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• Tustin Community Foundation judges select best holiday displays

  18-12-2017 23:52 via ocregister.com
  
  Clearly, Tustin loves festivities and decorations. Judges for the Tustin Community Foundation chose 111 homes for “best holiday displays.” Winners are spread throughout the city and North Tustin. Take a drive one night soon and check out the color and lights. For a list of addresses, go to this website.
   
   
  
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• Take a tour of Rossmoor’s Christmas lights … on your bike

  18-12-2017 23:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Meet up with neighbors for a bike tour of Rossmoor’s Christmas lights, leaving Rush Park at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, 3021 Blume Dr. You might just want to decorate your bike. Riders should wear nighttime bicycling safety equipment with lights to make sure they can be seen on the streets. Bike helmets are required for youth and a great idea for adults, too. Information: rossmoor-rha.org.
   
   
  
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• Los Alamitos Education Foundation announces Royal Court candidates in annual fundraiser

  18-12-2017 23:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Know anyone? The Los Alamitos Education Foundation announced its Royal Court candidates. For queen: Wendee Close of CLS Financial, Amy Payne of Summer Harvest and Los Alamitos Unified school board member Karen Russell. For king: Dan Brandt of Los Alamitos Police, Realtor Craig Chamberlain and Geoffrey King of King Financial Group. Winners will be named at a Feb. 24 gala. Each candidate has an individual fundraising link at LAEF4Kids.org.
   
   
   
   
  
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• Japanese student with prosthetic leg to perform with Rose Parade marching band

  18-12-2017 23:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Nearly 200 Japanese students from Kyoto Tachibana High School will get a chance to perform in the Rose Parade this year, including one student with a prosthetic leg who will march the entire 5 1/2-mile route.
  Hitomi Kanamaru, a senior at the high school, was born missing part of her right leg, but she refused to let that stop her from performing in the marching band, according to Emiko Christensen, the U.S. program director for the Green Band Association, which has brought Japanese high sch
  
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• Eric Stephens’ NHL power rankings (Dec. 18, 2017)

  18-12-2017 23:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Gary Bettman is getting what he wanted. Folks, get ready for a Nashville-Tampa Bay collision course at the Stanley Cup Final. Original Six, be damned. Let 1990s-era expansion rule.
  Fine, let’s pump the brakes on that for now. A lot can and will happen before we get to June and we’ve learned precious little in the NHL is guaranteed. It isn’t as if Nashville and Tampa Bay have lapped the rest of the league.
  We’ve already seen winning the regular-season title doesn’t m
  
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• Orange County high school schedule: Monday, Dec. 18

  18-12-2017 23:34 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school sports schedule for Monday, Dec. 18.
  BOYS BASKETBALLSaddleback at Century, Orange at Santa Ana Valley, St. Augustine’s College (Aus) at St. Margaret’s
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  Lady Spartans Winter Shootout
  At Villa ParkCrean Lutheran at Villa Park, 3 p.m., Ocean View vs. Pacifica, 4:30 p.m., Irvine vs. Trabuco Hills, 6 p.m., Capistrano Valley vs. El Modena, 7:30 p.m.
  Nonleague: Beckman at San Juan Hills, Elsinore at Laguna Beach, Cypress at Yorba Linda, El Dorad
  
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• Tax plan to impact 11% of Southern California home buyers

  18-12-2017 23:29 via ocregister.com
  
  The property tax deduction will be lowered for almost 270,000 Southern California home owners, one out of every 15, if the U.S. House and Senate pass the latest version of the GOP tax overhaul plan, an analysis by Irvine-based Attom Data Solutions shows.
  The mortgage interest deduction also will be lowered for an estimated 14,300 home buyers, or one out of every nine purchasers, the analysis shows.
  The latest version of the tax bill caps deductions at $10,000 for property taxes and some other fo
  
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• Kobe Bryant jersey retirement draws reaction from sports world

  18-12-2017 23:28 via ocregister.com
  
  A sampling of social media posts and tributes for Kobe Bryant as the Lakers prepare to retire both of his jersey numbers Monday night at Staples Center at halftime of the team’s game against the Golden State Warriors:
  The NBA’s tribute video:NBA players salute @KobeBryant prior to his retirement in 2016! #Ko8e24 #LakeShow pic.twitter.com/SwJq3a1c66
  — NBA (@NBA) December 18, 2017Shaquille O’Neal:Pau Gasol:You deserve this one and all the recognitions in the world. Thank yo
  
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• Jewish community marks festival of lights with menorah lighting at Laguna Niguel City Hall

  18-12-2017 23:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Rabbi Mendy Paltiel lights a giant Menorah outside the Laguna Niguel City Hall during a celebration of the sixth day of Chanukah on Sunday, December 17, 2017. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)Dovi Paltiel, right, son of Chabad of Laguna Niguel’s Rabbi Mendy Paltiel, hands a light-up Menorah necklace to Noah Page, 8, of Laguna Niguel during a celebration of the 6th night of Chanukah at the Laguna Niguel City Hall on Sunday, December 17, 2017. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contr
  
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• Rose Parade decorating tours offered in Spanish, Mandarin this year

  18-12-2017 23:17 via ocregister.com
  
  The Tournament of Roses is offering free guided tours of the Rose Parade’s decorating areas to Spanish and Mandarin speakers beginning Dec. 28.
  The tours at the Rosemont Pavilion at 700 Seco St. require participants to reserve their spot by contacting [email protected] ahead of time.
  The Decorating Places tours give fans a chance to see the floats before the New Year’s Day parade. The tours offer an inside look as volunteers add the final flowers.
  Outside of the guided
  
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• ‘That Old Black Magic’ singer Keely Smith dies of heart failure at 89 in Palm Springs

  18-12-2017 21:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Keely Smith, a pop and jazz singer known for her solo recordings of jazz standards as well as her musical partnership with Louis Prima, died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, of apparent heart failure in Palm Springs at the age of 89. (2008 AP photo by Kevork Djansezian)PALM SPRINGS — Keely Smith, a pop and jazz singer known for her solo recordings of jazz standards as well as her musical partnership with Louis Prima, has died of apparent heart failure in Palm Springs. She was 89.
  According to a ne
  
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• Technology can connect seniors … and be good for their health

  18-12-2017 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Is it just me or does it seem like a new device comes out every week? With new smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices regularly hitting the market, it’s enough to turn your back on modern technology altogether and cry uncle — don’t.  Innovations in technology may save users loads of time, but that same technology can also save your life, sometimes literally.
  Before you check out of the grid and set up a tent in the backyard, here are three technologies that will keep y
  
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• Football: El Modena’s Mitchell, San Clemente’s Ortiz named coaches for O.C. all-star game

  18-12-2017 20:53 via ocregister.com
  
  El Modena’s Matt Mitchell and San Clemente’s Jaime Ortiz with coach the North and South all-star teams, respectively, in the Orange County Classic on Saturday, Jan. 27 at Orange Coast College.
  The game, presented by Costa Mesa United, has moved to January from its traditional July date. Kickoff is 7 p.m.
  Mitchell led the Vanguards (12-3) to the CIF-SS Division 7 title, their first section championship since 1984. El Modena lost 28-26 in the SoCal regional final to eventual Divis
  
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• Nightly Hanukkah lighting in Old Towne Orange continues through Tuesday

  18-12-2017 20:48 via ocregister.com
  
  The lights were electric instead of traditional candles, but the spirit of Hanukkah was in full effect during the kick-off for Temple Beth Sholom Orange County’s Festival of Lights in the Old Towne Orange Plaza.
  Claire Benson of Temple Beth Sholom squints as she lights the memorah on the first day of Hanukkah on Tuesday. She is being held by the congregation’s rabbi, Heidi Cohen. The memorah is in the traffic circle park of the Orange Plaza. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Orange County Regi
  
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• Player of the Week: Jacob Huynh

  18-12-2017 20:39 via ocregister.com
  
  JACOB HUYNH
  NORTHWOOD
  He was MVP of the SoCal Elite Gary Raya Classic tournament won by Northwood. Huynh, a 6-foot senior guard, scored 18 points in the Timberwolves’ 51-41 win over JSerra in the tournament championship game at El Dorado. He scored 30 in a semifinals win over El Toro. Huynh is averaging 18 points a game.
  
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• Volunteers spend morning wrapping Christmas gifts for Anaheim children

  18-12-2017 20:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Volunteers helped wrap hundreds of gifts that will be given out to local children during Sunday’s community Christmas breakfast hosted downtown.
  The goal this year is to serve about 1,400 plates of food on Sunday, Dec. 24., and hand out 1,200 gifts to children; last year, 1,000 people were fed and 900 received a present.
  Olivia Hamlin, 15, wraps a toy during the gift wrapping party held in the St. Joseph’s building at Center Street Promenade in preparation for the 9th annual K&A C
  
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• Kiss bassist Gene Simmons denies allegations of sexual battery during Southern California interview

  18-12-2017 20:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Musician and Rock & Brews restaurant co-founder Gene Simmons denied allegations from a radio and television broadcaster who filed a lawsuit last week accusing the Kiss bassist of making unwarranted sexual advances during an on-camera interview Nov. 1 at the restaurant’s San Manuel Casino location in Highland, he said in a brief statement.
  “I intend to defend myself against any alleged charges you may have been reading about in the media,” according to Simmons’ stateme
  
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• Black Hawk helicopters land at Cal State Fullerton

  18-12-2017 19:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Two Black Hawk helicopters landed on the athletic fields at Cal State Fullerton on Dec. 1, part of ROTC Aviation Day.
  Soldiers rappelled from the helicopters and took cadets, visiting middle schoolers and members of the community on “familiarization flights.”
  The Cal State Fullerton Army ROTC Battalion consists of 120-plus cadets, 14 cadre and
  Black Hawk helicopters return with loads of cadets and Cal State Fullerton community members during an exhibition on the athletic fields at Ca
  
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• How Justin Upton helped the Angels acquire Ian Kinsler

  18-12-2017 19:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Whether Billy Eppler realized it at the time, the Angels general manager took a step toward getting a second baseman when he made a deal for a left fielder Aug. 31.
  In the four months since Eppler got Justin Upton from the Detroit Tigers, Upton had been recruiting his former teammate, second baseman Ian Kinsler.
  Kinsler, who waived his limited no-trade clause to accept a deal to the Angels last week, said Monday he’d wanted to play for the Angels since talking to Upton about the team.
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• Photos: Sneak peek of Cracker Barrel’s first Southern California restaurant opening in February

  18-12-2017 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Cracker Barrel, a staple along highways in the South and Midwest, is known for decorating its restaurants with antiques that represent the local community. (Photos courtesy Cracker Barrel)Over the summer, Cracker Barrel said it would likely open its first California restaurant in February.
  It looks like the popular Southern-themed chain plans to make good on its promise. On Monday, Cracker Barrel said the Victorville, Ca. restaurant is slated to open Feb. 5, 2018.  The Tennessee-b
  
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• The Latest: ‘Injuries and casualties’ from Amtrak derailment

  18-12-2017 17:59 via ocregister.com
  
  TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on an Amtrak train derailment in Washington state (all times local):
  8:37 a.m.
  An Amtrak train derailed south of Seattle, and authorities say “injuries and casualties” were reported.
  The train derailed about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Seattle before 8 a.m. Monday, spilling at least one train car on to busy Interstate 5.
  The Pierce County Sheriff’s office says in a tweet that the train was heading south bound and that there were &ldqu
  
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• ESPN chief John Skipper resigns, citing substance abuse

  18-12-2017 17:37 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK — John Skipper, president of the sprawling ESPN sports network, said Monday that he is resigning to treat a substance abuse problem.
  Skipper’s sudden announcement will force the Walt Disney Co.-owned network to search for new leadership at a time of retrenchment, with the company losing subscribers due to cord-cutters and working to boost its digital output to follow the migration of young sports fans to their smartphones.
  The 61-year-old executive, who has worked at ESPN si
  
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• Police step up presence at Valley View High School following shooting threat

  18-12-2017 17:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Ana police officers walk therough the parking lot at Valley High School in Santa Ana Monday morning following a threat of a campus shooting, according to authorities in Santa Ana on Monday, December 18, 2017. (Photo by Sam Gangwer/For the Register)One of four Santa Ana police cruisers parked out in front of Valley High School in Santa Ana Monday morning following a threat of a campus shooting, according to authorities in Santa Ana on Monday, December 18, 2017. (Photo by Sam Gangwer/For the
  
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• 9th Circuit judge, a Rancho Palos Verdes resident, steps down after accusations of sexual misconduct

  18-12-2017 16:52 via ocregister.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A prominent U.S. appeals court judge announced his retirement Monday days after women alleged he subjected them to inappropriate sexual conduct or comments.
  Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a statement that a battle over the accusations would not be good for the judiciary.
  Kozinski, a resident of Rancho Palos Verdes, said he’ll step down, effective immediately.
  The Washington Post reported last week that at least 15 women made alleg
  
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• This Long Beach bar is going to play Rush albums all night long

  18-12-2017 16:35 via ocregister.com
  
  There are a few things you need to know about Rush fans: They love the Canadian trio – even, or especially, the drum solos – and they aren’t going to stop going to hear them, whether the band is there or not.
  See, the Canadian band retired from touring two years ago, but that isn’t stopping Rush fans from making plans to show up at Que Sera, 1923 E. Seventh St., in Long Beach on Dec. 29.
  And for the record, the band, made up of bassist and singer Geddy
  
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• ‘Dunkirk’ lands on home video as ‘LEGO Ninjago Movie’ gets its kicks

  18-12-2017 16:25 via ocregister.com
  
  As I’ve said elsewhere, Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” is my film of the year. It is a sheer cinematic experience.
  It recounts an event early in World War II when British troops were trapped on the coast of France as Hitler’s massive army rolled their way. There was little hope, but miracles do happen, and the British managed to evacuate most of their men while being harassed by the Nazi air force and navy.
  Nolan grippingly puts you into the action so that you feel b
  
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• Why don’t Californians take all of their vacation time?

  18-12-2017 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Are you going to fail once again to take all the vacation time you earned this year?
  Well, join the club of California office workers who are far more likely than peers nationwide to skip time off.
  I filled my trusty spreadsheet with results from a survey by the the Robert Half employment agency of full-time and temporary office workers asking about taking time off. What I learned is 46 percent of those polled in the Los Angeles-Orange County, San Francisco, and San Diego regions won’t tak
  
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• Status Update: Ephesoft taps new CEO; Mary’s Shelter has a new name

  18-12-2017 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Don Field is retiring as CEO at Laguna Hills-based Ephesoft, a document-capture software company.Ike Kavas, founder and chief technology officer of Laguna Hills-based Ephesoft, will become the firm’s chief executive, replacing retiring CEO Don Field.Natasha M. Davis has joined City National Bank in Irvine as a vice president and senior wealth planner.Kendra S. Canape has joined Gordon & Rees as a partner in the Orange County office.Dr. Sharon Nazarchuk has been awarded the Teaching Exc
  
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• Something has gone wrong with psychotherapy ~ Dharmavidya

  18-12-2017 15:41
  I am currently at the Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference in Anaheim, California. This conference is organised by the Milton Erickson association, though there seem to be few people here who really practice as Milton Erickson did.
  
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• Pechanga Resort & Casino is adding a lobster and seafood buffet in January

  18-12-2017 15:31 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s need to set traps or dive fathoms deep to catch fresh lobsters and other succulent crustaceans because Pechanga Resort & Casino is the latest Southern California casino getting into the seafood buffet game.
  On Thursdays starting Jan. 11, diners at the Pechanga Buffet can fill up on items such as one-and-a-quarter pound whole Maine lobster prepared in an East Coast lobster bake style with potatoes and corn on the cob as well as sushi, a whole-baked salmon carving
  
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• How an election could be decided with poker chips or a coin toss

  18-12-2017 14:45 via ocregister.com
  
   
  A coin flip could decide your next elected official.
  Some Democrats are wringing their hands over the logjam of their candidates — 25 so far — challenging Orange County’s four Republican Congress members. One worry is draining Democratic money in the primary that will be crucial in the general election against Republicans. Another is the possibility that too many Democratic candidates could lead to vote-splitting among Democrats, allowing two Republic
  
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• Trump to unveil ‘America First’ national security strategy

  18-12-2017 14:36 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONATHAN LEMIRE and HOPE YEN
  WASHINGTON — Prioritizing national sovereignty over alliances, President Donald Trump is poised to outline a new national security strategy that envisions nations in a perpetual state of competition, reverses Obama-era warnings on climate change, and de-emphasizes multinational agreements that have dominated the United States’ foreign policy since the Cold War.
  The Republican president, who ran on a platform of “America First,” will detail
  
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• Great Escape: Starkly elegant Nobu Ryokan Malibu is where billionaires go to relax

  18-12-2017 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Nobu Ryokan Malibu, the latest venture in the Nobu Hospitality empire, sits on one of the most affluent stretches of residential beachfront anywhere. Malibu’s Carbon Beach is also known as “Billionaires’ Beach” for property owners like David Geffen, Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Oracle Corp. co-founder Larry Ellison.
  Ellison, who owned a funky midcentury motel where Nobu Ryokan Malibu now stands, is a partner — as is Robert De Niro and Hollywood producer
  
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• Holiday travel chaos ahead after Atlanta airport outage

  18-12-2017 13:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
  ATLANTA (AP) — While power has been restored to the world’s busiest airport, the travel woes will linger for days.
  Thousands of people were stranded Monday morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where more than 1,000 flights were grounded just days before the start of the Christmas travel rush.
  A sudden power outage that Georgia Power said was caused by a fire in an underground electrical facility brought the airport to a standstill Sunda
  
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• I drink a little alcohol... Am i a druggie?

  18-12-2017 11:01
  I know that alcohol is a drug. I have never taken an illegal drug, but I have consumed a little alcohol.
  
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• Fullerton homebuying: 6 conflicting trends

  18-12-2017 09:50 via ocregister.com
  
  Fullerton homebuying sees cooler pace, firmer pricing in October.
  Here are Fullerton highlights of 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. 20, the “market time”
  
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• U.S. soldier La David Johnson fought to end after ambush in Niger

  18-12-2017 07:25 via ocregister.com
  
  By LOLITA C. BALDOR
  WASHINGTON — Army Sgt. La David T. Johnson died in a hail of gunfire, hit as many as 18 times as he took cover in thick brush, fighting to the end after fleeing militants who had just killed three comrades in an October ambush in Niger, The Associated Press has learned.
  This file photo provided by the U.S. Army Special Operations Command shows Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in an Oct. 4 ambush in Niger. Johnson, who was killed in an ambush in Niger with three com
  
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• Honduras president declared election winner; unrest persists

  18-12-2017 07:03 via ocregister.com
  
  By FREDDY CUEVAS
  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — President Juan Orlando Hernandez was declared the winner of Honduras’ disputed election, but that did little to quell unrest from weeks of uncertainty as challenger Salvador Nasralla called for more protests Monday and the Organization of American States proposed a re-do of the vote.
  The OAS, which sent election observers to the country, issued a statement saying it was impossible to determine the outcome with enough certainty due to irregular
  
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• Fire at Costa Mesa apartment complex displaces residents

  18-12-2017 06:44 via ocregister.com
  A fire at a Costa Mesa apartment complex badly damaged two units on Sunday, Dec. 17, displacing at least two residents.
  Costa Mesa firefighters were called shortly after 8 p.m. to the 1900 block of Wallace Avenue, where they encountered upper and lower apartment units burning, said Costa Mesa fire Capt. Chris Coates.
  Firefighters extinguished the blaze within 15 minutes of arrival.
  Two units adjacent to the fire also suffered smoke damage.
  The Red Cross responded to the scene to provide lodging
  
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• Sharp-shooting Trojans put away UC Santa Barbara, 98-87, for second straight win

  18-12-2017 06:31 via ocregister.com
  
  uscLOS ANGELES — Late in the first half of USC’s 98-87 victory over UC Santa Barbara on Sunday evening, Chimezie Metu was lying on his back along the baseline of the Galen Center floor.
  An elbow from a Gauchos forward landed above his right eye, leaving a gash and oozing of blood. A trainer hurried over and stayed with him for several minutes. Andy Enfield walked over for a moment. Metu then plodded toward the locker room, holding a towel above his eye.
  “The gash was pretty sig
  
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• Santas hit the slopes at Mountain High in Wrightwood

  18-12-2017 06:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Approximately 20 skiers and snowboarders took part in the annual Santa Sunday at Mountain High Ski Resort in Wrightwood Sunday morning December 18, 2017. All those who registered received a $20 all day lift ticket to promote Protect Our Winters which is a nonprofit charity supporting the climate advocacy group for the snow sports community. They are building a movement against climate change. (Photo by Will Lester-Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)Approximately 20 skiers and snowboarders took pa
  
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• Where To Eat In Anaheim Hills

  18-12-2017 06:18
  Anaheim Hills is a planned community located just south of Yorba Linda and resides within the Anaheim city limits. In recent years, this quiet, hillside community also boasts some amazing places to eat and drink that won't break the bank.
  
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• Chargers’ injury luck ends with bruising night in Kansas City

  18-12-2017 05:36 via ocregister.com
  
  KANSAS CITY — The NFL loves to declare that “football is family.” What happened on the Chargers sideline Saturday night likely isn’t what the league imagined.
  Late in the third quarter of an eventual 30-13 loss to Kansas City, safety Adrian Phillips injured his ankle after his right leg got pinned under quarterback Alex Smith. He was able to limp to the medical tent — but when he got there, he wasn’t alone. His wife, Camille, had come down from the stands to c
  
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• Pharoh Cooper gives the Rams several happy (punt) returns

  18-12-2017 05:30 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — Pharoh Cooper started this season without a defined role. Now he’s a hero.
  The Rams’ second-year receiver is an afterthought on an offense filled with playmakers, but three times in the first half Sunday, Cooper put that offense in favorable field position with his great punt-return skills.
  In the first quarter, Cooper returned a punt 53 yards to the Seattle 1-yard line, and the Rams scored on the next play for a 13-0 lead. In the second quarter, Cooper had two return
  
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• Ducks’ Adam Henrique on his return to N.J.: ‘I’m sure it’ll be emotional’

  18-12-2017 05:24 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWARK, N.J. – As the Ducks were wrapping up their Sunday workout on the practice rink at Prudential Center, the New Jersey Devils were having a casual holiday skate in the arena for their players and family members. A team party would commence afterward.
  Adam Henrique might have been forgiven if he accidentally stumbled into either.
  This was his home since the Devils gave him a one-game look at the end of the 2010-11 season and then brought him into the fold. And up until the Nov. 30 trad
  
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• Police arrest mother on suspicion of abusing 13-month-old twins, girl in hospital

  18-12-2017 05:11 via ocregister.com
  
  Police arrested a 26-year-old Santa Ana woman on Sunday, Dec. 17, on suspicion of physically abusing her 13-month-old twins, sending one girl to the hospital in critical condition, authorities said.
  The child was taken to the UCI Medical Center on Sunday, unresponsive and with multiple injuries, police said.
  Santa Ana police detectives arrested Sacil Lucero, the girl’s mother. Police said Lucero, a mother of four who is pregnant with her fifth child, admitted to detectives that she had int
  
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• Bonsignore: Rams unleash 14 years of frustration on Seahawks

  18-12-2017 03:46 via ocregister.com
  
  SEATTLE — It’s an anger that’s been building for nearly two decades. All those years of losing. All those years of ridicule. The snide remarks. The blatant mocking behind their backs. The laughter.
  The Rams had only themselves to blame, of course. It was their problem, created by their doing. Those 14 non-winning seasons, the NFL worst 46-113-1 record they produced from 2006-2017. It was all on them.
  But the ridicule hurt. It would be dishonest to say otherwise. Even worse, the
  
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• Facing misconduct investigation, Panthers owner Jerry Richardson selling team

  18-12-2017 03:40 via ocregister.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Facing a growing investigation that accuses him of sexual misconduct and using racist language at work, Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson announced Sunday that he will sell the NFL team after the season.
  The team announced on Twitter that Richardson is selling the team, linking to a five-paragraph letter by the franchise’s only owner.
  “I believe it is time to turn the franchise over to new ownership,” Richardson wrote, saying he wouldn’
  
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• Trump: ‘No, I’m not’ firing Mueller

  18-12-2017 02:59 via ocregister.com
  
  By JONATHAN LEMIRE,
  The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he is not considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller even as his administration was again forced to grapple with the growing Russia probe that has shadowed the White House for much of his initial year in office.
  Trump returned to the White House from Camp David and was asked if he was considering triggering the process to dismiss Mueller, who is investigating whether the president’s R
  
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• Play It Forward Dec. 18-24: Kobe’s number night kicks off a Lakers-Warriors twice-in-five-days event (minus Curry)

  18-12-2017 02:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Ranking the top 10 sports events Dec. 18-24 you won’t want to miss:
  NO. 1: NBA: WARRIORS at LAKERSDetails/TV: At Staples Center, Monday, 7:30 p.m., Spectrum SportsNetLAKERS at WARRIORSDetails/TV: At Oracle Arena in Oakland, Friday, 7:30 p.m., ESPNSo we’ve got this occasion where Kobe Bryant’s 8 and 24 jersey numbers are going to be retired Monday in a halftime whoop-de-do.But this is also a week where the Lakers can finally get Golden State’s number. Twice.A month ago, th
  
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