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• Heat wave breaks 131-year-old L.A. record

  08-07-2017 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Here’s the latest on California’s wildfires and the heat wave:
  1:20 p.m.
  A blistering heat wave has broken a 131-year-old record in Los Angeles.
  The National Weather Service reports that the temperature hit 96 degrees Saturday in downtown Los Angeles.
  That beats a record of 95 degrees for the date set in 1886.
  Other records for the day fell at the weather service office in Oxnard and nearby Camarillo, both in Ventura County.
  Southern California is under an excessive heat warning with
  
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• Laguna Beach housing: Only 48 pricier places to buy

  08-07-2017 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The sea breeze is expensive! Laguna Beach ZIP code 92651 had the nation’s 49th highest median home listing price in May.
  According to Realtor.com data, the median listing price of homes for sale in this ZIP in May was $2.61 million. That was topped by only 48 ZIPs in the nation and was up 5 percent from a year ago.
  This kind of pricing is rare nationwide. Just 401 U.S. ZIP codes had median listing prices above $1 million, according to Realtor.com data. Southern California had 94 of those s
  
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• Orange County preschooler’s learn about backyard animals.

  08-07-2017 19:58 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Zoo held a special preschooler event on Friday, July 8th, with children learning about the animals they might find in their backyards.
  Education Animal Keeper Lauren Serrano holds up Willy, a Western Screech-Owl who happens to have one eye, during the Orange County Zoo’s “Animals in My Backyard” pre-school program in Irvine Park in Orange, CA on Friday, July 7, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)Docent Kathleen Haiker quiets the room a
  
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• G-20 shut Trump out on climate, strike deal on trade

  08-07-2017 17:41 via ocregister.com
  
  By DAVID McHUGH and GEIR MOULSON
  HAMBURG, Germany  — World powers lined up against U.S. President Donald Trump on climate change Saturday, reaffirming their support for international efforts to fight global warming.
  The final statement of the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, underlined that the other countries and the European Union supported the Paris climate agreement rejected by Trump. They called the deal to reduce greenhouse gases “irreversible” and vowed to im
  
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• HOA Homefront: Reader says their cameras make ME insecure

  08-07-2017 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: A new owner in our condo complex rented it to tenants who installed security cameras on the exterior of their unit, one on their front door and one on their balcony that pans all outside their doorway and mine, the interior of my patio, everybody’s balcony, and down the corridor, so all residents are filmed going to the front gate entry.
  Is there a law that would help me? I can’t stand seeing their camera from the interior of my patio, which I feel is my personal space — T.M
  
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• Accepting an unsolicited offer: 5 reasons why you might

  08-07-2017 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Recently, someone asked me if they should accept an unsolicited offer for their commercial real estate. My conclusion? A resounding no. It’s my firm belief a seller can achieve a higher price by putting the market forces of buyers competing to work.
  So, why would any seller accept an unsolicited offer for their commercial real estate? Here are a few reasons the seller might play ball:
  Seller is desperate: More is owed than the property is worth. A lender has called a loan against the
  
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• These are a few of buyers’ favorite things

  08-07-2017 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s a sign.Sometimes, it’s more than the right number of bedrooms and bathrooms that helps buyers make the choice to write up an offer on a home.There are the critical factors like whether there’s enough room for the couch, both leaves of the dining room table, and the 90-inch flat screen TV. Then there are some unexpected bonus features that have helped people pull the trigger on writing up an offer. Among them:The Harry Potter closet: Winning features include having all the
  
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• City-interior divide afflicts even Connecticut

  08-07-2017 09:08 via ocregister.com
  
  Despite the vogue for using social science as the tip of the spear of policymaking — or perhaps because of it — research and evidence often actually trail behind politics. But in so doing they can call into question the whole framing of an issue, especially one carrying a lot of ideological freight or working as an ideological sorting mechanism.
  This is what appears to be happening with Connecticut, still broadly assumed to be one of those wealthy blue coastal states insulated from t
  
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• Blame the North Korea threat on Carter, Clinton

  08-07-2017 09:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Former President Jimmy Carter has a website on which he tells self-congratulatory stories of his foreign policy exploits. If you go to CarterCenter.org, you can read all about how he negotiated a deal with North Korea that stopped its development of nuclear weapons.
  “In 1994, the United States and South Korea were on the brink of war with North Korea, convinced that the North was moving to develop nuclear weapons,” Carter’s story begins.
  North Korea had pulled out of the Intern
  
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• Why some cities won’t be paying Los Angeles’ new homeless tax

  08-07-2017 09:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles County’s sky-high sales tax will rise not once, but twice, this year.
  In recent elections, Angelinos voted two new tax hikes upon themselves — one to fund transportation (Measure M) and the other to fight homelessness (Measure H).
  As a result, the county’s 8.75 percent tax rate jumped to 9.25 percent on July 1. It’ll rise even further — to 9.5 percent — on October 1.
  Of course, some cities in Los Angeles County have even higher tax rates. Seven of
  
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• Reformers’ selective outrage over Board of Equalization

  08-07-2017 09:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Where are the “reformers” when you need them? Blasted by what was an informal survey focused on elected members, and an actual 2015 state controller’s audit revealing not problems with the elected members, but rather with the agency that was cut loose, the Board of Equalization was gutted, two new bureaucracies created, and investigations ensued.
  How did an elected board established in 1879, which launched the careers of numerous state treasurers, controllers and others statewi
  
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• Guy Miles is a guilty man who finally accepted responsibility

  08-07-2017 09:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Prosecutors take an oath to do justice, wherever that may lead, including releasing someone who has been wrongfully convicted. That is simply not the case with Guy Miles, the latest cause célèbre of the Orange County Register.
  Miles, a gang member who was violating parole at the time of the 1998 Fullerton robbery, was not exonerated, nor was he wrongfully convicted. On June 20, 2017, Miles pleaded guilty to two counts of second degree robbery with a sentencing enhancement for being
  
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• ‘Mum’s the Word Bandit’ sought in Anaheim bank robbery, failed La Mirada heist

  08-07-2017 07:55 via ocregister.com
  
  LA MIRADA — A tight-lipped serial bank robber known to the FBI as the “Mum’s the Word Bandit” tried, but failed, to carry out his latest heist in La Mirada on Friday afternoon, authorities said.
  The suspect received his moniker for his tendency to pass tellers a note demanding cash without speaking, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said. No weapons have been seen.
  He showed up about 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 7, at the Bank of the West, 12709 Valley View Ave., Los Angeles
  
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• Yorba Linda changes rules for temporary signs, there has been growing complaints

  08-07-2017 07:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Perhaps the most significant change in Yorba Linda’s new 20-page sign ordinance taking effect July 26 is a provision simplifying the procedures for removing signs illegally posted in public rights-of-way, generally along the sides of the city’s major roadways.
  Now, city employees will be able to simply remove a non-conforming sign rather than notifying the owner by certified mail 72 hours in advance. A “due process” requirement would be met by contacting the sig
  
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• Smiles, thumbs up from Atlanta woman charged with killed her 4 kids, husband

  08-07-2017 07:45 via ocregister.com
  
  LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — A woman charged with killing four of her young children and her husband smiled and flashed a double thumbs up to news cameras during her first court appearance Friday in metro Atlanta before telling a judge she doesn’t want an attorney.
  Also, an immigration official said the woman, who is from Mexico, entered the U.S. illegally.
  Isabel Martinez, 33, appeared before Gwinnett County Magistrate Court Judge Michael Thorpe a day after police said she stabbed the five
  
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• As investor demand for apartments rises, so do rents in Southern California

  08-07-2017 07:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Tenants at Tustin’s Palm Garden Apartments have seen two or three rent hikes since the aging apartment complex first sold to new owners in 2016, with rents jumping as much as $500 within five months.
  At the Olive Street Apartments in Anaheim’s Packing District, new owners are requiring month-to-month tenants to sign a one-year lease or move out.
  And last year, an investment firm that purchased an eight-unit apartment building in East Los Angeles raised rents from $1,250 to $2,000 a m
  
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• Summer, like the times, they are a changin’

  08-07-2017 07:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Summer used to be an idyllic time of justified laziness.
  Should I go find my friends for a game of tag, or find a shady spot and read a book? The possibilities were infinite, and they were all mine, or at least they felt that way.
  And then I became an adult and summer was another, hotter season of going to work and doing laundry.
  When Marcus started school, I had flashbacks to those wonderful times. I thought we could go to the park, to museums, or just happily do nothing. It was a sweet dream.
  
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• Lakers Notes: Team doesn’t have any imminent deals with free agents

  08-07-2017 06:04 via ocregister.com
  
  LAS VEGAS – NBA business has moved at a frenetic pace since the free agent negotiating window opened, with executives and agents making and receiving a barrage of calls and text messages at any hour of the day.
  Despite all the activity of the first week, however, the Lakers have yet to make a move. Though things remain fluid, the Lakers do not sense any imminent deals, according to league sources familiar with the situation. As of Friday evening, the Lakers also did not have any meetings s
  
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• Fire rips through Irvine home, killing a dog and injuring 4 firefighters

  08-07-2017 06:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Investigators were working to determine the cause of a blaze that ripped through an Irvine home on Friday, killing a family dog and causing minor injuries to four firefighters.
  Capt. Alan Wilkes of the Orange County Fire Authority said the fire was sparked at about 5:30 p.m. in a single-family home in the 14000 block of Bel Aire Street. Roughly 50 firefighters battled the blaze and gained control of it just after 6 p.m., he said.
  Wilkes said firefighters were able to prevent the blaze from sprea
  
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• Royals at Dodgers: Saturday game time, TV channels and starting pitchers

  08-07-2017 05:30 via ocregister.com
  
  ROYALS at DODGERS
  When: 4:15 p.m.
  Where: Dodger Stadium
  TV: Fox/11
  THE PITCHERS
  DODGERS RHP BRANDON McCARTHY (6-3, 3.25 ERA)
  Vs. Royals: 3-2, 4.05 ERA
  At Dodger Stadium: 8-2, 3.87 ERA
  Hates to face: Alex Gordon, 6 for 14 (.429), 1 double
  Loves to face: Salvador Perez, 0 for 6
  ROYALS RHP IAN KENNEDY (3-6, 4.44 ERA)
  Vs. Dodgers: 5-9, 4.31 ERA
  At Dodger Stadium: 2-5, 3.75 ERA
  Hates to face: Justin Turner, 8 for 16 (.500), 4 doubles
  Loves to face: Yasiel Puig, 8 for 24 (.167), 8 strikeouts
  UPCOMING
  
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• Lonzo Ball struggles with shot, Brandon Ingram has injury scare in summer league loss to Clippers

  08-07-2017 05:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Clippers’ James Bell drives between Los Angeles Lakers’ David Nwaba, left, and Josh Hart during the first half of an NBA summer league basketball game, Friday, July 7, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) ORG XMIT: NVJL104Los Angeles Lakers’ Ivica Zubac, left, falls against Los Angeles Clippers’ Shevon Thompson during the first half of an NBA summer league basketball game, Friday, July 7, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) ORG XMIT: NVJL102Los An
  
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• Rangers make quick work of Angels’ Ricky Nolasco in 10-0 blowout

  08-07-2017 04:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Texas Rangers’ Nomar Mazara, left, and Adrian Beltre, right, celebrate Beltre’s three-run home run that scored Mazara and Shin-Soo Choo in the second inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 7, 2017, in Arlington, Texas. The hit was Beltre’s 2977th career hit. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) ORG XMIT: OTKTG107Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Ricky Nolasco throws to the Texas Rangers in the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 7, 2017, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gu
  
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• Parkinson Foundation treasurer from Irvine charged with embezzling $286,845 from group

  08-07-2017 04:12 via ocregister.com
  
  An Irvine woman who served as the treasurer of the National Parkinson Foundation’s Orange County Chapter was charged Friday, July 7, with embezzling more than $286,000 from the group, authorities said Friday.
  Judith Woodhouse, 52, is facing 54 felony counts, including grand theft, forgery, money laundering and fraudulent use of an access card, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. If convicted, she faces up to 42 years, 4 months in prison.
  Prosecutors said Woodho
  
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• La Habra man wounded in officer-involved shooting charged with assault on peace officer

  08-07-2017 04:02 via ocregister.com
  
  A man who was shot by La Habra police after officers said he confronted them with a long-handled ax was charged Friday, July 7, with felony assault on a police officer and resisting an officer.
  Authorities said Dan Schuneman, 46, of Anaheim called 911 around 8:30 a.m. from his motor home and became increasingly agitated and confused as he talked to dispatchers. Police said the dispatcher tried to get his location to send help, but he refused and hung up.
  Police tracked the call and found Schunem
  
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• Master mixologist names summer cocktail trends

  08-07-2017 02:38 via ocregister.com
  
  I ran into Gabrielle Dion the other day at a cocktail event she was co-hosting. For those of you who don’t know her work, Gabbi is one of O.C.’s master mixologists. She’s the talent behind the lively and creative bar menus at Amar Santana’s Broadway and Vaca restaurants, and she has created a brilliant little store for serious cocktail fans, The Mixing Glass, at Costa Mesa’s OC Mix.
  Gabrielle Dion, owner of the Mixing Glass, gives a drink mixing demonstration at Roo
  
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• Homeless and lawless? A stretch of the river is often unpoliced

  08-07-2017 02:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Police and Sheriff agencies offer scant oversight of a fast-growing homeless encampment in Orange County, along the Santa Ana River, prompting people who work with the homeless to suggest that violence and drug dealing in the community soon could grow akin to Los Angeles’ notorious Skid Row.
  Officials from the Anaheim Police Dept. and the Orange County Sheriff point to jurisdictional disputes, lack of money and a fear of lawsuits as some of the reasons why a cluster of tents and makes
  
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• Name released of man incorrectly identified by authorities and buried by another family

  08-07-2017 02:27 via ocregister.com
  
  A homeless man found dead in Fountain Valley in May and first misidentified as someone else – who is alive – has been identified as John Dickens, 54, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Friday, July 7.
  Dickens, a native of Kansas, died behind a Verizon store of an enlarged heart and cardiovascular disease, according to an autopsy report.
  He was identified through fingerprints. But not before he was confused for another man, Frank Kerrigan, 57, and buried by the Ker
  
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• Deep-sea explorer Robert Ballard sets sail from Port of Los Angeles to map the unknown

  08-07-2017 02:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Deep-sea exploration pioneer Robert Ballard and his team of marine researchers, media producers and engineers will set sail Friday to uncover hidden secrets of the ocean depths.
  “We’re going to go to the unknown America,” Ballard said, as his team loaded up the 211-foot-long Exploration Vehicle Nautilus with supplies for the journey on Thursday.
  They’re scheduled to depart in the afternoon from their home base at San Pedro’s AltaSea research campus, an emerging coll
  
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• West Nile virus found in Laguna Beach woman, county’s first human case in 2017

  08-07-2017 02:13 via ocregister.com
  
  A Laguna Beach woman in her 70s has tested positive for West Nile virus, the first human case of the infection reported in Orange County this year, the county’s health care agency announced Friday, July 7.
  The woman was diagnosed during routine testing at a blood bank last week. She wasn’t experiencing any symptoms, officials said.
  Orange County had 36 reported West Nile cases in 2016 and one related death.
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• Win an invite to the Scott Brothers’ ‘House Party’ at the Segerstrom Center

  08-07-2017 02:10 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Register is giving away four tickets to see Jonathan and Drew Scott of HGTV’s “The Property Brothers” at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts on July 23.  The twins, one a real estate agent and the other a contractor, will present their first live variety show, “The Scott Brothers House Party Show.” In addition, the winner will receive a 15-minute onstage room consultation with the brothers.
  Contestants must submit one
  
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• Edison’s Battle at the Beach loaded with talented teams, quarterbacks

  08-07-2017 02:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California football powers Mater Dei, St. John Bosco and Centennial of Corona, plus several highly-recruited quarterbacks, highlight the field for the Battle at the Beach passing tournament Saturday, July 8, at Edison High.
  The 20-school, 7-on-7 tournament begins at 9 a.m. with group play and moves to the quarterfinals at 1:30 p.m. The final is scheduled for 3 p.m.
  Admission is free but parking in the school lot costs $5.
  Mater Dei, with its duo of quarterback JT Daniels and wide receiv
  
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• Santa Ana police searching for kidnapping suspect who's been on the run for a month

  08-07-2017 01:38
  Police are asking for the public's help locating a man in connection with a car theft and kidnapping nearly a month ago. Santa Ana police are looking for Pedro Vazquez Espinoza, described as a 6-foot, 2-inch tall, 210-pound, 27-year-old man with brown hair and brown eyes, on suspicion of armed kidnapping and robbery.
  
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• Obituary: Milton Anderson, founder of The Young Americans, was a true-to-life music man

  08-07-2017 00:58 via ocregister.com
  
  With the attention of first-year Young Americans students, founder Milton Anderson begins to fine tune the choir’s sound during a rehearsal for an upcoming performance. ///ADDITIONAL INFO: read.youngamericans.0415 – 4/10/12 – Photo by PAUL RODRIGUEZ, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER – Milton Anderson, who founded the Young Americans in 1962, works with artistic director Bill Brawley preparing for a 50th anniversary show with current and past performing artists.Young Americans f
  
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• Annual Fourth of July parade takes Tustin Meadows by storm

  08-07-2017 00:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Students of Tiny Tots Preschool ride in the 49th annual Fourth of July parade at Tustin Meadows on Tuesday, July 4, 2017. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)From left, Maaikee Pronda, Sabrina Santoro and Wendy Rincon of the Miss Tustin Court wave to spectators attending the 49th annual Fourth of July parade at Tustin Meadows on Tuesday, July 4, 2017. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)A homemade float called “Jaws” travels down Devonshire Ave during
  
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• Angels Notes: Matt Shoemaker shut down with nerve issue

  08-07-2017 00:32 via ocregister.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas — Matt Shoemaker’s injury has turned out to be more serious than first thought, although the Angels are still hoping to get him back in a matter of weeks.
  Shoemaker was diagnosed on Friday with posterior interosseous nerve syndrome, which is rare in baseball players. Shoemaker received a cortisone injection and will not throw for seven to 10 days.
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