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• Transportation Celebration throughout May to showcase Fullerton’s best trains, planes and automobiles

  06-05-2017 23:57 via ocregister.com
  
  This weekend’s Railroad Days kicks off Fullerton’s annual three-week “Trains, Planes and Automobiles” celebration, playing homage to Fullerton’s storied transportation history.
  “The community came up with the idea of doing all three in May on sequential weekends, kind of similar to the (1987) movie,” said Donna Johnson, a Southern California Railway Plaza Association spokeswoman and board member. “It’s been a very attractive idea.”
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• Lansner: Hey Ducks fans, here are 5 reasons you never leave a game early

  06-05-2017 23:57 via ocregister.com
  
  The Anaheim Ducks have been a part of the Orange County sports culture for nearly a quarter century.
  So it pains this original season ticket holder to have to write this column, which could be entitled: “Fan’s Guide to Attending Stanley Cup Playoff Games. ”
  If you stayed until the fantasy ending of Friday night’s incredible come-from-behind 4-3 double-overtime win for the Ducks over the Edmonton Oilers at Honda Center, you need not read more. Thank you for your team
  
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• Ducks focused on Game 6 after ‘Comeback on Katella’ OT win in Game 5

  06-05-2017 23:21 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – If it looked as if Andrew Cogliano hadn’t slept, it was only because he hadn’t.
  Not a wink.
  Cogliano and the rest of the Ducks arrived Saturday morning at Honda Center as if in a dream-like state, shuffling along slowly with bleary eyes and hands firmly grasping coffee cups as they reconvened for a bus ride to their chartered flight to Edmonton for Sunday’s Game 6 of their second-round series.
  “Surreal,” Cogliano said of “The Comeback on Katell
  
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• Whicker: Oilers-Ducks is almost family, and it’s a feud

  06-05-2017 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  In August of 1988 the Edmonton Oilers served as the unwitting midwife of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
  They traded Wayne Gretzky to Los Angeles. People who didn’t know icing from a cake began wearing silver and black and sitting by the glass at The Forum.
  Kids began skating, their parents became fans, Anaheim built an arena and Michael Eisner made a movie. It added up to the Mighty Ducks, who dropped the puck in 1993.
  Had the Oilers shipped Gretzky to Toronto, who knows?
  Certainly they had
  
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• First $1 million prize on Lottery’s biggest scratcher sold in Garden Grove

  06-05-2017 22:37 via ocregister.com
  
  A Garden Grove 7-Eleven sold the first $1 million prize on the California Lottery’s biggest-sized Scratcher.
  Lottery officials said Frank Guzman bought the lucky ticket at the 7-Eleven on Garden Grove Boulevard and Nelson Street. The seller gets a bonus of $5,000 just for selling the winning ticket.
  Guzman’s prize came after playing Super Ticket, which is the biggest Scratchers game that the lottery has ever produced, officials said in a statement.
  “While Guzman wanted to
  
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• Hot, hot heat: Edmontonians dancing for joy

  06-05-2017 22:10
  Nola Keeler is an award-winning journalist who has worked with CBC in Whitehorse, Yukon and Edmonton for the past 16 years. She has worked as a host, reporter, news reader and producer for CBC.
  
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• One person dies, another hospitalized after car hits pole in San Clemente

  06-05-2017 20:22 via ocregister.com
  
  One person died and another was injured after the car they were riding in crashed into a power pole in San Clemente early on Saturday morning, May 6.
  The pair was discovered in an overturned Honda Accord on Avenida Vaquero and Camino de los Mares, according to Orange County Sheriff’s deputies. The crash, reported at 12:47 a.m., did not involve any other cars, said sheriff’s Lt. John Roche.
  Investigators were trying to determine if speed, alcohol or other factors contributed to t
  
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• 143rd Kentucky Derby – The Hats

  06-05-2017 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  In as much as the Kentucky Derby is about horse racing it’s about the hats. See the fans and their hats at the 143rd Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 6, 2017, in Louisville, Kentucky. Check back for more photos
  LOUISVILLE, KY – MAY 06: Women wearing festive hats look on prior to the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 6, 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)LOUISVILLE, KY – MAY 06: A woman wearin
  
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• 143rd Kentucky Derby – It’s (also) about the hats

  06-05-2017 20:05 via ocregister.com
  
  In as much as the Kentucky Derby is about horse racing it’s about the hats. See the fans and their hats at the 143rd Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 6, 2017, in Louisville, Kentucky.
  LOUISVILLE, KY – MAY 06: A woman wearing a festive hat looks on prior to the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 6, 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)LOUISVILLE, KY – MAY 06: A man wearing a festive hat looks on
  
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• Rain to shower Orange County over the weekend

  06-05-2017 19:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Showers are expected to hit Orange County starting Saturday night and will continue into Sunday, according to forecasters.
  Saturday began with overcast skies and scattered drizzling. According to the National Weather Service, the day’s high in the inland areas such as Santa Ana and Anaheim will be 65 degrees and cool off into the low-50s in the evening. Coastal areas like Newport Beach are expected to see lower temperatures, a high of 63 and low of 51.
  Forecasters also predicted Saturday n
  
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• Here's why Corona mobile home park residents ended their rent hike fight

  06-05-2017 17:37
  Lydia Heusner, park tenant and president of Corona La Linda Mobile Home Park HOA, with her dog, Ally, at her home in Corona on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Corona trailer park residents have been asking for rent control for a year and a half after a new owner raised rent substantially and asked residents to sign leases agreeing to future rent increases.
  
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• Train in vain

  06-05-2017 15:11
  Sacramento's downtown boosters, urban design geeks and transit advocates couldn't ask for a prettier picture than the one presented by the California High Speed Rail Authority. Go on to the authority's Web site and call up the pictures and video depicting Sacramento's old, contaminated rail yards, north of downtown, transformed by an elegant, futuristic high-speed rail station, with sleek bullet trains gliding through a forest of slender high-rises.
  
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• Oilers have matchup problem with Ducks’ Ryan Getzlaf

  06-05-2017 09:57 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM —  The Edmonton Oilers have a serious matchup problem in their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Ducks. It’s the same one the Calgary Flames had against the Ducks in the first round, which ended in a four-game sweep.
  The problem stands 6-foot-4, weighs 221 pounds and answers to the name of Ryan Getzlaf, the Ducks’ captain and top-line center. He’s been their most forceful player, their playoff leader with eight goals and 15 points after rall
  
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• Here’s what you need to keep your listing show-worthy

  06-05-2017 09:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Now that the spring selling season is in full swing, it feels like a good time to highlight what every home seller needs in their stash of secret showing strategies.
  Here are a few of my favorites.
  1. Mr. Clean Magic Eraser sponges: The quintessential indispensable tool for every home seller.
  You’ll need to have these handy to quickly “erase” things like the banana fingerprints, which your daughter smeared on her bedroom wall yesterday after her mid-morning snack and 
  
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• Swim: Top-3 from Crestview, Empire, Golden West, Orange Coast, Pacific Coast, Sunset, Trinity

  06-05-2017 09:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Boys swimming
  Crestview League ChampionshipsTeam scores1. Foothill 422, 2. Brea Olinda 296, 3. Villa Park 230, 4. Esperanza 210
  Individual results200-yard medley relay – 1. Villa Park 1:36.94, 2. Brea Olinda 1:37.34, 3. Esperanza 1:39.17200 free – 1. Ingram (Foot) 1:42.33, 2. Harrison (Foot) 1:44.68. 3. Mykkanen (Foot) 1:46.65200 IM – 1. Macavei (Esp) 1:56.82, 2. Son (Foot) 2:01.40, 3. Stovner (Foot) 2:01.9850 free – 1. Scott (Foot) 21.23, 2. Farr (VP) 21.37, 3. Baumann (
  
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• Swim: Top-3 from Crestview, Empire, Freeway, Golden West, Orange Coast, Pacific Coast, Sunset, Trinity

  06-05-2017 09:09 via ocregister.com
  
  BOYS SWIMMING
  Crestview League Championships
  Team scores1. Foothill 422, 2. Brea Olinda 296, 3. Villa Park 230, 4. Esperanza 210
  Individual results200-yard medley relay – 1. Villa Park 1:36.94, 2. Brea Olinda 1:37.34, 3. Esperanza 1:39.17200 free – 1. Ingram (Foot) 1:42.33, 2. Harrison (Foot) 1:44.68. 3. Mykkanen (Foot) 1:46.65200 IM – 1. Macavei (Esp) 1:56.82, 2. Son (Foot) 2:01.40, 3. Stovner (Foot) 2:01.9850 free – 1. Scott (Foot) 21.23, 2. Farr (VP) 21.37, 3. Baumann
  
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• Human qualities could produce jobs as automation intensifies

  06-05-2017 09:08 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s fashionable — and, in a way, understandable — to fear that robots and algorithms are primed to take away too many jobs to laugh off. Machines, the logic goes, are becoming so much better than humans at churning out products, even the kind that require skilled labor, that soon it’ll be a liability to employ people. Today’s trendy despair will certainly ensure we won’t be surprised if bots really take over the world. But the lack of creative and classical t
  
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• Campaign-finance laws look worse up close

  06-05-2017 09:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Get ready to bake me a cake with a file in it.
  I ran for public office, so I have no secrets from you. Stand by for a major revelation: In 2013, as a first-time state candidate in a special election for the Assembly, I was late in mailing the paper copies of campaign finance reports that I had already filed electronically.
  Speaking of late, now, four years later, California’s Fair Political Practices Commission says this is 11 counts of violating the 1974 Political Reform Act, with a poten
  
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• Taxpayers need sanctuary from foolishness

  06-05-2017 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Grandstanding California politicians seem intent on outdoing each other in finding new ways to appear to be resisting the policies of our new president. Efforts to ban cooperation by local agencies with the federal government on immigration issues include working to make California a “sanctuary state.”
  As prominent elected officials beat their chests in defiance of federal law, they ignore the fact that their actions could jeopardize the wellbeing of millions of Californians who depe
  
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• Will Anaheim school district let parent trigger win stand?

  06-05-2017 09:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Anaheim Elementary School District Superintendent Linda Wagner spent $1 million to beat up working-class parents in court for more than two years, and last week she lost.
  Parents of children at Palm Lane School used an innovative California statute called the Parent Trigger Law to transfer management of their long-failing school to a charter school. Wagner, superintendent of the Anaheim Elementary School District, went to court to block the parents. Last week’s appeals court decision put a
  
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• HOA Homefront: Can we skip the reserve account?

  06-05-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Dear Mr. Richardson: I am wondering, are HOAs required to have a “reserve” account or it is just recommended? — P.P. Rancho San Diego
  Dear P.P.:
  Reserve accounts are intended to be a critical protection for common interest development homeowners, particularly in attached housing developments. The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act has many requirements regarding reserve accounts.
  Associations must have a reserve study every third year, under Civil Code 5550, identif
  
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• Ducks stun Oilers with 3 late goals in regulation, take 3-2 series lead on Corey Perry’s goal in 2nd OT

  06-05-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The Anaheim Ducks’ Ryan Getzlaf draws a holding penalty on the Edmonton Oilers’ Milan Lucic during the first period in Game 5 of Western Conference Semifinals during the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA on Friday, May 5, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)The Anaheim Ducks’ Nate Thompson checks the Edmonton Oilers’ Matthew Benning during the first period in Game 5 of Western Conference Semifinals during the 2017 NHL Sta
  
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• 6 random commercial real estate thoughts

  06-05-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Today, I thought it would be fun to dissect my current workload and discuss a few random thoughts on commercial real estate that have dominated my psyche for the past few days.
  Maybe, in the process of reading this, you, my faithful readers, may learn something and alter your direction to avoid a costly mistake.
  Lease rates continue to astonish
  Historically, an increase in lease rates trails the increase in sales prices during a market recovery. Our plunge from the peak of 2007 was swift and dee
  
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• Cody Bellinger homers twice as Dodgers finish strong to beat Padres, 8-2

  06-05-2017 08:29 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO, CA – MAY 5: Cody Bellinger #35 of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park on May 5, 2017 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images)Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Kenta Maeda throws to the plate against the San Diego Padres during the first inning of a baseball game in San Diego, Friday, May 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo) ORG XMIT: CAAG102San Diego Padres third
  
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• Calvary Chapel tightens up Orange Coast race by knocking off Estancia

  06-05-2017 08:23 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA – Calvary Chapel’s baseball team is peaking at the right time.
  Troy Lombardo pitched a complete game and struck out nine batters as the Eagles pushed their win streak to four games by defeating Estancia, 4-1, in an Orange Coast League game Friday at TeWinkle Park.
  With the victory, Calvary Chapel (11-13, 8-5) inched closer to second place in the league standings. The Eagles trail Estancia (9-4 in league) by a game with two left to play, while Laguna Beach (13-0 in league)
  
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• Consumer Reports: 4 West Coast supermarkets among best in price in the U.S.

  06-05-2017 08:14
  An Aldi Fresh sign shows customers where their produce section is in the new Aldi discount supermarket in Buena Park. STEVEN GEORGES, CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER ///ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Sneak peek tour of the Aldi discount supermarket chain in Buena Park before their Grand Opening on Thursday.
  
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• Landry throws no-hitter in Cypress’ win over Pacifica

  06-05-2017 05:36 via ocregister.com
  
  CYPRESS >> The kid they call “The Crane” was whooping it up Friday.
  Cypress junior left-hander Josh Landry pitched a no-hitter in the Centurions’ 13-0 win over Pacifica in an Empire League game at Cypress High.
  He walked Pacifica’s first batter in the first inning. He then retired the next 21 batters in a row.
  Landry finished with five strikeouts and one walk as he improved his record to 5-1. His first no-hitter at any level of baseball trimmed his ERA to 1.09.
  Josh
  
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• Rohrabacher says he’ll take medical marijuana fight with Jeff Sessions to Supreme Court

  06-05-2017 05:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said he hopes to convince Attorney General Jeff Sessions that good people do indeed sometimes smoke pot. But if he can’t, the Republican congressman from Costa Mesa said he’ll see his longtime friend in court.
  “Marijuana laws in this country have violated every basic principle this country stands for over the last 75 years. It’s time to stop,” Rohrabacher said during a roundtable talk on cannabis at UC Irvine on Friday, May 5.
  “If we have
  
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• Taurek helps Foothill escape with much-needed win over El Modena

  06-05-2017 04:55 via ocregister.com
  
  TUSTIN >> Pitcher Ryan Taurek allowed five hits, struck out two and walked one over seven innings to lead Foothill to 4-2 victory over El Modena in a key Crestview League game Friday at Foothill High.
  Foothill (18-8, 4-3) salvaged one of its three games against the Vanguards (13-13, 3-4), but more importantly, the victory put the Knights alone in second place in the four-team league, which awards only two automatic spots in the CIF-SS playoffs.
  The Knights end the regular season with a hom
  
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• On deck: Dodgers at Padres, Saturday, 5:40 p.m.

  06-05-2017 04:33 via ocregister.com
  
  DODGERS at PADRES
  When: 5:40 p.m.
  Where: Petco Park
  TV: SportsNet LA
  THE PITCHERS
  DODGERS LHP CLAYTON KERSHAW (4-2, 2.61 ERA)
  Vs. Padres: 15-6, 2.03 ERA
  At Petco Park: 5-2, 1.92 ERA
  Hates to face: Hector Sanchez, 3 for 6, 1 double
  Loves to face: Austin Hedges, 0 for 4, 3 strikeouts
  PADRES LHP CLAYTON RICHARD (2-3, 4.29 ERA)
  Vs. Dodgers: 7-4, 3.42 ERA
  At Petco Park: 24-20, 2.92 ERA
  Hates to face: Franklin Gutierrez, 9 for 18, 1 double, 1 HR
  Loves to face: Yasmani Grandal, 1 for 6, 1 K
  UPCOMING
  Su
  
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• UC Irvine developing an interdisciplinary cannabis research institute

  06-05-2017 04:31 via ocregister.com
  
  UC Irvine is in the early stages of developing what may be the world’s first interdisciplinary cannabis research institute.
  Former Democratic State Senator Joe Dunn, who now lectures in UCI’s School of Law, announced the plans at a roundtable talk on cannabis at the university Friday evening.
  The institute is the brainchild of Dr. Daniele Piomelli, an anatomy and neurobiology professor, who studies how cannabis works in the body.
  “My plan is not to waste any time,” Piomel
  
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• Dodgers Notes: Adrian Gonzalez goes to DL for first time, Cody Bellinger stays in lineup

  06-05-2017 04:24 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO – Adrian Gonzalez played through a lot of pain over 1,833 games since he made his big-league debut in 2004. But he finally acknowledged it was time to “take a step back so I can get everything right.”
  Three days short of his 35th birthday, Gonzalez went on the DL on Friday for the first time in his 14-year career. The move came due to a combination of forearm tendinitis that has plagued him since the start of spring training and triceps and neck pain that cropped up o
  
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• On deck: Astros at Angels, Saturday, 6 p.m.

  06-05-2017 04:00 via ocregister.com
  
  ASTROS AT ANGELS
  When: Saturday, 6 p.m.
  Where: Angel Stadium
  TV: Fox Sports West
  THE PITCHERS
  ANGELS RHP J.C. RAMIREZ (3-2, 4.23 ERA)
  vs. Astros: 0-1, 6.23 ERA
  At Angel Stadium: 3-1, 2.45 ERA
  Hates to face: Evan Gattis, 3 for 6, 2 HRs
  Loves to face: George Springer, 1 for 7, 2 Ks
  ASTROS RHP LANCE McCULLERS (2-1, 4.08 ERA)
  vs. Angels: 3-1, 1.79 ERA
  at Angel Stadium: 0-0, 2.45 ERA
  Hates to face: Martin Maldonado, 1 for 2
  Loves to face: Mike Trout, 1 for 15, 8 Ks
   
  
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• Here’s the one word to describe ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’

  06-05-2017 03:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Family, family, family. All the big movie franchises seem to be about family.
  They never shut up about it in the Fast and Furious movies. You can’t swing a lightsaber in a “Star Wars” film without slicing a relative. Every DC superhero appears to have a mother named Martha.
  Getting kinda tiresome? Well, leave it to Marvel to do some interesting things with the concept of family.
  In “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” Chris Pratt’s Earth-born space orphan Peter Q
  
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• Trabuco Hills claims share of Sea View title with another victory over Dana Hills

  06-05-2017 03:53 via ocregister.com
  
  DANA POINT >> Trabuco Hills beat Dana Hills, 2-1, Friday to capture at least a share of the Sea View League baseball championship.
  It is the first league championship for Trabuco Hills since 2011.
  The Mustangs (16-8-1, 8-4) entered this week behind Dana Hills (15-12, 6-4) in the standings, but they beat the Dolphins twice in three days, including a 2-0 victory on Wednesday.
  “It feels amazing. It’s been a long time coming,” Mustangs coach Michael Burns said of winning at l
  
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• Angels Notes: Pitcher Keynan Middleton relishes his first major league call-up

  06-05-2017 03:51 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — As Keynan Middleton threw one scoreless inning after another for the Angels’ Triple-A farm team, the 23-year-old pitcher said thoughts of a promotion didn’t creep into his mind. His focus was on the game, wherever it happened to be.
  The Salt Lake Bees were playing in Reno, Nev., when Middleton finally got the call late Thursday night. By Friday afternoon, the Angels’ third-round draft pick in 2013 had a locker at Angel Stadium.
  “It’s crazy, man,&rdqu
  
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• OC Human Relations honors winners of annual diversity awards

  06-05-2017 01:26 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – Orange County Human Relations honored community members Thursday, May 4, at City National Grove in celebration of “justice, diversity and the human spirit” at the organization’s Awards 46 gathering.
  The annual event recognizes what the organization considers “unsung heroes” who work on behalf of making Orange County safe and inclusive.
  As part of the evening’s presentations, the more than 500 attendees heard a recitation from the winner of the
  
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• 3 men, who prosecutors said rented out $500 machines for $15,000-plus, sentenced

  06-05-2017 01:24 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA Three men who carried out a multi-million-dollar overbilling scheme were sentenced to jail Friday after admitting to felony fraud charges.
  Jeffrey Edward Campau, Landen Alan Mirallegro, and Abraham Khorshad were ordered to pay more than $8 million collectively in restitution to insurance companies they admitted to defrauding.
  Campau, 42, and Mirallegro, 41, were sentenced to a year in jail and five years of formal probation. The two men, both Yorba Linda residents, were also ordered to
  
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• Injuries to Patrick Eaves, Ondrej Kas could have Irvine’s Nic Kerdiles playing for Ducks in Friday’s Game 5

  06-05-2017 01:22 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – Trying to remember the details of being bounced around from one locale to another might be tougher for Nic Kerdiles than going through it as he navigates concurrent playoff series for the Ducks and San Diego Gulls.
  “I’m still getting used to it,” said Kerdiles, standing in front of his stall inside Honda Center on Friday. “I was in Edmonton. Flew down to play a couple of games with the Gulls and then bused up to San Jose yesterday. Was it yesterday? I don&
  
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• Sebastian Lletget will be focused on Galaxy teammates against Chicago

  06-05-2017 01:15 via ocregister.com
  
  CARSON — Galaxy midfielder Sebastian Lletget was back on the training field Thursday, but only as an observer.
  Lletget is one month removed from undergoing surgery on his left foot stemming from an injury suffered in a World Cup qualifier with the U.S. men’s national team.
  The initial prognosis called for Lletget to be out between 4-6 months.
  “Everything is good,” Lletget said. “I know the team is going through a tough time right now and I wish I could be out there
  
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• Dodgers’ Adrian Gonzalez headed to DL for first time in career; Joc Pederson activated

  06-05-2017 00:53 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO – The Dodgers placed Adrián González on the disabled list for the first time in his 14-year major-league career on Friday, putting the 34-year-old first baseman on the 10-day DL with right elbow soreness. The team also reinstated outfielder Joc Pederson from the 10-day DL.
  González had the record – among active players – of 1,774 games played since 2006 without being placed on the DL. In 29 games this season, he is batting 
  
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• Corky Carroll: Three types of surfing may not be so different after all

  06-05-2017 00:50 via ocregister.com
  
  I was sitting on my deck this morning, working on my bowl of plain yogurt with chunks of fresh mango and watching the morning surf. As I was sitting there, the occasional surfer would walk by, heading to or from the surf. One little group caught my eye.
  One guy had a shortboard, one had an SUP (stand up paddleboard) and there was a girl with a longboard. I could not help but think of the infamous Rodney King line, “can’t we all get along.” Obviously this little trio had it all
  
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• Homeless ex-boxer known around Santa Ana as ‘Champ’ has died

  06-05-2017 00:44 via ocregister.com
  
  In this 2007 photo former boxer Tommy “Champ” Harrison remembers some of his favorite boxing moves. Harrison died late last month at the age of 85. (Mark Martinez, File)Floyd Patterson, former Olympic champ, stands over his rival, Tommy Harrison, of Los Angeles, after first of two knockdowns in first round of scheduled 10-rounder at Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn, New York August 2, 1954. Referee stepped between fighters following subsequent knockdown, ending fight at 1:29 of first
  
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• Ex-con convicted in Lake Forest bank robbery

  06-05-2017 00:35 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA An Orange County Superior Court jury on Friday convicted a 54-year-old ex-con of robbing a Lake Forest bank.
  Chandler Graham was convicted of eight felony counts including second-degree robbery, assaultwith a firearm, and evading police in the September 2015 robbery at the Eagle Community Credit Union.
  Prosecutors said Graham walked into the bank wearing a cowboy hat and a fake beard. He threatened a teller and fled with cash in a stolen sedan that had to be started with a screwdriver,
  
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• San Clemente’s annual garden tour to feature seven homes, food tastings

  06-05-2017 00:29 via ocregister.com
  
  This year’s San Clemente Garden Club home tour will feature seven homes, five of them offering both front and backyard garden visits.
  Ticket purchasers will be provided with directions to locate the homes, and come prepared to eat because the ticket includes complimentary food tastings courtesy of local restaurants and caterers.
  Proceeds will benefit the club’s community beautification projects, school programs, scholarships and more.
  IF YOU GO
  What: San Clemente Garden Club home tou
  
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• Blame the rain: Local auto sales slump in first quarter

  06-05-2017 00:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Soggy weather in the beginning of the year is likely to blame for a dip in local auto sales, which were down 1 percent in the first quarter, the county’s automobile association reported this week.
  Auto sales data from the Orange County Automobile Dealers Association showed several automakers with declining sales, including Ram, Ford, GMC, Kia, Lexus, Mini and Nissan, which all reported double-digit decreases.
  U.S. auto sales fell 4.7 percent last month, the most pronounced slowdown of the
  
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