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• Mission Viejo remembers those lost in battle

  30-05-2017 23:10 via ocregister.com
  
  U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard HQBN, 1st Marine Division, from Camp Pendleton, presents the flag during the Memorial Day Ceremony at the Mission Viejo Civic Center on Monday, May 29, 2017. Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing PhotographerColonel Andrew J. Bergen, a Logistics Officer in the 1st Marine Division, gives the Keynote Address during Mission Viejo’s annual Memorial Day Ceremony outside the Civic Center on Monday, May 29, 2017. Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing PhotographerDawn W
  
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• Irvine honors vets, fallen Americans with candle-lighting ceremony at Northwood memorial

  30-05-2017 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine’s Northwood Memorial Candle Lighting Ceremony on Sunday, May 28, included a dedication ceremony for the expansion of the memorial site and presentations by Gold Star families.
  Boy Scouts from Troop 616 handed out white roses and Team 3 of the California State Army Honor Guard performed a rifle volley at the event, held at the Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial.
  
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• Aliso Viejo crime call log, May 21-27

  30-05-2017 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  MAY 27
  Hit and run misdemeanor: 10:39 p.m. Pacific Park Drive and Aliso Creek Road.
  Reckless driving: 9:52 p.m. 0 block of Enterprise.
  Drunk driving: 7:15 p.m. 0 block of Walnut Drive.
  Reckless driving: 5:47 p.m. 0 block of Sherwood Drive.
  Investigate person down: 5:15 p.m. 26900 block of La Paz Road.
  Reckless driving: 2:27 p.m. Cedarbrook and Windsong.
  Disturbance: 2:04 a.m. 0 block of Las Flores.
  Suspicious person/circumstance: 12:42 a.m. 0 block of Parisville.
  MAY 26
  Disturbance: 11:17 p.m. 0
  
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• $69.5 million Canyon High science center will become new face of campus

  30-05-2017 22:44 via ocregister.com
  
  A $69.5 million science center announced for Canyon High School will become the new face of the campus, while also adding 100 parking spaces and an improved drop-off zone.
  The center, unveiled during the Orange Unified School District’s Thursday, May 25 meeting, is the third of four projects planned with Measure S money.
  Measure S was passed in 2016, allowing the district to raise $288 million through the sale of bonds. The money is being split evenly among the district’s four h
  
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• Ariana Grande Manchester benefit concert adds Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Coldplay and more

  30-05-2017 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Justin Bieber, Coldplay and Katy Perry will join Ariana Grande at a charity concert in Manchester, England, on Sunday. Grande announced Tuesday that the “One Love Manchester” show will be held at the city’s Old Trafford cricket ground just under two weeks after a bomber killed 22 people at the pop singer’s concert in Manchester.
  File – Recording artist Justin Bieber performs onstage during the 2016 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 22, 2016 in Las Vega
  
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• Battle of the bargains: Aldi and Grocery Outlet open Thursday

  30-05-2017 22:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Ryan and Amanda Stack with their children Cash, 3, and Killian, 1. The family is the owner of a new Grocery Outlet near the corner of Newport Avenue and Irvine Boulevard in Tustin, California, on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. The store opens on Thursday. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)The new Grocery Outlet near the corner of Newport Avenue and Irvine Boulevard in Tustin, California, on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. The store opens on Thursday. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Regi
  
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• Some 200 volunteers from companies throughout O.C. beautify two Tustin schools

  30-05-2017 22:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Volunteers from First American paint a map of the United States on the playground asphalt at Thorman Elementary School in Tustin on Saturday, May 20, 2017, during a Corporate Volunteer Council of Orange County combined project involving volunteers from 14 companies. Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing PhotographerDee Hann of Cypress, a volunteer with Pacific Life, uses a paint roller to add a fresh coat of red paint to a lunch table at Thorman Elementary School in Tustin during a Corporate Volu
  
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• Placentia homebuying surges 19% to start 2017

  30-05-2017 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Trains are a part of life in Placentia.How did the buying and selling of Placentia 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 Placentia …
  1. 124 homes sold this year vs. 104 a year ago.
  2. That’s a gain of 19.2 percent vs. a gain of 3.5 percent countywide.
  3. Median selling price this year of $600,000 vs. $595,000 in 2016.
  4. That&
  
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• How to safely try edibles: A guide for beginners

  30-05-2017 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Edibles have come a long way since people started mixing marijuana into brownie batter.
  Cannabis-infused foods have become a multimillion-dollar market in California, with edibles popping up at weddings, cooking classes, health retreats and more. And while smoking remains the most popular way to consume cannabis, a market report from New Frontier Data, a company that tracks the marijuana industry, shows consumers increasingly are choosing to eat their weed.
  It’s also now legal for adu
  
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• Six tips for eating cannabis

  30-05-2017 22:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Eating, not smoking cannabis is an increasingly popular way to consume this now legal drug. But it’s also tougher to control. Here are some tips that new cannabis consumers should keep in mind when, or if, they turn to edibles:
  • Shop at a legitimate dispensary that sells lab-tested edibles with labels that say how much THC is inside.• Clear your schedule and find a safe place, preferably with an experienced consumer or sober friend nearby.• Eat a good meal and drink fluids,
  
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• Free in the OC: June 2017

  30-05-2017 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Sunday: Every Sunday (and Saturdays, too), the Orange County Great Park in Irvine offers Creation Stations. Kids can play, create and explore at self-directed stations. The hands-on activities emphasize divergent thinking, problem-solving skills and innovation. Families with children of all ages are welcome. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. cityofirvine.org
  Monday: Military veterans, active-duty personnel, their spouses and children age 11 and older can take part in the Veterans Art Project – free
  
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• Family fun calendar: June 2017

  30-05-2017 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Special events
  CHILDREN’S THEATER: Kids in grades K-6 will have barrels of fun with “Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing” at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa. Judy Blume’s popular book hits the stage with hilarity and fun sibling rivalry. Through June 4. scr.org
  ‘DOC McSTUFFINS’: Doctors-in-training can visit the McStuffins Toy Hospital E.R., Pet Vet and Nursery to learn the duties of a doctor along with healthy habits, empathy and nurturing care at “Doc
  
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• 25 family-friendly things to do this summer!

  30-05-2017 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  1. Cheer on the rebranded Orange County Soccer Club at its new venue. The United Soccer League pro team, formerly known as the O.C. Blues, is now playing at the Orange County Great Park as part of its rebranding. It starts its season in temporary digs at the park before moving around July 1 to its new pop-up 5,200-seat stadium there. The team has 10 home games on its schedule from late June to early September, and ticket prices start at $10. orangecountysoccer.com
  2. Celebrate Fountain Vall
  
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• Tustin Chili Cook-off features music, dancing, pie-eating contests and even chili

  30-05-2017 16:47 via ocregister.com
  
  For the 33rd year running, it’s the biggest one-day event in the city — the Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-off.
  Some 35,000 folks are expected at the street festival on Sunday, June 4. There, they can sample around 50 different chili offerings while engaging in nonstop contests all day long.
  Try the pie-eating and jalapeno-munching challenges. Or line-dancing. Or even test your arm at a beer-stein-holding match. Maybe your vintage car will take first place in the car show at
  
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• MainPlace Mall, celebrating 30 years, plots its expansions

  30-05-2017 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana. The mall turns 30 this year. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)MainPlace Mall has more than 15 restaurants including Lucille’s Smokehouse BBQ, Wokcano Asian Fusion Restaurant & Bar (pictured) and Dog Haus. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)MainPlace Mall has more than 15 restaurants including Lucille’s Smokehouse BBQ, Wokcano Asian Fusion Restaurant & Bar (pictured) and Dog Haus. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orang
  
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• My jacaranda tree is a lot like my boyfriends

  30-05-2017 14:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Jacaranda trees are beautiful, at least until you have to clean up the mess. (File photo by Bruce Chambers, Orange County Register/SCNG)Each May, the tree blooming in front of my house reminds me of boyfriends I’ve had over the years.
  Beautiful, sticky, messy and annoying.
  If you have a jacaranda tree, you know exactly what I’m talking about.
  It’s a love-hate relationship. You can’t help being swept away by the glorious carpet of periwinkle blossoms. Until you have to cle
  
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• Dubke resigns as White House communications director

  30-05-2017 14:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By Philip Rucke
  WASHINGTON – Mike Dubke has resigned as White House communications director in the first of what could be a series of changes to President Donald Trump’s senior staff amid the growing Russia scandal.
  Dubke, who served in the post for three months, tendered his resignation May 18. He offered to stay on to help manage communications in Washington during Trump’s foreign trip, and the president accepted.
  Dubke’s last day on the job has not been determined. But
  
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• Student loan debt collections aren’t paying off

  30-05-2017 09:04 via ocregister.com
  
  American taxpayers are getting a raw deal on federal student loan programs, shelling out $38 to collect $1 of student loan debt, according to a recent Bloomberg analysis.
  Student loan debt collection sure is a booming business lately. Total student loan debt nationwide is up to more than $1.3 trillion, trailing only mortgage debt, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s most recent Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit. In the wake of the last recession, it surpassed bo
  
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• No surprise that Trump budget hits California hard

  30-05-2017 09:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The bleats have been long and loud in California since President Trump’s administration released its first proposed budget, one that won’t be finalized for several months.
  This budget can be read many ways, including these: As an initial negotiating position from the author of “The Art of the Deal.” As revenge for California depriving the president of the popular vote victory he so ardently craved. As a prototypical Republican attack on federal spending the party has long
  
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• Report: Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega dies

  30-05-2017 08:02 via ocregister.com
  
  PANAMA CITY (AP) — A source close to the family of Manuel Noriega says the former Panamanian dictator has died at age 83.
  The source was not authorized to be quoted by name.
  Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela wrote in his Twitter account that “the death of Manuel A. Noriega closes a chapter in our history.”
  The onetime U.S. ally was ousted as Panama’s dictator by an American invasion in 1989.
  Noriega later served a 17-year drug sentence in the United States.
  He spent
  
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• Manuel Noriega, ex-Panamanian dictator, dies at 83

  30-05-2017 07:49 via ocregister.com
  
  In this Aug. 31, 1989 photo, Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega waves to newsmen after a state council meeting, at the presidential palace in Panama City, where they announced the new president of the republic. (AP Photo/Matias Recart, File)In this 1989 photo, Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega walks with supporters in the Chorrilo neighborhood, where he dedicated a new housing project, in Panama City. (AP Photo/John Hopper, File)This 1990 photo shows deposed Panamanian Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, who was se
  
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• Miller: No Mike Trout, no chance for Angels

  30-05-2017 07:10 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — No, the Angels aren’t done.
  How could they be? It’s still only May, and the schedule says they have 108 games remaining.
  They’re just doomed, that’s all, at least until Mike Trout becomes whole again.
  Of course, I wrote something very similar last season when the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw was injured, only to watch as that team improved minus the one piece it could least afford to lose.
  This situation is different, though. It has to be different.
  Trou
  
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• On deck: Braves at Angels, Tuesday, 7 p.m.

  30-05-2017 07:03 via ocregister.com
  
  BRAVES at ANGELS
  When: Tuesday, 7 p.m.
  Where: Angel Stadium
  TV: Fox Sports West
  THE PITCHERS
  ANGELS RHP PARKER BRIDWELL (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
  vs. Braves: He has never faced them.
  At Angel Stadium: He has never pitched there before.
  BRAVES RHP BARTOLO COLON (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
  vs. Angels: 12-7, 3.57 ERA (24 starts)
  at Angel Stadium: 30-24, 4.38 ERA (64 starts)
  Hates to face: Andrelton Simmons, 12 for 23 (.522), five RBIs, zero Ks
  Loves to face: Danny Espinosa, 1 for 10 (.100), three Ks
  
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• Angels lose first game without Mike Trout, 6-3, to Braves

  30-05-2017 06:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Angels’ Albert Pujols, right, gestures after hitting a solo home run as Atlanta Braves catcher Tyler Flowers watches during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Monday, May 29, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif. This marked his 598th career home run. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ORG XMIT: ANS114Atlanta Braves’ Danny Santana, right, is safe as he dives back to second under the tag of Los Angeles Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons during the third inning of a baseball game, Monday, Ma
  
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• Two men arrested after 3 guns found in car in Santa Ana

  30-05-2017 04:56 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA Police arrested two men after they refused to pull their car over Monday afternoon and three guns were found inside.
  At about 4:30 p.m., patrol officers spotted a silver Nissan Sentra that matched the description of a vehicle taken in a carjacking last week, said Cmdr. Matt Sorenson of the Santa Ana Police Department. As the patrol car neared the Sentra to try to stop it in the 600 block of North Lacy Street, the driver, changed directions and drove off, Sorenson said.
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• The U.S. vet isn’t in his chair at the Yorba Linda restaurant anymore, but his legacy is about

  30-05-2017 04:32 via ocregister.com
  
  A photo of WWII veteran Seymour Markman, who died last August, and a brief summary of his life adorns a table at Avalon Bagels to Burgers in Yorba Linda, a place Markman frequented with other veterans. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Virginia Becker plays Uncle Sam as she greets WWII veteran Frank Carrillo, 92. Avalon Bagels to Burgers restaurant in Yorba Linda provided veterans and active military personnel a free meal for Memorial Day on Monday, May 29, 2017. Becker is a l
  
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• In Seal Beach, bells toll to remember lost submarines and their crews on this Memorial Day

  30-05-2017 03:01 via ocregister.com
  
  SEAL BEACH A bell tolled for each of the submarines on “eternal patrol.”
  At the U.S. Naval Weapons Station on Monday, a Memorial Day ceremony called “Tolling the Boats” commemorated the 52 submarines lost during World War II and four others lost at sea since.
  The names of the submarines were read, along with how many were aboard and the fate that awaited them.
  Veterans and members of the public take their places at the monuments marking the 52 U.S. submarines lost during
  
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• Angels’ Mike Trout on the disabled list, will have surgery on torn ligament

  30-05-2017 02:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels’ Mike Trout went on the 10-day disabled list on Monday with a torn collateral ligament in his left thumb. He is meeting with doctors to determine if surgery is necessary. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)ANAHEIM — The Angels will have the next six to eight weeks to find out exactly who they are without their best player.
  Mike Trout will undergo surgery Wednesday to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb. Monday, the Angels placed Trout on the disabled list fo
  
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• Angels star Mike Trout goes on disabled list for first time in career with torn thumb ligament

  30-05-2017 02:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Angels star Mike Trout, who was off to the best start of his career, went on the 10-day disabled list Monday with a torn ligament in his left thumb. It is the first trip to the disabled list in the two-time American League MVP’s career.
  Trout will be out a minimum of two weeks, the Angels said, but it could be longer if he has surgery to repair the damage to the ulnar collateral ligament. He was injured in a head-first slide into second base Sunday in Miami.
  Trout had been on a tear in May
  
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• Previews for the CIF-SS baseball semifinals Tuesday

  30-05-2017 01:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Previews for the CIF-SS baseball semifinal playoff games Tuesday.
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  Semifinals
  DIVISION 1
  CORONA (23-9) VS. EL DORADO (21-8-1)Where, when: El Dorado High, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m.
  Outlook: The Golden Hawks soar into the semifinals for the first time since 2010 after victories against hard-throwing starters Hagen Danner of top-seeded Huntington Beach and Hans Crouse of Dana Hills the past two rounds. Leadoff hitter and center fielder Jesse Lopez has been hot, going a combined 7 for 8 with
  
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• Orange County’s World War II dead honored in 1945 edition of The Register

  30-05-2017 01:24 via ocregister.com
  
  In September 1945, the then-Santa Ana Register published a 14-page Gold Star edition that paid tribute to Orange County residents who died in World War II or still were missing.
  Late last year, I received a nicely preserved copy of that edition in the mail from a reader, and I wanted to share that with you for Memorial Day.
  One of our photo editors captured images of the 14 pages, and there are some overlaps between pages. But if you click on each image to see the full-size version, you can
  
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• Firefighters and lifeguards flip pancakes at Laguna’s Heisler Park for 90th Memorial Day festivity

  30-05-2017 01:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Sandy St. John, long time organizer of the pancake breakfast stands with a Laguna Beach lifeguard in front of a recently restored lifeguard Jeep at the 90th annual Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast at Heisler Park in Laguna Beach on Monday, May 29, 2017. (Photo by Erika Ritchie, Orange County Register/SCNG)An old Seagrave fire engine is part of the attraction during the 90th annual Memorial Day Pancke Breakfast at Heisler Park in Laguna Beach on Monday, May 29, 2017. (Photo by Erika Ritchie, Orange
  
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• Previews for the CIF-SS softball semifinals on Tuesday

  30-05-2017 01:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Previews for the CIF-SS softball semifinals on Tuesday.
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  Semifinals
  DIVISION 1
  ORANGE LUTHERAN (28-4) vs. LOS ALAMITOS (26-3)
  Where, when: Los Alamitos High, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m.
  Outlook: This will be the third consecutive year these two Orange County powers meet in the postseason, with this rubber match determining a spot in Saturday’s championship. Seniors Maddy Dwyer (Orange Lutheran) and Ryan Denhart (Los Alamitos) have been the county’s two best pitchers this season
  
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• Dodgers Notes: Alex Wood goes on DL with minor shoulder issue

  30-05-2017 00:13 via ocregister.com
  
  ST. LOUIS – Even the hottest pitcher in baseball couldn’t avoid the revolving door that leads to the Dodgers’ disabled list.
  Left-hander Alex Wood was placed on the DL on Monday with inflammation of the sternoclavicular joint at the front of his pitching shoulder. The issue is not considered serious and Wood is expected to miss only one start before rejoining the Dodgers’ ever-changing rotation early next week.
  Left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu will make Wood’s scheduled sta
  
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