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• Orange residents voice frustration at city councilman’s workshop on homeless issues

  07-08-2017 23:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Tension and frustration ran high among the dozens of community members attending a public workshop with City Councilman Mike Alvarez on Orange’s growing homeless population.
  Passions flared as exasperated residents raised their voices and asked what is being done to address the increasingly visible homeless population along the Santa Ana River and in Orange’s parks.
  Alvarez offered up some numbers on the city’s efforts: In 2016, the Orange Police Department spent upwards of $70
  
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• Pesticide spraying planned for La Habra neighborhoods where mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile virus

  07-08-2017 23:54 via ocregister.com
  
  West Nile virus activity has been low so far this season in Orange County, except for La Habra, where vector control officials will spray pesticide in two neighborhoods this week.
  The spraying of AquaDuet, which is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Aug. 11 and 12, will be the first time the agency has deployed truck-mounted application in neighborhoods since West Nile virus came to Orange County in 2004. However, it’s routinely applied by truck or hand in parks around the county.
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• Marine Corps investigating the death of a Marine crushed by falling tree

  07-08-2017 23:28 via ocregister.com
  Maj. Gen. Daniel J. O’Donohue, commanding general of the 1st Marine Division, addresses his men and Marine veterans during a celebration for the 1st Marine Division’s 75th anniversary at Camp Pendleton on Thursday, February 4, 2016. (File Photo by Joshua Sudock, Orange County Register/SCNG)CAMP PENDLETON Officials have launched an investigation into the death of a Marine who was crushed by a falling tree on Friday, Aug. 4 as he did routine physical training.
  The Marine, identified Sa
  
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• O.C. players help U.S. men’s water polo start 1-1 at Junior Worlds

  07-08-2017 23:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The U.S. men’s water polo team is off to a 1-1 start at the Junior World Championships in Serbia.O.C. water polo players, from left, Hannes Daube, Ash Molthen, Quinten Osborne, Jake Cavano, Alex Wolf and Ethan Wojciechowski are playing for the U.S. at the FINA Junior World Championships in Serbia.The U.S. junior men’s water polo team is off to a 1-1 start at the FINA Junior World Championships in Serbia.Orange Lutheran’s Ash Molthen scored in the United States’ 12-9 victo
  
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• Feds to give states more flexibility in protecting threatened wild bird, sage grouse

  07-08-2017 23:16 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW DALY
  WASHINGTON — The Interior Department on Monday unveiled a plan to protect the threatened sage grouse that gives Western states greater flexibility to allow mining, logging and other economic development where it now is prohibited.
  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced the strategy for the ground-dwelling bird that has suffered a dramatic population decline across its 11-state range. Zinke insisted that the federal government and the states can work together to protect the
  
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• Whicker: Without Don Baylor, the game slips out of its groove

  07-08-2017 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Don Baylor hits against Baltimore in the 1979 ALCS. (Photo by Getty Images)FILE – In this Oct. 5, 1979, file photo, California Angels’ Don Baylor, left, gets a handshake from teammate Rod Carew (29) after hitting a home run in the fourth inning of Game 3 of the American League playoffs against the Baltimore Orioles, in Anaheim, Calif. Baltimore catcher Dave Skaggs is at center. Don Baylor, the 1979 AL MVP with the California Angels who went on to become manager of the year with the C
  
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• Chicago files federal lawsuit over sanctuary cities threat

  07-08-2017 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL TARM and SOPHIA TAREEN
  CHICAGO — Mayor Rahm Emanuel has taken his fight against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies to court, with Chicago becoming one of the first cities Monday to sue the government over what many U.S. cities argue are illegal bids to withhold public safety grants from so-called sanctuary cities.
  The 46-page lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, a day after Emanuel announced the litigation and said the city won’t “be
  
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• Searching for missing pair in Joshua Tree continues for 12th day

  07-08-2017 22:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The search for a missing Westminster woman and a Lakewood man at Joshua Tree National Park is continuing on, searchers said Monday, Aug. 7.
  Despite the scorching temperatures and few leads, volunteers and resources from local agencies are still looking, the 12th day of the search.
  On July 27, Joseph Orbeso and Rachel Nguyen left an Airbnb rental near the park to go hiking, officials said. Authorities were alerted the following day when it was determined the couple hadn’t checked
  
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• Readers want to know: Was Cracker Barrel ever in California?

  07-08-2017 22:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Cracker Barrel’s 649th location is coming early next year to Victorville. Another location is slated to open in Sacramento. The company has a warehouse of 90,000 general store antiques and other Southern collectibles. Each restaurant is decorated with items collected over the years such as lassos, oil lantern, deer heads and crank telephones. (Courtesy Cracker Barrel)Cracker Barrel is coming to Victorville in February. (Courtesy Cracker Barrel)Cracker Barrel has a warehouse of 90,000
  
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• Tustin native buys the 1921 Nash convertible he admired as a child to put on display

  07-08-2017 22:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Phil Cox looks through the store window, with his wife Linda, right, where he will install a 1921 Nash Sport Phaeton at Cox Market Plaza in Old Town Tustin. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)A video tells the story of Phil Cox’s 1921 Nash convertible. The classic was dusty, neglected and left in a garage before he purchased it and pumped life back into it. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)A video tells the story of Phil Cox’s 1921 Nash convertib
  
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• Surfing photos: Some of the best action from the U.S. Open

  07-08-2017 22:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Griffin Colapinto of San Clemente gets some air as he surfs in his heat in round four on Friday, August 4, 2017 at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach. Colapinto finished second. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)Tanner Gudauskas of San Clemente surfs in his heat in round four on Friday, August 4, 2017 at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach. Gudauskas finished third. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)A junior competitor surfs as spectator
  
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• Relay for Life returns to Laguna Niguel

  07-08-2017 22:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The annual Relay for Life cancer fundraiser for Aliso Viejo and Laguna Niguel returns on  Saturday, Aug. 19.
  For six hours, residents will walk the track at Niguel Hills Middle School while raising awareness and funds for the American Cancer Society.
  The event will start by honoring individuals affected by cancer and with cancer survivors walking the first lap.
  Hanna Eyre, a Laguna Niguel resident who appeared on “The Voice,” will perform at 8 p.m.
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• Drought may be over, but war on turf continues

  07-08-2017 22:20
  Marianne Hugo, garden director with Orange County Coastkeeper, leads a recent workshop on the use of water-wise and drought-tolerant plants at the Ponderosa Park Family Resource Center in Anaheim. That's right.
  
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• Kendrick Lamar delivers a powerful show at Staples Center on Sunday, the first of four dates on his home turf this week

  07-08-2017 22:10 via ocregister.com
  
  The moment that sticks in mind hours after Kendrick Lamar wrapped his show at Staples Center on Sunday came at the end of the main set. As the music to “Humble” kicked in and Lamar rapped the first few lines, the 30-year-old from Compton lowered his microphone and let the fans in the packed arena finish the verse and take the song through its “Sit down / Be humble” chorus.
  It’s a song off his fourth album, “Damn,” that on the surface is a message to all
  
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• Back-to-school safety begins with courtesy and obeying traffic laws

  07-08-2017 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s August and that means school is back! If school is back, traffic is back. I have five kids ranging in age from 15 to 30. I have driven my fair share of kids to elementary, middle and high school. One constant through all this time is not baseball, it’s parents driving crazy when taking their kids to school. The start of the school year is always the busiest and most crowded. The mix of new parents with the seasoned veterans creates an environment of both humor and frustration. S
  
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• High & Mighty is a hit in Garden Grove

  07-08-2017 21:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The second afternoon of the inaugural High and Mighty Festival felt particularly auspicious as ticket-holders arrived early to sample the beer and stayed late to dance under the stars. The joint venture between Sublime with Rome and night two headliners the Dirty Heads translated into a weekend-long party that married craft beer with a diverse roster of main-stage talent. A tandem stage set-up ensured the pace of the production never stalled. In between samplings from some of the Southland&rsquo
  
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• Orange County Breakers win World TeamTennis championship

  07-08-2017 20:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County Breakers captured their second Mylan World TeamTennis championship title with a 22-18 victory over the San Diego Aviators in front of a capacity crowd at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad Saturday night.
  This year’s match was a rematch of the 2016 championship tilt which was won by San Diego. One year later, Orange County flipped the script for their first title since 2004.
  The win came one day after the league announced that the Breakers made history b
  
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• Festival of Arts’ 85th birthday bash to offer free admission, activities, music and more

  07-08-2017 20:19 via ocregister.com
  
  The Festival of Arts will hold a day of games, art activities and live music to celebrate the its 85th birthday on Sunday, Aug. 13. Admission will be free all day in honor of the celebration.
  The day starts honoring the student artists of Orange County at the festival’s Junior Art Awards. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be given to the top three winners from each grade level, selected by jurors Mark Porterfield, Emma Paddon and Pat Sparkuhl.
  The afternoon includes a reading by Laguna B
  
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• Buena Park police searching for man suspected in 2 gas station robberies; in one, he shot clerk in leg

  07-08-2017 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  BUENA PARK – Investigators were searching for a man suspected in two armed robberies of Chevron gas stations, with police saying he shot one cashier in the leg.
  On Friday, Aug. 4, a man walked into the station at Beach Boulevard and Auto Center Drive at about 10:15 p.m. with a small handgun and left with cash.
  He escaped in a black Ford F-150 pickup, a 2009 to 2014 model, with an extended cab, black grill, tinted windows, towing mirrors and chrome bumpers and rims, police said.
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• Battering rams at the door: An FBI raid from the other side

  07-08-2017 19:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Tonmoy Sharma has a huge job; chief executive of Sovereign Health, a mental health and addiction provider with its headquarters in San Clemente and a footprint throughout Southern California and several states and India.
  Still, Sharma considers himself a man under siege, a David battling Goliaths.
  He sits in the same conference room where he says the FBI imprisoned his company’s legal staff, as agents rifled through privileged documents. He says the raid was the latest example of big money
  
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• Sage Hill grad Courtney Conlogue bounced at semis of U.S. Open

  07-08-2017 19:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Sage Hill High graduate Courtney Conlogue advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Open of Surfing Sunday, but was eliminated by eventual champion Sage Erickson of Ventura.
  In the semifinal, Conlogue was looking strong, earning a 5.23 by doing big airs just seconds after the heat started.
  She backed it up with a 5.0, but Erickson wasn’t going to go down easy, earning a 7.50 on a wave to take the lead. Erickson earned a 5.83, and with the ocean going flat for the last 10 minutes of the h
  
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• Make and race cardboard boats in Mission Viejo

  07-08-2017 19:31 via ocregister.com
  
  There will be plenty of action at the Sierra Recreation Center in Mission Viejo, Saturday, Aug. 11 as teams build carboard boats and find out whether their creations can hold water.
  The Cardboard Boat Derby takes place from 3:30 to 6 p.m. and teams will attempt to keep their boats afloat using two pieces of cardboard, duct tape and a utility knife. Teams will then attempt to race their boats from one side of the pool to the other without sinking, though sinking would certainly be one way to beat
  
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• Modest Mouse, Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs top the lineup for the Growlers’ new-old festival Growlers 6

  07-08-2017 19:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Indie-garage rock heroes the Growlers announced the lineup for Growlers 6, the new version of a festival they helped launch in 2012, with bands including the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Modest Mouse, the B-52s and Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys among the bigger names on the bill.
  The festival, which takes place at the L.A. Waterfront at the Port of Los Angeles on Oct. 28-29, is a reboot of sorts of Beach Goth, the Growlers-curated festival held for the past five years at the Observatory in Santa Ana.
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• Metrolink train halted in Anaheim after hitting unoccupied vehicle on tracks

  07-08-2017 19:10 via ocregister.com
  Metrolink’s Orange County Line was delayed Monday morning, Aug. 7, after a train hit a vehicle on the tracks in Anaheim.
  The train, carrying 220 passengers, hit an unoccupied vehicle at the East South Street crossing at 8:35 a.m., said Scott Johnson, a spokesman for Metrolink.
  The train was on Line 600 and destined for Oceanside.
  Inspectors were evaluating the train’s damage but believe it will be able to continue to its destination.
  Johnson said that no one was in the car
  
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• Remote bomb detection robot most popular at Dana Point Emergency Exposition

  07-08-2017 18:40 via ocregister.com
  
  DANA POINT   Despite four helicopters, a SWAT vehicle and the always admired search and rescue bloodhounds, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department bomb squad robot was the most popular piece of first-responder equipment viewed by thousands Sunday, Aug. 6 during the city’s annual Emergency Expo.
  The remote device operates on its own set of tracks and carries a weapon. It can be deployed by bomb squad deputies to check out suspicious packages without risking human lives.
  The expo,
  
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• Irvine’s free summer concert concludes with Motown music

  07-08-2017 18:40 via ocregister.com
  
  Stone Soul will perform Classic Soul and Motown music Sunday, Aug. 13, to conclude the city of Irvine’s Sizzlin’ Summer Concert series.
  Festivities include a children’s play area and gourmet food trucks, with a portion of proceeds from food sales benefiting Irvine nonprofit groups.
  Free concerts start 5:30 p.m. at Mike Ward Community Park in Woodbridge. Guests should bring chairs and blankets. Layered clothing is recommended.
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  When: 5:30 p.m. Aug. 13
  Where: Mike Ward C
  
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• Readers react: 12 things to replace Sears at South Coast Plaza

  07-08-2017 18:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Henry Segerstrom poses with a sign announcing the construction of South Coast Plaza. (Courtesy of South Coast Plaza)Eric Denker and his wife, Jalen Denker, of Irvine, shop at South Coast Plaza. It’s one of America’s most successful shopping complexes, and it’s celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Bristol Street in Costa Mesa circa 1974 near South Coast Plaza. (Courtesy Costa Mesa Historical Society)Shoppers at Sears at
  
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• Don Baylor, who won MVP with Angels and World Series with Twins, dies at 68

  07-08-2017 17:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Don Baylor, the 1979 American League MVP, died Monday of cancer ESPN reported. He was 68.
  “Don passed from this earth with the same fierce dignity with which he played the game and lived his life,” his wife, Rebecca, said in a statement.
  Baylor played for the Orioles, Athletics, Angels, Yankees, Red Sox and Twins over a 19-year baseball career. He was an All-Star and the MVP winner with the Angels in 1979, when he led the majors in RBIs and runs.
  He reached the World Series three str
  
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• Status Update: Free jobs fair is Aug. 16; companies still have time to join Top Workplaces survey

  07-08-2017 16:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Abraham Saucedo of Santa Ana has been elected president of the Orange Empire Chapter of the International Association of Workforce Professionals.Ann Gamerl, a Laguna Beach resident, is joining Illinois-based Harting Americas team as director of sales for its Western division. Gamerl’s also will be responsible for the company sales in Mexico. Harting is a manufacturer of electronic and network components.Carla Furuno, senior vice president and manager of City National Bank’s Orange Co
  
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• Pedestrian dies after being hit by car on freeway in San Clemente

  07-08-2017 16:40 via ocregister.com
  A male pedestrian was killed Sunday night, Aug. 6, when he was hit by a car on the 5 freeway in San Clemente, authorities said Monday.
  The crash was reported about 11:50 p.m. after the pedestrian was seen standing in the number four lane of the southbound 5 freeway near Avenida Mendocino facing eastward, according to the California Highway Patrol.
  A driver in a Ford was traveling on the freeway and struck the pedestrian. Behind the car, there was a Toyota traveling in the same direction.
  After b
  
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• Final days to nominate an Orange County firm as a Top Workplace

  07-08-2017 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Rick and Patty Arvielo, CEO and president of New American Funding, which has been once again named one of the OC’s Top Workplaces in Tustin on Friday, October 28, 2016. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz,Orange County Register/SCNG)Lane Rankin, center, CEO of Illuminate Education is photo bombed by a couple of his sales managers Craig Duschhoff and Karin Lundquist during a portrait session in the Irvine office. (MICHAEL GOULDING, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER)Jim Andronaco, left, president, and co-founder P
  
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• Man shot, killed near Garden Grove bank ATM; woman robbed, assaulted near same ATM

  07-08-2017 16:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man found with gunshot wounds near a bank ATM in Garden Grove Sunday night, Aug. 6.
  Officers found the dead man around 10:11 p.m. after being called out to shots fired, according to a Monday, Aug. 7, statement from the Garden Grove Police Department.
  A male was robbed and fatally shot at a Bank of America ATM on Westminster Boulevard and Brookhurst Street around 10:15 p.m. in Garden Grove on Sunday, August 6, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Warn, Contri
  
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• Southern California pay hikes one-third smaller this year, according to one index

  07-08-2017 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Here’s more evidence of a cooling Southern California economy: One pay index shows local employers are trimming raises.
  According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ employment cost index, Southern California wages and salaries in private industries rose at a 2.7 percent annual rate in the 12 months ended in June vs. 4 percent a year earlier.
  Local increases did outstrip the national increase of 2.3 percent. And U.S. wage hikes were moderating, too: down from 2.5 percent for the
  
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• Retail-restaurant roundup: Danish bakery to Tustin; Syrian food to Anaheim Packing House

  07-08-2017 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Kibbeh at Aleppo’s comes fried (shown), baked or grilled. The meatball style item is shell stuffed with ground beef , spices and onion.(Courtesy Aleppo’s)Poul’s bakery is known for its gourmet cookies, strudels, danishes and Swedish princess cakes (shown). (Courtesy Poul’s)Poul’s bakery is also known for its challah bread. ( Courtesy Poul’s)Fruit snails, a type of Danish baked good, Poul’s is known for. The Orange bakery is relocating to Tustin afte
  
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• Jeff Lewis of Bravo’s ‘Flipping Out’ says Don’t Think ‘Forever Home’ Think ‘Resale!’

  07-08-2017 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  FLIPPING OUT — Pictured: Jeff Lewis — Bravo Photo: Vivian ZinkJeff Lewis has designed a barn door kit collection for The Home Depot. This three-panel herringbone door is just one of the styles available. (COURTESY PHOTO)FLIPPING OUT — Pictured: (left) Jenni Pulos, (right) Jeff Lewis — (Photo by: Vivian Zink/Bravo)Show Caption of Expand
  Back in March, I interviewed Bravo’s “Flipping Out” star, Jeff Lewis, at an interior designer convention at the Laguna D
  
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• What does the L.A. Rams and Chargers stadium look like? Playa Vista simulation opens Tuesday

  07-08-2017 15:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The stadium model fills a room at the Playa Vista showcase. (Jeff Lewis, contributed photo)The suite room gives fans a looks at the future game experience from a suite, in several configurations. (Hiro Ueno/contributed photo)The discussion area at Playa Vista shows off the future stadium experience.The Green Room is designed to help fans experience what it’s like inside the future Inglewood stadium. (Hiro Ueno/contributed photo)LA Stadium Premiere Center’s tunnel room helps simulate
  
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• My OC: Orange Hill owner keeps it all in the family

  07-08-2017 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
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  The restaurant business is notoriously tough, conventional wisdom holds. Eateries come and go, many with a lifespan that seems only slightly longer than a house fly’s.
  But you can’t prove that by John Tallichet, president of Specialty Restaurant Corp. The family-run company based in Anaheim operates more than 20 restaurants across several states. That includes Orange Hill in Orange, for generations a favorite spot for couples looking for a romantic, panoramic v
  
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• North Korea vows harsh retaliation against new UN sanctions

  07-08-2017 12:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By HYUNG-JIN KIM
  SEOUL, South Korea  — North Korea vowed Monday to bolster its nuclear arsenal and launch “thousands-fold” revenge against the United States in response to tough U.N. sanctions imposed after its recent intercontinental ballistic missile launches.
  The warning came two days after the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved new sanctions to punish North Korea, including a ban on coal and other exports worth over $1 billion. The U.S. ambassador to the U.N.,
  
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• Wreckage of U.S. military plane found off Australia; 3 Marines presumed dead

  07-08-2017 12:03 via ocregister.com
  
  SYDNEY (AP) — The submerged wreckage of a U.S. military aircraft was found on Monday, two days after it crashed into the sea off the east coast of Australia and left three U.S. Marines presumed dead, Australia’s defense minister said.
  An Australian navy ship arrived in Shoalwater Bay in Queensland state Sunday night to help the U.S. military hunt for the MV-22 Osprey, which the Marines said was conducting regularly scheduled operations on Saturday when it crashed into the water. The
  
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• Mater Dei offensive guard Chris Murray stays hot, lands Notre Dame offer

  07-08-2017 08:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei offensive guard Chris Murray (6-3, 290) is one of Orange County’s hottest football recruits.
  The senior announced Sunday that he has been offered by Notre Dame.Blessed to say that I have received an offer from the UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME!!! ☘️ #GoIrish ☘️ pic.twitter.com/L2eNzeSazh
  — Chris Murray (@chris1murray) August 7, 2017Murray’s offer arrives after Stanford recently extended him a scholarship.
  
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• Boy, 3, nearly drowns in Tustin backyard pool

  07-08-2017 07:57 via ocregister.com
  TUSTIN — A 3-year-old boy was found unconscious floating in his backyard pool Sunday, Aug. 6, before firefighters revived him, authorities said.
  The Orange County Fire Authority received a call regarding the incident in the 13000 block of Hewes Avenue at 6 p.m., Capt. Stephen Horner said. Firefighters arrived at the house five minutes later, and the 3-year-old boy was not breathing and had no pulse, Horner said.
  They performed CPR on him and were able to revive the child, he said. The boy
  
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• Brush fire burns 2 acres near Laguna Niguel Regional Park

  07-08-2017 07:38 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA NIGUEL — A brush fire burned two acres of open space hill area above Laguna Niguel Regional Park Sunday, Aug. 6, before firefighters put it out, authorities said.
  A large blackend patch of brush shows where a small fire broke out in an open area above Laguna Niguel Regional Park Sunday afternoon.The fire in the 28000 block of La Paz Road was first reported 6:08 p.m. (Photo by Matt Degen, Contributing Photographer)An Orange County Fire Authority helicopter makes a water drop on a bru
  
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• Chris Pratt and Anna Faris announce separation

  07-08-2017 07:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Chris Pratt and Anna Faris have announced they are separating after eight years of marriage. The actors announced their breakup on social media Sunday night in a joint statement confirmed by Pratt’s publicist. “We tried hard for a long time, and we’re really disappointed,” the actors wrote.
  FILE- In this Dec. 14, 2016, file photo, Chris Pratt, right, and Anna Faris arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of “Passengers”at the Village Theatre Westwood. Pratt and Far
  
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• Santa Margarita LL opens West Region with 7-2 win

  07-08-2017 06:37 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO –
  Santa Margarita’s Danny Lawler scores in the 5th inning as Nevada catcher Mikey Albanese waits for the late throw Sunday night. Santa Margarita Little League, from Rancho Santa Margarita, defeated Summerlin South Little League, from Las Vegas, 7-2 in the opener for both teams at the Little League Western Regionals at Al Houghton Stadium in San Bernardino Sunday night August 6, 2017. The winner of the tournament, which concludes next Saturday, will advance to the Litt
  
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• Labor dispute may halt North County bus lines Monday

  07-08-2017 06:21 via ocregister.com
  Two bus routes in north Orange County may be out of operation Monday, Aug. 7, if labor negotiations out of Pomona are not resolved by midnight:285 Puente Hills Mall-Whittier Hospital-La Habra
  286 Pomona-Diamond Bar-Brea Mall
  The routes are part of 19 Foothill Transit lines — from Pomona across the East San Gabriel Valley — facing possible halt.
  Fifty mechanics at Foothill’s Pomona yard, represented by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1756, is set to strike at midnight if it cann
  
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• Highlights from Sunday’s UCLA football training camp practice

  07-08-2017 06:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Here’s a brief look at UCLA’s training camp practice Sunday at Spaulding Field:
  Play of the day
  The day belonged to the defense from the first snap. To lead off a goal-line team period, linebacker Lokeni Toailoa burst through the offensive line, smacked running back Jalen Starks in the backfield and stripped the ball before returning it 98 yards for a touchdown. It was akin to a play Takkarist McKinley pulled off last year against Utah, when the defensive end sacked Troy Williams, st
  
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• UCLA’s Jaelan Phillips finds early success on practice field

  07-08-2017 06:03 via ocregister.com
  
  ­­­LOS ANGELES — Jaelan Phillips tousles his curly black hair, pulling at the thick mess that somewhat resembles an overgrown Mohawk. He reluctantly cut it a few months ago when his locks became too difficult to manage on an early-morning college schedule. He was scared that the trim would drain him of his strength like Samson, a judge in the Hebrew bible who lost his immense power when he cut his hair. Phillips seems to be in the clear now.
  “It’s growing back,&rdqu
  
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• Hyun-Jin Ryu nearly perfect for seven innings as Dodgers batter Mets again, 8-0

  07-08-2017 05:19 via ocregister.com
  
  New York Mets starting pitcher Steven Matz delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Turner (10) greets the Dodger’ Cody Bellinger (35) after the pair scored on Logan Forsythe’s two-run single during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)New York Mets starting pitcher
  
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• With preseason opener on horizon, Rams might make changes to their offensive line

  07-08-2017 03:45 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — For most of the offseason, the Rams believed they had discovered the correct mix on their offensive line. Now, with less than five weeks until the regular-season opener, they want to verify.
  Related Articles Bonsignore: Jared Goff provides glimmer of hope for Rams during joint practice with Chargers Chargers hold joint practice with Rams, get dry run at StubHub CenterIn a brief, breezy practice Sunday afternoon at UC Irvine, the Rams switched up their line and flipped Jamon Brown,
  
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• Dodgers notes: Corey Seager has it covered at shortstop for Dodgers

  07-08-2017 03:41 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK – For someone who is supposed to be too big for the position he plays, Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager is certainly playing it very well.
  By Fangraphs’ measures, Seager ranks first among National League shortstops (and fourth in the majors) in defensive WAR and second behind Cubs shortstop Addison Russell (fifth in the majors) in UZR at the position this season. Both are improvements over his ranking as a rookie last season.
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