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• UCLA’s Cade McNown, Ken Norton Jr. on College Football Hall of Fame ballot

  01-06-2017 22:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Former UCLA quarterback Cade McNown and linebacker Ken Norton Jr. landed on the ballot for the 2018 College Football Hall of Fame class on Thursday.
  McNown (1995-98) was a consensus All-American in 1998 after leading UCLA to a Rose Bowl berth while setting UCLA season records for passing yards (3,470), touchdown passes (25) and total offense (3,652). He led the Bruins to a school-record 20 consecutive wins during his junior and senior years before finishing third in the 1998 Heisman Tr
  
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• Arcade Fire drops the single “Everything Now” and announces tour stop at the Forum

  01-06-2017 22:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Indie rock band Arcade Fire just released its latest single and music video for “Everything Now,” the title track off of their fifth studio album, which is set to drop on Friday, July 28.“Everything Now” the first new release since Arcade Fire’s much celebrated 2013 album, “Reflektor,” and is now available for pre-order through the new Arcade Fire e-store.
  The release will be available digitally and physically on CD, cassette tape and a special heavyweig
  
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• Dodgers Notes: Pitchers Alex Wood, Adam Liberatore have appointments with doctors

  01-06-2017 22:20 via ocregister.com
  
  ST. LOUIS – If there were one of those “X Days Since Last Workplace Accident” signs hanging on the wall in Dave Roberts’ office, the Dodgers manager would constantly have to erase it and update it with a zero.
  Left-handers Alex Wood and Adam Liberatore left the team and returned to Los Angeles to be examined by the team’s medical staff (most likely Dr. Neal ElAttrache). Wood is already on the DL with inflammation in the sternoclavicular joint on the left side of his
  
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• 40 vehicles suffer flat tires from spilled nails on 91 freeway

  01-06-2017 22:13 via ocregister.com
  
  CORONA An estimated 40 vehicles were stranded mid-day Thursday on the eastbound 91 freeway after suffering flat tires after running over nails, the California Highway Patrol said.
  The 11 a.m. incident left vehicles stranded over a 10-mile stretch, from the Weir Canyon Road to McKinley Street exit, said California Highway Patrol Officer Florentino Olivera.
  It appears that the nails were accidentally dropped by a construction crew vehicle.
  CHP officers were slowing traffic
  
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• Jarren Duran elevates his game to help Long Beach reach NCAA Regional

  01-06-2017 21:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Jarren “JD” Duran wasn’t worried.
  Never mind a fastball from Cal State Fullerton’s John Gavin struck the right side of his face, rattling the bones in his cheek, during the third inning of a game in March. Never mind Duran lost vision for a minute, or that he couldn’t feel much of anything – the pain too acute to acknowledge.
  Long Beach State coach Troy Buckley took one look at his sophomore second baseman, his lead-off hitter, and said, “You’
  
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• Stephen King, Richard Chizmar put fate of the world in a girl’s hands

  01-06-2017 21:42 via ocregister.com
  
  In the course of his majorly prolific career, Stephen King has collaborated successfully on a number of projects, notably “The Talisman” and “Black House,” dark epic fantasies co-written with Peter Straub. Now, specialty publisher Cemetery Dance brings us King’s latest collaborative effort, and it’s something quite different. “Gwendy’s Button Box,” written in conjunction with Cemetery Dance founder Richard Chizmar, is a modest but resonant no
  
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• Galaxy goalkeeper Brian Rowe sidelined up to eight weeks with groin injury

  01-06-2017 21:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The Galaxy will be without starting goalkeeper Brian Rowe for six to eight weeks because of a groin injury, the club announced Thursday.
  Rowe has made seven starts this season, compiling a 3-2-2 record.
  Rowe missed two training sessions at StubHub Center this week in preparation for the Galaxy’s game Saturday at D.C. United.
  Clement Diop would normally be next in line, but he’s away until June 11 on international duty with the Senegalese national team.
  That likely leaves Jon Kempin,
  
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• USC’s Mark Carrier, Troy Polamalu appear on College Football Hall of Fame ballot

  01-06-2017 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Former USC safeties Mark Carrier and Troy Polamalu are on the ballot for the class of 2018 of the College Football Hall of Fame.
  Polamalu, who debuted on the ballot last season, was an All-American in 2001 and 2002. He led the Trojans to the Orange Bowl, their first major bowl berth in almost a decade, following the 2002 season, the second under former Coach Pete Carroll.
  He was drafted the next year by the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he would win two Super Bowls and make eight Pro Bowls over a c
  
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• Hotter housing market: Ladera/Rancho Mission Viejo or Rancho Santa Margarita?

  01-06-2017 21:11 via ocregister.com
  
   
  Home prices and selling activity is on the rise in Ladera Ranch/Rancho Mission Viejo and Rancho Santa Margarita. FILE PHOTO 
  How did the buying and selling of homes start 2017 in the South County foothills around the 241 toll road?
  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 the Ladera Ranch/Rancho Mission Viejo area (homes in ZIP 92694) and Rancho Santa Margarita (ZIP 92888) &he
  
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• On deck: Dodgers at Brewers, Friday, 5:10 p.m.

  01-06-2017 21:07 via ocregister.com
  
  DODGERS at BREWERS
  When: 5:10 p.m.
  Where: Miller Park
  TV: SportsNet LA (where available)
  THE PITCHERS
  DODGERS LHP CLAYTON KERSHAW (7-2, 2.37)
  Vs. Brewers: 5-4, 3.11
  At Miller Park: 4-0, 1.41
  Hates to face: None
  Loves to face: Eric Sogard, 0 for 3, 1 K
  BREWERS RHP JIMMY NELSON (3-3, 3.83)
  Vs. Dodgers: 0-2, 1.89
  At Miller Park: 12-20, 3.83
  Hates to face: Chase Utley, 2 for 3 (.667), 2B, HR
  Loves to face: None
  UPCOMING MATCHUPS
  Saturday – Dodgers (LHP Rich Hill, 2-2, 4.09 ERA) at Brewers
  
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• Trump waives law requiring U.S. to move its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem

  01-06-2017 16:16 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has temporarily waived a law requiring the U.S. to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
  The White House says the decision was made to maximize chances of reaching a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians
  .Trump’s move to renew the waiver for six months keeps the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv for now. Trump has said he’s reviewing whether to fulfill his campaign promise to move it to Jerusalem.
  But press secretary Sean Spicer says Tr
  
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• Carl St. Clair and Pacific Symphony tackle Mahler’s life-and-death questions

  01-06-2017 15:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 is one of those works that casts a spell over many people when they hear it for the first time. Pacific Symphony music director Carl St.Clair is one of them.
  “It just sent me to a place I’d never gone before,” said St.Clair, whose first exposure was listening to Leonard Bernstein’s famous recording of the work, an iconic performance that the New York Times’ Donal Henahan called “one of the musical touchstones of our time.” B
  
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• Review: a Royal spinoff of popular noodle house

  01-06-2017 15:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Hot spicy beef noodle soup at Royal in Irvine isn’t really spicy, but it is very good. (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG) 
  The dan dan noodles at Royal are tossed with ground pork and cucumbers. (Photo by Brad A Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)Hot spicy beef noodle soup at Royal in Irvine isn’t really spicy, but it is very good. (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)Royal in Irvine opened next door to the classic 101 Noodle House and is
  
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• Director maintains the ‘Impossible Dream’ in classic play

  01-06-2017 15:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Director Glenn Casale saw the tragicomic hero Don Quixote defy reality in the classic musical “Man of La Mancha” for the first time when he was 15 years old – and he was hooked.
  So much so, that the “Peter Pan” Broadway director has adapted the play more than a dozen times, adding more or less to the traditional story, while staying true to its message every time.
  “There is something about this play that has always drawn me to it,” Casale said. “Th
  
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• Listen to Foo Fighters’ new single ‘Run’ and watch the Dave Grohl-directed music video

  01-06-2017 14:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Just a few days after having the plug pulled on its headlining performance at the BottleRock Festival in Napa Valley for going over the strict curfew, Foo Fighters released a brand new single titled “Run” Thursday morning.
  The accompanying music video for “Run,” which was directed by Foo frontman Dave Grohl, features each band member sporting old age makeup and performing in a dingy nursing home. The song starts off slow, with Grohl’s voice cooing “Wake up, ru
  
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• Putin: Russian state has never been involved in hacking

  01-06-2017 13:34 via ocregister.com
  
  By IAN PHILLIPS and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
  ST.PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that the Russian state has never engaged in hacking and scoffed at allegations that hackers could influence the outcome of elections in the United States or Europe.
  But the Russian leader admitted the possibility that some individual “patriotic” hackers could have mounted some attacks amid the current cold spell in Russia’s relations with the West.
  Speaking at a
  
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• Trump to announce decision on climate change Thursday

  01-06-2017 11:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By JILL COLVIN and JULIE PACE
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will announce his decision on whether to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord during a Rose Garden event Thursday afternoon.
  Trump promoted his announcement Wednesday night on Twitter, after a day in which U.S. allies around the world sounded alarms about the likely consequences of a U.S. withdrawal. Trump himself kept everyone in suspense, saying he was still listening to “a lot of people both ways.&
  
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• New ‘Captain Underpants’ is filled with holes

  01-06-2017 10:18 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s unlikely that anyone going to a movie called “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” is anticipating a strong story filled with practical real-life lessons.
  And that’s perfectly OK. Sometimes parents just need an 89-minute cinematic babysitter. Sometimes children, especially at the end of the school year, deserve to wallow in a little potty humor. Not every family-friendly movie needs to be filled with “Inside Out”-style Trojan horse psychotherapy.
  And
  
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• Children go to school to learn math and science — not how to duck gunfire

  01-06-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  May 23 marked three years since the worst day of my life. On that day in 2014, my only son Christopher Ross Michaels-Martinez was shot and killed in Isla Vista, California. Chris was a student at UC Santa Barbara, just 20 years old. He was our only child and the center of our lives. He was everything to us. Chris was hardworking, generous, kind, funny and smart.
  The last time I saw Chris alive he was getting into his car to return to school after having a Mother’s Day brunch with us. He wa
  
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• Fire in Santa Ana apartment displaces 2 people

  01-06-2017 07:11 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A fire at the Villas at Tustin apartment complex on Wednesday night displaced two people, authorities said.
  Authorities were called to 2424 Tustin Ave. at 8:33 on Wednesday, May 31, for a report of a fire in the back bedroom of a first-floor apartment, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Larry Kurtz said.
  Between OCFA and the City of Orange Fire Department, there were 26 firefighters on scene and they were able to keep the blaze contained to the bedroom and put out within 1
  
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• Eric Young emotional after home run propels Angels past Braves, 2-1

  01-06-2017 07:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Angels’ Danny Espinosa scores past Atlanta Braves catcher Kurt Suzuki in the seventh inning at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)The Los Angeles Angels’ Albert Pujols stretches before their game against the Atlanta Braves at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)The Los Angeles Angels’ Albert Pujols listens to the
  
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• Eric Young’s home run propels Angels past Braves, 2-1

  01-06-2017 06:58 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The last time Eric Young Jr. hit a homer in the big leagues, Albert Pujols was looking for No. 503.
  On Wednesday night, Pujols held steady at 599, while Young ended his drought with an eighth-inning tie-breaking homer in the Angels’ 2-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
  Young, a veteran utilityman, was just promoted this week to take Mike Trout’s roster spot when he went on the disabled list with a torn ligament in his thumb. Young’s last homer — No. 8 of h
  
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• Suspicious envelope in Huntington Beach neighborhood prompts hazmat response

  01-06-2017 06:19 via ocregister.com
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH — A report of a suspicious envelope left in a neighborhood prompted Huntington Beach Fire Department and its hazmat crew to the 8200 block of Terry Drive on Wednesday night.
  Authorities received a call from a resident about 6:08 p.m. on May 31 about a suspicious envelope, Dispatch Supervisor Sam Ahumada said. The location where the envelope was found was not given.
  Fire and hazmat cleared the scene about 9 p.m. and no injuries were reported, Ahumada said.
  The contents
  
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• Andre Iguodala’s next big moment: A LeBron shutdown would further his legacy

  01-06-2017 06:12 via ocregister.com
  
  OAKLAND — Andre Iguodala is not a Hall of Famer. That’s his take on the matter, anyway.
  “I mean, even some guys in there now don’t belong, in my opinion,” Iguodala, 33, said. “Then there’s other guys that aren’t in there that belong. (Chris Webber) didn’t make the Hall of Fame and he should be in there. There’s only certain guys whose game would transition to any era. I think he was one of them.”
  That it is even a conversation, Ig
  
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• On deck: Twins at Angels, Thursday, 7 p.m.

  01-06-2017 05:41 via ocregister.com
  
  TWINS at ANGELS
  When: Thursday, 7 p.m.
  Where: Angel Stadium
  TV: Fox Sports West
  THE PITCHERS
  ANGELS RHP ALEX MEYER (2-2, 5.79)
  vs. Twins: First game
  At Angel Stadium: 2-1, 3.52
  Hates to face: None
  Loves to face: None
  TWINS LHP ADALBERTO MEJIA (1-1, 4.64)
  vs. Angels: First game
  At Angel Stadium: First game
  Hates to face: None
  Loves to face: None
  UPCOMING
  Friday — Angels (J.C. Ramirez, 5-3, 3.38) vs. Twins (RHP Kyle Gibson, 1-4, 7.85), 7 p.m., Fox Sports West
  Saturday — Angels (RHP Mat
  
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• Penguins stun Predators with third-period blitz for 2-0 lead in Stanley Cup Final

  01-06-2017 05:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Pittsburgh Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin (71) celebrates his goal against Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne (35) during the third period in Game 2 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final, Wednesday, May 31, 2017, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) ORG XMIT: PAWS134Pittsburgh Penguins’ Matt Cullen, left, is assisted from the ice during the first period in Game 2 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final against the Nashville Predators, Wednesday, May 31, 2017, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keit
  
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• Anaheim White House fire: 30th anniversary party to raise funds for $1.5 million rebuild effort

  01-06-2017 05:15 via ocregister.com
  
  In the 48 hours after a fire that devastated the iconic Anaheim White House in February, owner Bruno Serato wept and went without sleep.
  His palatial restaurant was in ashes — as was his heart. “My soul was so hurt,” he said.
  The loss, however, didn’t stop the charismatic Italian restaurateur from delivering pasta to Anaheim’s needy children. On the Monday after the fire, he fed a group of children with Caterina’s Club. For years, he’
  
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• Attorney for banned gymnastics coach Don Peters seeks to quash subpoena

  01-06-2017 05:12 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — An attorney for Don Peters, the former Olympic gymnastics coach banned for life from the sport for alleged sexual abuse, said he will ask a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to quash a deposition subpoena for Peters related to a lawsuit filed by a former U.S. national team gymnast against USA Gymnastics and former U.S. Olympic and national team physician Larry Nassar.
  The gymnast filed suit against USA Gymnastics, Nassar, former USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny and other U
  
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• O’Dea resigns as Corona del Mar’s boys water polo, swimming coach

  01-06-2017 05:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Corona del Mar boys water polo coach Barry O’Dea, who guided the Sea Kings to a CIF-SS Division 2 title in 2010 and four trips to the Division 1 semifinals, has resigned after 12 seasons, he confirmed Wednesday.
  “It was a tremendous, tremendous run,” said O’Dea, who also helped Corona del Mar capture the Pacific Coast League title 12 times. “It was a privilege to coach and be there.”
  O’Dea also resigned as coach of the school’s boys swimming team.
  
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• Angels Notes: Mike Trout undergoes successful surgery

  01-06-2017 02:52 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — The Angels moved a significant step closer to getting Mike Trout back, although it might be no sooner than expected.
  Trout on Wednesday underwent successful surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament and dorsal capsule of his left thumb, the Angels announced.
  The timeline for return is still six to eight weeks, they said.
  “We’re going to count the days,” Manager Mike Scioscia said. “We’re excited that everything went well. Hopefully we’ll
  
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• El Modena High students tackle the Renaissance

  01-06-2017 02:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Sophomore Kailey Bereczky performs as the Bard during a scene inspired by Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29 during El Modena High School’s spring Renaissance Festival of the Arts in Orange on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)Keomalu Wilson and Maria Felix portray Earl and Marneeta during a performance inspired by Shakespeare’s Sonnet 138 during El Modena High School’s spring Renaissance Festival of the Arts in Orange on Wednesday, May 24, 20
  
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• Costa Mesa police arrest 18-year-old on suspicion of 2 robberies using pepper spray

  01-06-2017 02:45 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA Police arrested an 18-year-old Tuesday, May 30 on suspicion of committing two robberies by arranging meetings to buy merchandise, then pepper-spraying victims in the face and escaping with the goods.
  Matthew Udechukwu of Costa Mesa was arrested at his home within an hour of pepper-spraying another 18-year-old and fleeing with a pair of designer shoes the victim was selling, police said. The two had connected through a resale app.
  Authorities connected the robbery to a similar inc
  
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• Yosemite Springs to Life

  01-06-2017 02:37 via ocregister.com
  
  On a recent cloudless, spring afternoon, visitors packed the Tunnel View observation area to take photographs of – and selfies in front of – the famous view of Yosemite Valley. The scene was especially beautiful this year with the generous amount of water flowing at Bridalveil and the other falls throughout the park’s valley.
  Near record snowfall in the Sierras over the winter and into spring had once again brought these picturesque falls to life. During a visit to the park a y
  
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• Chargers give Costa Mesa $50,000 to revive kids mobile recreation program

  01-06-2017 02:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Chargers gave Costa Mesa $50,000 last week to help revive the city’s mobile recreation program, which provided the city’s underserved youth with after-school activities until it was scrapped in 2009 amid budget cuts.
  The city used the money to purchase a mobile recreation vehicle, said Mayor Katrina Foley, which is typically filled with games, sports equipment and activities for children. The program provided recreation opportunities for children ages 5 to 1
  
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• Cal State Fullerton ready to take on high-powered BYU in NCAA baseball opener

  01-06-2017 02:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Cal State Fullerton has made the NCAA baseball tournament 26 consecutive seasons. But when BYU takes on the Titans at 1 p.m. Thursday to open the Stanford Regional, the Cougars will be toiling in the playoffs for the first time since 2002.
  “Yeah, I mean, it’s great,” BYU coach Mike Littlewood said Wednesday morning. “This is our fifth year as a coaching staff and that was part of our five-year plan — put together a team that would be regional-worthy and then hopeful
  
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• Mourning his father, O.C.’s Steve Johnson advances at French Open

  01-06-2017 02:24 via ocregister.com
  
  PARIS — Steve Johnson held everything in, all of it, until he simply could not any longer.
  Still mourning the recent death of his father, a tennis coach who helped Johnson learn the game back home in Orange County, the 25th-seeded American didn’t allow the jumble of feelings show outwardly. He didn’t permit them to affect his ability to smack a tennis ball, either, and managed to edge Borna Coric, 6-2, 7-6 (8), 3-6, 7-6 (6) and reach the French Open’s third round.
  For nea
  
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• Fullerton to equip police cars with defibrillators

  01-06-2017 02:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Fullerton police officers will soon have another life-saving tool at their fingertips.
  A $50,000 grant from St. Jude Medical Center will equip the department’s 29 police cars with automated electronic defibrillators.
  The portable devices, which can analyze heart rhythms and deliver an electric shock, are expected to be purchased in the next month.
  The Brea, Irvine and Westminster departments and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department are among several Orange County police agenci
  
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• Crowded plate of weekend activities in Huntington Beach

  01-06-2017 02:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By land, sea or shore it figures to be a crowded first weekend in June in Huntington Beach in what shapes up to be a hot, hot summer. Here are just a few worth checking out:Saturday, June 3
  Gettin’ chili at the annual Huntington Beach Elks International Chili Society Cookoff & Car Show, with live music, vendor sales, raffle and a silent auction is 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., at the Lodge, 7711 Talbert Ave. Information: 714-848-9440
  Classic Volkswagen bugs and buses from 1943 to 1961 will be lining
  
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• Newport Beach approves redefining commuter aircraft at John Wayne Airport

  01-06-2017 02:07 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH The City Council has unanimously agreed to change the definition of a commuter air carrier to up the number of passenger seats to 76 as part of an amendment to a settlement agreement related to John Wayne Airport.
  The agreement, which has been amended several times over its 32 years, previously defined commuter aircraft as having up to 70 passenger seats.
  John Wayne Airport officials asked for the change to keep up with an increase in the size of commuter air ca
  
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