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• Man dragged by truck because of robbery or love triangle? Jury acquits defendant

  07-11-2017 23:47 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – An Anaheim man was acquitted Tuesday of killing a man who was dragged by a truck during what prosecutors had said was a robbery.
  A Santa Ana jury found Jasper Bear Belknap, 21, not guilty of special-circumstances murder, as well as a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter.
  The jurors also determined that the death of 45-year-old Felipe Lugo did not occur during a robbery.
  “I just think the prosecution over-reached,” said Robison Harley, Belknap’s attorney.
  
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• After night of laughter, Blue Buoy Swim School’s Johnny Johnson is crowned the first Mr. Tustin

  07-11-2017 23:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Mr. Tustin winner Johnny Johnson celebrates his crown while surrounded by candidates Garrison DeVine, Barry Cooper, Adam Bernstein, Bob Wright and Cris Cusak. (Photo courtesy of Miss Tustin organization)Tustin Mayor Allan Bernstein, left, roots for his son Adam Bernstein, a candidate in the Mr. Tustin contest. (Photo courtesy of Miss Tustin organization)Mr. Tustin candidate Cris Cusak, dressed in cowboy attire, shows off his sharp-shooting skills with a NERF dart gun during the competition&rsquo
  
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• Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Yes, it’s true. I endured a shopping trip to IKEA

  07-11-2017 23:17 via ocregister.com
  
  I don’t know if you’ve ever been to an IKEA store, but let me tell you, those establishments are retail Godzillas.
  I recently went into the Costa Mesa store to buy some furniture for my son’s bedroom, and learned why they used to offer free birthday parties. It’s because you’re a year older by the time you finally find your way out of there.
  Foolish me, I used to think Costco stores were huge and hard to maneuver, but then I discovered IKEA. They are to Costco what
  
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• Breathing fire: Health is a casualty of climate-fueled blazes

  07-11-2017 23:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By John Upton, Climate Central and Barbara Feder Ostrov, California Healthline
  SANTA ROSA >> As the deadliest fires in California history swept through leafy neighborhoods here, Kathleen Sarmento fled her home in the dark, drove to an evacuation center and began setting up a medical triage unit. Patients with burns and other severe injuries were dispatched to hospitals. She set about treating many people whose symptoms resulted from exposure to polluted air and heavy smoke.
  
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• Pentagon has known of crime reporting lapses for 20 years

  07-11-2017 23:10 via ocregister.com
  
  By ROBERT BURNS
  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has known for at least two decades about failures to give military criminal history information to the FBI, including the type of information the Air Force didn’t report about the Texas church gunman who had assaulted his wife and stepson while an airman.
  The Air Force lapse in the Devin P. Kelley case, which is now under review by the Pentagon’s inspector general, made it possible for him to buy guns before his attack Sunday at a churc
  
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• Orange County lawmakers and residents discuss proposed bill to address sober-living home complaints

  07-11-2017 23:10 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA State and local officials asked a crowd of more than 100 people at a town hall meeting to file complaints with city and state agencies against licensed drug and alcohol recovery centers they see violating the law.
  The meeting on Monday night, Nov. 6 at the Costa Mesa Senior Center was focused on Assembly Bill 572, which would create a pilot program for Orange County cities to fund an investigator with the state Department of Health Care Services to work out of Costa Mesa to investigat
  
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• Curt Seeden: Mayor’s Ball and Texas Hold ‘Em tourney make for a busy night in Fountain Valley

  07-11-2017 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  It was a hopping evening in Fountain Valley Saturday.
  More than 160 people paid tribute to Mayor John Collins and the City Council at the annual Mayor’s Ball at Mile Square Golf Course.
  And a few blocks away, more than 200 people played poker to benefit their favorite non-profits at the Fountain Valley Community Foundation’s twice-annual Texes Hold ‘Em Charity Poker Tournament at the Center at Founders Village.
  Louis Hungat won the poker tournament and the $500 first prize.
  The
  
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• Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon, who circled moon, dies at 88

  07-11-2017 22:52 via ocregister.com
  
  By SETH BORENSTEIN
  WASHINGTON — Former Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon, one of a dozen men who flew around the moon but didn’t land there, has died, NASA said. He was 88.
  Richard “Dick” F. Gordon Jr. was a test pilot chosen in NASA’s third group of astronauts in 1963. He
  This undated photo made available by NASA shows astronaut Richard Gordon Jr. Gordon, one of a dozen men who flew around the moon but didn’t land there, has died, NASA announced Tuesday, Nov
  
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• Lane switch marks progress on final phase of Avenida La Pata road work in south county

  07-11-2017 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — Changes are in store Wednesday, Nov. 8, for people who drive Avenida La Pata through a roadway construction zone between Stallion Ridge and Ortega Highway.
  Orange County Public Works announced it is shifting La Pata’s northbound traffic lane onto a newly paved stretch of road between Stallion Ridge and Gateway Place.
  La Pata’s two southbound lanes then will shift slightly in order to allow construction crews to continue working in the center median.
  The co
  
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• Roy Halladay, 40, former Phillies, Blue Jays pitcher, dies in plane crash

  07-11-2017 22:48 via ocregister.com
  
  We are saddened by the tragic news that Roy Halladay, 2-time Cy Young Award winner & 8-time All-Star, has died in a plane crash. He was 40. pic.twitter.com/SOFv3bOLyt
  — MLB (@MLB) November 7, 2017Roy Halladay, a two-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher who retired from baseball nearly four years ago, has died in a single-engine plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. He was 40.
  Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said during a news conference that Halladay’s ICON
  
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• Why is Knott’s Berry Farm’s Xcelerator roller coaster down?

  07-11-2017 22:44 via ocregister.com
  
  Visitors to Knott’s Berry Farm recently may have noticed that one of its top roller coasters, Xcelerator, is closed. Why it’s down and when or even if it will be reopened has been a generating conversation on the park’s fans’ social media sites this week.
  The official statement from Knott’s is that Xcelerator is closed for maintenance until further notice. No date for reopening the ride is available at this time.
  Other roller coasters also closed at this time, inclu
  
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• Three years in, Anaheim's ARTIC station sees more riders, but...

  07-11-2017 21:55
  Travelers make their way inside the ARTIC transportation center in Anaheim. Ridership continues to increase.
  
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• Galaxy’s Robbie Rogers retires after 11-year career

  07-11-2017 20:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Galaxy defender Robbie Rogers officially announced his retirement Tuesday.
  Rogers, 30 and originally from Huntington Beach, missed the entire 2017 season due to an ankle injury. He underwent offseason surgery to repair nerve damage in his left ankle following the 2016 season and was eventually placed on the season-ending injury list in May.
  “It is with mixed emotions that I announce my retirement from the game of soccer,” Rogers said in a statement. “It is through this game tha
  
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• Woman wins $64 million with lottery ticket purchased in Garden Grove

  07-11-2017 20:31 via ocregister.com
  
  GARDEN GROVE – A woman has come forward to claim a $64 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot with a ticket purchased in Garden Grove, California Lottery officials said.
  Lisa Hoang had purchased two $1 Quick Pick tickets, with one showing five winning numbers and the Mega lotto number, at the Garden Grove 76 at 13960 Harbor Blvd. She won the prize back on Aug. 16, lotto officials said.
  Recently, she went to the lottery’s Santa Ana office to claim her prize.
  After taxes, Hoang
  
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• Shark bite victim Leeanne Ericson serves up cocktails in San Clemente to thank community for support

  07-11-2017 20:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Tiffany Cassano sat up in bed the morning she learned a woman had been bit by a shark off San Onofre State Beach, just a short jaunt from the sleepy seaside town of San Clemente.
  Cassano’s 13-year-old son, Kai, was supposed to surf at the same spot the day before Leeanne Ericson nearly lost her life when an estimated 10- to 12-foot shark sunk its teeth into her leg and pulled her underwater.
  Cassano knew she had to do something.
  Leeanne Ericson greets supporters at Cassano’s Italian
  
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• Rewards gained from volunteering trump the turkey every time

  07-11-2017 20:21 via ocregister.com
  Thanksgiving has always been more about celebrating gratitude than a big meal for me. This year I find myself focused even more on what I do that day rather than what I eat. Given the number of weather-related catastrophes in recent months, I want to express my gratitude for what I have by volunteering for Operation Warm Wishes, a nonprofit that began with its first Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless in 2008.  Established by community activist Tyron Jackson, his passion for helping others
  
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• With 13,000 gang members in Orange County, the push is on to curb crime and recruitment

  07-11-2017 20:19 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Ana police Cpl. Rick Velasquez asked the room of about 60 parents how many knew a gang member. More than half of the hands shot up.
  Many of the parents said they don’t let their children play outside because they live in neighborhoods dominated by gangs and drugs. One mother said she doesn’t go out at night, even if she needs milk or bread. Another said her children worry when she takes a walk, fearing she might get shot.
  Steven Delgado, right, runs the “Restorative Circl
  
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• Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf has cheekbone fracture, out up to 2 months

  07-11-2017 20:10 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – Ryan Getzlaf is expected to be sidelined for up to two months because of a facial fracture that required surgery Monday, leaving the Ducks without their captain and best player for an extended period.
  Getzlaf was struck near his left eye in a recent game at Carolina when a shot defeated by the Hurricanes’ Sebastian Aho shot up and hit him. The center, who has long resisted wearing a visor, returned to the ice in the first period but did not play again afterward.
  Ducks gener
  
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• The spirit of the holiday season is alive in Laguna Niguel

  07-11-2017 20:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Come join us as we celebrate the holidays with community events filled with fun, laughter and memories for the whole family to cherish!  First, let’s thank our veterans and active military who fight to protect our great country. We are hosting a Veterans Day Ceremony at 11 a.m. this Saturday, Nov. 11 at the Sea Country Senior & Community Center (24602 Aliso Creek Road).  We invite you to listen to Capt. Robert Barnard Olds of the U.S. Navy, who will speak about his experience
  
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• Teen fashion retailer Styles For Less files for bankruptcy

  07-11-2017 19:39
  Teen fashion retailer Styles For Less Inc filed for bankruptcy protection, the latest apparel retailer to go belly up following declining sales. The Anaheim, California-based company listed assets and liabilities between $10 million and $50 million in its filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California on Monday.
  
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• Students from George White Elementary entertain seniors, veterans with songs from ‘Hamilton’

  07-11-2017 19:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Nearly 30 veterans and seniors at the Fountain Glen Community Center in Laguna Niguel were given an early Veteran’s Day performance by some 20 George White Elementary School fifth graders, on Saturday Nov. 4.
  The children dressed in costume and sang songs from the musical “Hamilton,” in addition to giving cards they made in class. Now in its ninth year, the event is a way for children to learn the gift of giving and to bond with seniors, Mike Young, elementary school teacher, s
  
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• Garage fire in Placentia causes $120,000 in damage

  07-11-2017 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  PLACENTIA — A woman sustained minor injuries after a garage fire at her home Monday night, Nov. 6, authorities said.
  The woman, who is in her 50s and was not identified, returned to her home in the 1000 block of Driftwood Circle shortly before 7:30 p.m. and found her detached garage ablaze, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Larry Kurtz said.
  When firefighters arrived, they spotted flames and heavy smoke coming from the garage. They used a metal-cutting saw to gain entry because the garage
  
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• Huntington Beach decides against evicting homeless service provider after outcry

  07-11-2017 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH — More than 50 red-clad advocates of service providers to the homeless and poor urged the City Council Monday, Nov. 6, not to impose an early termination of its lease with Beach Cities Interfaith Services from offices in an industrial area on Gothard Street.
  After a lengthy discussion, the City Council decided to pull the item and allow Beach Cities Interfaith to keep its original lease, which runs through Oct. 13, 2018.
  In the interim, the council requested that the
  
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• Whittier liquor store clerk shoots and kills robber

  07-11-2017 16:16 via ocregister.com
  
  WHITTIER — A would-be robber was fatally shot by a clerk while attempting to rob a liquor store with an accomplice in Whittier, authorities said today.
  The robbery attempt occurred around 10 p.m. Monday at Bottle House Liquors at 6015 Norwalk Blvd., the Whittier Police Department reported.
  The two suspects entered the store and the clerk saw at least one of them was armed with a handgun, police said. The clerk produced his own handgun and shot one of the suspects, police said.
  The wounded
  
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• Would Disneyland ever do a Christmas overlay based on the horrible ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’?

  07-11-2017 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Christmas is coming to the Disneyland Resort this weekend. Given that some theme parks kick off their annual Halloween celebrations in late August, waiting until the second week in November to start Christmas seems almost an act of restraint. But an early, pre-Thanksgiving start to the Christmas season allows Disney and other theme parks more time to lure holiday-loving visitors with special shows, food  and souvenirs. So of course they’re going to hang the tinsel just as soon as they
  
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• Some say access to internet is so crucial, it is a human right

  07-11-2017 15:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Editor’s note: An experiment in journalism teamwork, the Long Beach Media Collaborative is made up of participants from the Press-Telegram, Long Beach Post, Grunion Gazette, and Long Beach Business Journal. The collaborative was initiated by the Long Beach Community Foundation and is funded in part by the Knight Foundation. The goal: To combine forces for in-depth, multi-platform reporting on poignant issues gripping the community. This project, Strengthe
  
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• Film critics won’t consider Disney films for awards until studio rescinds LA Times ban

  07-11-2017 15:42 via ocregister.com
  
  HOLLYWOOD — Four groups of film critics announced today that they would not consider any Disney film for year-end awards until the Walt Disney Co. rescinds its retaliatory decision to bar Los Angeles Times writers from advance screenings of Disney movies.
  The announcement was made by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Boston Society of Film Critics and the National Society of Film Critics, which all said in a statement that they “jointly d
  
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• Voters in New Jersey and Virginia to pick new governors

  07-11-2017 15:28 via ocregister.com
  
  By ALAN SUDERMAN and MICHAEL CATALINI
  RICHMOND, Va.  — Voters in New Jersey and Virginia are choosing new governors Tuesday in contests that could be an early referendum on President Donald Trump.
  In swing-state Virginia, most polls show a close race between Republican Ed Gillespie and Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam. New Jersey will get a successor to unpopular GOP Gov. Chris Christie in the race between Democrat Phil Murphy and Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno. Murphy holds a doub
  
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• How a real-life scandal inspired Margot Robbie’s ‘I, Tonya’

  07-11-2017 15:28 via ocregister.com
  
  When Margot Robbie read Steven Rogers’ spec script “I, Tonya” (Dec. 8), she felt the hilarious yet deeply human look at the championship ice skater whose estranged husband ruins her career by arranging a physical attack on her top competitor was a brilliant work of fiction.
  “I thought, Wow, this writer is so creative and original,” says the 27-year-old Australian actress, whose Hollywood star has been rising from “The Wolf of Wall Street” through “
  
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• Film critics bar Disney from awards over LA Times dispute

  07-11-2017 15:08
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• In Seoul, Trump calls for North Korea to ‘make a deal’

  07-11-2017 14:18 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JILL COLVIN
  SEOUL, South Korea) — In a striking shift of tone, President Donald Trump abandoned his aggressive rhetoric toward North Korea on Tuesday, signaling a willingness to negotiate as he urged Pyongyang to “come to the table” and “make a deal.”
  Trump, in his first day on the Korean peninsula, again pushed Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons program, but sounded an optimistic note, saying confidently, if vaguely, “ultimately,
  
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• 21st Century Fox has been holding talks to sell most of the company to Disney, sources say

  07-11-2017 10:44
  This Jan. 22, 2015 file photo shows Sleeping Beauty's Castle at the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, Calif. - See this story on www.cnbc.com 21st Century Fox has been holding talks to sell most of the company to Walt Disney Co., leaving behind a media company tightly focused on news and sports, according to people familiar with the situation.
  
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• It was a hot summer for San Juan Capistrano homebuying

  07-11-2017 09:30 via ocregister.com
  
  This summer, the San Juan Capistrano housing market looked strong.
  CoreLogic statistics for the July-to-September quarter, compared with the same period a year earlier, show these five trends for San Juan Capistrano homebuying …
  1. 148 homes sold this year vs. 136 a year ago.
  2. That’s a one-year sales gain of 8.8 percent vs. a countywide homebuying gain of 2.2 percent.
  3. Median selling price this year of $937,500 vs. $779,950 in 2016.
  4. That’s a price gain of 20.2 percent.
  
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• "Excessive Force" - Fire Officer Nick Bennallack

  07-11-2017 06:24
  First let's note the historic nature of Thursday's jury verdict against Anaheim police officer Nick Bennallack for the 2012 fatal shooting of 25-year old, fleeing, unarmed Manuel Diaz . An ORANGE COUNTY grand jury actually found a policeman guilty of "excessive force" - they couldn't even get that with the murderers of Kelly Thomas, despite the grisly video and all.
  
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• Anaheim's Savanna High mascot Johnny Rebel will be altered to...

  07-11-2017 06:24
  The school mascot on the wall of the Savanna High School gym as people attend a meeting to decide whether to keep, re-brand or change Savanna's mascot, Johnny Rebel Monday Nov. 6, 2017 at Savanna High School. Dr. Fred Calhoun wants to change the mascot as people debate whether to keep, re-brand or change Savanna's mascot, Johnny Rebel Monday Nov. 6, 2017 at Savanna High School.
  
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• CIF-SS football playoffs: Updated first round schedule

  07-11-2017 06:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school football schedule for the first round of the CIF-SS playoffs.
  FOOTBALL
  THURSDAY, NOV. 9
  DIVISION 2
  Tesoro at Upland, 7 p.m.
  DIVISION 7El Segundo at El Modena, 7 p.m.
  DIVISION 8Sunny Hills at Garden Grove, 7 p.m.
  DIVISION 11Crean Lutheran vs. Katella at Glover Stadium, 7 p.m.
  FRIDAY, NOV. 10 
  DIVISION 1
  Servite at Mission Viejo, 7:30 p.m.Vista Murrieta vs. Mater Dei, Orange Coast College, 7 p.m.JSerra vs. Long Beach Poly, Veterans Stadium, 7:30 p.m.Orange Luther
  
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• Anaheim’s Savanna High mascot Johnny Rebel will be altered to eliminate any perception of Confederacy links

  07-11-2017 05:53 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM —Students at Savanna High School will continue to call themselves the Rebels, but their longtime mascot, Johnny Rebel, will become a thing of the past.
  Supporters of the Anaheim Union High School District board’s decision Monday, including more than half of current students, hope to remove any perception of connections to the Confederacy.
  After hearing from about two dozen students and alumni during a special board meeting held on the campus, district trustees opted to follow
  
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• Dana Hills tennis battles to the end, but loses to Peninsula on tiebreaker

  07-11-2017 05:34 via ocregister.com
  
  DANA POINT – The Dana Hills girls tennis team played with a razor-thin margin for error on Monday, Nov. 6 and despite a dominant doubles performance, the Dolphins fell on the other side.
  Dana Hills won seven of nine doubles matches, but second-seeded Peninsula of Palos Verdes won seven of nine singles matches and took the games tiebreaker, 74-71, to earn the CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinal victory at Dana Hills High.
  “Doubles has been our strength all year,” Dana Hills coach Jus
  
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• Rested Chargers get back to work, hoping to get back into AFC West race

  07-11-2017 05:26 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — The Chargers are tied for the worst record in the AFC West. But in an NFL season with few dominant teams, they can still make plenty of noise through the final eight weeks.
  “I like our chances,” Coach Anthony Lynn said Monday, after his team’s bye. “I’d like to be in a better position, but everything’s still in front of us. The whole division is still in front of us. We’re not out of this yet.”
  Might the rest do the Chargers (3-5
  
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• Crean Lutheran girls volleyball team advances to semifinals of CIF Division 4 playoffs; Woodbridge and Beckman eliminated

  07-11-2017 05:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Crean Lutheran’s girls volleyball team has advanced to the semifinal round of the CIF Division 4 playoffs.
  The Saints face Santa Monica on Tuesday, Nov. 7, in Santa Monica.
  In the quarterfinals on Saturday, Nov. 4, Crean Lutheran defeated No. 2-seeded Alemany in four sets, 24-26, 25-12, 25-23, 25-22 at home.
  “I was proud of the girls toughness and grit,” said Coach Eric Olson. “We executed our game plan, served tough (and played) good fundamental volleyball.
  “We kne
  
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• Orange Lutheran’s balanced attack too much for Great Oak

  07-11-2017 05:19 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – Singles players Martina Asciuto and Kenna Tanner, and the doubles team of Victoria Morales and Kaitlyn Xu led Orange Lutheran to a 13-5 victory over Great Oak of Temecula in a CIF-SS Division 2 girls tennis quarterfinal match Monday, Nov. 6 at the Anaheim Tennis Center.
  The Lancers will be home against Marlborough of Los Angeles in a semifinal on Wednesday, Nov. 8.
  Asciuto, Tanner and the Morale-Xu tandem swept their opponents, accounting for nine of the Lancers’ 13 points.
  
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• Canyon season ends with a jolting loss on a tiebreaker

  07-11-2017 05:01 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – There were tears and frustration for the Canyon girls tennis team. That’s what happens after a loss in the playoffs, especially after the season ends by a small margin of games.
  Canyon was on the celebration side in the second round of the playoffs with a victory on games, but things didn’t go the Comanches’ way against Brentwood in the CIF Southern Section Division 3 quarterfinals Monday, Nov. 6.
  Brentwood came from behind to pull out a 77-72 win on games after
  
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• Back charter schools for more student options

  07-11-2017 05:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Charter schools are often the only viable option for parents and students seeking alternatives to monopolized traditional public schools. But school districts can often stand in the way of even the most academically successful charter schools.
  On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District’s board will consider the fate of dozens of charter schools in the district. Notably, district staff has recommended the denial of 14 charter school petitions, including those of three new charter s
  
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• USC’s blown lead against Arizona part of ‘growing pains,’ tight end says

  07-11-2017 04:42 via ocregister.com
  
  The finishes have been exhilarating.
  For many of USC’s victories this season, the Trojans have rallied in dramatic fashion in the fourth quarter.
  That included a 49-35 win over Arizona last Saturday, when they moved ahead on a pair of late touchdowns.
  Of course, the Trojans also blew a 22-point lead.
  With two games left in the regular season, some players thought they could develop more of a killer instinct, avoiding tight finishes.
  “When you’re up like that, the natural thing
  
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• Ducks’ Hampus Lindholm has tools, opportunity to join NHL’s elite defensemen

  07-11-2017 04:42 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Through all the talk of the Ducks possessing a wealth of riches when it comes to the quality defensemen flowing within the organization, there is the bauble that’s been perceived to be missing from the collection.
  Elite top-pairing defenders are hard to find and in short supply. The very best, the clear No. 1s, not only run the blue line but can often direct the pace of play and impact the game in any, and potentially, every situation.
  Look up the freeway and there is Drew
  
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• Ember from old blaze lit damaging Southern California fire

  07-11-2017 04:17
  A destructive Southern California wildfire this fall was ignited by windblown embers from an oak that was still smoldering after an earlier fire that is believed to have started when a vehicle struck a highway flare, authorities said Monday. The first fire damaged four homes and another structure in late September.
  
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• Rams end long road stretch, and hope to have Coliseum ‘rocking’ on Sunday

  07-11-2017 04:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Take the 110 freeway to Martin Luther King, then head west for a few blocks. If necessary, roll down the window and follow the surprisingly sweet smell of success emanating from the Rams these days.
  The Rams haven’t played at the Coliseum since Oct. 8. That day, they lost to Seattle to fall to 3-2, and their season seemed to be teetering. After five weeks and more than 16,500 air miles, the Rams have returned home, winners of three consecutive games and atop the NFC West standings by a ful
  
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• CIF-SS boys water polo playoffs schedule: Semifinals update

  07-11-2017 04:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Updated schedule for the CIF-SS boys water polo playoffs.
  BOYS WATER POLO
  DIVISION 1
  Consolation semifinals
  Tuesday, Nov. 7Orange Lutheran at Huntington Beach, 5 p.m.Santa Margarita vs. Loyola at USC, 7 p.m.
  Championship semifinals
  Wednesday, Nov. 8
  At Wollett Aquatics Center, IrvineNewport Harbor vs. Mater Dei, 7 p.m.Harvard-Westlake vs. Oaks Christian, 5 p.m.
  DIVISION 2
  Semifinals
  Wednesday, Nov. 8
  At Wollett Aquatics Center, IrvineCorona del Mar vs. Agoura, 5 p.m.Foothill vs. Redlands East Va
  
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• Orange County high school schedule: Tuesday, Nov. 7

  07-11-2017 03:59 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school sports schedule for Tuesday, Nov. 7.
  GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
  CIF-SS semifinals
  All matches 7 p.m. unless noted
  DIVISION 1Redondo at MarymountMater Dei at Corona del Mar
  DIVISION 2Esperanza at Santiago/Corona, 6 p.m.El Dorado at Orange Lutheran
  DIVISION 3La Salle at Sage Hill, 6 p.m.Sierra Canyon at Westridge, 6 p.m.
  DIVISION 4Crean Lutheran at Santa Monica, 5 p.m.Culver City at Cypress
  DIVISION 5La Reina at SonoraQuartz Hill at St. Paul
  DIVISION 6Aquinas at Notre Dame/Rive
  
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• Luol Deng, Lakers likely stuck with each other, with no palatable solution

  07-11-2017 03:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Luol Deng wants out of Los Angeles, but the Lakers are unlikely to offer a buyout and a team source described the trade market for Deng as “non-existent currently.”
  One year after signing a four-year, $72 million contract to join the Lakers, the veteran forward told ESPN that he and his agent have discussed a buyout with the Lakers, as well as trade options that would allow the 32-year-old two-time All-Star to finish his career elsewhere.
  Deng has been inactive for nine of the Lakers
  
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