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• Mercedes Benz engulfed in flames on 57 freeway in Orange

  28-01-2018 23:40 via ocregister.com
  
   
  A Mercedes Benz goes up in smoke on the southbound 57 freeway in Orange on Sunday, Jan 28, 2018. The car was in the shop twice for overheating issues, said owner Dan Pham, who pulled over and was able to escape without injuries. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)An Anaheim firefighter puts out a car fire on the southbound 57 freeway in Orange on Sunday, Jan 28, 2018. The car was in the shop twice for overheating issues, said owner Dan Pham, who pulled over and was able
  
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• Three-star DB Elisha Guidry follows parents’ footsteps to UCLA

  28-01-2018 22:46 via ocregister.com
  
  Elisha Guidry is familiar with the ways of blue and gold. The defensive back from Murrieta is the son of two UCLA alumni, including former UCLA defensive back Javelin Guidry, and will now don his own UCLA jersey.
  Guidry, a three-star prospect from Vista Murrieta High, announced his verbal commitment to UCLA on Sunday, becoming head coach Chip Kelly’s 17th known verbal commitment for the 2018 recruiting class.Secured the bag 🏈 #Blessed #GoBruins #Legacy #Guidryfootball pic.twitter.c
  
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• Santa Ana mobile home destroyed in fire, two others damaged

  28-01-2018 22:31 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – A mobile home was destroyed and two others near it were damaged by a fire that broke out Sunday afternoon, Jan. 28.
  The fire was reported at around noon in the 2900 block of West 1st Street, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The residents were inside at the time of the blaze but were able to get out of the home without injuries.
  At least 30 firefighters extinguished the blaze, which fully involved the structure. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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• NAMM 2018: See photos of performances, signings, gear and more from day 3

  28-01-2018 21:56 via ocregister.com
  
  As the NAMM show winds down at the Anaheim Convention Center, there was still plenty to celebrate on Saturday, Jan. 27.
  One of the highlights of the day was the 33rd annual NAMM TEC Awards, hosted by comedian Demetri Martin, which honor creative and technical achievements. Jackson Browne was honored with the Les Paul Innovation Award.
  Earlier in the day, the Section, the group that backed Browne on the “Running on Empty” album, spoke on a panel about making the record on th
  
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• Master Gardener: how to determine where to plant vegetables

  28-01-2018 21:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Q. I would like to plant a vegetable garden but most of my small yard only gets about 4 hours of sunlight. Could you could suggest vegetables that grow with the least amount of sunlight.
  A.  Most vegetables require at least five or six hours of sunshine per day to produce properly. However, the leafy vegetables and root crops usually perform satisfactorily in light shade. Consider cool season leafy crops such as lettuce, cabbage, kale, rhubarb, and Swiss chard. Root crops such as carrots, p
  
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• Jackson Browne honored at the 33rd Annual TEC Awards at NAMM 2018

  28-01-2018 21:52 via ocregister.com
  
  As singer-songwriter Jackson Browne accepted the Les Paul Innovation Award at the 33rd Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards in Anaheim on Saturday, Jan. 27, he humbly acknowledge that his creativity as a musician has always relied on the technical chops of the friends and colleagues in his orbit.
  “I’m not technical in the least,” Browne said. “It’s absurd that I own a (recording) studio. And I’m certain everybody here knows more than I do about
  
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• UC Irvine drama program to present “Mrs. Packard,” portraying 19th century women’s rights advocate

  28-01-2018 21:46 via ocregister.com
  
  UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama will present “Mrs. Packard” starting Saturday, Feb. 3, portraying the life of an early advocate for the rights of women and the mentally ill.
  In 1860, Rev. Theophilus Packard had his wife, Elizabeth, removed from their house and consigned to an insane asylum because of her liberal beliefs on issues such as religion, family and slavery. A doctor made it clear she had to accept husband’s beliefs to be freed.
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• LaVar Ball to coach sons’ pro team in Lithuania

  28-01-2018 21:31 via ocregister.com
  
  LaVar Ball has been named acting head coach of his sons’ professional basketball team in Lithuania, according to multiple media reports.
  Ball will coach BC Vytautas for its game against Jonavos Jonava Sunday in the final matchup of the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games, the club announced on social media.WOW 😮 @Lavarbigballer will be HEAD COACH of @bcvytautas for today’s Big Baller Brand Challenge Games: Vytautas – Jonava match!Game stream: https://t.co/zA1ny0J
  
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• The Section talks about Les Paul Innovation Award-winner Jackson...

  28-01-2018 20:02
  Jackson Browne, Leland Sklar and Danny Kortchmar perform onstage at the 33rd Annual TEC Awards during NAMM Show 2018 at the Hilton Anaheim on January 27, 2018 in Anaheim, California. Jackson Browne's "Running On Empty" is widely regarded as one of the greatest-ever live albums, and given its origin story brand-new songs instead of greatest hits, and recorded not only on stage but also in motel rooms and the back of the tour bus it earns its lofty reputation.
  
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• Southern California military veterans with disabilities find work, renewed purpose — thanks to one of their own

  28-01-2018 19:31 via ocregister.com
  
  About a dozen men and women with backpacks slung over their shoulders and notebooks in their hands file past Bill Morisette. They look like college students. Maybe someday they will be.
  Right now, they are looking for work. As military veterans with disabilities that range from mental health issues such as post traumatic stress disorder to physical impairments that include traumatic brain injuries, employment isn’t all that easy to get.
  But Morisette makes a confident prediction about thei
  
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• California Route 66 Museum sets up GoFundMe account after burglary, vandalism

  28-01-2018 19:12 via ocregister.com
  
  A GoFundMe account  to support a popular Victorville roadside museum, which was burglarized and vandalized earlier this week, raised $2,280 as of Sunday morning, museum officials said.
  The account was set up for the California Route 66 Museum, a popular tourist attraction, to recover stolen or damaged items and the insurance deductible, the museum announced on Twitter.  The organization is hoping to raise $5,000. The $2,280 came from 22 donations, according to the account page.A GoFund
  
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• The Section talks about Les Paul Innovation Award-winner Jackson Browne’s ‘Running on Empty’ at NAMM 2018

  28-01-2018 18:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Jackson Browne’s “Running On Empty” is widely regarded as one of the greatest-ever live albums, and given its origin story – brand-new songs instead of greatest hits, and recorded not only on stage but also in motel rooms and the back of the tour bus – it earns its lofty reputation.
  But while Browne, recipient of the Les Paul Innovation Award at the NAMM Show in Anaheim on Saturday, Jan. 27, deserves plenty of credit for writing such now-classic numbers as
  
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• Why one former immigrant detainee says detention centers should be called prisons

  28-01-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Carlos Hidalgo displayed a batch of handwritten letters he’s received from people held inside California’s largest immigrant detention center.
  “A lot of friends that I’ve made here have asked to be deported because of the conditions we live in, (it’s) not human like,” one person wrote.
  Another said of being inside the center after serving time in jail: “It’s like paying for the same crime twice.”
  Carlos Hidalgo, a former detainee at the
  
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• Was justice served after off-duty officer tackled, kicked boy?

  28-01-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  When is a so-called “citizen’s arrest” really an assault and battery? Turn that around, when is a so-called “assault and battery’ really a citizen’s arrest?
  An exhaustive review of a series of newly released videos raises troubling questions about law enforcement officials’ decision not to charge the off-duty officer who a year ago seized and grappled with a pint-size Anaheim boy.
  By the Orange County District Attorney’s own admission, Los Ang
  
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• Was justice served after off-duty officer tackled, kicked Anaheim boy?

  28-01-2018 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  When is a so-called “citizen’s arrest” really an assault and battery? Turn that around, when is a so-called “assault and battery’ really a citizen’s arrest?
  An exhaustive review of a series of newly released videos raises troubling questions about law enforcement officials’ decision not to charge the off-duty officer who a year ago seized and grappled with a pint-size Anaheim boy.
  By the Orange County District Attorney’s own admission, Los Ang
  
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• Coast Guard rescues injured Navy crew member from destroyer

  28-01-2018 16:45 via ocregister.com
  SAN PEDRO >> A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued an injured crew member from a Navy destroyer offshore of Palos Verdes on Saturday night, Jan. 27.
  Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach was notified at around 6:30 p.m. that a 20-year-old crew member had a leg injury aboard the USS Spruance, a Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
  A MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Forward Operating Base Mugu was dispatched to transport the injured man to a hospital, according to a
  
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• 5 free things to do in Orange County, Jan. 28-Feb. 3

  28-01-2018 16:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Sunday, Jan. 28
  The Los Angeles Wind and Piano Sextet has been performing as an ensemble since 2014. All the wind players are or have been members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, or the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; they’re also active in motion picture and television recording. 3:30 p.m Temple Beth Tikvah1600 North Acacia Ave., Fullerton, 714-526-5310. Email: [email protected]
  The Garden Grove Main Library is offering free music appre
  
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• Girl Scout cookies arrive in Orange County, and sales begin today

  28-01-2018 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Caramel DeLites, Shortbreads and Thin Mints, oh my!
  Girl Scout cookies are back in Orange County and hundreds of scouts will soon be traveling door-to-door taking orders to be filled by the shipments of more than 1.3 million boxes that were delivered at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest and the Anaheim Business Complex on Saturday, Jan. 27.
  Volunteers Nichole Haeberle of Lake Forest and David Kopf of Aliso Viejo work together to load boxes of Thin Mints Girl Scout cookies into an awaiting car dur
  
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• Suspect shot in Dana Point officer-involved shooting; CHP officer treated for minor injuries

  28-01-2018 16:12 via ocregister.com
  
  DANA POINT – A California Highway Patrol officer and suspect were hospitalized after an officer-involved shooting early Sunday, Jan. 28, authorities said. The suspect was wounded by gunfire while the officer had other minor injuries during the confrontation.
  The shooting was reported at about 1:30 a.m. in the area of Pacific Coast Highway and Selva Road, said Carrie Braun, spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Officials would not release more det
  
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• CHP officer and suspect injured in shooting in Dana Point

  28-01-2018 16:12 via ocregister.com
  
  DANA POINT – A suspect and a California Highway Patrol officer were injured early Sunday, Jan. 28 in Dana Point, authorities said.
  It happened at 1:30 a.m. in the Dana Strand beach parking lot near Pacific Coast Highway, Orange County sheriff’s Lt. Steve Gil said.
  The suspect fled after the officer-involved shooting but was located after an extensive search, Gil said.
  Both suspect and officer were taken to hospitals for treatment, he said.
  Details on what led up to the shooting and t
  
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• Women on Money and Mindset: Social Media and TMI: What you share could cost you dearly

  28-01-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  How much information do you really need to share with all your friends online? It can be a lot of fun to catch up on what your friends and family are doing by using social media, but are you putting too much out there for potential bad guys when you write a post?
  What you are sharing may seem innocent and free from financial information but be mindful of the following three things before you share: quizzes, profile details and check-ins.  This information can provide scammers with the tools
  
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• Real Estate briefly: Kearny buys Santa Ana office campus for $34.8 million

  28-01-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Kearny Real Estate Co. in Los Angeles has acquired a 197,370-square-foot office campus in Santa Ana from The Colton Co. for $34.8 million. The complex, dubbed Elevate@Harbor, includes two mid-rise buildings on 8 acres at 3100 – 3130 Harbor Boulevard in the South Coast Metro submarket. Kearny plans to invest $15 million to reposition the office campus, according to Kearny Partner Hoonie Kang. The 1-acre outdoor area surrounding the first floor of both buildings will be redesigned to incorpo
  
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• Deal of the Week: Tour an exotic zoo

  28-01-2018 15:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Rancho Las Lomas is a shady private resort and zoological garden nestled in the Orange County foothills, and there’s a picturesque zoo on the rambling property. A special offer includes a 90-minute zoo tour for 2, 5, or 10 at steep discounts:
  $29 for a zoo tour for 2 ($60 value)
  $69 for a zoo tour for 5 ($150 value)
  $135 for a zoo tour for 10 ($300 value)Led by a zookeeper, groups get close to animals such as a white Bengal tiger, macaws, and zebras. Zookeepers may also hand
  
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• Rancho Santa Margarita housing vs. Ladera Ranch: How it looks on national scale

  28-01-2018 15:12 via ocregister.com
  
  How do the housing markets of Rancho Santa Margarita and Ladera Ranch 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 su
  
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• Roger Federer outlasts Marin Cilic to win Australian Open for his 20th Grand Slam title

  28-01-2018 13:07 via ocregister.com
  
  Switzerland’s Roger Federer holds his trophy aloft after defeating Croatia’s Marin Cilic during the men’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)Switzerland’s Roger Federer serves to Croatia’s Marin Cilic during the men’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)Croatia’s Marin
  
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• Lucas Matthysse wins title with 8th-round KO of Tewa Kiram

  28-01-2018 09:49 via ocregister.com
  
  Lucas Matthysse took the win by KO in the 8th round for the Vacant WBA Welterweight title. (Photo by Gene Blevins for SCNG)Lucas Matthysse took the win by KO in the 8th round for the Vacant WBA Welterweight title. (Photo by Gene Blevins for SCNG)Lucas Matthysse took the win by KO in the 8th round for the Vacant WBA Welterweight title. (Photo by Gene Blevins for SCNG)Lucas Matthysse took the win by KO in the 8th round for the Vacant WBA Welterweight title. (Photo by Gene Blevins for SCNG)Lucas Ma
  
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• Matt Kemp back in a Dodgers uniform is not a done deal — if a deal can get done

  28-01-2018 09:42 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – When the Dodgers made their biggest move of the offseason last month, they were essentially playing ‘hot potato’ with the Atlanta Braves, swapping bad contracts with the intention of keeping them moving.
  With pitchers and catchers set to report for spring training in just over two weeks, the Dodgers are still holding a $43.5 million spud.
  “He’s going to be one of our guys in camp,” Dodgers GM Farhan Zaidi said Saturday of Matt Kemp, acquired from
  
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• Kyle Allman scores 40 as Cal State Fullerton rallies to edge Hawaii

  28-01-2018 09:41 via ocregister.com
  
  HONOLULU — Kyle Allman scored a career-high 40 points, Austen Awosika made two free throws with 11.4 seconds left and Cal State Fullerton rallied to defeat Hawaii 69-66 on Saturday night.
  Allman scored six straight points to pull the Titans even with 2:21 remaining and Jackson Rowe followed with a layup to give the them their first lead since 12-11.
  Drew Buggs missed the first of two free throws with 12 seconds to go, forcing the Rainbow Warriors to foul. After Awosika’s free throws
  
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• Trabuco Hills’ Munoz, Capistrano Valley’s Hernandez win titles at Coast View wrestling tournament

  28-01-2018 09:15 via ocregister.com
  
  Two of the state’s top wrestlers took first place in their respective weight classes at the Coast View Athletic Association tournament Saturday at Capistrano Valley High.
  The association combines the South Coast and Sea View leagues, making for a nine-team tournament for some the county’s top programs.
  The top five placers received automatic bids to the CIF-SS Coastal Section Tournament on Feb. 16-17 at Westminster High.
  Trey Munoz of Trabuco Hills, ranked No. 3 in the state at 152 p
  
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• Heisler: Lakers don’t trust the process, they live to short-cut it

  28-01-2018 08:53 via ocregister.com
  
  We’re with you all the way, Luke, win or draw.
  There’s nothing like a Laker coaching hire whether it’s defense-oriented Mike Brown, Mike D’Antoni, the Return of Showtime leader Jerry Buss wanted and Kobe Bryant called “an offensive genius;” Byron Scott, the longed-for return of Laker Family, or Luke Walton, another local fave who became a hot property going 39-4 with the Warriors with Steve Kerr out.
  The three coaches before Walton lasted a total of five seaso
  
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• UCLA men’s basketball makes it look easy in win over Stanford

  28-01-2018 08:24 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Jaylen Hands flashed a wide smile. The freshman point guard just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to throw a between-the-legs pass like he did in high school.
  Hands’ dime to Kris Wilkes headlined UCLA’s critical 89-73 win over Stanford on Saturday at Pauley Pavilion as the victory boosted the Bruins into third place in the Pac-12 and finished off a home sweep of the Bay Area schools.THE DISRESPECT pic.twitter.com/IeqRbjZY7W
  — Sports Illustrated (@SInow
  
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• Top-ranked Long Beach State men’s volleyball sweeps USC

  28-01-2018 08:14 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH – Long Beach State has an abundance of talent on its men’s volleyball team, especially when it comes to players laying flat out on defense.
  Digs were a big part Saturday night in the 49ers’ 25-22, 25-17, 25-16 sweep of USC at the Walter Pyramid, the 49ers amassing 41 on the night — 12 by libero Jordan Molina, nine by setter Josh Tuaniga, eight by TJ DeFalco and seven by Kyle Ensing. They had a 41-26 advantage over USC on defense.
  “Floor defense is effort,
  
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• South rallies late to stun North in Orange County All-Star Classic

  28-01-2018 08:05 via ocregister.com
  
  COSTA MESA – The South started fast Saturday night but finished even faster in the Orange County All-Star Classic.
  Quarterbacks Cooper Jones of El Toro and Josiah Norwood of Santa Margarita, along with the South defense, rallied from 17-point deficit in the fourth quarter for a wild 30-27 victory in front of an estimated 4,500 at Orange Coast College.
  The South won the game, played for the first time in January, for the fourth consecutive year to extend its lead in the series to 30-26-3.
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• Water polo: Mater Dei reaches first Santa Barbara TOC final but falls to Dos Pueblos

  28-01-2018 07:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei’s girls water polo team beat one rival to face another Saturday in the finals of the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions.
  But in the end, Orange County’s top-ranked squad couldn’t solve host Dos Pueblos of Goleta.
  Dos Pueblos spoiled Mater Dei’s first appearance in a TOC finale by posting a 15-9 victory for its second victory against the Monarchs this winter.
  Junior left-hander Hannah Constandse paced Mater Dei (15-3) with three goals while Bella Baia added tw
  
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• Mater Dei water polo reaches Santa Barbara TOC final but falls to Dos Pueblos

  28-01-2018 07:48 via ocregister.com
  
  Mater Dei’s girls water polo team beat one rival to face another Saturday in the finals of the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions.
  But in the end, Orange County’s top-ranked squad couldn’t solve host Dos Pueblos of Goleta.
  Dos Pueblos spoiled Mater Dei’s first appearance in a TOC finale by posting a 15-9 victory for its second victory against the Monarchs this winter.
  Junior left-hander Hannah Constandse paced Mater Dei (15-3) with three goals while Bella Baia added tw
  
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• Stats from Saturday’s Orange County All-Star Classic

  28-01-2018 07:36 via ocregister.com
  
  O.C. All-Star ClassicAt Orange Coast College
  SOUTH 30, NORTH 27North 3 7 14 3 – 27South 7 0 0 23 – 30
  Passing: N, McMahon, 15-19-207, 2 TDs. Fogel, 2-10-1-56. S, Jones, 6-12-1-134, 3 TDs, Norwood, 9-15-2-80.
  Rushing: N, Jung, 9-37, McMahon, 7-33. S, Norwood, 15-89, 1 TD, Fisher, 8-55.
  Receiving: N, Nicholson, 6-79, 1 TD, Wingfield, 4-78, 1 TD, Thompson, 3-43, Simpson, 3-44. S, Derrico, 4-63, 2 TDs, McLaughlin, 3-57, 1 TD, Blethen, 3-37, Jones, 3-27.
  
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• Football: Stats from Saturday’s Orange County All-Star Classic

  28-01-2018 07:36 via ocregister.com
  
  O.C. All-Star Classic
  At Orange Coast College
  SOUTH 30, NORTH 27
  North 3 7 14 3 – 27
  South 7 0 0 23 – 30
  Passing: N, McMahon, 15-19-207, 2 TDs. Fogel, 2-10-1-56. S, Jones, 6-12-1-134, 3 TDs, Norwood, 9-15-2-80.
  Rushing: N, Jung, 9-37, McMahon, 7-33. S, Norwood, 15-89, 1 TD, Fisher, 8-55.
  Receiving: N, Nicholson, 6-79, 1 TD, Wingfield, 4-78, 1 TD, Thompson, 3-43, Simpson, 3-44. S, Derrico, 4-63, 2 TDs, McLaughlin, 3-57, 1 TD, Blethen, 3-37, Jones, 3-27.
  
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• USC basketball attendance continues to be a disappointment

  28-01-2018 07:20 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Optimism teemed inside a dining room at USC’s Galen Center five years ago.
  In front of reporters, university officials, coaches and fans, Pat Haden, then athletic director, introduced Andy Enfield as the new basketball coach.
  Enfield just made history at Florida Gulf Coast, directing the first No. 15 seed to the NCAA tournament’s round of 16, and Haden vowed the new hire would find success on the West Coast, too.
  In the half-decade since, his words have seemed mos
  
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• Hoffarth on media: Alex Rodriguez continues media makeover with ESPN

  28-01-2018 06:03 via ocregister.com
  
  At this point in the Alex Rodriguez Media Makeover, the one-time sure-bet Baseball Hall of Famer doesn’t seem as focused on getting any last laughs as he is about getting first cracks at another get-to-know-me opportunity.
  When ESPN announced an unusual sharing agreement with Fox Sports to bring the once-tarnished New York Yankees star into its newly shaped “Sunday Night Baseball” booth for the upcoming 2018 season, it effectively elevated A-Rod as the March-to-November TV voic
  
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• A year into Trump’s peasant rebellion

  28-01-2018 06:00 via ocregister.com
  
  A year into office, Donald Trump remains something of an unlikely figure: a self-promoting and well-heeled demagogue who leads a bedraggled coalition of piratical capitalists, southerners, and people from the has-been or never were towns of Middle America. His fiercest opponents largely come from the apex of our society: the tech oligarchy, a rabidly hostile press and the cultural and academic hegemons.
  These sophisticated people see Trump as responding crudely to his sans-culottes base. To them
  
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• Orange housing vs. Villa Park: How it looks on national scale

  28-01-2018 05:58 via ocregister.com
  
  How does the housing markets of Orange and Villa Park 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 perce
  
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• Why Trump and the porn star is newsworthy

  28-01-2018 05:30 via ocregister.com
  
  It didn’t surprise many people — whether they loathe President Trump or love him — that a decade ago, when he was merely “The Donald,” Trump allegedly treated himself to an extended romp with a porn star named Stormy Daniels.
  According to a Wall Street Journal exclusive, since bolstered by a 2011 interview Daniels gave to weekly tabloid InTouch, the adult film performer met Trump in a penthouse suite at Harrah’s Hotel and Casino in Lake Tahoe in 2006 and began
  
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• National School Choice Week ends but school choice continues

  28-01-2018 05:00 via ocregister.com
  
  With the close of National School Choice Week, it is worth reflecting on the great strides made in school choice in California over the past year and some of the challenges.
  School choice, fundamentally, is about giving parents the ability to choose the best educational options for their children. Rather than restricting choices to traditional public schools, school choice is about opening options beyond traditional public schools, including charter schools, magnet schools and private schools.
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• Stockton’s basic income plan diverts city from its real duties

  28-01-2018 04:30 via ocregister.com
  
  SACRAMENTO — There’s a simple solution to the nation’s poverty and inequality problems, an acquaintance told me several years ago. He suggested that the federal government simply give $1 million to every citizen and, voila, we’d all be rich and happy. After some quick math (323 million times $1 million = more trillions than even the U.S. Treasury can print), he realized that he didn’t add enough zeroes to his cost calculation. Turning the United States into Zimbabwe
  
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• Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw on potential free agency next winter: It’s good to have options

  28-01-2018 04:19 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES – A shadow will follow the Dodgers throughout 2018, one that might cause a chill to go up their collective spine if they stop and think about it – Clayton Kershaw could leave.
  The seven-year, $215-million contract extension Kershaw signed four years ago this month includes an opt-out clause that could allow the Dodgers’ ace and three-time Cy Young Award winner to become a free agent following the 2018 season. That possibility looms large in the Dodgers’ future
  
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• What is going on at the FBI and DOJ?

  28-01-2018 04:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The people who keep the secrets are keeping secrets from each other.
  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, drafted a four-page memo reportedly detailing allegations of wrongdoing at the FBI and Department of Justice in connection with the investigation into whatever it is that Donald Trump is accused of doing with Russia.
  The Senate Intelligence Committee, chaired by Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., wants a copy of that memo. Nunes will not give it to them.
  He won’t give i
  
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• About 1,000 pay tribute to Upland’s Tyler Hilinski, who died last week in Washington

  28-01-2018 03:55 via ocregister.com
  
  Approximately 1,000 people, including the entire Washington State University football team, attended a memorial service for former Upland High School graduate Tyler Hilinski on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at Damien High School in La Verne. Helinski took his own life on January 16 in Washington state. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)Head Washington State football coach Mike Leach, right, reaches out to console Mark Hililnski as he walks by carrying the ashes of his late so
  
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• Orange County high school schedule: Monday, Jan. 29

  28-01-2018 03:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The Orange County high school sports schedule for Monday, Jan. 29.
  BOYS BASKETBALLAll games 7 p.m. unless notedSunset LeagueEdison at Newport Harbor
  San Joaquin LeagueWebb at Orangewood
  Express League – GoldFairmont at Avalon, 5:30 p.m.
  Academy LeagueCalvary Chapel/Downey at Sage Hill, 7:30 p.m., Crean Lutheran at Oxford Academy, 7:30 p.m., Brethren Christian at Whitney, 7:30 p.m.
  GIRLS BASKETBALLAcademy LeagueCrean Lutheran at Oxford Academy, 6 p.m., Sage Hill at Calvary Chapel/Downey, 6
  
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• A leap of faith: Vincent Zhou and his mother’s road to the Olympics

  28-01-2018 03:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Fay Ge was living the Silicon Valley fairytale.
  She and her husband had immigrated from Beijing to attend graduate school in the U.S. before settling in San Jose and then Palo Alto to chase the American Dream 2.0.
  They both had cutting edge jobs as computer software engineers. Ge was a key player in developing Oracle’s database and holds several U.S. software patents. They had two very smart children, the youngest Vincent serenaded to sleep each night by his sister Vivian practicing the vi
  
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• Super Bowl week: The annual guide

  28-01-2018 03:24 via ocregister.com
  The Patriots have won Super Bowls in New Orleans, Houston (twice), Jacksonville and Glendale, Ariz. They have won them by three, three, three, four and six points.
  Their Super Bowl point differential is minus-31, thanks to the Packers and Bears. That was before Bill Belichick, when football time began in New England.
  Pittsburgh has won six Super Bowls but no individual coach or quarterback has even won five. And the Patriots are doing this on a flat NFL landscape. Of the NFL’s 12 playoff t
  
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