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• Gov. Brown scrambles for support on cap and trade climate deal

  13-07-2017 23:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONATHAN J. COOPER
  SACRAMENTO – Gov. Jerry Brown warned Thursday of a California ravaged by forest fires, disease and mass migration if lawmakers fail to renew the state’s signature program to fight climate change, which he called “a threat to organized human existence.”
  California’s longest-serving governor, who has spent most of his life in and around public service, told lawmakers “this is the most important vote of your life.” Brown, 79, even warn
  
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• Black Ring-Shaped UFOs Pop Up In Skies All Over The World - Are We Under Attack?

  13-07-2017 23:42
  Yikes! Mysterious black smoke rings have been appearing floating high above cities all over the globe! Are they UFOs and if so, what does this mean!? On Sunday July 9, the residents of Yorkshire, England saw something strange when they looked up into the sky. Hovering roughly 300 feet off the ground was an ominous black ring of smoke.
  
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• Fullerton to appoint new police chief on Tuesday

  13-07-2017 21:52 via ocregister.com
  
  A month after naming a new top administrator, Fullerton is poised to fill another top position that has been needing hiring for several months.
  On Tuesday, July 18, the City Council will consider the appointment of David Hendricks as police chief.
  In his 23 years with the Long Beach Police Department, Hendricks has served as an officer, a sergeant, a lieutenant and a commander. In 2012, he was promoted to deputy chief.
  Hendricks oversees Long Beach’s Patrol and Investigations bureaus, as w
  
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• Del Mar’s summer racing season is set to run

  13-07-2017 21:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Will you be one of the more than 40,000 fans expected for opening day at the Del Mar racetrack?  The seven-week meet kicks off with Opening Day on Wednesday, July 19, and the action continues through to Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4.
  The long-standing summer tradition in San Diego has the reputation as one of the area’s must-see festivities, whether you’re a Thoroughbred racing aficionado or just a people watcher. Opening Day Hats Contest brings out the fashion-forwa
  
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• National Ice Cream Day is Sunday. Here’s where to get free or discounted treats

  13-07-2017 21:25 via ocregister.com
  
  McDonald’s: The chain is giving customers the opportunity to win free soft serve for life. A “Golden Arches Cone,” a limited edition cone, will be randomly given to a random customer, giving them free McDonald’s soft serve for life. (Photo courtesy of McDonald’s)McDonald’s: The chain is giving customers the opportunity to win free soft serve for life. A “Golden Arches Cone,” a limited edition cone, will be randomly given to a random customer, givin
  
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• Motorsports: Alic Almirola returns eight weeks after fiery NASCAR crash

  13-07-2017 21:17 via ocregister.com
  
  On May 13, Aric Almirola was involved in a high-speed crash at Kansas Speedway. At first, the three-car accident looked just like any other NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series incident. However, it soon became apparent it wasn’t just another wreck.
  The race was red-flagged as safety crews cut the roof off to gingerly extricate the Richard Petty Motorsports driver. Turns out Almirola suffered an acute compression fracture to his T5 vertebra in the accident with Danica Patrick and Joey Logano o
  
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• ‘Game of Thrones’ season 7 premiere, plus the sexual politics of strong women and waiting for the White Walkers

  13-07-2017 21:06 via ocregister.com
  
  For most of six seasons, fans of HBO’s "Game of Thrones" could reliably and blissfully dive into the violent escapism of George R.R. Martin’s medieval-style fantasy
  
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• Loan helps investors beat the clock on property swaps

  13-07-2017 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  What’s up with mortgage rates? Jeff Lazerson of Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel gives us his take.
  Rate news summary
  From Freddie Mac’s weekly survey: For the first time in nearly two months, the 30-year fixed rate exceeded the 4 percent mark, averaging 4.03 percent. That’s 7 basis points worse than last week’s 3.96 percent. The 15-year fixed averaged 3.29 percent, also up 7 basis points from last week’s 3.22 percent.
  The Mortgage Bankers Association reported a 7.4
  
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• 2 Irvine ZIPs in housing’s million-dollar club

  13-07-2017 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Two Irvine ZIP codes — 92602 and 92603 — were among 19 Orange County communities to join the million-dollar home-listing club in May.
  According to Realtor.com data, these zips were among 401 ZIP codes nationwide with median listing prices above $1 million. Southern California had 94 of those seven-figure listings, or roughly 1-in-4 nationwide.
  In ZIP code 92602, northern Irvine including Orchard Hills …
  Median listing price: $1.18 million. That ranked 317 highest in the n
  
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• Chris Froome loses Tour de France lead to Fabio Aru, Romain Bardet wins 12th stage

  13-07-2017 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Italy’s Fabio Aru, third from left, who took over the overall leader’s yellow jersey from Britain’s Chris Froome, center, stage winner France’s Romain Bardet, behind Aru, and Colombia’s Rigoberto Uran, speed downhill during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 214.5 kilometers (133.3 miles) with start in Pau and finish in Peyragudes, France, Thursday, July 13, 2017. (Bernard Papon, Pool photo via AP)The group of leaders with Britain’s Chri
  
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• U.S. Open of Surfing: Where to stay near Huntington Beach action-sports festival

  13-07-2017 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  You’ve been combing the sand all day, under the sun, and all you want to do is rest your head or sit poolside with a cocktail away from the chaos.
  The Vans U.S. Open of Surfing draws visitors from around the world, many who plan their trips solely around the big action-sports festival that happens for nine days at the Huntington Beach Pier. It’s a good excuse to get up close with famous surfers, a chance to let kids be immersed in the extreme sports world and be soak in the Southern
  
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• Orange County ranked 4th riskiest U.S. housing market, but …

  13-07-2017 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Real estate risk is best seen in context.
  Take a recent scoring of the chances we’ll see house price declines. Orange County is the fourth-riskiest housing market among the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas, according to Arch MI.
  The mortgage insurance company’s quarterly study of housing stability shows only three big markets – Miami, West Palm Beach and Houston – are riskier based on a mix of real estate and broad economic statistics from 2017’s first t
  
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• How two O.C. music fans turned their love of ska into the two-day...

  13-07-2017 19:25
  After closing down and cleaning up after their inaugural Ska-Mic Con last year, Orange County couple and diehard ska music fans Whitney Dunkle, 26, and Cameron Hallenbeck, 27, tiredly joked about who would headline the following year. "It was so much work," Dunkle said.
  
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• Galaxy adds depth with signing of Dutch defender Pele van Anholt

  13-07-2017 17:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The Galaxy added some much-needed depth to their defensive back line with the signing of 26-year-old defender Pele van Anholt.
  Van Anholt recently played at Willem II of the Dutch Eredivisie, making 23 appearances.
  Van Anholt was born in the Netherlands.
  “Pele is a talented and versatile player who will immediately add quality and experience to our defense,” Galaxy General Manager Pete Vagenas said in a statement. “Our staff did an excellent job at identifying this player and e
  
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• Sugar Paper comes to Newport Beach

  13-07-2017 16:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Sugar Paper Los Angeles will open a location at Lido Marina Village Sunday, July 16. (Photo courtesy of Sugar Paper Los Angeles)Sugar Paper founders Chelsea Shukov and Jamie Grobecker.(Photo courtesy of Sugar Paper Los Angeles)Sugar Paper Los Angeles will open a location at Lido Marina Village Sunday, July 16. (Photo courtesy of Sugar Paper Los Angeles)Sugar Paper Los Angeles will open a location at Lido Marina Village Sunday, July 16. (Photo courtesy of Sugar Paper Los Angeles)Sugar Paper Los A
  
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• Super sisters come to Comic-Con after taking on Batgirl

  13-07-2017 16:01 via ocregister.com
  
  “Batgirl and the Birds of Prey” has hewed close to the DC Comics canon for its characters, and over the year since the rebooted version was launched by sisters Julie and Shawna Benson they’ve managed to add such iconic characters as Catwoman and Poison Ivy to their story of Batgirl, Black Canary and the Huntress. Courtesy of DC Comics“Batgirl and the Birds of Prey” is a DC Comics series the features Batgirl, Black Canary and the Huntress battling bad guys and girls
  
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• Chinese political prisoner Liu Xiaobo dies at age 61

  13-07-2017 15:56 via ocregister.com
  
  SHENYANG, China  Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, China’s most prominent political prisoner, died Thursday at a hospital in the country’s northeast, officials said. He was 61.
  Liu had been hospitalized for advanced liver cancer diagnosed in prison in May. In an online announcement, the judicial bureau of the city of Shenyang said he died of multiple organ failure.
  Liu’s supporters and foreign governments had urged China to allow him to receive treatment abroad, but C
  
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• Human remains found in search for missing men, 1 victim ID’d

  13-07-2017 15:53 via ocregister.com
  
  By BOB LENTZ and MARYCLAIRE DALE
  NEW HOPE, Pa.  Investigators found the body of one of four missing young men Wednesday night, along with other human remains, buried deep in a common grave on a Pennsylvania farm. They vowed to “bring each and every one of these lost boys home to their families, one way or another.”
  Hours before the announced discovery, police arrested a young man whose parents own the farm on a charge tying him to one of the missing men. But little has been said
  
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• Avocado toast: dumb or just delicious?

  13-07-2017 15:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Avocado toast has been a hot topic lately. People either love it or hate it.
  I love it, except when I hate it. When it’s nothing more than a piece of bread topped with guacamole, I hate it. That’s not avocado toast. That’s lazy. And I suspect this is what others must be complaining about when they say they don’t like avocado toast. Or else they’re just crazy.
  Good avocado toast is a work of art and the perfect expression of California’s year-round summertime.
  
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• One Call Expert Discusses Meeting the Needs of Aging Injured Workers

  13-07-2017 15:06
  With baby boomers getting older and working longer, safety, wellness and care coordination become critical factors in creating a responsive strategy )--The aging workforce is significantly influencing workers' compensation programs. To help industry professionals understand the effect this population will have on their claims costs and outcomes, Kevin Glennon, RN, vice president of clinical programs at One Call Care Management , delivered the session, "Understanding the Changing Needs of the Agi
  
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• The Great Escape: Heaven at Two Harbors

  13-07-2017 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  I love the outdoors, but I am a woman for whom “roughing it” means no Jacuzzi tub or room service. And of course, I had to marry a guy who thinks backpacking up mountains and sleeping in dirt is the epitome of fun.
  Let’s just say that at some point on most of our getaways, one or the other of us is going to grit our teeth.
  But then we discovered rustic Two Harbors, Catalina Island’s other town, located on the west end of the island, about as distant from the Mediterranea
  
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• One of 2 new In-N-Out restaurants planned for Orange County causing social media flap

  13-07-2017 11:05 via ocregister.com
  
  When In-N-Out Burger enters a street corner, snaking drive through lanes are part of the deal. A flyer is circulating around Santa Ana, protesting the noise, traffic and odor the chain will cause if it builds a restaurant on a vacant lot at Tustin and 17th Street. (SCNG File photo)A flyer against In-N-Out in Santa Ana sparks debate on Facebook.In-N-Out is hoping to open a location at the corner of 17th Street and Tustin in Santa Ana. Santa Ana. The lot has been vacant for years. (Nancy Luna, Ora
  
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• Disney and Pringle Apparently (For Now) Place Their Chips on Harry Sidhu for Mayor

  13-07-2017 10:54
  Is Anaheim ready for more Sidhu-masochism? Harry Sidhu with his former Anaheim Council partners-in-crime Gail Eastman and Kris Murray. Anaheim, CA - Today, longtime Orange County business owner and former Anaheim City Council Member Harry Sidhu formally announced that he will be a candidate for Anaheim Mayor in the November 6, 2018 General Municipal Election.
  
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• No more lifeline for wasteful program

  13-07-2017 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Life, liberty and … free cellphone service? The questionable “Obamaphone” program is still plagued by waste, fraud and abuse.
  Yet another U.S. Government Accountability Office audit has found widespread waste in Federal Communications Commission’s Lifeline program, which offers free or reduced-price phone and internet service for low-income beneficiaries.
  Services are supposed to be limited to one participant per household for those with incomes of no more than 135 perce
  
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• Letters: Cap-and-trade concerns

  13-07-2017 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Business Council has serious concerns over California’s renewal of the cap-and-trade program. While the revenues from this program are supposed to be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in support of world-leading climate goals, past distribution of funds generated by the program has been inequitable, leading to a growing disparity between Southern Californian and the Bay Area. The six-county SCAG region has nearly half of the state’s population and two-thirds of th
  
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• Mazda moves to new office near the Irvine Spectrum Center

  13-07-2017 08:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Mazda has moved to its new home at 200 Spectrum Center Drive. The group moved to the new building in June. A sign was installed on the building over the weekend. (Photo courtesy of Mazda North American Operations)Mazda has moved to its new home at 200 Spectrum Center Drive. The group moved to the new building in June. A sign was installed on the building over the weekend. (Photo courtesy of Mazda North American Operations)Mazda has moved to its new home at 200 Spectrum Center Drive. The group mo
  
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• Bomb threat leads to evacuations at UCLA

  13-07-2017 08:12 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A phoned-in bomb threat at UCLA’s Sunset Canyon Recreation Center Wednesday night prompted the evacuations of residence halls on campus.
  UCLA officials took to Twitter just after 10 p.m. to instruct residents in UCLA housing to evacuate to Drake Stadium on campus for an unspecified emergency and asked people to share the information.
  Photos from the scene showed thousands of residents pouring into Drake Stadium.
  No injuries have been reported and UCLA officials sai
  
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• Police officers resuscitate 54-year-old man who collapsed at South Coast Plaza

  13-07-2017 07:14 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Two police officers used a portable defibrillator and chest compressions to resuscitate a 54-year-old man who had stopped breathing while in a store at South Coast Plaza on Wednesday, July 12, authorities said.
  The officers were assigned to the high-end retail district when they overheard the dispatched medical aid broadcast about 4:25 p.m., Costa Mesa Police Department Lt. Greg Scott said.
  Within three minutes, the officers located the man at the ECCO shoe store lying on
  
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• After capturing first district title, Irvine Ranch Little League majors fall to Santa Margarita, 9-3, in Section 10 title game

  13-07-2017 07:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine Ranch’s Garrett Davidson ekes out a single against Santa Margarita in the Little League District 10 Majors Championship at Pioneer Park on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 in Garden Grove. (Photo by Josh Barber, Contributing Photographer)Irvine Ranch’s Issac Valle and teammates high five before a game against Santa Margarita in the Little League District 10 Majors Championship at Pioneer Park on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 in Garden Grove.(Photo by Josh Barber, Contributing Photographer)Irvi
  
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• Lakers’ Lonzo Ball wears Nikes, embraces ‘Mamba mentality’ with 36 points in front of LeBron

  13-07-2017 07:08 via ocregister.com
  
  LAS VEGAS — Lonzo Ball returned to the court on Wednesday night, ditched his signature sneakers and put on a show with LeBron James sitting courtside.
  The rookie point guard from UCLA, who missed Monday’s Summer League game against Sacramento while nursing a groin injury, scored 28 of his game-high 36 points in the second half to help the Lakers erase a 15-point deficit in a wild 103-102 tournament victory over the Philadelphia 76ers at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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• Lakers’ Lonzo Ball embraces ‘Mamba mentality’ with 36 points in front of LeBron James

  13-07-2017 07:08 via ocregister.com
  
  LAS VEGAS — Lonzo Ball returned to the court on Wednesday night, ditched his signature sneakers and put on a show with LeBron James sitting courtside.
  The rookie point guard from UCLA, who missed Monday’s Summer League game against Sacramento while nursing a groin injury, scored 28 of his game-high 36 points in the second half to help the Lakers erase a 15-point deficit in a wild 103-102 tournament victory over the Philadelphia 76ers at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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• Anaheim parents win victory over district in charter school fight

  13-07-2017 06:56
  Parents from Palm Lane Elementary School in Anaheim won a victory Wednesday, July 12, in their fight to take over their school and turn it into a charter school using the Parent Trigger Law. Parents at an Anaheim elementary school who have fought their district to convert their campus to a charter school won their battle Wednesday when the California Supreme Court refused to hear the district's appeal.
  
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• Man injured after being hit with baton-like weapon in suspected road rage in Stanton

  13-07-2017 06:45 via ocregister.com
  
  A man suffered facial injuries after another driver hit him with a baton-like weapon multiple times in a suspected road rage incident in Stanton on Wednesday morning, authorities said.
  The victim was driving south on Beach Boulevard between Chapman Avenue and Lampson Street around 6:50 a.m. July 12, when a driver in a newer BMW 550I cut him off, Orange County Sheriff’s Lt. Wayne Rehnelt said.
  The victim, who was driving a Honda Pilot, honked at the other driver, which enraged the man and h
  
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• Lakers’ front office considering several point guard options

  13-07-2017 06:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The Lakers have remained economical throughout free agency, choosing less grandiose moves designed to strengthen their foundation instead of chasing the kind of transactions that could compromise long-term investments or precious salary-cap space for next summer.
  After agreeing to a one-year, $18 million deal with free-agent guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope late Tuesday night, the team is still considering several options for who could represent the final piece to their roster. The deal with
  
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• Human remains found during search for 4 missing men in Pennsylvania, prosecutor says

  13-07-2017 06:35 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW HOPE, Pa. — Authorities have found human remains in their search for four missing young Pennsylvania men and have identified one victim, a district attorney said in a middle-of-the night briefing.
  Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said early Thursday morning that one set of remains was identified as 19-year-old Dean Finocchiaro. Other remains were found on a sprawling farm in suburban Philadelphia but they still needed to be identified, he said.
  Finocchiaro, 22-year-old
  
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• OC Fair 2017: It’s almost time for a month of ‘Farm Fresh Fun’

  13-07-2017 06:08 via ocregister.com
  
  This year’s OC Fair is celebrating its agricultural roots with a “Farm Fresh Fun” theme.
  The goal is to educate the public on the importance of Orange County’s agricultural history and entice them to participate in agricultural-related activities, said Terry Moore, communications director for the OC Fair & Event Center.
  A lineup of local chefs, TV celebrities and cookbook authors will give fairgoers a peek into the farm to fork movement and how food is locally crafted
  
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• Garage fire at Lake Forest home temporarily displaces family of 4

  13-07-2017 05:53 via ocregister.com
  
  LAKE FOREST — Firefighters made quick work of a garage fire on Wednesday night, authorities said.
  When firefighters arrived at the home in the 22000 block of Broken Bow Drive about 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, the fire was well entrenched in the garage, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Larry Kurtz said.
  The fire was put out in less than 15 minutes and isolated to the garage, Kurtz said.
  Moderate smoke damage inside the house will force the family of four to be temporarily displaced
  
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• Lobbyists at California Comp Conference Call Tension between D.C. and ...

  13-07-2017 04:55
  "It's absolutely palpable," Paul Yoder, managing director for the California Coalition on Workers' Compensation, said commenting on the tension. He was speaking with Jason Schmelzer, CCWC's legislative advocate, about legislation in the state and its potential impacts on workers' comp.
  
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• ‘Art for Katie’ event at Huntington Beach museum to help surfer with rare disease

  13-07-2017 04:05 via ocregister.com
  
  With the help of surf artist Dave Reynolds, Katie Berry created this surf image to be auctioned off at a fundraiser in her honor. (Photo courtesy of Diana Sullivan)From left, Jean Pierre Pereat helps Katie Berry surf at Huntington Beach on Saturday, March 4, 2017. Katie Berry is recovering from a near-death experience caused by Addison’s Disease, a rare ailment that has left the once-active surfer unable to speak and barely able to stand. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer
  
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• Laguna Beach re-evaluates maintenance program for its 2,600-plus trees

  13-07-2017 03:24 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA BEACH  — Public trees that are failing or pose risk and are six inches or less in diameter will no longer require a public meeting and arborist reports for removal.
  The Laguna Beach City Council on Tuesday, July 11, came to this decision while reviewing the city’s policies on its public tree inventory, now at more than 2,600. Council members agreed it was likely trees of this size would not be historic or “trees of any significance.”
  They agreed that ailing or
  
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• Scientists predict parts of Southern California could face chronic flooding from rising sea levels

  13-07-2017 03:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Huntington Beach and Newport Beach could see chronic flooding of streets and beaches from rising sea levels in 13 years, decades earlier than predicted, according to a new report.
  The Union of Concerned Scientists released a report and interactive tool Wednesday that forecasts what areas are likely to see regular flooding from rising oceans and how soon.
  “To my knowledge, this is the first that explicitly does it by time increments and drills down by community level to see how much land is
  
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• Trabuco Hills High marches in D.C. Independence Day Parade

  13-07-2017 02:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Justina Bell, left, and Kaitlyn Quijano of Trabuco Hills High School carry the school’s banner during the National Independence Day Parade in Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy of Stephen Ryan)From left, Harrison Turney (wearing sunglasses), Jack Weaver, David Johnson and Eric Schneider (alto sax) and Ally Tajudin (clarinet) of Trabuco Hills High play with the marching band during the National Independence Day Parade in Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy of Stephen Ryan)Madysen Marsh twirls a
  
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• Was cost of relocating to L.A. worth it for Rams and Chargers? Check out the latest franchise valuations

  13-07-2017 02:47 via ocregister.com
  
  On the same day NFL owners approved the Rams and Chargers relocations to Los Angeles, they added an expensive amendment to their blessing.
  “You’re free to leave St. Louis and San Diego for Los Angeles,” the NFL told them. “But it’s going to cost you.”
  Big time, as it turned out.
  Interestingly, nary an eyebrow was raised by Rams owner Stan Kroenke or Chargers owner Dean Spanos when their colleagues informed them they’d have to fork over $550 million upfro
  
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• FDA panel recommends approval for gene-altering leukemia treatment

  13-07-2017 02:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By DENISE GRADY
  A Food and Drug Administration panel opened a new era in medicine on Wednesday, unanimously recommending that the agency approve the first treatment that genetically alters a patient’s own cells to fight cancer, transforming them into what scientists call “a living drug” that powerfully bolsters the immune system to shut down the disease.
  If the FDA accepts the recommendation, which is likely, the treatment will be the first gene therapy to reach the market. Oth
  
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• 2017 ESPY Awards – Red Carpet Arrivals

  13-07-2017 02:03 via ocregister.com
  
  ESPYs Red Carpet arrivals at the Microsoft Theater on Wednesday, July 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. Check back for more photos
  Michael Phelps arrives at the ESPYS at the Microsoft Theater on Wednesday, July 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Gymnast Laurie Hernandez arrives at the ESPYS at the Microsoft Theater on Wednesday, July 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)NBA basketball player Russell Westbrook, of the Oklahoma City Thunder, arriv
  
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• Review: Another new ramen joint raises the bar yet again

  13-07-2017 02:00 via ocregister.com
  
  “Are you familiar with the ramen rule?” asks the waiter at HiroNori, a new Japanese ramen noodle shop in Irvine.
  “Do you mean the rule about slurping?” I ask, wondering if he’s going to tell me that slurping loudly is not merely acceptable but actually preferred. It’s a sign of respect to the kitchen. Plus, slurping allows the diner to experience all the flavors and aromas more fully.
  “No, not that one,” he says.
  “Is it your rule against tipp
  
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• Navy SEAL who shot bin Laden to visit Nixon Library, uniform on display for first time

  13-07-2017 01:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Rebecca Luby of Dana Point reacts to learning that the uniform on display at the Nixon Library belongs to the man who took down Osama bin Laden, Navy SEAL Robert J. O’Neill. O’Neill will be at the Library for a lecture and book signing on July 26 in Yorba Linda. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Penny Steele’s glasses reflect Navy SEAL Robert J. O’Neill’s equipment, on display at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda. O’Neill fired the shots that
  
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• Meet one of the hopefuls in the July 22 Wienerschnitzel Wiener Nationals at Los Alamitos Race Course

  13-07-2017 01:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Meet Gidget Frances Lewis Noble Piraino Cupp.
  Named after Sandra’s Dee character in the 1959 movie “Gidget,” the Fullerton mini dachshund comes from a two-mommy home and, at 8 years old, already has teen tendencies.
  One mommy, Anna Cupp, said Gidget is “very human like. She can be a bad girl, and she can be a good girl.”
  On July 22, maybe she can be the girl that beats the boys.
  Gidget is expected to run alongside 89 other wiener dogs in the 22nd annual Wienerschnit
  
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• Laguna Hills leukemia patient hosting bone marrow drive Thursday

  13-07-2017 01:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Susie Roof will undergo a transplant in August to treat acute myeloid leukemia. She is holding a bone marrow drive to help others find donors. (Photo courtesy of Susie Roof)Bone marrow registration drives in Laguna Hills and Fountain Valley will be held Thursday, July 13, in honor of a leukemia patient who wants to help others find a life-saving match.
  Susie Roof, 64, of Laguna Hills, will undergo a transplant in August to treat acute myeloid leukemia. Her donor is a 21-year-old man from Europe.
  
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• Editor’s Pick: Peppermint Halo Essential Oil

  13-07-2017 01:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Stuck on the 405, missed your flight because you couldn’t find the new gate locations at LAX? Or maybe there are 500 emails in your inbox? There are more than a million reasons to get a stress headache.
  Take a deep breath. No really, take a deep breath–and it might help to smell something wonderful while you’re doing it.
  The natural wellness brand Saje promises its travel-sized Peppermint Halo essential oil roller will calm and refresh, sure to keep you chill when the stress se
  
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