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• Tomac sets pace in his return to racing at Anaheim Supercross

  20-01-2018 23:50
  Eli Tomac of Cortez, returning to the AMA Monster Energy Supercross series Saturday afternoon in Anaheim, set the pace in the first round of qualifying runs with a fastest lap of 51.038 seconds.
  
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• Natalie Portman, Viola Davis, Scarlett Johansson join Women’s March in L.A.

  20-01-2018 22:37 via ocregister.com
  A group of A-listers joined the Women’s March in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday.
  The roster of speakers includes Allison Janney, Eva Longoria, Mila Kunis, Rob Reiner, Adam Scott and Kamala Harris, organizers say.
  The march started at Pershing Square at 10 a.m. with demonstrators making their way to City Hall.
  Among those attending: Natalie Portman, Viola Davis and Scarlett Johansson.
  Last year’s march in Los Angeles drew dozens of celebrities, including Barbra Streisand, Jane
  
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• La Palma home prices: Are they a bargain on a national scale?

  20-01-2018 21:58 via ocregister.com
  
  This is how La Palma housing looks compared to the rest of the nation by Zillow’s math.
  The online housing tracker’s national databases can help add some perspective to the high price of local living.
  As of November, for example, Orange County real estate by Zillow’s math — the No. 5 nationally in housing market size — has a median home value of $696,200, 13th highest in the 1,700-plus U.S. counties tracked. That’s after surging 44.7 percent in the last f
  
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• Long Beach, Huntington Beach publish Amazon Coast bid after online titan rejects offer

  20-01-2018 20:40 via ocregister.com
  
  If Amazon had built its second headquarters in the cities of Long Beach and Huntington Beach, the company would have been able to keep some of the tax revenue the move may have spurred, among other incentives.
  After losing out on the lucrative bid, the two cities on Friday publicly released their proposal—dubbed “Amazon Coast.” The proposal details the trade-offs the two cities were willing to make to lure Amazon and the 50,000 high-paying jobs it promises.
  Among the incentives
  
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• Girls basketball: No. 1 Mater Dei vs. No. 2 Brea Oinda breakdown (video)

  20-01-2018 19:48 via ocregister.com
  
  GIRLS BASKETBALL
  No. 1 Mater Dei (15-3) vs. No. 2 Brea Olinda (16-2) 
  When: Saturday, Jan. 20
  Where: Mater Dei, 7 p.m.CIF-SS division: Open or Division 1 for both teams
  Updated state rankings by MaxPreps: Mater Dei No. 10, Brea Olinda 20
  Last time they played: 2015 CIF-SS Open Division quarterfinals, Mater Dei won, 77-50
  Key players: Jasmine Rachal (Brea Olinda, Sr., G), Iyree Jarrett (Brea Olinda, Sr. PG), Brooke Demetre (Mater Dei, Fr., F), Emma Torbert (Mater Dei
  
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• Women’s March participants across nation share photos, video on social media

  20-01-2018 19:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Millions of women are expected to participate in today’s Women’s March, which marks its one year anniversary.
  Events were held in major cities, including New York, Denver, Dallas and Washington, D.C. In Southern Califorina, marches are being held in Los Angeles, Redondo Beach, Santa Ana and Riverside.
  In New York, speakers included comedian Whoopie Goldberg and artist Yoko Ono.#WOMANPOWER
  At the NYC #WomensMarch with dear @WhoopiGoldberg pic.twitter.com/DXVOrAEMYs
  — Yoko Ono (@
  
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• DMV to offer REAL ID, special driver’s license making it easier to fly when regulations kick in

  20-01-2018 19:41 via ocregister.com
  
  Want to make air travel easier in a few years?
  The Department of Motor Vehicles can help.
  Beginning Monday, Jan. 22, the California DMV is taking applications for special identification cards and driver’s licenses that can be used to comply with federal air-travel regulations that kick in 2020.
  The California Department of Motor Vehicles on January 22 will start taking applications for identification cards and driver’s licenses that can be used to comply with federal air travel regul
  
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• ‘Shakespeare in Love’ at South Coast Repertory captures charms of the movie as well as its shortcomings

  20-01-2018 19:33 via ocregister.com
  
  “Shakespeare in Love” has caused a rift among critics and theater lovers ever since its London debut in 2014. A lavish and well-cast production that opened Friday at South Coast Repertory reveals the delights, guilty pleasures and problems of this popular and more-or-less faithful adaptation of the film, which (as movie fans surely recall) was the dark horse that shockingly beat “Saving Private Ryan” for the best-picture Oscar in 1999. (Oh, those crafty pre-scandal Weinst
  
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• Thousands show up for women’s march in downtown Los Angeles

  20-01-2018 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Thousands of people are gathering in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 20, marking the one-year anniversary of the Women’s March that fired up millions of people in protest across the nation after President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
  Hundreds of marches are planned Saturday and Sunday around the country and in other parts of the world.
  On Saturday, demonstrators are meeting at Pershing Square, at 532 S. Olive St., in downtown Los Angeles at 10 a.m., and marching to Grand
  
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• Hundreds of thousands show up for Women’s March in downtown Los Angeles

  20-01-2018 19:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 20, marking the one-year anniversary of the Women’s March that saw millions of people across the nation fired up in protest after President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
  Hundreds of marches are planned Saturday and Sunday around the country and in other parts of the world.
  On Saturday, demonstrators met at Pershing Square, at 532 S. Olive St., in downtown Los Angeles at 10 a.m. for a march to Gran
  
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• Thousands gather for women’s march in Santa Ana

  20-01-2018 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  Thousands of people are gathering in Santa Ana on Saturday, Jan. 20, marking the one-year anniversary of the Women’s March that fired up millions of people in protest across the nation after President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
  Hundreds of marches are planned this weekend around the country and in other parts of the world.
  The women’s march gets underway in Santa Ana (Photo by Jonathan Winslow, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  This year’s march plays out against a
  
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• 20,000 people show up for Women’s March in Santa Ana

  20-01-2018 18:18 via ocregister.com
  
  An estimated 20,000 people are gathering in Santa Ana on Saturday, Jan. 20, marking the one-year anniversary of the Women’s March that fired up millions of people in protest across the nation after President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
  Hundreds of marches are planned this weekend around the country and in other parts of the world.
  The women’s march gets underway in Santa Ana (Photo by Jonathan Winslow, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  This year’s march plays out ag
  
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• Heisler: More than half a century later, Lakers legend Elgin Baylor will get his statue

  20-01-2018 18:00 via ocregister.com
  
  At long last, Elgin in bronze.
  That’s Elgin Baylor, of course. If being known by one name is a measure of superstardom – Ali, Babe, Wilt – then Elgin hasn’t needed a statue to certify his greatness from the day he arrived in 1958.
  Nevertheless, it’s overdue with the unveiling set for April … 60 years later … finally correcting the tilt that saw four Lakers, two Kings, Oscar De La Hoya and Chick Hearn honored before him.
  With Staples Center and the King
  
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• Gardening: Tree species that dates to the dinosaurs can clean the air in your home today

  20-01-2018 17:45 via ocregister.com
  
  They are the most distinctive and unforgettable trees in Southern California gardens and landscapes. Unlike palm trees, which also have an exotic look, there are not so many of them as to become boring. The first time you see one, your jaw drops in amazement and you have to go up close and touch the foliage since this is a tree that does not look real.
  I am talking about Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla).
  Indigenous to an island 900 miles east of Australia, the trees are valuable in t
  
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• Leven Kali Recruits Syd for His Slow-Burning Track 'Do U Wrong': Listen

  20-01-2018 17:04
  Leven Kali performs onstage during the Day N Night Festival at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on Sept. 8, 2017 in Anaheim, Calif.
  
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• HOA Homefront: New Year’s resolutions Part IV – the service provider

  20-01-2018 16:45 via ocregister.com
  
  This is the fourth and final installment of this series, which previously addressed the director, the homeowner, and the manager. 
  As the association’s service provider, I resolve to:
  NUMBER ONEFollow the Golden Rule. [treating others how I want to be treated]PROPOSALS
  2. Give the board the best proposal I can. If I think the association’s request for proposal is missing important elements of the work, I will add those elements to my proposal but will also disclose the extra cos
  
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• Two sure things in life – death and taxes (and real estate)

  20-01-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Two things each of us can be sure of is that we’ll be held accountable to pay our fair share of taxes and that none of us is going to make it out of here alive.
  And since these are facts, not fairy tales, we need to face them head on and have a frank discussion about the importance of having your affairs in order, especially when you have loved ones who count on you to provide for them and most certainly when you own real property, so that things are as easy as possible for those left behi
  
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• How would splitting Prop. 13’s tax rolls affect California’s commercial real estate?

  20-01-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Split roll. Not a term with which you are familiar? Here’s a brief primer. Split roll refers to a different treatment of property taxes for residential vs. commercial real estate.
  Since the enactment of Proposition 13 in 1978, California property owners have enjoyed a program that assesses property values annually in July — commercial and residential — multiplies that assessment amount by 1 percent and sends a property owner a bill in October. Your percentage may vary slightly
  
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• Cypress home values hit record high by this math

  20-01-2018 14:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Cypress housing hits a peak.
  So how does it look compared to the rest of the nation by Zillow’s math? The online housing tracker’s national databases can help add some perspective to the high price of local living.
  As of November, for example, Orange County real estate by Zillow’s math — the No. 5 nationally in housing market size — has a median home value of $696,200, 13th highest in the 1,700-plus U.S. counties tracked. That’s after surging 44.7 percent
  
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• Orange County unemployment dropped all the way through the end of 2017

  20-01-2018 12:18
  Job seekers receive information at the Anaheim GardenWalk on Wednesday morning at the 3rd annual Anaheim/O.C. Job Fair (Mark Rightmire, The Orange County Register Unemployment dropped to 2.8 percent in December, down from 2.9 percent in November and below the year-ago estimate of 3.5 percent, state officials reported. Only a few counties - San Francisco, Marin, Santa Clara and San Mateo - had lower jobless rates, fueled by the continuing technology boom in the Bay Area.
  
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• Things to do for pet lovers, with and without their pets

  20-01-2018 09:58 via ocregister.com
  
  8th Annual Pet Days: Learn about caring for pets; receive information on procedures like spaying, neutering and microchipping; and maybe find your next best friend. 9 a.m.-3 Sunday, Jan. 21. Orange County Marketplace at the Orange County Fair  & Expo Center, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa. $2 admission will be waived with a donation of items to help animals and get free admission. Items include paper towels, bleach, cat litter, potty pads, gift cards, cash and fresh, new pet food (nothing op
  
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• Woman killed, four people hurt in Long Beach crash

  20-01-2018 09:23 via ocregister.com
  LONG BEACH — One person was killed and four others suffered critical injuries Friday night in a two-vehicle collision in Long Beach.
  The crash was reported at 10:33 p.m. in the area of Long Beach Boulevard and Spring Street, said Jake Heflin of the Long Beach Fire Department.
  A woman in her 20s was pronounced dead at the scene, Heflin said. The surviving victims were trapped in the wreckage and had to be freed using the Jaws of Life, according to Heflin.
  The four patients were taken to tra
  
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• Melanie the Labrador retriever mix is an older gal looking for love

  20-01-2018 08:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Labrador retriever mix
  Age: 10 years young
  Gender: Spayed female
  Melanie’s story: Oh, the betrayal … to be an older gal, left abandoned by the only family you;ve ever known, at a high-kill shelter. Melanie had no idea what happened. One day she woke up and there she was. Melanie is a sweet girl who deserved better, and Labradors and Friends volunteers promised her they would make that happen. Melanie doesn’t see as well as she used to, and her body has slowed down a bit
  
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• Video: Ducks’ Cogliano returns in win over Kings

  20-01-2018 08:28 via ocregister.com
  
  Andrew Cogliano returned from his 2-game suspension as the Ducks beat the Kings 2-1. Cogliano had an assist while Adam Henrique and Ryan Kesler scored the winning goals.
  Video by Jonathan Khamis, for the Orange County Register.
  
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• Crean Lutheran officials issue statement but decline to give reasons for dismissing Matt Bowman as varsity football coach

  20-01-2018 08:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Crean Lutheran players and Coach Matt Bowman join hands after Thursday’s game with Aquinas at Irvine Stadium. Photo courtesy Ted RigoniCrean Lutheran coach Matt Bowman encourages offensive lineman Tom St. George after in a game this year at Irvine Stadium. Photo courtesy Ted RigoniCrean Lutheran head football coach Matt Bowman talks to his players during a skills challenge last month. Photo courtesy Ted RigoniCrean Lutheran head football coach Matt Bowman (left) and assistant coach Chris C
  
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• Get ready for a shock that sticks, as US Postal Service stamps will soon cost you more

  20-01-2018 08:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Looking to mail something this weekend? Better hurry up, if you want to save a lucky penny. The price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp is going up from 49 to 50 cents — starting Sunday.
  The United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) back in October of price changes to take effect Jan. 21, 2018.
  You’ll also see 1-cent increases on postcard stamps and metered letters.
  The Post Office’s filing did not include any price change for singl
  
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• JSerra upsets state-ranked St. John Bosco

  20-01-2018 07:42 via ocregister.com
  
   
  DJ Rodman scored 23 points and JT Robinson scored 20 for JSerra as the host Lions handed St. John Bosco its first Trinity League loss 59-44.
  JSerra, ranked No. 4 in Orange County, is 14-4 overall and 3-2 in league. St. John Bosco, No. 3 in CIF-Southern Section Division 1 and No. 6 in CalHiSports.com’s state rankings, is 16-3 overall and 4-1 in league.
  St. John Bosco and Mater Dei are tied for first place.
  Also in the Trinity League:
  No. 2 Santa Margarita 89, Orange Lutheran 71: A ba
  
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• Tesoro uses stifling defense to squeeze out a win over El Toro

  20-01-2018 07:40 via ocregister.com
  
  LAKE FOREST – Holding a team scoreless in a quarter is a defensive achievement.
  That’s what Tesoro’s boys basketball team did to El Toro on Friday night, relying on its defense to erase a halftime deficit and holding off a late surge by the Chargers to win 63-59.
  Titans coach Steve Garrett beamed with pride as he spoke about the victory.
  “Defense wins games,” said Garrett. “I was really proud of the guys with their commitment to playing D (in the second h
  
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• Ryan Kesler’s goal lifts Ducks to 2-1 win, sends Kings to 6th straight defeat

  20-01-2018 07:29 via ocregister.com
  
  The Ducks’ Nick Ritchie tries to gain possesion of the puck with The Kings’ Kyle Clifford applying defensive pressure during a game against the Los Angeles Kings at Honda Center in Anaheim on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)Things get chippy between The Ducks’ Corey Perry and The Kings’ Kevin Gravel during a game at Honda Center in Anaheim on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. (Photo by Matt Masin, Orange County Register, SCNG)The Kings&rsquo
  
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• La Habra rides Sorensen’s record-setting effort to win over Buena Park

  20-01-2018 07:19 via ocregister.com
  
  LA HABRA – La Habra’s boys basketball team held onto a share of first place in the Freeway League on Friday night behind the hot-shooting of Troy Sorensen.
  The senior shooting guard made seven of his school-record eight 3-pointers in the second half and finished with a season-high 28 points to rally the host Highlanders past Buena Park for a 63-55 victory.
  “What a special player,” said first-year La Habra coach Aaron Riekenberg, a former Buena Park coach.
  “Buena Par
  
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• Short-handed Lakers overcome miserable foul shooting to beat Pacers

  20-01-2018 07:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Clarkson, front, goes up for a basket past Indiana Pacers center Domantas Sabonis during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)Los Angeles Lakers forward Corey Brewer, left, tries to catch a rebound over Indiana Pacers guard Lance Stephenson during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo, left, drives
  
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• Miller: Andrew Cogliano returns, adding more emotion to Ducks-Kings rivalry

  20-01-2018 06:58 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — They entered Friday separated by just two points in the standings and even less in real life.
  In fact, that tiny cubicle between the benches at Honda Center – the space not even half the size of a regulation penalty box – is a relative canyon when it’s dividing the Ducks from the Kings. And vice versa.
  For the second time in six days, the rivals shared the same shrinking ice surface for the Ducks’ 2-1 win, their previous gathering still as fresh as the bru
  
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• Dhaliwal makes sure Aliso Niguel holds off Trabuco Hills

  20-01-2018 06:46 via ocregister.com
  
  ALISO VIEJO – Harminder Dhaliwal was the difference-maker for Aliso Niguel in a 57-53 win over Trabuco Hills on Friday.
  Dhaliwal, a 6-foot-9 senior center, produced game highs of 20 points, nine rebounds and five blocked shots in the South Coast League game at Aliso Niguel High.
  The Wolverines are in a three-way tie for first place in the five-team league. They are 2-1 in league, as are El Toro and Tesoro. Tesoro defeated El Toro 63-59 on Friday.
  Aliso Niguel’s Lucas Parks shoots pas
  
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• Ducks’ Andrew Cogliano flattered by support in return from streak-snapping suspension

  20-01-2018 06:38 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Everything was back to normal for Andrew Cogliano.
  By the time the bulk of the Ducks hit the ice Friday for their morning skate at Honda Center, Cogliano was already out there with his longtime linemates, Jakob Silfverberg and Ryan Kesler.
  Hours later, Cogliano was completing his pre-game routine as he has for all 11 of his seasons. But as he skated around and took shots in the warm-up sessions, signs from Ducks fans around the glass offered support of a remarkable consecutive ga
  
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• Tustin pulls out confidence-boosting win over Valencia

  20-01-2018 06:33 via ocregister.com
  
  PLACENTIA – Despite being in early foul trouble and its top scorer and rebounder eventually fouling out, Tustin managed to grind out a 51-47 victory over Valencia in an Empire League boys basketball contest Friday at Valencia High.
  The Tillers (9-10, 2-2) stay within range of front runners Cypress and Pacifica in the league standings, while the Tigers (8-12, 1-3) will need to start notching victories to get into contention.
  “We’ve had a rough stretch for the last couple of week
  
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• Capistrano Valley races past Mission Viejo, tightens grip on Sea View League

  20-01-2018 06:18 via ocregister.com
  
  MISSION VIEJO – Few teams have dominated their league the way Capistrano Valley has the Sea View League the past three seasons. The Cougars won their 12th consecutive league game Friday, beating Mission Viejo 61-40 at Capistrano Valley High.
  Capistrano Valley (16-5, 3-0) won the CIF-SS Division 2 championship last season and all five starters from that team returned this season. Expectations were at an all-time high for the Cougars and for the most part, they have delivered.
  The Cougars su
  
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• Man injured in officer-involved shooting in Lake Forest neighborhood

  20-01-2018 05:04 via ocregister.com
  
  LAKE FOREST — A man was injured in a deputy-involved shooting Friday, Jan. 19, in a residential neighborhood off of Jeronimo Road and Bake Parkway, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department official said.
  An initial call came in at 4:15 p.m. of a man with a weapon at a Walmart in Foothill Ranch, a community in Lake Forest, sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie Braun said. As deputies responded to the Walmart, the sheriff’s department began receiving calls from multiple locations
  
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• Democrats kill stopgap spending bill; government headed for shutdown

  20-01-2018 04:57 via ocregister.com
  
  By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and THOMAS KAPLAN
  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats, showing remarkable solidarity on Friday in the face of a clear political danger, blocked consideration of a stopgap spending measure to keep the government operating, leaving less than two hours for lawmakers to find a way to avert a midnight shutdown of much of the federal government.
  Senate Republican leaders fell well short of the 60 votes necessary to proceed on the spending bill, which had passed th
  
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• Construction to begin on a $1.9 billion widening of the I-405 freeway in Orange County

  20-01-2018 04:41 via ocregister.com
  
  A decade of planning for an ambitious widening of the I-405 freeway will soon give way to construction – kicking off five years of roadwork that transportation officials say will ease gridlock, ultimately, on one of the busiest routes in the nation.
  “That corridor is one of the most heavily congested corridors in the nation,” said Ryan Chamberlain, director of the Caltrans district that covers Orange County. “(Driver’s) are sitting in stop-and-go traffic,
  
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• Advocates launch last-ditch effort to change public opinion about river bed homeless encampments

  20-01-2018 04:39 via ocregister.com
  
  A generator powers the skeletal communications operation inside the large beige tent across Katella Avenue from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department firing range. Gun shots puncture the steady thrum of the motor, but the loud bursts don’t disturb the handful of advocates bent over laptops as they work to disseminate information about the homeless population along the Santa Ana River Trail.
  They are there to record and upload the stories of homeless people who see the spray-painted
  
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• Young Adrian Kempe showing quite a bit for Kings

  20-01-2018 04:30 via ocregister.com
  
  There is always something to be happy about, even when a team is slumping.
  The Kings have hit the skids of late, having lost five consecutive games to drop into a tie for eighth in the Western Conference standings going into Friday’s game after having been in first in December. But forward Adrian Kempe, a 21-year-old speed merchant, is a player who is still putting a smile on the face of Coach John Stevens.
  Kempe played in 25 games a season ago as a rookie, scoring two goals and doling out
  
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• Adopt Boston, a mellow, mannered flat-coated retriever mix

  20-01-2018 04:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Breed: Flat-coated retriever mix
  Age: 7 years
  Gender: Neutered male
  Size: 80 pounds
  Boston is a 7-year-old flat-coated retriever mix looking for his forever home. (Courtesy of The Bone Adventure)Boston gets along well with other dogs and is looking for a home with no small children, although older children would be just fine. (Courtesy of The Bone Adventure)Boston is being cared for at The Bone Adventure in Costa Mesa and can be visited there if you’d like to meet him.
  
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• What could happen at Camp Pendleton and other Southern California bases if the government shuts down?

  20-01-2018 03:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Marines take cover while firing a 60mm mortar during a exercise at Camp Pendleton in 2013. (File photo by Kevin Sullivan, The Orange County Register/SCNG)The main gate to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Oceanside in 2013. (Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG file)The Marine Corps selected 17 miles of coast between Oceanside and San Clemente as the site for Camp Pendleton, a training base whose history is intertwined with San Juan Capistrano’s. (File photo by Joshua Sudock, Oran
  
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• Veteran point guard Jordan McLaughlin helps USC find some success on road

  20-01-2018 03:56 via ocregister.com
  
  It was a narrow margin, and it was on the road.
  Late in the USC basketball team’s 75-70 victory at Oregon on Thursday, its first triumph in Eugene since 2009, it was carried by its senior point guard.
  Twice in the final 40 seconds, the Trojans held a one-point lead, and twice Jordan McLaughlin was sent to the free-throw line. On each trip, he sank a pair of free throws, extending the lead to three points. With 11 seconds left, McLaughlin hit two more, sealing the win.
  Through the first two
  
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• Defendant in Buena Park parking lot killing has died in custody

  20-01-2018 03:46 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA — A murder charge was dismissed Friday against a 62-year-old man accused of deliberately running over a woman in a hotel parking lot in Buena Park because the defendant has died in custody, a prosecutor said.
  Nelson Ward Jr. of Santa Ana was charged with murder, along with assault with a deadly weapon or instrument likely to produce great bodily injury. He died in mid- November “apparently from natural causes,” Senior Deputy District Attorney Troy Pino said.
  Ward was
  
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• Bellator 192: Khonry Gracie, son of UFC legend Royce Gracie, calm before pro MMA debut

  20-01-2018 03:45 via ocregister.com
  
  Passing the torch is one thing. Then there’s handing off the equivalent of the sun.
  To your son, no less.
  Khonry Gracie will follow the footsteps of his father, UFC Hall of Famer Royce Gracie, when he makes his pro MMA debut Saturday at Bellator 192 at The Forum.
  Khonry Gracie during the Bellator 192 Official Weigh-ins at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. (Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Bellator welterweight Khonry Gracie during Bellator 192 fig
  
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• Walmart training academy unveiled at Pico Rivera store, first class graduates

  20-01-2018 03:18
  A Walmart training academy at the company's Pico Rivera store celebrated its first graduating class on Thursday. The academy will serve 16 Walmart stores throughout the region.
  
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• Santa Ana Councilwoman Michele Martinez announces mayoral run

  20-01-2018 02:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Ana Councilwoman Michele Martinez announced her run for mayor Friday, Jan. 19, though the period to officially file candidacy papers doesn’t begin until July.
  The announcement pits the three-term councilwoman, who represents Ward 2 and serves as mayor pro tem, against Ward 6 Councilman Sal Tinajero, according to campaign intention statements.
  In a statement, Martinez said the city needs to address its financial health, foster greater transparency and tackle pressing issues.
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• How do Costa Mesa home prices rank nationally?

  20-01-2018 02:43 via ocregister.com
  
  Here is how Costa Mesa housing looks compared to the rest of the nation when using the Zillow periscope.
  The online housing tracker’s national databases can help add some perspective to the high price of local living.
  As of November, for example, Orange County real estate by Zillow’s math — the No. 5 nationally in housing market size — has a median home value of $696,200, 13th highest in the 1,700-plus U.S. counties tracked. That’s after surging 44.7 percent in
  
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• Redlands man gets prison time for leading Laguna Beach police on pursuit that involved a shooting

  20-01-2018 02:40 via ocregister.com
  
  NEWPORT BEACH — A 55-year-old man pleaded guilty and was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for leading Laguna Beach police on a pursuit that prompted a non-injury officer-involved shooting.
  Richard Lyle Lewis of Redlands pleaded guilty to a theft with a prior felony conviction for car theft and leading police on a chase, both felonies. A felony charge of assault on a peace officer and a misdemeanor count of driving without a license were dropped.
  Richard Lyle Lewis, 55, of Redlands
  
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