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• Chinese surf team gets a taste of San Clemente

  30-08-2017 22:44 via ocregister.com
  
  On its first visit to America, China’s Olympic surf team picked up its first U.S. corporate sponsorship in San Clemente and engaged in a friendly surf competition with the NSSA champion San Clemente High School surf team.
  “It was a learning curve for them,” SCHS surf coach John Dowell said of the Aug. 16 visit. “It was their second day in California. I think it was eye-opening for our kids too, interacting with another culture. They’ve invited us to go to Hainan Isl
  
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• House GOP eyeing $1 billion cut to disaster funds to finance Trump’s wall

  30-08-2017 22:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALAN FRAM and ANDREW TAYLOR
  WASHINGTON  — President Donald Trump is promising billions to help Texas rebuild from Harvey-caused epic flooding, but his Republican allies in the House are looking at cutting almost $1 billion from disaster accounts to help finance the president’s border wall.
  The pending reduction to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief account is
  In this Aug. 1, 2017 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. meets with
  
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• Your guide to entertainment at the Orange International Street Fair

  30-08-2017 22:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Along with the world-tour of food choices, the Orange International Street Fair has always been a great place to catch a band performing.
  Many locals have their favorites who they watch for each year.
  The large main stage is set up in the Orange Plaza near the traffic circle. Smaller stages dot the neighboring streets.
  Following is the music line-up for the three-day Street Fair, which opens Friday, Sept. 1 in the Old Towne Orange Plaza.
  Orange International Street Fair celebrates its 45th year
  
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• New CEO hints Uber could go public in 18 months

  30-08-2017 22:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Uber could go public as soon as 18 months from now.
  That was the news delivered to Uber’s 16,000-person workforce today by the embattled transportation company’s new chief executive, outgoing Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, according to an employee who attended the meeting.
  Khosrowshahi wasn’t definitive, the person said. In a meeting that was broadcast from San Francisco across the world, he said the 8-year-old company could go public in a timeline of 18 to 36 months, but he wo
  
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• How fast a child can die in a hot car

  30-08-2017 22:16 via ocregister.com
  Sometimes it is a parent running an errand, sometimes it is a breakdown in communications and sometimes it is negligence, but whatever the cause, leaving a child in a car on a sunny day can lead to death in a matter of minutes.
  HEAT VS. TIME 
  WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE
  (1) Sun’s rays (short t-wave radiation) do not heat the air so much as they heat objects inside the car.
  (2) Objects and surfaces absorb the rays, then radiate heat (long-wave radiation).
  (3) Temperatures inside the car can be
  
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• Crews working to restore water service after series of water main breaks in Costa Mesa

  30-08-2017 22:16 via ocregister.com
  
  A parking lot at Airport Loop was flooded after a water main break.Mesa Water District crews were working Aug. 30 to repair a series of water main breaks that caused a hole in one street and left residents without water for hours.
  The first incident occurred around 5:15 p.m., Aug. 29, at Costa Mesa Street and Orange Avenue, where the street was flooded and police officers found a 6- by 12-foot hole.
  Water service was restored in the area within hours and street repairs are expected to be complet
  
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• Placentia spending $155,000 on remodel of City Council Chambers

  30-08-2017 22:09 via ocregister.com
  
  A remodel of the decades-old Placentia City Council Chambers is under way.
  The city will spend about $155,000 on renovations to the 2,500-square-foot-room, which has mostly been untouched since it went into use in 1974.
  In July, the City Council added another $118,000 to previously planned technology upgrades to also give the chambers a makeover with new carpet, new seating, new wall coverings and a new dais and staff tables.
  The council previously had approved $37,000 in upgrades to the te
  
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• Santa Ana High School assistant coach arrested on suspicion of having sex with student

  30-08-2017 21:39 via ocregister.com
  SANTA ANA – A 34-year-old assistant wrestling coach at Santa Ana High School was arrested this week on suspicion of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.
  Jaime Oredain, a part-time coach and activities supervisor for the school, was booked into the Santa Ana City Jail on suspicion of felony statutory rape, oral copulation and digital penetration, Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said.
  The victim, who no longer attends Santa Ana
  
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• Bonsignore: Hey Aaron Donald, the Rams aren’t budging, it’s time to get back to work

  30-08-2017 21:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Aaron Donald deserves to be the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL.
  So let’s just get that out of the way at the very top, lest anyone thinks sides are being taken in a contract holdout that has cost Donald all of training camp and preseason. And if he doesn’t report in the next day or so, it likely will mean sitting out at least the Rams’ season opener Sept. 10 against the Indianapolis Colts.
  Repeat: Aaron Donald deserves to be the highest-paid defensive player in the NF
  
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• Former La Habra teacher pleads guilty to public indecency

  30-08-2017 21:28 via ocregister.com
  
  A retired La Habra High School teacher will not serve jail time after pleading guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of public indecency dating back more than 30 years to when he taught at a Chicago-area junior high.
  As part of a plea deal with Lake County, Ill, prosecutors, Charles T. Ritz III received 24 months probation and must make a  $2,500 donation to the Children’s Advocacy Center. He also must perform 150 hours of community service, refrain from drugs and alcohol, and avoi
  
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• This guy wants to create "the Disneyland of coffee shops" in Anaheim

  30-08-2017 21:14
  Co-owners Gabriel Stempinski , 36, left, and Kris Irons, 28, are shown in their new restaurant, still under construction, called Requiem Coffee, Tea & Fantasy in Anaheim on Friday, August 25, 2017. Requiem is expected to open in November.
  
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• What’s open, closed on Labor Day 2017 in Orange County

  30-08-2017 19:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Taking a bus to a barbeque on Labor Day? You might want to check its schedule.
  Want to use your day off to go to the bank? You may be out of luck.
  To help you plan your Labor Day, we put together a guide to openings and closings on the federal holiday.
  Public Transportation: The Orange County Transportation Authority and Metrolink will run on a normal Sunday schedule.
  Government Offices: Government offices will be closed.
  Mail Delivery: Post offices will be closed and regular
  
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• Motorcyclist’s leg severed in hit-and-run on 15 Freeway in Lake Elsinore

  30-08-2017 19:14 via ocregister.com
  
  A man’s leg was severed late Tuesday on the 15 Freeway in Lake Elsinore after his motorcycle became disabled and he tried to run across the lanes but was struck by a vehicle, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.
  The motorcyclist was still alive and undergoing treatment at Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar on Wednesday morning, CHP Officer Dan Olivas said.
  The driver who hit him fled the scene.
  The motorcyclist’s leg, after an extensive search, was ne
  
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• Boys water polo player of the week: Guillermo Ocasio, Servite

  30-08-2017 18:41 via ocregister.com
  
  OCVarsity boys water polo player of the week
  GUILLERMO OCASIO
  SERVITE
  The U.S. cadet team center scored seven goals and added two assists to lead the Friars to a 16-13 overtime-victory against visiting Edison in the first match played at Servite’s new 51-meter pool. Osasio, a sophomore, and Servite plays host to Redondo on Thursday.
   
  
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• Person leads police on chase in stolen ambulance in Westminster

  30-08-2017 18:28 via ocregister.com
  
  WESTMINSTER – A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance in Westminster, Aug. 30 and then led police on a chase northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in Los Angeles County, authorities said.
  The suspect was taken into custody around 9 a.m. on the 405 near the I-605, just inside the Los Angeles County line, the California Highway Patrol said.
  Details about the identity of the suspect, how the pursuit began and why the ambulance was taken were not available.
   
   
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• U.S. clears first ‘living drug’ for tough childhood leukemia

  30-08-2017 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By LAURAN NEERGAARD
  WASHINGTON — Opening a new era in cancer care, the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first treatment that genetically engineers patients’ own blood cells into an army of assassins to seek and destroy childhood leukemia.
  The CAR-T cell treatment developed by Novartis and the University of Pennsylvania is the first type of gene therapy to hit the U.S. market — and one in a powerful but expensive wave of custom-made “living drugs&rdqu
  
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• U.S. disrupts evacuation of IS militants in Syria

  30-08-2017 17:47 via ocregister.com
  
  By BASSEM MROUE
  BEIRUT — The U.S.-led coalition said Wednesday it carried out airstrikes to disrupt a convoy of Islamic State militants being evacuated from the Lebanon-Syria border to an IS-held area in eastern Syria near Iraq, without targeting the evacuees themselves.
  Coalition aircraft struck a small bridge and cratered a road to hinder the convoy’s progress. The coalition also struck a separate group of IS militants traveling to meet the convoy, according to Col. Ryan Dillon, a
  
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• Photos: Remembering Princess Diana on 20th anniversary of her death

  30-08-2017 17:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The shock came late on a summer evening. After an idyllic Mediterranean holiday, Princess Diana had been in a car crash in Paris. She died a few hours later on August 31, 1997, plunging Britain into grief that lingers to this day. Twenty years later, the memory of Diana — a youthful mother cut down, leaving two children behind — remains vital, her influence still felt. Time has blurred the memories, but people around the world still remember Diana as a young bride, so taken with Prin
  
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• Westminster police searching for man who attempted to rob liquor store

  30-08-2017 17:14 via ocregister.com
  WESTMINSTER Police are searching for a man who attempted to rob a liquor store with a knife Tuesday, Aug. 29.
  About 9:50 p.m., officers were dispatched to Rancho Liquor, 5172 Westminster Blvd., police said in a statement.
  A store employee told police that a man brandished a large knife. The worker ran from the business and the robber attempted to open a cash register, but was unsuccessful.
  The robber got into the passenger side of an early 1990s Ford F250 pickup truck and fled&nbs
  
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• Orange County temps near triple digits with no relief in sight

  30-08-2017 15:57 via ocregister.com
  
  ORANGE COUNTY — A warning of excessive heat was in force today in Orange County’s inland areas, with temperatures ranging from 94 to 104 in the region.“The combination of strong high pressure and weak onshore flow will continue to produce dangerously hot temperatures across the region through at least the end of the week and possibly into the labor day weekend,” according to a National Weather Service statement, which predicted more heat records a day after a few were set
  
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• Irvine Ranch remains nation’s top-selling new-home community

  30-08-2017 15:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Hilltop Club in the Rancho Mission Viejo’s Esencia division. (Photo by Rod Veal, Contributing Photographer)A sold home in Baker Ranch in Lake Forest. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)New on the Irvine Ranch. Families walk up to Eastwood Elementary for the school’s first day in Irvine. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange County Register/SCNG)The Great Park’s siganture orange ballon is near the neighborhood’s new housing. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register
  
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• Is Legoland becoming more like Sea World?

  30-08-2017 15:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Entertainment businesses all compete with each other for your money and time, but they rarely go head-to-head with the same concepts. Every once in a while at the movies you’ll see something like Pixar dropping “A Bug’s Life” at the same time that DreamWorks releases “Antz.” Or “Madagascar” coming out with “The Wild.”
  But when two companies want to go after the same audience, they usually deliver productions in the same broad genre rath
  
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• Broadway musical hit ‘Once’ presented in Costa Mesa’s intimate theater

  30-08-2017 14:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The Broadway Company for the hit musical “Once” had six full weeks of workshops and rehearsals to get the flow of the music, dance numbers and story just right. South Coast Repertory’s adaptation of the multi-Tony Award winning production had three.
  But time constraints did not stop SCR returning director Kent Nicholson and music director Andy Taylor from rallying together to adapt and present the hit musical as the opening production of South Coast Repertory’s 2017-18 se
  
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• Forecast brings hope to Houston as new shelters open, death toll rises

  30-08-2017 11:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By NOMAAN MERCHANT and JUAN LOZANO
  HOUSTON  — The latest weather forecast delivered hope to Houston after five days of torrential rain submerged the nation’s fourth-largest city: Less than an inch of rain and perhaps even sunshine.
  But the dangers remain far from over Wednesday. With at least 18 dead and 13,000 people rescued in the Houston area and surrounding cities and counties in Southeast Texas, others were still trying to escape from their inundated homes. Weakened levees
  
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• So, just as Disney had said, they designed and built a Magic Kingdom...

  30-08-2017 11:43
  A view of Spaceship Earth taken from the front of the Imagination Pavilion in the Future World area of Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. In the foreground are the "leap frog" fountains that first appeared at Epcot in 1982.
  
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• Remilitarizing police not the way to be tough on crime

  30-08-2017 09:03 via ocregister.com
  
  On Monday, President Trump lifted Obama-era restrictions on the federal 1033 Program that distributes surplus military equipment to local police departments.
  Trump’s executive order speciously characterizes the move as merely “restoring state, tribal, and local law enforcement’s access to life-saving equipment and resources.” In reality, Trump’s action will primarily encourage and subsidize the trend of militarized law enforcement, which does more to undermine publi
  
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• Second Amendment, self-defense rights are still under attack

  30-08-2017 09:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Defenders of the Second Amendment rejoiced when Donald Trump, who has been outspoken in his support of gun rights, defeated the decidedly anti-gun Hillary Clinton and marked the end of the equally gun-hostile Obama administration. But, while Trump’s election may have helped stop the bleeding and given some momentum to “pro-2A” advocates, at least at the federal level, there are still too many restrictions on gun ownership and carry, which infringe on constitutional rights and i
  
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• A welcome approach to opioid treatment

  30-08-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  La Habra is the latest local city to start equipping officers with naloxone, a drug which can be administered via injection or nasal spray to reverse opioid overdoses.
  Communities across the country have proven that equipping police and other first responders with naloxone can save lives, and many more local cities should follow suit.
  “Officers now carry a pouch containing a Narcan nasal spray that blocks and reverses the effects of opioid overdoses,” the Register reported. “Th
  
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• Not the same jobs

  30-08-2017 09:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Re: “What business exodus? California tops in U.S. for company creation” [News, Aug. 28]: I generally enjoy the writing of Jonathan Lansner but his recent article about California business is off-base and misleading.
  He provides examples of six large and well-known companies having recently left California for better business environments but then attempts to make a point that we shouldn’t be concerned because California has had net gain in new businesses.
  Mr. Lansner, however,
  
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• Roger Federer holds off Frances Tiafoe, 19, in 5 sets to advance at U.S. Open

  30-08-2017 07:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Frances Tiafoe, of the United States, reacts after breaking Roger Federer, of Switzerland, during a first-round match of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in New York. Federer won the match. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Roger Federer, of Switzerland, returns a shot to Frances Tiafoe, of the United States, during the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Roger Federer, of Switzerland, returns a shot to Frances Tiafoe, of the Unit
  
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• Possible water main break causes sinkhole in Costa Mesa, interrupts water service

  30-08-2017 07:54 via ocregister.com
  COSTA MESA — A possible water main break Tuesday night left a street flooded, caused a sinkhole and left residents without water for nearly five hours, authorities said.
  Costa Mesa police responded to flooding in the area of Costa Mesa Street and Orange Avenue about 5:15 p.m. on Aug. 29, Lt. Greg Scott said.
  When officers arrived, there was a large amount of water in the street, which caused a 6- by 12-foot sinkhole, Scott said.
  Officers contacted Mesa Water District and a repair crew arri
  
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• Democrats lack votes to pass key California housing bill

  30-08-2017 07:35
  State Democrats remain short of the votes they need to pass a key part of the package of legislation aimed at addressing California's housing crisis. Three Democrats in the Assembly told the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday afternoon they remained undecided on Senate Bill 2, a measure that would add a $75 fee on many real estate transactions to fund low-income housing development.
  
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• 4 hurt in 2-car crash in Costa Mesa

  30-08-2017 07:22 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Four people were injured in a two-car crash in Costa Mesa on Tuesday.
  The crash occurred about 3:35 p.m. at the Newport Boulevard frontage road at Baker Street, according to Roxi Fyad of the Costa Mesa Police Department.
  A woman driving a Kia van eastbound broadsided a southbound Mercedes-Benz station wagon that had the green light, Fyad said.
  Both drivers and two passengers in the Kia sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to hospitals, Fyad said.
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• C.J. Cron homers twice – winning bet with Mike Trout – in Angels’ victory over A’s

  30-08-2017 07:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Angels catcher Martin Maldonado (12), left, celebrates his solo homer in the fourth inning with second baseman Kaleb Cowart (22) during a game at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Tuesday, August 29, 2017.(Photo by Kyusung Gong, Orange County Register/SCNG)Angels first baseman C.J. Cron (24) watches his three-run homer in the first inning during a game against the Athletics at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Tuesday, August 29, 2017.(Photo by Kyusung Gong, Orange County Register/SCNG)Los Angeles Angels&rs
  
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• Rich Hill roughed up early and Dodgers’ skid hits three with 7-6 loss in Arizona

  30-08-2017 06:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Enrique Hernandez (14) forces out Arizona Diamondbacks’ Jake Lamb (22) but can’t turn a double play on Zack Godley during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Rich Hill falls after being hit by a line drive off the bat of Arizona Diamondback’s Paul Goldschmidt during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
  
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• OCVarsity Video: Tustin gets ready for rivalry game vs. Foothill

  30-08-2017 06:50 via ocregister.com
  
  OCVarsity’s Zach Cavanagh was at Tustin High on Tuesday, Aug. 29, to talk to the Tillers about this week’s rivalry game against Foothill.
  Coach Myron Miller is asked about the rivalry and what it means to his team. Tillers running back KC Carr III sums it up this way: “The crowd goes crazy. Players go crazy. Just a real good rivalry.”GAME INFOTustin (1-0) vs. Foothill (0-1) at Tustin High
  Kickoff: 7 p.m.
  Game notes: Foothill will be the home team for this game. … F
  
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• It’s back to school time for students in Brea, Placentia, Yorba Linda

  30-08-2017 06:38 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s not yet Labor Day, but more and more kids across Orange County are already in school. On Tuesday, students in the North Orange County cities of Brea, Placentia and Yorba Linda joined their ranks. Garden Grove’s students begin Wednesday.
  See their smiling – and sometimes tearful – faces in our slideshow.
  Natali Riggio, a third-grade teacher at Lakeview Elementary School in Yorba Linda, gives student Kelvin Bilhartz, 8, a hug after he brings her flowers on the first da
  
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• USC will lean on experience at receiver

  30-08-2017 06:14 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — USC will trot out veteran pass catchers for quarterback Sam Darnold when it opens its season on Saturday against Western Michigan.
  As part of the depth chart it revealed Sunday, its three starting receivers include fourth-year juniors Deontay Burnett and Jalen Greene, along with fifth-year senior Steven Mitchell.
  “If you’ve been out there before, you kind of know how to handle the pressure and just play your game,” Greene said.
  Burnett was long projected to
  
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• A former Disney Imagineer’s guide to Epcot’s World Showcase

  30-08-2017 05:43 via ocregister.com
  
  One of Walt Disney’s dreams for Epcot (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) was to promote worldwide understanding and communications between the world’s countries.
  When Disney’s Imagineers began developing concepts for the park, originally named EPCOT Center at the Walt Disney World Resort when it opened in 1982, they devoted a major section to a place where countries could have a showplace.
  It would have two areas: Future World, where companies would be able to
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Tuesday (8-29-17)

  30-08-2017 05:30 via ocregister.com
  
  This is where you can find the scores and stats for the Orange County high school games Tuesday, Aug. 29.
  BOYS WATER POLO
  Foothill 22, Capistrano Valley 2Goals: (F) Harrison 3, Florman 2, Clarke 2, Hornecker 2, Miller 2, Molina 2, Griswold 2, Scott 2, Mokhtari 1, Son 1, Worland 1, Tallman 1, French 1. (CV) E. Pranajaya 1, G. Pranajaya 1. Goalie saves: (F) L. Harrison 7, Wermich 1. (CV) Hidalgo 2, Morizono 1.
  Santa Margarita 11, Laguna Beach 6Goals: (SM) B. Petersen 3, C. Petersen 3, Rossman 2. G
  
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• Angels vs. A’s: Wednesday game time, TV channel, starting pitchers

  30-08-2017 05:30 via ocregister.com
  
  A’S at ANGELS
  When: 7 p.m.
  Where: Angel Stadium
  TV: Fox Sports West
  THE PITCHERS
  ANGELS RHP PARKER BRIDWELL (7-2, 2.89)
  vs. A’s: First game
  At Angel Stadium: 3-2, 3.56
  Hates to face: None
  Loves to face: None
  A’S RHP KENDALL GRAVEMAN (4-4, 4.24)
  vs. Angels: 2-2, 3.19
  At Angel Stadium: 1-2, 4.23
  Hates to face: Albert Pujols, 10 for 25 (.400)
  Loves to face: None
  
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• Boys water polo preview: Orange Lutheran’s Daube, Molthen don’t mind being everyone’s target

  30-08-2017 05:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Orange Lutheran’s Ash Molthen, left, and Hannes Daube at Santiago Canyon College Orange on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)Hannes Daube poses for a portrait at Santiago Canyon College Orange on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)Ash Molthen poses for a portrait at Santiago Canyon College Orange on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)Hannes Daube poses for a
  
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• Mike Bercovici could be odd man out among Chargers quarterbacks — again

  30-08-2017 05:27 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Mike Bercovici is hoping to tell a different story.
  A year ago, he was an undersized Chargers rookie trying to earn a roster spot – a rarity for quarterbacks who didn’t hear their names called in the NFL draft. Featured on NFL Network’s “Undrafted,” the former Arizona State star shared his summer journey, one that saw him play 95 snaps through four exhibition appearances.
  He survived the first roster cut, outlasting former sixth-round pick Zach Me
  
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• Boys water polo preview: Five players to watch in 2017

  30-08-2017 05:26 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s boys water polo preview for 2017.
  FIVE PLAYERS TO WATCH
  Jake Cavano, Huntington Beach: The junior national team member and UCLA commit might be the best defender in the county but the Oilers will need more scoring punch from him.
  Joseph Molina, Foothill: The versatile senior committed to defending NCAA champion Cal after leading the Knights with 92 goals last season.
  Brock Petersen, Santa Margarita: The UCLA commit helped the Eagles grab their first CIF-SS title last season.
  
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• Boys water polo preview: Top five teams to watch

  30-08-2017 05:25 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s boys water polo preview:
  TOP 5 TEAMS TO WATCH
  1. Orange Lutheran: The defending CIF-SS Division 1 champion Lancers have supporting players for Ash Molthen and Hannes Daube – led by Matt Kacura — but are counting on new goalie Jon Barry.
  2. Mater Dei: The Monarchs and Jack Seybold look to bounce back after Orange Lutheran ended their run of nine straight Trinity League titles.
  3. Huntington Beach: The Oilers deserve respect as the defending Sunset League champion
  
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• Orange County high school schedule: Wednesday, Aug. 30

  30-08-2017 05:13 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school schedule for Wednesday, Aug. 30
  GIRLS VOLLEYBALLLakewood Tournament (Yorba Linda, Cypress, Esperanza, Villa Park, Los Alamitos, Huntington Beach, Dana Hills, Canyon), Kaiser at Rancho Alamitos, Edison at Trabuco Hills
  BOYS WATER POLOBuena Park at Valencia, Fountain Valley at Yorba Linda, Garden Grove at Whittier, Sonora at Walnut
  GIRLS GOLFMater Dei at Huntington Beach, Villa Park at Ayala, Canyon at El Modena
  GIRLS TENNISRosary at Norwalk, Cypress at Yorba Linda
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• Dodgers at Diamondbacks: Wednesday game time, TV channel and starting pitchers

  30-08-2017 05:00 via ocregister.com
  
  DODGERS at DIAMONDBACKS
  When: 6:40 p.m.
  Where: Chase Field
  TV: SportsNet LA
  THE PITCHERS
  DODGERS LHP HYUN-JIN RYU (5-6, 3.34)
  Vs. Diamondbacks: 3-2, 3.26
  At Chase Field: 2-1, 3.46
  Hates to face: Paul Goldschmidt, 8 for 19 (.421), 2 doubles, 1 HR
  Loves to face: Chris Iannetta, 1 for 6 (.167), 2 Ks
  DIAMONDBACKS LHP ROBBIE RAY (10-5, 3.06)
  Vs. Dodgers: 4-3, 3.14
  At Chase Field: 10-16, 5.08
  Hates to face: Chris Taylor, 6 for 10 (.600), 2 doubles
  Loves to face: Adrian Gonzalez, 0 for 11, 2 Ks
   
  
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• High school teams take action to deal with heat dangers

  30-08-2017 04:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Brandon Pedron, left dumps water on Arturo Alvarez during Frosh Soph football practice at Saddleback High School in Santa Ana, California, on Tuesday, August 29, 2017. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Mater Dei High School football players take a water break during practice in Santa Ana on Tuesday, August 29, 2017. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Orange County Register/SCNG)A Mater Dei High School football player uses a water bottle to cool off during practice in Santa Ana on Tuesd
  
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• Mental competency hearing continued for man accused of killing 2 transients

  30-08-2017 03:25
  SANTA ANA Authorities continue to evaluate whether a man charged with the murders of two homeless men, and who was a cellmate of a man who died under suspicious circumstances, is mentally competent to stand trial. A mental competency hearing for Marvin Magallanes, 26, was continued Tuesday to Sept.
  
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• Laguna Niguel news briefs, Aug. 29

  30-08-2017 02:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Free movie screening
  The Laguna Niguel Library will hold a free screening of “The Promise,” a 2016 film starring Christian Bale, at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3 at 30341 Crown Valley Parkway. The library screens films on the first and third Sunday of every month. Information: ocpl.org or 949-249-5252
  Writers group to meet
  The Orange Coast Writers group will hold a meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5 at the Laguna Niguel Library, 30341 Crown Valley Parkway. The meeting is open to beginners a
  
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