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• Remains found in San Clemente confirmed to be human, investigators say

  02-06-2017 22:50 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN CLEMENTE – Bones found amid hills and brush in San Clemente belonged to a human, a forensic anthropologist confirmed on Friday, June 2.
  The anthropologist, who is also a deputy Orange County coroner, made the determination after examining the remains where they were discovered by a hiker off Avenida Pico and Camino Vera Cruz, Orange County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Lane Lagaret said.
  Authorities were dispatched to the hillside about 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jun
  
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• Boxing: Sergey Kovalev still angry over November loss to Andre Ward

  02-06-2017 22:45 via ocregister.com
  
  The way Sergey Kovalev was talking Tuesday at his camp in Oxnard, it seemed he would just as soon get Andre Ward into an alley and fight him then and there instead of waiting for their June 17 rematch at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas (HBO pay-per-view).
  Kovalev still hasn’t gotten over losing his three light heavyweight championship belts to Ward in November via what some believe was a controversial unanimous decision that saw Ward winning by one point on all three scorecards at T-Mobile Arena
  
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• Twin valedictorian with cerebral palsy earns Stanford scholarship, plans to fight disease

  02-06-2017 22:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Asked if there will be anything special about high school graduation, Lizbeth Gomez glances down and shyly shares, “I’ll be valedictorian.”
  After chatting with this 17-year-old senior for nearly two hours, it’s an astonishing accomplishment to reveal so late in an interview. But when you get to know Gomez, you come to understand that being humble is more than a value.
  Humility is part of who she is.
  Lizbeth Gomez, left, and her twin sister, Elizabeth, both have
  
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• Couple of younger Great White sharks spotted off Capistrano and Shore Cliffs beaches, advisory posted

  02-06-2017 22:35 via ocregister.com
  
  DANA POINT (CNS) – Capistrano and Shore Cliffs beaches in Dana Point and San Clemente, respectively, were under a shark advisory today amid more sharksightings.
  Related Articles Will sharks dampen beach tourism? Some businesses feeling the bite Beach lovers march to the sea – shark sightings and all Catching great white sharks is illegal – and officers will be watchingChris Lowe, who directs the Shark Lab at Cal State Long Beach, was helping lifeguards tag the sharks, according
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (May 26-June 2)

  02-06-2017 22:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Health permits are suspended for major violations. Restaurants must remain closed until inspectors determine problems have been fixed.
  Nikey’s Liquor Market, 12011 Garden Grove Blvd., Garden Grove; cockroach infestation; closed June 2.
  Mr. Pollo Fresco, 12021 Garden Grove Blvd., Garden Grove; cockroach infestation; closed June 1.
  Cafe Anh Dao, 9550 Bolsa Ave., Westminster; insufficient hot water; closed June 1, reopened June 1.
  Mob Town Pizza, 26705 Aliso Creek Road, Aliso Viejo; refrigera
  
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• Giovani dos Santos thriving as the Galaxy look to continue road success

  02-06-2017 22:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Giovani dos Santos has seemingly come a long way and the calendar just hit June.
  Through the first eight games of the season, dos Santos managed just one goal and the Galaxy struggled to a 2-5-1 record.
  Following a disappointing scoreless draw against Philadelphia, dos Santos admitted to not feeling the pressure of the team’s lack of success, along with his.
  “I’ve been through a lot of difficult times in my career and this is another one,” he said. “So I know what I
  
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• Dodgers’ Alex Wood, Cody Bellinger win honors for outstanding May

  02-06-2017 22:12 via ocregister.com
  
  May was a good month for the Dodgers.
  They went 19-9, one of the best records in the majors for the month. And two key players in that surge are being honored for their individual performances.
  Related Articles Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw set to reach strikeout milestone Friday Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright beats Dodgers with homer in 2-0 shutout Dodgers Notes: Pitchers Alex Wood, Adam Liberatore have appointments with doctors On deck: Dodgers at Brewers, Friday, 5:10 p.m.Left-hander Alex
  
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• Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw set to reach strikeout milestone Friday

  02-06-2017 22:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Clayton Kershaw is a good bet to do two things Friday in Milwaukee – bounce back from a poor start and make a little bit of history.
  The Dodgers ace allowed four runs in just 4 1/3 innings in his most recent start Sunday against the Chicago Cubs. He has not allowed more than two earned runs in consecutive regular-season starts since his last start before going on the disabled list with a back injury last year (in June) and his first start after returning (in September).
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• Chargers sign offensive guard Dan Feeney, the final holdout from their 2017 NFL draft class

  02-06-2017 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The Chargers signed third-round pick Dan Feeney on Friday, officially completing their 2017 draft class — and putting themselves well ahead of last year’s rookie-signing pace.
  Feeney, a former All-American offensive lineman at Indiana, was the last of the Chargers’ seven draft picks to sign four-year deals. Receiver Mike Williams, drafted No. 7 overall, signed in early May along with four other draftees. Safety Rayshawn Jenkins, a fourth-round pick, did the same a week later.
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• FDA recalls tuna testing positive for hepatitis A impacting Orange County restaurants, hotels

  02-06-2017 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Several Southern California restaurants and hotels have been affected by a frozen tuna recall involving steaks and cubes that tested positive for hepatitis A.
  So far, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention know of no illnesses linked to the tuna, said FDA spokesman Peter Cassell. But the agencies are warning those who haven’t been vaccinated and may have consumed these products to get immediate medical attention.Hepatitis A is a c
  
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• Hesperia City Council to discuss proposed rate increases for waste pick up

  02-06-2017 18:20
  The City Council will conduct a public hearing to discuss Advance Disposal's proposed maximum monthly rate increases for the collection, hauling and processing of solid waste. If the Hesperia Council approves the new rate adjustments, which are allowed annually up to five years, the new rates will go into effect on or after July 1, with possible increases each July until 2022.
  
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• Funding help for assistance programs dates back to Nixon

  02-06-2017 18:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Yorba Linda has long benefited from one of President Richard Nixon’s signature ideas – the Community Development Block Grant program that allows federal funding for projects providing assistance for low- and moderate-income areas and income-qualified households.
  Although Nixon left office in 1974, and the program was implemented in 1975 during Gerald Ford’s presidency, Nixon had proposed combining several programs under one umbrella to streamline federal assistance and reduce a
  
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• Is Sgt. Pepper’s the best Beatles album? It’s not even close to the biggest

  02-06-2017 17:53 via ocregister.com
  
  It was 50 years ago this week that The Beatles released their album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” The record was No. 1 on the U.S. charts until October and ushered in the soundtrack for 1967’s “Summer of Love.”
  SPOKESMEN FOR A GENERATION
  In 1966, The Beatles performed what was to become their last public gig, in San Francisco. After a break, they returned to the recording studio to produce “Sgt. Pepper’s,” which yielded some of the
  
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• Fire damages Irvine seafood market

  02-06-2017 17:47 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE A fire believed to have been caused by a faulty freezer filled a seafood market with smoke early Friday morning.
  The blaze at Seafood City, 2180 Barranca Parkway, was reported around 4 a.m.
  When firefighters arrived, smoke was billowing out of the front door of the market, said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Larry Kurtz.
  The fire was quickly elevated to a second alarm because of the size of the market.
  The blaze centered around a 50-foot-long freezer
  
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• Trump takes battle over travel ban to Supreme Court

  02-06-2017 17:19 via ocregister.com
  
  (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to immediately reinstate his stalled travel ban, aiming to reverse a string of courtroom losses and setting up the biggest legal showdown of his young presidency.
  The request puts a Trump initiative before the Supreme Court for the first time and brings the nine justices into a national drama over claims that the president is targeting Muslims and abusing his authority. The case will give the first ind
  
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• Remembering boxing great Muhammad Ali on 1st anniversary of his death

  02-06-2017 17:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Three-time heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, who boasted that he was “The Greatest” and usually backed it up, died June 3, 2016, at the age of 74. He was born Cassius Clay in Louisville, Ky., Jan. 18, 1942, but joined the Nation of Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali in 1964, shortly after having upset overwhelming favorite Sonny Liston via technical knockout to capture the heavyweight title in Miami Beach.
  File – American boxer Muhammad Ali (aka Cassius Clay) sp
  
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• Is this $290 cabernet franc worth it?

  02-06-2017 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Ovid’s Hexameter is a blend of several Bordeaux grapes. Cabernet Franc made up about two-thirds of the vintage that was poured at the blind tasting. (Photo courtesy Ovid)The contenders in a recent cabernet franc blind tasting. (Photo by Paul Hodgins)Ovid’s Hexameter is a blend of several Bordeaux grapes. Cabernet Franc made up about two-thirds of the vintage that was poured at the blind tasting. (Photo courtesy Ovid)Ovid is one of several prestigious wineries in Napa’s coveted
  
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• U.S. employers add modest 138,000 jobs; rate dips to 4.3 percent

  02-06-2017 14:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH BOAK
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers pulled back on hiring in May by adding only 138,000 jobs. Hiring was still enough to help keep pushing unemployment lower.
  The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent from 4.4 percent.
  Hiring in the months of April and March were revised downward by a combined 66,000. Job gains have averaged 121,000 over the past three months, a deceleration from an average of 181,000 over the past 12 months.
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• Things to do in Orange County this week, June 2-8

  02-06-2017 13:28 via ocregister.com
  
  FRIDAY, JUNE 2
  70th Annual Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club Fish Fry Carnival & Car Show: Featuring fish dinners, beer and wine garden, carnival rides, blues and rock bands, car show (4:30-7:30 p.m. Friday), bingo (Friday-Saturday), baby contest (Sunday), raffles. 5-10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday at Fairview Park. Free. 2501 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa. cmnhlions.com
  “Man of La Mancha”: Musical depicting chivalrous knight Don Quixote embar
  
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• Coloured drawing which won Disneyland financing on show ahead of auction

  02-06-2017 11:04
  The first colour drawing of Disneyland, which secured funding for Walt Disney's first theme park, is on display to the public after more than 60 years in hiding. The 1953 map goes on display in Los Angeles on Thursday ahead of an auction where it could fetch up to one million dollars .
  
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• State’s Public Records Act needs this boost

  02-06-2017 09:07 via ocregister.com
  
  When the California Public Records Act was signed into law by Gov. Ronald Reagan in 1968, it promised state residents the right to know what their government is doing.
  That promise has not always been fulfilled, in part because the act provides for no accountability and no penalty for government bodies that fail to honor requests for records.
  But this could change soon if a bill working its way through the Legislature becomes law.
  Assembly Bill 1479 would do two things that are overdue. First, i
  
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• San Francisco’s anti-robot push does not compute

  02-06-2017 09:07 via ocregister.com
  
  The Bay Area is home to incredible technological innovation, so it is surprising that San Francisco has taken a decidedly anti-tech stance lately.
  First, Supervisor Jane Kim announced that she was exploring the option of imposing a “robot tax” on firms that displace human workers with automation. Then, Supervisor Norman Yee proposed banning delivery robots from city sidewalks. This does not sound like the city that has benefitted so much from such technological advances.
  Kim’s
  
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• For what purpose did Trump weaken U.S. deterrence?

  02-06-2017 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  So what if, in his speech last week to NATO, Donald Trump didn’t explicitly reaffirm the provision that an attack on one is an attack on all?
  What’s the big deal? Didn’t he affirm a general commitment to NATO during his visit? Hadn’t he earlier sent his vice president and secretaries of State and Defense to pledge allegiance to Article 5?
  And anyway, who believes that the United States would really go to war with Russia — and risk nuclear annihilation — over E
  
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• Smart rail regulations benefit California consumers

  02-06-2017 09:05 via ocregister.com
  
  For much of the 20th century, crippling regulations prevented the American freight rail industry from operating at anything more than substantial losses. By 1980, the entire industry was on the brink of bankruptcy, and consumers were forced to absorb higher prices. But since then, regulatory reform has paved the way for a booming rail industry, which has produced major benefits for California consumers and the state’s economy.
  The regulation of freight rail dates back to the creation of th
  
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• A community, working together, can help more students cross the stage at graduation

  02-06-2017 09:05 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s late spring and nothing captures the spirit of the season quite like the vision of high school graduates donning their caps and gowns on football fields and in gyms and auditoriums throughout the county.
  Tens of thousands of our young people are graduating from area high schools this month. They should be commended for their hard work and overcoming a variety of challenges in order to earn their diplomas and launch confidently into college, work life and adulthood.
  Some students, of c
  
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• CT technology increases health care value

  02-06-2017 09:04 via ocregister.com
  
  much of the pushback from the public has focused on health care access, while most of the House Republicans’ actions centered on health care cost.
  What is missing from the conversation is any consideration of health care value.
  What is health care value? The simplest definition comes in five words from Michael Porter at Harvard Business School: “Better health per dollar spent.”
  Instead of demonizing health care costs, it is more instructive to the conversation currently vexing
  
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• Letters: Hatred won’t fix this

  02-06-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  On Tuesday, May 30, Rep. Lou Correa held a town hall meeting and immigration workshop at the Dehli Center in Santa Ana. Representatives from the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, Hermandad Mexicana and World Relief Garden Grove were also scheduled to speak. The meeting was scheduled to start at 6 p.m. A large contingent of Santa Ana police officers was already present when I arrived at 5:45 p.m. Apparently some sort of altercation had just taken place outside, and more police
  
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• 6 things to know about the high-speed rail project

  02-06-2017 08:48
  With 800 miles of track and trains capable of going more than 200 mph, the California High-Speed Rail is a bold plan to transform transportation in the state. It won't go 220 mph everywhere it travels, but outgoing CEO Jeff Morales said that's the high-speed rail train's top speed.
  
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• Remains found in rural area of San Clemente, investigators seeing if they are human or animal

  02-06-2017 08:11 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN CLEMENTE — Remains found in a rural hillside in San Clemente will be tested Friday morning by forensic anthropologists to determine if they are that of a human or animal, authorities said.
  Authorities were dispatched to the location near Avenida Pico and Camino Vera Cruz about 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 1, when a hiker found the remains, Lt. Matthew Stiverson said.
  Orange County Sheriff’s Department officers went to the scene, securing the area, Stiverson said. The invest
  
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• Disney’s Animal Kingdom ride review: Na’vi River Journey

  02-06-2017 07:58 via ocregister.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — The Na’vi River Journey is a chance to float through a rain forest on the moon of Pandora, as depicted in the movie “Avatar.”
  This boat ride is one of two attractions in Pandora: The World of Avatar, which opened at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Saturday, May 27 in Walt Disney World. The other attraction is Avatar Flight of Passage.
  After walking through a cavern, passengers will board small boats that look as if they were made of all natural materials. On
  
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• Game info, rosters for Orange County All-Star Baseball Game on June 6

  02-06-2017 07:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County All-Star Baseball Game is Tuesday, June 6, at La Palma Park in Anaheim.
  Admission is $5. The game is organized and managed by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Anaheim for charity.
  The players and coaches:
  NORTH ROSTERJesse Candelario, Rancho AlamitosJake Eisner, TroyJason Farese, Orange LutheranMichael Fonseca, CenturyMichael Frias, ServiteTristan Hanoian, Orange LutheranJuan Hernandez, El ModenaSkyler Johnson, KatellaJake Lopez, Villa ParkJesse Lopez, El DoradoAnthony Marquez, Cypr
  
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• Breaking rackets along the way, Nick Kyrgios exits French Open

  02-06-2017 02:52 via ocregister.com
  
  PARIS — Nick Kyrgios’ talent is undeniable. So is his temperament.
  Docked a point for smashing rackets, the 18th-seeded Kyrgios went from a set and a break up in the French Open’s second round to a swift loss, ceding 16 of the last 19 games while being beaten, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2, on Thursday by Kevin Anderson.
  As men’s tennis searches for the face of its next generation, perhaps someone who one day will fill a void left by folks such as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak
  
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• Plan to end Orange County’s riverbed homeless encampment to come before board

  02-06-2017 02:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Two Orange County supervisors are proposing a plan to dismantle the county’s largest and most visible homeless encampment, while making it more habitable in the interim.
  The proposal, filed Wednesday by Supervisors Andrew Do and Todd Spitzer to be discussed at next week’s board meeting, would link the estimated 500 homeless people who live along the Santa Ana River with programs aimed at helping them find permanent housing. Until then, the county would provide basic sanitation,
  
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• Fryer: Names have changed, but pitching excellence continues for El Toro baseball

  02-06-2017 02:27 via ocregister.com
  
  In our Orange County baseball preseason top 10 back in February, here is the first sentence from the entry on preseason No. 2 El Toro:
  “The Chargers might have the best pitching staff in Orange County, led by left-handed senior starters Noah Fluman and Sam Glick.”
  Going into the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 championship game Friday, June 2, a preview of El Toro’s game against Corona at Dodger Stadium would read this way: “The Chargers might have the best pitching staff
  
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• State-paid universal health care wins vote in California Senate

  02-06-2017 02:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The California Senate approved a measure Thursday aimed at establishing a government-run universal health care system in the Golden State.
  The system, which would replace Obamacare – or what follows it under the Trump administration –would dramatically overhaul the health care market in California. Approved on a 23-14 vote, it now moves on to the Assembly.
  “With President Trump’s promise to abandon the Affordable Care Act as we know it, it leaves millions without access t
  
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• 1,300 students from all over Orange County clean up the beach as part of Kids Ocean Day

  02-06-2017 02:14 via ocregister.com
  
  More than 1,500 kids, parents and volunteers joined forces Thursday for a beach cleanup in Huntington Beach, followed by an “aerial art” message to celebrate Kids Ocean Day. /Courtesy Orange County CoastkeepersHilda Gomez, right, a third grade teacher at Handy Elementary School in Orange empties trash into a bag held by Vanessa Glotzbach of Rancho Santa Margarita, a volunteer with Orange County Coastkeeper. More than 1300 school children were on hand for the 24th annual Kids Ocean Da
  
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• Disney CEO, Tesla founder leave presidential panels after Trump pulls U.S. from Paris climate agreement

  02-06-2017 01:48 via ocregister.com
  
  HAWTHORNE — SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk and Disney CEO Bob Iger on Thursday both stepped down from presidential advisory panels in response to Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement earlier in the day.
  “Am departing presidential councils,” Musk wrote on Twitter following Trump’s announcement. “Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world.”
  Musk served on the president’s Strategic an
  
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• Lake Forest resident Scharrell Jackson honored as top entrepreneur

  02-06-2017 01:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Christine Devine, Scharrell Jackson and Liz Camaur pose for a photo after Jackson accepted her award at the 21st Annual Awards Gala hosted by the National Association of Women Business Owners, Orange County Chapter, May 11. (Courtesy of Kait McKay Photography)Scharrell Jackson speaks after being announced as the Entrepreneur to Watch at the 21st Annual Awards Gala hosted by the National Association of Women Business Owners, Orange County Chapter, May 11. (Courtesy of Kait McKay Photography)Show
  
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• Dearden’s closing all eight stores in coming weeks

  02-06-2017 01:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Longtime retailer Dearden’s said it will close all eight of its stores in the coming weeks, including its two Orange County locations in Anaheim and Santa Ana.
  The 108-year-old retailer also has stores in Chino, Commerce, Huntington Park, La Puente, Downtown Los Angeles and Van Nuys. The company also operates a warehouse in Rancho Cucamonga.
  “This was an extremely difficult decision that we tried to prevent but in reality was many years in the making,” said Ronny Bensimon, Dear
  
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• Why the most common form of cancer is preventable

  02-06-2017 01:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Feeling the burn
  Living in an area with one of the highest rates of sunny days, we always need to be careful with exposure to harmful rays. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S., but it can be prevented with a few precautions.Cancer types
  On average, about 73,870 new melanoma cases will be diagnosed (about 42,670 in men and 31,200 in women) each year and about 9,940 people are expected to die of melanoma each year (about 6,640 men and 3,300 women). 
  1. Squamous cell carcinoma ar
  
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• Father of fallen lifeguard, Olympic gold medalist and surfer speak about drowning dangers

  02-06-2017 01:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Chris Carlson, father of Ben Carlson, a Newport Beach lifeguard who died during a rescue in 2014, speaks about downing prevention near the statue of his son at the Newport Beach Pier on Thursday, June 1, 2017. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)A cyclist drives past an Orange County Transportation Authority bus wrapped with drowning awareness messaging at the Newport Beach Pier on Thursday, June 1, 2017. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)Julie Lopiccolo of Orange, sp
  
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