Anaheim news

• Needles, 85 spray paint cans among the haul at Bolsa Chica beach cleanup

  13-01-2018 23:31 via ocregister.com
  
  Nearly 200 volunteers combed Bolsa Chica State Beach during the Surfrider Foundation’s first beach cleanup of the year on Saturday, Jan. 13. Hundreds of straws, plastic bottle caps and more than 85 spray paint cans were among the many items found after the first storm of the year flushed trash down the local rivers dumping stuff on the beach. “It was a new years resolution to be more friendly to the earth,” said Stephanie Do, 22, of Long Beach, who came with with two friends to
  
  Read more

• Julius Randle, Lakers beat Mavericks in OT for 4th win in a row

  13-01-2018 23:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Dallas Mavericks guard Dennis Smith Jr., left, defends as Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball (2) looks for an opportunity to the basket in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Clarkson (6) goes up for a shot after getting past Dallas Mavericks forward Dwight Powell (7) in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)Dallas Mavericks forward
  
  Read more

• Adopt Dustin, a sweet, easygoing bichon frise mix

  13-01-2018 23:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Dustin is a 4-year-old bichon frise mix looking for his forever home. (Courtesy of Bichon Rescue of Orange County)Dustin is a 4-year-old bichon frise mix looking for his forever home. He’s sweet and easygoing and gets along with other dogs. And he loves walks! (Courtesy of Bichon Rescue of Orange County)Show Caption of Expand
  Breed: Bichon frise mix
  Age: 4 years
  Gender: Neutered male
  Size: 17 pounds
  Dustin’s story: Dustin is a handsome lad who’s looking for his new forever
  
  Read more

• After suffering 67-64 home loss against Cal State Fullerton, UCI tries to bounce back tonight

  13-01-2018 22:48 via ocregister.com
  
  UC Irvine’s Russell Turner yells for a timeout late during a Big West Conference game at the Bren Events Center in Irvine on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)UC Irvine’s Brad Greene is hounded by Cal State Fullerton’s defense in the paint during a Big West Conference game at the Bren Events Center in Irvine on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)UC Irvine’s Tommy Rutherford returns to the g
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Clippers’ Patrick Beverley happy to be back, even if only as a cheerleader

  13-01-2018 22:36 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Patrick Beverley was bored at home in Houston, with a bum knee and nothing to do but watch basketball games on TV and travel to and from his rehabilitation sessions. So he jumped on an airplane as soon as he tossed away his crutches and rejoined the Clippers on Saturday.
  Beverley couldn’t play against the Sacramento Kings, but he said he looked forward to helping in any way he could while seated on the Clippers’ bench at Staples Center for the first time since und
  
  Read more

• Gavin Newsom is the target as 6 candidates battle in California governor debate

  13-01-2018 22:28 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Six candidates for California governor clashed over health care, education and immigration issues in the first major debate of 2018 on Saturday morning at USC. The lively debate frequently pitted Gavin Newsom against everyone else.
  Newsom, the frontrunner in public-opinion polls on the race to succeed Gov. Jerry Brown, faced criticism from fellow Democrats Antonio Villaraigosa and John Chiang over his support for a single-payer health-care system.
  The state’s lieut
  
  Read more

• LiAngelo, LaMelo Ball held scoreless in Lithuanian league pro debut

  13-01-2018 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball took a big step up in competition Saturday morning in their second basketball game in Lithuania and failed to score a point.
  LiAngelo, 19 and LaMelo, 16 played sparingly for Vytautas in the team’s 95-86 road loss to Lietkabelis.
  LiAngelo went 0-for-3 from the field in a little more than nine minutes. LaMelo played just over five minutes and was 0-for-4 shooting.
  The Ball brothers combined for 29 points Tuesday in their Lithuanian debut in an exhibition Big Baller B
  
  Read more

• Shooting sends Santa Ana man to the hospital

  13-01-2018 20:57 via ocregister.com
  
  A man was hospitalized and in critical condition on Saturday morning, Jan.13 following a shooting Friday night that police say could be gang related.
  Police responded to reports of shots being fired near the 1200 block of South Pacific Avenue at 10:20 p.m. and found a male victim who had been shot in his upper body, said Cpl. Anthony Bertagna of the Santa Ana Police Department.
  The identity of the man, a 21-year-old Santa Ana resident, was not being released. The shooting took place in an area k
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Keith Jackson, known as ‘the voice of college football,’ dies at 89

  13-01-2018 18:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Sportscaster Keith Jackson, known as the “voice of college football” and longtime Rose Bowl broadcaster, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, at the age of 89. (File photo)
  LOS ANGELES — Sportscaster Keith Jackson, known as the “voice of college football” for his decades of broadcasting the game on ABC, died Friday night at the age of 89, according to multiple media reports.
  “For generations of fans, Keith Jackson was college football,” said Bob Iger, chairman an
  
  Read more

• Hoffarth: Enberg’s voice resonates 50 years after the UCLA-Houston ‘Game of the Century’

  13-01-2018 16:49 via ocregister.com
  
  A college basketball game, ill-fitted for a major domed stadium? It’s become common place today when TV wants to facilitate who should be declared the next NCAA champion.
  In 1968, that awkward template was stumbled upon with some trepidation, in a place no longer the eighth wonder of the world, with seats too far away from the action and beamed to the nation through a patch-work syndicated TV feed that was still adding affiliates, commercial spots and viewers as it was taking place.
  A half
  
  Read more

• Engineers are improving life for people who stand in line for the popular attraction

  13-01-2018 16:43
  Dumbo the Flying Elephant is currently closed for refurbishment at Anaheim's Disneyland. One of Disneyland's most popular rides in history has shut down temporarily, but don't panic: It will be back up and flying again soon, with a new and improved queue that will make life a bit better for those who stand in line for an hour at a time.
  
  Read more

• Adopt Tommie, the sweetest cat you’ll ever meet

  13-01-2018 16:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Domestic shorthair
  Age: About 1 year
  Gender: Spayed female
  Tommie’s story: Tommie was found wandering in an industrial park. She’s very tame, sweet and loving, and she’s good with kids and other animals.
  Adoption donation: $75, includes vaccinations and microchip
  Adoption procedure: Contact Lorraine with Long Beach Spay & Neuter Foundation at 562-544-0335 or [email protected].
  
  Read more

• A good-neighbor policy only goes so far

  13-01-2018 16:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Congratulations on selling your house!
  And good for you for finding a convenient rental in the same neighborhood while your new house is being built. Everything is falling into place at just the right time.
  Then, Amazon delivers your packages to your old address. Luckily, you’re on friendly terms with the buyers, and they call to let you know about your packages. Since you’re still in the same neighborhood, they just leave them on the porch for you to come by and pick up.
  Easy peasy
  
  Read more

• Marcia Frederick, first U.S. Gymnastics world champion, shares story of abuse

  13-01-2018 16:16 via ocregister.com
  
  FALL RIVER, Mass. — There is a weariness in her eyes and voice, the first hints of a woman worn down by the decades.
  “I’m beat,” she said. “Done.”
  Marcia Frederick, America’s first world champion female gymnast, is haunted.
  By the naïve, vulnerable teenage girl she can never save.
  By the coach she said preyed on her.
  By the adults who she said didn’t stand up for her.
  By all those early mornings and middle of the nights in her b
  
  Read more

• Disneyland’s flying Dumbo elephants are grounded, and the reason’s kind of shady

  13-01-2018 16:01 via ocregister.com
  
  One of Disneyland’s most popular rides in history has shut down temporarily, but don’t panic: It will be back up and flying again soon, with a new and improved queue that will make life a bit better for those who stand in line for an hour at a time.
  “The Dumbo elephants have packed their trunks for now,” park spokeswoman Suzi Brown joked, describing the rehabilitation efforts that started Jan. 8, which will include moving the lines to the back of the ride and installing &
  
  Read more

• Allen Buchanan: 3 random commercial real estate thoughts

  13-01-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Every few months, I purge my inbox with a post such as this — including random thoughts from my daily commercial real estate profession. I hope you appreciate the randomness.Cannabis – California’s growth industry?
  California voters legalized recreational cannabis sales in November 2016 via Proposition 64. Medicinal cannabis has been legal in California since 1996.
  However, in Orange County, Santa Ana is the only city to enact a plan to create dispensaries for the legal sale an
  
  Read more

• Offbeat and unusual entertainment at Segerstrom’s Off Center Festival

  13-01-2018 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Following sold-out shows in New York, Philadelphia and Las Veagas, drag artist Martha Graham Cracker makes her West Coast debut at Off Center Festival Jan. 19-20. (Photo by Chris Crisman)Shasta Geaux Pop uses her free-flowing emcee style to tackle naughty topics against a soundtrack of ’80s and ’90s hip hop. (Photo by Setty McIntosh)Shasta Geaux Pop uses her free-flowing emcee style to tackle naughty topics against a soundtrack of ’80s and ’90s hip hop. (Photo by Setty Mc
  
  Read more

• Stanton homebuying jumps 50%: 6 trends to ponder

  13-01-2018 11:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Here are Stanton 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” metric comparing supply of listings to new escrows opened in past 30
  
  Read more

• Amber Alert helps to track down vehicle stolen from Ontario with child inside

  13-01-2018 10:34 via ocregister.com
  
  ONTARIO — Police late Friday found a child unharmed who had been kidnapped earlier in the evening and credited a resident who received an Amber Alert and spotted the stolen vehicle.SBCO:I-15 southbound at 4th street, AMBER ALERT. Detail: CHILD ABDUCTION, 2004 SILVER DODGE RAM, CA LIC# DP803AM.
  — Caltrans District 8 (@Caltrans8) January 13, 2018Ontario police in a statement early Saturday said that at about 10:16 p.m. they received a 911 call from man who said his vehicle had just bee
  
  Read more

• ‘Potential irregularities’ prompt DA’s office to seize petitions in failed effort to unseat Newport Beach councilman

  13-01-2018 09:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County District Attorney’s Office seized the petitions used in a failed attempt to recall Newport Beach Councilman Scott Peotter over concerns regarding “potential irregularities,” the city said Friday, Jan. 12.
  A search warrant was served on the Orange County Registrar of Voters office in Santa Ana, according to an email from City Clerk Leilani Brown to the City Council, City Manager Dave Kiff and City Attorney Aaron Harp.
  No other details about the seizur
  
  Read more

• Man wounded in suspected gang-related shooting in Santa Ana

  13-01-2018 08:37 via ocregister.com
  SANTA ANA — A man was critically wounded in a shooting Friday night, Jan. 12, according to police.
  Around 10:20 p.m., officers responded to an alley in the 1200 block of South Pacific Avenue, where they found the victim with a gunshot wound to the upper torso, Cmdr. Michael Claborn said.
  He was transported to an area hospital in critical condition, Claborn said, adding the shooting appears to be gang-related.
  No suspects had been identified as of late Friday night.
   
   
  
  Read more

• Landon Donovan coming out of retirement to join Mexico’s Club Leon

  13-01-2018 08:08 via ocregister.com
  
  MEXICO CITY — Captain America is heading south for his latest comeback.
  Landon Donovan, widely considered the most accomplished player in American soccer history, is coming out of retirement for the second time in three years, this time to join Club Leon in Mexico.
  The Liga MX team announced Donovan’s return to soccer on Twitter on Friday night. Donovan will play for Leon in the Mexican Clausura tournament, although more details on his signing were not provided.
  Donovan has spent the
  
  Read more

• Five injured in multi-car collision in Costa Mesa

  13-01-2018 07:47 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA — Police were investigating a multi-car collision Friday night, Jan. 12, that injured five people.
  The crash involving at least four vehicles was reported around 7:05 p.m. near the intersection of Sunflower Avenue and  Bristol Street, Costa Mesa police officials said.
  Five people sustained non-life threatening injuries and were taken by ambulance to area hospitals, the Costa Mesa Fire Department said via Twitter. The crash was under investigation.
   
   
  Costa M
  
  Read more

• Northwood takes charge early and rolls over University 73-44 in PCL game (video)

  13-01-2018 07:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Northwood’s Jacob Huynh celebrates his three-pointer during a Pacific Coast League game against University at Northwood in Irvine on Friday, January 12, 2018. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)Northwood’s Trenton Harper, left, blocks the shot by University’s Alex Bray during a Pacific Coast League game at Northwood in Irvine on Friday, January 12, 2018. (Photo by Kyusung Gong/Contributing Photographer)Northwood’s Jacob Huynh, left, shoots past University&rs
  
  Read more

• Las Vegas gunman took elaborate steps to hide his tracks, new documents show

  13-01-2018 07:45 via ocregister.com
  
  By Adam Goldman and Jennifer Medina
  The New York Times
  As he meticulously planned the Las Vegas attack, the man responsible for the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history took elaborate steps to stymie the inevitable law enforcement investigation, according to federal court documents unsealed Friday.
  The FBI search warrants shed new light on the degree to which the gunman, Stephen Paddock, who killed 58 people and wounded more than 500 others after opening fire from a hotel room in
  
  Read more

• Curtis Millender gets his kick to win main event at LFA 30

  13-01-2018 07:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Curtis Millender knocks out Nick Barnes with a kick to the head during LFA 30: Millender vs. Barnes at the OC Fair Grounds in Costa Mesa, CA., Friday, Jan. 12, 2017. (Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Curtis Millender reacts after knocking out Nick Barnes with kick to the head during LFA 30: Millender vs. Barnes at the OC Fair Grounds in Costa Mesa, CA., Friday, Jan. 12, 2017. (Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Christian Aguilera reacts after knocking out Maycon Mendonç
  
  Read more

• La Habra survives nerve-wracking finish to beat Troy in Freeway clash

  13-01-2018 07:21 via ocregister.com
  
  LA HABRA – It was a serious question.
  “Are you guys having fun?” La Habra coach Aaron Riekenberg said to the team’s players during a final-minute timeout.
  They could answer “yes” moments later when Troy’s shot at the buzzer missed and La Habra was able to celebrate a 50-49 win in a Freeway League game Friday at La Habra High.
  It would have been no fun to start Freeway League play with a 0-2 record. La Habra lost to Sunny Hills 39-35 in a league opener We
  
  Read more

• Edison stays atop Sunset by fending off spirited comeback by Newport Harbor

  13-01-2018 07:14 via ocregister.com
  
  HUNTINGTON BEACH – For three quarters of the Sunset League boys basketball matchup between Newport Harbor and Edison on Friday, the Chargers were in total control.
  Edison had a 20-point lead late in the third quarter when the Sailors made a run and turned the contest into a two-possession game with plenty of time left in the fourth quarter.
  The Chargers ran time off the clock and made critical free throws in the final minutes to come away with a 59-48 victory at Edison High.
  Newport Harbor
  
  Read more

• Mater Dei gets back on track with resounding win over JSerra

  13-01-2018 06:54 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – Mater Dei needed a moment of redemption and a game against JSerra on Friday night provided that opportunity.
  Just two days after St. John Bosco ended the Monarchs’ 69-game league winning streak, Mater Dei boys basketball coach Gary McKnight was glad to be on the victorious side once again with a 63-38 win over the Lions.
  With a sly grin on his face McKnight set the bar high for his team.
  “Sixty-eight more to go,” he said.
  The No. 1-ranked Monarchs (12-5, 2-1)
  
  Read more

• El Toro erupts in fourth quarter behind Hocker, knocks off Aliso Niguel

  13-01-2018 06:38 via ocregister.com
  
  ALISO VIEJO – Travis Hocker erupted for 13 points in the fourth quarter Friday to lead El Toro to a 65-62 win over Aliso Niguel in a South Coast League boys basketball game at Aliso Niguel High.
  El Toro trailed by nine points early in the fourth quarter, but Hocker’s 13 points, a big 3-pointer from Steven Gutierrez and clutch free throws by Zach Raigosa chipped away at the Aliso lead. Hocker finished with 23 points and five 3-pointers.
  “He does the same thing every day in pract
  
  Read more

• Kennedy knocks off Tustin with poised finish

  13-01-2018 06:28 via ocregister.com
  
  LA PALMA – The progress and potential of Kennedy’s girls basketball team were on full display against visiting Tustin on Friday night.
  The Fighting Irish showed their improved poise by responding to a late surge by the reigning Empire League champion to secure a 54-41 victory.
  Tustin (10-8, 0-2) went on a 12-0 run early in the fourth quarter to trim the lead by Kennedy (14-4, 2-0) to 42-37 with 3:35 left. But the Fighting Irish answered with an 8-0 run to seal the victory, a step the
  
  Read more

• Martin Guitar to Debut Fifth Collaboration with Grammy Award-Winning...

  13-01-2018 05:36
  NAZARETH, Pa: Winter NAMM, Booth 5602 -- C.F. Martin and Co. will unveil the D-45 John Mayer Custom Signature Edition at Winter NAMM in Anaheim, California on January 25, 2018.
  
  Read more

• Godinez rallies to tie Estancia in Orange Coast League showdown

  13-01-2018 05:31 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA – Estancia boys soccer coach Robert Castellano is superstitious so he doesn’t like to talk about his team’s chances of winning its first league title since 2010 although the Eagles are playing quite well these days.
  Godinez has had a lock on first place the past two seasons, but the Grizzlies had to replace nine starters this season because of graduation. And now Estancia, which features an experienced roster loaded with 18 seniors, appears to be the team to beat in
  
  Read more

• Heisler: Lakers should add a year to Luke Walton’s contract every time LaVar Ball rips him

  13-01-2018 05:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Yes, Daddy Dearest.
  There’s no getting away from LaVar Ball even when he’s half a world away, continuing his outrages from Lakerdom to Lithuania.
  The Lakers live for the day they no longer hear his name, but there’s no pretending he doesn’t exist – as they’re trying to do – or that his latest rip of Luke Walton wasn’t a distraction, or that it’s not damaging their brand as they prepare to pursue elite free agents.
  In the annals of problem par
  
  Read more

• Sierra Canyon’s Kanan Ray transfers from UCLA to Colorado to play football

  13-01-2018 04:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Sierra Canyon lineman Kanan Ray. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Sierra Canyon lineman Kanan Ray. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Show Caption of Expand
  Kanan Ray was the most highly regarded offensive lineman UCLA signed in its 2017 recruiting class. Now the Sierra Canyon product will suit up for a different Pac-12 team.
  Ray signed a financial aid agreement with Colorado on Friday, the school announced, after UCLA released him from his National Letter
  
  Read more

• John Tunney, ex-US senator from California, dies at 83

  13-01-2018 04:21 via ocregister.com
  
  By ANDREW DALTON
  LOS ANGELES — John V. Tunney, whose successful campaign for a California seat in the U.S. Senate became the basis for the 1972 Robert Redford film “The Candidate,” has died. He was 83.
  Tunney died Friday afternoon in Santa Monica,  his brother, Jay Tunney, told The Associated Press. John Tunney had been suffering from prostate cancer and died in a temporary home that family members were converting into a hospice for him, his brother said.
  Tunney was among
  
  Read more

• Miller: Ducks and Kings return to ice to find hostility waiting

  13-01-2018 03:38 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – A lot of them head to tropical locales, the geographic shift no more jarring than exchanging ice skates for flip-flops, a frozen job for a frozen drink.
  Cam Fowler went to Cabo San Lucas, the defenseman using the Ducks’ mandated bye week to travel from the fringe of the playoffs to the edge of the Earth.
  “The hardest part is turning your mind back on to hockey,” he said Friday, after reuniting with his teammates for practice. “It’s easy to kind of ge
  
  Read more

• Orange County high school schedule: Saturday, Jan. 13

  13-01-2018 03:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school sports schedule for Saturday, Jan. 13.
  BOYS BASKETBALLDribble for the CureAt Magnolia HighAnaheim vs. Savanna, 10:30 a.m., Katella vs. Santa Ana Valley, 1:30 p.m., Century at Magnolia, 5 p.m.
  Rancho Christian ShowcaseSaddleback Valley Christian vs. Temecula Valley, 4:30 p.m.
  GIRLS BASKETBALLDribble for the CureAt Magnolia HighGarden Grove vs. Western, 9 a.m., Anaheim vs. Savanna, noon, Katella vs. Santa Ana Valley, 3:30 p.m., Century at Magnolia, 6 p.m.
  Stockto
  
  Read more

• Marines and Japanese soldiers team up to train across Southern California

  13-01-2018 03:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Col. Fridrik Fridrikkson the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Commanding Officer, bows his head during the invocation before the start of Exercise Iron Fist 2018 opening ceremony on Jan. 12. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jacob A. Farbo)Col. Ryugi Toyota, the Western Army Infantry Regiment Commanding Officer, speaks to attendees of the Exercise Iron Fist 2018 opening ceremony on Jan. 12. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jacob A. Farbo)Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division
  
  Read more

• Stars have aligned three times for the Los Angeles Kings

  13-01-2018 02:54 via ocregister.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO – Certainly the Kings know that making the All-Star team is not the most important thing in the world. But excuse the Kings for being stoked that when the NHL this week announced which players made it, they were the only team in the Western Conference with three.
  Defenseman Drew Doughty made his fourth consecutive team, center Anze Kopitar his fourth overall and goalie Jonathan Quick made it for the third time.
  The game will be played Jan. 28 in Tampa Bay.
  This is more than just
  
  Read more

• UCLA freshman Kris Wilkes hits stride as Bruins host Colorado

  13-01-2018 02:53 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — All of Kris Wilkes’ talents were on display Thursday night in UCLA’s blowout win over Utah.
  A behind-the-back dribble that broke down his defender as the freshman exploded to the rim for an acrobatic layup. A 3-pointer in transition. A steal that led to an alley-oop dunk he finished with two hands, despite having his body underneath the basket at the time he put the ball through the hoop.
  UCLA was waiting for this.
  After slumping through the latter part of the non
  
  Read more

• Dodgers reach contract agreements with all of their arbitration-eligible players

  13-01-2018 02:35 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers reached agreement on one-year contracts with all of their arbitration-eligible players Friday.
  The Dodgers have not gone to an arbitration hearing with a player since reliever Joe Beimel in 2007. Friday was the scheduled day for teams and players to exchange salary figures.
  Left-hander Alex Wood reportedly agreed to a one-year deal for $6 million, more than doubling his salary ($2.8 million) after going 16-3 with a 2.72 ERA and making his first All-Star
  
  Read more

• Newport Beach chamber to hold blood drive on Jan. 17

  13-01-2018 02:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce along with Hoag Hospital Newport Beach will hold a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17, in the chamber’s parking lot, 4343 Von Karmen Ave.
  Walk-ups welcome, but appointments are preferred. Parking will be validated.
  Donors should drink lots of fluids prior to donation, maintain usual eating habits on the day of donation and avoid fatty foods. All donors must show picture identification.
  Information: newportbeach.com.
  Louis Casiano
  
  Read more

• Big waves on the way as Mavericks contest in Northern California may run next week

  13-01-2018 02:31 via ocregister.com
  
  A big winter swell is set to hit California next week, bringing strong surf to Southern California, and with large enough waves to hold a big-wave surf contest in Northern California.
  Surfline.com, a surf forecast company based in Huntington Beach, is estimating waves will be 3- to 5-foot, with occasional 6 foot sets, on Monday, Jan. 15 in Orange and Los Angeles counties as the west, northwest winter swell fills in.
  The waves could reach about 8-foot on Tuesday and Wednesday, before dropping tow
  
  Read more

• Construction expected to begin in 2018 on streetcar through heart of Orange County

  13-01-2018 02:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Construction of a roughly $300 million trolley system through the heart of Orange County is slated to get underway this year as officials move forward with long-running plans for the OC Streetcar in Santa Ana and Garden Grove.
  The streetcars would run with the flow of street traffic from the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center, through Santa’s Ana’s burgeoning downtown district, past the seat of county power at the civic center, along the former path of the old Pacific Electric
  
  Read more

• Meet Larry Liguori, the ‘birdman of Laguna Woods’

  13-01-2018 02:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Stepping into Larry and Robin Liguori’s home in a quiet Laguna Woods cul de sac, the faint sound of high-pitched cackling and banter leads one to believe that an eccentric comedian holds live performances in their living room.
  “Hi babe!” were the first audible words a reporter could make out, upon walking into the Liguori household, coming from a beautiful white bird with bright orange feathers on its crest.
  Some of Gabby’s well-known catchphrases include “Hi, how are
  
  Read more

• Inside the Rams Podcast: A look back on an unexpected 2017 LA Rams season

  13-01-2018 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  The Rams season is officially over, but on the anniversary of Sean McVay’s hiring, Inside the Rams returns for at least one more week to look back on what’s been a charmed season for a Rams team that most expected to fail.
  Podcast host Ryan Kartje is joined by SCNG Rams beat writer Rich Hammond to discuss where the franchise stands after 2017 and just how Les Snead and the front office will navigate what promises to be a busy offseason.
  
  Read more

• Bacteria at the beach: Tests reveal high levels in water after ‘first flush’ of rain

  13-01-2018 01:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The results are in — and they are bad.
  Pamela Conti knew bacteria levels after this week’s first rains would be higher than normal, but she wasn’t expecting the samples taken at the rivermouth at San Juan Creek at Doheny Beach and at the Santa Ana River in Huntington Beach to be off the charts, literally.
  Both tests, taken on Wednesday morning, Jan 10, after the storm cleared, came back with bacteria results as high as the test will go — levels that reached 24,196 MPN.
  Th
  
  Read more

• Disaster-preparation classes offered by city of San Juan Capistrano

  13-01-2018 01:29 via ocregister.com
  
  San Juan Capistrano residents can learn to protect their home, family and neighborhood in case of earthquake, fire, terrorism or other disaster by attending a series of free classes being offered by the city. Learn to assess hazards and become self-reliant.
  After completing the 20-hour course, those who want to carry it to another level can volunteer for the city’s Community Emergency Response Team. For details, call 949-443-6304.
   
  
  Read more

• Mission Viejo wants resident feedback, creation of potential district maps

  13-01-2018 01:27 via ocregister.com
  
  The City Council is looking for feedback from residents regarding district-based elections including on potential boundary maps for voting districts and what election cycle should be implemented.
  The council has not decided yet whether to move from the current “at-large” system where all voters elect each council member to a system where voters in specific geographic regions chose a council representative for that district.
  The city is considering the change in response to a demand l
  
  Read more

Follow @Anaheim_NewsUS on Twitter!