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• What was The Rock doing in Surf City? Filming a scene for his HBO series ‘Ballers’

  25-01-2018 22:58 via ocregister.com
  
  In a video to an estimated 99.2 million followers, Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson gave a shout out to Huntington Beach’s beautiful sunset, oh, and the beautiful women in “your bronze skin and bikinis and baby oil …”
  “Not that I was paying attention to that,” he said with a smirk on his Instagram, as he sat in traffic while cruising down Pacific Coast Highway. “I was super focused.”
  A surf scene for the hit TV series “Ballers” wi
  
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• Bob Weir talks old school ‘viral marketing,’ opera at the NAMM 2018 Breakfast of Champions

  25-01-2018 22:55 via ocregister.com
  
  A massive line that included hundreds of musicians, instrument and technology manufacturers, businessmen, producers, studio and venue owners, members of the international media and more snaked around the Anaheim Hilton well before 8 a.m. Thursday morning as they eagerly awaited to get inside the Pacific Ballroom for the NAMM Breakfast of Champions.
  The popular and often standing-room-only event serves as the official kick-off to the annual National Association of Musical Merchants (NAMM) trade s
  
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• These 4 horses may stun Gun Runner at Pegasus World Cup

  25-01-2018 22:47 via ocregister.com
  
  Gun Runner will not win Saturday’s $16 million Pegasus World Cup.
  Yes, the 2017 Horse of the Year is the 4-5 morning-line favorite. He’s won six of his past seven races, five of them Grade 1 stakes. He is the best North American horse in training as he prepares to make the final start of his brilliant career.
  I get all that.
  It’s not even the disadvantageous No. 10 post position he drew Wednesday that makes me want to take a stand against him. He’s got the tactical speed
  
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• Former Disney star and girlfriend suspected of armed street robberies in Burbank hills

  25-01-2018 22:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Former Disney TV star Adam Hicks, seen above in a 2011 photo, is suspected in four armed street robberies in a Burbank hillside neighborhood. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
  Former Disney star Adam Hicks, was arrested with his girlfriend Wednesday morning in connection with an eye-catching number of armed street robberies in Burbank, authorities said.
  “I’d say four street robberies back to back is pretty unusual,” said Burbank Police Department Lt. Claudio Losacco.
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• Gov. Jerry Brown sets stage for final year in office by warning of climate change, defending his blueprint for future

  25-01-2018 22:19 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown warned of the dangers of climate change and extreme weather and heralded California’s economic turnaround in his final State of the State address on Thursday, previewing his 16th and last year as governor.
  For a politician who hates the L-word — “legacy” — Brown spent much of his 30-minute speech defending the key policies that will likely define his, including the state’s embattled high-speed rail project, his water tunnels
  
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• USC fires associate head coach Tony Bland amid college basketball corruption scandal

  25-01-2018 21:58 via ocregister.com
  
  USC has fired associate head basketball coach Tony Bland, according to his attorney, four months after he was among 10 men arrested and charged in the FBI’s probe into bribery and corruption in college basketball.
  Bland, who was fired last week, had been on administrative leave since September. Lynn Swann, the school’s athletic director, informed him of the decision in a phone call Friday.
  Jeffrey Lichtman, the New York-based defense attorney for Bland, said USC cited his indictment
  
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• XFL will return in 2020, with promise of faster games, standing for national anthem and no ‘criminality’

  25-01-2018 21:49 via ocregister.com
  
  The XFL is back, 17 years after it got body-slammed into infamy.
  Vince McMahon relaunched his rebel football league Thursday, when the pro-wrestling mogul announced that games will start early in 2020. Apparently, much will have changed from his failed venture in 2001.
  “We’re going to give the game of football back to fans,” McMahon said in a news conference that was broadcast on various online outlets.
  The new XFL will be a single-entity league, owned entirely by McMahon, the
  
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• Irvine police to conduct DUI checkpoint Friday night

  25-01-2018 21:46 via ocregister.com
  
  The Irvine Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint from 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, to 2 a.m. Saturday in the Culver Drive and Irvine Center Drive area.
  Vehicles will be selected for further screening on a pre-set basis to ensure objectivity, according to a news release. Motorists will be greeted and given information about impaired driving.
  Officers will direct suspected impaired drivers to a secondary area for further evaluation, the released said. Most motorists will experience littl
  
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• O.C. All-Star Classic notes: Players to don blue and white L.A. Chargers’ pants

  25-01-2018 21:38 via ocregister.com
  
  The players in the Orange County All-Star Classic on Saturday night will look like NFL players … at least by their dress from the waist down.
  The North and South all-stars in the 59th annual game at Orange Coast College will don the L.A. Chargers’ blue and white football pants.
  The pants surfaced at the North practice Wednesday night at El Modena. The South players are expected to receive their white pants Thursday night at San Clemente.
  Players won’t be able to keep the pants
  
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• Vladimir Guerrero say he’ll go into Hall of Fame as an Angel, the team’s first

  25-01-2018 21:34 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels will finally be represented on a plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
  Vladimir Guerrero announced Thursday he has chosen to be depicted with an Angels cap on his Hall of Fame plaque.
  Guerrero chose the Angels over the Montreal Expos — who have since become the Washington Nationals. Guerrero, who was elected to the Hall on Wednesday, spent the first eight seasons of his career with the Expos, followed by six with the Angels.
  Although his numbers were slightly better, in quality a
  
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• Knott’s Berry Farm aims to set a record on Charlie Brown Day

  25-01-2018 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  If you’re planning a visit to Knott’s Berry Farm next month, you might be able to help set a record for the most Charlie Browns.
  On Charlie Brown Day, Feb. 4, the park is encouraging visitors to come dressed as the lovable Peanuts character in his signature yellow T-shirt with a black zig-zag and a red baseball cap.
  Everyone is in costume will meet the park’s Charlie Brown at the Calico Mine stage for a group photograph at 1 p.m.
  The event is part of the park’s “Pea
  
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• On immigration, one event turned the Democrats from deplorable to open-doorable

  25-01-2018 20:09 via ocregister.com
  
  Every once in a while something really big happens, but the true impact isn’t felt until years down the road.
  For example, I’m sure that John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, had no idea that he would change the way the world ate lunch the day that he had a hankering for some meat between a couple of slices of bread while gambling.
  President Obama also probably didn’t understand the trouble he would cause by mocking Donald Trump at the 2011 White House Correspondents&rsquo
  
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• Are Taco Bell’s new Nacho Fries, available today, better than McDonald’s?

  25-01-2018 19:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Today, Irvine-based Taco Bell makes a major pivot when it introduces for the first time french fries to its Mexican-inspired menu.
  The so-called Nacho Fries are being touted by the chain as “the most-anticipated menu item release of the year.”  The seasoned fries, served with a side of warm nacho cheese, lands today, Jan. 25, on Taco Bell’s Dollar Cravings menu.
  The fried spuds are part of the chain’s push to double down on its dollar menu by introducing at leas
  
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• XFL looks like it’s coming back 17 years later

  25-01-2018 19:20 via ocregister.com
  
  After almost two decades, the Xtreme might get a chance to defend their championship.
  The XFL, which had a meteoric rise-and-fall run through the pro-sports landscape in 2000-01, apparently is returning. Vince McMahon, owner of World Wrestling Entertainment and co-owner of the original, self-styled rebel football league, has scheduled a news conference for noon today.
  According to several media reports, McMahon will announce the return of the XFL, possibly in 2020.
  It’s not yet known wheth
  
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• Firefighters contain 3-alarm house fire in Garden Grove

  25-01-2018 19:11 via ocregister.com
  GARDEN GROVE Crews worked more than an hour to contain a 3-alarm house fire Thursday morning, Jan. 25.
  The blaze reported at 8:48 a.m. caused the roof to collapse, said spokesman Capt. Thanh Nguyen of the Garden Grove Fire Department.
  One person was treated for smoke inhalation from the single-story home fire in the 9300 block of Royal Palm Boulevard. It was unclear if the person was a resident from the home, which is in a neighborhood of larger single-family houses, Nguyen said.
  Shortly af
  
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• Girls water polo: La Habra’s Lindsey Potter scores 12 goals in Freeway League game

  25-01-2018 18:52 via ocregister.com
  
  La Habra water polo player Lindsey Potter delivered an impressive offensive display Wednesday night.
  The junior utility player scored 12 goals in a 19-6 victory against Buena Park in a Freeway League match at Troy.
  “She likes to drive but can play set (as well),” La Habra coach Courtney Robertson said.
  After opening the Freeway with losses against Sunny Hills and Troy, the Highlanders have won two straight in league to even their record at 2-2.
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• One year later: Bruno Serato reflects as he prepares to reopen fire-damaged Anaheim White House

  25-01-2018 18:30 via ocregister.com
  
  When a devastating fire destroyed the Anaheim White House last February, owner Bruno Serato lost nearly everything he cherished.
  Over the course of a few hours the flames swallowed his livelihood, an original painting of his mother Caterina and a letter from Pope Francis. The blaze also threatened his internationally recognized philanthropic crusade to feed 2,000 meals daily to needy children in Orange and Los Angeles counties.
  It was, and remains, a nightmare.
  This is how it looked last year af
  
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• Football recruiting: Servite wide receiver Delon Hurt commits to UCLA

  25-01-2018 17:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Servite All-County wide receiver Delon Hurt (6-0, 191) committed to UCLA on Wednesday night, the senior announced on Twitter.California Dreamin’…🐻 #4sup pic.twitter.com/mArdUg5QoF
  — Delon (@DelonHurt4) January 25, 2018Hurt was a former Utah commit who didn’t sign with the Utes on the early Signing Day in December.
  He led the Friars with 59 receptions for 909 yards and 11 TDs last season and was selected third-team All-County.
  UCLA signed receivers Kyle
  
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• NAMM 2018: Cardboard keyboards and 4 other cool things we saw before the event opened

  25-01-2018 17:30 via ocregister.com
  
  As more than 100,000 people descend upon the Anaheim Convention Center for NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants’ big winter event, there are thousands of products on display. Some are traditional instruments with a new spin while others are new innovations ranging from video games to wearable tech.
  The Kami-Oto is a cardboard keyboard that the user assembles and can be hooked up to a smartphone or a synthesizer. Parent company Yudo is showing off the instrument at NAMM at the
  
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• Another quake rattles the West Coast. Whata s going on with the Ring of Fire?

  25-01-2018 17:27
  A light earthquake shook Southern California early Thursday, marking the latest in a burst of seismic and volcanic activity along the Ring of Fire. The 4.0-magnitude quake took place just after 2 a.m. about 31 miles southeast of Anaheim, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
  
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• Cole Custer, 20, aims for NASCAR Xfinity title and more

  25-01-2018 17:21 via ocregister.com
  
  Not many race fans in Southern California know about Cole Custer, who has competed for 16 years. Considering he just turned 20, it’s a remarkable stretch for the former Ladera Ranch resident who graduated two years ago from Tesoro High School in Rancho Santa Margarita.
  He burst onto the scene racing quarter midgets at Orange Show Speedway in San Bernardino. He has competed in various series before driving for Ken Schrader Racing in 2013 as a 15-year-old in the K&N Series, winning a rac
  
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• Villa Park in final phase of Town Center repaving

  25-01-2018 16:47 via ocregister.com
  
  The Villa Park Town Center will be paved starting 6 a.m. today during the fourth and final phase of a repaving project. This phase will cover the middle-right of the center. Information: villapark.org or 714-540-1700.
  Jonathan Winslow, 714-796-7978
  [email protected]
  
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• U.S. ranked world’s 6th best housing market: 6 things to know

  25-01-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The U.S. housing market will remain among the world’s top performers in 2018, according to a new forecast by Fitch Ratings.
  Here are six things you need to know about the upcoming year — predicted to see slowing appreciation with some noteworthy risks …
  1. No bubble: U.S. home prices should rise by 4.6 percent this year, sixth-best among the 22 national markets studied by Fitch. That’s a slight drop from last year’s 5 percent gains nationwide in 2017, sixth-be
  
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• Santa Ana doubles down on a bad deal with auto mall

  25-01-2018 15:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The city of Santa Ana violated state law in approving a $1 million subsidy to the Santa Ana Auto Dealers Association back in November, city staff informed the council on Jan. 16.
  State law requires the city to hold a public hearing and provide to the public an economic development subsidy report detailing the subsidy. The council hadn’t done this when it voted 5-1 to take $1 million out of city reserves for the building of a new digital sign for the auto mall.
  At the time, Michele Martinez
  
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• Entire 15 Freeway shut down in Temecula after crew hits gas main near Pechanga Casino

  25-01-2018 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  TEMECULA — Authorities this morning shut down all lanes of Interstate 15 in both directions after a road crew struck a 4-inch gas main near Temecula Parkway.
  The accident was first reported a little after 2 a.m., and both northbound and southbound I-15 was shut down at 3:10 a.m. Caltrans issued a SigAlert at 3:15 a.m. and said in a tweet that the freeway would be closed until further notice.
  Firefighters estimated it would take four to six hours to fix the gas main leak, though it wasn&rsq
  
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• Light earthquake shakes Southern California; no injuries

  25-01-2018 12:43
  The United States Geological Survey reports that the quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.0 occurred just after 2 a.m. Thursday. It was centered about eight miles northeast of Trabuco Canyon, California, which is located 31 miles southeast of Anaheim.
  
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• Early morning earthquake felt across Southern California

  25-01-2018 11:40 via ocregister.com
  
  A moderate earthquake was felt across Southern California early Thursday, Jan. 25.
  According to the Southern California Earthquake Data Center, the temblor, measured at magnitude 4.0, struck at 2:09 a.m. about 8 miles northeast of Trabuco Canyon, which would place the epicenter near Temescal Valley.
  Many Southern Californians took to social media to share that they had felt the shaker.Felt the #earthquake in Riverside.
  — Matthew Swope (@mattswope) January 25, 2018
  That was a real #ear
  
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• Column: Cal State Fullerton President’s Scholar gains more than a full scholarship

  25-01-2018 09:18 via ocregister.com
  By Riley Greenough
  My parents and I toured nearly a dozen college campuses in all parts of California before I decided to attend Cal State Fullerton. I was an anxious high school senior, desperate to fit in at the college that would be my college for the next four years.
  During each campus visit, I felt overwhelmed and lost in the sea of students brushing past me. I wanted my college experience to be unique. I wanted to be challenged, both academically and personally, without feeling like j
  
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• Laguna Hills housing vs. Laguna Niguel: How it looks on national scale

  25-01-2018 09:14 via ocregister.com
  
  How do Laguna Hills and Laguna Niguel compare on a national scale through the eyes of Zillow?
  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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• Servite receiver Delon Hurt flips commitment to UCLA

  25-01-2018 08:58 via ocregister.com
  
  Less than one week after backing off a verbal commitment to Utah, Servite wide receiver Delon Hurt flipped his pledge to UCLA.
  The three-star recruit announced his commitment to UCLA on Wednesday, boosting Chip Kelly’s 2018 recruiting class to 15 after the Bruins also received a verbal pledge from junior college safety/linebacker Je’Vari Anderson on Wednesday.California Dreamin’…🐻 #4sup pic.twitter.com/mArdUg5QoF
  — Delon (@DelonHurt4) January 25, 2018Hurt h
  
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• Anaheim 2 250 Class Photo Finish

  25-01-2018 08:13
  Monster Energy Kawasaki's Joey Savatgy raced to the overall 250cc class win this past Saturday night at round 3 of the 2018 Monster Energy Supercross series in front of a reported sell-out crowd of more than 45,000 fans. Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, hosted the first-ever Triple Crown event, a three-city showdown-Anaheim, Atlanta, Minneapolis-starting at Anaheim 2, where both the 250cc and 450cc classes competed in three main events of varying lengths.
  
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• Tanner Pearson nets overtime winner as Kings top Flames

  25-01-2018 08:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper (35) and defenseman Jake Muzzin (6) look to clear the puck as Calgary Flames right wing Troy Brouwer (36) looks for a rebound during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, in Calgary, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)Los Angeles Kings left wing Tanner Pearson (70) knocks Calgary Flames center Sean Monahan (23) away from the puck dduring the first period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, in Calgar
  
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• ‘Grumpy Cat’ said to be vindicated by Santa Ana jury’s copyright lawsuit award

  25-01-2018 07:48 via ocregister.com
  
  By Travis M. Andrews
  To most Internet users, Grumpy Cat – the feline with a furry frown – is a minor celebrity that capitalized on the popularity of memes in 2012 as a perpetual sourpuss. One of the most famous images of the cat, for example, was overlaid with the text, “I had fun once. It was awful.”
  To her owner, Tabatha Bundesen of Morristown, Ariz., she was a cash cow and lifeline. The cat’s unexpected fame allowed Bundesen to quit her job waitressing at Red Lob
  
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• Roundup: Orange Lutheran upsets St. John Bosco

  25-01-2018 07:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Trey Anderson scored 21 points with 12 rebounds for Orange Lutheran in the Lancers’ 75-71 upset win over St. John Bosco in a Trinity League game at St. John Bosco High.
  Orange Lutheran is 9-13 overall and 2-4 in league. It was the second league loss in a row for St. John Bosco, which is 4-2 in league. The Braves lost to JSerra last Friday in a league game.
  Cade Potter scored 19 points with 6 rebounds for the Lancers.
  Also in the Trinity League:
  No. 4 JSerra 41, Servite 35: DJ Rodman’
  
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• Clippers chase Celtics from the start, but can’t catch up in loss

  25-01-2018 07:20 via ocregister.com
  
  Boston Celtics forward Daniel Theis #27 fouls LA Clippers forward Montrezl Harrell #5 in the first half. The Los Angeles Clippers played the Boston Celtics in a regular season NBA matchup in Los Angeles, CA 1/025/2018 (Photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)LA Clippers center DeAndre Jordan #6 gets past Boston Celtics center Aron Baynes #46 Boston Celtics forward Marcus Morris #13 asndf Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum #0 in the first half. The Los Angeles Clippers played the Boston
  
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• Jonathan Galloway helps UC Irvine protect the paint in rout of UC Riverside

  25-01-2018 07:01 via ocregister.com
  
  UC Irvine’s Evan Leonard is fouled by UC Riverside’s Eric Rwahwire during the first half of their Big West Conference game in Irvine on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. (Photo by Kevin SullivanOrange County Register/SCNG)UC Irvine’s Eyassu Worku is fouled by UC Riverside’s James Jackson during the first half of their Big West Conference game in Irvine on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. (Photo by Kevin SullivanOrange County Register/SCNG)UC Irvine’s Evan Leonard stops UC Riversid
  
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• Mater Dei sharp from the start, cuts down No. 2 Santa Margarita

  25-01-2018 06:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Santa Margarita’s Max Agbonkpolo, right, goes for a slam dunk against Mater Dei’s Wilhelm Breidenbach, left, but the ball bounced off the rim during a Trinity League boys basketball game at Santa Margarita in Rancho Santa Margarita on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)Mater Dei’s Reagan Lundeen, goes for a shot against the Santa Margarita’s defense during a Trinity League boys basketball game at Santa Margarita in Rancho Santa
  
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• Los Angeles Football Club adds to its defense with pair of signings

  25-01-2018 06:29 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Football Club added more pieces to its defense with the signing of defender Steven Beitashour and goalkeeper Luis Lopez.
  Both moves were announced Wednesday.
  Beitashour, who played recently with Toronto FC, was a free agent. The eight-year MLS veteran was drafted by San Jose in the second round of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft.
  “He’s a proven player who has been one of the top MLS players in his position for a number of years,” said John Thorrington, the team’s Exec
  
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• USC holds off Stanford for fifth straight win

  25-01-2018 06:00 via ocregister.com
  
  USCÕs Jordan McLaughlin, #11, slams in two points against Stanford at Galen Center Wednesday, January 24, 2018. ( Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)USCÕs Jordan McLaughlin, #11, reacts after a slam dunk during first half action against Stanford at Galen Center Wednesday, January 24, 2018. ( Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)USCÕs Chimezie Metu, #4, is called for goal tending as StanfordÕs Reid Travis, #22, gets the point during first ha
  
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• Cooking the graduation books in California

  25-01-2018 06:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Does it matter, a few percentage points one way or another, how many California high school students are actually graduating, leaping for photos in their caps and gowns?
  Clearly it does, or schools officials in our state wouldn’t have been caught red-handed by the feds, who in a scathing report last week accused the newest California graduation data of being the product of intentionally cooked accounting books.
  And we all know that, when compiling a report at work that very much reflects o
  
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• Foothill girls knock off Esperanza with Borovinsky’s goal in overtime

  25-01-2018 05:51 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – Foothill forward Jenna Borovinsky scored the winning goal less than four minutes into overtime to lift the Knights to a 2-1 victory over Esperanza in a Crestview League girls soccer opener Wednesday at Esperanza High.
  Under the golden-goal rule, Borovinsky’s goal ended the match, while snapping the Aztecs’ four-match winning streak.
  The Knights improved to 10-4-1 overall and 1-0 in the four-team league. Esperanza, which won the league title last season is ranked No. 1
  
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• New Blues Revolution Headline NAMM Concert Tonight At Hilton Anaheim

  25-01-2018 03:47
  New Blues Revolution headline a midnight NAMM 2018 concert tonight at the Hilton Anaheim , 777 West Convention Way. Tickets/Info: 762-8317 .
  
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• Editor’s Pick: Vitamix A2500

  25-01-2018 03:34 via ocregister.com
  
  This piece of machinery has an impressive torque reaching maximum speeds within seconds and its super- sleek exterior is beautiful.  No, I’m not talking about a luxury car. I’m talking about the Vitamix A2500.
  The Vitamix brand is best known for its gourmet blenders designed to bring out the best flavors and textures in your food. As I’ve come to find out, this is not your average blender.  The A2500 is made with aircraft-grade stainless steel blades designed to cut t
  
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• Orange County high school schedule: Thursday, Jan. 25

  25-01-2018 03:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school sports schedule for Thursday, Jan. 25.
  BOYS BASKETBALLEmpire LeagueKennedy at Western, 6 p.m.
  San Joaquin LeagueOrangewood at Webb, 7:30 p.m.
  Express League – GoldTarbut V’ Torah at St. Michael’s, 2 p.m.
  Academy LeagueOxford Academy at Brethren Christian, 7:30 p.m.
  NonleagueNiagara Falls at St. Michael’s, 7 p.m.
  GIRLS BASKETBALLAll games 7 p.m. unless notedTrinity LeagueRosary at Santa Margarita, 6 p.m., Orange Lutheran at JSerra
  South Coast
  
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• Disneyland workers offer mixed reactions to $1,000 bonus

  25-01-2018 03:28 via ocregister.com
  
  If Denise Anderson, a 27-year costume worker at Disneyland, gets a one-time, $1,000 bonus this year, she has no illusions that it will better her life in the long run.
  “Working for Disneyland, you live paycheck to paycheck,” she said. “Maybe I could use it to pay off a medical bill that’s been hanging over my head.”
  The Walt Disney Co. announced this week that as “a result of the recently enacted tax reform” law signed by President Donald Trump in Decemb
  
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• Looking for someone to blame for Lakers’ free-throw woes? Start with tinkering James Naismith

  25-01-2018 03:18 via ocregister.com
  
  If not for the stubborn tinkering of a persistent physical education teacher, the Lakers might not be in this mess. But Dr. James Naismith could not leave well enough alone in the trial-and-error infancy of his game of basketball.
  For there was a time there was no such thing as the foul line. And without a foul line there would be no free throws. And without free throws there would be, blissfully, no missed free throws, the epidemic that has plagued the Lakers this season.
  “We were shootin
  
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• Man convicted in fatal drive-by shooting on 91 freeway

  25-01-2018 03:09 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – An Orange County Superior Court jury on Wednesday convicted a 49-year-old Anaheim man of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a passenger in another vehicle on the 91 freeway in Anaheim in 2014.
  In addition to murder, David Arzate Cabrera also was convicted of possession of drugs for sale and possession of a firearm by a felon. He faces life in prison without the possibility of parole when he returns to court for sentencing on March 23.
  Prosecutors said mechanic Agustin Vil
  
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• Impact of marijuana legalization in California on teens uncertain

  25-01-2018 03:08 via ocregister.com
  
  By Louis Freedberg and Nico Savidge, EdSource
  Now that California has legalized marijuana for recreational use for adults 21 years old and older, one pressing public health question is whether legalization will contribute to greater use of cannabis among younger users, especially teenagers.
  An editorial last year in the Journal of the American Medical Association asserted that, like alcohol and tobacco, “products that are legal only for adults inevitably find their way into the h
  
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• Teen arrested in string of Irvine sexual-battery cases

  25-01-2018 02:55 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE – A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of a string of sexual-battery cases in Irvine that began in December, police said Wednesday.
  Keenan Al-Sayed Ahmad, 18, a student at Northwood High School, was arrested Friday after a battery incident on the Jeffrey Open Space Trail, said Kim Mohr, a police spokeswoman.
  Police allege that Ahmad, while on a skateboard, approached a jogger on the trail and grabbed her buttocks. The victim called Irvine police, and officers were abl
  
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• New science standards a boon for the littlest learners

  25-01-2018 02:39 via ocregister.com
  
  By Carolyn Jones, EdSource
  Science education has long been a weak spot at some elementary schools, but educators are hoping California’s new science standards — if implemented well — will entice teachers to expand and improve science lessons for the youngest students.
  “Science education has been severely lacking, especially in K-2,” said Rena Dorph, interim director of the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley. “I hope it will change, but it will d
  
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