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• 1 vehicle lands on its roof in 3-way Newport Coast crash

  16-12-2017 23:45 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT COAST >> The Newport Beach Fire Department responded to a three-vehicle crash on Saturday, Dec. 16 at the intersection of Newport Coast Drive and Pelican Hills Road.
  The first units to arrive on scene at shortly after 9:12 a.m. found three vehicles involved in the accident, included one vehicle that had landed on its roof.
  One person had to be extricated from a vehicle. Two people were taken to the hospital.
  The accident is under investigation. No further information was
  
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• Thierry Mugler exhibit comes to FIDM in Irvine

  16-12-2017 23:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (alma mater of Monique Lhuillier) and Galleries Fashion Council welcome its latest private collection exhibit to the Orange County campus, Thierry Mugler’s “Alien to Angel.” A series of lectures on the life works of Mugler, famous French fashion and fragrance designer, kicked off  “Alien to Angel” will run through Aug. 24, 2018.
  (Photo: Benjamin Shmikler/ABImages)Alina Z and Barbara Bundy, Director, FIDM Museum at
  
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• Chargers vs. Chiefs: Live updates from Kansas City

  16-12-2017 23:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The Los Angeles Chargers have the opportunity to take over sole possession of first place in the AFC West with a victory Saturday night against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chargers take a four-game winning streak into Arrowhead Stadium for the Saturday night game. The Chiefs, who began the season 5-0, have lost four of their last five.  Jack Wang is reporting from Kansas City.
  Keep it here for live news updates, analysis and stats before, during and after the game.
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• Woman killed in apartment on 4th Street shopping area in Santa Ana

  16-12-2017 22:50 via ocregister.com
  
  A woman was killed in an apartment on Fourth Street in Santa Ana on Saturday morning, police said.
  At 11:33 a.m. Saturday police received a call about a woman screaming in the 300 block of West Fourth Street in Santa Ana, in an apartment above businesses across from the federal courthouse.
  When officers arrived they found a woman had been killed, said Santa Ana Cpl. Anthony Bertagna. It was not immediately known how she was killed.
  Law enforcement gather outside the Santa Ana apartment building
  
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• Dodgers reacquire Matt Kemp, dump salaries of Adrian Gonzalez, Brandon McCarthy, Scott Kazmir in trade with Braves

  16-12-2017 21:32 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Heading to the Winter Meetings this week, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman asserted that the reigning National League champions had little “heavy lifting” to do this offseason.
  Instead, they did some heavy dumping.
  The Dodgers accomplished the No. 1 item on their offseason agenda with one shocking move Saturday – shed payroll and get under the luxury tax threshold for 2018.
  The Dodgers traded three players for whom they no longer had
  
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• Kartje: Injuries have taken a brutal toll on NFL season

  16-12-2017 20:55 via ocregister.com
  
  I’ll remember this NFL season for the asterisk.
  OK, fine, there’s still plenty of season left. But when Case Keenum or Blake Bortles or Nick Foles are raising the Lombardi Trophy over his head six weeks from now, how you can you look back at this season and not wonder what if? Who might’ve finished atop the football world had Deshaun Watson, Aaron Rodgers, Carson Wentz, or any of the dozens of seriously injured stars stayed healthy?
  That’s a depressing way to look at the
  
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• Man who was shot and killed found at crash scene in Santa Ana

  16-12-2017 19:19 via ocregister.com
  
  A man who had been shot was found unconscious behind the wheel of a crashed pick-up truck, police said Saturday, Dec. 16.
  At 10:42 p.m. Friday Santa Ana police received calls of a shooting followed by calls of a crash in the area of Bristol Street and McFadden Avenue, said Santa Ana police.
  Officers arrived at the 1300 block of South Bristol Street and discovered a man unconscious behind the steering wheel of a truck that crashed on the greenbelt divider of Bristol Street. It appeared that the m
  
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• Rams have chance to virtually claim division title vs. Seahawks

  16-12-2017 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — Fret no longer about the Rams looking ahead. The target game has arrived.
  The day that seemed impossible in February and improbable even in October has arrived. If the Rams beat the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, they almost certainly will win their first NFC West title since 2003.
  “It’s one of those games that you usually see other teams play in at the end of the year,” Rams running back Todd Gurley said, “and we’re in that situation this year, so it w
  
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• Man hospitalized after police pursuit, crash in Yorba Linda

  16-12-2017 18:31 via ocregister.com
  
  A man who tried to evade police is at a local hospital after the vehicle he was driving crashed early Saturday, Dec. 16, authorities said.
  The brief chase began just before 4 a.m. Saturday when deputies received a call of a man involved in criminal activity, said Orange County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Steve Gil.
  As he fled the scene he wrecked a vehicle he was driving near the intersection of Yorba Linda Boulevard and Imperial Highway, Gil said.
  The man was taken to an area hospital, where
  
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• Home tour: See 1930 Trabuco Canyon home that just sold for $603K

  16-12-2017 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  A renovated 87-year-old home at 20571 Sycamore Drive in Trabuco Canyon has sold for $603,000. (Photo by Aubrey Antis)A renovated 87-year-old home at 20571 Sycamore Drive in Trabuco Canyon has sold for $603,000. (Photo by Aubrey Antis)A renovated 87-year-old home at 20571 Sycamore Drive in Trabuco Canyon has sold for $603,000. (Photo by Aubrey Antis)A renovated 87-year-old home at 20571 Sycamore Drive in Trabuco Canyon has sold for $603,000. (Photo by Aubrey Antis)A renovated 87-year-old home at
  
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• Hoffarth: Change ‘isn’t making ESPN indomitable’ after Disney-Fox merger adds FSW, Prime Ticket

  16-12-2017 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  It’s a “game-changer,” right?
  That’s the sports idiom brashly tossed around by business analysts who sound as if they have the know-how to properly size up the magnitude of a massive merger like the one this past week with Disney and Fox that involves more than $52 billion and all sorts of content.
  The game in play here, at the most basic level for the Southern California sports market, is the home-team channels for the Angels, Kings, Ducks and Clippers. For years, a
  
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• HOA Homefront: Readers have more questions on election glitches (Part 2)

  16-12-2017 16:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Q: Our HOA recently held elections. I was a write-in candidate. I won a slot on the board but was disqualified because I did not notify the association in advance that I was a write-in candidate and would accept the role. We have election rules, but no one knows when they were voted on and approved (no minutes can be produced). Does the law require write-in candidates to provide advance written notification? — T.F., Palm Springs
  A: Civil Code 5105 requires associations to have written elec
  
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• Buying or selling, it’s about the money

  16-12-2017 16:10 via ocregister.com
  
  We can talk for hours about the merits of home staging, the value of a backyard swimming pool, and how much the local elementary school’s rating on GreatSchools.org will impact the value of your home.
  When you come down to it, the most crucial part of a home sale is the actual transfer of money.
  Buying a house is unlike a purchase transaction on Amazon.com, where you log in, add to your cart, confirm your shipping details, then check out. Or in an old-school brick-and-mortar retail establi
  
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• Allen Buchanan: Seller refuses to close – now what?

  16-12-2017 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Commercial real estate transactions are contractual – buyer and seller both agree to do something in return for consideration – something of value. So, what happens if the seller decides arbitrarily that he doesn’t want to complete the deal? As I am not an attorney, I will not delve into the legality of such a position but rather explore the situation as a layman.
  A normally motivated buyer and seller will negotiate a purchase price, enter an agreement which outlines
  
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• Laguna Beach homebuying jumps 40%: 11 facts to know

  16-12-2017 14:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Laguna Beach homebuying in October rose 40 percent from a year ago.
  That’s a highlights within ReportsOnHousing house-hunting data for resales of existing detached and attached residences in the community.
  This analysis includes October trends based on closed sales: sale counts; average price vs. average list price; highest and lowest price paid in the month; average cost per square foot and average size; plus, based on broker listing networks stats on Nov. 30, the “market time&rdquo
  
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• New 18 hole course comes to OC, Dana Point harbor gets facelift and other OC construction news

  16-12-2017 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Dana Point Harbor redux
  After 20 years, during which the Orange County Board of Supervisors mulled and the public debated the concept of refurbishing the 1970s-era Dana Point Harbor, the Board of Supervisors has selected a partnership of three development firms to do the job.
  Accordingly, the county is in a three-month negotiation period with Dana Point Harbor Partners, consisting of retail specialist Burnham Ward Properties, hotel specialist R.D. Olson Development and marina specialist Bellweth
  
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• The Fertilizer Institute Announces the 2018 4R Advocates

  16-12-2017 12:35
  The Fertilizer Institute has named five farmer and fertilizer retailers pairs who are implementing innovative and sustainable 4R fertilizer management practices on the farm to increase production and reduce their environmental impact. These 2018 4R Advocates farm 19,250 acres of land using 4R Nutrient Stewardship practices.
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in Fountain Valley collision

  16-12-2017 09:24 via ocregister.com
  FOUNTAIN VALLEY — A 24-year-old motorcyclist died Friday, Dec. 15, following a collision with a van, according to the Orange County Coroner Division.
  Killed in the collision around 9 a.m. near Warner Avenue and Mount Hope Street was Danny Dement III, a coroner’s  report says.  Dement’s city of residence was not listed.
  Fountain Valley Police Department officials could not immediately be reached for comment regarding details of the crash.
   
  
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• OCVarsity updates from tonight’s CIF State football championship games

  16-12-2017 09:13 via ocregister.com
  
  OCVarsity has the scores and highlights from tonight’s CIF State football championship games. The championship games for Katella and Orange star at 6 p.m., and Mater Dei takes on De La Salle at 8 p.m.
  The information updates automatically. 
  
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• Norms restaurant in Huntington Beach robbed

  16-12-2017 09:07 via ocregister.com
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH — Police were investigating a robbery Friday night, Dec. 15 at Norms restaurant, 16572 Beach Blvd.
  The robber, who is a male, brandished a weapon and then fled the eatery, Huntington Beach Police Lt. J. Haught said.
  A detailed description of the robber and information regarding whether he escaped with any money were not immediately available Friday night.
  No one had been arrested and there were no injuries.
  
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• Three arrested following police pursuit from Santa Ana to the Corona area

  16-12-2017 08:24 via ocregister.com
  SANTA ANA — Three people in a stolen car  were arrested Friday night, Dec. 15, after a police pursuit that began in Santa Ana and ended near Corona.
  Shortly before 9 p.m. Santa Ana officers attempted to pull over a stolen Nissan Sentra near the intersection of Broadway and Cubbon Street, said Santa Ana Police Cmdr. Michael Claborn.
  The vehicle pursuit went from Santa Ana to Irvine, north on the 5 Freeway and then east on the 91 Freeway, where the vehicle crashed around 9:35 p.m.
  
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• Huynh takes over and leads Northwood into Gary Raya Classic championship game against Rodman-led JSerra

  16-12-2017 08:05 via ocregister.com
  
   
  Northwood’s Trenton Harper, left, tips the ball for a basket over El Toro’s Nikyle Gould during a Gary Raya Classic game at Northwood in Irvine on Friday, December 15, 2017. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)Northwood’s Seth Locke, left, shoots under pressure as El Toro’s Quincy Turner defends during a Gary Raya Classic game at Northwood in Irvine on Friday, December 15, 2017. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)Northwood’s Devin O
  
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• Wife of slain ex-NBA player Lorenzen Wright arrested in Riverside County

  16-12-2017 07:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The ex-wife of slain former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, whose killer has not been prosecuted, was arrested on a fugitive apprehension warrant in Norco on Friday, Dec. 15.
  Sherra Wright, 38, was arrested during a traffic stop on the 15 Freeway near Hidden Valley Parkway on the Corona-Norco border about 8 p.m.
  Deputy Michael Vasquez, a Sheriff’s Department spokesman, said he did not know what charge Wright faces. The Riverside County jail log did not list that information.
  However, The
  
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• Why hip-hop, once ostracized in clubs, is ruling the festival circuit

  16-12-2017 07:44
  Rolling Loud and the new look of the hip-hop festival: The Playboi Carti and A$AP Rocky in performance at Rolling Loud, Miami, 2017. Heaving mosh pits.
  
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• Freshman Shanaijah Davison a breakout star for Long Beach State women’s basketball team

  16-12-2017 07:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Sixteen years ago, someone had the good sense to buy little Shanaijah Davison a preschooler-sized basketball hoop. The 2-year-old Davison spent hours at a time in her grandfather’s backyard, trying to put her little basketball through the hoop. By the time she was 5 she was in her grandfather’s neighbor’s backyard, shooting on a full-sized hoop obsessively.
  “I was out there every day, just chucking it up,” she said recently with a smile. “Scoring has always be
  
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• Complete effort lifts Beckman past Tustin, 60-40, in So Cal Elite Gary Raya Classic

  16-12-2017 06:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Beckman’s Dylan Thoerner gets ready to take a free throw in Friday’s game against Tustin. Tim Burt photoBeckman’s starters talk with the Patriots coaches during a break in the action in Friday night’s game with Tustin. Tim Burt photoShow Caption of Expand
  Beckman boys basketball coach John Goins had been looking for a better defensive effort from his team.
  Friday night he got it as his team defeated Tustin 60-40 in a fifth place semifinal at the So Cal Elite Gary Raya Cla
  
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• Kiss bassist Gene Simmons facing lawsuit alleging sexual battery during Southern California interview

  16-12-2017 05:48 via ocregister.com
  
  A radio and television broadcaster on Friday, Dec. 15, sued musician and Rock & Brews restaurant co-founder Gene Simmons, alleging Simmons made unwarranted sexual advances during an on-camera interview Nov. 1 at the restaurant’s San Manuel Casino location in Highland.
  The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges the plaintiff, identified as “Jane Doe,” arrived with her crew at the restaurant, which was celebrating its recent expansion at the casino, to intervie
  
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• CIF State Championships Division 6-AA preview: Orange vs. Strathmore

  16-12-2017 05:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Preview for the CIF State football championships.
  CIF STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPSDIVISION 6-AA
  STRATHMORE (15-0) VS. ORANGE (13-2)
  Where, when: El Modena High, Saturday, 6 p.m.
  Live coverage: www.nfhsnetwork.com/associations/cif
  Ticket info: general admission, $12, children, seniors, students (with ASB card), $8.
  Outlook: Orange, playing in its first CIF State championship football game, has won six in a row since a 21-15 loss to Santa Ana on Oct. 27. Senior quarterback Jason Wilkinso
  
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• Chargers defense ready to prove itself again in Kansas City

  16-12-2017 05:45 via ocregister.com
  
  KANSAS CITY — Casey Hayward has four interceptions this season, but has yet to take one to the end zone. If and when that happens, the Chargers cornerback might pay homage to one of his opponents.
  Two months ago, Tyreek Hill debuted a celebration built on both subtlety and disrespect. During a season-opening upset in New England, the Kansas City receiver broke free for a 75-yard touchdown catch. With five or six strides separating him and the nearest Patriots defender, Hill turned at the 2
  
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• CIF State Championships Open Division preview: Mater Dei vs. De La Salle

  16-12-2017 05:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Preview of the CIF State football championships.
  CIF STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPSOPEN DIVISION
  MATER DEI (14-0) VS. DE LA SALLE OF CONCORD (11-1)
  Where, when: Sacramento State, Saturday, 8 p.m.
  Live coverage: Spectrum SportsNetLA; live streaming at myspectrumsports.com; twitter.com/ocvarsity
  Outlook: Mater Dei is playing in its first CIF State championship game, which the state has been holding since 2006. The Monarchs, champions of CIF Southern Section Division 1, are No. 1 in national rankings
  
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• Lakers’ Kentavious Caldwell-Pope could miss more games due to legal matter

  16-12-2017 04:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was absent from the Lakers loss in Cleveland on Saturday due to legal restrictions stemming from a March arrest that could cause him to miss additional games, ESPN reported.
  The 24-year-old starting shooting guard was previously suspended for the first two games of this season by the NBA following an arrest on suspicion of drunken driving while a member of the Detroit Pistons.
  As part of a modified sentence after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor offense of allowing som
  
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• Skirball fire in LA 100 percent contained

  16-12-2017 04:20 via ocregister.com
  
  The Skirball fire, which burned 422 acres in west Los Angeles, was declared 100 percent contained at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
  The fire, which broke out Dec. 6, was caused by an illegal cooking fire at a homeless encampment, authorities said Tuesday, Dec. 12. By Wednesday evening, containment lines had been established around 93 percent of the fire, Cal Fire officials said.
  The fire destroyed six homes and damaged 12 others in Bel-Air and was one of fi
  
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• Fontana man sent to prison for pimping teen in Santa Ana

  16-12-2017 04:16 via ocregister.com
  SANTA ANA — A 21-year-old Fontana man was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for human trafficking and pimping a 17-year-old girl in Santa Ana.
  Armani Montrale Green was convicted Nov. 21.
  Green pimped the victim between May 3 and May 5 of this year on Harbor Boulevard in Santa Ana, Deputy District Attorney Bryan Clavecilla said. Green was arrested in the early morning hours of May 6.
  Green’s attorney, Rob Harley, argued that his client shouldn’t have been arrested becau
  
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• CIF State football championship games to be held at Cerritos College in 2018, 2019

  16-12-2017 03:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Cerritos College will serve as the main host site for five upper-division CIF State championship football games, including the Open Division game, in 2018 and 2019 and has an option for 2020, CIF State executive director Roger Blake announced Friday.
  The five games held at Cerritos will be Open Division, Division 1-AA and 1-A and Division 2-AA and 2-A. Those five games have been played at Sacramento State since 2015. Before that, the championship games were held at Stub Hub (2006 to 2014).
  
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• Orange County high school schedule: Saturday, Dec. 16

  16-12-2017 03:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school sports schedule for Saturday, Dec. 16.
  FOOTBALL
  CIF STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
  Open DivisionMater Dei vs. De La Salle at Sacramento St., 8 p.m.
  Division 5-AKatella vs. Fortuna at Glover Stadium, 6 p.m.
  Division 6-AAOrange vs. Strathmore at El Modena High, 6 p.m.
  BOYS BASKETBALLSoCal Elite Gary Raya Classic (Beckman, Tustin, El Toro, Northwood, JSerra, University, Tesoro, Woodbridge, San Clemente, Irvine, El Dorado, Huntington Beach, Yorba Linda, Valencia, Esperanza, Edison
  
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• NFL Draft decisions await deep group of USC underclassmen

  16-12-2017 03:23 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Toa Lobendahn knows the risk.
  Knee injuries, each requiring surgery because of torn ligaments, ended his previous two seasons.
  This fall has mostly come with a clean bill of health. Lobendahn, USC’s left tackle, has missed only one game, a loss at Washington State in late September, because of a skin infection. His knees have held up.
  But that could change. A chance of re-injury has been a central thought as Lobendahn, a redshirt junior, weighs returning for his final s
  
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• Record-setting quarterback Nathan Arrington finds brotherhood at Katella

  16-12-2017 02:55 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – Football is about relationships for Nathan Arrington.
  The record-setting senior quarterback and the Katella football team are in the midst of the greatest and most dramatic postseason in school history, but his focus remains on his teammates.
  “I love each and every one of these guys,” Arrington said on the practice field this week. “I’d do anything for them.”
  Arrington will carry that bond into Saturday night’s CIF State Division 5-A championsh
  
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• All-County girls tennis: First, second, third teams

  16-12-2017 02:52 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s All-County girls tennis teams.
  FIRST TEAM
  Singles
  Danielle Willson, Corona del Mar, Sr.
  The Register’s Orange County player of the year
  Cami Brown, University, So.
  The Pacific Coast League runner-up and CIF individual quarterfinalist highlighted a breakout season by sweeping her singles matches 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 against eventual champion Corona del Mar in the CIF-SS Division 1 team final.
  Lindsay Hung, San Clemente, Sr.
  The Utah signee went 67-1, captured the South Coast L
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Friday (12-15-17)

  16-12-2017 02:47 via ocregister.com
  
  This is where you can find the scores and stats for the Orange County high school games on Friday, Dec. 15.
  BOYS BASKETBALL
  NORTH ORANGE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
  Foothill 51, Servite 46Foot: Helmers 13 pts, 9 rebs, Peper 10 pts, 7 rebs, Mallory 6 pts, 7 rebounds.
  LODINEZ TOURNAMENT
  Pacifica 72, Magnolia 59 Pac: Fabisiak 21 pts. Mag: Tran 23 pts.
  Loara 67, Sunny Hills 46Lo: Flowers 25 pts, Ileleji 15 pts, Lucio 8 pts. SH: Hofaza 20 pts, Park 10 pts, Cal 12 pts.
  BOYS SOCCER
  NONLEAGUE
  Orange 4, El
  
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• UCLA’s short-handed freshmen steadily gain experience

  16-12-2017 02:45 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Steve Alford knew he was going to have to count on his freshmen this season. He just thought there would be more of them to carry the load.
  Three indefinite suspensions slashed UCLA’s vaunted freshman class almost in half, and the remaining rookies are still finding their bearings in college with three nonconference games remaining. The young Bruins, on the heels of their first true road game, now face their first ranked team.
  No. 25 Cincinnati visits Pauley Pavili
  
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• Could this be the final game for Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson?

  16-12-2017 02:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Anyone who has been around a long time hears the question.
  Tom Brady hears it. Clint Eastwood hears it. So do the Rolling Stones.
  Could this be the last time?
  Bruce Rollinson is 68 years old. He has been coaching Mater Dei football since 1989.
  Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson, center right, is a finalist for U.S. Army coach of the year. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Orange County Register/SCNG)Mater Dei head football coach Bruce Rollinson in his office in Santa Ana on Thursday, December 7, 2017. Roll
  
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• 200 bikes, 10 buses full of toys donated so far at Anaheim...

  16-12-2017 02:34
  A diverse cast of characters, including Darth Vader, Anaheim Ducks cheerleaders and a police bloodhound named Rosie, helped greet guests dropping of gifts Friday, Dec. 15, at the Stuff-A-Bus toy drive. The 25th annual event is a collaboration by the Orange County Transportation Authority, ABC7 and the Honda Center, where the drive was held.
  
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• Orange County girls tennis player of the year: Corona del Mar’s Danielle Willson

  16-12-2017 02:24 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH – Danielle Willson considered it her Kryptonite on the tennis court.
  The Corona del Mar senior said she would sometimes struggle to finish off an opponent for a key victory.
  But just before the start of the postseason this fall, Willson found an antidote. With the support of her parents, she began talking on the phone every other week with well-known sports psychologist Alexis Castorri, who has worked with professional tennis players.
  “She’s helped me through a ro
  
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• Charter proposal for Anaheim’s Palm Lane Elementary gets OK

  16-12-2017 02:20 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Anaheim Elementary School District trustees reversed their past opposition and approved a proposal from New Century Charter Public Schools to operate its Palm Lane Elementary School.
  Parents and officials at the school now have a matter of months to prepare for the switch to a charter school that will open in the fall. The company will operated the campus as a grade school for 775 students focusing on science, technology, engineering, arts and math.
  Palm Lane families a
  
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• Mission Viejo’s Mount of Olives Church presents Christmas in Kid City Saturday

  16-12-2017 01:49 via ocregister.com
  
  MISSION VIEJO Parents are invited to get some free time for holiday shopping while their children participate in the Mount of Olives Church’s Christmas in Kid City event Saturday, Dec. 16.
  The event, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., is for kids 3 years old through fifth grade and is $20 per child. Musical worship will be led by special guest Jana Alayra and lunch will be provided by Chick-fil-A.
  The church is at 24772 Chrisanta Drive. Register by calling 949-454-2347 or visiting mookidcity.com/c
  
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• Mike Vaughn selected to lead Rancho Santa Margarita council in 2018

  16-12-2017 01:41 via ocregister.com
  
  RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA Mike Vaughn, who was elected to the City Council in 2014, was elected mayor and Jerry Holloway was selected to serve as mayor pro tem.
  The elections were held at the Wednesday, Dec. 13 council  meeting.
  The City Council meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month, but its Dec. 27 meeting has been canceled for the holidays.
   
  
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• Look for construction near Santiago Canyon Road and Hangmans Tree Road

  16-12-2017 01:28 via ocregister.com
  
  The county is in the process of constructing a new access road and restoring a parking lot on county-owned land adjacent to Hangmans Tree Road and Santiago Canyon Road.
  The work will replace infrastructure damaged during the 2010 and 2016 storm seasons. Construction will take place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday through March 2018. Information: ocpublicworks.com
   
  
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• Laguna Beach City Council to hear historic ordinance proposal

  16-12-2017 01:23 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA BEACH The City Council will receive an introduction to a draft of the Historic Preservation Ordinance at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec.16.
  Staff will provide a presentation regarding the ordinance and answer council questions. Public comment will be held at the end of the meeting, in council chambers at 505 Forest Ave.
   
  
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• iHeartRadio: ‘Thunder’ by Imagine Dragons continues to make noise on LA radio

  16-12-2017 01:18 via ocregister.com
  
  TOP 10 SONGS
  1. Thunder: Imagine Dragons2. Perfect: Ed Sheeran3. Too Good At Goodbyes: Sam Smith4. What Lovers Do: Maroon 55. Sorry Not Sorry: Demi Lovato6. rockstar: Post Malone7. LOVE.: Kendrick Lamar8. …Ready For It: Taylor Swift9. Demons: Imagine Dragons10. Like I’m Gonna Lose You: Meghan Trainor feat. John Legend
  TOP 10 ARTISTS1. Imagine Dragons2. Cardi B3. Post Malone4. Sam Smith5. Ed Sheeran6. Eminem7. Taylor Swift8. P!nk9. Kendrick Lamar10. Bruno Mars
  
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• Grammy nominee Ho’okena to perform Hawaiian music at Soka in Aliso Viejo

  16-12-2017 01:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Hawaiian musical group Ho’okena will perform a holiday concert with Hōkū winners Ben Vegas and Maila Gibson on Saturday, Dec. 16, at Soka Performing Arts Center.
  Ho‘okena members Horace K. Dudoit III, Chris Kamaka and Glen H.K. Smith have performed across the world with Nani Dudoit, a ‘ōlapa hula (hula stylist) and Horace’s wife.
  Ho‘okena has performed twice at Carnegie Hall and won numerous Nā Hōkū Hanohano awards as well as two Grammy
  
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