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• Compromise Reached Between Riverbed Residents and OC Officials

  15-02-2018 23:43
  Can you criminalize homelessness? That's a question Orange County officials had to solve. It now appears that a tentative deal between attorneys representing advocates for 7 residents along Santa Ana riverbed and the county has both sides happy.
  
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• State bill would expand number of college students eligible for free or reduced transit

  15-02-2018 23:34 via ocregister.com
  A bill that would increase the number of low-income residents and college students eligible for free or reduced fares on public transportation was introduced to state lawmakers this week in an effort to alleviate traffic congestion and improve parking around community colleges and universities.
  If passed, Senate Bill 1119, introduced Wednesday, Feb. 13 by said Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, would revise eligibility requirements for the state cap-and-trade Low Carbon Transit Operating Progra
  
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• Celebrate National Margarita Day Jimmy Buffett-style at Universal CityWalk on Thursday, Feb. 22

  15-02-2018 23:14 via ocregister.com
  Jimmy Buffett and margaritas are pretty much synonymous. The now 71-year-old singer-songwriter, actor and savvy businessman is known for his chill island vibe and, of course, his hit single “Margaritaville.” His loyal devotees, known lovingly as “Parrotheads,” have flocked to his gigs for decades and they can now catch a bit of the laid-back lifestyle inside one of Buffett’s themed Margaritaville restaurants.
  To celebrate National Margarita Day on Thursday, Feb. 22,
  
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• Learn to draw a Peanuts cartoon character at this Knott’s Berry Farm class

  15-02-2018 23:12 via ocregister.com
  In the soft light of the Bird Cage Theatre, the only sound you hear is the soft scratching of pencils on paper and the soothing voice of artist Noel Cox as he guides the students attending the Peanuts Sketch School. The class is offered several times a day to interested ticketholders as part of Knott’s Berry Farm’s Peanuts Celebration.
  “I worked as an animator in Hollywood for many years,” Cox said. “I have been drawing my whole life and I am a huge Peanuts fan.&rdq
  
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• Capo Unified reassures parents of safety measures after Florida school shooting

  15-02-2018 23:03 via ocregister.com
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — In the wake of Wednesday’s school shooting in Florida that left 17 dead and 14 injured, Capistrano Unified School District Superintendent Kirsten Vital sent a letter to parents informing them of safety measures taken on the district’s campuses.
  “Today, our hearts are heavy for the families, friends and entire Parkland, Florida, community as we mourn the devastating loss of life that occurred yesterday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School,” V
  
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• Southern Californians scrimp to get by as average rents hit $1,900

  15-02-2018 22:50 via ocregister.com
  Allison Murphy, 29, of Burbank, a full-time teacher and graduate student who has been dipping into student loans to help cover the $1,750-a-month rent for her one-bedroom apartment. Utilities go up in the winter to heat the pool, which Murphy doesn’t use. (Photo courtesy of Allison Murphy.Gina Elliott-DiIoia,38, with her husband, Eli DiIoia, in front of the waterfall at the Whittier apartment complex where they spend half their monthly income paying their $1,700-a-month rent. Their 15-year
  
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• California rents have risen to some of the nation’s highest. Here’s how that impacts residents

  15-02-2018 22:42 via ocregister.com
  California’s population is growing faster than builders can add housing, driving up rents. Incomes, meanwhile, aren’t keeping up. As a result, it takes three full-time minimum-wage incomes to afford a two-bedroom apartment. Here’s how rising rents are affecting the state and, in particular, Southern California.
  Related: Southern Californians scrimp to get by as average rents hit $1,900Rising rent
  Los Angeles County apartment rents increased almost $500 a month, or 34 perce
  
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• Orange City Council puts down roots on protection of Old Towne trees

  15-02-2018 22:41 via ocregister.com
  The City Council wants to keep the lush look of Old Towne Orange and limit how many of its older trees are taken down.
  Council members denied on Tuesday, Feb. 12, another request to remove a 60-year-old Canary Island Pine and stressed they feel Old Towne’s trees contribute to the historic character of the city and should be protected.
  The proposed removal trees rising above Woody’s Diner in Orange was the subject of a controversy in June 2017. A new case less than a block away involv
  
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• Senate rejects bipartisan immigration plan and Trump’s, too

  15-02-2018 22:28 via ocregister.com
  By ALAN FRAM and KEVIN FREKING
  WASHINGTON — The Senate rejected both a bipartisan immigration plan and a more restrictive proposal by President Donald Trump on Thursday, suggesting the latest election-year debate on an issue that fires up both parties’ voters will produce a familiar outcome: stalemate.
  Facing a White House veto threat and opposition from the Senate’s GOP leaders, the chamber derailed a plan by bipartisan senators that would have helped 1.8 million young immigra
  
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• Daxon: Brea’s revised public assembly ordinance ready for City Council’s vote

  15-02-2018 22:17 via ocregister.com
  Last month I reported on Brea’s proposed Public Assembly Ordinance that was not voted on by the City Council following public outcry and a challenge by the American Civil Liberties Union.
  Instead, Brea’s city attorneys, James Markman and Terrance Boga, met with the ACLU attorney and modifications were made to the proposal. City officials also met with representatives from IndivisibleCA39, a group that often holds demonstrations below Representative Ed Royce’s office in Brea&rsq
  
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• Watch Mater Dei football team be awarded as USA Today’s national champion

  15-02-2018 22:12 via ocregister.com
  The 2017 Mater Dei football team might go down in history as one of the best high school football teams ever.
  USA Today on Thursday awarded the Monarchs its Super 25 National Champions banner, and handed Bruce Rollinson the coach of the year award.
  Rollinson said the 2017 team is the best he has ever coached.
  Video by Jonathan Khamis.
  
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• Wanted: Lifeguards — must love sand, sun and sea, and be able to stay calm in crisis

  15-02-2018 19:11 via ocregister.com
  Longtime lifeguard Claude Panis has a few tips for aspiring lifeguards looking to nab a summer gig.
  Go down to the beach a day before testing day and look at conditions and currents. Ask a nearby lifeguard for any trouble spots to be aware of in the ocean. Then, jump in so the chilly 57-degree water won’t be a total shock.
  Laguna Beach summer lifeguard-wannabes jostle for position during the run-swim-run portion of tryouts at Main Beach in 2012. MINDY SCHAUER, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTERWit
  
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• Home Depot, Lowe's looking to hire thousands of Southern California workers

  15-02-2018 19:09
  If you're looking for work in the home improvement industry, Home Depot and Lowe's have got your number. Home Depot announced Wednesday it will be hiring 2,000 permanent part-time and seasonal positions at the company's Southern California stores and distribution centers.
  
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• Billionaire Peter Thiel is said to be ditching San Francisco for Los Angeles

  15-02-2018 18:58 via ocregister.com
  Peter Thiel is calling it quits in San Francisco.
  The conservative billionaire will relocate his personal funds Thiel Capital and the Thiel Foundation to Los Angeles in the next few months, according to people familiar with the situation. Thiel’s 50-person staff will also relocate, one of the people said. They asked not to be identified talking about private plans.
  Thiel has also discussed resigning from Facebook Inc.’s board, according to the Wall Street Journal, which earlier repor
  
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• Goldfish found in Dana Point tree house need home; investigation continues

  15-02-2018 18:42 via ocregister.com
  Tri-level tree house found in Lantern Bay Park in Dana Point on Wednesday, Feb. 7. (Photo courtesy of Sgt. Rich Himmel)Goldfish and an aquarium were found in a tree house in a Dana Point park. (Photo courtesy of Sgt. Rich Himmel)Tree in Lantern Bay Park where crews worked to remove a tree house suspected to be built by a homeless man. (Photo courtesy of Sg.t Rich Himmel)Show Caption of Expand
  DANA POINT —  A dozen goldfish found last week in an illegal tree house in Lantern Bay Park a
  
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• McDonald’s Happy Meal goes on a diet, banishing cheeseburgers, shrinking fry order and adding water to drink

  15-02-2018 18:39 via ocregister.com
  McDonald’s will soon banish cheeseburgers and chocolate milk from its Happy Meal menu in an effort to cut down on the calories, sodium, saturated fat and sugar that kids consume at its restaurants.
  Diners can still ask specifically for cheeseburgers or chocolate milk with the kid’s meal, but the fast-food company said that not listing them will reduce how often they’re ordered. Since it removed soda from the Happy Meal menu four years ago, orders for it with Happy Meals have fa
  
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• George Takei wants his legacy to boldly go beyond ‘Star Trek’ with ‘Allegiance’

  15-02-2018 18:18 via ocregister.com
  George Takei has been famous for more than 50 years. First for his longstanding portrayal of Mr. Sulu on the “Star Trek” TV series and its spin-offs, and later as an unexpectedly relevant social media presence. Add in his fame as a voice for the gay and Asian-American communities, liberal politics and, most surprisingly, Howard Stern’s radio show and he has plenty of credits with which to populate his Wikipedia page.
  But Takei would like you to know something else about him, a
  
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• FCC chief’s ties with Sinclair Broadcasting subject of probe

  15-02-2018 18:10 via ocregister.com
  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s internal watchdog is probing whether the agency’s chairman improperly pushed for rule changes that helped clear the way for Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.’s proposed purchase of Tribune Media Co.’s television stations, a lawmaker said.
  The role of Chairman Ajit Pai, a Republican, has drawn scrutiny in part for his meetings with Sinclair executives since the election of President Donald Trump, who selected Pai to lead the agency.
  
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• Master Gardener: Why you should look, but not take, that orange thread-like plant along the road

  15-02-2018 18:03 via ocregister.com
  Q: I’ve always wondered what the bright orange thread‑like plant that I’ve seen growing along roadsides and in undeveloped areas is.  It’s such an amazing color. What is it?
  A: I hope you didn’t bring any home for your garden! The plant you describe is dodder, a parasitic plant that can infest many garden plants, especially ivy.
  In case you find it in your garden, the only way to eliminate it is to cut it out before it forms seeds in the fall along with any par
  
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• Fine dining chef to bring fried chicken craze to Old Towne Orange

  15-02-2018 18:00 via ocregister.com
  Chef Ryan Adams of Three Seventy Common is turning his bucket of fried chicken with sides into a fast casual concept in Orange. (PAUL RODRIGUEZ, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER )
  Not many fine dining chefs openly admit they want to take on KFC.
  But, then again, Chef Ryan Adams is not your typical Laguna Beach chef. Adams, who lives in Santa Ana, has been serving fried chicken at a monthly Sunday Supper at Three Seventy Common Kitchen+Drink for nearly seven years.
  He uses his grandmother’s dry cure meth
  
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• Justin Bieber, Quavo added to the 2018 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game

  15-02-2018 17:59 via ocregister.com
  Justin Bieber and Quavo, from the hip hop trio Migos, have been added to the 2018 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game.
  The game will be played on Friday, February 16 at the Verizon Up Arena at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
  Quavo will make his celebrity game debut as a member of Team Clippers.
  This will be Bieber’s second appearance in the event. He will play for Team Lakers.
  At the age of 16, Bieber was named the game’s MVP in 2011 despite being on the losing team. He had eigh
  
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• Milo Yiannopoulos’ ‘10 Things I Hate About Mexico’ speech canceled at UCLA

  15-02-2018 17:45 via ocregister.com
  A February speech by conservative firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos at UCLA was canceled because it “polarized the leadership” of the campus’ Republican club. Yiannopoulos’ speech was titled “10 Things I Hate About Mexico.” (Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera via AP, File)
  LOS ANGELES — A speech by conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos about Mexico planned for this month at UCLA has been canceled, the campus’ Republican club announced Wednesday.
  “The
  
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• Take Amtrak to Disneyland and save 5% on SoCal Resident tickets

  15-02-2018 16:50
  Here's a way to save a little more on your next trip to Disneyland. Take Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner to the theme park and save 5% on SoCal Resident tickets.
  
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• Man shot to death in South Gate

  15-02-2018 15:36 via ocregister.com
  SOUTH GATE — A man was shot and killed early this morning in South Gate.
  The gunfire was reported at 3:03 a.m. on the 13100 block of Paramount Boulevard, according to Deputy Juanita Navarro-Suarez of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which is assisting South Gate police in the investigation.
  The man was pronounced dead at the scene, she said.
  A description of the suspect was not immediately available.
  
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• Po and Tigress of ‘Kung Fu Panda’ help Universal Studios Hollywood celebrate Lunar New Year

  15-02-2018 15:07 via ocregister.com
  To ring in the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Dog, Universal Studios Hollywood enlisted the characters from its forthcoming attraction, Kung Fu Panda: The Emperor’s Quest, to liven up the party in its Universal Plaza.
  Now through Sunday, Feb. 25, theme park guests can enjoy the festivities, which include martial arts lessons by Master Po and Tigress from the DreamWorks film franchise, “Kung Fu Panda.” The plaza, located in the heart of the upper lot, has been completely tra
  
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• All-original members of Bananarama will perform ‘Cruel Summer,’ ‘Venus’ and more for the first time ever in Los Angeles

  15-02-2018 15:05 via ocregister.com
  As Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward of Bananarama were touring through Australia and Japan in late 2016, the pair came up with the wild idea to try to get the original line-up, which included Siobhan Fahey, back together for a special one-off show sometime in 2017. It had been 29 years since Fahey left the British pop group that topped the charts with songs such as “Cruel Summer,” “Robert De Niro’s Waiting,” “I Heard a Rumor” and a cover of songwriter
  
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• ‘Anatomy’ explores the essentials of the piano

  15-02-2018 15:01 via ocregister.com
  Imagine a children’s fantasy where a boy named Will asks Santa Claus for a spaceship for Christmas, is given a piano, and tries to figure out how he can use the piano to fly to the moon.
  In the process, Will is drawn into an adventure that includes encounters with Bach, Beethoven and Fats Waller, whose music he plays on a concert grand piano.
  That’s “Anatomy of a Piano (For Beginners),” coming to Segerstrom Center Saturday, Feb. 17 and Sunday, Feb. 18.
  The 2015 show is th
  
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• Orange County missing 1-in-10 home sellers

  15-02-2018 14:59 via ocregister.com
  Orange County house hunters have 10 percent fewer options as the homebuying season begins.
  ReportsOnHousing tracks homebuying patterns found in real estate broker networks: supply (active listings); demand (new escrows in past 30 days); and “market time” (a measure of selling speed of days it takes a typical listing to enter escrow).
  The “spring” home shopping season quasi-starts right after the Super Bowl. As of Feb. 8, ReportsOnHousing found 3,981 listings in Orange Cou
  
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• Restored 1920s stained-glass window unveiled at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton

  15-02-2018 12:14
  Chief Curator Matthew Leslie and Chief Program Officer Adam England unveil the restored stained glass window donated by the Muckenthaler family to St. Boniface Catholic Church in the 1920A's at the Muckenthaler Cultural CenterA's Legacy Night event on Thursday, February 8, 2018. The covering tarp came down, a flock of cell phones came up, and the latest addition to the Muckenthaler Cultural Center was revealed last week a brilliant stained-glass window portraying the baptism of Jesus.
  
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• La Habra beats San Juan Hills in Division 3A first round

  15-02-2018 09:04 via ocregister.com
  La Habra’s Troy Sorensen scored 20 points to lad the Highlanders to a 66-51 home win over San Juan Hills in a CIF-Southern Section Division 3A first-round playoff game.
  Bobby Caines and Anthony Valdez scored 13 points apiece for La Habra (20-8).
  Also in Division 3A:
  Marina 72, La Quinta of La Quinta 50: Jakob Alamudun’s 23 points led the visiting Vikings (16-11).
  In Division 2AA:
  Aliso Niguel 90, Tahquitz 70: Harminder Dhaliwal scored 23 points and Lucas Parks added 21 points for the
  
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• Pat Boone sings ‘Smoke on the Water,’ other hits for capacity crowd at Laguna Woods arts center

  15-02-2018 08:17 via ocregister.com
  Legendary singer Pat Boone performs to a sold out crowd during a Valentines Day concert at the Laguna Woods Village Performing Arts Center in Laguna Woods on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)Pat Boone performs to a sold out crowd at a Valentines Day concert at the Laguna Woods Village Performing Arts Center in Laguna Woods on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)Pat Boone performs to a sold out crowd at a Val
  
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• Titan voice Guanghua “Ivy” Wang: You can’t go abroad without coming home a changed person

  15-02-2018 08:11 via ocregister.com
  By Guanghua “Ivy” Wang
  What a day! I tried in vain to press the stop button on light poles when crossing streets. I wanted to praise the eye-catching manicured fingernails of a store clerk in the same spirit of the worker at Staples Center who had greeted me with “Your shirt is so cute!” — which was so natural and comfortable — but the face that belonged to those beautiful hands stared at me puzzled, so I swallowed my words and sat quietly like the other custo
  
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• Thursdaya s CIF-SS Basketball, Soccer, Water Polo Playoff Schedule

  15-02-2018 07:41
  La Canada's Lauren Scoville shoots a three-pointer in the third quarter at La Canada High School on Wednesday, January 31st, 2018.
  
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• Villa Park delivers strong effort to win CIF-SS playoff battle with JSerra

  15-02-2018 07:32 via ocregister.com
  VILLA PARK – Villa Park picked the best time to play its best game.
  The Spartans defeated JSerra 71-60 Wednesday in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 boys basketball playoffs at Villa Park.
  Villa Park (15-11) will play a second-round home game against Roosevelt of Eastvale, which beat Peninsula on Wednesday.
  JSerra (18-9 overall) finished fourth in the Trinity League and is No. 3 in this week’s Orange County top 10. The Lions were No. 7 in the final CIF-SS D
  
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• WATCH: Mikaela Shiffrin’s gold-medal-winning run in the giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics

  15-02-2018 07:29 via ocregister.com
  GOLDEN GIRL Mikaela Shiffrin takes gold in giant slalom! #BestOfUS #WinterOlympics https://t.co/KX4CHncv2t pic.twitter.com/zHJudPT4i0
  — NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 15, 2018
  PyeongChang current timeMikaela Shiffrin said she didn’t want a repeat performance of her fifth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
  She sure didn’t have one. Shiffrin, who entered the second run in second place, took the gold medal on Thursday, finishing with a time of 1:0
  
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• Christian Ross paves way for Great Oak’s first-round victory over Tesoro

  15-02-2018 07:06 via ocregister.com
  TEMECULA >> Christian Ross got the Great Oak boys basketball team going Wednesday night. Then the senior was also there to finish a hard-earned playoff win.
  The 6-foot-5 forward scored a game-high 19 points, hitting his first three 3-pointers, and then a big put-back basket with less than a minute remaining as the host Wolfpack held off Rancho Santa Margarita Tesoro, 53-48, in a CIF-Southern Section Division 2A first-round game.
  Great Oak (19-10), the Southwestern League co-champion, won i
  
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• Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu once again trying to overcome obstacles for Olympic gold

  15-02-2018 07:00 via ocregister.com
  GANGNEUNG, South Korea–The weeks and months since Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu, the reigning Olympic and World champion, injured his right foot in November there has been rampant speculation on what kind of shape he would show up in this week.
  Or if he would show up at all.
  Hanyu will indeed skate in the men’s competition, opening his bid to become the first man to successfully defend the Olympic title since Dick Button of the U.S. did so 66 years ago with the short program Friday morn
  
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• Northwood stays hot in first-round playoff victory over San Clemente

  15-02-2018 06:57 via ocregister.com
  IRVINE – Northwood’s boys basketball team, coming off a Pacific Coast League championship, took its play to another level Wednesday night as it defeated San Clemente 72-55 in the opening round of the CIF-SS Division 2AA playoffs at Northwood High.
  Northwood (23-5) moves into the second round Friday night against No. 2-seeded Canyon at Canyon High.
  The Timberwolves held a 19-11 lead after one quarter before breaking the game open in the second quarter, outscoring San Clemente 24-9 to
  
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• Phillips leads way as Edison knocks off Esperanza in Division 1 first round game

  15-02-2018 06:39 via ocregister.com
  HUNTINGTON BEACH – Edison’s game plan going into its CIF-SS Division 1 boys basketball first-round playoff game against Esperanza on Wednesday was to stay glued to the Aztecs’ two best shooters and win the rebound battle.
  The Chargers did both and wound up with an 86-62 victory at Edison High.
  Edison will take Oak Park, the division’s No. 1 seed, in a second-round game Friday at Oak Park.
  Spencer Servin led the Chargers with 21 points, but the big difference maker was arg
  
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• Olympics spotlight: Is America catching up to Adam Rippon?

  15-02-2018 06:36 via ocregister.com
  GANGNEUNG, South Korea—On the way to the Olympic medal plaza Monday night to pick up their team competition  bronze medals, Adam Rippon couldn’t help reminding Mirai Nagasu where they had been four years earlier.
  “We were eating In-N-Out on the roof of her house and crying that we weren’t at the Olympics and now we’re sharing an Olympic podium together,” Rippon said. “If you’re ever depressed, go to In-N-Out and four years later you can be at
  
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• Lakers’ Isaiah Thomas following altercation with Rajon Rondo: ‘I don’t know him’

  15-02-2018 06:27 via ocregister.com
  Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton yells at an official after Walton was ejected during the first half of the team’s NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans in New Orleans, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)New Orleans Pelicans guard Rajon Rondo (9) yells to the officials as he is ejected along with Los Angeles Lakers guard Isaiah Thomas, not pictured, in the first half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herb
  
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• Fullerton routs Costa Mesa in first round of girls water polo playoffs

  15-02-2018 06:10 via ocregister.com
  Fullerton’s rising girls water polo team reached a new level Wednesday night.
  The Indians displayed postseason consistency by defeating visiting Costa Mesa 11-4 in a CIF-SS Division 5 first-round match at Troy High.
  Behind six goals from senior center Kaya Ortega and 14 saves by Madi Toy, Fullerton (23-7) won a first-round match for the second consecutive year in its revival under Coach Shane Unger.
  “Since I was a freshman, I’ve seen this team develop from not much of anything
  
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• GG Goloman hopes for strong finish to UCLA career

  15-02-2018 05:45 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGELES — GG Goloman wiggled three fingers in the air as he backpedaled down the court. The gesture, made after he knocked down a dagger 3-pointer with less than two minutes left against Arizona last Thursday at McKale Center, wasn’t a dig at the crowd that’s known as one of the rowdiest in the Pac-12, the forward stressed.
  “It was just my hype,” Goloman said.
  UCLA has waited a long time for Goloman to show his “hype.” It’s coming at the right
  
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• Dreading ‘Day Zero’ as California drought resumes

  15-02-2018 05:30 via ocregister.com
  On hearing that Day Zero just got pushed back a couple of months, the casual news consumer might be forgiven for confusing this with a bulletin from the Doomsday Clock scientists who predict the likelihood of worldwide nuclear devastation.
  But no, that metaphorical clock is still set at two minutes to midnight.
  Day Zero is the coming time when Cape Town, South Africa will essentially run out of municipal water for its 4 million residents — and for the visitors, too, who have long flocked t
  
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• Ben Agajanian, the ‘Toeless Wonder’ kicker for the Rams and Chargers, dies at age 98

  15-02-2018 05:25 via ocregister.com
  Ben Agajanian, a Southern California native who thrived for parts of three decades as an NFL kicker even after the amputation of four toes, died this month at age 98.
  Agajanian, known as the “Toeless Wonder,” kicked for the Rams and Chargers during both teams’ initial runs in Los Angeles. He died on Feb. 8, according to an online obituary.
  Benjamin James “The Toeless Wonder” Agajanian was a former placekicker in the National Football League. He was born in Santa Ana
  
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• Florida school shooting suspect made ‘very, very disturbing’ social media posts, sheriff says

  15-02-2018 05:19 via ocregister.com
  By KELLI KENNEDY
  PARKLAND, Fla. — The suspect in a deadly rampage at a Florida high school is a troubled teenager who posted disturbing material on social media before the shooting spree that killed at least 17 people, according to a law enforcement official and former schoolmates.
  Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said the 19-year-old suspect, Nikolas Cruz, had been expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for “disciplinary reasons.”
  “I don’t know the s
  
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• Opening Ceremony to Show New Collection at Disneyland

  15-02-2018 02:52
  New York Fashion Week is in full swing, but Opening Ceremony has different plans. Today, the NYC imprint announced its fall/winter presentation will be held on the iconic grounds of Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
  
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• Newport Beach launches its own look into potential voter fraud, concurrent with D.A.’s investigation

  15-02-2018 02:38 via ocregister.com
  The Newport Beach City Council has decided to issue subpoenas for an investigation into alleged voter fraud; an Orange County District Attorney’s Office review is already under way.
  In January, the District Attorney’s Office seized the petitions used in a failed attempt to recall Newport Beach Councilman Scott Peotter – citing “potential irregularities” in the signatures.
  The city has goals different from the DA’s Office in the simultaneous investigations
  
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• Disneyland Resort teams up with Amtrak to offer discounts on train travel and park admission

  15-02-2018 02:38 via ocregister.com
  Amtrak and Disneyland Resort are partnering for a limited promotion that offers discounted rail travel and park admission for Southern California residents.
  Through May 21, each child age 2-12 can board an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train traveling to the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center for free with the purchase of an adult ticket. The ART Route 15 connector bus will shuttle Amtrak passengers from the ARTIC to the theme park for free.
  The discount can be redeemed using the
  
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• USC basketball team stuck in another February slide

  15-02-2018 02:19 via ocregister.com
  LOS ANGELES — February has marked a significant roadblock for USC’s basketball team in recent years.
  Last season, the Trojans dropped four consecutive games over the month’s final weeks. Currently, they have lost three straight in its early weeks.
  A tailspin was ultimately averted last season. The Trojans bounced back, won their final two regular-season games, then beat Washington in the Pac-12 Tournament and received an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament.
  USC is again in ne
  
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