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• Seal Beach’s 2018-2019 school year will start Aug. 8 and include a February break

  15-01-2018 23:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The school year will start earlier in 2018 and will include a February break. Most Los Alamitos School District sites will start in Aug. 8, with Weaver Elementary beginning Aug. 1, and ending in late May. The year will include week-long breaks in November over Thanksgiving, in February and in April — and will have a two-week break in December. The first semester will end at the winter break.
   
   
   
  
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• San Juan City Council eyes agreements for use of open space

  15-01-2018 23:23 via ocregister.com
  
  The City Council, meeting at 5 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 16, will consider entering into agreements involving two parcels of city-owned open space. One is an interim agreement with Blenheim Facility Management to operate the city’s riding park on Avenida La Pata. The other is a negotiating agreement with The Ecology Center to establish a “transformative community farm” using city-owned farmland along Camino del Avion, next to The Ecology Center.
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• Find a furry friend at annual Pet Days event Jan. 20-21

  15-01-2018 23:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Support local pet rescues and learn about animal welfare at the eighth annual Pet Days this weekend at the Orange County Marketplace.
  Visitors can meet animals, and maybe take one home, as well as receiving information about spay and neutering pets and microchipping the animals.
  – Louis Casiano
   
  ***If you go:
  When: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 20-21
  Where: OC Fair & Event Center, 88 Fair Drive
  Cost: Admission is $2, but will be waived with a donation of items such as
  
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• Children’s storytime at Newport Beach library

  15-01-2018 23:14 via ocregister.com
  
  The Newport Beach Library will host a family storytime event at its central branch this weekend.
  Children ages 3 to 5-years-old will read stories and poems and listen to songs during the weekly Saturday morning program.
  The library’s branches host storytimes for various age groups, starting as young as babies, throughout the week. They introduce language, movement and music to young children. Check the schedule at newportbeachlibrary.org/children/storytimes.
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• Laguna Art-A-Fair seeks 120 artists for its juried summer exhibition

  15-01-2018 23:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Laguna Art-A-Fair is looking for artists for its upcoming 52nd show.
  The juried fine art exhibit provides opportunities for 120 established and emerging artists to present their works to thousands of art lovers each summer. Jury Day for the 2018 festival is Sunday, Feb. 11 at Laguna Beach Boys & Girls Club, 1085 Laguna Canyon Road.
  Artists can hand-deliver their submissions from 8 to 11 a.m. Digital submissions must be posted by Jan. 26. Applications and other details are available at&n
  
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• Dana Point to make final vote on citywide smoking ban

  15-01-2018 22:59 via ocregister.com
  
  The Dana Point City Council on Tuesday, Jan. 16 will hold the second reading of a proposed ordinance to ban smoking in all public sidewalks, alleys and parking lots. Smoking was banned at all Dana Point city parks in March 2010. The council passed the first reading in December. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. in City Council chambers, 33282 Golden Lantern.
   
  
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• 12 starving siblings found chained to beds in Perris after sister escapes; parents arrested

  15-01-2018 22:55 via ocregister.com
  
  In what the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department described as a shocking discovery in a Perris house, 12 people were found chained and padlocked to their beds Sunday, Jan. 14, with the seven adults so emaciated that they initially appeared to be children.
  A 17-year-old girl — who appeared to investigators to be only 10 — escaped from the home in the 100 block of Muir Woods Road early Sunday and called 911 from a cellphone she had taken from the house, a news release said. She
  
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• 7 ways Orange County’s housing shortage hit house hunters

  15-01-2018 22:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Who can afford to buy an Orange County home?
  Folks with money!
  A limited supply of homes to buy, especially at the market’s more affordable price ranges, has pushed up prices and slowed the homebuying pace. Two new reports help illustrate a house hunter’s challenges in Orange County — CoreLogic tracks closed sales in the 22 business days ending Dec. 14 and ReportsOnHousing looks at brokers’ listings as of Jan. 11.
  Here are seven ways shrinking choices makes the house hunt
  
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• Cypress city commission to discuss soliciting award nominations

  15-01-2018 22:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The Recreation & Community Services Commission on Tuesday, Jan. 16  will be discussing soliciting nominations for the Annual Community Volunteer Service Award, Youth Volunteer Award and Outstanding Contribution to the Arts Award at its at 7 p.m. meeting in the Cypress Community Center Conference Room, 5700 Orange Avenue.
   
  
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• Curt Seeden: Fountain Valley Recreation Center getting some major improvements

  15-01-2018 22:46 via ocregister.com
  One of my greatest memories growing up was the time I spent at my local community center.
  It seems like nearly every day I would disappear from home and spend countless hours playing basketball with my friends in the old gymnasium.
  We’d take a break for some nourishment (a cheeseburger and fries from the burger place across the street) and then go burn it off with another four to five hours of hoops.
  Recreation centers have a place in my heart.
  I was on my junior high school basketball tea
  
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• O.C. girls water polo Top 10 rankings (with team records)

  15-01-2018 21:06 via ocregister.com
  
  GIRLS WATER POLOO.C. Register Top 10Updated 1-15-18
  1. Laguna Beach 12-02. Mater Dei 10-23. Corona del Mar 6-14. Foothill 8-55. Los Alamitos 11-36. Orange Lutheran 7-37. Santa Margarita 6-18. Huntington Beach 7-49. Newport Harbor 7-610. San Clemente 5-5
  
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• Crime log for week of Jan. 5-11

  15-01-2018 20:55 via ocregister.com
  JAN. 5Domestic violence: Around midnight. Atlanta Avenue and Brookhurst StreetDisturbing the peace: Around 2 a.m. 17600 block of Van Buren Lane. Police made at least one arrest.Assault: Around 9 a.m. Huntington Beach Pier. Police made at least one arrest.Vehicle theft: Around 10 a.m. 8200 block of Terry DriveVehicle theft: Around 11 a.m. 16800 block of Beach BoulevardVehicle burglary: Around 11 a.m. 7400 block of Edinger AveGrand theft: Arou
  
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• Orange County girls water polo athlete of the week: Sunny Hills’ Krisa Komrij

  15-01-2018 20:39 via ocregister.com
  
  Sunny Hills water polo Krisa Komrij is the Orange County athlete of the week for Jan. 15. 2018.Sunny Hills goalie Krisa Komrij is the Orange County girls water polo athlete of the week for Jan. 15. 2018.Show Caption of Expand
  The Register’s girls water polo athlete of the week for Monday, Jan. 15
  Krisa KomrijSunny Hills
  The senior goalie made 12 saves in a 6-3 victory against La Habra and 10 blocks in a 7-5 triumph against Fullerton to help the Lancers open 2-0 in the Freeway League.
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• Fryer’s O.C. boys basketball top 10 vote for this week

  15-01-2018 20:13 via ocregister.com
  
  How I voted today in the Orange County boys basketball top 10.
  But first, this was a challenging week for putting together at top 10. Capistrano Valley lost to Aliso Niguel, which lost to El Toro. El Toro also beat last week’s No. 6 team Trabuco Hills … El Toro is 9-9 so it’s not like the Chargers have doing this every week … Laguna Beach is going to have 23 or 24 wins at the end of the regular season, and Laguna beat Aliso and Orange Lutheran, yet it’s still diff
  
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• Photos: Ford plots modern take on “Bullitt” Mustang GT Fastback

  15-01-2018 20:04 via ocregister.com
  
  Five decades ago, actor Steve McQueen helped make a Ford Mustang famous in the 1968 movie “Bullitt.”
  When the North American International Auto Show opens to the public Friday in Detroit, a new version of the vehicle will be introduced.
  On Sunday at Detroit’s Cobo Center, members of the media got a sneak peek at the 2019 version and a look at one of the original Mustang GT Fastbacks, which was involved in a famous car-chase scene through the streets of San Francisco.
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• New art exhibit at Irvine Fine Arts Center highlights humans’ connection to land

  15-01-2018 19:58 via ocregister.com
  
  The Irvine Fine Arts Center will kick off its first exhibition of the year, LAND, on Saturday, Jan. 20.
  The exhibit will feature paintings and prints by Virginia Katz; drawings by Jennifer Celio and Christine Weir; paintings and a sculptural installation by Christine Nguyen; a live garden project by Michael Nannery and Kiyomi Fukui; and a paper, video and sound installation by Chris Natrop.
  “LAND focuses on works that seek to understand, highlight and critique our connection to land &ndash
  
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• CVS Pharmacy promises to end touch-ups of its beauty images

  15-01-2018 19:36 via ocregister.com
  
  CVS Pharmacy, the retail division of CVS Health Corp., wants to end touch-ups of its beauty images in its marketing campaigns by the end of 2020.
  The plan, announced Monday, affects the marketing materials CVS produces, but it also says it will work with key brand partners and industry experts to develop specific guidelines in an effort to ensure transparency.
  CVS says it will also launch the “CVS Beauty Mark”, a watermark used to highlight imagery that hasn’t been materially a
  
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• How to Sail Off into the Sunset

  15-01-2018 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Years ago, I was researching a piece on the Orange Coast College School of Sailing & Seamanship and visited one of its beginning sailing classes. I met Brian, a guy whose plan was to sell everything he owned, buy a boat and sail around the world. Brian told me this as he mis-tied a bowline and failed to properly fold a sail. Brian said he planned to leave in the spring. I labeled him as completely bonkers, really naive and an awesome interview.
  Brian also turned out to be infectious. After a
  
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• Ford goes ‘all in’ on electric cars with $11 billion investment

  15-01-2018 19:27 via ocregister.com
  
  Ford Motor Co. will more than double spending on electrified vehicles, amplifying its investment in a segment that the auto industry sees growing from what’s now just a fraction of the market.
  The carmaker will shell out $11 billion bringing 40 electrified vehicles to market by 2022, Jim Farley, president of global markets, said during a presentation at the Detroit auto show. That’s up from the $4.5 billion that Ford said in late 2015 it would invest through the end of the decade.
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• MLK day marked by Trump criticism, pledges to fight racism

  15-01-2018 19:17 via ocregister.com
  
  By RUSSELL CONTRERAS and FELICIA FONSECA
  Leaders of the Cherokee Nation marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day by welcoming the descendants of slaves into their tribe after years of exclusion, while King’s children and the pastor of an Atlanta church where King preached passionately decried disparaging remarks President Donald J. Trump is said to have made about African countries.
  At gatherings across the nation, activists, residents and teachers honored the late civil rights leader on what wou
  
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• Fans of The Cranberries are sharing this ‘Clueless’ meme in remembrance of lead singer Dolores O’Riordan who died suddenly

  15-01-2018 19:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Dolores O’Roirdan, 90’s rock icon and lead singer of The Cranberries died suddenly Monday at 46.
  Fans of the band  filled social media with tributes to the singer and, of course, screenshots of that part of “Clueless” where Elton asks to leave class to go find his Cranberries CD.Today is a day that we all need to go grab our Cranberries CDs. RIP Dolores O’Riordan. pic.twitter.com/hpAqZXNzwz
  — Brittany Ashley (@britt27ash) January 15, 2018
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• Musicians, fans share memories of Dolores O’Riordan, The Cranberries singer who died suddenly

  15-01-2018 18:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Dolores O’Riordan, 46-year-old lead singer of the rock band The Cranberries died suddenly on Monday in London, the Associated Press reported.
  The irish front-woman had a haunting voice that was most popular in the 1990s with songs like “Linger” and “Dreams.”
  Fans, fellow musicians and journalists shared their memories and favorite The Cranberries lyrics Monday, after hearing of O’Riordan’s passing.We are crushed to hear the news about the passing of Dolo
  
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• The Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan dies at 46

  15-01-2018 18:54 via ocregister.com
  
  LONDON — Dolores O’Riordan, lead singer of Irish band The Cranberries, died suddenly on Monday, Jan. 15. She was 46.
  O’Riordan died in London, where she was recording, publicist Lindsey Holmes said. The cause of death wasn’t immediately available.
  Holmes said the singer’s family is “devastated” by the news. Fans began sharing their thoughts and memories on social media.
  Singer Dolores O’Riordan of The Cranberries performs at the Wiltern Theatre on
  
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• Girls basketball: Orangewood Academy hosting MLK showcase today

  15-01-2018 18:42 via ocregister.com
  
  Orangewood Academy in Garden Grove is playing host to a seven-game, girls basketball showcase today on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
  The all-day event includes four teams ranked in the Orange County Top 10, including a 7 p.m. clash between Rosary and Orangewood Academy.
  Mater Dei, ranked No. 1 in Orange County, plays fellow CIF-SS Division 1-ranked Canyon of Canyon Country at 4 p.m. The Lady Monarchs are ranked seventh in Division 1, the Lady Cowboys are 11th.
  Sonora is taking on Foothill Tech, ra
  
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• MLK Day basketball events today

  15-01-2018 18:25 via ocregister.com
  
  Several single-day showcase basketball events will be played in Southern California today, the Martin Luther King holiday. Among them are the Coach Mike’s Long Shot Challenge at Corona del Mar and at Costa Mesa, and the Orange Lutheran Hoopfest at Orange Lutheran.
  The Orange Lutheran Hoopfest schedule: Foothills Christian vs. Lynwood, 10 a.m.; Rolling Hills Prep vs. Los Altos of Hacienda Heights, 11:30 a.m.; Los Alamitos vs. Mayfair, 1 p.m.; Santa Clarita Christian vs. Windward, 2:30 p.m.;
  
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• Dunn Deal: 80 for 80 — Cargile family celebrates dad’s birthday in memorable bike ride along Orange County coast

  15-01-2018 17:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Tom Cargile knows how to celebrate, as in 80 for 80.
  In a challenge and course designed by his son, Chuck, the elder Cargile rode his bicycle 80 miles on his 80th birthday with his brother, three sons and grandson, from Laguna Beach to Seal Beach and everything in between. The 80 miles were broken into three segments and took about eight hours to accomplish, including six-plus hours in motion.
  “It was a very special, special day,” said Chuck Cargile, who organized the ride. “(I
  
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• Orange County girls soccer athlete of the week: Troy’s Brianna Diaz

  15-01-2018 17:04 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s Orange County girls soccer athlete of the week for Monday, Jan. 16:
  Brianna DiazTroy
  The senior forward and team captain scored two goals as the Warriors defeated Sunny Hills 3-1 in a Freeway League game. Diaz is a two-time All-CIF-SS selection and has been all-league three times. Troy enters the week 8-4-4 overall and 2-0-0 in league.
   
  
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• Orange County boys soccer athlete of the week: San Clemente’s Tristan Weber

  15-01-2018 17:01 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s Orange County boys soccer athlete of the week for Monday, Jan. 15:
  Tristan WeberSan Clemente
  Weber finished with a goal and an assist in each of the Tritons’ two games last week. He has eight goals and 16 assists this season.
  
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• Orange County boys soccer top 10 (1-15-18)

  15-01-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The Register’s Orange County boys soccer top 10 for Monday, Jan. 15.
  ORANGE COUNTY TOP 101. Servite2. University3. San Clemente4. Valencia5. Edison6. El Dorado7. Santa Margarita8. Aliso Niguel9. Estancia10. Godinez
  
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• Memphis girl marches with Martin Luther King Jr., becomes CEO and spreads tolerance

  15-01-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Martha Daniel receives congratulations on her Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major Award at Christ Our Redeemer (COR) AME Irvine church Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, Orange County Register/SCNG)Rev. Mark Whitlock, left, makes a beeline to Orange County Register columnist David Whiting to give condolences on his dad’s passing. Whiting was recognized for his work with the Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major Award at Irvine’s Christ Our Redeemer (COR) AME church Sunday, Ja
  
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• Man escapes Chino jail, may have passed into Orange County, authorities say

  15-01-2018 16:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Police are searching Monday morning for a man who escaped from the California Institute for Men in Chino and led authorities on a pursuit out of San Bernardino County and possibly through Orange County, officials said.The escapee, Michael Garrett, 33, is a white man standing about 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighing about 197 pounds, according to a Facebook post on the Chino Police Department‘s page.
  Residents reported hearing alarms from the prison around 2 a.m., and police sear
  
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• Status Update: Orange County credit unions hit lending records in 2017’s third quarter

  15-01-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The credit union business is humming in Orange County with more than 102,000 new members joining local institutions as of the third quarter of 2017, according to a report by the Ontario-based California Credit Union League.
  A record high 1.38 million people were “member-owners” of 20 locally based credit unions, the report says. Membership has doubled from 690,000 since the early 2000s. Data for the report was drawn from the National Credit Union Administration as of S
  
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• Rohrabacher challenger’s ‘miscommunication’ involves claim about committee appointment offers

  15-01-2018 14:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Buzz is the Register’s weekly political news column.
  Hans Keirstead’s claim that Democratic leaders want him to chair the House Science, Space and Technology Committee made its way back to Capitol Hill, caught the attention of insiders and was refuted by Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer’s office.
  Keirstead, a pioneering stem-cell biologist with extensive experience in the health-care industry, is one of eight Democrats challenging Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. The first-time candidate
  
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• Pope seeks to turn tide of Chilean church bruised by scandal

  15-01-2018 13:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By NICOLE WINFIELD and EVA VERGARA
  SANTIAGO, Chile — Pope Francis’ visit to Chile was always going to be fraught, but it has taken on an unprecedented degree of opposition with the firebombings of Catholic churches ahead of his Monday arrival and protests by Chileans fed up with priest sex abuse and cover-up.
  Francis is coming to a country where around 60 percent of Chileans declare themselves to be Roman Catholics, but where the church has lost the influence and moral authority it o
  
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• Double suicide bombing in Baghdad kills at least 38 people

  15-01-2018 13:32 via ocregister.com
  
  By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and MURTADA FARAJ
  BAGHDAD  — Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a busy street market in central Baghdad on Monday, in back-to-back explosions that killed at least 38 people, Iraqi health and police officials said — the deadliest attack since last month’s declaration of victory over the Islamic State group.
  The bombings came just two days after a suicide bomber struck a police checkpoint in northern Baghdad, killing eight people there.
  No group ha
  
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• Racing legend Dan Gurney, who lived in Newport Beach, dies at age 86

  15-01-2018 10:34 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — Dan Gurney, the first driver with victories in each of the Formula One, IndyCar and NASCAR Cup series, died Sunday from complications of pneumonia. He was 86.
  His wife, Evi, announced his death in a statement distributed by All American Racers Inc.
  FILE – This May 31, 1969 file photo shows Grand Prix racer Dan Gurney. Gurney, the first driver to win in Formula One, IndyCar and NASCAR, died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018 from complications of pneumonia. He was 86. His wife, Evi
  
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• San Juan Capistrano homebuying cools: 11 trend to know

  15-01-2018 09:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Here are San Juan Capistrano 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 opene
  
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• Indonesia’s stock exchange evacuated after floor collapses

  15-01-2018 07:26 via ocregister.com
  Indonesia’s stock exchange evacuated people from the vicinity Monday after a floor collapsed during the midday trading break.
  The floor collapsed into the ground level of the bourse’s Tower 2, spokesman Rheza Andhika said by phone, adding that it wasn’t an explosion.
  Footage aired on local television MetroTV showed several people lying on the ground at the entrance of the building.
  The situation remains unclear, with employees still being accounted for, said Friderica Widyasari
  
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• Dozens hurt when floor collapses at Indonesia’s stock exchange

  15-01-2018 07:26 via ocregister.com
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia — A mezzanine floor inside the Jakarta Stock Exchange tower collapsed on Monday, injuring more than 50 people and forcing a chaotic evacuation.
  TV footage showed the lobby strewn with debris and people being helped out of the building while others lay on the grass or steps outside the tower.
  An injured man is carried out of the Jakarta Stock Exchange tower after a floor collapse in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. A mezzanine floor inside the tower collapsed on
  
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• Irvine man, 82, who went missing has been found and is safe

  15-01-2018 06:32 via ocregister.com
  Update: Irvine police tweeted late Sunday that Massih “Fred” Zahedirad has been found and seems to be in good health.
  Police in Irvine are asking the public’s help to locate Massih “Fred” Zahedirad, 82, who was reported missing in the Woodbridge community at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14.
  “He has Alzheimer’s and needs medication,” a police department announcement said.
  Zahedirad was described as 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 170 pounds with gray hair and
  
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• Martin Luther King Jr. days of service bring out crowds in Orange County

  15-01-2018 06:29
  Aidan Vouga, 12, of Anaheim takes part in a Unity Project inspired by artist Mary Corey March. Participants were invited to weave yarn around statements by Martin Luther King, Jr. that resonate with them.
  
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• Firefighters extinguish Santa Ana house fire, rescue trapped occupant

  15-01-2018 06:21 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A fire Sunday evening, Jan. 14, caused major damage to a house, ending with the safe rescue of a person who was reported to be trapped inside, authorities said.
  Orange County Fire Authority crews work on a house fire in Santa Ana in the 1300 Block of North Custer Street on Sunday.<br />Photo courtesy OCFA
  Firefighters responding to the 6:25 p.m. report of a residential fire on the 1300 block of North Custer Street found the house fully involved in flames, said Capt. Steph
  
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• Whicker: Trojans might be settling in for the season they visualized

  15-01-2018 05:49 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — De’Anthony Melton is not forgotten. He’s not gone either.
  The day USC announced Melton would be suspended for the whole season, he told Coach Andy Enfield he had an appointment but would be at practice as soon as he could get there. His absence would have been excused  by Enfield, but Melton showed up nonetheless.
  “And he dominated,” Enfield said. “Then he shot for 45 minutes by himself, just him and a couple of managers..”
  At least th
  
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• Kizzire outlasts Hahn on 6th hole of Sony Open playoff

  15-01-2018 05:40 via ocregister.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Patton Kizzire outlasted James Hahn in six extra holes to win the Sony Open to become the first multiple winner on the PGA Tour this season.
  Kizzire, who won the OHL Classic in Mexico last fall, closed with a 2-under 68.
  That turned out to be the easy part.
  Hahn shot 62 in the final round Sunday and got into a playoff with Kizzire at 17-under 263.
  They matched two pars and two birdies on the par-5 18th. They matched pars when they went to the par-3 17th. It ended on the par
  
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• How to deal with China’s newly empowered Xi Jinping

  15-01-2018 05:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The long-suffering American hope that economic liberalization would yield intellectual and political freedom in China is officially dead after President Xi Jinping’s coronation at the recent party congress. He emphasized party control, strengthened personal power and stifled intellectual dissent.
  Xi appears to be the most powerful Chinese leader since Deng Xiaoping if not Mao Zedong. At the congress Xi outlined his vision for the future: The People’s Republic of China is to develop i
  
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• Get friendly with fungi at south county nature reserve

  15-01-2018 05:26 via ocregister.com
  
  Here’s a chance to learn about wild mushrooms in a nature reserve in the hills between San Juan Capistrano and San Clemente. The Richard and Donna O’Neill Conservancy is offering a “Fun Finding Fungi Mushroom Walk” hosted by amateur mycologist Joanne Schwartz. “If we are fortunate and get rain, we might find a wide range of fungal forms and species,” the conservancy’s announcement said.
  Topics covered will include: What are mushrooms and why do we care?
  
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• Play It Forward Jan. 15-21: The NFL’s Final Four has a very Patriotic scent, but Jags, Vikings and Eagles smell upsets

  15-01-2018 05:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Ranking the top 10 sports events Jan. 15-21 you won’t want to miss:
  NO. 1: NFL: CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS AFC: JAGUARS at PATRIOTS Details/TV: At Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, noon, Ch. 2NFC: VIKINGS at EAGLESDetails/TV: At Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Sunday, 3:40 p.m., Ch. 11“If the final four quarterbacks in the NFL playoffs are Tom Brady, Blake Bortles, Nick Foles and Case Keenum I can tell you how this ends,” CBS Sports NFL writer Will Brinson t
  
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• Make Chinese lanterns for the Lunar New Year at Dana Point Library

  15-01-2018 05:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Learn how to make Chinese lanterns at the Dana Point Library.
  Participants will learn to make lanterns, which are symbolic to Chinese culture. They represent a “lighting of the way.”
  In Chinese culture, the red lantern is the symbol of booming life and prosperous business, so they are always hung on important festivals such as Lantern Festival, Lunar New Year and Chinese National Day in parks or along main streets. The lanterns have become a sy
  
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• Where California ranks for women-owned businesses

  15-01-2018 05:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The #MeToo movement has thrown a spotlight on the sexual harassment women often endure in the workplace
  But despite that challenge, women entrepreneurs are gaining serious traction in the world of business, according to a new report from FitSmallBusiness.com. In fact, female-owned businesses grew five times faster than the national average over the past nine years, and California is ranked as the fourth best state for women-owned enterprises.
  The list was topped by Georgia, which leads all state
  
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• How merit-based college became unfair

  15-01-2018 05:00 via ocregister.com
  
  WASHINGTON — During World War I, chemist James Conant was deeply involved in research on what was considered the worst imaginable weapon: poison gas. During World War II, as a science adviser to President Franklin Roosevelt, Conant was so central to the development of the atomic bomb that he was at Alamogordo on July 16, 1945. His most disruptive act, however, may have come in the interim when, as Harvard’s president, he helped put the university, and the nation, on the path toward a
  
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