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• At the Festival of Arts fashion show, the outfits are made from lottery tickets and paint chips

  12-08-2017 23:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Lottery tickets. Bubble wrap. Paint chips. Crayon wrappers.  These are just a few of the items that made up the outfits in the Festival Runway Fashion Show at the Festival of Arts, Saturday, August 12.
  Models walked the runway wearing “found” designs – in which at least 80 percent of the material is reclaimed, reused or recycled – from seven artists.
  Host Kate Flannery opens the ninth annual Festival of Arts Runway Show showcasing “found” designs in Lagun
  
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• 1 dead, 26 injured after car plows into group at white nationalist rally in Virginia

  12-08-2017 21:58 via ocregister.com
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing one person, sending at least 26 others to hospitals and ratcheting up tension in an increasingly violent confrontation.
  A vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Cha
  
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• 78% jump in Placentia home sales: 10 things to know

  12-08-2017 21:01 via ocregister.com
  
  In 2017’s first six months, the Placentia housing market looked strong.
  CoreLogic statistics for the first half of 2017, compared with the same period a year earlier, show these trends for Placentia …
  1. 64 homes sold this year vs. 36 a year ago.
  2. That’s a sales gain of 78 percent vs. a homebuying gain of 2.2 percent countywide.
  3. Median selling price this year of $661,000 vs. $608,500 in 2016.
  4. That’s a price gain of 8.6 percent. Countywide median was $675,000, up
  
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• Hundreds face off ahead of white nationalist rally; Virginia’s governor declares state of emergency

  12-08-2017 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) —
  Virginia’s governor has declared a state of emergency in response to a white nationalist rally that is expected to draw up to 6,000 people.
  Gov. Terry McAuliffe said via his Twitter account on Saturday morning that the declaration was made in order “to aid state response to violence” at the rally in Charlottesville, about 100 miles outside of Washington, D.C.
  It’s the latest confrontation in the city sinc
  
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• Car strikes group at white nationalist rally in Virginia

  12-08-2017 18:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press
  2 p.m. update
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) —  Authorities are on the scene after a vehicle plowed into a group of people marching peacefully through downtown Charlottesville.
  An Associated Press reporter saw at least one person on the ground receiving medical treatment immediately afterward the incident, which occurred approximately two hours after violent clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters.
  The nationalists were holding the rally
  
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• Taylor Swift groping trial draws attention to hidden outrage

  12-08-2017 18:24 via ocregister.com
  
  By COLLEEN SLEVIN
  DENVER (AP) — Taylor Swift’s allegation that a former morning radio host reached under her skirt and grabbed her backside during a photo op is bringing attention to a common but largely hidden outrage for many women, one that few report.
  A 2014 survey found nearly 1 in 4 women in the United States had been groped or brushed up against in a public place by a stranger at least once.
  But many never talked about it, let alone went to the police. A 2015 survey of more th
  
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• JSerra graduate Royce Lewis promoted by Minnesota Twins

  12-08-2017 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Recent JSerra graduate Royce Lewis, the No. 1 overall draft pick by Minnesota in the major league baseball amateur draft in June, is moving up the ranks fast.
  Lewis has been promoted to the Twins’ Single-A Cedar Rapids club, the affiliate announced Saturday morning.BIG NEWS today. The #1 overall pick joins the Kernels roster! 9 home games left including tonight and tomorrow.https://t.co/6wKuGdGmWO pic.twitter.com/dpUcVDnBxq
  — Cedar Rapids Kernels (@CRKernels) August 12, 2017Lewis was
  
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• Things to do at the OC Fair Saturday, Aug. 12

  12-08-2017 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Headed to the fair today? Here are a few things to do.
  iBUYPOWER / OC Fair GameFest
  Experience the stunning world of virtual reality with Oculus Rift, or enjoy a variety of carnival-style activities for chances to win prizes. Brought to you by iBUYPOWER, a custom gaming PC company. Families are welcome to come out and enjoy a world of technological fun for all ages.
  Where: The Hangar
  How much: Tickets start at $17.50 and include admission into the fair.
  Motor Home Madness Demolition Derby
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• What’s in a seller’s closet? You can look, but don’t touch

  12-08-2017 16:35 via ocregister.com
  
  When you’re in search of a new place to call home, how far is too far to go when checking things out during home tours?
  Here’s one Realtor’s perspective.
  Kitchen drawers and cabinets: Since these are staying with the house when you buy it, by all means, open all the drawers and cabinets you want to satisfy yourself as to the suitability for your cooking, baking, storing, and serving paraphernalia. Or for your re-painting or re-finishing ideas.
  As for touching or moving the cont
  
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• Watch: Burglar Wipes Down Door Before Stealing From Home

  12-08-2017 16:35
  Footage from a home camera shows a man use his t-shirt to wipe down the door before he steals over $6,000 in property from an Anaheim residences in June. Footage from a home camera shows a man use his t-shirt to wipe down the door before he steals over $6,000 in property from an Anaheim residences in June.
  
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• Along The Coast: Construction news to use

  12-08-2017 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A new Landmark in Orange CountyIt’s called The Landmark, and if the high-rise office and hotel project proposed across from John Wayne Airport is approved by the city of Irvine and the Airport Land Use Commission, a landmark it will become.
  On a 7-acre site near MacArthur Boulevard and Campus Drive on the Irvine side of the Newport Beach/Irvine border, developer Great Far East Inc. plans to erect two towers – a 19-story, 448,200-square-foot office building and a 15-story, 386-room, f
  
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• Mercy House director sees housing Orange County's homeless...

  12-08-2017 12:07
  Larry Haynes has been in Orange County for more than 25 years overseeing the multiple services that Mercy House provides to homeless people. The organization that he steers as executive director finds itself once again at the forefront of efforts to address the homeless population, with the opening of the county's long-sought, year-round multiservice center the Bridges at Kraemer shelter in Anaheim in May and then HomeAid Orange County's Family CareCenter emergency shelter in Orange last month.
  
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• Iran’s expansionist aims pose problems for U.S.

  12-08-2017 09:09 via ocregister.com
  
  The challenge posed to the United States by Iran is so difficult and complex a problem that even the Trump administration is somewhat divided on how to proceed. While some officials are inclined to treat Tehran as if it is in compliance with the terms of the nuclear “deal” struck under Obama and still in effect, others, including Trump himself, believe the spirit of the agreement has been cast aside, and doubt it ever should have been put in place to begin with.
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• Teachers union boss learns nothing from election

  12-08-2017 09:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Alex Caputo-Pearl, president of the United Teachers Los Angeles, hasn’t learned anything from the trouncing of union-backed candidates in the Los Angeles Unified school board races this year. Speaking at UTLA’s annual conference July 28, Caputo-Pearl made clear the teachers union will continue to fight school choice and push for new taxes on L.A. residents.
  In May, voters elected newcomers Kelly Gonez and Nick Melvoin to the LAUSD school board, giving the nation’s second-larges
  
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• Homebuying around Coto de Caza jumps 73% in first half

  12-08-2017 09:07 via ocregister.com
  
  In 2017’s first six months, the housing market in the South County foothills ZIP code 92679 looked strong.
  CoreLogic statistics for the first half of 2017, compared with the same period a year earlier, show these trends for the area that stretches from Portola Hills through Trabuco Canyon and Coto de Caza to Wagon Wheel …
  1. 83 homes sold this year vs. 48 a year ago.
  2. That’s a sales gain of 73 percent vs. a homebuying gain of 2.2 percent countywide.
  3. Median selling price t
  
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• Want to improve housing affordability? Increase the homewowners exemption

  12-08-2017 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  California is in a housing crisis. The cost of housing — both for purchase and rental housing — is too expensive. Ineffective public housing policies and anti-growth policies that impede even reasonable development projects have choked supply in a high-demand market. California needs to start building homes and apartments as soon as possible. Recent estimates show that California must build 180,000 units of housing a year over the next 10 years simply to keep pace with demand. Curren
  
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• College quotas might be facing final exam in court

  12-08-2017 09:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Is it over for affirmative action?
  The Trump administration’s Justice Department is hiring lawyers to look into a civil rights complaint filed by 64 Asian-American groups back in 2015. The department will investigate and perhaps sue colleges and universities that engage in intentional race-based discrimination in admissions.
  You don’t need a telescope to see where this is going. The project is a hothouse to grow test cases, at least one of which will eventually reach the U.S. Supreme
  
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• State doesn’t need to meddle in Coyote Hills

  12-08-2017 09:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Ronald Reagan once infamously said, “The most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government, I’m here to help.’”
  Local land use decisions are perhaps the toughest faced by any community. Here in Fullerton, we’ve wrangled as a community for 40 years about what to do with West Coyote Hills, a 510 acre privately owned parcel in the northwest area of town. Through community meetings, City Council debates, negotiations with the land o
  
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• State charter schools must work on college success rates

  12-08-2017 09:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Something puzzling emerged from a research project looking at the number of charter school graduates who go on to earn four-year college degrees.
  Of the nine charter networks I was profiling, three were California based — and all three ended up on the bottom of the college success list. Alliance College-Ready Public Schools and Aspire Public Schools scored no better than 25 percent of their graduates earning four-year degrees within six years of leaving high school, and the rate at Green D
  
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• Anaheim needs a little more sunshine

  12-08-2017 09:04 via ocregister.com
  
  In a city that has been dogged by allegations of sweetheart deals in recent years, Anaheim’s decision to adopt a sunshine ordinance is a positive step forward for government transparency.
  Among the highlights of the proposal are rules that would ban council members from hiring staff who moonlight as lobbyists that have business dealings with the city.
  “The city would also require lobbyists to pay a yet-to-be-determined amount to register with the city, and report on a regular basis w
  
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• Letters: Politics is a joke

  12-08-2017 09:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Re: “We’re asking you to tell us a political joke” [Opinion, Aug. 8]: You have to laugh to hear it.
  — John Seibert, Laguna NiguelThe difference between puppies and Democrats
  What’s the difference between a puppy and a Democrat? The puppy quits whining after a couple of months.
  — Terri Parker, BreaDemocratic puppies
  While President Obama and Michelle were taking a walk by the White House, they encountered a young boy who had a box of puppies that were for sale
  
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• Mater Dei’s Amon-Ra St. Brown aiming to play opener, commit in January

  12-08-2017 08:06 via ocregister.com
  
  All-County wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (finger) could play in Mater Dei’s season-opener at Bishop Amat on Aug. 25, Monarchs coach Bruce Rollinson said Friday.
  “It’s really, really getting well fast,” Rollinson said of St. Brown’s finger before practice. “We feel pretty confident that he’ll have a full release for the (Bishop) Amat game.”
  St. Brown didn’t play at the Battle at the Beach passing tournament in July because of the injury. The
  
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• Angels rally to beat Mariners, win fourth straight

  12-08-2017 07:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout heads home to score on an error by the Seattle Mariners during the ninth inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)Los Angeles Angels’ Jefry Marte, right, connects for a home run as Seattle Mariners catcher Mike Zunino, center, and umpire Jeff Kellogg look on in the second inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Ricky Nolasco t
  
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• Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill avoids serious injury in 4-3 loss to Padres

  12-08-2017 07:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Rich Hill is hit on the neck by a pitch during the fourth inning of the team’s baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)Los Angeles Dodgers’ Rich Hill falls to the ground after being hit on the neck by a pitch during the fourth inning of the team’s baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher R
  
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• Apartment fire in Anaheim displaces family

  12-08-2017 07:08 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — A fire at an apartment complex damaged one unit and caused minor damage to another Friday night, authorities said.
  The Anaheim Fire Department was dispatched to the 900 block of Citron Street at about 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 11 and found a first-floor apartment on fire, Battalion Chief Mike Molloy said.
  Firefighters extinguished the blaze within five minutes of arriving on scene and were able to keep it from spreading, Molloy said.
  A family was displaced from the apartment, but had a p
  
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• New leaders at several Yorba Linda schools

  12-08-2017 06:33 via ocregister.com
  Higher sewer fees and local schools administrative changes merit attention this week:
  – Residential customers of the Yorba Linda Water District will begin paying 8 percent more each month for sewer maintenance fees on bills dating from Aug. 1, increasing from $6.42 to $6.94 for homes with individual meters and up to $6.52 per unit for master-metered residences.
  Commercial-industrial and public school accounts will pay $6.94 based on the first 700 cubic feet of water consumption plus $4.40
  
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• Conor McGregor – pink pants and all – talks good game ahead of Floyd Mayweather bout

  12-08-2017 06:22 via ocregister.com
  
  LAS VEGAS — A day after Floyd Mayweather Jr. played host to about 200 media members ahead of his Aug. 26 bout with UFC star Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena, it was McGregor’s turn.
  Mayweather’s took place in his oven-like Mayweather Boxing Club of medium size near the strip, McGregor’s was held at the gigantic UFC Performance Institute a few miles away, though the strip could be seen in the distance. Also, this location was much cooler. If it was 120 degrees in Mayweathe
  
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• Padres at Dodgers: Saturday game time, TV channel and starting pitchers

  12-08-2017 05:52 via ocregister.com
  
  PADRES AT DODGERS
  When: 6 p.m.
  Where: Dodger Stadium
  TV: SportsNet LA (where available)
  THE PITCHERS
  DODGERS LHP HYUN-JIN RYU (4-6, 3.53 ERA)
  vs. Padres: 4-1, 2.19 ERA
  At Dodger Stadium: 13-10, 3.24 ERA
  Hates to face: Yangervis Solarte, 3 for 6, two doubles
  Loves to face: Wil Myers, 0 for 3
  PADRES RHP JHOULYS CHACIN (11-8, 4.15 ERA)
  vs. Dodgers: 10-8, 4.20 ERA
  At Dodger Stadium: 5-4, 4.30 ERA
  Hates to face: Justin Turner, 5 for 13 (.385), two doubles
  Loves to face: Yasmani Grandal, 1 for 11 (.09
  
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• Dodgers Notes: How Grant Dayton came to appreciate the organization’s depth

  12-08-2017 05:41 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Dodgers pitcher Grant Dayton will miss his 35th and 36th games of the season this weekend. At least his down time has been productive.
  Sometime after he first felt something in his neck in June, and before he threw off the Dodger Stadium mound before Friday’s game against the San Diego Padres, Dayton figured something out. The Dodgers are on pace to challenge the all-time record for regular-season wins (116), and Dayton thinks he knows why.
  “Even though I hate bei
  
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• UCLA stays flexible on defense

  12-08-2017 05:30 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Angus McClure gesticulates wildly while yelling from the sideline. Players in white practice jerseys sprint off the field while others sprint off the sideline to trade places. During a three-hour practice, the defensive line coach rolls through nine different combinations at his position.
  All in a day’s work for the UCLA defense.
  The greatest strength of the UCLA defense is its versatility at all three levels. Personnel packages are vast. A single player might line up i
  
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• Angels at Mariners: Saturday game time, TV channel, starting pitchers

  12-08-2017 05:30 via ocregister.com
  
  ANGELS at MARINERS
  When: 6 p.m.
  Where: Safeco Field
  TV: Fox Sports West
  THE PITCHERS
  ANGELS RHP JC RAMIREZ (10-10, 4.21)
  vs. Mariners: 1-0, 5.00
  At Safeco Field: 0-1, 7.88
  Hates to face: None
  Loves to face: None
  MARINERS RHP ERASMO RAMIREZ (4-4, 5.10)
  vs. Angels: 4-2, 2.49
  At Safeco Field: 3-9, 4.71
  Hates to face: Mike Trout, 8 for 20 (.400)
  Loves to face: Kole Calhoun, 2 for 11 (.182)
  
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• Wayward gray whale hanging out in Newport Beach Harbor

  12-08-2017 05:11 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — A juvenile gray whale that has been making news along the Southern California coastline this week remains in Newport Beach Harbor.
  The approximately 20-foot-long whale was spotted by the Orange County Sheriff’s Harbor Patrol in Back Bay at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11.
  The area is a spot in the harbor where boats don’t go, said Alisa Schulman-Janiger, who runs the  American Cetacean Society’s Los Angeles Chapter Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project a
  
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• Donors get a ‘Taste of Downtown Disney’ as fundraiser for CHOC

  12-08-2017 05:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Tacos, sliders, wine and drinks like old-fashioneds were all on the menu for the nearly 500 people participating in the “Taste of Downtown Disney” at the Disneyland Resort on Thursday, August 10.
  The event serves as the kickoff of a series of fundraising events leading up to the CHOC Walk in the Park fundraiser at the Disneyland Resort on Sunday, August 27.
  “It’s a special progressive tasting that happens at many of the restaurants in the Downtown Disney district,”
  
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• USC searching for consistency with kicking competition

  12-08-2017 04:55 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A reporter asked USC coach Clay Helton this week about the status of his team’s kicking competition.
  Helton, who normally answers questions during his post-practice press scrums with a peppy demeanor, sighed.
  “I’m thanking God we have about three more weeks left,” he said.
  USC was left to search for a new starting kicker after Matt Boermeester was expelled from the university earlier this summer following a Title IX investigation. Boermeester, who made
  
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• Travis Benjamin injects speed — and more — into Chargers’ offense

  12-08-2017 04:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Wide receiver Travis Benjamin makes a catch during the Chargers’ training camp at the Jack Hammett Sports Complex in Costa Mesa, CA on Tuesday, August 8, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)San Diego Chargers wide receiver Travis Benjamin (12) avoids a tackle by Cleveland Browns cornerback Jamar Taylor (21) in the first half of an NFL football game, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Aaron Josefczyk)Wide receiver Travis Benjamin looks to make a catch d
  
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• Mercy House director sees housing Orange County’s homeless population as a big challenge, but possible

  12-08-2017 03:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Larry Haynes has been in Orange County for more than 25 years overseeing the multiple services that Mercy House provides to homeless people.
  The organization that he steers as executive director finds itself once again at the forefront of efforts to address the homeless population, with the opening of the county’s long-sought, year-round multiservice center – the Bridges at Kraemer shelter in Anaheim – in May and then HomeAid Orange County’s Family CareCenter emergen
  
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• Live updates for LA Rams preseason opener against the Dallas Cowboys

  12-08-2017 03:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Rams will host the Dallas Cowboys in its first preseason game of 2017.
  Check back for live news, stats and updates during before, during and after the game.
  Start Time: 6 p.m. PT at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum
  How to catch the game:
  TV: KCBS or NFL NETWORK
  Radio: ESPNLA 710 & 100.3 The Sound (English)      ESPN Deportes 1330 AM (Spanish)
  The live updates for the Los Angeles Rams preseason opener against the Dallas Cowboys.Saturday, August 12, 6:00
  
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• Lake Forest-based club team wins at Junior Olympics

  12-08-2017 03:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The Foothill Ranch-based A4 Volleyball Club’s 15-1 girls team turned in a dominating performance in winning the American Division at the USA Volleyball Junior National Championships, June 25-July 4, at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minnesota.
  The club, nicknamed “Purple”, won 10 of its 11 matches and 21 of 23 sets in capturing the club’s first-ever national title in its three-year existence.
  “They played their best volleyball by far (at the tournament),&rdquo
  
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• Angels Notes: Andrew Bailey ready to rejoin bullpen

  12-08-2017 03:26 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — Andrew Bailey’s long road back to the majors is almost over.
  Bailey rejoined the club on Friday, and he could be activated as soon as Saturday. He last pitched in the majors on April 9, the first week of the season. Since then, he’s fought shoulder trouble.
  “It’s obviously been a long year for me,” Bailey said. “Ups and downs physically. Working my way back and trying to fit in where I can.”
  Bailey began pitching in the minors in mid-July
  
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• Riders of Metrolink’s Inland Empire-Orange County and 91/Perris Valley lines should prepare for slight delays

  12-08-2017 03:15 via ocregister.com
  
  The Metrolink Inland Empire-Orange County and 91/Perris Valley lines may have delays of up to 15 minutes for a few weeks starting Monday, Aug. 14.
  Early morning and evening trains are most likely to be impacted, according to Metrolink.
  The possible delays through Sept. 1 are related to a Burlington North Santa Fe Railroad track maintenance project.
  “Essentially BNSF, just like any railroad operator, has to do annual or routine maintenance to the right-of-way,” said Scott Johnson, a s
  
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• Repeat drunk driver sentenced to 22 years in prison for fatal hit-and-run crash in Santa Ana

  12-08-2017 03:15 via ocregister.com
  SANTA ANA — A driver who fled the scene of a crash that left a pedestrian dead was sentenced Friday to 22 years in state prison.
  Dallas Frank Reichstein, 48, in June agreed to a plea deal requiring he admit to felony counts of hit-and-run and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
  Police said Reichstein was speeding in a 2002 Nissan Xterra at about 10:10 p.m. on Jan. 28, 2015, when he struck Pearleen Hopkins, a 59-year-old Santa Ana resident who was crossing MacArthur Bouleva
  
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• Want to win more than $350 million in the Lotto? You have choices

  12-08-2017 03:13 via ocregister.com
  
  For the first time ever, both the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots are stuffed with more than $300 million each, and Southern Californians were lining up to grab tickets.
  At Baycrest Wines & Spirits in Costa Mesa, lotto tickets were outselling liquor on Friday afternoon.
  “It’s lottery, lottery and more lottery,” owner Sylvia Bice said. “Maybe this should be a lottery store instead of a bottle store.”
  In the early 1990s, Baycrest sold a lotto ticket worth&nbs
  
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• How a teen inspired a major Anaheim hotel to make stays a little easier for those with autism

  12-08-2017 01:38 via ocregister.com
  
  On top of the usual luggage for four, the Behuras pack extra things for 10-year-old Maximillian.
  Special food, easy-to use plates and utensils, medication, iPads and tablets, light-up toys, an over-sized stroller.
  Traveling with an autistic child can be real tough, but the Yorba Linda family refuses to miss out on vacations.
  For years, Alexander Behura, 17, has helped his parents plan ahead for trips with Max, who is autistic. From this brotherly love grew a major Anaheim hotel’s desire to
  
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• Uncovering a new twist on word plays

  12-08-2017 01:31 via ocregister.com
  Cheryl RussellParaprosdokians. What in the world are they? They’re not the latest in foodie fashion nor are they some strange being from a Star Wars film. It’s definitely hard to spell and even more difficult to pronounce. So why bother, right? Actually, they are more common than we realize because paraprosdokians are a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected, and is frequently humorous. For example, “Where there is a will,
  
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• Check out the top Orange County hotel sales of 2016, a record year for California overall

  12-08-2017 01:29 via ocregister.com
  
  The lobby at the Fairmont Newport Beach. The hotel sold earlier in 2017 for $125 million. It’s been temporarily branded as Duke Hotel Newport Beach. The 10-story hotel was constructed in 1973 and renovated in 2007. It sold for around $281,500 per room. It has 42,000 square feet of meeting space, an 8,000-square-foot spa and a rooftop pool.The lobby at the Fairmont Newport Beach. The hotel sold earlier in 2017 for $125 million. It’s not branded as Duke Hotel Newport Beach.The Pacific
  
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• 4 delicious ways to add fiber to your diet

  12-08-2017 01:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Believe it or not, most older adults want to improve their health. We get plenty of sleep, park our cars in a spot furthest away from the supermarket’s main entrance, we follow a regimented medication schedule, and watch what we eat — except when it comes to dietary fiber. Studies show that Americans eat less than 3 percent of the recommended amounts of dietary fiber each day. But in a culture where whole-grain bread, raw foods, and organic products are mainstream, why are Americans
  
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• Parent 'Trigger' Win in California Shines Light on Dysfunctional Public School System: New at Reason

  12-08-2017 01:17
  Years ago, during a debate with a public school superintendent over the issue of educational choice, I suggested that we shut down the public schools in their entirety. Then we could "buy" education the way we buy other crucial things.
  
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• Podcast: Breaking down the Rams trade for Sammy Watkins

  12-08-2017 01:15 via ocregister.com
  
  In a blockbuster, mid-camp trade, the Rams acquired Sammy Watkins in a trade for defensive back E.J. Gaines and a second-round pick, and Inside The Rams is here to break down the move in an emergency edition of the podcast. Rams beat writer Rich Hammond joins host Ryan Kartje to discuss the new No. 1 receiver in town, how the Rams offense changes, and what this means for wideout Tavon Austin. 
  
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• Homeless man gets 21 years to life for robbing and pistol-whipping Santa Ana store owner

  12-08-2017 01:11 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – A homeless man who pistol-whipped a Santa Ana store owner with a pellet gun during a robbery was sentenced Friday to 21 years to life in prison.
  Fernando Zazueta Gonzalez, a 61-year-old third-striker with previous burglary and robbery convictions, was arrested in March following a robbery at a beauty-supply business on West Third Street.
  Gonzalez entered the business around 8:30 p.m., according to prosecutors, brandishing a black pellet gun that looked like a handgun.
  He pistol
  
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• Caregiver gets 5 years in prison for stealing $125,000 from Newport Beach man with dementia

  12-08-2017 00:52 via ocregister.com
  SANTA ANA – A caregiver was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday for stealing more than $125,000 from a 70-year-old Newport Beach man with dementia.
  A jury in June found Guillermo Trujillo, 43, of Newport Beach guilty of felony theft and money laundering, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
  Prosecutors said Trujillo lived in an apartment above his victim on Balboa Island and began working as a caregiver for the man in November 2012 in exchange for free r
  
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