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• Islamic State destroys iconic al-Nuri mosque in Mosul

  21-06-2017 23:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By BALINT SZLANKO
  IRBIL, Iraq — The Islamic State group destroyed Mosul’s al-Nuri mosque and its iconic leaning minaret known as al-Hadba when fighters detonated explosives inside the structures Wednesday night, Iraq’s Ministry of Defense said.
  The mosque — also known as Mosul’s Great Mosque — is where IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a so-called Islamic caliphate in 2014 shortly after the city was overrun by the militants and was seen as a key symbolic
  
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• Bellflower Unified wants battery electric school buses

  21-06-2017 23:15
  A recently awarded grant may help Bellflower Unified School District administrators add battery electric vehicles to their school bus fleet. Bellflower Unified officials plan to spend a $536,000 grant from the South Coast Air Quality Management District on a pair of battery electric buses and a charging station, according to a statement from the school district.
  
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• Fullerton is rocking with Day of Music, performances are planned through 10 p.m. tonight

  21-06-2017 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The bands are starting to play in Fullerton.
  Music acts will be performing throughout the city all afternoon and into the night for the third annual Day of Music Fullerton.
  Communities around the world celebrate June 21, the summer solstice, with Fete de La Musique, or World Music Day. Fullerton’s festival is featuring more than 150 acts spread across dozens of venues around town.
  The band Sapien opens their Day of Music performance at Black Hole Records in Fullerton on Wednesday, Jun
  
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• Charges filed against man suspected of attempting to drag woman into store room at Irvine store

  21-06-2017 22:55 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE Felony charges were filed Wednesday, June 21, against a man suspected of attempting to drag an employee of a Woodbury Town Center children’s boutique by her hair into a storage room.Charlie Choi, 47, of Irvine, was due to be arraigned in Orange County Superior Court on one count each of assault with a deadly weapon and kidnapping to commit robbery or a sex offense, with a sentence-enhancing allegation for the personal use of a deadlyweapon.Police released surveil
  
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• Ahead of Transformers 5, we’re wondering why the toys never made it to the National Toy Hall of Fame

  21-06-2017 22:44 via ocregister.com
  
  The transforming alien robots are coming to a theater near you in the fifth installment of the toys-turned-movie-stars franchise. The Hasbro toy company, which owns the movies, has done its share of transforming over the years too.Hall of fame game
  The National Toy Hall of Fame is in Rochester, N.Y., and accepts public nominations for toys to be inducted every year. There have been 62 in all. Which of the following toys has not been inducted?
  A. Duncan yoyo
  B. Transformers
  C. Lego
  D. Little gree
  
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• Milwaukee ex-police officer acquitted in fatal shooting

  21-06-2017 22:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By IVAN MORENO
  MILWAUKEE  — A Milwaukee jury on Wednesday acquitted a former police officer in the on-duty shooting of a black man last year that ignited riots on the city’s north side.
  Jurors found that Dominique Heaggan-Brown, who is also black, was not guilty of first-degree reckless homicide when he shot 23-year-old Sylville Smith after a brief foot chase following a traffic stop Aug. 13. Smith had a gun when he ran, but the case hinged on whether he was a threat when Heagga
  
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• Community Center expansion complete, housing development should start soon at old La Habra City Hall

  21-06-2017 22:41 via ocregister.com
  
  The redevelopment of La Habra’s civic center is nearly complete with one large project looming in the months ahead.
  The community center completed its 5,000-square-foot addition earlier this month and this week finalized tenants to use the space. And city officials are checking plans now before issuing permits to demolish the old City Hall for a housing development. City leaders moved into a renovated City Hall across La Habra Boulevard in March.
   
  The old La Habra City Hall building
  
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• Diplomas transfer Hillview High seniors into grads

  21-06-2017 22:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Hillivew High senior Regina Villareal gets a hug from counselor Nubia Barcelo during the school’s graduation ceremony at Northrup Stadium on Thursday, June 15. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Gallick,Tustin Unified School District)Hillview High Pricilla Sanchez displays her diploma with counselor Nubia Barcelo during the school’s graduation ceremony at Northrup Stadium on Thursday, June 15. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Gallick, Tustin Unified School District)Hillview High senior Timothy Cox is co
  
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• Gonzales named state coach of the year

  21-06-2017 22:26 via ocregister.com
  
  El Toro  coach Mike Gonzales today was named California baseball coach of the year by CalHiSports.com.
  Gonzales coached El Toro to the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 championship. The Chargers finished 27-7-1 and won the South Coast League championship.
  He has coached El Toro, his alma mater, for 17 seasons. The Chargers also won a CIF-SS championship in 2008.
   
  
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• Heard of the game ‘wishbone’? You will soon, Laguna Woods inventor hopes

  21-06-2017 22:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Outside his home, Hassan Hatefi demonstrates how to use sticks and wishbone-shaped branches to play the game he invented. (Photo by Emily Rasmussen, contributing photographer)Hassan Hatefi demonstrates how to use sticks and wishbone-shaped branches to play the game he invented. (Photo by Emily Rasmussen, contributing photographer)Hassan Hatefi throws a wishball into the air using a long, sword-like stick and then catches it back onto the stick. Hatefi invented the game while picking up sticks in
  
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• Roger Waters delivers music that matters with a mix of Pink Floyd and solo songs in L.A. on Tuesday

  21-06-2017 22:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Roger Waters performs at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)Roger Waters performs at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)Roger Waters performs at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)Roger Waters performs at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Ph
  
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• Where and when to watch the NBA Draft live

  21-06-2017 21:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics have the top picks in Thursday’s 2017 NBA Draft as they try to bolster their rosters with top college prospects.
  You can follow the NBA draft live on cable TV, radio and the Internet.
  The 2017 NBA Draft will be broadcast live on ESPN beginning at 4 p.m. Pacific time (7 p.m. Eastern) on Thursday, June 22, 2017, from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
  Related Articles NBA Draft: Prospects respect the way Lakers’ Clarkson, Nance, Zuba
  
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• Costa Mesa council reverses denial for sober-living facility, calling it a discretionary matter

  21-06-2017 21:17 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA -A divided City Council reversed an earlier denial of a sober-living operator’s permit to continue running his facility in the city’s Westside.
  Citing a good track record and good standing in the community, the council voted 3-2 vote Tuesday, June 20 to exempt Gregg Ohlhaver, owner of Keystone Sober Living at 2152 Raleigh St., from a city ordinance that requires a 650-buffer between sober-living homes.
  Council members Jim Righeimer and Allan Mansoor dissented.
  The rule is
  
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• Editor’s Pick: Humble Brush

  21-06-2017 21:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Like many of my fellow Californians, I try to take every opportunity I can to preserve and protect our planet. So when Humble Brush sent Coast products asking for a review of this eco-friendly, vegan toothbrush I gladly jumped at the opportunity.
  White, yellow, black, blue or pink, you pick! BPA free Nylon-6 bristles come in an assortment of colors. Bristles vary in thickness from ultra soft to medium, which means young children can use the brushes too.
  Humble Brushes are designed out of 100 pe
  
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• Irvine homebuying: What’s the hottest neighborhood?

  21-06-2017 20:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Homebuying in Irvine in 2017’s first three months could not keep pace with countywide sales advance.
  How did the local residential real estate market start the year? Using CoreLogic data, we compared homebuying patterns from January to March from this year and 2016.
  Sales in Irvine rose as 963 residences sold in the past 12 months vs. 959 a year ago.
  That’s a gain of 0.4 percent vs. a 3.5 percent increase countywide.
  ZIP-by-ZIP trends in Irvine from the report, ranked by year-over-ye
  
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• Services set for longtime San Clemente community volunteer Lee Steelman

  21-06-2017 20:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Lee Steelman is being remembered in San Clemente this week as a soft-spoken activist with a big heart.
  Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, June 24 for Steelman, a community volunteer who worked for decades with nonprofits to help people who didn’t have the same resources as most in San Clemente.
  Steelman, a co-founder of the South Orange County Community Services Council in 1979, died at her San Clemente home on June 10 at age 91.
  LEE STEELMAN (Courtesy of Steelman family)She becam
  
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• Car catches fire inside Cal State Fullerton parking garage

  21-06-2017 20:35 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON A car caught fire in a Cal State Fullerton University parking garage Wednesday, June 21,  sending a plume of smoke into the sky above campus, officials said.
  The fire occurred around 11 a.m. on the fifth level on the east side of the parking structure, said CSFU spokeswoman Paula Selleck. The tires on the Dodge Intrepid exploded causing popping sounds, she said.
  The car was unoccupied, and no other vehicles were damaged. Campus police are attempting to contact the registered
  
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• Kings to face Flyers in their home-opening game Oct. 5 at Staples Center

  21-06-2017 20:18 via ocregister.com
  
  The Kings will play host to the Philadelphia Flyers for the second consecutive season in their home-opening game Oct. 5 at Staples Center.
  The NHL announced each team’s home opener Wednesday, and will release the full 82-game schedules Thursday.
  The Kings and Flyers will celebrate their 50th anniversaries in the NHL this season. The teams began play in the league with the Kings’ 4-2 win over the Flyers on Oct. 14, 1967, at Long Beach Arena, which served as one of the Kings’ tem
  
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• Ducks to open 2017-18 season at home against Arizona on Oct. 5

  21-06-2017 20:15 via ocregister.com
  
  LAS VEGAS – The Ducks will play the Arizona Coyotes in their home opener Oct. 5 at Honda Center, which is also expected to be their season opener.
  The NHL released the home openers for all 31 teams Wednesday morning. The full 82-game schedule will be released Thursday, with the league also televising the reveal for the first time at noon Pacific time.
  Recent years have seen the Ducks start their season on the road, often playing a few contests against Eastern Conference teams. The Ducks op
  
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• San Clemente introduces ordinance against panhandlers aggressively asking for money

  21-06-2017 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Starting this summer, San Clemente plans to make it illegal for panhandlers to aggressively ask passersby for money in public places.
  The City Council, on a 5-0 vote Tuesday, June 20, introduced an ordinance banning aggressive solicitation in public – whether for money or for other types of exchange.
  “The ordinance is modeled after ordinances that regulate this behavior while providing constitutional protections for free speech in public areas,” City Attorney Scott Smith said i
  
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• Irvine’s Jack Toan honored as ‘Champion of Children’ for volunteer work in Orange County

  21-06-2017 19:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine resident Jack Toan is teaching a martial arts class to a group of underserved kids at a Santa Ana church. Toan is a Wells Fargo community manager and Vietnam refugee, having immigrated with his family in the late 70’s. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)Ethan Berry, right, laughs after Jack Toan, left, shows him how he whistles, before class starts. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)Irvine resident Jack Toan is teaching a karate class to a group of
  
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• Illinois’ fiscal mess is all too familiar to Californians

  21-06-2017 19:41 via ocregister.com
  
  California and Illinois have a number of similarities — and that’s not a good thing.
  Illinois is teetering on the edge of fiscal solvency, and there does not appear to be a positive resolution in sight. It was not long ago that California flirted with that precipice. Though we have retreated from it a bit, though at the steep cost of even higher taxes, lingering debt and pension obligations mean we are far from being out of danger, and we must heed the warnings of Illinois to avoid f
  
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• May home sales drive Orange, L.A. county prices to record highs: $695,000 and $560,500

  21-06-2017 18:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Multiple home price records were set in May, the latest in a series of highs hit in one of the busiest spring home buying seasons in years.
  The median price of an Orange County home soared last month to $695,000, the highest median on record and topping the previous record set a month earlier by $20,000, CoreLogic reported Wednesday, June 21.
  May also saw the Los Angeles County median home price hit $560,500, shattering its pre-recession high of $550,000 set in 2007.
  Also topping a pre-recession
  
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• NBA Draft: Prospects respect the way Lakers’ Clarkson, Nance, Zubac carved out roles as non-lottery picks

  21-06-2017 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Lakers forward Larry Nance Jr. was a late first-round pick, but he’s carved out a role for himself with the Lakers and become the kind of player Coach Luke Walton can turn to for energy off the bench. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)The Lakers took Croatian center Ivica Zubac early in the second round of the 2016 draft, and he became a starter last season. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)The Lakers’ Jordan Clarkson is an inspiration to a lot of the NBA draft prospects who have come through the t
  
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• Transfer numbers steady in CIF-Southern Section

  21-06-2017 17:37 via ocregister.com
  
  The number of transfers in the CIF-Southern Section over the past three school years is steady, according to data provided by the CIF-SS office.
  The data shows that the sit-out period option is growing in popularity.
  The number of transfers, when the change of residence and sit-out period transfers are combined, was 4,661 in the 2014-15 school year, 4,760 in the 2015-16 school year, and in the 2016-17 school year. The CIF-Southern Section has 575 member schools.
  Student-athletes become immediate
  
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• FBI: Gunman acted alone in shooting of congressman

  21-06-2017 17:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By BEN NUCKOLS
  WASHINGTON — A gunman acted alone when he shot and wounded a top House Republican and four other people on a northern Virginia baseball field, the FBI said Wednesday.
  Tim Slater, who leads the criminal division of the FBI’s Washington field office, also said during a news conference that James T. Hodgkinson did not have any ties to terrorism.
  Rep. Steve Scalise, 51, the House majority whip, was gravely wounded in the shooting June 14.. He has undergone several surgerie
  
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• Motorcyclist dies in crash on Ortega Highway; lanes reopened after Sig Alert lifted

  21-06-2017 17:06 via ocregister.com
  
  A motorcyclist was killed Wednesday morning June, 21, in a crash on the Ortega Highway near San Juan Capistrano.
  The investigation into the fatality closed the highway in both directions after the crash, but the road was reopened and the Sig Alert lifted about 9:40 a.m.,  according to the  California Highway Patrol.
  The crash between the motorcycle and another vehicle was reported shortly before 7 a.m. The motorcyclist, a 27-year-old man, was confirmed dead at the scene, according
  
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• Motorcyclist dies in crash on Ortega Highway; both lanes of road closed

  21-06-2017 17:06 via ocregister.com
  
  A motorcyclist was killed Wednesday morning June, 21, in a crash on the Ortega Highway near San Juan Capistrano. The investigation into the fatality has closed the highway until at least 9 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol, which set up the Sig Alert.
  The crash between the motorcycle and another vehicle was reported shortly before 7 a.m. The motorcyclist, a 27-year-old man, was confirmed dead at the scene, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The coroner was en route to
  
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• For $20 million, even a Ferrari gets an ocean view – from the garage

  21-06-2017 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  You can see inside the glass spa. It’s set behind the bar in the disco. A woman in a mermaid fin floated around in the water as a group of real estate agents toured the house.
  The homeowner’s electric red Ferrari also has quite a view. It overlooks the Pacific Ocean – through windows in the garage.
  The house at 31945 S. Coast Highway in Laguna Beach viewed from the street. The home is on the market at $20 million. (Photo by Jeri Koegel)The inside of the spa can be see
  
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• Gold Star Foods acquires Anaheim distributor; 106 employees could be affected

  21-06-2017 16:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Ontario-based Gold Star Foods has acquired Anaheim-based A&R Wholesale Distributors for an undisclosed amount.
  The deal could impact jobs in Anaheim as A&R recently filed 106 layoff notices with the state. The company did not immediately respond to questions on whether or not its employees would be hired by Gold Star Foods.
  Gold Star Foods, a distributor of school meals, is owned by New York-based private equity firm Castle Harlan.
  “Like Gold Star, A&R is experienced in dealing
  
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• LoanDepot to hire 100 (with benefits and bonuses) at Lake Forest call center

  21-06-2017 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Lender loanDepot is looking to hire more than 100 people for call center positions at its Lake Forest branch.
  The company provided these details:Hires will be paid $15 an hour plus bonuses
  Shifts run 40-50 hours a week between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
  Employees receive medical and dental insurance and a 401K with a company match after one month.
  Applicants can email [email protected] to start the application process.
  The Foothill Ranch-based company was founded in 2010 by Anthony Hsieh and has b
  
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• Jerrod Niemann is ready to get rowdy at Queen Mary’s Shipkicker Country Music Festival

  21-06-2017 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Country music singer-songwriter Jerrod Niemann, who is known for hits such as “Drink to That All Night” and “Lover, Lover,” his countrified cover of Sonia Dada’s “You Don’t Treat Me No Good,” is ready to party with Southern California fans during his turn at the Queen Mary’s Shipkicker Country Music Festival in Long Beach.
  The third annual event, which will be held at the Waterfront Events Park next to the historic landmark on Saturday, July
  
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• Courteney Cox ages gracefully from 23 to 46

  21-06-2017 14:12
  Actress Courteney Cox has aged gracefully during her more than two decades in show business. This slide show covers her changing looks from age 23 to 46. Here she poses for a portrait photo by InStyle magazine for its August 2010 issue, which features Cox on its cover.
  
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• Air traffic control reform is long overdue

  21-06-2017 09:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The U.S. air traffic control system has fallen woefully behind most of the rest of the world, but we may finally be on the cusp of a promising reform decades in the making.
  In testimony before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee last month, Reason Foundation Director of Transportation Policy Robert Poole identified three main problems with our existing system. First, the Federal Aviation Administration’s funding is volatile, subject to the caprices of Congress, and hasn&r
  
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• California must fight middle-manager bloat in public universities

  21-06-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  California students, parents and taxpayers know from the hits to their pocketbooks that public higher education in the state has grown remarkably more expensive in recent years.
  They don’t need a study to prove that bottom line, but the California State Auditor in April released one anyway, focusing solely on the California State University system. Though other colleges are not specifically studied, because of the number of campuses in the vast CSU, it’s no stretch to reckon that wha
  
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• Letters: A feature not a flaw

  21-06-2017 09:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Re: “Is big spending on needy students paying off?” [News, June 18]: So, California spends billions on something and it isn’t working. Really? I’m not so sure. The article said we’ve hired more teachers and are paying them higher salaries. Seems it’s working just fine, if you’re a teacher. And, probably if you’re in administration. And, we can be fairly sure that they responded with glowing endorsements of the local officials who made that possible
  
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• Uber CEO, co-founder resigns after pressure from investors

  21-06-2017 08:43 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK — Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick resigned Tuesday, June 20, under pressure from investors.
  “I love Uber more than anything in the world and at this difficult moment in my personal life I have accepted the investors request to step aside so that Uber can go back to building rather than be distracted with another fight,” Kalanick said in a statement to The New York Times.
  On June 13, Kalanick went on indefinite leave amid criticism of his management style and fo
  
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• Powerball ticket worth more than $480,000 sold at Anaheim gas station

  21-06-2017 08:25 via ocregister.com
  
  A Powerball ticket worth nearly half a million dollars was recently purchased at a gas station in Anaheim, according to California Lottery officials.
  Estela Arias, who matched all five numbers except for the Powerball number, was rewarded with a $480,287 payout. If she had hit the Powerball number, the jackpot would have been $228 million.
  Her numbers for the draw on May 20 were 45-5-47-54 and 22 and she only missed the Powerball number 3.
  Arias, who declined to say what city she is from, purcha
  
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• Republican Handel wins Georgia race, thanks Donald Trump

  21-06-2017 07:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By BILL BARROW and KATHLEEN FOODY
  DUNWOODY, Ga. — Republican Karen Handel won a nationally watched congressional election Tuesday in Georgia, and she thanked President Donald Trump after she avoided an upset that would have rocked Washington ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
  Returns showed Handel, a former Georgia secretary of state, winning about 52 percent of the vote over Democrat Jon Ossoff, who won nearly 48 percent in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District.
  “A special th
  
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• South QBs look to make a big impact on O.C. All-Star Game

  21-06-2017 07:27 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA – The two quarterbacks that will represent the South football team in the Orange County All-Star Game are big talents from small schools.
  Joey Gutierrez of Brethren Christian and Cade Henjum of Saddleback Valley Christian were consistently atop the county’s passing leaderboards during the 2016 season. Now, both quarterbacks are excited to show what they can do against the best players in the county.
  “We are kind of representing small schools,” Henjum said. &ldq
  
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• Los Amigos High School Graduation 2017

  21-06-2017 07:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Amigos High seniors celebrated the end of their high school careers with family and friends at a commencement ceremony Tuesday, June 20 at Bolsa Grande Stadium.
  A graduate celebrates during the Los Amigos High School Graduation at Bolsa Grande Stadium in Garden Grove, CA on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)Graduate Ariana Figueroa, left, cries as she hugs her friend Jennifer Vazquez after the Los Amigos High School Graduation at Bolsa Grande
  
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• Corey Seager homers three times as Dodgers rout Mets, 12-0

  21-06-2017 07:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Corey Seager rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run, his third home run of the game, during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ORG XMIT: NYOTKLos Angeles Dodgers’ Corey Seager (5) smiles after hitting a two run home run in the first inning of a Major League baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 in Los Angeles. (Phot
  
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• Santa Ana approves delivery, extended operating hours, other allowances for legal pot shops

  21-06-2017 07:11 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — Legal medical marijuana dispensaries asked Santa Ana to give them more flexibility to run their businesses, and the city is heeding those requests.
  In a 5-0 vote Tuesday night, June 20, the Santa Ana City Council approved a handful of amendments to Measure BB, the city’s medical marijuana ordinance. Mayor Miguel Pulido abstained due to a conflict of interest.
  Since Measure BB was approved by voters in 2014, the city established an enforcement program and administrative po
  
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• Why Boeing revealed its cybersecurity secrets to Cal State Fullerton students

  21-06-2017 07:00 via ocregister.com
  
  When you are the Boeing Co., making airplanes on which millions of people’s lives depend, you sure don’t want a bunch of college students to hack into your computer systems.
  So what do you do?
  You hire a bunch of college students to hack into your computer systems.
  That’s how a team of Cal State Fullerton computer science students ended up being handed a hefty manual of the aerospace giant’s security standards a few months ago.
  Boeing reached out to CSUF’s Center fo
  
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• Rancho Alamitos High Graduation 2017

  21-06-2017 06:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Rancho Alamitos High graduates Sheyenne Branson, left, and Brianna Ceballos bows towards the stands during the graduation ceremony at Bolsa Grande High School in Garden Grove on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Photo by Kyusung Gong, Orange County Register/SCNG)Rancho Alamitos High graduate Tony Smith takes a selfie as his name is being announced during the graduation ceremony at Bolsa Grande High School in Garden Grove on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Photo by Kyusung Gong, Orange County Register/SCNG)A Ran
  
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• Surf camp at Doheny State Beach for autistic children postponed due to shark sightings

  21-06-2017 06:38 via ocregister.com
  
  A camp that helps teach autistic children to surf postponed its event planned for Wednesday, June 21, at Doheny State Beach because of the threat of sharks in the area, its organizer said Tuesday.
  Surfers Healing is an O.C.-based nonprofit that puts autistic children on surfboards with volunteers so they can experience the feeling of catching a wave. It was founded by Israel and Danielle Paskowitz, who have a son with autism who inspired their venture. Israel is the son of the late surf ico
  
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• Beckman’s McLain MVP of Irvine all-city baseball team; pictures and profiles of all the players

  21-06-2017 06:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Matt McLain has been selected to the All-City Irvine Baseball Team. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)Josh Richter has been selected to the All-City Irvine Baseball Team. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)Northwood’s Julian Tristan has been selected to the All-City Irvine Baseball Team. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)Scott Armstrong has been selected to the All-City Irvine Baseball Team. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCN
  
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• Pacifica High School Graduation 2017

  21-06-2017 05:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Friends and family helped Pacifica High seniors celebrate their graduation with a commencement ceremony on Tuesday, June 20 at Orange Coast College.
  Pacifica grads Natalie Gibbs, left, and Kenneth Foley shared a hug with Pacifica alum Hannah Song after posing for a friend’s photo. Pacifica High School was holding their graduation ceremonies at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, CA on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Photo by Bill Alkofer,Orange County Register/SCNG)Pacific grad Evan DeCock moves
  
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• Fountain Valley delays action on controversial Crossings plan

  21-06-2017 05:08 via ocregister.com
  
  FOUNTAIN VALLEY — A hotly anticipated hearing and decision Tuesday night on a plan that could forever change the face of the city fizzled when the Fountain Valley City Council decided to postpone action.
  At the suggestion of Matt Mogenson, the city’s director of planning and building, the council decided unanimously to suspend consideration of the Fountain Valley Crossings plan to allow for revisions of the final environmental report and to give the public more time to review the doc
  
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• Garden Grove High School Graduation 2017

  21-06-2017 05:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Friends and family helped Garden Grove High seniors celebrate their graduation with a commencement ceremony on Tuesday, June 20 at Bolsa Grande High.
   
  
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