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• Where and how birth rates have dropped in California

  15-07-2017 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  California’s birth rate is the lowest it has been since the Great Depression. Today we look at how age and population trends are changing quickly in California and the rest of the nation.
  Birth rates by county
  Birth rates per 1,000 women in all age groups have declined in each Southern California county from 2011 to 2016.
   
  California birth rate
  The birth rate in California is the lowest it’s been in 100 years.Rates per 1,000 people:
  Teen pregnancy declines
  The largest declines
  
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• ‘Star Wars’ land: A closer look at where things will be

  15-07-2017 22:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Disneyland unveiled a model of “Star Wars” land this week at the D23 Expo in Anaheim. The area under construction is expected to open in 2019. Here’s a look at where you might get to fly the Millennium Falcon.
  Where in the world
  The land is not based off any particular place in the popular movie series. It is a whole new planet. What we do know is, as far as the movie timeline goes, the setting will be during that of the most recently released films, where the First Order and R
  
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• Newport Beach homes: 2 ZIPs on U.S. list of 20 costliest places to buy

  15-07-2017 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Two Newport Beach ZIPs made the list of 20 priciest U.S. communities to buy a home, according to Realtor.com stats.
  Newport Coast 92657 and Newport Beach 92661 were also among 19 Orange County communities with median listing prices above $1 million for May.
  Nationwide, 401 ZIP codes had median listing prices above $1 million in May, according to Realtor.com data. Southern California had 94 of those seven-figure listings, or roughly 1-in-4 nationwide.
  In Newport Beach for May:
  Newport C
  
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• Food Events: July 14 – July 20

  15-07-2017 20:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Visit the Colony to enjoy an evening of wine-tasting on July 16. (Photo Courtesy of Colony)Saturday, July 15
  Cajun Food and Music Celebration: Visit the Miles Square Park Recreation Center to enjoy dishes and drinks that celebrate the cross cultural influences of Louisiana and Orange County.  The event includes live performances from Zydeco Cajun bands for a family-friendly music and dance experience. A shaded dance floor is provided along with tables, chairs and umbrellas. Children under 5
  
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• D23 Expo 2017: Disney previews upcoming live-action Marvel, Star Wars, other movies, announces Will Smith as Genie in Aladdin

  15-07-2017 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney Studios previewed upcoming live-action Disney, Star Wars and Marvel films for an audience of fans on Saturday at the D23 Expo.
  A biennial celebration for Disney aficionados, the expo runs Friday, July 14 through Sunday, July 16 at the Anaheim Convention Center.Live action Aladdin will star Will Smith as Genie, Mena Massoud in the title role, Naomi Scott as Jasmine #D23Expo
  — Peter Larsen (@PeterLarsenBSF) July 15, 2017
  A Wrinkle In Time director Ava DuVernay & cast Chris Pine, R
  
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• D23 Expo 2017: Disney announces Will Smith as Genie in live-action Aladdin, previews upcoming films from Marvel, Star Wars, more

  15-07-2017 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney Studios previewed upcoming live-action Disney, Star Wars and Marvel films for an audience of fans on Saturday at the D23 Expo. The company also confirmed the cast of the live-action “Aladdin” movie.Live action Aladdin will star Will Smith as Genie, Mena Massoud in the title role, Naomi Scott as Jasmine #D23Expo
  — Peter Larsen (@PeterLarsenBSF) July 15, 2017A biennial celebration for Disney aficionados, the expo runs Friday, July 14 through Sunday, July 16 at the Anaheim
  
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• Are Saturday’s lines at Disney’s D23 Expo as long as the day before?

  15-07-2017 19:44 via ocregister.com
  
  As the D23 Expo kicks off for the second day at the Anaheim Convention Center, the lines to enter were already wrapping across Katella Avenue and doubling back down Disneyland Drive.The line to get into the D23 Expo is wrapped across Katella and down Disneyland Drive and back. @D23Expo @markaeades pic.twitter.com/zIVDesYTGJ
  — OC Disney (@ocdisney) July 15, 2017On Friday, fans expressed frustration at the hours-long lines, and the inability to find seats at the more popular panels.
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• Driver arrested after Newport Beach collision that left a bicyclist dead

  15-07-2017 18:44 via ocregister.com
  
  A Santa Ana driver was arrested early Saturday morning after police say he fled the scene of a Newport Beach collision that left a bicyclist dead.
  At about 1:19 a.m., officers responded to reports of a vehicle striking a pair of bicyclists on northbound Newport Boulevard near Industrial Way, Newport Beach Police Sgt. Justin Morouse said.
  Newport Beach police investigate a fatal accident on northbound Newport Boulevard south of Industrial Way in Newport Beach early Saturday morning, July 15, 2017
  
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• Tim McGraw and Faith Hill score again with revived Soul2Soul Tour in Los Angeles

  15-07-2017 18:40 via ocregister.com
  
  It has been a decade since country music superstars and real life couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have teamed up for a tour. The Grammy award-winning duo decided to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their successful 2006-2007 Soul2Soul II Tour by bringing it back in 2017 for a 65-city global jaunt, which kicked off in New Orleans back in April.
  The Soul2Soul II tour remains the highest grossing multi-year country music tour of all time, an honor previously held by genre icon Garth Brooks. It
  
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• 1 arrested, 1 seriously injured in crash on 73 Toll Road

  15-07-2017 18:22 via ocregister.com
  
  A Santa Ana man was seriously injured Saturday in an early morning crash on the 73 Toll Road that authorities believe was caused by a drunk driver.
  Britney Noely Brito, 20, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after the two car crash on the southbound 73 at Jamboree Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.
  According to a CHP report, Brito was driving a Mazda 3 south of Birch Street when she collided with the back of a Toyota Tundra.
  The collision forced th
  
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• Authorities identify San Diego man killed in freeway crash in Irvine

  15-07-2017 18:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Coroner’s Office officials have identified a 36-year-old San Diego man who died Friday in a single-vehicle crash on 405 Freeway in Irvine.
  Carey Bruce was killed shortly after 3 a.m. Friday when his SUV crashed into a tree on the shoulder of the southbound 405, near the Irvine Center Drive off-ramp.
  According to a California Highway Patrol report, Bruce was driving a Chevy Tahoe southbound on the freeway when he abruptly turned the SUV to the right toward the edge of the road
  
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• Authorities ID San Diego man killed in freeway crash

  15-07-2017 18:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Coroner’s Office officials have identified a 36-year-old San Diego man who died Friday in a single-vehicle crash on 405 Freeway in Irvine.
  Carey Bruce was killed shortly after 3 a.m. Friday when his SUV crashed into a tree on the shoulder of the southbound 405, near the Irvine Center Drive off-ramp.
  According to a California Highway Patrol report, Bruce was driving a Chevy Tahoe southbound on the freeway when he abruptly turned the SUV to the right toward the edge of the road
  
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• Garbine Muguruza tops Venus Williams in straight sets to win Wimbledon

  15-07-2017 17:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Venus Williams of the United States looks down after loosing a point against Spain’s Garbine Muguruza during their Women’s Singles final match on day twelve at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London Saturday, July 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)Spain’s Garbine Muguruza celebrates as she beats Venus Williams of the United States to win the Women’s Singles final match on day twelve at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London Saturday, July 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Kir
  
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• Ditch the dated stuff if you want offers to roll in

  15-07-2017 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Home fashion changes more rapidly today than ever.
  Blame it on the internet, providing an infinite number of resources for trendy home design, materials and furnishings and the plethora of pricey, design-rich new construction.
  Add in the countless real estate websites that show you 35 pictures of each and every home for sale, inside and out, from top to bottom.
  This puts your house under the bright-hot spotlight in an era of complete transparency, leaving nothing much to the buyers’ imagin
  
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• Family scatters Chinese Nobel laureate’s ashes into the sea

  15-07-2017 16:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By GILLIAN WONG and NG HAN GUAN
  SHENYANG, China  Family members of Liu Xiaobo scattered the Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s ashes into the sea on Saturday in funeral proceedings closely orchestrated by the Chinese government following his death from cancer while in custody.
  Liu’s supporters said the move was intended by the authoritarian government to permanently erase any traces of China’s best-known political prisoner, who died Thursday at the age of 61.
  The sea burial took
  
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• Check HOA rules before painting your garage doors purple

  15-07-2017 15:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Homeowners associations are normally created with an initial architectural and landscaping theme, which boards are required to preserve and protect.
  Condominium association boards are also expected to protect and preserve common areas. Therefore, owners are usually prohibited from changing the exterior appearance of homes, or altering common area, without association permission.
  Before making a change to one’s home, a homeowner in a California common interest development may wish to consid
  
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• Musicians remember ‘Papa Bear,’ the driving force behind the Righteous Brothers

  15-07-2017 15:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Singer Bill Medley credits Mike Patterson with encouraging him and his singing partner Bobby Hatfield to keep trying to make it as the Righteous Brothers in the early ’60s. Courtesy of the Patterson familyMike Patterson found local success in Southern California with the group the Rhythm Rockers, which played often at venues such as the Rendezvous Ballroom on the Balboa peninsula in Newport Beach. Courtesy of the Patterson familyMike Patterson played music with the Righteous Brothers, late
  
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• Along the Coast: Business news you can use

  15-07-2017 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Wild rivers seeks irvine’s okIf negotiations with the city of Irvine go as planned, a new Wild Rivers Water Park will come to Irvine. The former, highly popular Wild Rivers was closed in 2011 when the firm’s land lease with the Irvine Co. expired. The site near the Irvine Spectrum,adjacent to the also-closed Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, is now home to the Los Olivos Apartments.
  For the new Wild Rivers, the firm is considering a 30-acre site in the Orange County Great Park to be lease
  
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• Big West champion Diego Courbis from CSUF competes in Spain this summer

  15-07-2017 07:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Diego Courbis won the Big West Championship in the 400-meter hurdles in 2017, helping the Titans to their first-ever outdoor track and field conference crown (Photo courtesy of Michael Munoz/Big West Conference).Diego Courbis, the 2017 Big West Conference champion in the 400-meter hurdles, is training in Santander, Spain, where he was raised, to compete in several elite meets and to visit his friends and family this summer (his parents still live there).
  Courbis, heading into his junior year at
  
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• Cal State Fullerton alum, MLS vet Brian Dunseth returns to campus for women’s soccer fundraiser

  15-07-2017 07:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Brian Dunseth, former Cal State Fullerton soccer star, will speak at the Titan women’s soccer’s fourth-annual Kick-Off Fundraiser on Aug. 6 at Golleher Alumni House.
  Dunseth was a standout defender for Fullerton in 1995 and ’96, and went onto become an Olympian and enjoy an eight-year Major League Soccer career. He is currently a soccer analyst for Real Salt Lake, Fox Sports 1 and ESPN and host of CounterAttack on Sirius XM.
  The event begins with the annual Blue-Orange Scrimmag
  
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• Mike Trout returns to lineup as Angels fall to Rays in 10 innings

  15-07-2017 07:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Angel pitcher Ricky Nolasco gave up a home run to Tampa’s Evan Longoria (rounding third.0 The Angels were playing the Rays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA on Friday, July 14, 2017. (Photo by Bill Alkofer,Orange County Register/SCNG)Mike Trout gets a hit during his first outing after rehab. The Angels were playing the Rays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA on Friday, July 14, 2017. (Photo by Bill Alkofer,Orange County Register/SCNG)Mike Trout gets a hit during his first outing after rehab. Th
  
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• Honolulu high-rise fire leaves 3 dead, hundreds fleeing

  15-07-2017 06:32 via ocregister.com
  
  HONOLULU — At least three people died in a fire that broke out on the 26th floor of a Honolulu high-rise Friday, July 14, and hundreds fled as smoke billowed from the upper floors of the giant apartment complex.
  The blaze at the Marco Polo apartments spread from the 26th floor to at least the 28th floor and hit several units, said Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. David Jenkins.
  The three dead were found on the 26th floor, said Fire Chief Manuel Neves.
  Firefighters say there were re
  
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• 3 dead in Honolulu high-rise fire in a building without sprinklers

  15-07-2017 06:32 via ocregister.com
  
  HONOLULU — At least three people died and 12 were injured Friday, July 14, in a fire at a Honolulu high-rise that was not equipped with sprinklers, authorities said, and hundreds fled the giant condominium complex as smoke billowed from the upper floors.
  The dead were found on the 26th floor, where the fire broke out around 2:15 p.m. and then spread to the 28th floor of the Marco Polo residences, Fire Chief Manuel Neves said. Firefighters went door-to-door searching for people who might be
  
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• Boys water polo: Three standout water polo players commit to four-year schools

  15-07-2017 06:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Standout water polo players Jack Seybold of Mater Dei and Noah Hodge and AJ Rossman of Santa Margarita have committed to colleges, their high school coaches report.
  Seybold, a first-team All-County selection last season, and Rossman, who helped the Eagles capture the CIF-SS Division 2 title in 2016, have committed to Stanford.
  Hodge, a goalie, has committed to Harvard.
  Please send water polo recruiting news to Dan Albano at [email protected] or @ocvarsityguy on Twitter
   
  
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• Miller: Mike Trout’s return means the Angels matter again

  15-07-2017 06:12 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — He trash texted, Mike Trout did, his bat silenced but his phone chirping, the good-natured digs at teammates serving as his presence in his absence.
  Like when the Angels were in Detroit last month and Kole Calhoun homered to the opposite field, a rarity for the left-handed hitter, the ball traveling only an estimated 352 feet.
  Sitting at home, watching the game on TV like the rest of us, Trout immediately texted Adam Nevala, suggesting the wind had to be blowing out to left and k
  
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• Boys water polo: Day 1 scores, schedule for state summer championships

  15-07-2017 05:52 via ocregister.com
  
  CALIFORNIA STATE HIGH SCHOOL WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIPS
  Day 1 scores
  BOYS
  Group AOLu 18, Capo 4CC Concord 17, Capo 3
  Group BMater Dei 15, Buchanan 5
  Group CSacred Heart 11, REV 4REV 14, San Clemente 7
  Group DHB 13, St. Francis 10HB 11, Santa Barbara 2
  Group ECougar 20, Righetti 5Dana Hill 10, Righetti 8
  Group F
  Foothill 15, Lamorinda Blue 5Foothill def. LosAl (forfeit)
  Group Gsanta Margarita 15, Coronado 9
  Group HNewport 18, Davis 5
  Group INo scores
  Group JHarvard 17, Carlsbad 7
  Group KLoyola 15,
  
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• Angels vs. Rays, Saturday game time, TV channels, starting pitchers

  15-07-2017 05:30 via ocregister.com
  
  RAYS at ANGELS
  When: 6 p.m.
  Where: Angel Stadium
  TV: Fox Sports West
  THE PITCHERS
  ANGELS RHP JC RAMIREZ (8-7, 4.46)
  vs. Rays: 1-0, 2.08
  At Angel Stadium: 3-5, 4.46
  Hates to face: None
  Loves to face: None
  RAYS RHP ALEX COBB (7-6, 3.75)
  vs. Angels: 1-2, 6.51
  At Angel Stadium: 1-1, 6.75
  Hates to face: Albert Pujols, 6 for 9 (.667)
  Loves to face: None
  
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• 2 gang members get 13 years in prison for Placentia shooting death

  15-07-2017 05:02 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON — Two gang members pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 13 years in prison Friday in connection with the gang-related fatal shooting of a victim in Placentia two days before Christmas Day 2012.
  Ignacio David Morales, 25, and Luis Ramon Llanes, 29, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and admitted a sentencing enhancement for gang activity as part of a plea deal that led to the dismissal of murder charges.
  Co-defendant Daniel Nestor, who is charged with murder, was next due in
  
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• Ex-Santa Ana police chief claims he was forced out after reporting suspicious activity by city staff

  15-07-2017 04:55 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — Former Santa Ana police Chief Carlos Rojas has filed a claim against the city of Santa Ana, alleging he was forced to quit because he was retaliated against for disclosing suspicious activity among city officials.
  Rojas, now the police chief for the Bay Area Rapid Transit System, claims he was forced to quit because he “disclosed reasonably based suspicions of illegal activity or noncompliance with rules and/or regulations to other city employees who either had authority
  
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• View all the videos from jam-packed Day 1 of Disney’s D23 Expo

  15-07-2017 04:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County Register multimedia journalist Mark Eades was all over the first day of Disney’s D23 Expo. Check out the videos below.
  Mark Hamill talks about being a Disney legend on the red carpet.
  Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg and Stan Lee all received awards for being Disney legends. 
  Also, John Lasseter, the chief creative officer of PIXAR and Disney Animation, does a Jungle Cruise Skipper style tour of what fans can expect from upcoming animated feature films at D23 Expo.
  Finally
  
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• Death penalty reinstated for woman who stabbed 9-year-old to death in Anaheim

  15-07-2017 03:33 via ocregister.com
  
  A death sentence for the first woman from Orange County to be sent to death row was reinstated Friday, July 14, by a Federal appeals court.
  A three-judge panel from the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of appeals determined that Maria del Rosio “Rosie” Alfaro should face capital punishment for stabbing to death 9-year-old Autumn Wallace more than 50 times during a June 15, 1990, burglary in Anaheim.
  Alfaro’s death sentence was overturned in 2014 by U.S. District Judge Cormac J.
  
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• Dodgers Notes: Justin Turner credits mental adjustment for fewer strikeouts

  15-07-2017 03:30 via ocregister.com
  
  MIAMI – Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner famously revamped his swing several years ago, incorporating a high leg kick and injecting some lift into a grounder-friendly bat path. The change made Turner a full-time major leaguer, then a household name, then an All-Star.
  Turner wasn’t focused on his strikeouts when he changed his swing. In his first season in Los Angeles, 2014, Turner struck out a career-high 18 percent of the time. By 2016 he had barely shaved a whisker off that rate
  
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• Orange County to get 6,200 doses of heroin-blocking medication to give to addicts amid opioid epidemic

  15-07-2017 03:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange County will supply more than 6,200 doses of a heroin-blocking medication to a local nonprofit that hands it out to homeless people and addicts, helping them become street-level paramedics in the fight against a scourge of opioid overdoses.
  The medication, naloxone, is easy to administer and can block the effect of any opioid – including prescription painkillers such as OxyContin and Vicodin – reversing potentially fatal overdoses in seconds when in possession of drug users.
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• See Vin Scully narrate the words of Abraham Lincoln at the Hollywood Bowl

  15-07-2017 03:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Vin Scully and his iconic Hall of Fame voice rang just as clear at the Hollywood Bowl on Thursday evening as it did at Dodgers games for 67 years, as the iconic baseball announcer joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a performance of Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait.”
  Led by conductor Gustavo Dudamel, the evening presented Scully voicing the narration parts of Copland’s classical orchestral piece, which features excerpts from Abraham Lincoln’s greatest documents.
  
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• Fountain Valley gas station customer claims $1.6 million Powerball ticket

  15-07-2017 03:02 via ocregister.com
  
  A Fountain Valley gas station customer immediately knew he had gotten lucky with a Powerball ticket, he just didn’t know how lucky.
  Spotting his matching numbers, Luis Ruiz-Castellanos thought he had won a little more than $1,600 from a ticket he bought at an Arco gas station at 10975 Edinger Ave. for the June 7 drawing.
  A little internet browsing later, Ruiz-Castellanos learned that someone in Fountain Valley had won $1.6 million, Powerball officials said. A second look at his receipt con
  
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• Dodgers at Marlins: Saturday game time, TV channels and starting pitchers

  15-07-2017 03:00 via ocregister.com
  
  DODGERS at MARLINS
  When: 4 p.m.
  Where: Marlins Park
  TV: SNLA (where available)
  THE PITCHERS
  DODGERS LHP ALEX WOOD (10-0, 1.67 ERA)
  vs. Marlins: 5-3, 3.00 ERA
  At Marlins Park: 3-1, 4.10 ERA
  Hates to face: Dee Gordon, 5 for 14 (.357), two RBI
  Loves to face: Giancarlo Stanton, 3 for 23 (.130), two HRs, five Ks
  MARLINS RHP JOSE URENA (7-3, 3.54 ERA)
  vs. Dodgers: 1-1, 0.59 ERA
  At Marlins Park: 5-12, 4.33 ERA
  Hates to face: None
  Loves to face: Yasmani Grandal, 0 for 5
  UPCOMING MATCHUPS
  Sunday: Do
  
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• Angels Notes: Garrett Richards remains optimistic while waiting for return

  15-07-2017 02:57 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Garrett Richards’ daily routine is a struggle between optimism and frustration.
  Optimism that he will pitch again, hopefully this season.
  Frustration that he’s now missed more than three months and still is not even cleared to throw a baseball.
  “I’m going on two years of not playing baseball … it (stinks),” Richards said Friday. “It’s frustrating every day, but what are you going to do about it?”
  The Angels right-hander under
  
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• Check out the wild new food Chicken Charlie’s has to offer at the OC Fair

  15-07-2017 02:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Chicken Charlie has three new additions to the OC Fair this year, including a Krispy Kreme ice cream chicken sandwich, a burrito funnel cake (with ice cream of course), and deep-fried peanut butter meat balls.
  Check out Charlie as he introduces his newest concoctions in the Facebook Live video below:
  
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• Cliffside beach home offers expansive view of Laguna coast

  15-07-2017 02:16 via ocregister.com
  
  The kitchen, dining area and living room blend together in this open floor plan that is bordered by a glass wall. (Photos courtesy of RDM General Contractors)Show Caption of Expand
  Eight years ago, Mark Towfiq and his wife Carol purchased land on a remote stretch of Laguna’s coast that overlooks the jagged shore of Rockledge Beach. At that time, the property featured a smattering of weathered cottages that have since been torn down and replaced by a multistory beach home that offers panora
  
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• Greeted by a dancing churro, crowds stream into OC Fair opening day

  15-07-2017 02:02 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA The first guests loudly counted down the seconds until the main gate at the OC Fair was opened Friday afternoon, June 14.
  As they walked in, they were greeted by a group of dancing foods that included a churro, orange and ice cream cone, the smell of burgers and turkey legs cooking on a grill and music blaring in all directions from carnival rides.
  While some fair-goers decided to walk around and figure out what they wanted to do, others clearly knew what kind of fair experience
  
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• Exclusive look: Vans new Costa Mesa headquarters includes billiards table, a big bell, and of course, a skate pool

  15-07-2017 00:51 via ocregister.com
  
  The sound of a skateboard rolling through the office echoes on the concrete floors.
  Nearby, finance workers take a break from staring at numbers by playing a game of darts in a room that also houses shuffleboard and ping pong tables, air hockey, video games and other dive-bar worthy entertainment. A drum set adorned with black-and-white checkers is silent at the moment, but at any moment a jam session could break out.
  Steve Van Doren vice-president of events and promotions turned a water fountai
  
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• Summer at the speed of light

  15-07-2017 00:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Parents are trained, fairly early, that summers are for vaccinations and vacations.
  We don’t have to yank our kids from school. We have free time for doctor appointments, or to visit famous monuments, or infamous relatives.
  I know I’ve been trained.
  Dale and I have managed to break the summer-travel cycle, but sometimes we can’t help it. This summer, in particular, things just keep happening that we want to be a part of, and I keep scheduling them, thinking we’ve got plen
  
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• Negotiations between Capo Unified district and union reach an impasse

  15-07-2017 00:36 via ocregister.com
  
  After 16 bargaining sessions, the Capistrano Unified School District and teacher’s union have been unable to agree on a new contract.
  The district on July 1 announced negotiations had reached an impasse.
  In a statement, Capo Unified spokesman Ryan Burris said the district will continue to negotiate with the union in the coming weeks.
  “To ensure we are protecting our district and our taxpayers, we insist on building and maintaining a responsible budget that finds a balance between rec
  
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• Concordia officially approved as NCAA Div. II school, Biola takes another step in that direction

  15-07-2017 00:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Concordia University Irvine was notified by the NCAA on Friday that it had completed the three-year process to become a full NCAA Division II member beginning in the fall.
  In addition, Biola University was notified it had completed the first year of its three-year process and was approved to begin the second.
  Both are longtime NAIA institutions.President Krueger received an exciting call today! https://t.co/BD0pgjfFzx pic.twitter.com/lpfMSUkl3E
  — Concordia University (@ConcordiaIrvine) Jul
  
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• Court rules Episcopal bishop has authority over disputed Newport Beach property

  15-07-2017 00:32 via ocregister.com
  
  An Orange County Superior Court judge on Thursday, July 13, ruled in favor of Los Angeles Episcopal Bishop J. Jon Bruno, essentially stating the bishop — as sole administrator of the property — has full authority to do as he wishes with the Newport Beach site formerly occupied by St. James the Great Episcopal Church.
  When Bruno decided to sell the property in 2015, the move was met with an objection from the Griffith Co., which had donated the property to the diocese in 1945 with the
  
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• Marijuana festivals bring big money, some controversy to local communities

  15-07-2017 00:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Brad Goukler procrastinated.
  When the 32-year-old tried to book a hotel room less than a week before the big Chalice hash festival kicked off July 7 in the high desert’s Victor Valley, 40 miles north of San Bernardino, he expected high rates. But not to be completely shut out.
  “There are no hotels anywhere,” Goukler said as he rolled a joint with weed he’d purchased from a grower on Chalice’s opening day. “The entire valley is sold out.”
  Goukler and his
  
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• ‘Toy Story 4,’ plus ‘Frozen,’ ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ sequels among topics at Disney D23 Expo 2017 animation panel

  15-07-2017 00:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Disney Pixar Chief John Lasseter previewed upcoming animated films at the D23 Expo at the Anaheim Convention Center on Friday, July 14 and we now know who is helming “Toy Story 4.”
  Josh Cooley will direct the latest installment in the Pixar franchise.Josh Cooley will now be the director of Toy Story 4. @D23Expo
  — OC Disney (@ocdisney) July 14, 2017Among the other topics were “Frozen 2” and “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure.” The latter is a new short due ou
  
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• Hello Kitty is coming to Comic-Con 2017 with new character Aggretsuko

  15-07-2017 00:16 via ocregister.com
  
  Sanrio introduced the world to Hello Kitty in 1974, and since then her family and fans have just grown. When not making it through lines or checking out the talent on hand, Comic-Con International: San Diego attendees will have the opportunity to purchase convention-exclusive merchandise featuring Hello Kitty clan favorites, as well as some of the newer characters.
  Aggretsuko has just arrived in the United States. She is a red panda who is an office associate of a major trading company in Tokyo.
  
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• Convicted felon sentenced to 44 years in prison for Lake Forest bank robbery

  15-07-2017 00:06 via ocregister.com
  
  A 54-year-old Los Angeles man was sentenced to 44 years in prison on Friday, July 14, for robbing a Lake Forest credit union and then leading police on a high-speed chase just four months after he was released from prison, where he served time for second-degree murder.
  Chandler Emile Graham in September 2015 held a credit union teller at gunpoint and then fled in a stolen vehicle, leading Orange County Sheriff’s deputies on a chase on I-5 North that ended in Tustin.
  Prosecutors said he tos
  
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• Fountain Valley man stunned when he realizes Powerball winnings are $1.6 million, not $1,600

  15-07-2017 00:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Luis Ruiz-Castellanos of Fountain Valley was happy when he thought he had won about $1,600 with his Powerball ticket on June 7. But when he was congratulated by a clerk at the ARCO ampm at 10975 Edinger Ave., he thought little of it, California Lottery officials said.
  It wasn’t until later in the day while surfing the internet that he saw someone in Fountain Valley had won $1.6 million at the same store where he purchased his ticket. It was then that Castellanos took a second look at
  
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