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• UCLA football team digs into Texas A&M prep

  25-08-2017 23:33 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — First, there was the “summer of improvement.” Then came the “week of details.” Now Jedd Fisch has named UCLA’s season opener against Texas A&M on Sept. 3 the “game of surprises.”
  With the whole summer to tinker with schemes and plays, coaches often reveal new wrinkles in their season openers. Knowing unscouted looks are coming, the Bruins used their extra prep time to start game-week planning early this week.
  “(Coach Jim Mor
  
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• Huddle rooms and Spectrum views: Mazda unveils its new U.S. headquarters in Irvine

  25-08-2017 23:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Mazda North America has moved into its new headquarters at 200 Spectrum tower in Irvine. The four-floor workspaces include neighborhood hubs for collaborating. (Courtesy of Mazda)Mazda North America has moved into its new headquarters at 200 Spectrum tower in Irvine. The four-floor workspaces include executive suites for Irvine employees and associates from its main base in Japan. (Courtesy of Mazda)Mazda North America has moved into its new headquarters at 200 Spectrum tower in Irvine. The four
  
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• Help the community and show you Love La Habra

  25-08-2017 23:32 via ocregister.com
  The third annual “Love La Habra” is coming Sept. 23.
  For those readers who don’t already know, Love La Habra is a day of service where community members volunteer their time to clean schools, perform routine maintenance projects in city parks and complete other kind acts in service to their community.
  The event starts at Portola Park at 8 a.m., but interested volunteers may visit the website, lovelahabra.com, beforehand to select the service project for which they’d like
  
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• Food events Aug. 25-Sept. 30

  25-08-2017 23:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Sunday, Aug. 27 
  Sunday Beer Brunch: Enjoy Belgian style ales from around the world paired with a three-course brunch at The Colony. The menu offers crepes, benedict sliders, and classic tiramisu. Drink options include Hitachino Nest Anbai Ale, La Fin du Monde, and Black Belgian Stout. Reservations required. $40. 1 p.m. 280 S. Lemon St., Anaheim. 657-208-1860 or colonywinemerchant.com 
  Tuesday, Aug. 29
  Social hour: Back Bay Bistro offers a nightly summer Social Hour where guests can en
  
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• Ducks’ Ryan Getzlaf, Andrew Cogliano among participants in 20th Fedorin Cup charity game

  25-08-2017 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf will be among the current and former players who will participate in the Fedorin Cup charity hockey game, which celebrates its 20th anniversary Saturday at Anaheim Ice.
  The Fedorin Cup was created in 1998 to raise money for Eric Fedorin, a recreational Orange County-based men’s league player who had been diagnosed with brain cancer. Fedorin died shortly before the second annual game the following year.
  Other Ducks players scheduled to play are Andrew Cogliano and
  
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• Last trip to San Bernardino’s Carousel Mall with Garner Holt

  25-08-2017 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Garner Holt wondered what would happen to the carousel.
  “Talk is we’re going to have an auction sealed-bid thing,” said Sam Catalano, general manager of San Bernardino’s Carousel Mall. “We’ve had three or four operators express interest.”
  “Let us know, too,” said Holt. “We may want to be on the list.”
  “I guess you’re into all things,” said Catalano.
  “Carousel is kind of headed in our direction.”
  Holt
  
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• Irvine football coach pleads guilty to trying to communicate with a minor for sex

  25-08-2017 22:49 via ocregister.com
  
  A University High School football coach has pleaded guilty of trying to communicate with someone he believed to be a minor for sex.
  Jeremy Osso, 39, earlier this month pleaded to a felony count of sending harmful matter with the intention of seducing a minor, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office.
  Osso – a defensive coordinator for the Irvine school’s varsity football team and an instructional assistant at Irvine High School – was arrested in June a
  
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• Santa Ana’s Ronny Rios faces tall order in champ Rey Vargas; Miguel Cotto bids for fifth belt

  25-08-2017 22:47 via ocregister.com
  
  CARSON — Rey Vargas is a human 2-iron.
  He is listed at 5-foot-9 in some places, 5-foot-7½ in others, but somehow makes the 122-pound super bantamweight limit.
  He also is known as the next man to take the baton at Nacho Beristain’s Gym Romanza in Mexico City, a place where 27 world champions have learned the boxing game. Vargas became the 27th on Feb. 25, when he won the WBC title over Gavin McDonnell.
  He brings a 29-0 record, with 22 knockouts, into his first defense Saturday
  
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• Myanmar: 71 die in militant attacks on police, border posts

  25-08-2017 22:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By ESTHER HTUSAN
  YANGON, Myanmar  — Ethnic Rohingya militants in western Myanmar launched overnight attacks on more than two dozen police and border outposts, leaving 12 security personnel and 59 Rohingya dead, the government said Friday, in a dramatic escalation of fighting in the troubled region.
  The office of the country’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said military and border police responded to the attacks by launching “clearance operations.”
  Police fought off group
  
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• San Juan Capistrano music teacher arrested on suspicion of sex assault

  25-08-2017 22:38 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO A 30-year-old music teacher was arrested Thursday, Aug. 25, on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage girl, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
  Christian Hernandez, 30, of Rancho Santa Margarita, was booked into the Orange County Jail for sexual assault of a minor, the OCSD said in a statement.
  He is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Orange County Superior Court.
  Hernandez had worked as an independent music teacher at  Los Rios Rock School in San
  
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• What Garner Holt’s Lincoln says about the future of technology

  25-08-2017 22:36 via ocregister.com
  
  At Garner Holt Productions, a face from history is also the face of the future.
  The San Bernardino company specializes in animatronics, most famously robotic figures for theme parks around the world.
  Company founder Garner Holt recently introduced the world to a personal project, a bust of Abraham Lincoln with facial expressions more lifelike than any seen before.
  “There’s nothing like going off and doing your own R&D thing, putting your heart and soul into it, trying to make som
  
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• Bonsignore: In Rams’ last real dress rehearsal before season opener, here’s what to focus on Saturday

  25-08-2017 22:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Take a good look at the Rams’ starters Saturday night when they host the Chargers at the Coliseum. Jared Goff, Todd Gurley, Sammy Watkins and all the rest of the first-stringers will play into the third quarter, as is the norm for NFL teams in the third game of the preseason.
  But once they leave the field, it’ll be awhile before we see them again.
  As in, Sept. 10 when the Rams open the season against the Indianapolis Colts.
  That is assuming Rams coach Sean McVay resists the urge to g
  
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• Broadway musicals, Elvis and more

  25-08-2017 22:16 via ocregister.com
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  All hail the “King of Rock and Roll” with everything Elvis Presley – tribute artists, a car show, themed art contests, karaoke competitions and more – at the annual Elvis Festival in Garden Grove on Sunday, Aug. 27. This year marks the 40th anniversary of Presley’s death, so the event is going extra big with a full schedule of food, dancing, live music and entertainment.  9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 12174 Euclid Street. 714-267-4657 or gardengrovechamber.com/
  
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• Love Craft Beer? Here’s a Guide to Orange County Breweries

  25-08-2017 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  “With 18 house beers on tap there’s something for everyone. From cream ale to Stouts we brew them all with the largest line up at this TAPS in Irvine,” David Huls says. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, Orange County Register/SCNG)Bottle Logic Brewery is one of many Orange County start-up breweries that have faced problems opening in O.C. Bootlegger's Fullerton tasting room, an indoor-outdoor beer garden with arcade games and a giant Jenga set, is the perfect setting for trying some of
  
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• Orange County church finds higher purpose for unused land: affordable housing and community services

  25-08-2017 21:59 via ocregister.com
  
   
   
  At the ribbon cutting this month for the Wesley Village affordable housing complex in Garden Grove, Laura Archuleta couldn’t resist referencing Joni Mitchell’s 1970 environmental protest “Big Yellow Taxi.”
  Built on underused land that’s part of the Garden Grove United Methodist Church campus on Main Street, Wesley Village offered Archuleta, president of the nonprofit community organization Jamboree Housing Corp., a chance to riff on one of Mitchell&rsq
  
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• Trinity League Football Podcast: St. John Bosco preview, under-the-radar players, predictions

  25-08-2017 21:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Part Two of the Trinity League Football Podcast previews reigning state Open Division St. John Bosco and reveals under-the-radar players to watch for each.
  Dan Albano and Scott Barajas also offer their predictions for the league.
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• Podcast: ‘Inside the Rams’ talks Mike Martz, Jared Goff, and the “Fight for LA”

  25-08-2017 21:05 via ocregister.com
  
  As the NFL preseason passes its halfway point, Inside the Rams host Ryan Kartje welcomes columnist Vinny Bonsignore to discuss former coach Mike Martz’s comments about Sean McVay and debate whether Jared Goff’s progress in Week 2 of the preseason is indicative of a Year 2 leap for the young quarterback. Later, former co-host and current Chargers beat writer Jack Wang joins to discuss a possible Rams-Chargers rivalry and how he feels about the #FightForLA thus far.
  
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• VIDEO: Servite excited to put new 51-meter pool to use

  25-08-2017 20:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Former Servite aquatics athletes Jim Belardi and Tim Buckley remembertheir humble practice conditions with the Friars before an on-campus facilitywas built in the late 1970s.
  “We had to workout at Disneyland Hotel,” Belardi recalled with a smile.
  The Friars have come a long way. On Thursday, Servite dedicated andblessed a new $5.3 million, 51-meter pool, which Belardi and Buckleysupported with donations.
  The pool was named in honor of their water polo and swimming coach,the late Fath
  
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• Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Aug. 19-25)

  25-08-2017 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Health permits are suspended for major violations. Restaurants must remain closed until inspectors determine problems have been fixed.Big Belly Deli, 6310 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach; cockroach infestation; closed Aug. 24, reopened Aug. 24.
  Mercadito La Mexicana, 10470 Beach Blvd., Stanton; rodent infestation; closed Aug. 24.
  Donut King Bakery, 14182 Newport Ave.; Tustin; sewage overflow; closed Aug. 24.
  Pho Hung Vuong, 14182 Newport Ave., Tustin; sewage overflow; closed Aug. 24.
  Big Ch
  
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• Orange County imam apologizes and retracts statements linking ISIS to Israel

  25-08-2017 20:29 via ocregister.com
  
  A prominent imam in Orange County on Friday, Aug. 25 retracted comments he made during a June 23 sermon in which he stated that ISIS and other terrorist groups were supported by Israeli intelligence.
  Imam Sayed Moustafa Al-Qazwini has drawn the ire of Southern California Jewish leaders for those statements, which were released by the Washington D.C.-based nonprofit Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). Al-Qazwini said he made the comments based on information he had received by Iraqi gov
  
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• ‘Seasonal disorder’ is right around the corner

  25-08-2017 20:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Men, dear men. They are so naïve. They are slowly but surely being conned into believing that we are all equals. This is absurd.
  It is imperative that men understand that they are not like women, no matter how much they would like to be. The difference can be dramatic. This is not meant to be judgmental. Merely an observation.
  Men borrow their wives’ cuticle scissors to cut the hair in their nose. That is considered all right.  When the same wives use their husbands’ razors
  
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• Rohrabacher associate explains controversial views on race

  25-08-2017 19:50 via ocregister.com
  
  The Buzz is the Register’s weekly political news column.
  Controversial conservative activist Charles C. Johnson says plans for Rep. Dana Rohrabacher’s recent eyebrow-raising meeting with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was hatched over cocktails at the Republican congressman’s Costa Mesa home.
  “A Moscow mule,” Johnson specified in a phone conversation this past week, the vodka-and-ginger-beer drink sounding appropriate for a pair of guys who’ve called fo
  
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• E-bikes: rules, regulations and popularity

  25-08-2017 19:19 via ocregister.com
  
  On Oct. 7, 2015, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill, AB 1096, into law that designates three classes of electric bikes or e-bikes. The bill distinguishes lower-speed e-bikes that reach motor-assisted speeds of up to 20 mph from higher-speed pedal electric cycles, which have pedal-assist motors that can go up to 28 mph. This class system allows the use of lower-speed e-bikes on bicycle paths and also grants local municipalities flexibility in regulating different types of e-bikes based on
  
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• Photos: Hurricane Harvey strengthens to Category 2 as it crawls toward Texas

  25-08-2017 19:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Conditions deteriorated Friday along the Texas Gulf Coast as Hurricane Harvey strengthened and crawled toward the state, with forecasters warning that evacuations and preparations “should be rushed to completion.”Millions of people prepared for a prolonged battering from the storm, which could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in nearly a dozen years. Forecasters labeled Harvey a “life-threatening” system that posed a “grave risk,” saying it could swam
  
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• Hurricane Harvey strengthens to Category 2 as it crawls toward Texas

  25-08-2017 19:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Conditions deteriorated Friday along the Texas Gulf Coast as Hurricane Harvey strengthened and crawled toward the state, with forecasters warning that evacuations and preparations “should be rushed to completion.”Millions of people prepared for a prolonged battering from the storm, which could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in nearly a dozen years. Forecasters labeled Harvey a “life-threatening” system that posed a “grave risk,” saying it could swam
  
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• Tickets go on sale for Mexican-themed Cirque du Soleil show in Los Angeles and Costa Mesa

  25-08-2017 18:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Take a trip to Mexico via Cirque du Soleil’s 38th touring production “Luzia,” coming to Los Angeles in December for six weeks and Costa Mesa in February  for a three-week run. Tickets are available online starting today, Aug. 25, at 10 a.m. PST.
  The show mixes traditional and contemporary circus techniques with aerialists, acrobats, trapeze artists, jugglers, contortionists, freestyle dancing and more under the iconic big top. The production takes its audiences through var
  
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• Remembering R&B singer Aaliyah on anniversary of her death

  25-08-2017 18:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Born Aaliyah Haughton in Brooklyn on January 16, 1979, the famed R&B singer was killed with eight others in a plane crash in the Bahamas on August 25, 2001. She was 22. Aaliyah’s song “Try Again” earned her a Grammy nomination this year for her best female R&B vocalist. In 1996, she released her second album and the single “If Your Girl Only Knew” went double platinum.
  File – The album cover of former rhythm-and-blues singer and actress Aaliyah is on d
  
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• Kartje: As season finale nears, NFL locker rooms obsess over ‘Game of Thrones’

  25-08-2017 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Joey Bosa is already one of the league’s most feared pass-rushers. Around Chargers practice, there is no doubt he is destined for defensive superstardom, even though he hasn’t yet started his second NFL season.
  But there’s a different season, one that draws to a close Sunday, that has Bosa feeling anxious and uncertain. He has no idea what lies ahead. He discusses it constantly, bouncing theories off of teammates — or, really, anyone who will listen.
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• Orange County firefighters heading to Texas to help with Hurricane Harvey

  25-08-2017 16:56 via ocregister.com
  
  A team of Orange County firefighters was on a road trip through the Southwestern United States Friday morning, Aug. 25 – on their way to San Antonio, Texas, to provide search-and-rescue help during Hurricane Harvey.
  Hurricane Harvey, already declared a Category 2 storm by forecasters, is barreling toward Texas with the strength to flood communities 100 miles inland. Winds could hit 125 miles per hour, and the storm is expected to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday.
  California Task
  
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• Check out Habitudes, the 7-acre nursery in Irvine’s Great Park

  25-08-2017 16:52 via ocregister.com
  Habitudes at the Nursery by Southwinds opened in Irvine’s Great Park July 29. (Photo courtesy of Habitudes at the Nursery by Southwinds)Habitudes at the Nursery by Southwinds opened in Irvine’s Great Park July 29. (Photo courtesy of Habitudes at the Nursery by Southwinds)Habitudes at the Nursery by Southwinds opened in Irvine’s Great Park July 29. (Photo courtesy of Habitudes at the Nursery by Southwinds)Habitudes at the Nursery by Southwinds opened in Irvine’s Great Park
  
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• Yellen: Any changes to financial reform rules should be modest

  25-08-2017 16:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said any rollback of post-crisis financial reforms should be ‘modest’ because they’ve made the banking system safer and more resilient without unduly diminishing the supply of credit to the economy.
  Yellen, speaking Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyo., issued her broadest defense so far of the government’s response to the 2008 financial-market meltdown while outlining some areas that regulators could review to improve efficiency in the financia
  
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• Yellen bucks Trump, defends banking overhaul passed after 2008 crisis

  25-08-2017 16:43 via ocregister.com
  
  By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
  JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Friday defended the web of regulations the Fed helped enact after the 2008 financial crisis, saying it helped restore the banking system’s health and disputing criticism that the rules have hurt lending.
  Yellen said the Fed is prepared to adjust the regulations as needed to help financial institutions. But in a speech to an annual conference of central bankers in Jackson Hole, she implicitly rejected e
  
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• Marriott Irvine Spectrum to open in December

  25-08-2017 16:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The Marriott Irvine Spectrum, a new hotel in Irvine, will open in December. The hotel will have 271 rooms including 50 Extended Stay suites. (Photo courtesy of Marriott Irvine Spectrum)The Marriott Irvine Spectrum, a new hotel in Irvine, will open in December. The hotel will have 271 rooms including 50 Extended Stay suites. (Photo courtesy of Marriott Irvine Spectrum)The Marriott Irvine Spectrum, a new hotel in Irvine, will open in December. The hotel will have 271 rooms including 50 Extended St
  
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• SpringHill Suites hotel opens near Bella Terra

  25-08-2017 16:01 via ocregister.com
  
  A SpringHill Suites by Marriott has opened in Huntington Beach, just across the street from Bella Terra.
  The 127-room suite hotel is owned and managed by San Diego-based Excel Hotel Group.
  “As a brand opening a new hotel every 10 days on average, we are delighted that the SpringHill Suites Huntington Beach/Orange County is the latest addition to our growing number of properties across the United States and Canada,” Callette Nielsen, vice president and global brand manager,” Spr
  
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• 3 on the loose after home invasion robbery of elder-care home

  25-08-2017 15:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Three suspects forced entry into an elder-care home inFullerton, taking personal items and a car, police said Friday.
  No one was injured in the home invasion, which occurred at 11:11 p.m. Thursday in the 100 block of West Las Palmas Drive, according to Fullerton police Lt. Mike Chlebowski.
  The residents’ caretaker answered the door, and the suspects, two men and a woman, forced their way inside.
  Armed with guns, the suspects took personal items, the caretaker’s purse and 2002 Volkswa
  
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• With far-right, anti-fascist groups expected to clash in Bay Area,...

  25-08-2017 15:42
  Forces aligned with, and opposed to, President Trump engage in violent clashes in Berkeley. Police are hoping to minimize potential violence at a pair of rallies this weekend that could again pit far-right demonstrators against anti-fascists.
  
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• Orange County heat wave cresting into triple digits

  25-08-2017 15:35 via ocregister.com
  
  A heat wave will get underway in Orange County this weekend, creating an “elevated fire danger” that will extend into next week, forecasters said today.
  The peak of the heat wave is expected to occur Monday, when highs reach 105 in Anaheim, and 106 in Fullerton and Yorba Linda.
  Today’s temperatures will be roughly normal, but they’ll be 10-20 degrees above average Monday, said National Weather Service meteorologist Robbie Munroe.
  The weather service attributed the heat wa
  
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• LA County Fair 2017: Everything you need to know about tickets, concerts and more

  25-08-2017 15:03 via ocregister.com
  
  The countdown is on.
  The start of the LA County Fair is just days away and while some may have their plans set for their annual visit to the fair, others may still be preparing. Here is some information on admission prices, hours, concerts and, of course, some of the food fairgoers will find there.
  When does the LA County Fair begin and end?
  Sept. 1-Sept. 24.
  Where is the L.A. County Fair?
  Fairplex is the home of the L.A. County Fair and is at 1101 W. McKinley Ave. in Pomona. Fairplex is no
  
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• Two sisters get $975,000 for a 1905 Anaheim house they restored themselves

  25-08-2017 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A 1905 Georgian Revival house on aptly named Vintage Lane in Anaheim has sold for $975,000, after two middle-age sisters in pink hard hats restored it to its original condition.
  Helen and Carol Garner bought the 3,300-square-foot, four-bedroom residence in 2006, paying $650,000. It’s the fourth home they’ve restored.
  Vacant for 17 years, the house was “rotting, without an occupancy permit or a kitchen when they purchased it,” listing agent Meghan Shigo told us before the
  
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• 12 dead after Indian guru’s rape conviction triggers riots

  25-08-2017 14:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By SHONAL GANGULY and NIRMALA GEORGE
  PANCHKULA, India  — Mobs rampaged across a north Indian town, leaving 12 people dead and buildings in flames, after a court declared a quasi-religious sect leader guilty of raping two of his followers, according to police and a hospital doctor.
  Police used water cannon in an attempt to disperse the crowd. More than 15,000 paramilitary troops and police officers, some on horseback, were deployed in the town of Panchkula.
  A fire brigade truck burnt b
  
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• Texas braces as Hurricane Harvey strengthens to Category 2 storm

  25-08-2017 14:09 via ocregister.com
  
  By MICHAEL GRACZYK
  HOUSTON — Hurricane Harvey intensified as it steered toward the Texas coast on Friday, with forecasters saying it had strengthened to a Category 2 storm with the potential to swamp communities more than 100 miles inland.
  The slow-moving hurricane could be the fiercest such storm to hit the United States in almost a dozen years. Forecasters labeled Harvey a “life-threatening storm” that posed a “grave risk” as millions of people braced for a prolon
  
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• Jay-Z Set to Perform 'Saturday Night Live' Season Premiere

  25-08-2017 13:22
  Jay-Z's raw new LP responds to his wife's 2016 masterpiece while leaving room for dignity - and privacy - in the face of schadenfreude The rapper has been a musical guest numerous times over the years. Recent appearances include his solo performance in 2010 , where he delivered an eight-minute-long medley that included "Public Service Announcement," "On to the Next One," "99 Problems" and "Empire State of Mind."
  
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• South Korean court sentences Samsung heir to 5 years prison

  25-08-2017 13:05 via ocregister.com
  
  By YOUKYUNG LEE
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court sentenced the billionaire chief of Samsung to five years in prison for crimes that helped oust the country’s president, a stunning downfall that could freeze up decision making at a global electronics powerhouse long run like a monarchy.
  The Seoul Central District Court said Friday that Lee Jae-yong, 49, was guilty of offering bribes to Park Geun-hye when she was South Korea’s president, and to Park’s close fr
  
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• VIDEO: Buena Park sticks together after transfers, wins debut under Coach Davis Lowery

  25-08-2017 10:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Video highlights and postgame interviews from Buena Park’s 31-25 victory against Pasadena on Thursday;
  
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• Newport Beach homes are hot: Sales jump 11% in first half

  25-08-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Homebuying in Newport Beach in 2017’s first half outpaced countywide sales activity.
  Using CoreLogic data, we compared sales patterns from the six months ended in June vs. the first half of 2016.
  Sales in Newport Beach rose as 822 residences sold through June vs. 742 in 2016. That’s a gain of 11 percent vs. a 2.2 percent gain countywide.
  Neighborhood trends in Newport Beach from the CoreLogic report:
  Inland Newport Beach ZIP code 92660 — 262 homes sold in the period vs. 273 a y
  
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• 15 things to do this weekend in Orange County

  25-08-2017 08:55
  About 15,000 enthused walkers gather before the sun rises to raise money during the annual CHOC Walk in the Park at Disneyland in Anaheim on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016. Looking for some fun? You can spend a day with Elvis, try some beer and paella, hit the market at night and see some Shakespeare.
  
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• Union officials urge OCFA board not to accept Chief Bowman’s resignation, but he’s still out

  25-08-2017 08:52 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — Union officials representing Orange County Fire Authority’s rank-and-file personnel urged the authority’s board of directors Thursday night not to accept the resignation of Fire Chief Jeff Bowman.
  “Prior to Chief Bowman’s appointment in 2013, morale was low and there was no direction,” said Baryic Hunter, president of Orange County Professional Firefighters Association. “With Chief Bowman’s appointment, goals were established and morale im
  
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• All national sites, including San Gabriel Mountains monument, to be preserved but may shrink, federal report says

  25-08-2017 08:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, as well as others ordered reviewed by President Donald Trump, will not be eliminated, but many should be reduced in size, according to documents released Thursday.
  U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will not recommend eliminating any national monuments but will suggest changes to “a handful” of sites. He left open the possibility of more drilling and mining on some sites, The Associated Press reported.
  Zinke said he would press for bo
  
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• Man shot 4 times in Santa Ana after car pulls up, passenger fires handgun

  25-08-2017 08:12 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A man was shot four times after exchanging words with people in a car that pulled up next to him on Thursday night, authorities said.
  Witnesses said the man was walking on the sidewalk in the 500 block of South Shelley Street at about 10 p.m. when a black vehicle pulled up beside him, Santa Ana Police Cmdr. Matt Brown said.
  The man and the people in the car began to exchange words and a passenger exited the vehicle and shot the man four times in the upper torso with a handgun,
  
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• Driver arrested on suspicion of hitting, killing jogger near Mile Square Park

  25-08-2017 08:02 via ocregister.com
  
  FOUNTAIN VALLEY — A driver suspected of hitting and killing a man jogging along the road next to Mile Square Park on Wednesday night has been arrested, authorities said.
  After several leads about the fatal hit-and-run, the Fountain Valley police officers went to the 10000 block of San Angelo Avenue in Westminster about noon on Wednesday, Aug. 24, and located the with Ford SUV believed to be involved in the incident, police said in a statement.
  The registered owner of the vehicle was contac
  
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