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• 5 Prince songs Justin Timberlake could cover at the 2018 Super Bowl halftime show

  01-02-2018 23:56 via ocregister.com
  
  As Super Bowl LII approaches, online chatter is building around the idea that Justin Timberlake could perform a Prince song as part of his halftime show at U.S. Bank Stadium. After all, the late rock star hailed from Minneapolis and performed what many call the best Super Bowl halftime performance back in 2007 in Miami.
  If JT does cover His Royal Badness, what song might he attempt?
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• Trump plan could undo preservation of millions of acres of California desert for renewable energy development

  01-02-2018 23:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The Federal Bureau of Land Management said Thursday it will consider amending a desert land use conservation plan, which could reopen millions of acres “to seek greater opportunities for renewable energy generation.”
  BLM said it will open a 45-day public comment period on 10.8 million acres of BLM managed land for possible changes to the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan. The majority of that land is in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
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• Decapitated robot on Disneyland ride is pure nightmare fuel

  01-02-2018 23:35
  The Disney villain of Ariel's Undersea Adventure in Anaheim, California, sacred tourists when the animatronic character's head fell off. is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company.
  
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• Lonzo Ball to miss next two Lakers games, Walton says

  01-02-2018 23:11 via ocregister.com
  
  NEW YORK – Despite the Lakers’ hope that Lonzo Ball could get back on the court while the team was on the road, Coach Luke Walton ruled the rookie point guard out for at least the next two games while Ball continues to rehab a sprained left MCL.
  The Lakers face the Brooklyn Nets on Friday before concluding their five-game trip Sunday in Oklahoma City.
  “Today was our last real practice,” Walton said Thursday at Barclays Center. “Saturday will be a shootarou
  
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• Suzanne Somers calls off auction of 70-acre Palm Springs estate but still wants to unload it

  01-02-2018 22:56 via ocregister.com
  
  Actress Suzanne Somers has decided not to sell her 70-plus acre Palm Springs estate via a no-reserve bid auction.
  The company handling the event, Concierge Auctions, put out a statement Thursday, Feb. 1, saying, “In just 33 days of exposure, the auction marketing campaign … generated over 1,783 prospects, 145 open house tours, and 46 qualified private showings.
  “Despite having 5 qualified registered bidders, the sellers elected to keep the property and will entertain offers,&r
  
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• Super Bowl DUI patrols on full blitz this Sunday

  01-02-2018 22:51 via ocregister.com
  
  For many, Super Bowl Sunday is like a national holiday, and local law enforcement agencies will be treating it as such.
  Holidays means parties, and parties translates to more people potentially drinking and driving. Authorities will be out in force this weekend, either with saturation patrols or DUI checkpoints.
  Related: Super Bowl TV ratings are big – but just how big might surprise youThe game is scheduled to begin just after 3 p.m. local time, but most parties will likely start soo
  
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• Super Bowl TV ratings are big – but just how big might surprise you

  01-02-2018 22:41 via ocregister.com
  
  NFL regular season ratings were down nearly 10 percent from last year, but the Super Bowl has been the highest-rated show for decades.
  Here’s a look at the numbers around the Super Bowl, plus what to expect this Sunday.
  Super ratings
  Last year’s Super Bowl was the fifth most-watched program in TV history and trailed only Super Bowl XLVIII (112.2 million) as the most-watched event in Fox history, according to the network.The Super Bowl had 63.35 million more viewers than the second mo
  
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• 3 Orange County restaurant closures include steak burger haven Mick’s and a Big Easy rookie in Laguna Beach

  01-02-2018 22:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Three restaurants closures include one of the best new restaurants to open last year in Orange County.
  Mick’s Karma Bar, a go-to burger joint in Irvine for years, closed in late December. A representative for the burger joint, famous for its ground sirloin steak (hache) burgers, said the owner is hoping to relocate. A reason for the closure was not provided.
  Mick’s has won multiple burger awards over the years. Address: 2010 Main St.,Irvine.
  LinX opened Feb. 7. 2013 in Orange. The go
  
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• Berlin’s surprising and fascinating street art

  01-02-2018 22:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Part of the open-air free-form art gallery inside the Haus Schwarzenberg Alley. Tucked into an alley next to the Café Cinema, just off the Hackesher Markt in Mitte. Photo by Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register. Sept. 2017.Haus Schwarzenberg Alley is a tiny fantasyland of graffiti, sculptures and art installations all tolerated by Haus Schwarzenberg, a non-profit arts group in the adjacent building. In addition to pieces by the famous like El Bocho and Stinkfish clinging to and even ha
  
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• Street Legal races safe and sound at Auto Club Speedway

  01-02-2018 21:38 via ocregister.com
  
  Auto Club Speedway launched its Wednesday night Street Legal drag racing program in what was a roaring success.
  A total of 225 cars sped down the quarter-mile on opening night. The speedway had previously hosted Street Legal races on Saturdays, but shared the track with a host of other series. The new program will give local racers two nights of activities as Irwindale Speedway will continue its Thursday night program on its eighth-mile track.
  “We’re very excited to kick off this new
  
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• Drummond: Yorba Linda planning better, expanded online presence

  01-02-2018 21:12 via ocregister.com
  Yorba Linda is planning a March 1 launch date for a new city website and a vastly increased presence on four popular social media sites.
  A new, simpler address – www.yorbalindaca.gov – will lead users to the city site, designed under a three-year contract with CivicPlus, a Kansas-based firm specializing in developing local government websites.
  A “dotgov” designation “assures users that they are accessing an official city website, since only gover
  
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• Long Beach men accused of stealing $500,000 in goods charged in Riverside County with burglary, vandalism

  01-02-2018 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  RIVERSIDE — Two Long Beach felons accused of committing a rash of burglaries throughout Southern California — resulting in more than $500,000 in lost merchandise — were charged Wednesday with multiple counts of burglary and vandalism.
  Niko Dion Hayes, 28, and Burrell Doumont Roberts, 27, were arrested Saturday following a monthslong Riverside County sheriff’s investigation that involved law enforcement agencies throughout Southern California.
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• Swim: Irvine Novaquatics coach Adam Crossen recovering after being shot chasing burglar

  01-02-2018 21:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Irvine Novaquatics and Soka University coach Adam Crossen, who trains some of Orange County’s top high school swimmers, is recovering after being shot while chasing a car burglar early Monday morning in Orange, confirmed Ken LaMont, one of Crossen’s fellow coaches with the Novaquatics.
  LaMont said Thursday that Crossen, 42, is hospitalized with a collapsed lung but is breathing on his own.
  “Still has a long recovery,” LaMont said in a text message.
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• Orange County-Los Angeles homeownership jumps to 9-year high

  01-02-2018 21:00 via ocregister.com
  Homeownership in Orange and Los Angeles counties was at a nine-year high at year’s end, but the region is still among the nation’s laggards in residents living in their own homes.
  The U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday, Jan. 30, that 51.2 percent of households in Los Angeles and Orange counties lived in residences they owned in the fourth quarter, the fourth-lowest level among the nation’s 75 largest metropolitan areas behind Fresno, San Jose, and New York City. (FYI
  
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• Act now to avoid the pain of a sharp interest-rate spike

  01-02-2018 21:00 via ocregister.com
  
  What’s up with mortgage rates? Jeff Lazerson of Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel gives us his take.
  Rate news summary
  From Freddie Mac’s weekly survey: The 30-year fixed averaged 4.22 percent, up 7 basis points from last week’s 4.15 percent. The 15-year fixed averaged 3.68 percent, 6 basis points higher than last week’s 3.62 percent. It’s the fourth straight week of rising rates, with interest up at least 27 basis points since the beginning of the year.
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• Mr. Bucketlist: A newfound respect for my childhood football hero

  01-02-2018 20:59 via ocregister.com
  
  Jan. 20, 1973, was “Brig Owens Day” in Fullerton.  Just six days prior, Owens, who grew up in Fullerton, had played in Super Bowl VII for the Washington Redskins.
  That day, I was a wide-eyed 7-year-old football fan with a chance to actually meet a “real, live, pro football player.”  I was so excited that I dressed for the occasion by wearing my complete football uniform, helmet and all.
  Decades later Mr. Bucketlist meets Brig Owens for the second time, this time
  
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• Cannabis companies compete for investments during Shark Tank-style forum in Santa Monica

  01-02-2018 20:17 via ocregister.com
  
  The big moment arrived, and entrepreneur Lou Cirillo was supposed to enter a Shark Tank-style cannabis investor forum to the familiar guitar riff of “Sweet Home Alabama.”
  There was a glitch in the timing and no music played. He stepped on stage Tuesday in front of 250 well-heeled investors to the sound of silence.
  But the 28-year-old founder of ARC Innovations was unfazed. Wearing his trademark jeans and flannel shirt, he joked about the problem before seamlessly launching into a pit
  
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• CIF-SS Masters Meet for wrestling moved to Temecula Valley High

  01-02-2018 20:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The CIF-Southern Section boys wrestling Masters Meet will be at Temecula Valley High School on Feb. 23 and 24.
  The event had been scheduled for Citizens Bank Arena in Ontario, but a schedule conflict there made the CIF-SS office search for a different location.
  The wrestling Masters Meet has been at Temecula Valley previously, most recently in 2013.
  The venue change did not create a change in dates; Feb. 23 and 24 would have been the meet dates at Citizens Bank Arena.
  
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• Marines practice raids for summer deployment; F-35B Lightning II combat plane to join

  01-02-2018 20:00 via ocregister.com
  
  CAMP PENDLETON —  For Pfc. Nicholas Martinov, it was his first taste of what real combat might be like.
  The 6-foot-4 Marine from Thousand Oaks squeezed inside a cramped assault amphibious vehicle with others from his squad.
  In the mock scenario, the armored vehicles stormed onto land from the sea as the Marines made their way to raid a fictional village occupied by an unknown enemy.
  Martinov, 21, rushed from the vehicle to provide security as others attacked the village.  On
  
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• At 101, entertainer 'Shep' Shepherd, who performed with...

  01-02-2018 18:44
  Beresford "Shep" Shepherd and his wife Joy share a fond moment during his 101st birthday celebration Jan. 26 at Adele's at the San Clemente Inn. Berisford "Shep" Shepherd, 101, holds court with his audience Jan. 26 at Adele's at the San Clemente Inn.
  
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• Anaheim Hills briefs: Canyon Hills church helping those searching for jobs dress the part

  01-02-2018 18:42 via ocregister.com
  Some might agree wearing a nice outfit to a job interview makes a good impression, enhances self-confidence and helps solidify employment. But for those in a transitional situation, having appropriate clothing may be yet another challenge to face.
  Canyon Hills Presbyterian Church is helping the Working Wardrobe organization with the solution.
  Members of the church are supporting the effort by donating slightly used business clothing, purses, accessories and shoes for women, men and young adults.
  
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• Starbucks launches credit card, hoping to jolt sales

  01-02-2018 18:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Starbucks has a new product that it hopes will hook coffee lovers: a credit card.
  The card, launched Thursday with JPMorgan Chase and Visa, comes as Starbucks struggles with slowing growth in the U.S. With the new card, Starbucks wants to lure those who aren’t yet signed up for its rewards program. The Seattle-based company has more than 14 million Starbucks members in its rewards program in the U.S., but it is working to grow that number because members tend to stop by its shops more ofte
  
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• Beneil Dariush vs. Bobby Green set for UFC 222

  01-02-2018 18:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Two Southern California lightweights are poised for an entertaining scrap when No. 11 Beneil Dariush takes on Bobby Green at UFC 222 on March 3 in Las Vegas.
  Green, 31, is coming off a unanimous-decision victory over Erik Koch in the featured prelim bout Saturday at UFC on Fox 27 in Charlotte, N.C. The Fontana resident and former A.B. Miller High wrestling star, who trains at Icon MMA in Moreno Valley, snapped a four-fight winless streak.
  Bobby Green, seen during his Fight of the Night split dra
  
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• Nearly 40 years after Natalie Wood’s death, Robert Wagner is a person of interest, says lieutenant

  01-02-2018 17:54 via ocregister.com
  
  Robert Wagner is currently considered a person of interest in the 1981 death of wife Natalie Wood off the coast of Catalina Island. (1972 photo by Roger Jackson/Central Press/Getty Images)Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood are seen at the time of their second marriage. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)Natalie Wood, children Natasha, center, and Courtney, right, and husband Robert Wagner arrive in London on July 4, 1976. (STAFF/AFP/Getty Images)Natalie Wood poses in a Yves Saint Laurent costum
  
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• Howard Jones goes it alone, revealing how ‘New Song’ and other hits were created

  01-02-2018 16:18 via ocregister.com
  
  The mark of a true musician is whether one can command attention during an acoustic performance.
  “I always encourage young artists that I’m mentoring [about how] you have to be able to hold a room on your own — without lights, production, a big band, a brass section or an orchestra — if you’re going to go somewhere,” said Howard Jones, in a phone interview from his home in England. “If you’re comfortable with it, then you’ll go far.”
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• What’s happening in Tustin: Sip and Stroll, art contest and dodge ball

  01-02-2018 16:13 via ocregister.com
  
  Sip and stroll around Old Town
  Amble around Tustin tasting wine and craft beer and nibbling appetizers. What’s not fun about that?
  The annual fundraiser Sip & Stroll will take place 1 to 4 p.m. on Feb. 25, in Old Town, starting at 115 W. Main St. Enjoy live music and restaurant samples while checking out the shops.Tickets are $40 or two for $75. Hosted by Tustin Community Foundation, which supports local charities. Information: 714-393-8506.
  Foothill and Tustin High face off in do
  
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• Plantation-style Coto de Caza estate, a rare foreclosure, on market for $2.65 million

  01-02-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
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• Homebuying cools in Orange County beach towns

  01-02-2018 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Is the market for ocean-close cooling?
  Sales of homes in Orange County’s beachside towns fell 7.7 percent in December as seaside housing took 51 more days to sell than inland properties.
  That’s what we found reviewing closed sales data for all residences — existing and newly built — from CoreLogic for December and listings, escrow and selling speed figures for existing residences for Jan. 25 from ReportsOnHousing.
  CoreLogic reports Orange County beach towns had 457 sales
  
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• The audio expert behind the Super Bowl halftime show reveals secrets about the year’s most-watched musical performance

  01-02-2018 15:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Sound engineer Patrick Baltzell designed the audio for the Super Bowl halftime show for the first time in 1998, and in that year and the five that followed it all went great. Fans in the stadium could clearly hear performers such as Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder or Phil Collins and U2, and the millions and millions of viewers watching on television never missed a note.
  But in 2004, when Super Bowl XXXVIII was headed to Houston, Baltzell realized he had a problem. Reliant Stadium’s shap
  
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• New ‘concrete monolith’ gets first canisters of dry waste at San Onofre

  01-02-2018 14:00 via ocregister.com
  With the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station as a backdrop Huy Pham of San Juan Capistrano walks south along the beach at San Onofre State Beach. Mark Rightmire, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTERThis Google Earth image shows where dry cask storage is under construction at San Onofre.San Clemente student Jill Greene, 14, marches with dozens of others against the plan to bury toxic waste from the now defunct San Onofre Nuclear plant on the beach. Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)A protester in La
  
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• Melanie Griffith is Mrs. Robinson in Laguna Playhouse’s ‘The Graduate’

  01-02-2018 14:00 via ocregister.com
  
  We know Melanie Griffith from ’80s and ’90s films like “Something Wild” and “Nobody’s Fool,” but the curvaceous blond with the kewpie-doll voice is no stranger to the stage. She played Roxie Hart in the Broadway revival of “Chicago” in 2003 and starred opposite Scott Caan in his play “No Way Around But Through” at Burbank’s Falcon Theatre in 2012. Following stepson Jesse Johnson’s performance in last year’s produ
  
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• AeroVironment Automated Quantix Hybrid Drone and AV Decision Support...

  01-02-2018 13:47
  Come see AeroVironment's first-of-its-kind automated drone at premier agriculture tradeshows and enter for a chance to win a Quantix and AV DSS bundle )-- AeroVironment, Inc. , a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems for both defense and commercial applications, today announced that its automated Quantixa hybrid drone and AeroVironment Decision Support System analytics software are now available for sale through its authorized reseller network. AeroVironment will be showcasing this pioneeri
  
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• AP confirms Myanmar massacre and 5 mass graves

  01-02-2018 11:51 via ocregister.com
  
  By FOSTER KLUG
  BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh — The faces of the men half-buried in the mass graves had been burned away by acid or blasted by bullets. Noor Kadir finally recognized his friends only by the colors of their shorts.
  Kadir and 14 others, all Rohingya Muslims in the Myanmar village of Gu Dar Pyin, had been choosing players for the soccer-like game of chinlone when the gunfire began. They scattered from what sounded like hard rain on a tin roof. By the time the Myanmar milit
  
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• New Cal State Fullerton president soaks up vibrant energy of Titan students

  01-02-2018 10:23 via ocregister.com
  By Fram Virjee
  Cal State Fullerton president
  With the anticipated indulgence of the students, faculty and staff at California State University, Fullerton, below, I share an amalgam of the welcome messages I sent them expressing my joy and excitement as their new president. I hope those feelings shine through to all.
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  Just past dawn on Jan. 2, I began my Titan career the way so many Titans undoubtedly have: looking for the right parking spot. I eventually found it, but was so eager to star
  
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• Faced with camp evacuation, California homeless live in fear

  01-02-2018 08:56
  Since learning that the California homeless camp where she lives will be dismantled, Ashley Foster has had three serious epileptic seizures. The US flag is hoisted at Camp Hope, a homeless encampment near the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on January 23, 2018 The 23-year-old lives on the banks of the Santa Ana River in Anaheim with 500 other people who recently learned they must pack their bags and move on - though many worry there are no adequate measures in place to ensure the homeless wi
  
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• PHOTOS: U.S. Olympians Figure Skaters host a sendoff with fans

  01-02-2018 08:29 via ocregister.com
  U.S. Olympians Figure Skaters Ashley Wagner, Nathan Chen, and Adam Rippon, Czech Republic Olympian Michal Brezina, and U.S. Olympic Alternate Mariah Bell have had a sendoff which includes a chance for fans to skate with the athletes in Lakewood Wednesday, January 31, 2018.Kelly Martinez, 5, and her skating coach Lisa Parisi react after taking a selfie with U.S. Olympian Figure Skater Nathan Chen at a sendoff which includes a chance for fans to skate with the athletes in Lakewood Wednesday, Janua
  
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• Suspect in Dana Point officer-involved shooting charged with assault, evading

  01-02-2018 08:13 via ocregister.com
  DANA POINT — A 29-year-old man who allegedly rammed a stolen vehicle into a patrol car in Dana Point, injuring an officer and prompting an officer-involved shooting, has been charged with aggravated assault and other offenses, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office reported Wednesday.
  The officer-involved shooting occurred about 1:30 a.m. Sunday in the Dana Strand beach parking lot near Pacific Coast Highway, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
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• Evan Leonard, UC Irvine pull away late to edge Long Beach State in key Big West battle

  01-02-2018 07:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Long Beach State’s Bryan Alberts(10), right, reaches around UCI’s John Edgar Jr.(11, left,) in a Big West Conference game in Long Beach Wednesday, January 31, 2018. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova Press-Telegram/SCNG)Long Beach State’s Delshuan Booker(15) drives the ball to the basket against UCI’s Elston Jones(50) in a Big West Conference game in Long Beach Wednesday, January 31, 2018. (Photo by Thomas R. Cordova Press-Telegram/SCNG)UC Irvine’s Tommy Rutherford drives
  
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• Dickerson scores 31 to lead Aliso Niguel to big win in South Coast

  01-02-2018 07:03 via ocregister.com
  
  Aliso Niguel got a crucial win in the South Coast League with a 78-68 road triumph over El Toro on Wednesday night.
  Coming into this week, the second-to-last week of the regular season, Aliso Niguel was in first place, one-half game ahead of San Clemente.
  The league’s other three teams – El Toro, Tesoro and Trabuco Hills – were tied for third place.
  Dylan Dickerson scored a game-high 31 points for Aliso Niguel (20-6, 4-1), which is No. 8 in the Orange County media poll top 10.
  
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• Roundup: Los Alamitos water polo sinks Huntington Beach to extend Sunset dominance

  01-02-2018 07:00 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Alamitos’ girls water polo team clinched at least a share of another Sunset League title Wednesday night with a 9-2 victory against Huntington Beach at Newport Harbor.
  The sixth-ranked Griffins (16-5, 4-0) earlier beat rival Newport Harbor and have only Fountain Valley left in league play.
  Los Alamitos is aiming for a third consecutive undefeated Sunset season.
  Katie Dvonch scored three goals and goalie Tara DeBrabander made seven saves against the Oilers (8-5, 3-1), ranked ninth in Or
  
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• Laguna Beach uses second-half surge to get past Godinez

  01-02-2018 06:52 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA BEACH — Laguna Beach’s march to a potentially historic boys basketball season continued Wednesday with a 46-31 home win over Godinez.
  The victory makes the Breakers 7-0 in the Orange Coast League and 22-3 overall. The school’s record for regular-season wins is 23, set in the 2006-07 season. Including playoffs, the single-season wins record is 27 set in the 1961-62 season when Laguna Beach won its second and most recent of its two CIF-Southern Section boys baske
  
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• Estancia sticks to plan, rolls to victory over Saddleback

  01-02-2018 05:48 via ocregister.com
  
  SANTA ANA – Andy Martinez scored two goals and Charlie Segura and Sergio Gutierrez each scored a goal as Estancia defeated Saddleback 4-0 in an Orange Coast League contest Wednesday at Saddleback High.
  With three regular-season games remaining, the Eagles (11-3-5, 4-0-3) are the only unbeaten team in the league.
  The Roadrunners (12-7-2, 3-3-1) are in a battle for second place with Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach and Godinez.
  Saddleback’s Richard Quiroz, left, and Estancia’s Aaron Neri
  
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• Brook Lopez appears to reach breaking point as he plays just 9 minutes in Lakers’ loss to Magic

  01-02-2018 05:33 via ocregister.com
  
  ORLANDO — Brook Lopez once missed all but five games in a season due to a foot injury. Another year, his team won just 12 games. He has failed to see the playoffs six out of his first nine NBA seasons, and all but certainly won’t in his 10th.
  And yet, the season currently unfolding is shaping up as Lopez’s most challenging.
  He is averaging a career-low 11.8 points while playing just 20.9 minutes per game, another career low. Coach Luke Walton rarely plays him down the stretch o
  
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• Some fresh competition might be just what US health care needs

  01-02-2018 05:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Industrialists creating a separate health alliance to protect their employees out of frustration with both the quality of care and the rapidly upwardly spiraling costs — there’s a story ripped from this week’s headlines.
  But doesn’t it also sound familiar? During World War II, that’s what Oakland shipbuilder Henry Kaiser and his executives did, first by putting doctors and hospital beds in a hut on their Liberty Ship construction site and later expanding Kaiser Perm
  
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• California whistle-blower law is revived

  01-02-2018 05:11 via ocregister.com
  
  By Melody Gutierrez
  SACRAMENTO — In each of the past four years, a Senate committee inexplicably killed a bill to provide whistle-blower protections to legislative employees. Now, the revived bill is one of the most popular in the Legislature, with more than half the lawmakers signing on as co-authors as it heads to the full Senate for a critical vote Thursday.
  That’s the power of the #MeToo movement, said bill author Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez, a Republican from Lake Elsinore. A
  
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• Jordin Canada’s legacy with UCLA women’s basketball goes beyond court

  01-02-2018 05:06 via ocregister.com
  
  UCLA’s Jordin Canada dribbles away from the South Florida defense during a second-round NCAA Tournament game in 2016 at Pauley Pavilion. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)UCLA guard Jordin Canada Jordin Canada is a two-time All-Pac-12 selection and last season was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. (Danny Moloshok/The Associated Press)UCLA’s Jordin Canada is chased down the court by UCONN’s Napheesa Collier in Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday, November 21, 2017. (Photo by Scott Va
  
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• The state of the union is strong, and so was the president’s speech

  01-02-2018 05:00 via ocregister.com
  
  The success or failure of President Trump’s State of the Union address before both houses of Congress can be measured by any number of factors; instant polls of viewers who saw the speech, public approval ratings a couple of days down the road, how members of Congress react to his legislative proposals, those are just a few markers that come to mind.
  But as far as I’m concerned, the most accurate metric we have, by far, is how quickly the cable networks move on to other subjects afte
  
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• Fireworks at Dana Point resort shock nearby residents, draw 911 calls

  01-02-2018 04:34 via ocregister.com
  
  DANA POINT — When fireworks went off around 9:40 p.m. at the Monarch Beach Resort on Tuesday night, Jan. 30, some residents in the surrounding neighborhood panicked. Three called 911 to report gunfire.
  The calls to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department led to deputies being dispatched to areas surrounding the resort. They identified the reports as being in response to the fireworks, Sgt. Rich Himmel said.
  The fireworks — part of a private 150-person celebration — were pe
  
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• Union density remains historically low — for a reason

  01-02-2018 04:30 via ocregister.com
  
  The New Year launched full of promise and hope for workers around the country. Very rarely has the workforce witnessed such powerful economic optimism of continued low unemployment and wage growth. Job-killing regulations are going away, families are receiving more of their money in their paychecks, and many companies are paying windfall bonuses.
  For organized labor, the future seems stuck in reverse. This was evident in data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which showed that u
  
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• Mountz Exhibiting at the MD&M West Show

  01-02-2018 04:18
  SAN JOSE, CA, USA, January 31, 2018 / EINPresswire.com / -- Mountz, Inc., the torque tool specialistsA , will be exhibiting at the MD&M West 2018 event. The exhibition is at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA and takes place February 6th through the 8th.
  
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