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• UCLA’s Bryce Alford considers attention on LaVar Ball ‘an unfair thing’ for Lonzo Ball

  29-05-2017 23:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Coach Luke Walton talks to players after a predraft workout for the Lakers at the Toyota Sportscenter in El Segundo Monday morning. Photo for The Daily Breeze by Axel Koester, 05/29/17.Jordan Bell, a junior forward from University of Oregon who is from Long Beach, participates in a predraft workout for the Lakers at the Toyota Sportscenter in El Segundo Monday morning. Photo for The Daily Breeze by Axel Koester, 05/29Jord/17.Jordan Bell, a junior forward from University of Oregon who is from Lon
  
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• Orange County remembers the fallen on Memorial Day, 2017

  29-05-2017 23:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Citizens around Orange County paid solemn homage to the U.S. men and women who have died serving their country. Here are a few of the ways they observed Memorial Day on Monday.
  Betsy Crime sings the National Anthem with her 2-year-old Chihuahua, Romero, at the start of the annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the the Huntington Beach Pier Plaza. Steven Georges, Contributing PhotographerU.S Representative Dana Rohrabacher, left, removes his hat as Fountain Valley mayor John Collins, rig
  
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• On deck: Dodgers at Cardinals, Tuesday, 4 p.m.

  29-05-2017 23:23 via ocregister.com
  
  DODGERS at CARDINALS
  When: Tuesday, 4 p.m.
  TV: SportsNet LA (where available)
  Where: Busch Stadium
  THE PITCHERS
  DODGERS RHP KENTA MAEDA (4-2, 5.08 ERA)
  Vs. Cardinals: 2-0, 4.22 ERA
  At Busch Stadium: 1-0, 3.18 ERA
  Hates to face: Yadier Molina, 2 for 3 (.667)
  Loves to face: Matt Carpenter, 0 for 2, 1 K
  CARDINALS RHP MICHAEL WACHA (2-2, 3.66 ERA)
  Vs. Dodgers: 1-3, 5.06 ERA
  At Busch Stadium: 18-8, 3.53 ERA
  Hates to face: Chris Taylor, 2 for 3 (.667)
  Loves to face: Adrian Gonzalez, 2 for 17 (.11
  
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• Dodgers run win streak to five games with 5-1 win in St. Louis

  29-05-2017 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Rich Hill throws during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Monday, May 29, 2017, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) ORG XMIT: MOJR113Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Rich Hill throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Monday, May 29, 2017, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) ORG XMIT: MOJR103St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Mike Leake throws during the first inning of a
  
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• Stretch of Capistrano Beach closed after large shark is sighted Monday; officials warn against chumming to attract sharks

  29-05-2017 22:43 via ocregister.com
  
  DANA POINT A stretch of Capistrano Beach that has been under a posted shark advisory for several weeks was closed just before noon, Monday, May 29, after OC Lifeguards received photos of a shark estimated at longer than 8 feet sighted in the area.
  “To be safe, we’ve implemented a closure,” said OC Lifeguard Chief Jason Young, who was out on patrol advising his tower guards Monday. “We’ve been on an advisory in this area for three weeks. Lots of boats are o
  
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• Award-winning sports writer Frank Deford dies at 78, just weeks after retiring from NPR

  29-05-2017 21:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Award-winning sports writer and commentator Frank Deford has died. He was 78.
  His family says he died Sunday, May 28, in Key West, Fla.
  Deford was a six-time Sports Writer of the Year and a member of the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame. He wrote with a lyrical elegance and was best known for his work at Sports Illustrated and on National Public Radio. He retired this month from NPR’s “Morning Edition” after 37 years as a contributor.
  He
  
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• JSerra Catholic High School Graduation 2017

  29-05-2017 21:25 via ocregister.com
  
  JSerra Catholic High School seniors bid farewell to high school at a graduation ceremony in San Juan Capistrano on Saturday, May 27, 2017.
  JSerra Symphony Orchestra performs “Procession of the Nobles” during JSerra Catholic High School’s graduation ceremony in San Juan Capistrano on Saturday, May 27, 2017. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)A graduate waves toward the crowd while walking in the opening processional during JSerra Catholic High School’s grad
  
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• Shelf Awareness: New, notable and buzz-worth books for June

  29-05-2017 21:14 via ocregister.com
  
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  Best-selling author of the essay collection “Bad Feminist,” Roxane Gay is back with her most personal work of nonfiction to date, “Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body” is a meditative glimpse into the author’s psychological struggles with food, body image, consumption, and what it means to be obese in a society obsessed with health and appearance.
  Before experiencing a brain aneurysm at age 27, Lauren Marks was an actress and dramatist pursuing her
  
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• Saddleback Valley Christian School Graduation 2017

  29-05-2017 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Saddleback Valley Christian School graduating seniors celebrate commencement at Crossline Community Church in Laguna Hill on Friday, May 26, 2017.
  Proud family members and friends look on while 68 graduating seniors from San Juan CapistranoÕs Saddleback Valley Christian School participate in a Commencement Ceremony at Crossline Church in Laguna Hills on Friday, May 26, 2017. Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing PhotographerEmma Benis, one of 10 valedictorians, leads a Senior Prayer during
  
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• La Palma homebuying: 2017 started with 9% sales gain

  29-05-2017 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  La Palma Days are an annual city highlight. FILE PHOTOHow did the buying and selling of La Palma housing fare in the year’s first months?
  Looking at local residential real estate in the first quarter 2017, compared with the same period a year earlier, CoreLogic data show four trends for La Palma …
  1. 25 homes sold this year vs. 23 a year ago.
  2. That’s a gain of 8.7 percent vs. a gain of 3.5 percent countywide.
  3. Median selling price this year of $630,000 vs. $595,000 in
  
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• Steve Barnard, 62, identified as Harley rider killed in Fullerton accident Sunday

  29-05-2017 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON The coroner has identified Steve Barnard, 62, of Fullerton, as the motorcyclist who died Sunday, May 28, after he lost control of his vehicle and was thrown into a traffic sign.
  Barnard was riding his 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle east on Commonwealth Avenue, east of Brookhurst Street, where Fullerton Police were called to the report of a downed motorcycle, police said. He was found by a passing motorist, said Fullerton police Sgt. Jon Radus.
  The motorcycle hit the sou
  
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• Crime log for Huntington Beach, May 21-27

  29-05-2017 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  May 21
  Vehicle theft: Around midnight 21600 block of Surveyor Circle
  Vehicle theft: Around midnight 16200 block of Fairway Lane
  Assault: Around midnight 300 block of PCH
  Burglary: Around 1 a.m. 21800 block of Newland St.
  Domestic violence: Around 1 a.m. 7400 block of Edinger Ave.
  Burglary: Around 2 a.m. Main Street and Orange Ave.
  Vandalism: Around 8 a.m. 5500 block of Castle Drive
  Assault: Around 10 a.m. 18100 block of Goldenwest St.
  Disturbance
  
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• Shark advisory posted at Laguna’s Thousands Steps Beach

  29-05-2017 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA BEACH  A shark advisory is in place at Thousand Steps Beach.
  The advisory was posted on Sunday, indicating lifeguards in the area had spotted a shark. The advisory means that swimmers, surfers and body boarders can enter the water at their own risk, said OC Lifeguard Tyler Weissman.
  A shark advisory posted at nearby Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point was lifted Monday morning, he said.
  While sharks have been sighted off nearly every other Orange County beach, no beaches in Laguna Be
  
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• Men’s Laguna Open Volleyball Tournament returns to Laguna Beach

  29-05-2017 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The 63rd annual Men’s Laguna Open Volleyball Tournament, the world’s longest continuously run beach volleyball tournament, will be held Saturday, June 3 and Sunday, June 4 at Main Beach.
  There will be 28 world class teams competing in the event hosted by the city of Laguna Beach and  the California Beach Volleyball Association.
  The final rounds start at noon on Sunday, June 4.
  IF YOU GO
  What: 63rd annual Men’s Laguna Open Volleyball Tournament,
  When: 8:
  
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• Cal State Fullerton to open against BYU in NCAA baseball tournament; UCLA in Long Beach regional

  29-05-2017 19:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Fullerton and UCLA found out they made the NCAA baseball tournament as at-large teams Monday morning, and Long Beach State learned which three teams it will host in the regional at Blair Field.
  The Titans (34-21) finished third in the Big West Conference behind the champion Dirtbags and second-place Cal Poly, which did not make the tournament because of its 28-28 record and low 107 RPI. CSF will play in the Stanford regional and open against BYU (37-19) at 1 p.m. Thursday. The Cougars
  
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• Where is the best place to shop and dine in O.C.?

  29-05-2017 16:15 via ocregister.com
  
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• Orange County hardcore band Eighteen Visions makes its mighty return with ‘XVIII’

  29-05-2017 16:14 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County metal band Eighteen Visions, from left, Keith Barney, James Hart and Trevor Friedrich in Santa Ana on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 are releasing their comeback album, “XVIII”, along with a show at the Observatory in Santa Ana on June 2. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)James Hart, lead vocals for the metal band, Eighteen Visions in Santa Ana on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The Orange County band will be releasing their comeback album, “XVIII”, alo
  
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• Status Update: Asterias Biotherapeutics’ new CEO hails from Newport Beach

  29-05-2017 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Huggins Dreckman Insurance Agency and Orange County Family Justice Center Foundation team members, from left to right: Jeannie Jensen, Huggins Dreckman Insurance; Susan Bruegman, OCFJC chairwoman; Tracy Theodore, executive director OCFJC Foundation; Jolynn Mahoney, Huggins Dreckman Insurance and James Kazakos, past president OCFJC. (Courtesy of the Justice Center Foundation)Newport Beach native Michael Mulroy has been appointed president and CEO of Asterias Biotherapeutics. From 2003 to 2011, Mu
  
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• Southern California can’t match nation’s new housing pace

  29-05-2017 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  One thing would certainly ease a major Southern Californian economic concern: extra choices for those seeking adequate housing.
  Well, the region’s chronic housing shortage didn’t get much help last year, as five local counties — as well as the state — continued to trail the nation’s pace of creating new living quarters.
  I tossed new Census data into my trusty spreadsheet to see if a recent upswing in construction activity was making a significant change in how
  
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• The 2017 Spirit of the MACY Awards winners are …

  29-05-2017 07:54 via ocregister.com
  
  The annual Spirit of the MACY Awards, founded in 1969 to encourage and celebrate achievement in Southern California high school musical theater, were held May 28 at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Judges reviewed 58 musicals at 44 schools this year.
  The Macy honors shows as well as students, with honors bestowed in categories such as best (for top performances), highest achievement (for skill and professionalism above the norm), outstanding achievement (for exceptional m
  
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• Austin Dillon gambles and wins the Coca-Cola 600

  29-05-2017 06:52 via ocregister.com
  
  CONCORD, N.C. – Hall of Fame car owner Richard Childress finally let the emotions flow when he looked up at the Charlotte Motor Speedway’s scoring board after the Coca-Cola 600 and saw the iconic No. 3 — driven by his grandson Austin Dillon — on top.“Can you believe it?” Childress asked. “The Coke 600, Austin Dillon and the (No.) 3.”Dillon passed an out-of-gas Jimmie Johnson two laps from the end for his first Cup victory.It had been a long time co
  
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• Fire crews extinguish blaze in abandoned Anaheim home

  29-05-2017 05:46 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – A fire that engulfed a vacant single-family home forced authorities to  temporarily close traffic on Orangewood Avenue Sunday, May 28.
  Crews responding to reports of a blaze in the 100 block of West Orangewood Avenue shortly after 7:30 p.m. arrived to find a fully involved fire and a partially collapsed roof, said Sgt. Daron Wyatt, an Anaheim public safety spokesman.
  Knowing the house was abandoned, the firefighters focused on keeping the flames from spreading to other
  
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• What’s your favorite place to rock out?

  29-05-2017 04:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Give us your choice for the best small music venue in the Best of Orange County.
  
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• Miller: Dodgers survive on day Kershaw can’t

  29-05-2017 04:11 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – It began with the ceremonial first pitcher skipping his pitch past the ceremonial first catcher before the poor baseball died of embarrassment at the backstop.
  Perhaps Mikey Garcia wasn’t the ideal person to be given the honor of opening a game pairing the pitching brilliance of Clayton Kershaw and Jon Lester.
  Oh, yeah, Garcia is a three-time world champion in boxing. But unfortunately, in baseball, he’s just as much a lightweight.
  With the tone set at comical Sun
  
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• Long Beach State to host NCAA regional; Cal State Fullerton, UCLA await pairings

  29-05-2017 03:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Baseball teams from Long Beach State, Cal State Fullerton and UCLA on Monday morning will collectively be glued to television sets to watch the NCAA playoff pairings show at 9 a.m. on ESPN2.
  Big West Conference champion Long Beach already knows it will host one of the 16 four-team regionals as was announced Sunday night. But it won’t know anything else until Monday, and Fullerton and UCLA will have to wait until then to find out if they get at-large bids into the tournament.
  Long Beach (37
  
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• Remembering JFK on 100th anniversary of his birth

  29-05-2017 03:42 via ocregister.com
  
  One of America’s best-loved presidents, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, is born into a politically and socially prominent family in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917. In 1960, JFK was the youngest person ever elected president.
  File – Newly-elected President John F. Kennedy posed for first pictures at his White House desk, January 21, 1961, before plunging into a busy round of conferences. JFK was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917, and in 1960 was the youngest person
  
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• Beach lovers march to the sea – shark sightings and all

  29-05-2017 02:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Something like the shark sighting that temporarily closed the beach in San Clemente wasn’t going to keep the hearty away as spotless Memorial Day weekend weather kicked off the start to the unofficial summer season in Orange County.
  On Sunday, from Seal Beach in the north to Lost Winds Beach in San Clemente in the south, beachgoers enjoyed temperatures in the mid-60s, water temperatures in the low- 60, gentle breezes and no a trace of clouds or the dreaded May gray or June gloom.
  Along the
  
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• Motorcyclist dies in Fullerton crash

  29-05-2017 02:45 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON – A motorcyclist died Sunday, May 28, after he lost control of the vehicle and was thrown into a traffic sign, police said.
  Officers at about 1:15 p.m. responded to reports of a downed motorcyclist on Commonwealth Avenue, east of Brookhurst Street, according to a Fullerton Police Department statement.
  The rider of the 2006 Harley Davidson was pronounced dead at the scene.
  It isn’t clear what caused the rider to lose control, but police said they did not believe any other ve
  
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• The Latest: Brad Keselowski crashes out of Coca-Cola 600

  29-05-2017 02:11 via ocregister.com
  
  The Latest on motorsport’s busiest day (all times local):
  6:40 p.m. EST
  A crash 20 laps into the 400-lap Coca-Cola 600 has claimed the cars of Chase Elliott and Brad Keselowski.
  Something flew out from underneath Jeffrey Earnhardt and hit the front of Elliott’s car, which quickly caught fire just as NASCAR was preparing going to a competition caution. Keselowski, who was racing behind Elliott, slammed into the back of Elliott’s car.
  Both cars have been taken behind the wall.
  Ke
  
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• Dodgers hit four home runs, complete sweep of Cubs

  29-05-2017 02:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger, right, rounds third after hitting a three-run home run as Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester steps off the mound during the second inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 28, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ORG XMIT: LAD111Los Angeles Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger, center, is congratulated by Enrique Hernandez, left, and Austin Barnes after hitting a three-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Chicago
  
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• Dodgers Notes: Team is stretching out its relievers, to mostly good effect

  29-05-2017 01:34 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — When Sergio Romo handed the ball to manager Dave Roberts in the seventh inning of Sunday’s game against the Chicago Cubs, he did something no Dodger relief pitcher had done since, well, himself: he left a game after recording fewer than four outs.
  Between Romo’s appearances on Wednesday and Sunday, every reliever followed an unusual pattern.
  Josh Fields pitched 1 ⅔ innings against the Cubs on Sunday. Ross Stripling pitched the final three innings Saturday. P
  
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• On deck: Dodgers at Cardinals, Monday, 11:15 a.m.

  29-05-2017 01:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Where: Busch Stadium
  TV: SNLA (where available), MLB Network (out of market only)
  THE PITCHERS
  DODGERS LHP RICH HILL (1-2, 4.76 ERA)
  vs. Cardinals: 1-1, 5.25 (five starts)
  At Busch Stadium: 0-0, 2.35 (two starts)
  Hates to face: Jedd Gyorko, 2 for 2, walk
  Loves to face: Dexter Fowler, 0 for 6, strikeout
  CARDINALS RHP MIKE LEAKE (5-2, 1.91 ERA)
  vs. Dodgers: 5-5, 3.91 (10 starts)
  at Busch Stadium: 5-11, 3.58 ERA (24 starts)
  Hates to face: Cody Bellinger, 1 for 2, RBI
  Loves to face: Yasmani Grandal,
  
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