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• Contiki's Western Europe Tours Are Popular But Eastern Europe Is on the Rise

  08-06-2017 23:21
  Contiki doesn't think millennials, which tend to be an open-minded demographic, are too concerned about sporadic terrorism incidents in Europe but we'll let the data speak for itself later this year. Contiki , a 55-year-old tour operator, is seeing new interest in regions such as Eastern Europe and continued strong demand in Western Europe.
  
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• On deck: Reds at Dodgers, Friday, 7:10 p.m.

  08-06-2017 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  REDS at DODGERS
  When: Friday, 7:10 p.m.
  Where: Dodger Stadium
  TV: SportsNet LA (where available)
  THE PITCHERS
  DODGERS LHP RICH HILL (2-2, 4.15 ERA)
  Vs. Reds: 3-2, 4.05 ERA
  At Dodger Stadium: 3-3, 2.31 ERA
  REDS LHP AMIR GARRETT (3-4, 7.17 ERA)
  Vs. Dodgers: Has never faced them before
  UPCOMING
  Saturday – Reds (RHP Asher Wojciechowski, 1-0, 4.50 ERA) at Dodgers (LHP Alex Wood, 6-0, 1.69 ERA), 7:10 p.m., SportsNet LA, MLB Network (out of market only)
  Sunday – Reds (RHP Tim Adleman, 4-2,
  
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• CSF’s Connor Seabold on Long Beach State: ‘We don’t like those guys’

  08-06-2017 20:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Connor Seabold does not mince words when it comes to Long Beach State.
  That was evident when the Cal State Fullerton junior right-hander was asked this week if there will be extra juices flowing Friday when he faces the rival Dirtbags in Game 1 of their Super Regional at 3 p.m. at Blair Field.
  The winner of the best-of-three series advances to the College World Series.
  Related Articles Cal State Fullerton baseball playoff photos NCAA Super Regional: Cal State Fullerton vs. Long Beach State &mdas
  
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• 4 reasons why training for surgery is good for your health

  08-06-2017 20:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Amy Osmond CookDo you have a surgery scheduled in the near future? If so, what are you doing to prepare? Don’t take it easy—you’ve got “prehab” to do.
  Researchers from the University of Michigan found that facilitating a wellness program consisting of physical, nutritional, and psychological coaching helped reduce a patient’s hospital stay by two days and cut medical costs by 30 percent.
  A better understanding of the physical strain of surgery reinforces the n
  
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• Uncertainty over federal money could spur Covered California rate hikes

  08-06-2017 20:43 via ocregister.com
  
  If the federal government does not clarify by mid-August whether it will continue an important health insurance subsidy for consumers next year, California’s state-run exchange will instruct its insurers to sell plans with significantly higher premiums to cover the loss of the money.
  “Bottom line, we have come to the conclusion that if there’s no federal commitment to fund (the subsidies) by mid-August, we will presume they will not be funded and use higher rates for 2018,&rdqu
  
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• Creamistry ramps up global expansion with 70 new stores this year

  08-06-2017 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Henry Barett, 5, of Yorba Linda, left, and cousin Louis Barrett, 4, of Fullerton don’t seem to mind the wait for liquid nitrogen ice cream as they play with water vapor at Irvine’s Creamistry. CINDY YAMANAKA, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTERGreen tea made-to-order liquid nitrogen ice cream with strawberries is served at Creamistry in Irvine. Customers can choose from signature premium, organic or real fruit sorbet ice cream base along with their toppings. CINDY YAMANAKA, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
  
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• Cavalry coming in war against prescription opioid epidemic

  08-06-2017 20:14 via ocregister.com
  
  This nation’s billion-dollar opioid industry is finally starting to crack thanks to a series of successful lawsuits aimed at curtailing the ever-spiraling epidemic of pharmaceutical drug addiction.
  After Orange and Santa Clarita counties led the charge three years ago, a series of counties, states and the Drug Enforcement Administration followed with numerous lawsuits against manufacturers and distributors of opioids alleging lax security, deceptive marketing and failing to check susp
  
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• Irvine coach Ryan Brucker moving to Woodbridge to become head coach, replacing Tim Murray

  08-06-2017 20:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Woodbridge’s new baseball coach is Ryan Brucker, who has been head coach at Irvine the past three seasons, Athletic Director Rick Gibson said Thursday, June 8.
  Brucker, a former Woodbridge assistant baseball coach, replaces Tim Murray, who resigned after 10 seasons as Woodbridge coach.
  “We’re excited that Ryan decided to apply and come over back to Woodbridge where he started his teaching career,” Gibson said. “He brings experience of being a head coach, he brings (
  
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• How do coyotes thrive in Southern California? Scientists dissect 200-plus carcasses to find clues

  08-06-2017 19:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Graduate student Danielle Martinez works to examine the contents of a coyote stomach at Cal State Fullerton in Fullerton, California, on Friday, May 26, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Graduate student Danielle Martinez separates the contents of a coyote stomach at Cal State Fullerton in Fullerton, California, on Friday, May 26, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Small bones are some of the items graduate student Danielle Martinez finds in a coy
  
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• Rock supergroup Dreamcar announces shows at the Observatory and the Fonda Theatre

  08-06-2017 19:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California rock supergroup Dreamcar, featuring Davey Havok of AFI and Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal and Adrian Young of No Doubt, has announced two more local gigs, Friday, Aug. 11 at the Observatory in Santa Ana and Saturday, Aug. 12 at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, both of which go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 9.After three years of working in secret, Dreamcar shared its first single, “Kill for Candy,” with fans by debuting the track on KROQ/106.7 FM’s “Kevi
  
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• Harry Styles will wrap up his world tour at the Forum in July 2018

  08-06-2017 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  If you missed out on getting tickets for the completely sold-out Harry Styles show at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Sept. 20, you’ll have one more chance to see the One Direction heartthrob as he will wrap up his lengthy global jaunt at the Forum in Inglewood on Friday, July 13, 2018.
  Yes, that’s right, that will give you an entire year to learn each and every last lyric to Styles’ self-titled debut, which dropped via Columbia Records on May 12. His single, &ld
  
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• Things You Didn't Know About Downey: Downey Municipal Heliport

  08-06-2017 18:30
  The city of Downey is located 12 miles from the world's largest harbor and one of the nation's largest airport and rail terminals. This location made Downey an ideal site to be part of a helicopter system ferrying freight and passengers to and from LAX, San Bernardino and other local points.
  
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• 50 free movies to see this summer in Orange County

  08-06-2017 16:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Movie Mondays outdoors on the plaza at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa MesaDo you like movies? How about free stuff? Well, it’s possible there’s a night in O.C. this summer without a free movie playing somewhere, but not likely. Here’s our list of the top 50, and make sure you bring a chair, a picnic and a blanket. Movies start at dusk unless otherwise noted. All movies are rated PG unless noted.
  1. June 10: Brea – “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.&rdqu
  
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• PCL seniors wil compete in Ryan Lemmon Showcase Friday night; three other games scheduled

  08-06-2017 15:45 via ocregister.com
  
  There will be one last weekend of high school baseball this weekend at Ryan Lemmon Stadium with four games over two days.
  The Ryan Lemmon Foundation will present the annual Ryan Lemmon Showcase Friday, June 9 and Saturday, June 10, at Ryan Lemmon Stadium in Windrow Park in Irvine.
  On Friday, June 9, the Empire League, which will include players from Tustin, will face the Freeway League at 4:30 p.m.
  There will also be a home run hitting contest starting at approximately 6:45 p.m. The players will
  
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• Frida Kahlo’s life was an opera, so why not turn it into one?

  08-06-2017 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  In the Long Breach Opera production of “Frida,” Puerto Rican mezzo-soprano Laura Virella stars as the beloved, ill-fated Mexican artist. (Photo by Naomi Vaughan)Robert Xavier Rodriguez had to write quickly to finish the score for “Frida,” an opera plagued by creative problems and departures from the team. (Photo courtesy Gabriel Berdéa)Composer Robert Rodriguez is pleased that all the productions of “Frida” he has seen incorporate her art into the scenic
  
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• The Taste: Consider the Lobster Bisque

  08-06-2017 14:23 via ocregister.com
  
  We are standing in the bustling kitchen breezeway that connects Restaurant Marin to its older sister, ARC, both of which anchor the burgeoning food mecca at SOCO in Costa Mesa. We face an imposing black door with a glossy high-tech keypad to the left. It’s an oddly tentative, interstitial space – think of it as a brief Tibetan Buddhist bardo, a space one inhabits after death before being transported to nirvana.
  The massive door swings open and we are instantaneously transported to a
  
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• Polls open in U.K. election after campaign marred by attacks

  08-06-2017 13:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS
  LONDON — British voters went to the polls Thursday for an election envisioned to be dominated by the country’s pending departure from the European Union but that ended up focusing on international terrorism following attacks in London and Manchester.
  Voters are choosing 650 lawmakers for the House of Commons after Prime Minister Theresa May called the vote three years early, hoping to boost her majority before starting Brexit negotiations. But the att
  
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• Nancy Walker Koppelman: 1954-2017

  08-06-2017 13:44
  As Nancy Koppelman lay in her hospital bed at Cottage recovering from chemotherapy, she played me a message from our former president, Barack Obama. With a catch in his voice, he shared how sorry he was to hear that she was ill - that she probably had all the love she needed, but if he could do anything, or if she needed to talk, he was available.
  
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• Myanmar navy ship, fishermen find bodies in search for plane

  08-06-2017 12:50 via ocregister.com
  
  By ESTHER HTUSAN
  DAWEI, Myanmar — Fishermen joined navy and air force personnel Thursday in recovering bodies and aircraft parts from the sea off Myanmar, where a military plane carrying 122 people including 15 children crashed a day earlier, officials said.
  The four-engine Chinese-made Y-8 turboprop aircraft had left Myeik, also known as Mergui, heading for Yangon on a route over the Andaman Sea. It was raining, but not heavily, at the time contact was lost with it at 1:35 p.m. Wednesday,
  
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• Inland Empire Small Business Development Center at CSUSB selected for ...

  08-06-2017 09:14
  Riverside, Ca. - The 2017 Small Business Development Center Service & Innovation Award will be presented to the Inland Empire Small Business Development Center, part of the Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration at Cal State San Bernardino by the U.S. Small Business Administration Santa Ana District Office.
  
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• ‘Right to be forgotten’ laws misguided

  08-06-2017 09:10 via ocregister.com
  
  For some people, Google is a little too good at what it does. What it does is read every pixel of digitized information on public websites stored on servers around the globe, and then deliver an organized and easily accessible page of links to it in response to any question that’s typed into the plain white text box at Google.com.
  It’s free, fast and probably the greatest risk to privacy since the invention of windows. Glass windows, not the software kind.
  Now the New York state Legi
  
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• This marijuana regulation could prevent explosions

  08-06-2017 09:08 via ocregister.com
  
  As California moves toward implementation of the legalization of recreational marijuana use, there are a lot of rules and regulations to draw up, on both the state and local levels.
  One of those needed regulations is moving through the Legislature now in the form of Assembly Bill 238, by local Assemblyman Marc Steinorth, R-Rancho Cucamonga.
  Steinorth’s bill would ban highly combustible cannabis extractors used in concentrated THC production from being used in residential neighborhoods.
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• ‘Berniecrats’ putting pressure on California Democratic Party

  08-06-2017 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  State political conventions are usually orgies of booze, food and good cheer, where steaks are eaten, scotch is sipped, backs are slapped, election outcomes are predetermined and very little actual work is done.
  On rare occasions an actual battle pops up over the platform or a highly coveted party endorsement, which can result in delegates getting testy with one another, but the California Democratic Party convention last month in Sacramento flew completely off the rails. Things went bonkers &md
  
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• Trump’s education budget cuts are minimal

  08-06-2017 09:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Cuts in federal spending typically draw indignation from those affected, and President Trump’s recent education budget proposal was certainly no exception. The teachers unions, especially, were loud, derisive and hyperbolic in their responses. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten claimed the cuts were “manifestly cruel to children and catastrophic to public schools.” National Education Association President Lily Eskelsen García blamed Betsy DeVos, c
  
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• School curriculum whitewashes communism’s history

  08-06-2017 09:02 via ocregister.com
  
  When the state Assembly passed Assemblyman Rob Bonta’s bill that would have repealed state provisions that make membership in the Communist Party a fireable offense for state employment, a firestorm of criticism ensued.
  The backlash forced Bonta to withdraw the bill, but any rejoicing should be tempered by the knowledge that California’s new curriculum guidelines whitewash communism’s gruesome history.
  While Bonta’s backdown is a tactical victory for the victims of commun
  
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• Pulling U.S. out of Paris accord a terrible decision

  08-06-2017 09:02 via ocregister.com
  
  I am ashamed of my country — something that I rarely have felt — for withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change. The scientific evidence is overwhelming that greenhouse gas emissions from consumption of fossil fuels endanger the planet and that urgent action is needed. In the Paris accords, 195 nations finally committed to reducing carbon emissions, but now the United States, the richest and most powerful nation, is turning its back on its commitment and on the rest of th
  
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• Letters: Reducing California’s skilled-worker gap

  08-06-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Re: “California’s uphill climb in filling skilled-worker jobs” [Opinion, May 25]: Genine Wilson shines a light on an impending crisis. California is expected to have 1.1 million fewer skilled workers with four-year degrees than our economy requires. But employers and students should not despair.
  The California Community Colleges system, with 113 campuses across California, already provides students with practical, hands-on training to earn certificates and gain required experie
  
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• Commentary: Now, Warriors seek vengeance in form of 16-0

  08-06-2017 08:09 via ocregister.com
  
  CLEVELAND — And now, it’s time to exorcise demons.
  After shattering the hope of the Cavaliers with an 11-0 run to dramatically snatch Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the Warriors are on the verge of history. Again. One game from being immortalized.
  Last year, they failed to close the deal, punctuating their record 73-win season with an epic collapse. But after the 118-113 win Wednesday, nullifying the Cavaliers’ best performance of the series, the Warriors can make amends for th
  
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• O.C. All-Stars go out in style, topping Inland Empire on a night filled with emotions

  08-06-2017 06:57 via ocregister.com
  
  CHINO HILLS – The final chapter was an accurate one.
  Los Alamitos ace Ryan Denhart’s last pitch to longtime catcher Mary Iakopo resulted in a strikeout. The Orange Lutheran battery – Maddy Dwyer to Lauren Espalin – also wrapped up several years worth of countless frames with an inning-ending punch out.
  Mater Dei shortstop Neli Casares-Maher kicked off the evening’s scoring with a solo shot to left field, while Mission Viejo slugger Camryn Ybarra capped the night wit
  
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• Man accused of beating Placentia self-storage employee, stealing his car, found in Colorado

  08-06-2017 06:40 via ocregister.com
  
  A man suspected of beating up an employee of a Placentia self-storage business before stealing his car has been found in Colorado, authorities said Wednesday, June 7.
  Michael Anthony Davis, Jr., 40, was located in a motel room about noon on May 31 in El Paso County, Colorado, by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department, according to a statement from the Placentia Police Department.
  Davis was arrested without incident and transported to the El Paso County Jail. He appeared in court
  
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• Titan voice Stacy Schkoda: Proud to be a woman in STEM using science to help others

  08-06-2017 06:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By Stacy Schkoda
  Contributing columnist
  Each and every one of you has had a strong impact on our development here at CSUF, and I am honored to contribute to one of our last memories together.
  Wherever we come from, we recognize the power of a college degree, and the hard work it takes to achieve our goals. We come from many walks of life: first-generation students, transfer students, re-entry students, students with families of our own, and many more identities, which do not limit or define
  
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• Kevin Durant, Warriors rally to beat Cavaliers, 118-113, for 3-0 lead in NBA Finals

  08-06-2017 06:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) shoots in front of Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) during the second half of Game 3 of basketball’s NBA Finals in Cleveland, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane) ORG XMIT: OHPS163Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2) drives as Golden State Warriors forward Andre Iguodala (9) runs into a screen by Cavaliers forward Kevin Love (0) during the first half of Game 3 of basketball’s NBA Finals in Cleveland, Wednesd
  
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• Oldest fossils of Homo sapiens found in Morocco, altering history of our species

  08-06-2017 05:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Fossils discovered in Morocco are the oldest known remains of Homo sapiens, scientists reported on Wednesday, June 7, a finding that rewrites the story of mankind’s origins and suggests that our species evolved in multiple locations across the African continent.
  “We did not evolve from a single ‘cradle of mankind’ somewhere in East Africa,” said Philipp Gunz, a paleoanthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and a c
  
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• Cal State Fullerton baseball playoff photos

  08-06-2017 05:43 via ocregister.com
  
  CSUF’s Scott Hurst reaches base safely against BYU. Photo By Matt Brown/Cal State FullertonCal State Fullerton’s Hunter Cullen celebrates reaching base safely against BYU. Photo By Matt Brown/Cal State FullertonCal State Fullerton players prepare to face BYU. Photo By Matt Brown/Cal State FullertonCSUF’s Connor Seabold pitches against BYU. Photo By Matt Brown/Cal State FullertonCSUF’s Hank LoForte reaches base safely against BYU. Photo By Matt Brown/Cal State FullertonCal
  
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• Traffic collision knocks down power pole, closes part of Beach Boulevard in Westminster

  08-06-2017 05:24 via ocregister.com
  
  WESTMINSTER — Downed power lines caused by a traffic collision have southbound and northbound traffic closed on Beach Boulevard, authorities said.
  A two-car collision on Beach Boulevard, just north of McFadden Avenue, at about 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7, caused one car to hit a power pole, knock it down and leave live wires on the street, Officer John Latosquin of the CHP Traffic Management Center.
  It is not yet known caused the accident or if there were injuries, he said.
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• Anaheim man found guilty of molesting 13-year-old girl who attended Trabuco Hills High

  08-06-2017 04:45
  A 65-year-old Anaheim man was convicted Wednesday, June 7, of sexually assaulting a teenage girl who attended Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo. Jose Luis Gonzalez was convicted of six counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor younger than 14 and four counts of lewd or lascivious with a minor, all felonies.
  
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• Tigers’ Buck Farmer outduels Angels’ Alex Meyer

  08-06-2017 04:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Angels second baseman Cliff Pennington, left, and first baseman Luis Valbuena (18) chase but are unable to catch the foul hit by Detroit Tigers’ Ian Kinsler during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) ORG XMIT: MICO108Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Alex Meyer throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) ORG XMIT: MIC
  
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• On deck: Angels at Tigers, Thursday, 10 a.m.

  08-06-2017 04:30 via ocregister.com
  
  ANGELS at TIGERS
  When: Thursday, 10 a.m.
  Where: Comerica Park
  TV: Fox Sports West
  THE PITCHERS
  ANGELS RHP J.C. RAMIREZ (5-4, 4.11)
  vs. Tigers: 0-1, 5.23
  At Comerica Park: 0-0, 2.70
  Hates to face: None
  Loves to face: Justin Upton, 1 for 8 (.125)
  TIGERS RHP MICHAEL FULMER (6-3, 3.00)
  Vs. Angels: 2-1, 1.83
  At Comerica Park: 6-2, 3.33
  Hates to face: Yunel Escobar, 2 for 3 (.667), BB, RBI
  Loves to face: Kole Calhoun, 1 for 8 (.125), 3 Ks
  
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• Whicker: Time is now on Pedro Baez’s side

  08-06-2017 02:11 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — If you blinked, you missed Pedro Baez on Wednesday.
  No, seriously.
  Everyone knows Baez’s reputation for performing at a pace slower than dial-up. When he comes in, someone should say, “Due to time constraints, we move along to further action.”
  You could listen to an entire Grateful Dead anthem during his innings.
  Etc.
  Reputations are hard to discard. This year Baez is getting people out so relentlessly that people are keeping their cellphones pocketed. Again
  
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• Miller: Lakers need Lonzo Ball, dad and all

  08-06-2017 02:01 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — The media gathered en masse at the Lakers’ training facility on Wednesday, and in mass, too, just like we used to do for the actual Lakers.
  This time, we crowded several deep around someone who only might be a Laker, Lonzo Ball coming through for us with the most exciting eight minutes this franchise has produced since the end of Kobe Bryant’s 60-point career farewell.
  It wasn’t what Ball said, because it’s never what Ball says, the 19-year-old polished
  
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• Re-emerging Guatemala a feast for the senses

  08-06-2017 01:57 via ocregister.com
  
  The royal court of the All Saints Kite Festival in the Santiago Sacatepequez cemetery on Day of the Dead. (Photo by Norma Meyer)ItÕs been said Tikal is to Guatemala what the Great Pyramids are to Egypt. Shown here is Temple I or the Great Jaguar Temple, where Maya king Lord Chocolate was entombed. (Photo by Norma Meyer)A group of men raise a ‘barrilete’, a giant kite, during the All Saints day celebration in Sumpango, Guatemala in 2012. (Saul Martinez/EFE/ZUMAPRESS.com)Called
  
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• See the colorful wall murals of Santa Ana

  08-06-2017 01:45 via ocregister.com
  
  A strawberry and orange grove mural painted in an alley just south of 4th Street between Bush and Main Streets in downtown Santa Ana, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)A woman’s face is part of a small mural painted on the second floor of a building in an alley between Spurgeon and French Streets in downtown Santa Ana, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)Two women walk along an alley past a two-st
  
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• Orange County Alzheimer’s nonprofits forge paths 18 months after split

  08-06-2017 01:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Jim McAleer, CEO of Alzheimer’s Orange County in Irvine on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Orange County Register/SCNG)Anne Grey, executive director of the Alzheimer’s Association Orange County chapter, in the group’s new offices in Orange, on Monday, May 22, 2017. (Photo by Sam Gangwer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Anne Grey, executive director of the Alzheimer’s Association Orange County chapter, front, sits with her staff in the new offices in Orange on
  
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• Huntington Beach council OKs trash collection rate hike, puts off energy discussion

  08-06-2017 01:42 via ocregister.com
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH On July 1, residents will pay an extra 20 cents a month for trash collection, with another bump of 76 cents in November. They will also see 20-cent-per-month increases in both 2018 and 2019.
  Seeking to balance the books in the city’s refuse collection fund, the City Council voted 6-1 Monday to start raising its trash collection rates beginning in July. The city last raised rates to residents in 2003, officials said. The current monthly rate for residential customers is $19
  
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• Here’s what to know about coyotes in Southern California

  08-06-2017 01:35 via ocregister.com
  
  For more than a century, Southern California has been home to the coyote.But urbanization has created a situation in which coyotes coexist with humans to the point where the animals show little fear when searching for food and water, putting pets and sometimes humans at risk.
  Here’s what you need to know about coyotes: How to recognize a coyote What the inside of a coyote den looks like How can we control coyote reproduction and population? Southern California coyote attacks from August 20
  
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• Former Ubiquity CEO pleads guilty to securities and wire fraud

  08-06-2017 01:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The former interim CEO of Ubiquity, a troubled Irvine-based studio, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit securities and wire fraud, the Department of Justice said.
  Nicholas Mitsakos faces a maximum term of five years in prison.
  “As he admitted in pleading guilty today, Nicholas Mitsakos purported to operate a successful hedge fund, but in reality, it was a sham from the outset,” acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim said in a statement. “He touted his track record when in
  
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• How getting blocked by Trump on Twitter became a ‘badge of honor’

  08-06-2017 01:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By Amy B Wang
  A joke about ice cream. A suggestion to spend more time with his youngest son. An animated GIF featuring Pope Francis giving a skeptical look.
  These are just some of the reasons, as far as anyone can tell, that President Donald Trump has blocked people on Twitter.
  Amid threatened legal action questioning whether it is unconstitutional for the president of the United States to bar exchanges with certain constituents on his preferred platform of communication, a group of people has s
  
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• San Clemente news briefs: Car show, Rotary Swing Night and more

  08-06-2017 01:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Pet of the WeekL Cole, age 6, loves to make new friends. His handlers at the San Clemente/Dana Point Animal Shelter say he is full of happy energy and would get along with family members of any age. For adoption info, visit Cole at 221 Avenida Fabricante, San Clemente, or call 949-492-1617. (Courtesy of Animal Shelter)Car show coming to Avenida Del Mar
  Some 300 distinctive cars and trucks are slated to line Avenida Del Mar from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 11, for the Downtown Business Associa
  
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• Sixteen charged in workers comp advertising scheme

  08-06-2017 00:00
  Sixteen people have been charged for participating in a multimillion-dollar workers compensation insurance referral scheme, the Orange County District Attorney's Office said Monday. The scheme, which involved a business run by Carlos Arguello III of Tustin, California, and Edgar Gonzalez of Anaheim, California, targeted and "exploited persons in predominantly Spanish-speaking communities," the district attorney's office said in the statement.
  
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