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• Tennessee’s Bob Corker announces retirement from Senate

  26-09-2017 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — Senator Bob Corker, Republican of Tennessee and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced on Tuesday that he will not seek re-election next year, a move that is likely to set off a scramble that will pit mainstream Republicans against those from President Trump’s populist wing of the party.
  Corker, 65, an establishment Republican who joined the Senate in 2007, would likely have drawn a primary challenge from the right — and hinted as much in his
  
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• Fountain Valley homebuying dips 33% in August

  26-09-2017 22:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Fountain Valley homebuying cooled by 33 percent as pricing dipped in August.
  Here are highlights of ReportsOnHousing house-hunting data for resales of existing detached and attached residences in the community. This analysis includes August trends based on closed sales: sale counts; average price vs. average list price; high and low price paid in the month; average cost per square foot and average size; plus, based on broker listing networks stats on Sept. 7, the “market time” metric
  
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• Study: Irvine is nation’s 3rd most-prosperous large city while Hemet ranks 8th most-distressed small town

  26-09-2017 22:37 via ocregister.com
  
  While thumbing through a new study tying limited regional economic success to diminished well-being across the nation, I stumbled upon this local nugget:
  Irvine ranked as the third most-prosperous city among the nation’s 100 largest, according to the Economic Innovation Group’s math. Conversely, Hemet was ranked eighth-worst among small cities.
  This think tank’s research combined federal government and U.S. Census Bureau economic and demographic benchmarks, through 2015, to sho
  
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• Water polo notes: No. 1 Mater Dei excited for showdown against No. 4 Santa Margarita

  26-09-2017 22:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei’s boys water polo team moved to No. 1 in Orange County and CIF Division 1 this week but the Monarchs don’t have time to relish in their achievement.
  The recently-crowned South Coast Tournament champion opens Trinity League play Thursday night at No. 4 Santa Margarita at 6.
  “We’re excited for what is ahead of us,” Mater Dei coach Chris Segesman said after the Monarchs’ 12-6 victory against previously No. 1-ranked Orange Lutheran in the finals of the S
  
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• Ladera Ranch family of teen who committed suicide are raising funds for program that treats adolescent mental and behavioral issues

  26-09-2017 22:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ransom family, of Ladera Ranch, Greg, Courtney, Lillie, 12, and Julia, 16, from left, walk through Oso Viejo Park in Mission Viejo on Sunday, September 24 with their dog Lexie as they do a walkthrough for the upcoming James Ransom Memorial 5K/1K, which will take place on Oct. 7, in honor of their son and brother who committed suicide a couple years after sustaining a concussion from playing football that led to the development of a mental disability. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Pho
  
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• Corona Islamic center opens doors to Canyon fire evacuees

  26-09-2017 21:58 via ocregister.com
  
  As Ahsan Baseer drove home from work Monday night, he saw the towering column of black smoke looming over the hills of Corona as the Canyon Fire gobbled up acre after acre of brush and land near his neighborhood.
  “It was frightening to see,” Baseer said Tuesday morning. “I could see it from the 60 (Freeway.)”
  However, he knew his home was safe and just outside the evacuation area south of Green River Road near Serfas Club Drive and his thoughts quickly turned to his neigh
  
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• Frumpy Middle-Aged Mom: Let’s save the California mission school project!

  26-09-2017 21:53 via ocregister.com
  
  I’m really angry right now, and I don’t care who knows it. There’s a terrible injustice going on, and I want something done.
  In its infinite wisdom, the state Department of Education (motto: We’re bureaucrats and you’re not) has decided that schools should do away with the 4th Grade Mission Project, based on its new “History Social Science Framework” for schools.
  This means that future generations of parents would not have the grueling ordeal, (oops I me
  
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• Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive for the first time

  26-09-2017 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced that women will be allowed to drive for the first time in the ultra-conservative kingdom next summer, fulfilling a key demand of women’s rights activists who faced detention for defying the ban.
  The kingdom was the only the country in the world to bar women from driving and for years had garnered negative publicity internationally for detaining women who defied the ban.
  The move, which has
  
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• Whicker: Catching a few coyotes won’t make college basketball safe

  26-09-2017 21:48 via ocregister.com
  
  A graphic used by acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon H. Kim is displayed during a news conference to help to outline federal corruption charges in the arrest of four assistant basketball coaches from USC, Arizona, Auburn and Oklahoma State, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon H. Kim, second from right, and FBI Assistant Director William Sweeney, Jr., right, hold a news confere
  
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• Game On: Meet Anaheim’s 8-year-old Mario Kart champion who will compete in Nintendo’s video game world championships

  26-09-2017 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  Steven Gordon, right, plays Mario Kart with his twin brother Robert. Steven is an eight year old, 3rd grader at Clara Barton Elementary in Anaheim and is the youngest person to qualify for Nintendo’s video game World Championships and has won a trip to compete in the world championships in New York in October. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)Steven Gordon, center, an eight year-old, 3rd grader at Clara Barton Elementary in Anaheim is the youngest person to qualify fo
  
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• Orange County football schedule for Week 5 (Sept. 28-30)

  26-09-2017 21:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school football schedule for Week 5 of the season.
  All games 7 p.m. unless noted
  FOOTBALL
  Thursday, Sept. 28NonleagueTesoro vs. Los Alamitos at Veterans StadiumOcean View at UniversitySonora at Aliso NiguelBrea Olinda vs. Canyon at El ModenaCathedral at Newport HarborAdelanto vs. Rancho Alamitos at Bolsa GrandeAnaheim at WesternBassett vs. Loara at Glover Stadium
  FRIDAY, SEPT. 29
  Non-league
  Edison at San Clemente, 7:30 p.m.El Toro at Mission ViejoEl Modena at Yorba LindaCa
  
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• Orange and San Bernardino county housing markets remain strong amid softening elsewhere in state, region

  26-09-2017 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  A typical late-summer softening in home sales appears to be taking hold pretty much everywhere in the state and region except for Orange and San Bernardino counties, a California Association of Realtors analysis shows.
  The association’s “pending home sales index” shows that the number of Orange County homes going into escrow increased 1.8 percent in August from the same month last year, while in San Bernardino County, escrows were up 2.8 percent.
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• Letting go of the past can lighten our journey

  26-09-2017 20:39 via ocregister.com
  Linda McNamarDriving around the Village can be quite an adventure when we first move here. For some of us it remains that way until we figure out the cul-de-sac numbers and the way some streets circle around and around.  I used to carry a street map wherever I went. Then I went to my GPS in my car and finally to my phone. I carried around what was necessary for me to find my way and I kept all three with me in the car. They gave me a sense of security.
  As travelers on a bold journey across
  
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• Republican leaders: Senate won’t vote on Obamacare repeal

  26-09-2017 20:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALAN FRAM
  WASHINGTON — Facing assured defeat, Republican leaders decided Tuesday not to even hold a vote on the GOP’s latest attempt to repeal the Obama health care law, surrendering on their last-gasp effort to deliver on the party’s banner campaign promise.
  Leaving a lunch of Republican senators who’d gathered to discuss their next steps on the issue, Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and other leaders decided that “t
  
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• Stone says no coordination between Trump campaign and Russia

  26-09-2017 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By TOM LOBIANCO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
  WASHINGTON — Longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone said Tuesday he’s “aware of no evidence whatsoever” that Trump’s campaign coordinated with Russians during the 2016 election.
  Stone spoke to the House intelligence committee for more than three hours as part of the panel’s probe into Russian interference in the election. Afterward, he told reporters that the majority of lawmakers’ questions focused on his com
  
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• Tustin High’s Class of ’72 time capsule reinstalled — baggie of ‘herbs’ and all

  26-09-2017 19:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Members of the Tustin High Schoo Class of 1972 Donna Marsh Peery, left, of Tustin and Kim DeBenedetto of Tustin raise the new plaque for the alcove that houses the reconstituted time capsule at Tustin High School in Tustin on Wednesday, September 20, 2017. The capsule was originally buried in 1972. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Orange County Register/SCNG)Members of the Tustin High School Class of 1972 Christine Burnett of Anaheim, Susan Lumsden Barton of Wyoming, and Donna Marsh Peery of Tustin, fr
  
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• San Juan Capistrano tasks a design firm with refining upgrade plans near train depot

  26-09-2017 19:40 via ocregister.com
  Ice-cream eating visitors stroll the sidewalk along San Juan Capistrano’s Verdugo Street, where the city is proposing pedestrian-friendly upgrades. (File photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)A long-delayed plan hatched by San Juan Capistrano in 2007 to create a more pedestrian-friendly ambiance around the mission city’s historic train depot is back on track.
  Over the next few months, a design firm hired by the city will revisit two alternative concepts, will consult w
  
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• Corona Ralphs provides haven, comfort for Canyon Fire evacuees

  26-09-2017 19:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Judy Harris didn’t know where to turn when Corona police came to her door Monday night and ordered her to leave because the Canyon fire had gotten too close to her San Clemente Circle home.
  “I have my cats and my chicken and I left,” said Harris in her distinctive New York twang.
  Harris, her cats, her chicken — Tweety Bird — and several of her neighbors ended up in the parking lot of Ralphs grocery store, uncertain of what to do and where to go. But they soon realiz
  
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• Rep. Mimi Walters talks about health care, divisiveness and North Korea in Laguna Woods Village

  26-09-2017 19:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Nearly 150 residents gathered at Clubhouse Five in Laguna Woods Village on Friday to listen to Rep. Mimi Walters, R-Laguna Beach, talk about what’s going on in Washington D.C., ranging from North Korea  to health care.
  Walters was a guest speaker for the Republican Club’s monthly meeting, which was open to members and nonmembers, who accounted for a row of about 10 people the audience. During a 30-minute speech and a 15-minute Q&A session, Walters expressed her views on a va
  
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• Music, art and food a highlight at Irvine’s global village fest

  26-09-2017 19:26 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE — Visitors got a taste of cuisines, music and art from around the world at the 16th annual Irvine Global Village Festival.
  The Sept. 23 event at Col. Bill Barber Marine Corps Memorial Park featured more than 100 live performances, cultural and religious exhibits and an international marketplace.
  Members of Naranjita Flamenco dance for an audience at the 16th annual Irvine Global Village Festival in Irvine, on Saturday, September 23, 2017. (Photo by Nick Agro, Orange C
  
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• Video: Can young Lakers exceed expectations?

  26-09-2017 18:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Bill Oram, Lakers beat writer for the Southern California News Group, and Jonathan Khamis of the Orange County Register discuss the frenzy that was Lakers Media Day. What do the Lakers think about expectations like making the playoffs? Video by Jonathan Khamis, for SCNG.
  
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• USC basketball assistant Tony Bland charged for taking bribes in FBI sting

  26-09-2017 18:06 via ocregister.com
  
  USC assistant basketball coach Tony Bland was charged late Monday night for allegedly receiving kickbacks to steer players to agents and paying the families of a two unidentified Trojan players.
  Bland was arrested and charged in a case by the United States Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York.
  Bland is accused of accepting $13,000 during a meeting July 29 in Las Vegas with Christian Dawkins, a former agent with ASM Sports, an undercover FBI agent and a cooperating witness
  
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• 13 dogs rescued from Hurricane Harvey zone arrive in Orange County

  26-09-2017 18:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ark of San Juan volunteer Kathy Conrad holds Irma, a puppy rescued from Hurricane-ravaged Southern Texas, outside of The San Juan Animal Hospital on Friday, September 22, 2017. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)Volunteers for The Ark of San Juan, an animal rescue group who recently took in 14 dogs who were displaced by Hurricane Harvey in Texas, play with the dogs in the parking lot outside of the San Juan Animal Hospital, where the animals are being housed until they can be
  
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• Newport Beach home that sold for $6.3 million has link to Obama White House

  26-09-2017 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
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• Breitling aerial thrill show with Blue Angels, vintage aircraft this weekend at Huntington Beach

  26-09-2017 17:53 via ocregister.com
  
  The U.S. Army Special Operations Command jump team kicks off the second annual Breitling Huntington Beach Airshow, Sat. – Sun., Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, with a practice day Friday, Sept, 29. (Photo courtesy Breitling Huntington Beach Airshow)The U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, perform the Diamond 360 maneuver at the Ocean City Air Show in New Jersey. (Photo by MC2 Andrea Perez/Courtesy U.S. Navy) The team will be in Hungtington Beach for the Breitling Huntington Beach
  
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• Richard Blais teams up with Chipotle on Tasty Made better burger concept

  26-09-2017 17:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Watch out, In-N-Out Burger.
  Chipotle Mexican Grill is partnering with celebrity chef Richard Blais to expand its better burger concept, Tasty Made, the Denver-based chain said Tuesday. Chipotle, which wants to grow the brand, opened the first Tasty Made in 2016 in Ohio.
  Tasty Made by Chipotle opened last year. (Courtesy Chipotle)Richard Blais partnered with Mike Rosen to open Juniper & Ivy and The Crack Shack in San Diego. (Courtesy Crack Shack)Owners Mike Rosen and Chefs Richard Blais and J
  
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• How far does $1,500 go for rent in L.A. compared with major cities around the world?

  26-09-2017 17:32 via ocregister.com
  
  You could do worse than spend $1,500 to rent an apartment in Los Angeles.
  That sum gets you just 530 square feet, says a new study by apartment website RentCafe. But in New York, you’d be squeezing into 277 square feet, and in San Francisco, only 316 square feet.
  Need roomier digs? Forget Paris, where you’d be shoehorning yourself into a 321-square-foot spot.
  There’s more bang for the buck in other major cities around the globe, the analysis shows. In Istanbul, for in
  
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• The fire has been burning since Monday afternoon in the hills between Anaheim and Corona.

  26-09-2017 17:02
  A firefighter with the Orange County Fire Authority seeks shelter under a patio as the Canyon Fire races towards a home in Corona Monday night September 25, 2017. Firefighters battle to save homes as Canyon fire continues to burn in 4200 block of San Ramon Drive in Corona on Monday, Sept .25, 2017.
  
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• Why ‘Marvel’s Inhumans’ doesn’t feel so super

  26-09-2017 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  “Marvel’s Inhumans,” about a super race on the moon, faces a difficult landing on ABC.
  The latest expansion of the comic-book empire’s screen universe has already faced criticism from fans, mostly based on an incomplete first episode that was available for television critics in the summer.
  The new series premieres with two full episodes on Friday that give a fuller picture of the story. The best way to explain these new super-beings is to place them somewhere between Marv
  
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• As firefighters battle 2,000-acre Canyon fire on Day 2, some Corona residents return

  26-09-2017 16:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Some residents are returning to their homes as firefighters on Tuesday continued to fight the Canyon fire, which scorched 2,000 acres of land, closed roads, damaged some structures and led to the cancellation classes at several schools Tuesday.
  “We came back around 11 p.m.,” said Mita Mizan, who lives on Hidden Hills Way just south of Green River Road. “It was very close and very scary. I’ve never seen a fire like this in this area.”
  The latest numbers on the fire s
  
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• 4 Orange County restaurant and retail closures include Outback Steakhouse, Karl Strauss

  26-09-2017 16:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Another aging casual dining chain has shuttered in Irvine. The Australian-themed Outback Steakhouse closed its Culver Plaza location over the weekend.
  Irvine Co. officials declined to comment on the closure; a representative for the developer said a replacement tenant has not been named. The closure comes after other family dining chains have exited the master planned community such as IHOP, El Cholo and Marie Callender’s.
  Outback, which no longer lists the Culver Plaza restaurant on
  
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• Like beer? Like to run? These clubs are made for you

  26-09-2017 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Beer and running have finally found a happy medium through a growing social trend: pub runs. Throughout Southern California, more and more running groups are meeting in the vicinity of local breweries to run a few miles before mingling over beers.
  The point of the pub runs is not to become a stronger or faster runner – although one certainly can reap these benefits as well – but to have a place where one can socialize over beer. Ultra marathoner Justin Flores, 30, of Anaheim said he
  
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• Celebrity chefs Thomas Keller, Daniel Boulud to host extravagant dinner at Montage Laguna Beach

  26-09-2017 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Montage Laguna Beach has hosted numerous galas featuring culinary talent from around the country.
  But, come Oct. 23, the resort plans to outdo itself with a culinary dinner featuring Michelin-honored and James Beard Award-winning chefs led by the legendary Thomas Keller.
  The chef and founder of French Laundry in Napa Valley and Per Se in Manhattan, along with Studio executive chef Craig Strong and French chef Daniel Boulud, are lending their talents to benefit the ment’or BKB Foundation. T
  
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• Equifax dumps CEO in wake of damaging data breach

  26-09-2017 15:36 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK — Credit reporting agency Equifax is ousting CEO Richard Smith in an effort to clean up the mess left by a damaging data breach that exposed highly sensitive information about 143 million Americans.
  The shake-up announced Tuesday comes after Equifax disclosed that hackers exploited a software flaw that the company didn’t fix to heist Social Security numbers, birthdates and other personal data that provide the keys to identify theft.
  Smith will also step down from the chairma
  
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• Think Disneyland is crowded now? Wait till ‘Star Wars’ land opens in 2019

  26-09-2017 15:01 via ocregister.com
  
  It might seem hard to believe if you were among the tens of thousands of fans crammed into the Disneyland Resort last weekend, but we are entering a calm before the storm at Southern California’s theme parks.
  The Mickey and Friends parking structure filled to capacity on Saturday and Sunday last weekend, and wait times for attractions at Disneyland climbed to holiday-week levels. Crowds also packed Universal Studios Hollywood, which sold out nights of its Halloween Horror Nights event. As
  
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• CHP closes 91 Freeway off-ramp in Corona due to Canyon fire

  26-09-2017 15:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The Canyon fire burning in Corona has caused even more issues with the morning commute.
  The California Highway Patrol announced on its site at 5:11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, that the eastbound 91 Freeway off-ramp at Green River Road has been closed until further notice.
  This map shows where the Canyon Fire is burning in Corona, what’s closed
  As of 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, the Canyon fire has burned more than 2,000 acres and is only five percent contained. A number of evacuation orders are still in
  
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• Recipe: Scallops with Grits

  26-09-2017 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Lightly poached scallops served atop a creamy bed of cheese-spiked grits are irresistible, especially when topped with hazelnuts. The nuts have a buttery crunch and a garnish of snipped chives brings welcome color as well as green onion-like pizzazz.
  At first glance, the dish may seem time consuming to prepare, but with organization all three elements can be cooked at the same time. Get the grits going, then start the scallops. After the scallops come off, toast the hazelnuts in a little butter.
  
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• 5 Tom Cruise characters who are the absolute worst

  26-09-2017 14:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Tom Cruise. Such an achiever. Such a hero! Remember that time some years back when he was even saving people in real life at traffic accidents and stuff?
  It’s no wonder that Cruise has sustained one of the longest-running screen idol careers in movie history. At 55, he still fiercely commits himself to making every project as good as it can be (unless, perhaps, it’s called “The Mummy”), insists on doing his own, often insanely dangerous stunts (which cost him a broken ank
  
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• Diwali festivals grow in US, from Disney to Times Square

  26-09-2017 14:45
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• House panel demands details on Trump aides’ private emails

  26-09-2017 14:41 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — A top House Republican has demanded details on the use of private emails by some of President Donald Trump’s closest advisers.
  Rep. Trey Gowdy, a South Carolina conservative who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and the top Democrat on that panel, Rep. Elijah Cummings, cite a recent Politico report that Jared Kushner set up a private email account after the election to conduct work-related business.
  The New York Times is reporting that at least
  
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• Palestinian kills 3 Israelis in settlement near Jerusalem

  26-09-2017 14:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By ARON HELLER
  JERUSALEM — A Palestinian attacker opened fire early on Tuesday at the entrance to a settlement outside Jerusalem, killing three Israeli security men and critically wounding a fourth, Israeli police and medical services said, in one of the deadliest attacks in a two-year spate of violence.
  Israeli officials said the attacker was a 37-year-old Palestinian father of four, with a valid work permit in Israel and a troubled personal life who appeared to have acted alone.
  The atta
  
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• Wildfire scours canyons around Anaheim, but damage minimized

  26-09-2017 10:13
  Authorities head to fight a wildfire near the Riverside County line in Anaheim Hills, Calif., Monday, Sept. 25, 2017.
  
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• Mandatory evacuations ordered as S. California fire spreads

  26-09-2017 10:13
  A fire in Southern California, which spread to more than 1,700 acres, prompted mandatory evacuations Monday night as at least one structure was damaged or destroyed, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The wildfire -- called Canyon Fire -- started Monday around 1 p.m., near the 91 freeway and near the border between the cities of Anaheim and Corona.
  
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• Dramatic videos show motorists encountering huge flames along 91 Freeway amid Canyon fire

  26-09-2017 10:13
  Fast-moving flames from the Canyon fire threaten a neighborhood in Corona on Monday evening. As firefighters battled a fast-moving brush fire that was threatening homes in Corona, drivers on the 91 Freeway encountered a terrifying scene of flames along the side of the highway.
  
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• 7 Titan legends — including 2 from baseball’s 2004 national title team — joining Cal State Fullerton Athletics Hall of Fame

  26-09-2017 09:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Coach George Horton cheers his team during a game in 2007. (File photo by Jebb Harris, Orange County Register)Cal State Fullertons’ Kurt Suzuki holds up the ball after making the tag at home plate against South Carolina’s Steve Pearce during a game in 2004. (File photo by Matt Brown, Orange County Register)Kurt Suzuki of Cal State Fullerton runs to first during his teams game against Tulane in 2002. (File photo by Andy Templeton, Orange County Register)Cal State Fullerton’s Kur
  
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• Newport Beach homebuying slips 5%. What you should know!

  26-09-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Sales of existing homes across Newport Beach dipped 5 percent in August vs. a year ago as the city’s three markets were among Orange County’s four priciest neighborhoods.
  That’s one homebuying highlight for Newport Beach, Corona del Mar and Newport Coast from ReportsOnHousing for August. This house-hunting data tracks resales of existing detached and attached residences in the community.
  Analysis includes August trends based on closed sales: sale counts; average price vs. avera
  
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• Man dies after fight, being run over by car in Santa Ana

  26-09-2017 08:19 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — Santa Ana police were investigating the death of a man who was in a fight and then run over by a car Monday night.
  It was just after 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25, when officers were called about a pedestrian who had been the victim of a hit and run, said Santa Ana Cmdr. Matt Sorenson.
  Once at the scene at Centennial Park on Edinger Avenue, witnesses told investigators they had seen the victim in a fight with another person.
  The suspect hit the victim with an unknown object in t
  
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• Anaheim Convention Center's $190 million expansion: Will it recoup its investment?

  26-09-2017 08:03
  Anaheim Convention Center's 1967 Googie-styled arena, left, and its newest $190 million, 200-square-foot modern-architecture styled expansion on Mon., Sept. 25. Both styles coexist seamlessly, according to convention officials.
  
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• One structure destroyed, big rig burned in Corona as Canyon Fire grows to 2,000 acres

  26-09-2017 07:40 via ocregister.com
  
  A dangerous fire that has claimed at least one structure in Corona was raging late into the night Monday as firefighters continued trying to save hundreds of threatened homes in an evacuated neighborhood.
  The Canyon Fire, which started Monday afternoon along the 91 Freeway near the Orange-Riverside county line, had grown to 2,000 acres by 11 p.m. and was 5 percent contained.
  Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt, the fire’s public information officer, had a report that one structure had burned,
  
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• This map shows where the Canyon Fire is burning in Corona, what’s closed

  26-09-2017 07:38 via ocregister.com
  
  The Canyon Fire, which started Monday afternoon along the 91 Freeway near the Orange-Riverside county line, had grown to 2,000 acres by 9 p.m. and was 5 percent contained, authorities said.
  Some schools were scheduled to be closed Tuesday due to poor air quality and residents in the evacuation zone could go to Corona High School for shelter. About 300 firefighters from around the region were battling the fire.The Green River off ramp. Smells of smoke, ash floating through the air. @ocregist
  
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