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• High school evacuated after student shows up dressed as

  04-05-2017 22:32
  APRIL 16: Stormtroopers with newly designed armor appear on stage during the kick-off event of Disney's Star Wars Celebration 2015 at the Anaheim Convention Center April 16, 2015. The Star Wars Celebration runs through April 19. less ANAHEIM, CA - APRIL 16: Stormtroopers with newly designed armor appear on stage during the kick-off event of Disney's Star Wars Celebration 2015 at the Anaheim Convention Center April 16, 2015.
  
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• PETA to protest Louis Vuitton for sale of crocodile-skin bags at South Coast Plaza

  04-05-2017 22:23 via ocregister.com
  
  PETA activist David Simon passes out literature in front of the South Coast Plaza Macy’s department store Friday. Simon was joined by about 20 other activists who were out to educate people about the presence of fur products at several mall department stores during Black Friday’s rush.A handful of PETA animal rights activists will target South Coast Plaza’s Louis Vuitton store on Friday to protest the luxury store’s sale of crocodile-skin handbags.
  The protesters are
  
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• Tustin girls basketball team well represented at Orange County all-star game

  04-05-2017 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Tustin coach Claire Gocke, head of the North team along with her Tustin all-stars Devyn Barner (left) and Lillian Ballestero. Tim Burt photoTustin girls basketball coach Claire Gocke, who coached the North team, with her father John, an honoray coach at Saturday’s game. Tim Burt photoShow Caption of Expand
  Tustin High players Lillian Ballestero and Devyn Barner both contributed to the North’s 70-55 victory over the South in the Orange County all-star basketball game Saturday night at
  
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• Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. claims he’s training right for Canelo Alvarez

  04-05-2017 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., left, will fight Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez Saturday in Las Vegas (Courtesy Hogan Photos)The reputation of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. precedes him. That’s not a good thing, either.He has never had the fire of his famous father. He twice has been suspended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for post-fight positive tests for marijuana and the diuretic Furosemide, respectively. Perhaps most importantly, he hates to train.It’s that latter knock that Chavez
  
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• Big sports week in Irvine: A look at all-star basketball, night baseball, Jackson Lyon committing to Cal State Fullerton and a coach resigns

  04-05-2017 21:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine was well represented in the two Orange County all-star basketball games Saturday night at Cypress College.
  University Coach Nicole Bradshaw coached the South team, which lost to the North squad, coached by Tustin’s Claire Gocke, 70-55.
  Lauren Lum of Woodbridge and Lyneya Turner of Irvine played in the game.
  In the boys game, which the South won, 97-93, Mitchell Rausch of Woodbridge and Akshay Harishankar of Northwood represented their schools.
  It was the second time that Bradshaw ha
  
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• Flying to Mexico by crossing the border at Tijuana first

  04-05-2017 21:48 via ocregister.com
  
  A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle passes under the bridge that links the Mexico to the U.S. and the Cross Border Xpress building in San Diego on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The facility allows for a traveler to park in the U.S., check in for a flight, and then walk across an indoor elevated walkway to a flight out of the Tijuana International Airport without ever actually setting foot in the city of Tijuana. (Photo by Mark Rightmire,Orange County Register/SCNG)Travelers make their way to the parking lo
  
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• Cheapo Travel: 10 ways to save on hotel stays

  04-05-2017 21:39 via ocregister.com
  
  This mansion near the state capitol in downtown Sacramento has private rooms. It’s part of the Hosteling International chain and offers shared common rooms and kitchen.Yes, it’s nearly time for summer vacation, and for many of us, that means sleeping in hotels. Here are 10 ways to save some green this summer.
  1. ASK ABOUT THE LOCALS RATE >> Got friends or family coming into town? Need to move out of your place for a bit? Stop by and ask your local hotel about its “locals
  
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• Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor wows in his O.C. debut

  04-05-2017 21:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Grosvenor was a childhood sensation in England, winning his first major competition as a child in 2004. (Arts Management Group)British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor tends to attract hyperbolic headlines wherever he performs. After his New York debut in 2015, the Times’ David Allen dubbed him “Boy Lord of the Piano.”
  Grosvenor’s Orange County debut on Wednesday at Segerstrom Concert Hall showed what all the fuss and fawning was about.
  Now 24, Grosvenor may still look like a d
  
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• Wells Fargo denies customer claim of aggressive sales tactic

  04-05-2017 21:01 via ocregister.com
  
  What’s up with mortgage rates? Jeff Lazerson of Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel gives us his take.
  Rate News Summary
  From Freddie Mac’s weekly survey: The 30-year fixed rate dipped to 4.02 percent, one basis point lower than last week’s 4.03 percent. The 15-year fixed averaged 3.27 percent, unchanged from last week.
  The Mortgage Bankers Association loan application volume was unchanged from the previous week.
  Bottom line: Assuming a borrower gets the average 30-year fixed rate
  
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• Q & A: How AVP commissioner Donald Sun keeps a sunny disposition about beach volleyball’s future

  04-05-2017 20:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Donald Sun doesn’t want to make it rain.
  Some early-week forecasts for Huntington State Beach called for as much as an 80 percent chance of rain during the live televised Sunday finals of the Association of Professional Volleyball’s 2017 season-opening event.
  “Now you’ve got me worried,” the AVP commissioner said with a nervous laugh earlier this week from his Newport Beach office.
  The updated reports don’t even mention rain of any kind now. Sun may have weath
  
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• High tea planned to celebrate mothers

  04-05-2017 20:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The city’s Active Older Adult program is offering a high tea on Friday, May 5 to celebrate an early Mothers’ Day and a resources fair on Saturday, May 6 to showcase help available for seniors.
  The annual tea will be 1 to 3 p.m. at the Downtown Anaheim Community Center, 250 E. Center St. Attendees are encouraged to wear “dressy attire.” Register in the lobby. Donation requested is $5 a person.
  The health and resources fair will also be held at Downtown Anaheim Community Ce
  
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• On how to see your true self

  04-05-2017 19:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Once there was a little old woman named Flora who didn’t want to look old and wasted no time in saying so, over and over, in a positive daily affirmation: “I look more young and vibrant every day.”
  “But you look old,” friend Sally said. “Just look in the mirror,” suggested friend Holly, kindly dragging Flora over to her dressing table mirror.
  Flora stared into the mirror. “Well?” her friends said together. Flora just smiled, a pretty, perky s
  
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• Underwater video gets up close with great whites near shore in Long Beach

  04-05-2017 18:43 via ocregister.com
  
  While much attention has been given to sharks hanging around south Orange County the past week after a shark attack at San Onofre State Beach, a video surfaced Wednesday showing an up-close look at great whites lingering near shore in Long Beach.
  The video is from two tow-boat employees who counted 13, according to NBC LA.
  Shark Lab director Chris Lowe said the sharks are believed to be the same ones that were living off Sunset Beach and Surfside two years ago. Lowe and students from California
  
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• Trump signs order aimed at allowing churches to engage in more political activity

  04-05-2017 18:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By John Wagner
  WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would direct the Internal Revenue Service to relax enforcement of rules barring tax-exempt churches from participating in politics as part of a much-anticipated executive order on religious liberties.
  The order – which Trump formally unveiled in a Rose Garden ceremony with Christian leaders – also offers unspecified “regulatory relief” for religious objectors to an Obama administration mandate, a
  
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• Sainato new El Toro boys basketball coach

  04-05-2017 16:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Longtime Clovis West assistant coach Nick Sainato has been hired as boys basketball head coach at El Toro, the school announced Wednesday.
  At El Toro he replaces Todd Dixon, who resigned to become men’s basketball head coach at Santiago Canyon College that plays its first season later this year.
  Sainato coached at Clovis West for 11 seasons, according to El Toro assistant principal Ed Begany. Sainato also was an assistant coach at Cal State Fullerton. Begany said Sainato will be a full-tim
  
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• Plato’s Closet comes to Westminster

  04-05-2017 16:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Consignment store Plato’s Closet is opening in Westminster Thursday. Plato’s Closet already has a location in Santa Ana. (Photo courtesy of Plato’s Closet)Consignment store Plato’s Closet is opening in Westminster Thursday. Plato’s Closet already has a location in Santa Ana. (Photo courtesy of Plato’s Closet)Consignment store Plato’s Closet is opening in Westminster Thursday. Plato’s Closet already has a location in Santa Ana. (Photo courtesy of Plato’
  
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• Danfoss: COa Mobile Training Unit Applications Available In Western United States

  04-05-2017 15:14
  CO2 is rapidly advancing in refrigeration as traditional HFCs are phasing out globally and retailers are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint. The Danfoss CO2 Mobile Training Unit addresses a critical industry need for training on the emerging technologies in natural refrigerants, which are both a sustainable and economical choice for refrigeration systems.
  
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• Britain’s Prince Philip, 95, to retire from royal duties

  04-05-2017 14:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh wave from the balcony during Trooping the Colour – Queen Elizabeth II’s Birthday Parade, at The Royal Horseguards on June 14, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)Prince Harry and Prince Phillip enjoy the atmosphere during the 2015 Rugby World Cup Final match between New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham Stadium on October 31, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)Prince Ph
  
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• Supreme Court gives Manuel Diaz a victory over Anaheim's Moses Johnson & Nick Bennalack.

  04-05-2017 10:36
  As any loyal readers of this blog or the OC Weekly know, unarmed Manuel Diaz was shot fatally twice , in the butt and back of the head, while fleeing from his shooter, Anaheim Police Officer Nick Bennallack , on Anna Drive in July 2012. And this police killing, along with the killing the next day of Joel Acevedo as well as several other questionable police killings that year, led to a long hot 2012 summer of riots, protests, and eventually some micro-reforms.
  
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• A former Disney Imagineer’s guide to Walt Disney World’s Adventureland

  04-05-2017 09:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Are you seeking adventure with pirates or wanting a watery tour of the jungle? Then Adventureland at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom is just the place to go.
  Like Disneyland in California, Adventureland is reached by veering left out of the Central Plaza (the Hub) after walking up Main Street U.S.A.
  (Editor’s note: Short opinions from the writer, a former Disney Imagineer, appear in italics.)
  Unlike Disneyland’s Adventureland, there is a lot more room for attractions, shops,
  
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• Whicker: Dodgers’ Chris Taylor has broken local hearts before

  04-05-2017 09:52 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Without even checking, you know that nobody at UC Irvine has put the 2011 NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional in the past.
  At least those Anteaters can look to Dodger Stadium and see that the guy that beat them wasn’t a passerby.
  Chris Taylor was the hearbreaker that day, coming up with two out in the bottom of the ninth and getting the two-run single that eliminated UC Irvine, 3-2, and sent Virginia to the College World Series.
  “That summer in the Cape Cod League
  
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• ‘Middletown’ strands us in that abstract middle ground

  04-05-2017 09:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Lola Kelly plays Mary Swanson, who moves to the small town of Middletown and is befriended only by John Dodge (James McHale) in Chance Theater’s Southern California premiere of “Middletown.” (Photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio)Ahmed T. Brooks plays an astronaut and three other characters in Will Eno’s 2010 play. (Photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio)Ned Liebl plays a scruffy mechanic and a second role and Karen Webster plays the town librarian and two other roles
  
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• Finally, some relief on school lunch nutrition rules

  04-05-2017 09:07 via ocregister.com
  
  To the great delight of many students and school lunch administrators, the Agriculture Department announced the relaxation of some strict school lunch nutrition rules.
  Citing “operational challenges” in meeting sodium, whole grain and milk requirements for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue signed a proclamation on Monday that will offer schools greater flexibility and discretion in their lunch offerings. Specifically, P
  
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• And the Emmy goes to … Congressman Adam Schiff!

  04-05-2017 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The District of Columbia may be a perennial target for international terrorists, have a sky-high crime rate and extreme weather conditions, but there is no question that in 2017 the most dangerous place to be standing in our nation’s Capitol is between California Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, and a television camera.
  If you want a visual, rent Godzilla.
  The previously obscure nine-term congressman is now enjoying his time in the sun as President Donald Trump’s chief antagonist on the
  
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• Let markets regulate ridesharing safety

  04-05-2017 09:05 via ocregister.com
  
  The California Public Utilities Commission recently recommended a $1.1 million fine against ridesharing service Uber over what the commission saw as Uber’s lax response to complaints that its drivers were driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  We don’t know if any occurred at John Wayne Airport and Uber, for its part, told the Register that it has “‘significantly improved’ its process of addressing complaints since the timeframe detailed in the legal filin
  
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• The power of judicial review

  04-05-2017 09:04 via ocregister.com
  
  President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have engaged in unprecedented attacks on judicial review that reflect a profound lack of understanding about the Constitution. My fear is that their rants will contribute to undermining the legitimacy of the courts and of the rule of law.
  On April 25 a federal district court judge in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction to keep the Trump administration from enforcing an executive order which would have denied federal funds to loc
  
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• Swim: Day 2 prelims lead Wednesday’s leaderboard

  04-05-2017 08:48 via ocregister.com
  
  BOYS SWIMMING
  Empire League Prelims
  North Hills League Prelims
  Pacific Coast League Prelims
  Sunset League Prelims
  Trinity League Prelims
  Selected results200 free (1:48.50) – Lou (Nor) 1:40.37, Ingram (Foot) 1:41.94, Thomas (MD) 1:42.80, Bramm (Edi) 1:42.89, Hussong (Can) 1:48.15,200 IM (2:02.90) – Munoz (Nor) 1:53.85, Whitmore (Edi) 1:55.19, Tingen (OL) 1:56.89, Macavei (Esp) 1:57.13, Ding (YL) 2:01.84,50 free (23.20)— Brehm (HB) 20.88, Cavano (HB) 20.92, Hitchens (Nor) 21
  
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• CSUF faculty publish on twins, hydroponics, minority youth

  04-05-2017 08:42 via ocregister.com
  
  “Twin Mythconceptions: False Beliefs, Fables and Facts About Twins,” the latest book from Nancy Segal, director of Cal State Fullerton’s Twin Studies Center, was released in February. Segal’s previous books include “Born Together — Reared Apart,” “Someone Else’s Twin,” “Entwined Lives” and “Indivisible by Two.”
  Other recent faculty works:
  –Sudarshan Kurwadkar, assistant professor of civil and environme
  
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• Buckingham Palace official says royal staff meeting called, but ‘no cause for concern’

  04-05-2017 08:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II meets recipients of Motability vehicles as she arrives in the Quadrangle for a ceremony at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The Queen hosted a ceremony at Windsor Castle to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Motability, the charity that has provided a ‘road to freedom’ for millions of disabled people. (Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP)LONDON — A Buckingham Palace official tells The Associated Press that a meeting of
  
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• Titan voice Diana Victoria Coronado: Path of community pride is balanced with global perspective

  04-05-2017 08:31 via ocregister.com
  
   
   
  By Diana Victoria Coronado
  Contributing columnist
  My CSUF story begins with my grandparents. Both sets of my grandparents came to the United States from Mexico to ensure a better future for their children. This change, while necessary, did not come without hardships.
  My mother was born in the United States, but she and her family were raised in Mexico, while my grandmother worked multiple jobs in America. When my mother and her siblings returned to the United States in their teens,
  
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• AVP beach volleyball is taking over Surf City

  04-05-2017 08:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Huntington Beach might be known for its surf, but the action over the next few days will be on the sand.
  The AVP volleyball tour will take over Huntington Beach this weekend with the first event of the season, bringing some of the country’s best volleyball players – as well as hopefuls looking to earn a spot on the courts – to battle it out on the sand.
  Arnoud Wildschut and Niels Holst set up banners around a volleyball court in preparation of the AVP Huntington Beach Open
  
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• Giants rally to beat Dodgers in 11 innings

  04-05-2017 08:22 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 03: Julio Urias #7 of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches during the first inning against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium on May 3, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija throws during the first inning of the team’s baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ORG XMIT: LAD113LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 03:
  
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• Costa Mesa man gets 24 years in prison for trafficking, burning woman with iron

  04-05-2017 08:06 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A Costa Mesa man was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Tuesday, May 2, for human trafficking, kidnapping, and burning a woman with an iron.
  Renice Stevenson Flores-Davis, 28, and co-defendant Oscar Gonzalez-Salinas lived in the same motel as the victim and they recruited the 26-year-old in May 2014 to perform commercial sex acts for their benefit, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
  In July of that year, Flores-Davis got mad at the victim and
  
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• After coming back, Angels blow late lead in loss to Mariners

  04-05-2017 07:38 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — The Angels and Seattle Mariners both blew Wednesday’s game.
  Unfortunately for the Angels, they blew it last.
  After overcoming a four-run deficit to take a two-run lead, the Angels gave up four runs in the eighth in an 8-7 loss to the Mariners.
  Blake Parker, who had been outstanding in his first month with the Angels, was charged with all four runs, facing the team that employed him for most of last season.
  It all seemed to be going just to the Angels plan. After their six-r
  
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• Los Angeles man sentenced to 10 years for human trafficking, pimping, assault

  04-05-2017 07:33 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A Los Angeles man was sentenced to 10 years and four months in prison Tuesday, May 2, for trafficking, pimping, pandering and assaulting a woman with a screwdriver.
  Tyrone Jones, 37, from April 2011 to December 2016 posted ads on websites known for soliciting commercial sex, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office in a statement Wednesday, May 3. Between January 2013 and December 2016, he trafficked the unnamed woman in areas of Orange and Los Angeles County known fo
  
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• Ryan Getzlaf propels Ducks to overtime victory, evens series with Oilers

  04-05-2017 07:27 via ocregister.com
  
  EDMONTON, Alberta – Ryan Getzlaf would not let the Ducks fade away and his team is all the way back in the Western Conference semifinals because of his virtuoso performance.
  Getzlaf rallied the Ducks from a two-goal hole with a game-changing second period and then quickly got them past the disappointment of a lost lead in regulation. The center’s steal and pass to Jakob Silfverberg set up the winger’s shot that gave the Ducks a pivotal 4-3 overtime victory in Game 4 on Wednesda
  
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• Man arrested after leading Santa Ana police on chase that ends with officer taken to a hospital

  04-05-2017 07:14 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A Santa Ana police officer was taken to a hospital Wednesday, May 3, after a traffic stop turned into a short car chase, a foot chase and a struggle with a suspect in a bar.
  The male suspect was originally spotted by Santa Ana police officers at McFadden and Grand avenues in what they believed was a stolen pickup truck at 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, May 3. As authorities rolled up to him, the driver took off with officers in pursuit, Cmdr. Matt Brown said.
  During the chase,
  
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• Five questions with CSUF women’s basketball’s new coach, Jeff Harada

  04-05-2017 07:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Jeff Harada is CSUF women’s basketball’s newest coach (Photo courtesy of Robert Huskey/Cal State Fullerton).Cal State Fullerton recently announced the hiring of Jeff Harada as its new head women’s basketball coach.
  Harada, who spent the last three seasons as head coach at Division II Central Washington University, boasts seven postseason appearances in his 18-year coaching tenure, including three appearances to the NCAA Division I and II Women’s Basketball Tournaments.
  He
  
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• Trevor Gorwin shatters two CSUF track records

  04-05-2017 06:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Trevor Gorwin, a junior, looks forward to the Big West Championships in May (Photo courtesy of Matt Brown).Junior Trevor Gorwin of Cal State Fullerton track and field shattered the program’s shot put record at the UC San Diego Triton Invitational on April 22.
  His throw of 60’9.25″ (18.52 meters) surpassed Don Turri’s throw of 59’11” (18.26 m), which had stood since 1973.
  Gorwin had actually broken the record prior to that mark, on his third throw of the meet,
  
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• Mahr, Trabuco Hills come out on top in showdown with Crouse, Dana Hills

  04-05-2017 06:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Hans Crouse was the attraction, and he was terrific.
  But Broox Mahr was the better pitcher Wednesday in the Dana Hills-Trabuco Hills baseball game.
  Mahr pitched five shutout innings and Ryan McCarrell finished it with two scoreless frames as Trabuco Hills beat Dana Hills, 2-0, in a Sea View League game at Trabuco Hills High.
  The Mustangs’ win trimmed Dana Hills’ lead in the league standings. Dana Hills remains in first place with a 6-3 league record, and Trabuco Hills is second at 7-
  
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• Dodgers Notes: Adrian Gonzalez is adapting to injuries

  04-05-2017 06:14 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez went the entire month of April without hitting a home run. Gonzalez, who turns 35 on Monday, had never played a full month’s worth of games without hitting a home run in 14 major league seasons.
  As the calendar turned to May, the team hadn’t ruled out putting Gonzalez on the 10-day disabled list because of nagging forearm and back injuries. But Gonzalez has never been on the disabled list and would prefer to keep it that way.
  
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• Miley Cyrus' Fashion Evolution

  04-05-2017 06:05
  Miley Cyrus during World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" - Arrivals at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. Miley Cyrus arrives at the 81st Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on Feb. 22, 2009 in Los Angeles.
  
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• 13-year-old Garden Grove boy stabs his mother, leaving her in critical condition, police say

  04-05-2017 05:59 via ocregister.com
  
  GARDEN GROVE — A woman is in critical condition after her 13-year-old son stabbed her multiple times Wednesday, police said.
  The 48-year-old woman, who was stabbed multiple times in her abdomen, was found outside her home in the 11000 block of Gilbert Street in Garden Grove at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, according to Garden Grove police Lt. Carl Whitney.
  Garden Grove police responded to the 11100 block of Gilbert Street around 5:45pm regarding a stabbing. Officers arriv
  
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• Huntington Beach bounces back, ends regular season with impressive sweep

  04-05-2017 05:53 via ocregister.com
  
   
  HUNTINGTON BEACH >> The Huntington Beach boys volleyball team had one final test before the start of the CIF-SS playoffs.
  One night after losing in three to Newport Harbor, the fifth-ranked Oilers swept visiting Mira Costa of Manhattan Beach, 25-22, 25-21, 25-18, on Wednesday in the final match of the regular season.
  “It is good to play good competition late going into the playoffs,” Huntington Beach coach Craig Pazanti said. “It is good for this group to win this
  
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• A treasure trove of Brea Olinda High sports memorabilia unpacked for city’s centennial celebration

  04-05-2017 02:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Karen McLeran and Manny Toledo, equipment managers at Brea Olinda High School, stand behind a treasure trove of school athletic trophies and plaques dating back to the 1920s. The items had been stored away in boxes in the equipment room. (Photo by Lou Ponsi, Contributing Photographer)Footballs commemorating Brea Olinda High School’s championship teams dating back to the 1920s, are among the relics that had been stored away in boxes in the school’s equipment room. They will be given to
  
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• Lakers forward Luol Deng undergoes surgery on right pectoral muscle

  04-05-2017 02:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Lakers forward Luol Deng underwent successful surgery Wednesday morning to repair his right pectoral muscle, the team announced. Deng suffered the injury while working out in the offseason. He expects to be healthy well before training camp begins in late September.
  Last summer, Deng signed a four-year, $72-million contract with the Lakers, a deal that made him the team’s highest-paid player and one that might have been a factor in the February dismissal of former general manager Mitch Kup
  
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• Is Robert Plant hinting at a Led Zeppelin reunion?

  04-05-2017 02:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The rumors started thanks to a black screen with the three words “Any time now…” on Robert Plant’s website.
  The singer best known for fronting Led Zeppelin updated his website with the new message, fueling the rumor mill over a reunion of the beloved rock band known for “Stairway to Heaven,” “Black Dog” and “Kashmir,” among dozens of other iconic rock staples.
  People are basically losing their minds about the unsubstantiated
  
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• Garden tours throughout Orange County honor the late horticulture guru Mary Lou Heard

  04-05-2017 02:23 via ocregister.com
  
  A matia poppy matia poppy grows in Ted Urbanski’s home garden in Santa Ana, California, on Monday, May 1, 2017. He uses the building for his gardening supplies. Urbanski’s garden, on his 1.5 acres lot in the hills above Santa Ana, will be part of the county-wide annual Mary Lou Garden Tour. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Ted Urbanski rakes debris from a walkway that leads to his home garden in Santa Ana, California, on Monday, May 1, 2017. He uses the building f
  
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• $84,000 a year now qualifies as low income in high-cost Orange County

  04-05-2017 02:23 via ocregister.com
  
  A family of four with an annual income of $84,450 or less now qualifies as low income in Orange County.
  A single person living alone qualifies as low income if he or she earns $58,450 or less a year.
  Orange County has the fifth-highest income threshold in the nation, according to new income limits released last month by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  Government and private agencies use HUD’s income calculations to determine eligibility for a wide variety of assi
  
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• La Habra City Council delays decision on annexing remaining county islands

  04-05-2017 02:21 via ocregister.com
  
  The City Council wants to get more of residents’ concerns answered before it decides whether to support annexing six county islands into La Habra.
  City Hall staffers and county of Orange representatives have negotiated a deal to transfer the neighborhoods – home to about 1,270 people – from county control to city responsibility. The county has offered about $4.3 million to help the city with infrastructure improvements and other costs.
  Monday night, several residents said quest
  
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