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• Santa Margarita Little League All-Star team advances at SoCal Regional

  22-07-2017 23:04 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH Santa Margarita National got plenty of offense early in their second-round game against Encinitas at the Southern California Divisional Little League Tournament played Friday, July 21, at Stearns Champions Park.
  SMLL broke out to an 8-0 lead, held off a late charge by Encinitas and then hung on for an 10-7 victory.
  SMLL is 2-0 in the tournament and takes on Eastlake at 2 p.m. Sunday.
  There were plenty of high-fives after Santa Margarita National defeated Encinitas, 10-7, in a second-r
  
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• Top 50 Most Powerful in Southern California Sports 2017: Complete list

  22-07-2017 22:26 via ocregister.com
  The Southern California News Group’s third ever list of the most powerful owners, executives, athletes, coaches, agents and institutions in Southern California’s sports scene was chosen by staff based on years of experience, and months of interviews and conversations.THE LIST
  Jeanie Buss, Lakers President and Governor
  Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles
  Magic Johnson, Lakers President of Basketball Operations
  Stan Kroenke, Rams Owner
  Casey Wasserman, L.A. Olympic Candidature Committe
  
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• Two churches – one in Spain, one in Orange County – undertake spiritual pilgrimage

  22-07-2017 22:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Only a handful of churches worldwide serve as final stops for an annual Catholic pilgrimage in St. James’ honor.The most famous is a grand, medieval cathedral in northern Spain. But more recently, a much smaller church in Orange County has joined the ranks.
  Members of Santiago de Compostela Catholic Church in Lake Forest take part in “Along the Way,” a 4-to 7-mile Pilgrim Walk which simulates one that winds 300 miles through many northern cities in Spain. They carry an alter co
  
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• 'Once Upon a Time' Drops First Two Scenes From Season 7 Premiere at Comic-Con -- Watch

  22-07-2017 22:17
  Once Upon a Time faced its latest test at Comic-Con panel on Saturday, when it presented its "rebooted" season seven for the fans in San Diego -- the first without several of its departed original series regulars. But things got off to a rocky start when a vocal fan yelled out at the top of the panel, "Why?!," likely referencing the cast shakeup, which saw the exits of Jennifer Morrison, Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Dallas and Emilie de Ravin.
  
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• Sales of Orange County’s high-end housing cools

  22-07-2017 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The start of summer put a bit of a chill into Orange County homebuying, notably in the market’s upper crust.
  Overall, 3,834 Orange County residences closed escrow and officially sold in the 22 business days ending June 27, up just 0.2 percent from a year ago, CoreLogic reported. Sales rose in only 41 of 83 Orange County ZIP codes compared to the year-ago period.
  Orange County’s median selling price for all residences was $695,000 — up 5.3 percent compared to a year ago. Pr
  
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• These photos show you what it’s like to be at FYF Fest 2017

  22-07-2017 19:46 via ocregister.com
  
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• FYF Fest 2017: Photos of the bands and their fans

  22-07-2017 19:37 via ocregister.com
  
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• Garth Brooks brings the fun and fire during his first of four nights at The Forum

  22-07-2017 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  As the giant spinning “G” on clear display on the jumbo screen on stage began a two-minute countdown, the crowd gathered at The Forum in Inglewood for country superstar Garth Brooks’ first show at the venue in 21 years were on their feet, cheering, clapping and ready to sing and dance.
  The screen lifted and the band began to emerge as the screen scrolled big and bold text of some of Brooks’ most prestigious accomplishments. He’s won entertainer of the year at the CM
  
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• Missy Elliott and Bjork give FYF Fest 2017 a cinematic opening

  22-07-2017 19:14 via ocregister.com
  
  In a festival culture all too often criticized for not having enough female artists topping lineups, FYF Fest flipped the script at Exposition Park in Los Angeles Friday with a pair of blockbuster sets from Missy Elliott and Bjork.
  The rapper from Virginia and the eclectic songstress from Iceland were the only two acts booked for the festival’s largest stage on its opening day of the Goldenvoice-produced event.
  While the sign in front of the stage emblazoned with their names and set times
  
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• 2 women killed, man critically injured in Irvine crash

  22-07-2017 18:52 via ocregister.com
  An early-morning traffic collision in Irvine on Saturday left two women dead and a man critically injured.
  Police and fire crews shortly at about 2:20 a.m. responded to a single-vehicle crash on northbound Jamboree Road, between Main Street and Kelvin Avenue, said Kim Mohr, an Irvine police spokeswoman.
  Two female occupants of a Chevrolet Corvette were pronounced dead at the scene, while a male occupant was taken to a hospital in critical condition, Mohr said.
  A fire hydrant that had been sheere
  
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• Driver dies in Orange crash after veering across lanes

  22-07-2017 18:37 via ocregister.com
  
  A driver died Saturday after an early-morning, single-vehicle crash in Orange.
  A woman driving a black Sedan eastbound on Riverdale Avenue near Tustin Avenue about 12:45 a.m. suddenly veered across all lanes of traffic, Orange police Lt. Dan Adams said.
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  The sedan collided with a detached trailer parked on the dirt shoulder of the roadway, Adams said.
  The driver was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Authorities are not releasing her name until family is no
  
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• Viking ship set on fire during 2017 Comic-Con in publicity stunt for TV’s ‘Vikings’

  22-07-2017 18:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Vikings were there, so were the stars of the History Channel’s “Vikings,” along with fans of the show – all to see a Viking longship set on fire.
  It was part of a promotional tour for the upcoming fifth season of the show at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con.
  Some of the stars of the History Channel’s television series “Vikings” were at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con as part of a promotional stunt for its upcoming fifth season during which a Viking Ship wa
  
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• Police: Errant U.S. bombing kills 12 Afghan security forces

  22-07-2017 18:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By AMIR SHAH
  KABUL, Afghanistan An errant U.S. airstrike confirmed by the Pentagon killed 12 Afghan National Police officers and wounded two others, Helmand provincial police chief Abdul Ghafar Safi said Saturday.
  The death toll in Friday’s airstrike was determined after a site inspection of the compound in the Gereshk district, he said.
  The United States in a statement confirmed that the airstrike on the Security Forces compound occurred during a U.S.-supported operation against Taliban i
  
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• Norco College musicians seek Grammy nod for new CD

  22-07-2017 17:45
  It was a muggy weekday morning when T.J. Stoneking and his pals cranked up the volume inside a cramped trailer behind a Norco ranch house. The quartet ran through a few songs as it geared up for the biggest gig of its young career: An upcoming show at the House of Blues in Anaheim.
  
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• High-end photos for the low-end house

  22-07-2017 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Do you recall when you first got to see photos and details of homes on the internet?
  I wasn’t a Realtor way back then, but I was a hopeful home seller, demanding that my Ace Agent definitely take a (as in one, single, solitary) beautiful and compelling photograph of our Irvine home, then take the negative to the local FotoMat and get 50 reprints and staple one of the photos to each of the flyers he typed up and took to the local library to Xerox.
  I planted new colorful flowers in the front
  
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• HOA Homefront: Is your HOA architectural application process complete?

  22-07-2017 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  A fundamental HOA purpose is to preserve the association’s architectural theme, typically protected by rules administered by an architectural committee or the board. If a homeowner wants to change the entry door color, the style of windows, or install a skylight, how does the owner know if the request is worth the effort, and how do they know what is the HOA’s application process?
  Well-run associations should have reasonable architectural standards and a reasonable application proces
  
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• John Heard, best known as the dad in ‘Home Alone,’ dies

  22-07-2017 16:26 via ocregister.com
  
  John Heard, best known as the father in “Home Alone” and “Home Alone 2,” has died at 72.
  TMZ was the first to report the news Saturday morning, with entertainment publication Variety confirming it.
  In addition to the “Home Alone” films, Heard appeared in films such as “Awakenings,” “Big,” “Beaches,” “Gladiator” and “Sharknado.” He also appeared on the television shows “Elementary,” “
  
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• Trump fires off volley of angry tweets on Russia probe

  22-07-2017 16:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
  WASHINGTON  Hours before he was to help commission a new aircraft carrier at a patriotic ceremony on the Virginia coast, President Donald Trump fired off a volley of early morning tweets that again showed how furious he remains over multiple investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
  The tweets were unusual in their breadth and scope, even for Trump, given the wide variety of topics he touched on as Saturday dawned. His 10 tweets, all sent
  
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• San Clemente hostel “House of Trestles” combines surf vibes and street art near famous surf break

  22-07-2017 15:30 via ocregister.com
   
  Owner Joshua Host outside the new House of Trestles, a surf and street art focused hostel in San Clemente, on Thursday, July 13, 2017. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)Street artist Bandit puts finishing touches on a mural in the lobby of House of Trestles, a surf focused hostel in San Clemente, on Thursday, July 13, 2017. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)Street artist Bandit puts finishing touches on a mural in the lobby of House of Trestles, a surf focuse
  
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• Commercial real estate: 5 reasons your building isn’t sold yet

  22-07-2017 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  I’ve reasoned for months that Southern California is immersed in a seller’s market — there are many more buyers in the market than sellers — advantage sellers!
  Today, I want to discuss why commercial real estate might not sell.
  After all, with more buyers around than sellers, an owner should be flush with offers, folks clamoring to buy — but nothing — just crickets. So what’s up?
  Below, I offer some reasons why a building might not be in the sold categor
  
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• Liquid Assets: Crazy for absinthe

  22-07-2017 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Oscar Wilde penned glorious stories of sipping absinthe in fashionable Victorian parlors. Wilde wrote: “After the first glass of absinthe you see things as you wish they were. After the second you see them as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are… .”
  With the promise of fantastical side effects, the libation enchanted writers and inspired artists during the height of Paris’s Belle-Epoque. Manet and Picasso imbibed the spirit daily. It’s rumored Vi
  
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• Orange County aims to house 60 to 75 riverbed homeless by year's end

  22-07-2017 13:22
  A $720,000 pilot program billed as the first step toward dismantling Orange County's largest homeless encampment will start with smaller goals to relocate 60 to 75 of the camp's several hundred residents into housing by the end of the year. The county recently revealed those aims when it released its contract with City Net, the nonprofit it hired to achieve them.
  
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• Comic-Con 2017: Orlando Jones of ‘American Gods’ is a nerd’s nerd and we wouldn’t want him any other way

  22-07-2017 10:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Celebrities at Comic-Con International, the annual comic and pop-culture event held in San Diego, is nothing new but among the hundreds of special guests and stars one personality is just as big a fan as the hundreds of thousands who attend every year.
  “I’m like a 14-year-old fangirl,” laughed Orlando Jones who is a self-described nerd. “I’m here with all the squees and the feels.”
  Jones talked about his love of pop-culture, television and science fiction.
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• Schools kids rock out at The Hanger during the OC Fair

  22-07-2017 10:03 via ocregister.com
  The Finz’ singer-guitarist Jason Barber, center, joins vocalist Hudson Fell, left, on stage at The Hanger during the OC Fair in Costa Mesa, California, on Friday, July 21, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)The Finz’ singer-guitarist Jason Barber, center, joins vocalist Hudson Fell, right, and bassist-singer Jackson Ecker on stage at The Hanger during the OC Fair in Costa Mesa, California, on Friday, July 21, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Regist
  
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• Whicker: Chili Davis supervises Boston’s hunt-and-peck attack

  22-07-2017 08:51 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Exit velocity and launch angle and home run footage took a night off in Angel Stadium Friday night.
  Boston ambushed the Angels with batted balls that never got above the belt.
  Six of the first seven Red Sox either doubled or singled. Five of them scored. Chris Sale, the devastating left-hander who passed the 200 strikeout mark for the season, hardly knew what to do with such a surplus. The Angels, the only American League team with an OPS under .700, watched enviously.
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• Car crashes into Anaheim gas station, pump catches fire

  22-07-2017 08:19 via ocregister.com
  ANAHEIM — A vehicle crashed into a gas station, causing one of the gas pumps to catch fire on Friday night, July 21, authorities said.
  The accident occurred at 8:07 p.m. at the Texaco station at the northwest corner of La Palma Avenue and Magnolia Street, Anaheim Police Department Sgt. Daron Wyatt said.With @AnaheimPD on a crash into a gas station. Fire out and no injuries but traffic closed w/b La Palma Ave at Magnolia temporarily pic.twitter.com/I3bM0drlow
  — Anaheim Fire &Rescu
  
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• Dodgers, Alex Wood implode in 12-3 loss to Atlanta Braves

  22-07-2017 07:39 via ocregister.com
  
  The Atlanta Braves’ Ender Inciarte, right, scores a run past Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal, left, after a double by Johan Camargo during the first inning in Los Angeles, Friday, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo)Dodgers pitcher Alex Wood drops the ball off a pop-up hit by Atlanta’s Jaime Garcia to score Nick Markakis and Sean Rodriguez during the fourth inning Friday, July 21, 2017 at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo)Dodgers starting pitcher Alex Wood suffered his first loss
  
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• Former Newport Beach Police horse, one of the original members of mounted unit, dies

  22-07-2017 07:27 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — A police horse that was also a familiar sight at community events in and around Newport Beach has died, the department reported on its Facebook page Thursday, July 20.
  Levi, a quarter horse and one of the original members of the Newport Beach Police Department Mounted Unit, died on Tuesday, July 18.
  The horse began working with his partner Officer Shawn Dugan on June 1, 2013 and had retired earlier this year, according to the department.
  “We are sad that Levi is no lo
  
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• Ricky Nolasco struggles in the first inning, Angels fall to Red Sox

  22-07-2017 07:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Boston’s Mookie Betts watches his RBI-single against the Angels during the fourth inning of a game against the Angels Friday, July 21, 2017 at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)Boston Red Sox center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr., right, reaches out to catch a fly ball hit by the Angels’ Yunel Escobar as right fielder Mookie Betts looks on during the first inning of a game in Anaheim Friday, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)The Boston Red Sox’s Mookie Betts, right, slide
  
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• Dodgers notes: Coaches who catch comprise a secret society in baseball

  22-07-2017 06:56 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — It was a moment lost to the untrained eye. Even the trained eye could miss it on occasion. As Grant Dayton warmed up to pitch the sixth inning Friday, a masked man in a Dodger uniform crouched behind home plate. The catcher was not listed on the Dodgers’ 25-man roster, but his form was perfect. It was the bench coach, Bob Geren.
  Geren caught a few pitches from Dayton. Yasmani Grandal, who was on second base when the fifth inning ended, resumed his station behind home pl
  
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• How you can take the Iron Throne for a spin while you’re at Comic-Con 2017

  22-07-2017 06:41 via ocregister.com
  
  If you want a ride at Comic-Con, why not ride in style? Take a pedicab that is all decked out to promote new (and returning) television shows and movies.
  Yes, you can even ride in a “Game of Thrones” pedicab — complete with the Iron Throne and everything.The pedicabs in San Diego have been turned into iron thrones! #SDCC #GoT #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/yBL4nU0EEz
  — Laura Dechant (@gameofbigchairs) July 21, 2017
  Pedicabs #SDCC #GameOfThones pic.twitter.com/yL
  
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• Wonder Woman march draws Comic-Con cosplayers and more to the streets of San Diego

  22-07-2017 06:34 via ocregister.com
  
  What is better than one Wonder Woman? Many.
  That’s right, cosplayers took to the streets of San Diego dressed as Wonder Woman as part of the Wonder Woman Amazon March at The Nerdist and Geek and Sundry’s Conival, an event put on outside of Comic-Con that you don’t need a badge to attend. Related Articles Kyle MacLachlan, Naomi Watts and more talk ‘Twin Peaks’ at Comic-Con 2017 Comic-Con 2017: Ramones album illustrator and Punk founder John Holmstrom has stories
  
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• Braves at Dodgers: Saturday game time, TV channel and starting pitchers

  22-07-2017 06:16 via ocregister.com
  
  BRAVES AT DODGERS
  Where: Dodger Stadium, 6:10 p.m.
  TV: SNLA (where available)
  THE PITCHERS
  DODGERS LHP RICH HILL (6-4, 3.55)
  vs. Braves: 3-0, 1.89 ERA
  At Dodger Stadium: 5-4, 2.29 ERA
  Hates to face: Nick Markakis, 1 for 3, two walks
  Loves to face: Sean Rodriguez, 0 for 3, three strikeouts
  BRAVES RHP JULIO TEHERAN (7-7,4.69)
  vs. Dodgers: 0-5, 5.50 ERA
  At Dodger Stadium: 0-3, 6.50 ERA
  Hates to face: Yasmani Grandal, 4 for 10 (.400), three doubles
  Loves to face: Justin Turner, 3 for 14 (.214)
  J.P.
  
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• Injured pitchers closer to return to rotation, but when remains question

  22-07-2017 05:19 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Matt Shoemaker threw from 60 feet and Garrett Richards threw from 90 before the Angels opened a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox. One of these days, the Angels’ starting rotation might actually look the way it was once designed to look.
  Friday was not that day, however.
  Andrew Heaney threw four shutout innings with five strikeouts Thursday for the Angels’ Arizona League team, approaching the next step of his rehabilitation and recovery sooner rather t
  
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• Angels’ injured pitchers closer to return to rotation, but when remains question

  22-07-2017 05:19 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Matt Shoemaker threw from 60 feet and Garrett Richards threw from 90 before the Angels opened a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox. One of these days, the Angels’ starting rotation might actually look the way it was once designed to look.
  Friday was not that day, however.
  Andrew Heaney threw four shutout innings with five strikeouts Thursday for the Angels’ Arizona League team, approaching the next step of his rehabilitation and recovery sooner rather t
  
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• Whicker: Andrelton Simmons turns shortstop into his island kingdom for Angels

  22-07-2017 05:05 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — We hear about island kids, following dreams. Andrelton Simmons had already awakened from his.
  “If you’re 16 and you haven’t signed, people don’t think you’re going to make it,” Simmons said Friday. “When you get to 17 it’s already the limit. I wasn’t even believing in my chance anymore. I just wanted to play ball in college, get an education, do something different.”
  Simmons grew up in Curacao, 40 miles north of Venezuel
  
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• Andrelton Simmons turns shortstop into his island kingdom for Angels

  22-07-2017 05:05 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — We hear about island kids, following dreams. Andrelton Simmons had already awakened from his.
  “If you’re 16 and you haven’t signed, people don’t think you’re going to make it,” Simmons said Friday. “When you get to 17 it’s already the limit. I wasn’t even believing in my chance anymore. I just wanted to play ball in college, get an education, do something different.”
  Simmons grew up in Curacao,, 40 miles north of Venezue
  
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• Episcopal panel recommends suspension for L.A. Bishop J. Jon Bruno, return of Newport Beach church to locked-out congregants

  22-07-2017 05:01 via ocregister.com
  
  A panel of officials from the national Episcopal Church issued its recommendation on misconduct charges against J. Jon Bruno, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, on Friday, July 21, nearly ending a two-year battle during which he tried to sell the St. James the Great church in Newport Beach and displaced its congregants.
  Panel members voted 4-1 to suspend Bruno for three years, restore the congregation and halt efforts to sell the 40,000-square-foot building and surrounding property
  
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• Two people shot in car-to-car shooting in Westminster

  22-07-2017 05:00 via ocregister.com
  WESTMINSTER — Two men were shot while sitting in their vehicle by another man in a SUV on Friday, July 21, authorities said.
  The two men in their 20s were stopped near the intersection of Hazard Avenue and Ward Street about 3:45 p.m. when the suspect’s vehicle rolled up next to them and the shooter fired into the car, hitting both of them at least once, Westminster Police Department Sgt. Scott Gump said.
  The suspect fled the scene in an unknown direction, Gump said. One of the victim
  
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• New law, inspired by an O.C. case, helps police investigate non-reported accidental deaths

  22-07-2017 04:45 via ocregister.com
  
  GARDEN GROVE — Starting next year, law enforcement authorities will have more time to prosecute anyone who dumps a body to conceal a crime, Orange County officials announced Friday, July 21.
  The legislation — known as Erica’s Law — was prompted by the dumping of the body of 27-year-old Erica Alonso in a creek bed near Ortega Highway and Hot Springs Canyon Road a couple of years ago.
  Erica Alonso.Family members console each other possibly near the site where the body of Er
  
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• Santa Ana police seek missing teen

  22-07-2017 04:12 via ocregister.com
  SANTA ANA — Santa Ana police on Friday, July 21, asked for the public’s help tracking down a 16-year-old girl who was last seen Tuesday.
  Missing person McKenna Leigh Berry. (Photo courtesy of the Santa Ana Police Dept.)McKenna Leigh Berry was last seen at 7:51 p.m. at 2800 N. Main St., near the MainPlace Mall, according to police.
  She is white, 5-feet-6 and weighs about 190 pounds, police said. She has short, brown curly hair, and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a b
  
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• Kyle MacLachlan, Naomi Watts and more talk ‘Twin Peaks’ at Comic-Con 2017

  22-07-2017 03:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Actor Kyle MacLachlan and director David Lynch became close friends over the years through their collaboration on such projects as “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks,” the latter of which MacLachlan said Friday he’d always hoped – but never really  believed – Lynch would revive.
  “I figured that was the end,” MacLachlan said of the show’s original run which ended in 1991. “Although David and I are good friends and we visi
  
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• Caltrans fast-tracking 4 Orange County road repair and construction projects

  22-07-2017 03:43 via ocregister.com
  In anticipation of Senate Bill 1 funds, the California State Transportation Agency and Caltrans on Friday, July 21, announced plans to fast-track dozens of road repair and construction projects statewide – four of them in Orange County.
  The bill, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, was signed into law in late April. It generates $54 billion over the next decade to be split evenly between state and local investments for fixing roads, freeways and bridges.
  Though the SB 1 funds a
  
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• Adopt a cat: Maisie is as sweet as can be

  22-07-2017 03:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Tabby
  Age: 2 years old
  Gender: Spayed female
  Maisie’s story: Maisie was taken from a neglectful owner. She had an eye infection that went uncared for, necessitating the eye’s removal. She doesn’t have a problem seeing with her remaining eye, but finding a forever home for her has been difficult, as she isn’t as pretty as some cats. That’s too bad, because she’s as sweet as any of them.
  Adoption donation: $50
  Adoption procedure: Contact Lorraine with Lon
  
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• Miller: When it comes to generating buzz, Lakers’ Lonzo Ball already among the league leaders

  22-07-2017 03:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Dismissing the performances was easy, the nature of the competition suggesting that what happened in Vegas would, indeed, stay in Vegas.
  Portland general manager Neil Olshey brought the most brutal assessment regarding the NBA’s recently concluded Summer League. The most brutal and the most comical.
  “Half these guys aren’t going to get on the floor (during a regular-season game),” Olshey said, “and the other half are going to be in Belgium.”
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• Firefighters extinguish house fire, save dog in Placentia

  22-07-2017 03:36 via ocregister.com
  PLACENTIA — Orange County firefighters made quick work of a house fire Friday, July 21, and rescued the residents’ dog.
  The fire was reported at 1:10 p.m. in the 900 block of Vista Avenue, according to Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Alan Wilkes. The blaze was knocked down in 11 minutes, he said.
  No one was injured and firefighters rescued a dog from the blaze, Wilkes said.
  
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• Man gets one year in jail for confrontation with Fountain Valley police

  22-07-2017 03:29 via ocregister.com
  WESTMINSTER — A transient pleaded guilty Friday, July 21, to injuring two Fountain Valley police officers as they attempted to arrest him and was immediately sentenced to a year in jail.
  William Wright, who turned 41 Friday, also was placed on three years of formal probation.
  Police were called to FAM Vans, 10870 Kalama River Ave., just after 10 a.m. on Feb. 28, when a transient “was causing a scene at the business” and refused to leave, according to Fountain Valley Police Sgt.
  
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• Comic-Con 2017: Ramones album illustrator and Punk founder John Holmstrom has stories to tell

  22-07-2017 03:28 via ocregister.com
  
  When students at the School of Visual Arts in New York City rebelled against the lack of classes about comics in the early 1970s, they asked John Holmstrom to take their demands for change to the administration.
  He did, and he got what he and the other students wanted. While he ended up dropping out before graduation, the episode set him on a course to become one of the most influential underground comic artists of his generation.
  Day two at Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Ce
  
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• Teenager arrested near Hesperia in Tustin homicide

  22-07-2017 03:04 via ocregister.com
  TUSTIN – A 17-year-old boy was recently arrested in a homicide earlier this month in Tustin.
  The youth, with a last known address in Los Angeles, was taken into custody in a park near Hesperia, Tustin police Lt. Robert Wright said in a statement
  Tustin police were assisted in the apprehension by various Orange County and Riverside County law enforcement officers. The boy was transported to the Tustin Police Department and then to Orange County Juvenile Hall, where he was booked for mu
  
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• Young brothers Marcus and Miles Partain make noise at Hermosa

  22-07-2017 03:00 via ocregister.com
  HERMOSA BEACH – Go to any beach volleyball event in Southern California, and it would be hard to beat the love Sean Rosenthal gets from locals as well as his fanatical group of followers named Rosie’s Raiders.
  But on Friday, young brothers Marcus and Miles Partain stole some of that thunder. Their popularity likely started Thursday, when the two high-schoolers won three matches on qualifying day to get into the main draw.
  Marcus is 17 and will be a junior at Palisades High, Miles is
  
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