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• Pet care: 5 tips for optimal health for your furry family members

  25-10-2017 23:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Pets are part of the family. And we want to keep them healthy and happy for as long as possible.
  So what is the key to optimal health for our dogs and cats?
  Holistic veterinarian, diagnostician and founder of Hemopet (hemopet.org) veterinary blood bank, Hemolife diagnostic laboratory and Hemopet Holistic Care veterinary clinic, Dr. Jean Dodds says, “The key to optimal health and longevity is wholesome nutrition and avoiding unnecessary exposures to vaccines, heartworm, flea and tick preven
  
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• Week 9 player to watch: St. Margaret’s Ryan Cragun

  25-10-2017 23:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s player to watch in Week 9 of the high school football season:
  RYAN CRAGUNSt. Margaret’s, WR/DB
  The senior and his all-around game leads the Tartans (6-2, 1-0) into their Academy League showdown at Crean Lutheran (5-3, 2-0) on Friday night, Oct. 27. Cragun, a Penn commit, has 59 receptions for 940 yards and 12 touchdowns. He also has recorded 38 tackles and four interceptions — two returned for TDs — as a defensive back. Cragun returns kickoffs and punts and
  
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• Newport Beach to spend $1.1 million on upkeep for its two piers

  25-10-2017 23:55 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH The city will spend $1.1 million on maintenance for its two piers, a move highlighted by a recent incident in which strong waves snapped a wood piling on the outer edge of the Balboa Pier last week, prompting its closure for several hours.
  At its Tuesday, Oct. 24 meeting, the City Council voted unanimously to award the contract to Gardena-based John S. Meek Co., the lone contractor to submit a bid, to perform the work on the Balboa and Newport piers this winter.
  Crews will ins
  
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• First Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar starting to take shape

  25-10-2017 23:54 via ocregister.com
  
   
  Gun Runner and Arrogate, ranked 1-2 in the latest National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s top 10, headline the 187 pre-entries announced Wednesday for the 34th Breeders’ Cup World Championships that will be held at Del Mar for the first time.
  The two-day event, which includes 13 Grade I races worth $26.5 million in purses, is highlighted by the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic that will be run Saturday, Nov. 4. Arrogate is the defending champion.
  Highland Reel, the re
  
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• What do a nun, a witch and a cowboy have in common? Check out these senior Halloween costumes

  25-10-2017 23:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Nearly 150 “older” kids got together at the Halloween Monster Mash held at the H. Louis Lake Senior Center in Garden Grove on Wednesday. It was like just like any other Halloween party, complete with a costume contest, parade, food, music, and of course some dancing. Costumes included a few witches, a ghost, a cowboy, a devil, a high school graduate and even a nun. The kids that wore these various outfits ranged in age from 67 to 101. They lined up early to get into the two-hour part
  
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• First steps toward produce

  25-10-2017 23:47 via ocregister.com
  
  “Our family had just moved to Tustin. As we began to explore our new surroundings, we found ourselves at Haven Gastropub, helmed by our friend chef Greg Daniels. He spoke with us about the work he had been doing with the Orange Home Grown Farmers Market. The following Saturday, we made our first venture to the market, and Penelope was just beginning to walk. Searching for more and more independence, she fell in love with the miniature shopping carts. She loves pushing the cart and fil
  
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• Will the demise of the Eastern Gateway at Disneyland be a death blow for businesses on Harbor?

  25-10-2017 23:44
  Disneyland's Pinocchio lot, right, adjacent to Mickey and Friends at Anaheim's Disneyland on Weds., Oct. 25. Disneyland officials said the Disneyland Eastern Gateway Project is dead - for now. Businesses on Harbor Boulevard near Disneyland in Anaheim might learn a hard lesson, as Disney confirmed that it will abandon the Eastern Gateway project that so many of them fought.
  
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• Disneyland cancels Eastern Gateway Project, will build new parking...

  25-10-2017 23:44
  Disneyland's future focus will circle around a four-diamond hotel and a new six-story, 6,500 spot parking structure on the west side of the Anaheim resort. The site of the new contemporary, 17-acre hotel will be in the space now occupied by AMC, Earl of Sandwich, ESPN Zone and Rainforest Cafe currently stand.
  
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• Anaheim's Savanna High students vote to re-brand their Johnny Rebel mascot

  25-10-2017 23:44
  Two and a half years after a statue of high school mascot Johnny Rebel was consigned to the scrap heap, Anaheim Union High School District officials are set to debate whether his image and the Rebel name should be scrapped at Savanna High School. Some students hope to remain the Rebels while erasing any lingering association with the Confederacy and the Civil War.
  
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• Crime log for Laguna Hills, week of Oct. 18-24

  25-10-2017 23:38 via ocregister.com
  
  OCT. 24Welfare check: 8:41 a.m. Moulton Parkway and Laguna Hills DriveInvestigate person down: 6:09 a.m. Moulton and Alicia parkwaysDrunken driving: 5:32 a.m. 24400 block of Health Center DriveBurglary in progress: 4:52 a.m. 25900 block of Poker Flats PlaceCitizen assist: 1:07 a.m. 26600 block of Merienda
  OCT. 23Assist outside agency: 7:12 p.m. 25100 block of Sandia CourtWelfare check: 3:16 p.m. El Toro Road and Avenida de la CarlotaCitizen assist: 2:44 p.m. 25000 block of Acacia LaneSuspicious
  
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• Anaheim will pay former police chief who stepped down a $750,000 settlement

  25-10-2017 23:29 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – Settling a damage claim filed by former Anaheim police Chief Raul Quezada will cost the city $750,000, according to a copy of the agreement.
  Quezada, 48, retired Monday, Oct. 24 about two months after the Anaheim Police Association overwhelmingly cast a vote of no confidence against him. Around the same time, Quezada filed a claim against the city, citing “intolerable” working conditions.
  The claim accused the city of damaging Quezada’s reputation by f
  
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• Video: Fryer and Albano make their Week 9 football predictions

  25-10-2017 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  OCVarsity’s Dan Albano and Steve Fryer share their insights and predictions for the Week 9 high school football games.
  
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• Woman killed after being struck by car in Santa Ana

  25-10-2017 21:02 via ocregister.com
  SANTA ANA  A woman was killed Tuesday night when she was struck by a car while crossing a busy street, authorities said.
  The accident was reported around 11:20 p.m. in the 3600 block of West  First Street, said Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.
  The victim was identified by police as 27-year-old Johanna Vargas of Santa Ana.
  Vargas was walking north across the street, outside of a marked crosswalk,  with another woman when they spotted a 1994 Toyota Corolla approaching,&n
  
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• Are you unknowingly spreading disease from rats, flies, mosquitoes?

  25-10-2017 20:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Red Imported Fire Ants arrived in Southern California in the late 1990s. They have a fierce bite. Courtesy of Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control DistrictFlies can carry organisms that cause diseases. Courtesy of Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control DistrictRats are capable of transmitting a variety of human diseases. Courtesy of Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control DistrictMosquitoes can carry numerous diseases that can make people sick. Courtesy of Orange County Mosquito and Ve
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of stealing beer from Costa Mesa liquor store

  25-10-2017 20:45 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA A man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of stealing beer from a Costa Mesa liquor store and threatening employees with a knife, authorities said.
  Renato Meza, 27, of Costa Mesa was booked into the Orange County Jail on suspicion of commercial robbery, police Sgt. Dan Miles said.
  Around 5:05 p.m., Meza is suspected of stealing a three-pack of beer from Sunshine Liquor, 724 West 19th St., and then fleeing.
  Store employees chased after Meza, who began swinging the beer cans at them
  
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• ACLU: Teen at center of immigration case has abortion

  25-10-2017 20:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By JESSICA GRESKO and NOMAAN MERCHANT
  WASHINGTON ) — An immigrant teen in federal custody who was seeking an abortion over the Trump administration’s objections had the procedure Wednesday after a U.S. appeals court ruled in her favor, her lawyers said.
  The 17-year-old had fought for a month to have an abortion, eventually leading to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The agency oversees facilities for unacc
  
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• Family-run Daisy Haunt in Fountain Valley gives its final Halloween scares

  25-10-2017 20:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Brett Weston is among the cast of scary characters out to give you unpleasant dreams at The Haunt at Daisy Avenue haunted house in Fountain Valley. (Photo by Josh Barber, Contributing Photographer)Members of the Randolph Family and the cast of friends and neighbors at The Haunt at Daisy Avenue in Fountain Valley, their haunted house, which holds its final haunt Halloween night. There is a non-scare night Wed. Nov. 1. (Photo by Josh Barber, Contributing Photographer)Members of the Randolph Family
  
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• Best thing I ate: Coconut chicken with an egg on top

  25-10-2017 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The chicken thigh is good. Very good. But the unexpected star of this dish is the fried egg that’s served on top.
  The chicken roti at The Cure in Huntington Beach is unlike anything I’ve ever eaten before that was also called chicken roti. This isn’t a stew. This isn’t a wrap. I really wasn’t sure what to expect when I ordered it, but I was very happy with what came out of that kitchen. It’s a full hind-quarter of chicken that appears to have been first baked,
  
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• In Long Beach, ‘Home’ drives home the black experience as bittersweet

  25-10-2017 19:40 via ocregister.com
  
  The story of Cephus Miles could easily apply to just about any black man born in the rural South in the early to mid-20th century and living through the turmoil of the Civil Rights era, the Vietnam War and the tumult and urban decay of the ’60s and ’70s.
  That, in fact, seems to be playwright Samm-Art Williams’ point in telling Cephus’ life story in his play “Home.” That the American black experience throughout the last century, while not homogenous, can be cha
  
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• Hoag Neurosciences Institute unit gets $15 million gift, new name

  25-10-2017 19:39 via ocregister.com
  
  The Pickup Family Foundation donated $15 million to the Hoag Neurosciences Institute. Seen here are Dr. Michael Brant-Zawadzki and Dick Pickup. (Courtesy of Hoag)The Pickup Family Foundation donated $15 million to the Hoag Neurosciences Institute. Seen here are Dick Pickup and his family.(Courtesy of Hoag)The Pickup Family Foundation donated $15 million to the Hoag Neurosciences Institute. Seen here are Todd Pickup, Dick Pickup, and Devon Martin. (Courtesy of Hoag)Dick Pickup gets a standing ova
  
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• Nelson Rising, real estate mogul and Irvine Co. board member, selling his La Canada Flintridge estate for $8.5 million

  25-10-2017 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  The La Canada Flintridge, Georgian Colonial home of developer Nelson Rising is on the market at $8.5 million. (Photo by Wayne Ford)The La Canada Flintridge, Georgian Colonial home of developer Nelson Rising is on the market at $8.5 million. (Photo by Wayne Ford)The La Canada Flintridge, Georgian Colonial home of developer Nelson Rising is on the market at $8.5 million. (Photo by Wayne Ford)The La Canada Flintridge, Georgian Colonial home of developer Nelson Rising is on the market at $8.5 millio
  
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• Here are the best costumes we saw at Mickeya s Halloween Party in Disneyland

  25-10-2017 19:19
  Anna Benincasa-Morales of Healdsburg, left, plays Haunted Mansion's tightrope walker in the portrait that stretches over an alligator. She and husband Steve Morales are a huge hit.
  
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• Football: JSerra expecting sellout crowd against Santa Margarita, offering presale tickets

  25-10-2017 18:56 via ocregister.com
  
  JSerra is offering presale tickets today and Thursday for its Trinity League football game Friday night against visiting Santa Margarita.
  The Lions are selling tickets at their athletic office today from 2 -4 p.m. and Thursday from 7-8:30 a.m. and 2-4 p.m.
  JSerra is offering the presale tickets in anticipation of a sellout crowd for the game at its new on-campus stadium. Santa Margarita also is offering presale tickets.
  
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• Here are the best costumes we saw at Mickey’s Halloween Party in Disneyland

  25-10-2017 18:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Henley Parks, 5, of Rancho Cucamonga, decided to dress her family skeleton chic. The youngster dictates the costume choices. For parents Gina and Travis, it’s all the comfort. They wear stretchy outfits with no heavy makeup under the ÒThe Halloween Tree,Ó inspired by Ray BradburyÕs 1972 fantasy novel of the same name, just outside Golden Horseshoe Saloon. It was the family’s fourth year attending Mickey’s Halloween Party, at Anaheim’s Disneyland, on T
  
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• 4 Orange County restaurant closures include a Johnny Rockets in Huntington Beach

  25-10-2017 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  The Strand sits on the corner of 5th and Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach. Register file photoJohnny Rockets was one of the first tenants of The Strand, which opened in 2008. The franchisee closed the space. (Register file photo)Main Street at the Pacific Coast Highway in downtown Huntington Beach Register file photoShow Caption of Expand
  The following restaurants are permanently, or temporarily closed in Orange County:
  Cru Cafe in Mission Viejo has closed. The cafe’s owners poste
  
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• Brother of Las Vegas shooter taken into custody for child porn in North Hollywood, according to media reports

  25-10-2017 18:20 via ocregister.com
  
  The brother of Las Vegas mass-shooter Stephen Paddock was taken into custody on suspicion of possessing child pornography in North Hollywood, TMZ reports.
  Bruce Paddock was taken into custody at an assisted living home in North Hollywood, the website reported.
  Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Chris Ramirez told the Daily News that a male adult was detained after LAPD conducted a child pornography investigation this morning on the 5300 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard.
  “We have not confirm
  
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• Andrew Dice Clay is going to be Lady Gaga’s dad and 5 other things we learned from the comedian

  25-10-2017 18:20 via ocregister.com
  
  With his trademark leather jacket, tough-talking cadence and unique smoking style, comedian Andrew Dice Clay created a niche for himself when he blasted on the scene in the ‘80s.
  Not one to mince words or shy away from colorful language, the popular shock comic found himself filling arenas with a huge loyal fan base — he was the first comedian to sell out Madison Square Garden on back-to-back nights.
  At the same time retractors were on the hunt to take him down for his foul language
  
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• 15 things to do this weekend in Orange County (Oct. 27-29)

  25-10-2017 18:12 via ocregister.com
  Philip Glass’ score for “Dracula” was commissioned in 1999 and received its first performance that year. (Photo courtesy of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County)Erik Leaming, as Charly, falls in love with his caring teacher, portrayed by Lauren Zeiner, in “Charly,” coming to San Clemente’s Cabrillo Playhouse. (Courtesy of Pamela Peak Productions)Wood benches wind their way through the new Julianne and George Argyros Plaza at the Segerstrom Center for the
  
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• Fire damages warehouse in Orange

  25-10-2017 17:47 via ocregister.com
  A warehouse storing battery backup systems in Orange sustained damage in a fire early Wednesday, according to authorities.
  The blaze at Intellipower Inc, 1746 North St. Thomas Circle, was reported around 3:45 a.m. said Orange Fire Department Capt. Ian MacDonald.
  When firefighters arrived, they found smoke coming from the roof of the warehouse, he said, adding that a sprinkler system inside the building kept the blaze in check.
  About 50 personnel from the Orange and Anaheim fire departm
  
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• Fats Domino, rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, has died at age 89

  25-10-2017 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Fats Domino, the amiable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose steady, pounding piano and easy baritone helped change popular music while honoring the traditions of the Crescent City, died Tuesday. He was 89.
  FILE – This 1956 file photo shows singer, composer and pianist Fats Domino. The amiable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose steady, pounding piano and easy baritone helped change popular music even as it honored the grand, good-humored tradition of the Crescent City, has died. H
  
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• Floyd’s 99 Barbershops to host marrow drive across SoCal on Nov. 4

  25-10-2017 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Floyd’s 99 Barbershop is hosting a one-day bone marrow swab registry event, in participating shops, on Saturday, Nov. 4. Some 23 shops in Southern California will offer clients a chance to use a swab kit and get registered for the bone marrow donor registry. (Courtesy of Floyd’s 99)Floyd’s 99 Barbershop is hosting a one-day bone marrow swab registry event, in participating shops, on Saturday, Nov. 4. Some 23 shops in Southern California will offer clients a chance to use a swab
  
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• 2017 Beach, Brews and BBQ in Newport will pour some legendary craft beers

  25-10-2017 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Beach, Brews and BBQ is an annual beach-themed event that supports the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. (Photo by Alexander Gilmaker-Isawa)Some of California’s best craft breweries have stepped up to help on Saturday, Oct. 28 with Beach, Brews & BBQ, an annual fundraiser for the Orange County Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The event starts at 2 p.m. at Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort.
  “This year we’ll have 25 breweries and 8 restaurants, ” said Roxanne Rot
  
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• Steve Bannon electrifies California GOP, but should they take his advice?

  25-10-2017 16:58
  Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser to President Donald Trump, speaks at the California Republican Convention in Anaheim, Calf., on Friday Oct. 20, 2017. Bannon wants to oust Republican senators he feels are disloyal to President Donald Trump.
  
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• World Series Game 1: Dodgers 3, Astros 1 – the morning after

  25-10-2017 16:32 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Dodgers 3, Houston 1 … the morning after:
  — Home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi teamed with starting pitchers Clayton Kershaw and Dallas Keuchel to produce the fastest World Series game (2:28) since Toronto beat Atlanta in Game 4, 1992 (2:21). To compare, last year’s Cubs-Indians World Series games averaged 3:47. The all-time record for average time is 3:50, achieved (?) by the Royals and Mets the year before last.
  — Kershaw threw 83 pitches in his seven inn
  
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• Act fast, Southern California! Homes selling 23% faster

  25-10-2017 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California’s house hunters must move 23 percent faster this year to find a residence to buy.
  ReportsOnHousing found Southern California had 29,635 existing homes listed for sale on broker networks Oct. 19. That’s down 5,906 or 17 percent vs. a year ago. The four-county region had 13,645 new escrows in the previous 30 days — up 1,124 or 9 percent in a year.
  By comparing inventory with the pace of new purchases, the report shows the estimated “market time” a
  
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• Visit Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Fright Fest before it’s gone

  25-10-2017 15:51 via ocregister.com
  
  You have just days before the clock runs out on another Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Fright Fest.
  The 25th annual Halloween event vanishes Tuesday, Oct. 31, and along with it goes the kind of fear-provoking experiences thrill seekers crave – more than 500 ghouls that jump out at you when you least expect it, 13 haunted mazes and dare to enter scare zones, and dark roller-coaster rides.
  And let’s not forget Spooky Fried Oreos.
  Those who want a behind-the-scenes look can squeeze in
  
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• New screenings ordered for U.S.-bound passengers on global airlines

  25-10-2017 15:38 via ocregister.com
  
  By JON GAMBRELL
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Five global long-haul airlines will begin new security interviews of all passengers on U.S.-bound flights starting Thursday at the request of American officials, the companies said Wednesday.
  Long-haul carriers Air France, Cathay Pacific, EgyptAir, Emirates and Lufthansa all said they’d start the screenings.
  However, the airlines offered different descriptions of how the interviews would take place, ranging from another form a traveler wo
  
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• 2 killed on Grambling State campus; shooter at large

  25-10-2017 15:35 via ocregister.com
  GRAMBLING, La. — A student and his friend were fatally shot at a university in Louisiana after an altercation that began in a dorm room and ended in a courtyard, authorities said Wednesday.
  The shooter remained at large.
  Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s spokesman Stephen Williams said detectives joined campus police investigating the double homicide at Grambling State University after getting 911 calls starting at 12:04 a.m.
  The historically black university in northern Louisiana has an enro
  
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• Philip Glass’ “Dracula”

  25-10-2017 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Among Philip Glass’ myriad accomplishments, the influential composer has reimagined the relationship between music and the moving image. Glass’ many scores include the atmospheric music composed for the 1999 re-release of one of the earliest talkies, 1931’s “Dracula,” starring Bela Lugosi. In a concert with film (some might consider it a film with concert) Glass himself plays piano with the Kronos Quartet for two screenings of the classic horror film timed for Hallo
  
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• China’s Xi unveils new leaders but no obvious successor

  25-10-2017 13:42 via ocregister.com
  
  By GILLIAN WONG and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
  BEIJING — China’s ruling Communist Party on Wednesday elevated five new officials to assist President Xi Jinping as he embarks on a second five-year term, and by stopping short of designating an obvious successor strengthened his position as the country’s most powerful leader in decades.
  As expected, Xi was given a renewed mandate following the first meeting Wednesday of the new Central Committee that was elected at the party’s twice
  
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• Despite signature withdrawals, effort to recall Sen. Josh Newman moving forward

  25-10-2017 10:22 via ocregister.com
  
  FULLERTON >> Opponents of the recall of state Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, have not convinced enough voters to withdraw their names from petitions to hold the special election, clearing the way for a referendum on the freshman senator, officials said.
  “Sen. Josh Newman has spent months lying to his constituents by claiming people were duped into signing the recall petition against him and with today’s tally he has been unmasked again as a pathological liar who is unfit to hol
  
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• Firefighters quickly douse Orange fire

  25-10-2017 10:09 via ocregister.com
  
  ORANGE >> Firefighters made quick work Tuesday night of a brush fire that broke out near a cemetery in Orange.
  The fire was reported at 6:50 p.m. in the 8000 block of East Santiago Canyon Road, behind Ascension Cemetery, according to Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Larry Kurtz.
  Orange Fire Department units, with assistance from the OCFA and Anaheim Fire-Rescue Department, knocked down the fire within 15 minutes, Kurtz said.
  No structures were immediately threatened but strong winds did
  
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• Firefighters quickly douse fire in Orange

  25-10-2017 10:09 via ocregister.com
  
  ORANGE >> Firefighters made quick work Tuesday night of a brush fire near a cemetery in Orange.
  The fire was reported at 6:50 p.m. in the 8000 block of East Santiago Canyon Road, behind Ascension Cemetery, according to Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Larry Kurtz.
  Orange Fire Department units, with assistance from the OCFA and Anaheim Fire-Rescue Department, knocked down the fire within 15 minutes, Kurtz said.
  No structures were threatened, but officials were worried that strong win
  
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• New Cal State Fullerton theater chair focuses on what’s behind the spotlight

  25-10-2017 09:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Dave Mickey is a behind-the-scenes guy.
  For years he has worked to make sure the lighting, sound and projection for a stage production are creating the magic the audience sees, hears and experiences from their seats.
  As the new chair of Cal State Fullerton’s Department of Theatre and Dance, Mickey is taking that expertise to a new level as he applies the planning, coordination and technology of the not-so-glamorous backstage to make things run smoothly out where it will be seen.
  For studen
  
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• Cal State Fullerton MBA grad works toward religious liberty

  25-10-2017 09:06 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register asked Cal State Fullerton alum Stephanie Campbell to address the topic of separation of church and state.
  Campbell, who earned her MBA from Cal State Fullerton in 1980, helped found the Orange County chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State in 2004.
  The website of the national organization, founded in 1947, says: “Americans United is happy to work with Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Humanists and those who profess other religious beliefs or
  
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• Southern California job growth will slow next year, especially in Orange County

  25-10-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Southern California job growth will slow dramatically over the next three years, according to a forecast by Cal State Fullerton economists.
  Payrolls in the region spanning Orange and Los Angeles counties and the Inland Empire will grow at a pace of 1.6 percent this year, 1.7 percent next year, and 1.9 percent in 2019, the university’s annual forecast, released Wednesday, Oct. 25, predicts.
  That compares with an expansion of 2.6 percent in payroll jobs in 2016.
  “While the national emp
  
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• Bat Night at CSUF’s Tucker sanctuary gets kids in the Halloween spirit

  25-10-2017 08:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Local kids got a jump on Halloween at the annual Bat Night on Oct. 21 at Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary.
  While common public notions about bats are that they are bloodsuckers that fly into people’s hair and carry rabies, Paul Stapp, CSUF professor of biological science, was on hand to dispel common misconceptions about the small flying mammals and their interactions with people.
  Stapp, also a field ecologist whose research focuses on small mammals, conducted a family-friendly program and, after
  
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• Students enjoy the fresh, local produce coming to Cal State Fullerton every other Tuesday

  25-10-2017 08:53 via ocregister.com
  
  David Andorka mans the Sola Foods booth on Tuesday, Sept. 19. The every-other-Tuesday farmers market in the middle of the Cal State Fullerton campus promotes buying local. (Photo by Ana Venegas, Orange County Register/SCNG)David Andorka, with Sola Foods out of Irvine, explains the many uses of a product on Tuesday, Sept. 19. A Tuesday farmers market in the middle of the Cal State Fullerton campus promotes buying local. (Photo by Ana Venegas, Orange County Register/SCNG)Helen Jeong samples Sheefa
  
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• Cal State Fullerton reaches record enrollment as applications hit all-time high

  25-10-2017 08:48 via ocregister.com
  
  More students enrolled at Cal State Fullerton this fall than ever before. That’s largely because an all-time-high number applied, according to the university — 79,209, up 3 percent for entering freshmen and transfer students.
  In all, 40,439 students are enrolled this fall compared with last year’s 40,235.
  Among first-time freshmen, the admit rate dropped to 45.7 percent from 48.2 percent a year earlier.
  Enrollment is up 7.8 percent at the university’s Irvine campus. Enrol
  
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• Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball seeking its rhythm

  25-10-2017 08:46 via ocregister.com
  
  By Jeong Park
  Not ready.
  That’s how Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball coach Dedrique Taylor assessed his team’s current state.
  “I don’t think we are in very good shape,” Taylor said. “We need to be sharper.”
  Much of the team is still a work in progress, according to Taylor.
  It’s no surprise. The team has lost eight players, including two starters from last year’s team that finished third in the Big West.
  So, perhaps expect some growi
  
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