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• Fullerton to create bicycle boulevard along 2-plus mile stretch of Wilshire Avenue

  20-06-2017 23:46 via ocregister.com
  
  A boulevard is being tailored to get Fullerton cyclists to major city hubs safely.
  Expected to be completed late next year, a bicycle boulevard along Wilshire Avenue will offer those riding on two wheels an alternate route to the downtown corridor, the Transportation Center and Cal State Fullerton.
  Now, cyclists often use busy Chapman and Commonwealth avenues, which see an average of 21,000 and 34,000 vehicle trips a day.
  The boulevard, a 2.25-mile stretch of Wilshire from Woods Avenue to Acacia
  
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• After student Otto Warmbier’s death, U.S. weighs travel ban on North Korea

  20-06-2017 23:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By JOSH LEDERMAN
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering banning travel by U.S. citizens to North Korea, officials said Tuesday, as outrage grew over the death of American student Otto Warmbier and President Donald Trump declared it a “total disgrace.”
  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who has the authority to cut off travel to North Korea with the stroke of the pen, has been weighing such a move since late April, when American teacher Tony Kim was detained in Pyon
  
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• Parsec Adds Pre-Configured Quality Management Functions to Its TrakSYS MES Platform

  20-06-2017 23:34
  Parsec has added pre-configured quality management functions to its TrakSYS MES platform. This provides out-of-the-box functionality to allow for rapid deployment of standards-based solutions for virtually every aspect of quality management.
  
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• Mater Dei’s Bol makes early cut for U.S. Under-19 team

  20-06-2017 23:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei’s Bol Bol is among six seniors-to-be who made the cut to 16 players for the USA Basketball Men’s Under-19 World Cup team.
  The group started at 27 players. Four practices at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., were used to make the cut to 16 players, most of whom are college players.
  The final roster of 12 is expected by the end of this week.
  Bol is a 7-foot-2 center. He transferred to Mater Dei during the 2016-17 season, became eligible in January a
  
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• Senate steers toward showdown vote next week on health bill

  20-06-2017 23:22 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALAN FRAM
  WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans steered toward a potential showdown vote on their long-awaited health care bill next week, despite indications that they’ve yet to solidify the 50 GOP votes they’ll need to avert an embarrassing defeat.
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he expected to have a draft of the bill ready Thursday. The measure would peel away much of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and leave government with a more limit
  
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• Open house planned for 57 freeway widening project

  20-06-2017 21:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Transportation Authority and Caltrans are holding an open house Thursday, June 22 to update the public on a widening project proposed for the northbound 57 freeway between the Orangewood Avenue and Katella Avenue exits.
  The proposed project, still in its earliest phases, would extend the fifth northbound lane and make other improvements along the one-mile stretch between Orange and Anaheim.
  During the open house, the public will to learn about the project and its schedule and r
  
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• Godinez Fundamental High School Graduation 2017

  20-06-2017 21:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Friends and family helped Godinez Fundamental seniors celebrate their graduation with a commencement ceremony on Monday, June 19 at the Santa Ana Bowl.
  The commencement ceremony for Godinez Fundamental High School was held Monday, June 19, 2017 at the Santa Ana Bowl. (Photo courtesy of SAUSD)The commencement ceremony for Godinez Fundamental High School was held Monday, June 19, 2017 at the Santa Ana Bowl. (Photo courtesy of SAUSD)The commencement ceremony for Godinez Fundamental High School was
  
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• Orange County single-family house price sets record $795,000, Realtors report

  20-06-2017 21:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Register chartThe median price of an existing single-family home hit $795,000 in Orange County last month, an all-time high for a slice of housing that represents three-fourths of the local market, the California Association of Realtors reported Tuesday, June 20.
  The report is a preview of CoreLogic’s housing market report on all housing types, which is due Wednesday. A preliminary report released Friday shows CoreLogic probably will confirm the trend, with existing houses and prices for a
  
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• Rapper Prodigy of ‘Mobb Deep’ dies at 42

  20-06-2017 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Rapper Prodigy, a member of the New York hip-hop duo Mobb Deep, has died. He was 42. The rapper’s publicist said in a statement Tuesday that Prodigy was hospitalized a few days ago in Las Vegas “for complications caused by a sickle cell anemia crisis.” Prodigy has battled sickle cell since birth and was in Las Vegas for a performance. The exact cause of death was not clear, the representative said.
  File – Music group Mobb Deep, from left, Albert Johnson, aka Prodigy, and
  
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• Huntington Beach approves environmental report for Magnolia Tank Farm

  20-06-2017 20:53 via ocregister.com
  
  The Huntington Beach City Council on Monday, June 19, approved to have an environmental study done of the Magnolia Tank Farm.
  The study, to be conducted by engineering consulting firm Psomas, will examine the possible adverse environmental effects of developing the 29-acre former fuel tank storage facility on Magnolia Avenue.
  Currently, two options are being considered for the site. One would include a 175 room hotel, 250 homes and 19,000 square feet of retail space. The second option would incl
  
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• Sepsis nurses with St. Joseph Hoag Health focused on No. 1 cause of death at U.S. hospitals

  20-06-2017 20:41 via ocregister.com
  
  A patient finds out she has sepsis at St. Joseph Hoag Health in Orange County, Calif., on April 27, 2017. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by the body’s response to infection. (Photo courtesy of Heidi de Marco/KHN)Dawn Nagel, a sepsis nurse, spends her day trying to identify and treat sepsis patients quickly so they don’t deteriorate. (Photo courtesy of Heidi de Marco/KHN)Dawn Nagel checks up on patient Scott Steffens, 67, at St. Joseph Hoag Health in Orange County, Cali
  
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• Celebrate the Fourth with fireworks in the Village

  20-06-2017 20:29 via ocregister.com
  
  This Independence Day, bring your friends and family to the Clubhouse Two Fourth of July celebration. Enjoy live music with Village favorites Doc Rock It & the Radio Flyers, plus a bounce house and arts and crafts for the kids.The highlight of the night will be the first-ever Laguna Woods Village fireworks show!
  Bring your own chair or blanket, because seating will not be provided. You can BYO drinks too—please, no glass bottles or containers. The Just Chill ‘N Ice Cream Truck an
  
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• Going to VidCon 2017? Here’s what to know about tickets, featured guests and more

  20-06-2017 20:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Billed as the event “for people who love online video,” VidCon 2017 kicks off this week at the Anaheim Convention Center.  Now in its eighth year, the annual convention will bring together internet video celebrities, thousands of their fans, and industry experts around the topic of digital video content and online entertainment.
  Here’s what to know:
  Dates: VidCon 2017 starts on Wednesday, June 21 and runs through Saturday, June 24. Sunday, June 25 is “Disney Day,&rdq
  
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• 1,950-unit Los Olivos apartment project in Irvine gets OK after change to electrical substation site

  20-06-2017 20:16 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE The Irvine Company has identified an alternate site for a controversial electrical substation, which had originally been planned for a 2.4-acre empty lot in the Spectrum 5 district, near Irvine Center and Lake Forest drives.
  The Southern California Edison substation, which was proposed to serve the second Los Olivos apartment complex, may now get constructed at the former site of the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre. The alternative site is scheduled for public discussion at the City Council m
  
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• Families shrug off the heat to enjoy the Tustin Police Department open house

  20-06-2017 19:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Tustin/Irvine SWAT does a demonstration as people line up to watch during the 21st annual Tustin Police Department open house on Saturday June 17, 2017.(Photo by Ana P. Gutierrez-Garcia, Contributing Photographer)Aiden Kimball, 2, holds a fire nozzle as his father, Michael Kimball and Orange County Fire Authority Linda Brown help him hold it during the 21st annual Tustin Police Department open house on Saturday June 17, 2017.(Photo by Ana P. Gutierrez-Garcia, Contributing Photographer)Alex Czind
  
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• Mickey, Minnie use sign language to greet hearing impaired child

  20-06-2017 19:16
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• Huntington Beach tries for Guinness World Record surfing ‘Circle of Honor’ International Surfing Day 2017

  20-06-2017 18:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Will Huntington Beach pull off the Guinness World Record surfing ‘Circle of Honor’? More than 500 surfers are expected to paddle out to show support for surfing being added to the 2020 Olympic Games.
  The morning will kick off with a parade down Main Street at 8:30 a.m., with police and fire escorts leading the group. There will be a high school marching band, the 500 or so participants of the paddle-out, and City Council members riding in Volkswagen buses.
  
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• Departing San Juan Capistrano chamber CEO sees good things in store for city

  20-06-2017 17:49 via ocregister.com
  
  As a parting wish, Mark Bodenhamer says he holds optimism for San Juan Capistrano and hopes that people who hold differences with one another can find ways to put those aside and work toward a common good.
  After seven years at the helm of the San Juan Capistrano Chamber of Commerce, Bodenhamer is making a family move to the San Francisco Bay Area.
  His value as an advocate for San Juan was recognized by friends and coworkers at the chamber’s June 7 installation and awards dinner. He was nam
  
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• Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age and more to play Cal Jam 17 at Glen Helen Regional Park

  20-06-2017 17:18 via ocregister.com
  
  In the spirit of its brand new, big-sounding ninth rock record, “Concrete and Gold,” which officially drops on Sept. 15, Foo Fighters announced a mega rock festival that will take place on Saturday, Oct. 7 at Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernardino County.
  The 12-hour event will be headlined by the Foo and also feature sets by Queens of the Stone Age, Cage the Elephant, Royal Blood, Liam Gallagher, the Kills, Babes in Toyland, Japandroids, Bob Mould, the Struts, Circa Waves, Fireb
  
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• New tenants for Pacific City include menswear and eco-friendly goods

  20-06-2017 16:11 via ocregister.com
  
  American Dream: The burger joint opened Jan. 3 inside Lot 579. In addition to burgers, the restaurant has more than 60 beers on tap. (Photo courtesy of Pacific City)Mahogany Smoked Meats: The smoked meats company opened inside Lot 579 Feb. 24. (Photo courtesy of Pacific City)American Dream: The burger joint opened Jan. 3 inside Lot 579. In addition to burgers, the restaurant has more than 60 beers on tap. (Photo courtesy of Pacific City)American Dream: The burger joint opened Jan. 3 inside Lot 5
  
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• The Amazing Johnathan keeps performing despite fatal diagnosis

  20-06-2017 15:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Comedian and magician John Szeles, aka The Amazing Johnathan, has had a nearly 40-year career surviving the unthinkable: popping out his own eyeball, swallowing razorblades, skewering his tongue, sticking knives through his arm. But after being diagnosed with a fatal heart condition, he is demonstrating survival in a whole new way.
  In 2013 Szeles was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a degenerative condition in the heart muscle, and was given a prognosis of about one year to live. In 2014, one year
  
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• Despite grand jury findings, fallout from O.C. jailhouse snitch scandal is far from over

  20-06-2017 14:50
  Judge Thomas Goethals listens to testimony during an evidentiary hearing in the murder case of Scott Dekraai, one of many trials that will continue in the shadow of the controversal use of jailhouse informants in Orange County. Judge Thomas Goethals listens to testimony during an evidentiary hearing in the murder case of Scott Dekraai, one of many trials that will continue in the shadow of the controversal use of jailhouse informants in Orange County.
  
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• Harland Williams returns to Irvine with a new look

  20-06-2017 14:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Bored of the “same old T-shirt and jeans look” standup comedians tend to sport in their comedy specials, quirky comedian Harland Williams said he searched for inspiration to change the look of standup.
  Then, he found it: an animated mask of a pug dog. Known for performing various characters and animal impressions in his comedy, Williams named this newest character “Caramel Corn the Pug,” which he will introduce to the world at a special live taping for two showings at the
  
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• Frumpy Middle-Aged Mom: I’m back from Sonoma, and nothing burned down. Yet.

  20-06-2017 14:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Frumpy Middle-aged Mom and her friends go on an adult road trip, including wine-tasting in a 1957 Rolls Royce, up in Sonoma County. Pictured, L-R, are Mary Anne Perez, Marla Jo Fisher and Ulysses Torassa.My house is still standing. That’s the good news. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, after leaving my kids in charge while I went up to the Russian River for a week without them.
  The bad news is that I had to leave the beautiful river cabin behind and come back to real life, where
  
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• Patton Oswalt visits Disneyland with new girlfriend

  20-06-2017 10:41
  Twenty-three Vagos biker gang members are arrested in raids across three states as police blame them for 'drug addiction, death, mayhem' and the murder a Hell's Angel boss BREAKING NEWS: The dramatic moment a cop checks a driver for a suicide bomb after he rammed a car full of weapons and a gas bomb into a police van on Paris's the Champs-Elysees Seattle police shoot and kill 'mentally unstable' pregnant mother-of-four, 30, after she reported a burglary attempt and then showed officers a knife F
  
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• Congress should keep Department of Justice out of states’ marijuana rules

  20-06-2017 09:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Donald Trump was not elected president to renew crackdowns on marijuana in states that have legalized it for medicinal or recreational purposes.
  Last week, it was revealed that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent a private letter to congressional leaders dated May 1 asking them to lift the Rohrabacher–Farr amendment, which prevents the Justice Department from meddling with state medical marijuana laws.
  “I believe it would be unwise for Congress to restrict the discretion of the
  
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• Money-saving Prop. 103 fends off another legal challenge

  20-06-2017 09:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The 1988 Proposition 103 has saved California consumers more than $100 billion in excessive auto insurance premiums since voters passed it by a slim 51-49 percent margin, probably the reason for an unrelenting legal onslaught by the insurance industry.
  No one has calculated the accompanying savings in prices for homeowners insurance and other property coverage, but they’ve also been substantial.
  The brainchild of longtime consumer advocate Ralph Nader and his onetime California proté
  
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• Are California voters asked to decide too much?

  20-06-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  A recall effort against a state legislator from Southern California raises new questions about the state’s extensive use of direct democracy.
  One of them is our Question of the Week: Are California voters asked to decide too much, or too little?
  The issue of the moment involves Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, who is being targeted by a signature-gathering campaign that could force a recall election.
  Recall supporters say they want to remove Newman from office because of the first-term senat
  
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• Letters: Love for all, hatred for none

  20-06-2017 09:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Re: “Van veers into pedestrians outside mosque, 1 killed, 10 hurt” [News, June 17]: In the tragic Finsbury Mosque attack yesterday, the local Imam reportedly shielded the captured assailant from an angry mob until the police arrived, so he would not be harmed. In Portland last month, bystanders lost their lives coming to the defense of a Muslim being verbally harassed by an angry man. In San Bernardino in December 2015, officers of the Sheriff’s Department saved a community fro
  
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• Homeless man arrested in Costa Mesa gas station robbery

  20-06-2017 07:56 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — A man who is believed to have robbed a gas station Monday night was quickly arrested after fleeing the scene, police said.
  A man approached the attendant working at the Arco gas station at 2490 Fairview Road at about 5 p.m. Monday, June 19, and simulated having a weapon, Costa Mesa Police Department Sgt. David Casarez said.
  He demanded money from the cash register and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.
  The man was found a few minutes later at Civic Center Park and arrest
  
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• Cody Bellinger hits two more homers as Dodgers beat Mets, 10-6

  20-06-2017 07:48 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Dodgers rookie Cody Bellinger might or might not get an invitation to the Home Run Derby at the All-Star Game in Miami next month. So he’s starting without them.
  Bellinger hit home runs in his first two at-bats Monday night as the Dodgers scored seven times in the first two innings and hung on for a 10-6 win over the New York Mets in the opener of a nine-game homestand.
  There were eight home runs hit in the game (four by each team). Justin Turner and Chris Taylor also w
  
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• Santiago High School Graduation 2017

  20-06-2017 07:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Santiago High graduate Abraham Melendrez celebrates during the graduation ceremony at Bolsa Grande High School in Garden Grove on Monday, June 19, 2017. (Photo by Kyusung Gong, Orange County Register/SCNG)Santiago High graduate cheer for their classmates as their names are being called during the graduation ceremony at Bolsa Grande High School in Garden Grove on Monday, June 19, 2017. (Photo by Kyusung Gong, Orange County Register/SCNG)Santiago High graduate Gama Ruiz-Zotea recognizes his family
  
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• Garden Grove businessman suspected of importing ozone-depleting chemical

  20-06-2017 07:07 via ocregister.com
  
  A Garden Grove man was arraigned Monday, June 19, on an indictment that charges him with illegally importing a highly regulated, ozone-depleting chemical under false pretenses, authorities said.
  Mahmoud Alkabbani, 63, imported R-22, a refrigerant gas and class II ozone-depleting substance in cylinders bearing a counterfeit “Glacier” trademark, according to a statement from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
  According to the indictment, A
  
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• La Quinta High School Graduation 2017

  20-06-2017 07:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Friends and family helped La Quinta High seniors celebrate their graduation with a commencement ceremony on Monday, June 19.
  Some La Quinta High grad got air before receiving their diploma at Bolsa Grande High, Westminster. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, Orange County Register/SCNG)Proud supporters cheer and even blow horns, though asked not to, during La Quinta High’s commencement ceremony held at Bolsa Grande High, Westminster. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, Orange County Register/SCNG)Eric Nguyen
  
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• Now Casting: Lead in '(WaterSeven) Project' + 3 More Gigs

  20-06-2017 06:30
  Calling all strong independent women! An upcoming action/suspense TV series is looking for a talented female actor to play its cunning title character, described as a "Bond character played by a female lead." There are also opportunities in today's casting notice for vocalists to tour in "Sesame Street Live!" and roles in two short films for a variety of talent! " PROJECT" The currently-untitled "WaterSeven Project," an upcoming untitled action/suspense TV series from Warner Bros.
  
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• Korean tourists robbed, 1 severely beaten at hotel in Placentia

  20-06-2017 06:17 via ocregister.com
  
  PLACENTIA — Two women visiting from Korea were robbed and one was beaten unconscious in the parking lot of a Placentia hotel on Friday, June 16, authorities said.
  Placentia police officers were dispatched to the Best Western motel, 118 E. Orangethorpe Ave., about 9:30 p.m. When officers arrived, they found a 55-year-old woman on the ground with signs of trauma and a 25-year-old woman unharmed. The women were a mother and daughter visiting from Korea, according to Sgt. Bryce Angel of the Pl
  
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• All-CIF boys volleyball teams for 2017

  20-06-2017 06:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The All-CIF boys volleyball teams for 2017.
  ALL-CIF BOYS VOLLEYBALL(Selected by CIF-SS Boys Volleyball Coaches’ Association)
  DIVISION 1Player of the Year: Mitch Haly, Corona del Mar, Sr., MBCoach of the Year: Steve Conti, Corona del Mar
  FIRST TEAMPatrick Paragus, Corona del Mar, Jr., SBrandon Browning, Corona del Mar, Jr., OHJake Meyer, Corona del Mar, Sr., MBJP Riley, Loyola, Sr., OHWill Bantle, Loyola, Sr., OHBradley Wedbush, Loyola, Sr., OPPCole Pender, Newport Harbor, Jr., OHSpencer La
  
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• On deck: Mets at Dodgers, Tuesday, 7:10 p.m.

  20-06-2017 05:30 via ocregister.com
  
  METS at DODGERS
  When: Tuesday, 7:10 p.m.
  Where: Dodger Stadium
  TV: SportsNet LA (where available); ESPN
  THE PITCHERS
  DODGERS RHP BRANDON McCARTHY (5-3, 3.14 ERA)
  Vs. Mets: 0-2, 3.55 ERA
  At Dodger Stadium: 7-2, 3.86 ERA
  Hates to face: Wilmer Flores, 1 for 3 (.333)
  Loves to face: Jose Reyes, 0 for 6
  METS RHP ROBERT GSELLMAN (5-4, 5.50 ERA)
  Vs. Dodgers: Has never faced them before
  UPCOMING
  Wednesday – Mets (TBD) at Dodgers (LHP Rich Hill, 3-3, 5.14 ERA), 7:10 p.m., SportsNet LA, ESPN
  Thursday
  
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• All-CIF softball teams for 2017

  20-06-2017 05:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The All-CIF softball teams for 2017.
  ALL-CIF SOFTBALL(Selected by CIF-SS Softball Coaches’ Association)
  DIVISION 1Player of the Year: Taylor Dockins, Norco, Sr., PCoach of the Year: Rob Weil, Los Alamitos
  FIRST TEAMMaddy Dwyer, Orange Lutheran, Sr., PDelaney Hull, Capistrano Valley, Sr., PShealynn O’Leary, Valencia/Valencia, Jr., PKyra Snyder, Mission Viejo, Sr., PLiliana Bishop, Grand Terrace, Sr., CCassity FitzGerald, Saugus, Sr., CMary Iakopo, Los Alamitos, Sr., CSara Lillie, Vist
  
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• El Toro’s Jackson, Katella’s Johnson named CIF-SS baseball players of the year

  20-06-2017 05:00 via ocregister.com
  
  CIF-Southern Section baseball champions El Toro and Katella swept the top awards in their divisions as All-CIF Southern Section baseball teams were released Monday.
  Jake Jackson, a pitcher for CIF-SS Division 1 champion El Toro, is Division 1 player of the year. El Toro coach Mike Gonzales is the division coach of the year.
  Jackson also is on the All-Orange County first team.
  Division 5 champion Katella’s Skyler Johnson, a pitcher/third baseman, is the division’s player of the year.
  
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• Cal State Fullerton Notes: Timmy Richards leaves his mark in postseason

  20-06-2017 04:58 via ocregister.com
  
  OMAHA, Neb. — Silver linings don’t provide a lot of consolation when a season reaches the finish line, but Cal State Fullerton can take at least one feel-good element away from its two-game stay at the 2017 College World Series.
  Senior shortstop Timmy Richards turned in a huge two-game performance in Omaha to cap a nice sprint to the finish line of a career that got more productive with each season.
  Richards slammed his second home run in two games in the sixth inning of a 6-4 loss t
  
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• Dodgers Notes: Josh Fields heads to Triple-A as Sergio Romo returns to bullpen

  20-06-2017 04:38 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – Ohio was not kind to the Dodgers’ bullpen.
  During last week’s six-game trip to Cleveland and Cincinnati, the Dodgers’ relief corps – which started the trip with the lowest ERA in the National League – had an 8.20 ERA, a 1.61 WHIP and seven home runs allowed in the six games. Take away closer Kenley Jansen’s four scoreless appearances and the rest of the bullpen’s ERA was 9.98 on the trip. Over the past nine games (including three at h
  
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• Santa Ana intersection where 71-year-old woman was fatally struck has had history of safety problems

  20-06-2017 04:30 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – A volunteer several times a week at St. Joseph Church and St. Joseph School, 71-year-old Charlene Hanson was well aware of speeding and other traffic hazards at Civic Center Drive and Lacy Street, the intersection separating the institutions.
  “A lot of times with the traffic there, she was always telling people, ‘Use the crosswalk, use the crosswalk,’” her best friend Connie Linnert, 61, said Monday, June 19.
  Hanson was leaving mass at the church, where
  
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• Santa Margarita girls win Commissioner’s Cup for third year in a row

  20-06-2017 04:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Margarita’s girls athletic program won its third consecutive CIF-Southern Section Commissioner’s Cup.
  At the conclusion of the school year the Commissioner’s Cup goes to the section’s top boys and girls athletic program based upon a points system: five points are awarded for a CIF-SS divisional championship; three points for a divisional runner-up finish; two for reaching the semifinals (or for a third-place finish in a sport like track and field or swimming); and o
  
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• Sources: Spicer expected to take less public role

  20-06-2017 03:56 via ocregister.com
  
  By KEN THOMAS and JILL COLVIN
  WASHINGTON  — White House press secretary Sean Spicer is seeking to take on a more strategic role that would give him a limited presence in the daily press briefings that have made him a prominent face of the Trump administration.
  A senior administration official and three people familiar with the potential changes said Monday that Spicer has discussed taking a more senior communications role at the White House. The three people said he has reached out to
  
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• A former Disney Imagineer’s guide to Walt Disney World’s Fantasyland

  20-06-2017 03:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The Walt Disney World band plays in the Central Plaza (the Hub) in front of Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom theme park of the Walt Disney World Resort. The castle is the main entrance to Fantasyland at the theme park. (Photo by Mark Eades, Orange County Register/SCNG)At 183-feet tall stands Cinderella Castle in the Central Plaza (the hub) at the Magic Kingdom theme park of the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. The castle is the main entrance to Fantasyland at the theme park. (
  
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• Foothill seniors cap off high school at graduation ceremony

  20-06-2017 03:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Foothill High seniors become grads at the school’s ceremony June 16. (Photo by Pam Atkins, Tustin Unified School District)Foothill High seniors celebrate their diplomas during the school’s graduation ceremony at Tustin High’s stadium on June 16. (Photo by Pam Atkins, Tustin Unified School District)Foothill High seniors are all smiles at the school’s graduation ceremony June 16. (Photo by Pam Atkins, Tustin Unified School District)Foothill High School class president Thy Huy
  
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• Santa Ana man gets 22 years in DUI hit and run that left woman dead

  20-06-2017 02:55 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A 48-year-old repeat drunken driver admitted guilt and faces 22 years in prison for a hit-and-run collision that left a pedestrian dead in Santa Ana, a prosecutor said Monday.
  Dallas Frank Reichstein of Santa Ana pleaded guilty Friday, June 16 to hit-and-run with permanent and serious injury and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, both felonies. A murder charge will be dismissed as part of the plea deal negotiated with prosecutors.
  Reichstein’s sentencing was
  
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• Buena Park adding second parking lot to Beach Boulevard entertainment corridor

  20-06-2017 02:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Buena Park is building a $2 million parking lot next to Medieval Times to accommodate the influx of visitors to the city’s revamped entertainment corridor.
  Construction of the 229-space Stanton Avenue lot is expected to begin in July and be completed by October.
  “If we want to have visitors come here, and we do, we need to have places for them to park,” Mayor Beth Swift said. “There’s nothing more frustrating than going around and around trying to find a place to pa
  
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• Laguna Beach’s Oak Streakers welcome summer with a wacky ocean race

  20-06-2017 02:48 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA BEACH — Lynn Kubasek attached a large inflatable stingray to her swimsuit and marched into the surf line at Oak Street Beach.
  On Saturday, June 17,  the longtime open water swimmer who has crossed the Catalina and Anacapa channels, was ready for some wacky, summertime fun.
  Kubasek, 58, of Laguna Beach, was one of 31 open water swimmers who towed large pool inflatables for the annual Summer Solstice Floatie Swim Animal Parade, a nearly two-mile ocean swim from Oak Street Be
  
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