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• LA Mayor Eric Garcetti: No plans to run for California governor

  29-10-2017 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Sunday that he’s ruled out running for California governor in 2018 but remained mum on his prospects as a potential U.S. presidential candidate.
  “I have decided not to run for Governor of California,” Garcetti tweeted on his personal account Sunday. “I am passionate about my city and my family; both are here in Los Angeles.”
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  Garcetti, who is serving his second term as mayor, said a lot of work remains
  
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• Full recovery from California wildfires may take years

  29-10-2017 23:05 via ocregister.com
  
  In this Oct. 11, 2017 file photo, Colby Clark of San Francisco, left, comforts her mother, Bonnie Trexler, after being escorted by law enforcement to her home in Silverado Highland to retrieve medicine and some personal items in Napa, Calif. Top U.S. House Democrat Nancy Pelosi and five other members of Congress plan to tour wildfire-ravaged Northern California on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, as families and communities begin the long process of rebuilding. Pelosi, of San Francisco, will spend a day
  
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• Puerto Rico says it’s scrapping $300 million Whitefish contract

  29-10-2017 23:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By DANICA COTO
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The head of Puerto Rico’s power company said Sunday the agency will cancel its $300 million contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings amid increased scrutiny of the tiny Montana company’s role in restoring the island’s power system following Hurricane Maria.
  The announcement by Ricardo Ramos came hours after Gov. Ricardo Rossello urged the utility to scrap the deal for Whitefish’s help in rebuilding the electrical system.
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• Clippers seek improvement as they try to end 10-game losing streak to Warriors

  29-10-2017 22:57 via ocregister.com
  
  PLAYA VISTA — The Clippers don’t have to be perfect Monday night, but it might help. They have tried the alternative and it hasn’t worked out so well in recent seasons. After all, they have lost 10 consecutive games to the Golden State Warriors, and 11 of 12 during a humiliating stretch of futility.
  It’s not as if the Clippers have been the dregs of the NBA since their lone victory in that run of games, a 100-86 victory on Christmas 2014. It’s just that the War
  
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• Man wounded in La Habra stabbing

  29-10-2017 21:38 via ocregister.com
  
  A police officer on patrol in La Habra early Sunday found a man suffering from a stab wound in a residential neighborhood, officials said.
  An officer first spotted what appeared to be two men involved in a fight about 12:15 a.m. in at Chestnut Street and Pinehurst Avenue, La Habra police officials said in a written statement.
  “The patrol officer detained one person while the second fled,” according to the statement. “The person detained was discovered to have sustained a stab
  
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• Battered UCLA football team vows to keep fighting after rout

  29-10-2017 21:19 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE >> Osa Odighizuwa scooped up the ball and ran as fast his 285-pound body could move. UCLA was already getting blown out and the defensive lineman’s 51-yard fumble recovery with 2:07 left wouldn’t change the outcome of Washington’s win over the Bruins on Saturday at Husky Stadium, but Odighizuwa wasn’t slowing down.
  He was going to fight.
  “You can sense when a team feels defeated or dejected and I did not ever feel that from our defense at all, so
  
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• Chargers doomed by multiple miscues in 21-13 loss to Patriots

  29-10-2017 21:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers (17) calls signals at the line of scrimmage during the first half of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Los Angeles Chargers defensive end Darius Philon, left, celebrates after sacking New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Los Angeles Charge
  
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• What’s next for UCLA football? The Utah Utes

  29-10-2017 20:58 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA (4-4, 2-3 Pac-12) at Utah (4-4, 1-4 Pac-12)
  When: 6:30 p.m., Friday
  Where: Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City
  Watch/listen: Fox Sports 1/AM 1150 or AM 570
  UCLA update: Josh Rosen’s health is the biggest concern for the Bruins after their 44-23 blowout loss to No. 12 Washington. The star quarterback left Saturday’s game in the third quarter after getting sacked four times in the first half. Head coach Jim Mora didn’t provide specifics about the junior’s sit
  
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• Cal State Fullerton students enjoy a day of fun

  29-10-2017 20:56 via ocregister.com
  
  An ’80s tribute band, the Flux Capacitors, entertained while students looked for Gremlins and Duck Hunt icons to collect to win a prize at All Day ASI, presented by Associated Students Inc. on Sept. 28.
  Characters from Knott’s Scary Farm mingled with students, while artists applied henna tattoos.
  The day started with a breakfast with student leaders, continued with bowling under neon lights and ended with an evening concert and after-party.
  Hayden Branconier, right, dressed as a char
  
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• Ducks Gameday: Ryan Miller ready to make his initial mark on Ducks

  29-10-2017 20:50 via ocregister.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. – Ryan Miller is expected to make his first official start with the Ducks as the veteran goalie leads them into a contest against the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena on Sunday night.
  Miller signed a two-year deal as a free agent over the summer after spending the previous three seasons with Vancouver. The 37-year-old made two appearances for the Ducks (5-4-1) in the preseason but a wrist injury has delayed his availability until now.
  After taking time off and working on mech
  
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• Cal State Fullerton forum opens the door on bathroom laws

  29-10-2017 20:37 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s hard to imagine a moment in history when dozens of university students and faculty would pack a room to discuss which restroom people should use.
  But 2017 is that moment.
  Until now, it might have been equally hard to imagine that such a discussion would have political, religious and sexual overtones.
  But a Civil Dialogue at Cal State Fullerton on “LGBTQ+ & the Bathroom Laws,” the second in a three-part series hosted by the President’s Commission on Equity and Inc
  
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• Growlers 6 captures the old Beach Goth feel with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Modest Mouse

  29-10-2017 20:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Meet the new festival, same as the old festival? Growlers 6, which opened Saturday, Oct. 28, for the first of two days on a cool and breezy San Pedro peninsula, is, of course, but for the bad blood and location and lawyers of Beach Goth 6.
  Fans of both the band and the festival know the story: After five years of hosting Beach Goth at the Observatory in Santa Ana, the indie rock band the Growlers got sued by the venue last year over rights to the name and its merchandising, as well as which enti
  
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• Can schools make math more interesting? Cal State Fullerton professor dives into the divide

  29-10-2017 20:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Multiplication tables, polynomial equations and logarithms.
  It’s a safe bet no one gets nostalgic about their early math education.
  The practice of memorizing and manipulating numbers and symbols with little idea of their meaning has turned off many young people to math. And it keeps away most adults, who plead they are “no good” at it.
  What if there were a better way?
  Mark Ellis, Cal State Fullerton professor of secondary education, has been working on that way. The onetime mi
  
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• Hurricanes, climate change on agenda of free, public conference at Cal State Fullerton

  29-10-2017 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  A talk on what Spanish shipwrecks and tree growth records can tell scientists about hurricanes and climate change will highlight a geography conference Nov. 3 at Cal State Fullerton.
  Grant Harley, University of Idaho assistant professor of geography, will share his research at “All Points of the Compass,” which is free and open to the public.
  In addition to Harley’s presentation, “Hurricanes and Climate Change: A Message Hidden in Spanish Shipwrecks During the Golden Age
  
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• Driver suspected of DUI crashes through Irvine apartment gates, into row of parked cars

  29-10-2017 19:53 via ocregister.com
  
  A Tustin man suspected of driving under the influence plowed through the gate of an Irvine apartment complex, crashing into a row of parked cars early Sunday.
  Rafael Figueroa Suarez, 33, crashed a Jetta he was driving into the gate of the Montecito Apartments in the 4000 block of El Camino Real in Irvine, said Irvine police spokeswoman Kim Mohr.
  Footage of the wreck showed a mangled fence and a silver Volkswagen atop another sedan. Three other sedans and a truck sustained significant damage as a
  
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• 10 things you need to know about day 1 of Camp Flog Gnaw

  29-10-2017 18:36 via ocregister.com
  
  The Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival kicked off its sixth year at Exposition Park in Los Angeles, on Saturday, Oct. 28, drawing in crowds of all ages — plenty of them in costume — to the music festival. The brainchild of multi-hyphenate Tyler the Creator, the festival followed the same two-day format as the previous year and featured non-stop fun for the “campers” throughout the day, from music to carnival rides.
  While the rapper organized the festival, the event is all over the m
  
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• Why Nicaragua’s first-ever billionaire funded a burn hospital and a luxury resort

  29-10-2017 17:38 via ocregister.com
  
  The pool and main palapa are the resort’s hub. (Photo courtesy of Mukul Resort)With her mother near, an 8-year-old named Genesis recovers from burns at a Managua clinic founded by Vivian Pellas. (Photo by Norma Meyer)Mukul owners Carlos and Vivian Pellas both survived a major plane crash. The tragedy spurred their philanthropic efforts. (Photo courtesy of Mukul Resort)One of Mukul’s community projects is a dance school for children in a neighboring village. (Photo by Norma Meyer)The
  
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• Live updates: Chargers vs. New England Patriots from Gillette Stadium

  29-10-2017 17:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Chargers are on the road Sunday to play the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. Jack Wang is reporting from the Patriots’ home at Gillette Stadium.
  Keep it here for live news updates, analysis and stats before, during and after the game.
  If viewing from a mobile device, please CLICK HERE
  Updates: In-game box score | Statistical comparisons | Who has the edge?
  Start time: 10 a.m. PT
  How to catch the game:
  TV: KCBS, Ch. 2
  Radio: KFI 640
  KFWB 980
  
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• Anaheim woman has her last wish granted — weds her longtime love

  29-10-2017 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Gina Williams is fighting congestive heart failure — her lungs filling with fluid and her breathing heavy. Oxygen tubes are attached to her nose, keeping her breathing steady and as comfortable as possible. “It feels like drowning,” Williams says.
  She doesn’t have long to live.
  When doctors tell her she has six months, Gina knows exactly what she wants to do: Marry Cesar Rojas, her partner of nearly 13 years.
  Cesar entered Gina’s life while she was in an d
  
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• A look at how Anaheim and Oakland started the American Basketball Association in 1967

  29-10-2017 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Fifty years ago this month the Anaheim Amigos and Oakland Oaks tipped off the first American Basketball Association game. The league merged with the NBA after nine seasons, but its impact can still be seen today.SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ROOTS
  The ABA was founded in 1967 by two Orange County businessmen: Dennis Murphy, an insurance salesman and former mayor of Buena Park, and Gary Davidson, an attorney from Orange County.  Davidson and several other lawyers provided the legal guidance, but Murphy
  
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• ‘Bright Star,’ by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, rises at LA’s Ahmanson

  29-10-2017 16:26 via ocregister.com
  
  “Bright Star” is a fairly new musical by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. It had a life on Broadway last year and has arrived at L.A.’s Ahmanson Theatre.
  It is banal, clichéd, predictable. Its music is unoriginal and unmemorable. At the top of the show, the staging choices seem dumbfounding.
  And yet, it is utterly enchanting, thoroughly engaging and as uplifting as storytelling can get.It’s not simply that we blue-staters of New York and California are desperate for
  
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• Guest analyst: Dodgers vs. Astros, Game 5

  29-10-2017 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  GUEST ANALYST: Mark Gubicza, a broadcaster for the Angels and a former World Series champion during his 14-year career as a big league pitcher, is serving as the Southern California News Group’s guest analyst during the World Series.
  GAME 5 PITCHING MATCHUP: Clayton Kershaw vs. Dallas Keuchel: “The Astros hitters are looking a little impatient and Kershaw could get a lot of sliders and curves by them. Swing and misses will be big for him tomorrow. … Keuchel has been off the ch
  
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• 30 firefighters battle blaze at Placentia home

  29-10-2017 15:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Thirty firefighters battled a fire at a home in Placentia early Sunday Oct. 29 that was complicated by a steel roof that had been installed over a shake shingle roof.
  The occupants of the home in the 1900 block of Key Drive escaped but one or more cats died in the fire, said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Stephen Horner.
  The blaze started in the garage shortly before 5:09 a.m. When firefighters arrived the garage was fully engulfed and the fire had spread to the home’s attic and the ro
  
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• This week’s best deals: Baskin-Robbins, haircuts, free museums and more

  29-10-2017 15:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Hi, it’s me, Marla Jo, your columnist and deals maven. Check out my Cheapo Travel column in the Sunday Travel section. If you know a great deal, let me know at [email protected]. You can also find me at Deals Diva on Facebook and Twitter. And don’t forget to read my humor columns on Wednesdays in the Register.
  FREE BAGEL
  If you join the Einstein Bros loyalty club, called the Shmear Society, you can get a free bagel and shmear with purchase. You’ll receive other offers in your em
  
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• Real estate briefly: Cereberus recapitalizes Muller Co. office portfolio; Midway City apartment complex refinanced

  29-10-2017 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors in Corona del Mar and SRS Real Estate Partners in Newport Beach represented the seller in the sale of a new McDonald’s ground lease in Azusa for $3.54 million. (Courtesy of Hanley Investment Group and SRS Real Estate Partners)The Muller Co. in Irvine has formed a joint venture with an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management to recapitalize the firm’s three office properties including the Orange Executive Tower in Orange
  
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• Is compassion giving way to anger over homelessness in Southern California?

  29-10-2017 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  For Andrea Tabor, running the Neighborhood Watch program at her 332-unit condominium complex means constant vigilance, mostly because of threats — real or otherwise — posed by the area’s homeless.
  At 70, Tabor still works full time, but the neighborhood chores she describes sound like a second job.
  Routinely, she said, she walks the ungated property in Anaheim, looking for signs of squatters. The e-mail list she updates goes out to some 150 people. She knows local cops by
  
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• 5 free things to do this week in Orange County, Oct. 29-Nov. 4

  29-10-2017 14:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Why sit home because you don’t want to spend any money? Here are five things to do this week that cost nothing at all:
  Sunday, Oct. 29
  Westminster Memorial Park will hold a bilingual Spanish and English remembrance for Day of the Dead, followed by grave blessings Face painting and decorating of sugar skulls, handmade by a local volunteer, Lorena Ortega of Huntington Beach, who has donated 200 homemade sugar skulls each year since 2015. She uses the sugar skull decorating activity as a
  
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• Deal of the Week: Get into national parks for free

  29-10-2017 13:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Early heads up on this one: All national parks and monuments will be free to visit on Veterans Day weekend, Saturday, Nov. 11 and Sunday, Nov. 12, so head on out and see some nature! I suggest getting there first thing in the morning, because these free days are very popular. We drove out to Joshua Tree on a free day, leaving at 6 a.m. so we’d arrive early. We saw the sun rise over the desert and had a great early hike, leaving just as people started pouring onto the trail. Perfect timing!
  
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• California Wildfire Survivors Can Get In-person Help at Assistance Centers

  29-10-2017 13:17
  SACRAMENTO, Calif . - Californians who suffered damage or losses in the October 2017 wildfires can get in-person help to guide them through the disaster assistance process.
  
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• Southern Californiaa s House Republicans face pressure from GOP hard-liners

  29-10-2017 09:13
  Steven Bannon, a former top strategist to President Donald Trump, addresses the California Republican Party convention in Anaheim on Oct. 20. Donnelly's target, though, isn't a Democrat. The former Inland assemblyman and GOP candidate for governor recently announced his bid to unseat Rep. Paul Cook, R-Yucca Valley, in California's 8th Congressional District, which includes part of San Bernardino County.
  
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• After historic loss to Notre Dame, USC bounces back with commanding win at Arizona State

  29-10-2017 07:37 via ocregister.com
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — The turnovers, floundering rushing attack and overmatched defense were afterthoughts for USC on Saturday night.
  It faced few problems at Arizona State.
  The Trojans, who looked woeful a week earlier in their second-worst loss ever to longtime rival Notre Dame, a thumping that also dashed their hopes of a College Football Playoff appearance, put together a dominant performance in a 48-17 victory over the Sun Devils.
  “It’s a big confidence builder for our team,&rdqu
  
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• After historic loss at Notre Dame, USC bounces back with commanding win at Arizona State

  29-10-2017 07:37 via ocregister.com
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — The turnovers, floundering rushing attack and overmatched defense were afterthoughts for USC on Saturday night.
  It faced few problems at Arizona State.
  The Trojans, who looked woeful a week earlier in their second-worst loss ever to longtime rival Notre Dame, a defeat that also dashed their hopes of a College Football Playoff appearance, put together a dominant performance in a 48-17 victory over the Sun Devils.
  No. 21 USC never trailed and moved ahead by as many as 28 point
  
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• Two-QB system works well for Villa Park in rout of Canyon

  29-10-2017 07:30 via ocregister.com
  
  ORANGE – Villa Park continues to have an interesting situation with its quarterback rotation, but the No. 13 Spartans can’t complain about the by-products.
  Sophomore transfer quarterback Shane Illingworth threw for 173 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score in his first start, and senior quarterback Paul Piferi threw for 121 yards and two touchdowns as Villa Park struck early and often in a win over Canyon, 57-25, Saturday at El Modena High.
  Villa Park (8-1, 2-0) clinched at le
  
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• Man dies when car struck by another whose driver is suspected of DUI and arrested

  29-10-2017 07:15 via ocregister.com
  A driver was killed Saturday, Oct. 28 when his vehicle was struck by a car in a suspected drunken-driving crash in Garden Grove, police said.
  The crash happened just before 8:10 p.m. as the male driver of a 1997 Toyota Tercel was traveling south on Haster Street through the intersection of Haster and Aspenwood Lane, the Garden Grove Police Department said in a statement.
  The Toyota was struck by a 2007 Volkswagen Golf whose driver was eastbound on Aspenwood and had failed to stop at a
  
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• Driver killed in Garden Grove when his stopped vehicle is struck by another

  29-10-2017 07:15 via ocregister.com
  The driver of a vehicle was killed Saturday, Oct. 28 when his vehicle was struck by another vehicle while stopped in Garden Grove, police said.
  The male driver was stopped near Haster Street and Aspenwood Lane just before 8:10 p.m. when his vehicle was hit by anothe,r possibly traveling around 40 miles per hour, said Capt. Brad Spell of the Garden Grove Fire Department.
  The struck vehicle spun around and crashed into a nearby apartment building. The driver died at the scene. Police are with
  
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• Whicker: Alex Wood turns a red-letter day Dodger blue

  29-10-2017 07:01 via ocregister.com
  
  HOUSTON — His parents got engaged on Oct. 28. His fiancee Suze was born on Oct. 28.
  His friend Chance Veazey, his roommate at Georgia who was supposed to walk on baseball fields with him forever, lost those dreams on Oct. 28, eight years ago.
  Alex Wood woke up Saturday with the date imprinted deep inside his head. He would pitch the essential game of his life on this Oct. 28, with one start under his belt since Sept. 26 and with his Dodgers a step behind the Astros in the World Series, and
  
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• Clippers suffer fourth-quarter breakdowns in loss to Pistons

  29-10-2017 06:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Detroit Pistons forward Reggie Bullock, left, loses control of the ball while going up for a shot as Los Angeles Clippers guard Lou Williams defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)Detroit Pistons guard Ish Smith, left, shoots as Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)Los Angeles Clippe
  
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• World Series Game 5: Dodgers at Astros, game time, TV channel and starting pitchers

  29-10-2017 05:52 via ocregister.com
  
  For a game that will put one of these teams at the threshold of a World Series title, it’s ace against ace Sunday night in Houston.
  The Dodgers will turn to Texas native Clayton Kershaw and the Astros will turn to Dallas Keuchel for the final game in Houston before the series returns to Los Angeles for Game 6 on Halloween night.
  Since 1946, when the current 2-3-2 World Series format became permanent, teams on the road for Game 5 in a 2-2 Series (and thus with home-field advantage for Games
  
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• After father voices frustration over playing time, Michael Pittman Jr. makes first start for USC

  29-10-2017 05:32 via ocregister.com
  
  TEMPE, Ariz. — Some frustration had mounted.
  In a series of tweets last Monday, the father of USC receiver Michael Pittman Jr. expressed frustration with his son’s limited playing time through the first eight games of this season.
  Michael Pittman Sr. wrote in one tweet that he had “lost all my patience with the staff and their handling of my son” and added he was “beyond disappointed.”
  USC’s coaches met with Pittman Jr. on the same day.
  “I’ve
  
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• Photos: World Series game 4, Dodgers beat Houston and tie the series

  29-10-2017 05:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Joc Pederson celebrates after his three-run home run against the Houston Astros during the ninth inning of Game 4 of baseball’s World Series Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)Los Angeles Dodgers’ Joc Pederson is congratulated after hitting a three-run home run during the ninth inning of Game 4 of baseball’s World Series against the Houston Astros Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Los Angeles Dodgers&rsquo
  
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• Dodgers win battle of the bullpens in World Series Game 4

  29-10-2017 05:28 via ocregister.com
  
  HOUSTON — Prior to the World Series, the Dodgers were perceived as having a better bullpen than the Houston Astros.
  It wasn’t until Game 4 that perception became irrefutable reality.
  The Dodgers’ bullpen was down a man Saturday, with Kenta Maeda being unavailable after throwing 42 pitches in 2-2/3 scoreless innings the day before. The Astros led the series, 2-1. Pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who will start here Sunday, called Game 4 “pretty close to must-win, if not a must-win
  
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• Whicker: Dodgers’ 9th-inning rally ends tense Game 4 duel

  29-10-2017 05:08 via ocregister.com
  
  HOUSTON — When the Dodgers see Kenley Jansen on the field at 6 p.m. they don’t mind it. They much prefer 10 p.m.
  The closer accepted an award before Game 4 as the National League’s best closer. As the Dodgers and Astros oozed through an excruciating pitching duel, one wondered if Jansen would be seen again. He was, and this time without stress. A five-run ninth inning, capped by Joc Pederson’s three-run homer, gave the Dodgers a 6-2 win and tied the World Series 2-2, with
  
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  29-10-2017 04:56
  Almost 73 years to the day since U.S. Army Air Forces Lt. John Liekhus' plane crashed over WWII Germany, government officials visited his relatives in Redondo Beach this weekend to confirm his remains have been positively identified.
  
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• Lakers rookie Kyle Kuzma returns to Utah newly minted as rising star

  29-10-2017 03:57 via ocregister.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — Kyle Kuzma’s morning began with an alarm going off early enough that he could hit his favorite breakfast spot, a popular café across the street from a park lined with century-old cottonwoods, and still leave enough time for an appointment with his favorite barber.
  The Lakers had played the night before, a loss to Toronto on Friday, and with a 7 p.m. matchup looming against the Jazz, Kuzma normally would have used that time to rest. However Kuzma starred for th
  
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• Is there a civilization war going on?

  29-10-2017 03:30 via ocregister.com
  
  “Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.” — Arnold J. Toynbee
  From the heart of Europe to North America, nativism, sometimes tinged by white nationalist extremism, is on the rise. In recent elections, parties identified, sometimes correctly, as alt-right have made serious gains in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, pushing even centrist parties in their direction. The election of Donald Trump can also be part of this movement.
  Why is this occurring? There are econo
  
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• Tyler Toffoli scores last-second OT goal leads Kings to 2-1 victory in Boston

  29-10-2017 03:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Kings right wing Dustin Brown (23) has his stick broken by Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara who received a slashing penalty on the play during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Boston, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)Boston Bruins’ Brad Marchand tries to keep Los Angeles Kings’ Alex Iafallo (19) from the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Boston Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)Boston Bruins’ Brad M
  
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• Dodgers’ Kenley Jansen receives honor, praise from Mariano Rivera

  29-10-2017 03:07 via ocregister.com
  
  HOUSTON — The hours before Game 4 of the World Series wasn’t the time to compare cutters. But Kenley Jansen is getting closer to the man with whom he is often linked.
  Yankees great Mariano Rivera took part in the pregame ceremony Saturday as Jansen was named the first repeat winner of the National League’s Trevor Hoffman Award given to the top reliever in the National League. Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel was named the American League winner of the Mariano Rivera Award
  
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• GOP’s fiscal responsibility must return — some day

  29-10-2017 03:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Republicans in Congress have passed a budget resolution. But in the Senate, it cleared only narrowly, 51-49, with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky,, the only Republican vote against it. Total price tag for the budget? $4 trillion. Even by today’s standards, that’s hefty.
  For now, it seems, the party of fiscal responsibility is gone. But established Republicans worried about the death of what was once a marquee feature of GOP politics shouldn’t be quite so concerned. Fiscal responsibility w
  
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• Rickard Rakell and John Gibson help Ducks hand Lightning their first home loss, 4-1

  29-10-2017 02:52 via ocregister.com
  
   
  Tampa Bay Lightning’s Vladislav Namestnikov, of Russia, is checked into Anaheim Ducks goalie John Gibson by defenseman Sami Vatanen, of Sweden, during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)Tampa Bay Lightning’s Slater Koekkoek defends against Anaheim Ducks’ Rickard Rakell, of Sweden, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)Tampa Bay Lightn
  
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• UCLA notebook: Josh Woods out for year with shoulder injury

  29-10-2017 02:44 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — UCLA’s thinnest position on defense got thinner as linebacker Josh Woods will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery Tuesday, Coach Jim Mora announced Saturday after UCLA’s 44-23 loss to Washington.
  Woods was one of only two linebackers with game experience heading into the year. The Bruins are already without redshirt freshman Breland Brandt, who is out indefinitely with a concussion, and get limited production out of sophomore Lokeni Toailoa (undisclosed injury) and
  
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