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• La Palma city offices closed for holidays

  20-12-2017 22:18 via ocregister.com
  
  La Palma city offices, including City Hall and the Recreation, Public Works and Police Administration departments, will be closed starting Friday, Dec. 22 and will re-open Jan. 2.
  Trash collection will be disrupted Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. and will be pushed back one day. The city will also be collecting holiday trees for recycling during this two week period using a separate collection truck.
  Street sweeping services will be cancelled from Dec. 25 to Jan. 5,  and resume Jan. 8.
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• Chef Bruno Serato’s PastaThon fundraiser exceeds goals

  20-12-2017 22:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Donors gave more cash, boxes of pasta and jars of sauce than organizers hoped for at the Dec. 8 PastaThon, a fundraiser for a charity that feeds children in need.
  Final totals show the event, organized by chef Bruno Serato, raised $462,852 and collected 102,658 pounds of pasta and sauce this year; the goals were $350,000 and 100,000 pounds.
  Serato owns the historic White House restaurant in Anaheim, which he hopes to reopen in early 2018 after a February fire gutted it. His charity, Caterina&rsq
  
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• A confident Logan Shaw, Derek Grant boosting Ducks’ fourth line

  20-12-2017 22:11 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK – To earn the precious ice time a fourth-line forward does get in Randy Carlyle’s world, those players must be willing to do the grunt work and grind away at opposing teams without hurting his own.
  Logan Shaw saw that upon coming to the Ducks in the early part of last season. The willingness to do it effectively is what has made him find a regular role, which is something he highly values and cherishes.
  “That’s accepting my role,” Shaw said. “I’
  
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• Cypress Police Department grows with new hires

  20-12-2017 22:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Three new employees joined the Police Department on Dec. 14, when Chief Rod Cox swore in officers James Dowdell and Hector Mercado and Chaplain Richard Fieger.
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• Driver charged with murder in 3 deaths in high-speed Irvine crash

  20-12-2017 21:46 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – A driver involved in a high-speed crash in Irvine that left three people dead and another seriously injured was arrested Wednesday at his Rialto home and charged with murder, authorities said on Wednesday.
  Jeremy Wayne Greenwood, 30, is facing three murder counts and felony driving-under-the-influence stemming from a July 1 crash on Harvard Avenue at Michelson Drive.
  According to prosecutors, Greenwood was intoxicated while driving his 2015 Infiniti Q50 northbound on Harvard at
  
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• Art on display at the Anaheim GardenWalk

  20-12-2017 21:46
  A new mural by Brett Crawford of San Clemente adorns a wall at the Anaheim GardenWalk as part of the Artists Republic Mural Garden, on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. The Anaheim GardenWalk has turned empty storefronts and other spaces not in use over to artists for murals and exhibits.
  
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• California Elementary wins two special awards; campuses fundraise

  20-12-2017 21:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Local public schools are closed until Jan. 8 for the three-week winter break.
  Elementary and middle schoolers have been jubilant, planning parties and fun. High school students, though, are less enthusiastic, as they face deadlines for papers and projects, in preparation for January final exams.
  John Albert, principal of California Elementary School, shows the program from the California School Boards Association event, where his school was awarded the Golden Bell Award. Behind him is the Apple
  
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• Family in town for the holidays? How about a group hike — we have suggestions

  20-12-2017 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  This time of year is less about presents and food than it is about family and friends — and some of the best forever memories are holiday hikes.
  There are tips below for two terrific hikes. But first, a little inspiration from an excursion my wife and I took just the other week.
  The San Gabriel Mountain Range stretches across the northern horizon from Saddleback Mountain. Photo by David WhitingLooking south from high up on Saddleback Mountain, you can see across Orange County to the ocean&
  
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• Thousands attended Brea Art Gallery exhibits this year

  20-12-2017 21:25 via ocregister.com
  
  More than 4,000 people attended the city art gallery’s annual Watercolor West International exhibit.
  The Brea Art Gallery’s “Birth of Motion Pictures Exhibition” drew nearly 2,200 people and its annual “Made in California” exhibit drew about 2,000.
  The City Council got an update this week from the Brea Arts Corporation on its year.
   
  
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• Road construction to temporarily close Gates 1, 5 in January

  20-12-2017 21:20 via ocregister.com
  
  The city is performing road and sidewalk improvements on El Toro Road, requiring temporary closure of Gates 1 and 5 and adjacent sidewalks. Construction has been delayed due to forecasted weather conditions. Gate 5 will be closed 7 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2 through 7 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3. Gate 1 will be closed 7 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3 to 7 a.m. to Thursday, Jan. 4. Questions? Call City Hall at 949-639-0500.
  
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• LaVar Ball announces plans to start pro league for high schoolers who want to skip college

  20-12-2017 20:49 via ocregister.com
  
  The Junior Basketball Association, a 10-team league that will hold games in NBA arenas and include an L.A. franchise, made up of high school players who do not want to attend college, is the latest creation of LaVar Ball and the Big Baller Brand.
  Ball told ESPN of his plans Wednesday, including the unveiling of a league logo that has the outline of his son, Lonzo Ball, the Lakers’ starting point guard who actually did attend one year of college at UCLA.
  “Getting these players is goin
  
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• Lake Forest approves $990,232 contract for consultant to help guide development 22 years out

  20-12-2017 20:01 via ocregister.com
  
  LAKE FOREST — The City Council voted 4-1 to award a $990,232 contract to De Novo Planning Group to work as a consultant for the city’s General Plan Update for 2040.
  The General Plan update is the first for the city since the existing General Plan was adopted in 1994, shortly after the city’s incorporation in 1991. California cities are required by law to have a comprehensive, long-term general plan to guide in the physical development of the city, a staff report said.
  “Th
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in Costa Mesa crash

  20-12-2017 19:57 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA – A motorcyclist was killed Wednesday, Dec. 20 in a collision with an automobile, according to authorities.
  The name of the male who died in the crash reported around 8:50 a.m. near Airway and Lear avenues was not immediately available, Roxi Fyad, spokeswoman for the Costa Mesa Police Department said.
  The cause of the collision remains under investigation.
  
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• We illustrated 7 dwarfs that didn’t make it into Disney’s ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,’ in honor of the film’s 80th anniversary

  20-12-2017 19:51 via ocregister.com
  
  December 21, 1937 marks the 80th anniversary of the first showing of the animated feature-length film, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”  The film was 83 minutes long with more than 160,000 illustrations, and took five years to make.
  Unlike prior versions of Snow White, Disney named the dwarfs to fit their personalities.The seven dwarfs in the movie poster, from left to right are Grumpy, Dopey, Doc, Happy, Bashful, Sneezy and Sleepy. Dopey was supposed to be a speaking characte
  
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• Wait extends into 2018 to determine fate of young immigrants

  20-12-2017 19:37 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATTHEW DALY
  WASHINGTON — The fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants living here illegally and facing deportation will be decided next year, a Republican senator says.
  Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake said Wednesday he received assurances from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., that the Senate will vote in January on bipartisan legislation. The promise came in talks with the GOP leader on Flake’s backing for the tax bill.
  “While I would have written a much different b
  
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• Film guide for the week of Dec. 20

  20-12-2017 19:37 via ocregister.com
  
  Film guide for box-office releases and ongoing movies
  From news services
  NEW THIS WEEK
  ‘The Post’: (PG-13) (for language and brief war violence) The story of the Washington Post’s battled to bring the Pentagon Papers to light is meat and potatoes Steven Spielberg in the best possible way. The director focuses in on the Washington Post executives who risked everything to break the story — publisher Katherine Graham (Meryl Streep) and editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) —
  
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• Dramatic video shows LA deputies, medical staff reviving inmate who overdosed on Fentanyl

  20-12-2017 19:16 via ocregister.com
  
  I’m proud of the @LASDHQ Deputies & Correctional Health Services staff that resuscitated an unresponsive inmate after an apparent drug overdose in the jail. He is alive today bc of the lifesaving efforts.We must focus on drug prevention, intervention & rehabilitation. WATCH VIDEO pic.twitter.com/XRCrcPuRZr
  — Jim McDonnell (@LACoSheriff) December 20, 2017LOS ANGELES — Deputies and other personnel at a jail facility saved the life of a 19-year-old inmate who had stopped
  
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• Best thing I ate: classic beef pho at Little Saigon’s cutest new noodle shop

  20-12-2017 19:02 via ocregister.com
  
  There’s a cute new pho shop in Westminster. It opened in September as Phoever, but then in October the name suddenly changed to Pho Zink. Little else changed in the switchover, and this might very well be the cutest, cleanest pho shop in all of Little Saigon. That in and of itself is a pretty big deal since most pho shops in Little Saigon can be fairly dumpy. Most importantly, the pho is terrific. The menu is very basic, just a few slight variations of the classic Vietnamese beef noodle so
  
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• Swap your green tea for blue tea

  20-12-2017 19:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Tea made with the Butterfly Pea flower, an extraordinary plant found in Southeast Asia, is aquamarine blue. (Courtesy of Tea Forte)Tea made with the Butterfly Pea flower, an extraordinary plant found in Southeast Asia, is aquamarine blue. (Courtesy of Tea Forte)Tea made with the Butterfly Pea flower, an extraordinary plant found in Southeast Asia, is aquamarine blue. (Courtesy of Tea Forte)Show Caption of Expand
  Forget green tea and move over blueberry smoothies! There’s a new blue beverag
  
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• Laguna Hills’ Olympica Gymnastics takes home three state championships in San Diego

  20-12-2017 18:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Kylie Phillips, Audrey Jackson and Madelyn Snedeker brought home seven Top 3 finishes for Olympica Gymnastics at the USA Gymnastics Compulsory State Championships in San Diego this past weekend. (Courtesy of Meaghan Snedeker)Sophia Castro won a bronze medal on the balance beam at the Level 4 State Finals in San Diego this past weekend. (Courtesy of Claudia Castro)Adison Rusin won a Level 3 state championship on the vault at the USA Gymnastics Compulsory State Championships in San Diego this past
  
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• Mindy Kaling is a new Mom

  20-12-2017 16:51
  The 38-year-old actress welcomed her first child, a baby girl named Katherine, on Friday December 15, 2017, according to E! News. Mindy has yet to identify her daughter's dad and kept the news of her pregnancy top secret for weeks as gossip started circulating earlier this year , eventually telling America's Today show that the baby news was "an unexpected surprise", but she was "really excited" to become a mother.
  
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• Motorist killed in Santa Fe Springs single-SUV crash

  20-12-2017 16:37 via ocregister.com
  
  A motorist was killed late Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, in a single-vehicle crash on the 7800 block of Rockne Avenue in Santa Fe Springs. (Google Maps)WHITTIER — A motorist was killed in a single-SUV crash in Santa Fe Springs, authorities said today.
  The crash was reported at 10:47 p.m. Tuesday in the 7800 block of Rockne Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
  The driver of the overturned SUV died at the scene, authorities said.
  The cause of the crash was under investigati
  
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• Irvine Habana restaurant offers the best of Cuba at the Spectrum

  20-12-2017 16:34 via ocregister.com
  
  The Irvine Habana opened a few weeks ago. It is the second outlet for the local Cuban eatery, which first opened in 1995 at anti-mall The Lab.<br />A bulk of the restaurant is decorated with authentic Latin-inspired artifacts — from vintage wrought iron tables to an expansive one-ton chandelier. (Courtesy Rob Stark)When the owners of Habana first pitched their sultry Cuban concept to the Irvine Company, restaurateur Jeffrey Best faced blank stares from representatives of the res
  
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• Can plastic surgery make you perfect?

  20-12-2017 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  “You’d be a 10 if your boobs were bigger.”
  It wasn’t my agent or boyfriend who told me that, but a fellow actress, in 1988. I’d just turned 29 and never had an issue with my boobs. They were only a size A+, but as far as I could tell they’d never held me back professionally. Despite a less-than-voluptuous chest, I’d done a couple of (brief) topless scenes in movies, and by the late ’80s had starred in two TV series, “Falcon Crest” and &
  
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• Ryan Villopoto Amateur Motocross Cup | Champions Award - Invite To A1 Press Conference

  20-12-2017 12:07
  Riding Racing Youth Development and Feld Entertainment are proud to announce a special invitation to the forty individual class champions of the Inaugural Ryan Villopoto Amateur Motocross Cup presented by Alpinestars days prior to A1, the RV Motocross Cup will be wrapping up 1.5 hours south of Anaheim at Pala Raceway. "I'm excited to offer the class champions of the RV Cup a day they will never forget," said Ryan Villopoto.
  
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• Santa Ana girls soccer team continues to play at high level

  20-12-2017 09:50 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – There is a buzz around the Santa Ana High girls soccer team, as excitement builds for what could be a special season.
  Coach Joel Cruz, in his ninth year with the Saints, senses that this could be his best team, as Santa Ana improved its record to 11-3 with a 4-0 win over visiting Saddleback on Tuesday. It is the Saints’ best start under Cruz.
  “It is exciting,” said Cruz, whose team is ranked No. 1 in CIF Southern Section Division 5. “It looks promising.
  
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• USC linebacker Porter Gustin grows doubtful for Cotton Bowl

  20-12-2017 08:16 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — USC is increasingly likely to be without linebacker Porter Gustin for the Cotton Bowl against Ohio State later this month.
  Gustin, who has missed most of this season due to setbacks following his September surgery for a toe fracture, has not practiced since late October.
  Asked after a practice Tuesday if he would play in the Dec. 29 game, Gustin said, “It’s out of my hands, a very, very small chance.”
  Gustin then entered the locker room underneath the McKay
  
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• USC basketball’s depth takes a hit with injuries, De’Anthony Melton’s continued absence

  20-12-2017 08:14 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The absence of De’Anthony Melton continued Tuesday night against Princeton, as USC withheld the sophomore guard for a 10th consecutive game.
  Melton has not played this season as the university investigates his eligibility. Federal prosecutors have accused a family friend of accepting $5,000 in order to steer Melton toward an agent and sports marketer, a potential violation of NCAA amateurism rules.
  The Pac-12 Conference schedule starts a week from Friday, when USC hosts
  
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• Short-handed USC is upset by Princeton in overtime

  20-12-2017 08:03 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Understand coaches consider most losses bad, but none of the USC basketball team’s three previous losses this season were truly that bad.
  The Trojans dropped games to Texas A&M, a top-10 team, and Oklahoma, another ranked foe. SMU, which beat them in Dallas earlier this month, is just outside the top-25 landscape too.
  But USC’s 103-93 loss to Princeton in overtime on Tuesday night was bad, one that ended a modest two-game winning streak and will leave a consid
  
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• Tax bill passed by Senate on close party-line vote, 51-48; moves back to House

  20-12-2017 07:16 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — Jubilant Republicans pushed on early Wednesday to the verge of the most sweeping rewrite of the nation’s tax laws in more than three decades, a deeply unpopular bill they insist Americans will learn to love when they see their paychecks in the new year. President Donald Trump cheered the lawmakers on, eager to claim his first major legislative victory.
  The Senate narrowly passed the legislation on a party-line vote, 51-48, after midnight, hours after the GOP rammed it th
  
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• Boston Cardinal Bernard Law, who reassigned child molesters rather than stop them, dies at 86

  20-12-2017 06:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By Rachel Zoll
  BOSTON — Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston whose failures to stop child molesters in the priesthood sparked what would become the worst crisis in American Catholicism, has died, a church official said Tuesday. He was 86.
  Law had been sick and was recently hospitalized in Rome. The official who confirmed the death was not authorized to make the announcement and asked to remain anonymous. The Vatican was expected to make a statement later Wednesda
  
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• Michael Jackson sex abuse lawsuit dismissed; it was one of the major claims against his holdings

  20-12-2017 06:12 via ocregister.com
  
  By Andrew Dalton
  LOS ANGELES — A judge on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit brought by a choreographer who alleged Michael Jackson molested him as a child, resolving one of the last major claims against the late singer’s holdings.
  Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff’s summary judgment ruling against the now-35-year-old Wade Robson found that the two Jackson-owned corporations, which were the remaining defendants in the case, were not liable for Robson’s exposure to Jackson. He did not
  
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• UC Irvine buried by Montana’s early second-half run

  20-12-2017 05:56 via ocregister.com
  
  MISSOULA, Mont. — UC Irvine knew it faced a tall order against a Montana team that hasn’t lost at home all season, and the Grizzlies showed them why by pouncing on them to start the second half.
  Jamar Akoh had a career-high 23 points to go with seven rebounds and Montana rolled to an 86-68 nonconference victory on Tuesday night.
  Michael Oguine added 16 points and Timmy Falls scored 14 for the Grizzlies (7-4), who improved to 5-0 on their home court.
  Montana pushed the lead into doubl
  
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• UCLA basketball nearly blows 24-point lead against South Dakota in final 5 minutes

  20-12-2017 05:37 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA Bruins guard Chris Smith (5) reaches for the rebound against South Dakota Coyotes guard Matt Mooney (13) in the first half of a NCAA Pac 12 basketball game at Pauley Pavillion on the campus of UCLA on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)UCLA Bruins guard Kris Wilkes (13) loved the ball against South Dakota Coyotes in the first half of a NCAA Pac 12 basketball game at Pauley Pavillion on the campus of UCLA on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 in Lo
  
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• Send OCVarsity your football Signing Day news, photos on Wednesday

  20-12-2017 05:36 via ocregister.com
  
  High school football players throughout Orange County will get a chance Wednesday, Dec. 20, to officially sign a binding National Letter of Intent with a college on the first day of the NCAA’s new early signing period. The three-day period is open only for football and seniors.
  Follow the instructions below to have an athlete’s signing information or photo included in the Register’s OCVarsity coverage of Signing Day.
  ATHLETE INFORMATION
  The Register will publish a list of the O
  
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• Irvine Valley College men’s basketball team wins two of three at tournament

  20-12-2017 05:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine Valley scored 47 points in the first half and went on to a 87-75 win over Mira Costa in the Bill Brummel Classic at Saddleback on Saturday, Dec. 16.
  IVC won two of three games in the tournament and the game it lost was a three-point defeat to defending state champion San Diego City. San Diego City ended up winning the tourney title at Saddleback.
  Irvine Valley had a big first half on Saturday, jumping out to a 47-33 lead over Mira Costa. IVC shot 52.8 percent (19 of 36), made six three-po
  
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• Questions on any real need for Trump’s travel ban

  20-12-2017 04:57 via ocregister.com
  
  On Dec. 4, the United States Supreme Court allowed the third and most recent version of the Trump administration’s travel ban to go into effect pending further appeals.
  The policy imposes a varying degree of restrictions to visiting the U.S. on citizens of eight countries: Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen.
  The Trump administration lauded the decision to allow the ban to be implemented in full for the time being after lower courts partially blocked the tra
  
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• Dodgers to pay more than $36.2 million in luxury taxes, per report

  20-12-2017 04:56 via ocregister.com
  
  The Dodgers lowered their player payroll to $243.7 million in 2017, according to figures obtained by The Associated Press, but still managed to pay baseball’s highest competitive balance tax for the fourth consecutive season.
  The tax bill came to $36.2 million, according to figures compiled by the commissioner’s office and obtained by The Associated Press.
  That number figures to decrease after next season. The Dodgers have taken somewhat drastic measures to get below the 2018 tax thr
  
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• How college football’s new early signing period might impact USC

  20-12-2017 04:33 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Last week, USC coach Clay Helton summarized the whirlwind pace leading up to major college football’s first early signing period.
  “There’s been a lot of planes, trains and automobiles,” Helton said.
  Helton and the rest of the Trojans’ coaches have scurried across the country amid bowl preparations this month, visiting with high school seniors and their families in an effort to put together the first pieces of their 2018 recruiting class.
  The fren
  
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• Irvine boys basketball team falls to El Dorado 55-43 to wrap up So Cal Elite Gary Raya Classic

  20-12-2017 04:28 via ocregister.com
  
  A sluggish first half cost the Irvine High boys basketball team as the Vaqueros fell to El Dorado 55-43 in their final game of the Gary Raya Classic at El Dorado High Saturday, Dec. 16.
  Irvine finished the tournament 1-3 and dropped to 4-5 on the season. The Vaqueros lost to JSerra, San Clemente and El Dorado and defeated Valencia.
  The Golden Hawks (5-4) applied a full court press to start the game and disrupted Irvine’s rhythm. El Dorado forced three turnovers in the first four Vaquero po
  
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• Antonio Gates ready to step up as career winds down with Chargers

  20-12-2017 03:05 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA >> It’s the 15th week of his 15th NFL season, and Antonio Gates, one of the greatest tight ends the league has ever seen, is considering how it all may end, knowing full well that process is already in motion.
  Gates is still a Chargers fixture, a walking legend with 113 touchdowns to his name. “He’s beyond respected around here,” tight ends coach John McNulty says. But the NFL halts for no man, not even legends, and as this season has worn on, the tight e
  
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• Wolf: USC needs to rediscover discipline against Ohio State

  20-12-2017 03:03 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — When USC faces Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett in the Cotton Bowl, it will require the Trojans’ defense to play with incredible discipline.
  Barrett has rushed for more than 700 yards and is Ohio State’s second-leading rusher. But the question is whether USC is capable of even adequate discipline this season?
  Just a couple weeks ago, USC defeated Stanford in the Pacific-12 Conference title game, which featured a goal-line stand highlighted by defensive end Uche
  
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• Club 33 members sue Disneyland, saying they were booted for speaking out on harassment

  20-12-2017 03:01
  Few people know what goes on behind the doors of Club 33 in Disneyland because membership to the private club at the Anaheim theme park is limited and expensive. But a lawsuit filed this month gives a rare peek at the strict rules and code of conduct for members of the exclusive club, which has operated in Disneyland's New Orleans Square since 1967.
  
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• Ring in the New Year with a margarita toast at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville at Universal CityWalk

  20-12-2017 02:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, which opened at Universal CityWalk back in March, will celebrate the New Year and another day in paradise with a live telecast of Buffett’s Nashville concert, live music, a buffet dinner, margaritas and, of course, Caribbean-themed party favors on Sunday, Dec. 31.
  It all kicks off at 8:30 p.m. as guests are greeted with the specialty “Who’s to Blame” margarita and at midnight there will be, appropriately, a margarita toast along with
  
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• Meet this week’s Chargers opponent: New York Jets

  20-12-2017 02:49 via ocregister.com
  
  The Jets have been eliminated from the playoff race. For some reason, they still haven’t decided to play Christian Hackenberg.
  Two years ago, the franchise selected the polarizing Penn State quarterback at No. 51 overall — drafting him ahead of players such as Titans safety Kevin Byard (six interceptions this season), Jaguars defensive end Yannick Ngakoue (11 sacks) and Bears running back Jordan Howard (1,069 rushing yards). They did that despite drafting Bryce Petty a year earlier,
  
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• Former Fullerton city manager gets community service, probation for reckless driving involving alcohol

  20-12-2017 02:43 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – A former Fullerton city manager pleaded guilty Tuesday to reckless driving, in the wake of authorities saying he struck a tree while driving after consuming alcohol on election night last year.
  Joseph Felz, 58, agreed to a plea deal requiring him to admit to a misdemeanor count of reckless driving involving alcohol and was sentenced to 40 hours of community service and three years of informal probation, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said.
  Felz – who r
  
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• Lakers’ Brook Lopez has ankle sprain, will be reevaluated in 3 weeks

  20-12-2017 02:28 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO — Already in the midst of the least productive season of his career, Brook Lopez will now be sidelined for at least three weeks after spraining his right ankle in Monday’s 116-114 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
  “He’s upset,” Lakers coach Luke Walton said following Friday’s practice. “(Lopez) said he didn’t sleep much last night. … It wasn’t the throbbing pain that was keeping him awake as much as he was just frustrated t
  
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• Orange County boys cross country athlete of the year: JSerra’s Anthony Grover

  20-12-2017 02:02 via ocregister.com
  
  JSerra’s Anthony Grover burst onto Orange County’s cross country scene as a freshman last year and continued to ascend like a rocket in 2017.
  Grover won the Orange County Championships, CIF-SS and CIF State titles as a sophomore, and for those accomplishments, he has been named the Register’s boys cross country athlete of the year.
  “It just means a lot,” said Grover, a first-team All-County selection in 2016. “To know that I put in a lot of work and it all pai
  
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• All-County boys cross country teams: First team, Second team

  20-12-2017 02:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s All-County boys cross country teams.
  ALL-COUNTY FIRST TEAM
  Anthony Grover, JSerra, So.: The Register’s Athlete of the Year
  Luis Chavez, Mission Viejo, Sr.
  Simon Fuller, Dana Hills, Jr.
  Alexis Garcia, Newport Harbor, Jr.
  Jack Landgraf, Dana Hills, Sr.
  Ben McKenna, Aliso Niguel, So.
  Caleb Niednagel, Dana Hills, So.
  Adrian Vargas, El Toro, Sr.
  JSerra sophomore Anthony Grover is the OC Register’s 2017 All-County boys cross country Athlete of the Year. Photographed in
  
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• Orange County boys cross country coach of the year: Dana Hills’ Craig Dunn

  20-12-2017 01:59 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s All-County boys cross country team.
  Coach of the Year:
  Craig Dunn, Dana Hills
  The long legacy of success by the Dana Hills cross country program might overwhelm some coaches, but the Dolphins have continued to thrive under coach Craig Dunn.
  In Dunn’s second year at the helm, Dana Hills won its third consecutive Orange County Championships title and finished in the top three in CIF State Division 1 for the fifth year in a row.
  For these achievements, Dunn has been selec
  
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