09:00 via ocregister.com
  
  UC Berkeley’s claim that it can’t provide security for Ann Coulter is an embarrassment, in two ways.
  First, when the threat of violence prevents the expression of free speech, the school and the city fail to protect one of our most basic constitutional rights. They have been taken over by what amounts to a fascist criminal element. This cannot be allowed to continue.
  Second, this not the first time Berkeley has done this. The same thing happened to Milo Yiannopoulos. This pattern of
  
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• Los Alamitos’ Rubio has more big plans for O.C. Championships

  21-04-2017 08:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Jose Rubio of Los Alamitos, left, and Nehemiah Nash of Woodbridge compete in the 110 meter hurdles at the CIF-SS Track and Field Masters Meet at Cerritos College on Friday. Photo by PAUL RODRIGUEZ, Orange County RegisterLos Alamitos’ Jose Rubio, center, competes in the 110 Meter Hurdles during the CIF-SS Track and Field Finals at Cerritos College on Saturday.Los Alamitos Jose Rubio disappears in the sand while competing in the boys long jump at the CIF-SS Finals for track and field at Cerr
  
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• Newport Beach Film Festival opens with a big-wave icon

  21-04-2017 06:45 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — The Newport Beach Film Festival kicked off Thursday night with local musicians, government officials, filmmakers, and, fittingly, big-wave surfing icon Laird Hamilton at Edwards Big Newport 6.
  Although it would have been appropriate with the surfing town as the festival’s backdrop, Hamilton was not on site just to represent the common beach man, his movie “Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton” was screened as the opening film of the eight-day festiv
  
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• Anaheim motorhome fire leaves 1 man in critical condition

  21-04-2017 06:42
  A man is in critical condition and a dog died during a motorhome fire in Anaheim on Thursday, April 20. The fire broke out about 12:10 p.m. in the 2900 block of West Lincoln Ave., authorities said. Two children and a woman managed to escape without injuries.
  
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• Orange Lutheran loses to Mira Costa in Boras Classic semifinal

  21-04-2017 06:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Mira Costa’s Jared Karros can’t reach an errant throw as Orange Lutheran’s Austin Mowrey reaches first base to bring in the game-tying run during the seveth inning of a Boras Classic semifinal game at JSerra High School on Thursday, April 20, 2017 in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (Photo by Josh Barber, Contributing Photographer)Mira Costa’s Chase Meidroth catches the throw in time as Orange Lutheran’s Austin Mowrey slides into second base during the sixth inning of a
  
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• Inside the Rams podcast, Ep. 26: Debating the Rams’ NFL draft strategy, with beat writer Rich Hammond

  21-04-2017 06:20 via ocregister.com
  
  With the NFL draft just one week away, SCNG NFL writer Ryan Kartje lays out the conundrum facing the Rams at No. 37 overall, before welcoming on Rams beat writer Rich Hammond to discuss the team’s draft priorities at receiver, offensive line and defensive back, among other things. Ryan wraps up the show by answering your Rams mailbag questions about the draft.
  You can find the latest episode here.
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• Dana Hills separates itself from the pack, blanks Tesoro

  21-04-2017 05:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Kate Donaldson peppered the strike zone throughout the course of the afternoon, demonstrating a willingness to pitch to contact knowing there was a diamond full of elite defenders behind her.
  With the help of some flashy glove work, the Dolphins senior right-hander tossed a three-hit shutout and never allowed a single runner to advance to second base as Dana Hills blanked Tesoro, 2-0, Thursday afternoon in a Sea View League game at Dana Hills High.
  Donaldson faced only two more batters than the
  
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• Corona del Mar pushed to the distance but prevails against Beckman

  21-04-2017 05:24 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH – There haven’t been many times recently where the Corona del Mar boys volleyball team was challenged in league play as it was Thursday night.
  Top-ranked CdM entered a Pacific Coast League match against fourth-ranked Beckman on Thursday riding a 102-match winning streak that dates back to 1996.
  Number 103 almost didn’t happen.
  After Corona del Mar won the first two sets, the Patriots rallied and forced the match to a fifth set, but eventually CdM prevailed on cons
  
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• Anaheim motorhome fire leaves 1 man in critical condition, dog dies

  21-04-2017 05:01 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — A man is in critical condition and a dog died during a motorhome fire in Anaheim on Thursday, April 20, authorities said.
  The fire broke out at in the Winnebago motorhome about 12:10 p.m. in the 2900 block of West Lincoln Ave., authorities said. Two children and a woman managed to escape without injuries.
  Anaheim firefighters extinguished a fire after their mobile home became fully engulfed in fire. An adult woman and children escaped injuries except for an Adult male who was tra
  
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• Tiger Woods has 4th back surgery; likely to miss majors this year

  21-04-2017 04:58 via ocregister.com
  
  One day after saying his back was progressing, Tiger Woods had a fourth back surgery to alleviate pain and will go through another year without playing a major.
  The surgery was Wednesday at the Texas Back Institute.
  Woods was in Missouri on Tuesday to announce plans to design a public golf course at Big Cedar Lodge, and he even tried hitting a few shots to a par 3. The first one rattled around in the rocks, and the second shot was about 10 feet from the flag.
  Asked about his health during the ce
  
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• Chargers, Rams have dueling home games 3 times as NFL schedule sets up first stage in ‘Fight for L.A.’

  21-04-2017 04:47 via ocregister.com
  
  For all the influence, financial might and decision-making going on inside,  the NFL’s office in New York is much more open and welcoming than some might imagine.
  In fact, when strolling the five floors the league occupies inside a Park Avenue high-rise, you can pretty much see into or pop into anyone’s office for a quick hello or chat.
  Well, except for that one fifth-floor office with frosted windows that remains locked most of the time, with entrance granted only to those with
  
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• A game-by-game look at the Chargers’ 2017 season schedule

  21-04-2017 04:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Here’s a week-by-week look at the Chargers’ 2017 schedule:
  WEEK 1 — Monday, Sept. 11Chargers at Denver Broncos7:20 p.m., Sports Authority Field at Mile High, ESPNMatchup: This is a high-profile matchup that could help the Chargers gain momentum with a new fanbase, especially if they pull off the road victory.Last meeting: Broncos won 27-19 in Denver, Oct. 30, 2016
  WEEK 2 — Sunday, Sept. 17Chargers vs. Miami Dolphins1:05 p.m., StubHub Center, CBSMatchup: The newe
  
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• Bicyclist hurt after collision with Newport Beach police car

  21-04-2017 04:34 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — A bicyclist was injured after colliding with a Newport Beach police patrol vehicle Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
  The crash between the two happened along Newport Coast Drive and Provence, which leads into a residential complex. First responders who arrived shortly after the 4:05 p.m. Thursday, April 20, incident found an injured male bicyclist, said Jennifer Manzella, spokeswoman for the Newport Beach Police Department.
  A bicyclist was injured after colliding w
  
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• Newport Beach lifeguards work to pull massive dead whale away from shore

  21-04-2017 02:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The figure on the Newport Beach horizon, just off the pier, was so large that Marine Safety Capt. Skeeter Leeper at first thought it was a boat.
  But the figure was no vessel — it was a 55-foot dead humpback whale inching its way toward shore.
  Newport Beach lifeguards worked to get a dead humpback whale away from the shoreline on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of Mark Girardeau)Newport Beach lifeguards worked to get a dead humpback whale away from the shoreline on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of
  
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• The $1 you pay covers freeway call boxes and other stuff

  21-04-2017 02:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. OK, Honk, you have mentioned there are far fewer call boxes on freeways today than there were in the last century. What happened to all the money that we pay for those call boxes? Didn’t the county put a dollar-per-car fee on the annual registration? Aren’t we still paying that dollar fee?
  Ken Gregory, Anaheim
  A. Ken, you received good marks back in school, yes? Your memory is stellar.
  There is a buck-a-year fee on vehicles registered in Orange County that ends up in a p
  
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• Chargers open 2017 regular season at Broncos; host Raiders in finale

  21-04-2017 02:20 via ocregister.com
  
  The Chargers’ introduction to Los Angeles will start and end with marquee division games.
  The NFL released its full regular-season schedule on Thursday evening, and the Chargers will open 2017 with under a major spotlight: on “Monday Night Football” against the Broncos, who are less than two years removed from a Super Bowl victory. The Chargers will visit Denver on Sept. 11, with kickoff at Sports Authority Field set for 7:20 p.m. PT.
  A road win could offer a major spark for a
  
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