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• Boys and girls lacrosse playoffs: Southern Section finals previews

  12-05-2017 23:59 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. Lacrosse Playoffs
  Southern Section Championships
  Today At Palos Verdes High
  Girls
  MATER DEI (15-5) vs. REDONDO UNION (16-3), 10 a.m.
  Outlook: The Monarchs are looking to claim their second consecutive Southern Section title. Mater Dei defeated Foothill, 13-9 for a second O.C. title Wednesday night. Grace Houser led the attack with five goals. Mackenzie Wallevand had three. Lauren Gonzales and Peyton Smith had two goals apiece. Tess Keiser and Maddie Hooks also scored. Mater Dei goalie Court
  
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• Moby has some stories to tell

  12-05-2017 23:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Electronic music pioneer Moby has been called one of the most important dance music figures of the early ’90s. His records have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Music fans may know his song “Porcelain,” but book lovers know it as the title of his first book, a memoir that looks not just at his life as a poor suburban kid who made it big in New York’s dance club scene, but also as a chronicle of social and cultural circumstances that gave rise to the electronic
  
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• Ducks vs. Predators: Game 1 live updates

  12-05-2017 23:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Live updates from Game 1 of the Ducks-Predators Western Conference Finals playoff series. Reporters Eric Stephens, Elliott Teaford and columnist Mark Whicker contributing.Schedule: Predators at Ducks, 6 p.m., Friday, May 12, NBCSN
  
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• Gov. Brown visits Irvine to tour proposed veterans cemetery sites

  12-05-2017 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — Gov. Jerry Brown is visiting the former El Toro Marine base to get a tour of two proposed sites for what could be the first veterans cemetery in Orange County.
  His visit comes after the Irvine City Council committed up to $38 million to build the state-run cemetery at a 125-acre site at the Orange County Great Park — as long as the state can match that. The city is also exploring a proposal to build the cemetery at an alternate site south of the Great Park.
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• Tiffany treasures

  12-05-2017 23:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Blue Book Value 
  One gala that would be a dream to attend is the event for the Tiffany & Co. Blue Book debut, an annual publication showcasing some of the world’s most beautiful and rare jewels. First published in 1845, the Blue Book has evolved into book of glossy photographs and robin’s-egg blue cover à la the distinguished jeweler’s famous box. Always held in April in New York, where Tiffany was founded in 1837, the gala celebrating each new Blue Book unfolds
  
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• Parents, fire up the strollers: Anaheim Baby Show brings newest gadgets to convention center Saturday

  12-05-2017 21:07
  Zoe Blevens, 7, tries out a "Farm Hopper" bounce toy at The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association at the Anaheim Convention Center Thursday. Vendors, manufacturers and distributors of baby products are supposed to draw more than 5,000 people over the weekend.
  
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• Anaheim tagger sentenced to 16 years to life in prison for stabbing 12-year-old rival to death

  12-05-2017 21:07
  SANTA ANA Calling the case "beyond tragic," a judge on Friday sentenced a man to 16 years to life in prison for stabbing a 12-year-old rival tagger to death in Anaheim. In a fatal confrontation that shocked the community, Bryan Ocampo, then 18, shouted "Die! Die! Die!" as he repeatedly stabbed seventh-grader Juan Martinez in a fight near Sycamore Junior High School in Anaheim on the last day of school in June 2011, authorities said.
  
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• Former Angels star Doug DeCinces found guilty in insider trading deal that netted him $1 million-plus

  12-05-2017 20:07 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA A former Angel star was convicted Friday of insider-trading charges, as prosecutors alleged that non-public information the ex-ballplayer received from a CEO friend netted him more than $1 million in investments.
  Former Orioles and Angels third baseman Doug DeCinces was accused of receiving insider information from James Mazzo, a Laguna Beach neighbor of DeCinces who owned Advanced Medical Optics.
  He was convicted on 13 counts.
  Prosecutors said Mazzo provided the inside information to
  
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• Anne Hjelle, mauled by mountain lion 13 years ago, shakes off nightmares and shares joy of being a mom

  12-05-2017 19:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Anne Hjelle, left, with her husband James Hjelle and their daughter Elsa at their home in Mission Viejo on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)Anne Hjelle, left, with her husband James Hjelle and their daughter Elsa at their home in Mission Viejo on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)Anne Hjelle, a Minnesota native, is shown in an undated photo. Hjelle was attacked by a mountain lion Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, while sh
  
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• Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca sentenced to 3 years in jail abuse scandal

  12-05-2017 19:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was sentenced to three years in federal prison Friday, two months after a jury found him guilty of obstruction of justice and other charges stemming from an FBI probe into inmate abuse inside the Men’s Central Jail.
  U.S. District Court Judge Percy Anderson handed down the sentence inside a federal courtroom in downtown Los Angeles. The former sheriff’s sentence came after a nearly year long series of events that began last July, when Anderso
  
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• 70-foot cross and pavilion part of Yorba Linda Friends Church renovation plans

  12-05-2017 19:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Yorba Linda Friends Church plans to renovate its nearly 18-acre site in the heart of the city.
  The Planning Commission recently approved the concept design for the first phase of the project, which includes building a 70-foot cross attached to a pavilion that would cover the current courtyard. A larger coffee house and a basement addition for offices in the main sanctuary are also planned.
  “The coffee house and pavilion will allow larger numbers of people to experience a community feel whe
  
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• Need a Mother’s Day quote to show mom how you feel? Here are 15 of the best we could find

  12-05-2017 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 14, so you know what that means: It’s time to buy flowers, make those brunch reservations and buy a card.
  If you’re stressing out about how to pamper you mother on this most sacred day, here are a few quotes about mothers to get you thinking – or feeling bad that you didn’t plan ahead more.
  Also, if you can’t make it to the store in time, use one of these quotes in a homemade card, which will probably bring tears to her eyes. W
  
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• How Netflix is updating ‘Anne of Green Gables’ without losing its charm

  12-05-2017 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Young Anne Shirley talks a lot and uses big words.
  “I am enraptured by this glorious landscape,” the redheaded orphan declares as she surveys Prince Edward Island, Canada, which she believes will be her new home.
  If the name seems familiar, millions know her as the indomitable heroine from “Anne of Green Gables.” Since it was published in 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery’s beloved novel has, well, enraptured generations of fans, selling more than 50 million copies and bei
  
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• How Tennessee sees the Ducks-Predators series

  12-05-2017 18:20 via ocregister.com
  
  As we prepare for the NHL’s Western Conference Finals between the Anaheim Ducks and the Nashville Predators, here’s how Nashville’s Tennessean is covering the series.For Predators, Ryan Johansen trade gamble paying off big
  Predators vs. Ducks: 3 things to watch in Game 1 of NHL Western Conference final
  Nashville Predators benefiting from less travel during NHL playoffs
  Welcome to the beard-offs
  More on the Ducks-Predators series.
  
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• ‘Master of None’ masters fresh new territory in second season on Netflix

  12-05-2017 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  For its second season, Netflix’s romantic-minded comedy “Master of None” moves into more esoteric territory — Italy to be precise, at least at the beginning.
  That’s where struggling Indian-American actor Dev Shah (played by Aziz Ansari, who co-created the show with Alan Yang) has gone after fleeing New York City following his breakup with his girlfriend, Rachel (Noël Wells). When he hesitated about moving forward with the relationship, she took off. Now Dev is
  
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• As many as 6 burglars steal 2 motorcycles from BMW dealership in Orange

  12-05-2017 16:51 via ocregister.com
  
  As many as six people broke into a BMW motorcycle dealership in Orange on Thursday night, May 11, and stole two motorcycles worth about $38,000, police said.
  Officers were sent to Irv Seaver BMW Motorcycles on Katella Avenue at about 10:15 p.m. when a burglar alarm went off, said Orange police Sgt. Phil McMullin.
  “A witness in the area saw a dark truck with a white trailer and about six subjects,” McMullin said. The witness at first thought it might be store employees but then saw th
  
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• Marty Stuart brings the album 'Way Out West' to Anaheim...

  12-05-2017 16:25
  Marty Stuart brings the album 'Way Out West' to Anaheim and L.A. - and an exhibit of the same name to the Grammy Museum Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives come to the House of Blues in Anaheim on Tuesday, May 16, and Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles, on Thursday, May 18. He's also guest curated a show on country music at the Grammy Museum which opens Thursday, May 25. Photo by Alysse Gafkjen Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives come to the House of Blues in Anaheim on Tuesday, M
  
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• Trump threatens to cancel press briefings for ‘sake of accuracy’

  12-05-2017 15:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By VIVIAN SALAMA
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump lashed out in a series of tweets Friday morning amid a firestorm over the abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey, defending the shifting narrative and timeline his administration has offered for the decision.
  He questioned whether his administration should cancel all future press briefings and, instead, replace them with written responses to questions, “for the sake of accuracy.”
  The president’s advisers said this we
  
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• Marty Stuart brings the album ‘Way Out West’ to Anaheim and L.A. – and an exhibit of the same name to the Grammy Museum

  12-05-2017 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives come to the House of Blues in Anaheim on Tuesday, May 16, and Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles, on Thursday, May 18. He’s also guest curated a show on country music at the Grammy Museum which opens Thursday, May 25. Photo by Alysse GafkjenMarty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives come to the House of Blues in Anaheim on Tuesday, May 16, and Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles, on Thursday, May 18. He’s also guest curated a show on countr
  
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• CIF swim: Yorba Linda’s Emma Davidson leads O.C. finishers in Division 3

  12-05-2017 13:39 via ocregister.com
  
  BOYS SWIMMING
  CIF-SS Division 3 Finals
  At Riverside City College
  FINALS
  Team scores: 1. Canyon 185, 2. Nipomo 176, 3. Walnut 164
  a=automatic state-qualifying time
  200-yard medley relay – 1. Viewpoint 1:35.48, others: 3. YL 1:36.73, 5. Can 1:37.85, 10. Ken 1:41.87, 16. Cyp 1:43.40
  200 free – 1. Marsalek (Nip) 1:41.91, others: 3. Hussong (can) 1:44.33, 9. Wong (YL) 1:46.47, 14. Kim (Cyp) 1:48.43
  200 IM – 1. Bernal (JWN) 1:50.17, others: 2. Ding (YL) 1:51.62, others: 7. Wang (Can)
  
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• U.S. prosecutors told to push for more, harsher punishments

  12-05-2017 12:04 via ocregister.com
  
  By SADIE GURMAN
  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is directing federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges possible against the vast majority of suspects, a reversal of Obama-era policies that is sure to send more people to prison and for much longer terms.
  The move has long been expected from Sessions, a former federal prosecutor who cut his teeth during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic and who has promised to make combating violence and drugs the Justice Depa
  
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• Audio Engineering Society Collaborates With 2018 NAMM Show For AES At NAMM

  12-05-2017 11:49
  With a vision to continue to strengthen the music and pro audio industries, The National Association of Music Merchants and The Audio Engineering Society have announced a new collaborative alliance which will integrate pro audio educational training activities related to live sound, performance audio, recording technology and other topics into The 2018 NAMM Show, January 25-28 in Anaheim, California. As part of the integration and affiliation, AES at NAMM will establish a unique new format for t
  
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• Things to do in Orange County this week (May 12-18)

  12-05-2017 09:45 via ocregister.com
  
  “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” starring, from left, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe, will screen accompanied by the Pacific Symphony on Friday, May 12, and Saturday, May 13, at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. (File photo courtesy of Warner Bros.)FRIDAY, MAY 12
  High School Art Exhibition: The annual event is a multimedia show featuring art produced by students from Irvine high schools. Through May 27 at Irvine Fine Arts Center. Free. 14321 Yale Ave.
  
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• Laguna Beach dance students turn poetry into motion

  12-05-2017 09:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Ryane Zipstein is one of two students at Laguna Beach High School who wrote a spoken word poem for the Laguna Beach Education Foundation. Since then, the dance department has choreographed some movement sequences to it and because they were so moved, the piece will be included in their Spring dance concert on April 28 and 29. in Laguna Beach, CA on Thursday, April 27, 2017. (Photo by Sam Gangwer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Dancers with the Laguna Beach High School dance department perform to a
  
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• More spending, little restraint in new budget

  12-05-2017 09:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised budget proposal, released Thursday, contains too much spending and not enough fiscal discipline.
  The proposal calls for $124 billion in spending from the general fund, and $183.4 billion in total state expenditures. Though this would be a slight 1.4 percent increase from last year’s general fund budget, it nevertheless represents record spending levels.
  “Over the past four years, we have increased spending by billions of dollars for education, health
  
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• Comey firing a political ax murder that leaves little mystery

  12-05-2017 09:07 via ocregister.com
  
  It was implausible that FBI Director James Comey was fired in May 2017 for actions committed in July 2016 — the rationale contained in the memo by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
  It was implausible that Comey was fired by Donald Trump for having been too tough on Hillary Clinton, as when, at that July news conference, he publicly recited her various email misdeeds despite recommending against prosecution.
  It was implausible that Trump fired Comey for reopening the Clinton investiga
  
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• Campus free speech gets a needed defense

  12-05-2017 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  American universities ought to be bastions of free expression, but as we too often find out, many have become inhospitable toward those with unpopular ideas. From college-imposed “free speech zones” to acts of force by activists and students to shut down speaking events, the free exchange of ideas is increasingly restricted and suppressed.
  In the past week, state lawmakers across the country have introduced similar legislation to push back against this trend and protect free expressi
  
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• Lawmakers should think carefully before Leashing ‘The Dog’

  12-05-2017 09:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Crime in California is on the rise and the solution offered by Sacramento is … releasing suspected criminals back into the community without requiring them to post bail?
  Assembly Bill 42 would, if passed and signed, authorize the pretrial release of an “arrested person,” and “set a time and place for the appearance of the arrested person before the appropriate court and give notice thereof” without the “arrested person” guaranteeing his or her appearanc
  
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• Poseidon tries a new face, but facts unchanged

  12-05-2017 09:04 via ocregister.com
  
  For the last 17 years, Poseidon Water has spent millions of dollars on an army of lobbyists, consultants, lawyers and PR teams to sell Orange County ratepayers a desalination plant, urging us to sign the dotted line on a 50-year government contract that Poseidon’s investors have salivated over.
  Year after year, they have worked around the clock trying every sales tactic in the book. They’ve sent charming lobbyists to schmooze decision-makers everywhere from the offices of City Counci
  
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• Governor’s revised budget provides relief from potential county service cuts

  12-05-2017 09:03 via ocregister.com
  
  A program to provide in-home care for elderly and disabled Californians is at the center of a budget issue that nearly threatened to reduce health and law enforcement services across the state, including here in Orange County.
  The In-Home Supportive Services Program, or IHSS, allows elderly and disabled low-income residents to stay in their homes by providing pay for their in-home caregivers. Most agree that ultimately, the program is a superior alternative to state-funded nursing homes or emerg
  
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• Letters: A streetcar named boondoggle

  12-05-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Re: “Streetcar not good use of federal funds” [Opinion, May 11]: The OCTA is tone deaf when it comes to the viability of the inflexible, 4.1-mile Santa Ana streetcar.
  They press their agenda to get us out of our cars with the end result being to saddle taxpayers with debt. They can’t tell you why the bus transit ridership is down and operating in the red but want to overlap it with a streetcar. I will never vote for Measure M taxes again.
  I resent having my federal and local ta
  
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• Tustin turns away challenge from Westminster, rolls into Division 3 quarterfinals

  12-05-2017 08:50 via ocregister.com
  
  TUSTIN – Let the good vibes roll.
  The Tustin boys volleyball team, which has been a purveyor of positive vibes all season long, will continue its playoff run after a victory over Westminster, 26-24, 25-22, 25-20, on Thursday night in the CIF-SS Division 3 second round.
  The third-seeded Tillers (24-4) used a dynamic performance by Carlos Perez to help them advance to the quarterfinals. They will play at Bishop Montgomery of Torrance on Saturday.
  Perez, a senior outside hitter, finished with
  
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• CIF-SS boys volleyball playoffs: Thursday’s scores, Saturday’s schedule

  12-05-2017 07:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The scores from the CIF-SS boys volleyball playoff games Thursday, and the updated schedule for Saturday’s quarterfinals.
  DIVISION 1
  Second roundLoyola def. Servite, 25-22, 25-23, 33-35, 25-19Beckman def. Edison, 25-23, 22-25, 22-25, 25-19, 15-8Westlake def. Santa Barbara, 25-15, 16-25, 21-25, 25-19, 15-8Newport Harbor def. Mira Costa, 22-25, 25-15, 23-25, 25-17, 15-6Corona del Mar def. San Clemente, 25-23, 25-19, 25-20Laguna Beach def. Mater Dei, 25-23, 24-26, 25-18, 25-10Huntington Beach
  
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• Suspected honey oil lab fire in Costa Mesa injures 1

  12-05-2017 07:24 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — A man suspected of running an illegal butane honey oil extraction lab suffered moderate burns when his operation caught fire on Thursday, May 11, authorities said.
  The fire began after 9 p.m. at the 2200 block of Avalon Street and was contained to the backyard. The fire was put out within 20 minutes, Costa Mesa Fire Department Capt. Chris Coates said.
  One man was burned when a honey oil extraction operation in a marijuana grow house exploded and started a fire in Cos
  
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• Chicago's Old Crow Smokehouse is replacing empty Who Song and Larry's space in Orange

  12-05-2017 07:21
  Old Crow Smokehouse from Chicago will bring the best BBQ styles from the Carolinas, Memphis, Kansas City and Texas to its new Pacific City location. The first local outlet opened in 2016 at Huntington Beach's Pacific City.
  
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• Woodbridge softball team wins two games and captures outright PCL title

  12-05-2017 07:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Woodbridge’s softball team clinched the outright Pacific Coast League title Wednesday, defeating University, 14-3, in five innings in a Pacific Coast League game at University.
  “It has been a great building year,” said Woodbridge Coach Jerry Rose. “To have this many underclassmen play such a vital role is very exciting for our future.”
  Rose said the league title, the Warriors first since 2013, is “very exciting.”
  Woodbridge (15-13, 8-2) will be the leagu
  
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• Angels lose despite Mike Trout’s return

  12-05-2017 07:09 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Angels’ Cameron Maybin watches Justin Upton’s three-run home run in the first inning during their game against the Detroit Tigers at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA on Thursday, May 11, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)The Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout sits in the dug out before their game against the Detroit Tigers at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA on Thursday, May 11, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)The Los An
  
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• Suspect in crash that hurt boy had been deported 15 times

  12-05-2017 07:04 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN DIEGO — A Mexican man who’d been deported at least 15 times has pleaded not guilty to a drunken driving crash that badly injured a 6-year-old boy in San Diego.
  Thirty-eight-year-old Constantino Banda-Acosta entered pleas Wednesday to DUI, hit-and-run and driving without a license.
  Prosecutors say his pickup ran a red light Saturday night and struck the car of a family that was returning from Disneyland.
  The boy, Lennox Lake, suffered a fractured skull. His parents had minor injur
  
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• Olivier takes over, leads Beckman past Edison and into CIF-SS quarterfinals

  12-05-2017 07:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The Beckman boys volleyball team can finally go home.
  It took some work, but the Patriots were able to secure a victory – and set up a home game in the next round of the CIF-SS playoffs – by defeating the host Chargers, 25-23, 23-25, 22-25, 25-19, 15-8, on Thursday night.
  After playing on the road in the first two rounds, Beckman will host top-seeded Loyola of Los Angeles in the Division 1 quarterfinals on Saturday.
  “Going in, everyone felt like this would be an even match,&rdq
  
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• Brown’s revised plan raises school funding

  12-05-2017 06:58 via ocregister.com
  
  California Gov. Jerry Brown, who released his revised budget proposal Thursday, cited a “modestly improved fiscal outlook” since January for allowing $1.5 billion more in general fund spending in his $124 billion plan, despite uncertainty about future federal spending by President Donald Trump’s administration as it seeks to overhaul health care.
  “We’re trying as much as possible to keep us on an even keel,” Brown said in proposing $1.4 billion more for kinder
  
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• LA 2024 Olympics group shows off its biggest advantage — existing venues

  12-05-2017 06:43 via ocregister.com
  
  In the middle of a long day of inspecting brick and mortar, of touring Los Angeles’ theaters of sport both shiny and iconic, Mayor Eric Garcetti pulled out his cell phone and captured the most human of emotions.
  Standing on one end of the Coliseum, Morocco’s Nawal El Moutawakel, an International Olympic Committee member, and Joan Benoit Samuelson of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, watched memories on the stadium’s video screen that stretched across the ages.
  It was footage of El Mo
  
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• Canyon’s boys surprise by winning Division 3 title in swimming

  12-05-2017 06:36 via ocregister.com
  
  RIVERSIDE >> Garrett Thurmond’s quest for redemption for himself and Canyon’s boys swimming team took him to Lane 7 and the anchor leg of the meet-ending, 400-yard freestyle relay Thursday night at Riverside City College.
  Canyon’s first CIF-SS title in swimming appeared to rest on whether Thurmond could touch ahead of Nipomo in nearby Lane 9. So did the senior’s salvation from a disqualification in prelims of the Division 3 championships.
  “I just remember ever
  
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• Dodgers’ Hyun-Jin Ryu roughed up by Rockies in return from DL

  12-05-2017 06:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Turner reacts after striking out against Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Jeff Hoffman during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) ORG XMIT: CODZ105Colorado Rockies’ Nolan Arenado scores on a two-run double by Ian Desmond as Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu walks in the background during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalu
  
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• Spring garden show plants seeds of design inspiration

  12-05-2017 03:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Hard and soft played off each other in the space “Steel Magnolia,” above, from Living Landscapes and West Elm. Table2Garden and The Land of Nod combined colorful play pieces with natural elements to create “A Nod to Nature: Sensory Overload.”Designer Camille Beehler installed a miniature bocce court as part of the “Live/Work/Play” space she created with Crate & Barrel Home Store.Liuli Crystal Art lit up the garden space it created with Land Workshop. In fact, li
  
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• Bill requiring Olympic sports organizations to report sex abuse allegations advances

  12-05-2017 03:09 via ocregister.com
  
  The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday to approved a bill that would require Olympic sports organizations to immediately report child and sexual abuse allegations to local or federal law enforcement, or a child welfare agency designated by the U.S. Justice Department.
  The Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse Act, sponsored by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), was prompted by the sexual abuse scandal within USA Gymnastics.
  “Sexual abuse stays with victims their entire lives. U.
  
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• 15 things to do this weekend in Orange County (May 12-14)

  12-05-2017 03:08 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s Mother’s Day weekend, call your mom. But if you want to take Mom to breakfast — she did give you life, after all — here are some places in Orange County that do it up right for brunch. Here are 15 other fun options for the weekend:
  ALL WEEKEND
  “PETER AND THE STARCATCHER”: If you’ve ever wondered how Peter Pan learned to fly and got his name, or about the origins of characters like Captain Hook and Tinker Bell, wonder no more. The fanciful “Pet
  
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• Angels Notes: Could Kaleb Cowart be the answer at second?

  12-05-2017 03:05 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — As the Angels search for an answer to their second base hole while Danny Espinosa works through a lengthy slump, Kaleb Cowart is putting up impressive numbers at Triple-A.
  But it doesn’t sound like Cowart is ready to get a shot as the Angels’ second baseman. Not yet anyway.
  Manager Mike Scioscia said this week that, although Cowart has made progress defensively at second, he still has work to do.
  “It’s one thing to field ground balls and it’s another
  
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• 3 sharks off Dana Point Thursday; beach advisories at San Onofre after ‘aggressive behavior’ by shark; 12-footer spotted at ‘Old Man’s’ surf break

  12-05-2017 03:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Brian Stockbridge looks out of the window of the Orange County Sheriff’s helicopter as it glides down the coastline, above murky blue water at Capistrano Beach in Dana Point.
  A small shark – about 7 feet in length – slowly cruises along near shore, unaware of the chopper hovering above.
  Three great white sharks were spotted on Thursday during a scan of the shore aboard the sheriff’s helicopter. The sharks were more spread out, and much fewer than the 15 or so spotted with
  
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• Chargers sign top pick Mike Williams on eve of rookie minicamp

  12-05-2017 03:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Chargers won’t be facing any rookie contract drama this summer.
  On Thursday, just before the start of minicamp, the team agreed to deals with five of its seven draft picks — including Mike Williams, the receiver it selected at No. 7 overall two weeks ago. This would not be major news for most NFL franchises, not since the latest CBA introduced a rookie wage scale that reduced most negotiations to mere formality.
  But the Chargers? They’re less than a year
  
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• Mike Trout returns to the Angels’ lineup

  12-05-2017 02:55 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The longest hiatus of Mike Trout’s career as an everyday player is over.
  Trout is in the Angels’ lineup at designated hitter for Thursday night’s game against the Detroit Tigers, ending a streak of five straight games in which he was out because of a tight left hamstring.
  “I’m just happy to be back,” Trout said. “I’m 100 percent.”
  Trout said that the trainers wanted him to DH, instead of playing center field, because that woul
  
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